Avarice

Avarice Chapter 1: Paid Peacekeepers

No alarm rang this time, Velvet got up from her bed on her own. It was around ten AM. First thing she did was getting out of bed of course, she was almost surprised by the fact that she went to sleep on it in the first place. There was nothing to do until the meeting with Big Brother and going off to the middle east.
She went to the bathroom and started her usual routine, brush her teeth and take a shower. Then she sat down in her living room and had breakfast which consisted of hard boiled eggs and a ham sandwich. During the breakfast she took some time to wonder what weapons actually take there with her. The armor's arsenal was out of question due to her being required to not catch too many eyes with fancy stuff.
She searched her wardrobe after finishing up with the food, there she went thru several grenade launchers, HMGs and building destroying explosive devices until she actually found two weapons that would certainly come in handy for her: A short barreled shotgun of hers chambered in 12g and an old 357 sig pistol she used back when her usual jobs were keeping CEOs safe and flipping over convoys for those who paid for what's inside.
Those weapons had to do since she wasn't in the financial state to purchase much of new weapons.

She took several hours of her time outfitting them with things that would make sure they would make them perform on par with the rifles that are to be expected from PMCs.
Some after market upgrades were performed to the shotgun, oiling the pump system and putting on a choke on the barrel for a more desirable spread pattern.
With the pistol she installed a quieter cycling gear making it eject casings quieter and put a suppressor on it so indoors it won't alert as much people.

Her arsenal was finished meaning she only got to get dressed and leave for Big Brother's office left.
And that's exactly what she did, putting on the fatigues and packing her bags before heading for the office building she got over plans with BB.
The way there was rather quiet, she didn't run into anyone special on her way there.
The building itself was just as before.

She used the buzzer to call Big Brother or her secretary or whoever could be there.
At first nobody answered but soon enough a familiar voice answered.
"Yes, come in" – Big Brother's voice said while the door opened.
Vel came inside and went upstairs to BB's office space. Big brother herself wasn't in the office but packing things outside, in the earlier empty area.
"Hello Vel, I got us some provisions and medicaments in case we need to patch ourselves up. Are you ready for probably the biggest job of your life?" – Brother asked.
"Yes, I'm ready. You really thought of everything right?"
"Yeah, I've got to keep my employees and mercs happy. Best way to get the best compliance and performance." – BB explained. – "Well, we've got the helicopter booked in an hour so we should get to the taxi by now." – Brother said and pointed at the exit.
"Yeah right, need any help carrying the bags?"
"I'd be thankful."

Velvet and BB left the building and headed to the nearest taxi that BB called in earlier. They put their cumbersome bags in the back seat and entered the taxi.
On their way there they listened to the radio which was broadcasting news about the current state of the middle eastern situation. According to the news it was the locals who were stirring up the stationed there PMCs into combat not the other way around. Velvet grinned about the idea of the media being so manipulated that even the most obvious of conflicts get purposefully misinterpreted for the masses to be manipulated.
Other than that the way to the private airport was calm and rather boring.

Inside the airport there was a military helicopter already revved up waiting for them.
Velvet and BB got the bags on board and entered the Vehicle.
On board BB talked to the crew about formalities and then sat in front of Velvet.
"Better take a nap, this will be a long way." – Brother stated.
"Yeah sure, but what are you gonna do?"
"Page the guy that will have us an outpost and then probably sleep too."