Avarice

Chapter 5: Minister Grey.

"Hey White Fox, job's waiting. So is a vehicle to get you to your destination." – BB's voice echoed while pulling off the bedsheet from Velvet.
Velvet quickly got up and almost if sprung to life from the dead.
"Yeah, yeah I'm getting up." – Velvet said both pumped and half alive. She knew that this is the moment that she either will get paid or die a painful death at the hands of whoever guards Mr. Aaron.

She got up and went to the bathroom to actually get herself ready, she took a quick shower and brushed her teeth, like usual.
When she left the bathroom with a towel over her shoulders, looking forward to get dressed she was stopped by BB.
"What is it?" – She asked.
"I've got you some stuff, to make sure you won't just go down from a single bullet." – BB gave Velvet some fatigues and a simple plate carrier.
"That's the things? You sure there ain't anything more?"
"No, the case you get shot those will suffice more than well. The plates are made from armored steel and the fatigues are made from a cotton and Kevlar mix. They have been tested for calibers up to 7.62x39. You're about safe."
"Thanks again... Why do you go out of your way to get me all this stuff? Wouldn't it be cheaper to just go for the lowest bidder?"
"And why would I want to do that? I take pride in my soldiers surviving, and it doesn't affect the profits as much as you would think... Somebody ordered you a drive up."
"Huh." – Velvet got confused greatly by that. At first she thought that the car was rented by BB but now it appears that somebody who knows her wants her there. 'Is it the ARMs soldier?' She asked herself but dismissed it, as she doubted that he would've had enough free will for that one.

Velvet quickly dressed herself and got into the car, with Big Brother getting in next to her while holding a large weapons case. It took up a good chunk of the space around they managed to fit in together.
"Wait you're coming too?" – Velvet almost shouted in confusion.
"Yeah, I want to directly see you in a action with that one... And in the worst case scenario provide firepower support."
"Well that puts a lot pressure on me now... Who hired the car? If it isn't you who would've got us a drive to the target location?" – Velvet asked with a lot of confusion layered with suspicion.
"Somebody with enough political power to get you to the front door and me to a well placed sniper position for the ministry building." – BB explained while still keeping who hired the car a seeming secret.
Velvet understood that she won't be getting an answer any time soon.
The rest of the car ride was pretty quiet, but it wasn't long until they got to their target location, at least the first one.
Velvet got out of the car and took out both her pistol and her shotgun from the gun case Big Brother took.

The ministry was standing open for her, seemingly almost nobody there. The place around was so empty that it lead Velvet to actually pinching herself to check if she was in a dream or something. But she was not in a dream.
Not lowering her guard she took her pistol and readied it for possible use.
While going in she paged to BB.
"WF here, you on your position?"
"Yes, yes, I see you well."
"Do you have visual on anybody from your position?"
"Not yet, they are probably cloaking or something. Stay sharp and ready yourself for upcoming obstructions, because I doubt they just left the place hanging open."

Velvet paged off and entered the main hall. It was eerily quiet, very much too quiet. In a twist of luck or the opposite a bullet just barely missed Velvet.
That quickly caused her to go on guard to see from where had it came from.
It was from a wall, but there was nothing at in front of the wall.
That was the case until another shot went this time eaten by Velvet's carrier, knocking her backwards. It was a cloaking device for sure.
She unloaded her pistol into the location she assumed the target to be in, and she was correct. Next thing she heard was a body drop, still not visible but it even made a puff of dust as it fell.

Suddenly several more men uncloaked in almost a synchronized manner. They began firing at Vel.
She quickly jumped behind one of nearby benches to hide herself.
As she was wondering what to do a shot came from outside, splattering one of the soldiers' brains on the floor.
Velvet looked out the window to see a sniper glint.
"Thanks." – She quickly announced on the pager and went to return fire upon her enemies, who now were sitting behind cover due to the pressure one sniper shot put up.