In Too Deep

18

"When will you have your resources?" I ask Frost as he sips on the beer he had just recently ordered. I sit next to him on a bar stool as I swirl the olive in my glass.

He stays silent and swishes around the liquid.

"Okay....well, when can we start?" i ask and he looks at me for a moment.

"Have you done your part Ms. Quinzel" I nod and take a sip of my martini.

"How's this Friday?" I almost choke on my drink.

"This Friday?" I ask as I set my glass down on the counter.

"Yeah, we need the boss out as soon as possible" I slide the glass across the counter towards the bartender and he takes the glass.

"Okay well then. Usually I have my meetings with him around noon. You'll find us downstairs. There's security that you'll need to get passed through first though-"

"Don't worry about security. We have that issue covered" I nod and thank the bartender for refilling my drink.

"So where are you going to take him after you bust him out?" i ask and Johnny looks at me.

"Home" he says and I nod. I can't lose sight of Jack. If I do I might never get to follow through with my mission.

"How do we do this?" I ask and he shakes his head.

"Not here" he stands up and slides a twenty on the table top before walking towards the exit.

I place my glass on the bill and follow after him.

As I get outside I nearly topple over as I miscalculate a step.

"Shit" i murmur before giggling. Johnny grabs my elbow and drags me along with him.

He unlocks his car and I slide into the passenger seat. I watch as he goes around the front of his car to get into the drivers seat.

We drive for a bit, I can't really tell if he's taking me home or if he's taking me somewhere to kill me. Once we begin to head into the outskirts of town I realize that it very well might be the latter.

"Where are we going?" I ask but he doesn't answer me. Nothing but the faint buzzing of the radio sounds between the two of us.

It's pitch black outside but by the looks of it Id say were in farming land. There are a few houses in this area but they're all big farms quite a bit away from each other.

"Frost" I say his name but still, no response.

I kiss my teeth and slouch in my seat.

I stare out of my window, looking at the open terrain. They should really invest in some lights over here. I can't see shit.

The road transforms into dirt and I only notice because of the sound change.

"What the-" I whisper to myself but I get off by Frost.

"We're here" he says and he parks his car at the gate.

I stay in my seat, shocked.

When Jack said he built a funhouse I was not expecting this. There are two buildings that are next to each other. The funhouse and what I can only guess as being the steel mill that Jack refused to tear down.

The door is opened for me, forcing me to come out.

I stand next to Frost for a moment.

"Why are we here?" I ask him.

"Business" he mutters and shuts the door behind me.

Two large nutcrackers stand at the entrance of the steel mill.

I follow him as he walks towards the gate. It's not restrained in any way. He opens it and walks right in.

Once he reaches the front he bangs on the metal doors three times. He looks to the side and I follow his gaze. A small camera is located in that crook.

The doors open and we walk inside. As soon as I walk inside I wished that I had gone home to change instead of meeting up with Johnny right away. I feel dirty.

My heels click as I walk on the hard floor.

"This way" he says and I follow him.

He leads me into what I assume is the main room by the size of it and appliances in it. There are multiple men handling what seems to be packages of cocaine. Others are handling stacks of money.

"What is his "business"?" I ask a Frost but he doesn't look answer me. As we near the men they slowly begin to stop as they look up to see Johnny and I walking towards them.

"Who's the bitch? New recruitment?" one of them says as he stares at me. Eyes wandering all over my body.

"She's the key to getting back the boss" they all stop in unison and stand taller at the mention of Jack returning. I wonder if it's out of fear or genuine respect.

"So what's she doing here? You know he doesn't like anyone who isn't in the circle around here.." he says while his eyes flicker to me and back.

"Don't speak to me like i'm one of you. I know what i'm doing and why. Get back to work. Now" he says intently and they do as their told. No more questions asked.

He turns towards me and nods his head to the side. He leads me out of the room and into the hall. We walk down and into a smaller room. The area is littered with artillery, enough to support an entire base camp.

"You asked if we were ready. We've been ready"