Ruby looked at the small arsenal in the basement and wished she wasn't considering taking some of it to Varna. Spider was smitten with Olga, they could all see that and Olga was saying they needed serious firepower if they were going after Kurt.
"I don't want a gun. Can't you just find Spider a gun like his Browning ?" Ruby Asked.
"No one asked me," said Sarah, "I want a gun."
Olga and her friend were both looking at them as though they were crazy. No one had been introduced to her friend, but he seemed to be going with them.
"He can show you the quiet roads in and out of Romania." Olga had said.
It also seemed that her nameless friend could block and disrupt any pursuit that might be attempted. Ruby just looked at the four or five grenade launchers in front of her and thought that things were quickly getting out of control.
"Trust me Ruby, this is my trade," said Olga, "you need a gun each, something that can be concealed and something heavier in case you're ambushed."
"Have you got an AK47 ?" Asked Spider.
Olga just grinned at him and kicked the top off a wooden box.
"I have a dozen. Not new, but all refurbished and in A1 condition."
That was another Jurģis saying. Everything he sold was in A1 condition. Ruby had assumed he'd seen it on a TV advert and thought it sounded good.
"Have you got a vehicle we can put all these weapons in ?" Asked Ruby.
Olga seemed annoyed at being taken away from talking about her beloved weapons, but she pointed at her friend.
"Anything too military looking and the Romanians will think you're the police. That could be very bad. Andrei has a large old beige Mercedes. It has a good engine and it used to be owned by a gun smuggler, so it has some armour plate in the doors."
So they now knew a name for her friend who seemed to be useful and had a car they could buy. Ruby was wondering how much all this was going to cost her.
"Anything else Olga ? Perhaps a trailer and three jet skis for when we get to Black Sea ?" She asked.
Sarcasm just didn't work on Olga. Come to think of it, Ruby didn't know anyone from east of the Rhine that it did work on.
