Dead Money

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

As sure as Dean told him, the Casino's Holograms came flooding from the backstage door and down from the Theater Controls booth. He huddled down and quickly turned on the Stealth Boy he found in the Police station, the optical camouflage reneder him almost invisible, the only thing that would give him away is him bumbing into things, and the shimmer of his silhouette. He quickly made his way back stage and hugged the wall as he moved pass a broken down sealed door that was emiting some of the cloud from outside. The Stealth boy's alarm beeped he looked at the counter "Shit 25% left." he ducted into Deans old dressing room, and saw a note on the table, "Here's Control key, preformance recording on the desk in my room.-V" Victor pocketed the key, and peaked out the door a hologram was protroling the hall, but at the upper coner right above the storage room he seen the projector, the hologram had ots back turned, and Victor quickly moved. In one fluid montion, he leaned out on to his side and quickly aimed with the Shotgun, his Riot gear helped absorb most of the kick, the projector blew up and sparked a little, as he moved past the storage room. He saw sign next to a crossway, "<- Controls, Vera K. ->" he pondered for a second before his instencts told him 'Go Right'. He entered the dressing which seemed to be persevered in time, almost like a tomb. He found the holorecording of one of Deans performances in the past. He quickly ran out and up to the booth activating the hologram performance, sure enough, the Security lockdown was lifted. Dean unlocked the stage door and waved for him to come up. Victor made his way over to him, Dean was leaning on the railings, "Well now partner, I think I need a break aft that performance..." Victor glared at him, "The elevators go up to the penthouse right?" Dean looked puzzled, "Yeah, I herd the message over the intercom....Your going to use the elevator in Ol' Freddys room aren't you? Well before you go theres something you should know...about the Elevator its locked, the only one who can open is ether dead or like me..." Victor looked concernd "Its Vera isn't..." Dean relaxed thinking back to the old world "Yeah...Sinclair was already puppy-eyed for her, so all I had to do was the introductions. She smiled, fluttered her eyes, showed a little leg...and he built this whole damn place for her." He smiled for a moment, "Made her the 'key' to his vault, like a joke, cause of her name....Her fake Hollywood name." The smile fade and his tone was more serious, "...Except Sinclair didn't know I'd been there first. I could twist her whatever direction I wanted. All she had to do was get inside the Sierra Madre for the Gala, then use her voice to open the door. {After that... smooth sailing. Would have been the biggest heist in history. Sinclair left holding the bag. Ruined..." Dean pulled a pack of smokes out and offered Victor one, they both smoked knowing that this maybe the last time they see each other,Victor leaned on the railing looking at the old empty theater puffing on the cigarette, "So then what happened?" He asked Dean. Dean relaxed a little, and inhaled a deep breath and answered with a heavy sigh, "The Bomb....Vera got sealed in here....A few hundred years go by, give-or-take. Almost the end of the story - then you and that pretty little wife of yours come along. Now we finish the job. Rob the Sierra Madre, rip out its heart. The Last chapter of Frederick Sinclair, close the book." Victor took another puff, "My question Dean though Dean, Why did you and Vera plan to rob the casino? What was your problem with Sinclair?" Dean begin pacing between the wall and railing, before finally looking out in the sane direction as Victor. "My Problem?" He scuffed rembering Sinclair, "All high-and-mighty. Lording it over everyone. Acting so self-righteous, like nothing could touch him. He was the one with the problem Never got mad at anything. Nothing seemed to shake him. Even after... his life kept getting dragged through the dirt. Always kept looking for the bright, shining future in everything. So... I decided to take everything from him" Victor looked over at him, "I ment what did he ever do to you?" Dean glared at Victor, "Do to me? What, weren't you listening? He thought he was better than me. Don't believe me? Look around." Dean threw both arms out wide, "This big casino, this big colossal monument - think it was for some woman?" He placed both arms back on the railing, "No, all ego, all self-righteous-in-lights, fit him perfect. Had to take him down a few pegs, bring him down to my level. "Begin again?" Some things you don't get up from... I was going to prove it." Victor taped the cigarette on the railing, "Should've never fallowed that broadcast." Dean smiled at him, "You don't get it do you?" Victor looked at Dean, "What do you mean?" Dean kept smiling, "Well, Vera's beautiful voice doesn't run on casino power, exactly. Her broadcasts are tied into the emergency broadcast signal for the Sierra Madre." The smile faded again, "You know, in case of attack? Well, guess what - the night of the Gala Event, the emergency signal went out all right. But because the broadcast had been hooked up to the Gala Event, instead of an emergency signal, you get Vera's voice on the radio. Great, huh?" It started to make sense to Victor now, he had a grim look on hos face, "Christ....that brodcast signal wasn't an invitation....it was a cry for help" Dean turned his back looking down at the theater, "Yeah. The Sierra Madre's last song, one only a few people are ever going to hear. A little sad, but what can you do?" Victor put his cigarette out and extended his hand out to Dean, "Well incase we don't make it, its been a pleasure working with you, Dean." Dean grabed his hand and shook it, "You as well...oh one more thing...That mute girl, Christina? The auto docs in the medical district, I programed to replace her vocal cords with our little Ms.Keyes, so if you can't find holotapes of her, then she should be able to unlock the door for you." Victor left informing Dean that as soon as Elijah was dealt with and he got Kaity out of the vault to meet out in front of the fountain. Victor walked over to the elevator and rode it to the top the door open with a gun in his face....