V7S1- A Story Not Meant To Be Told- 40's Noir with a Twist

Chapter 5: More Than Meets The Eye

Chapter Complete!!*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Simon-Simon-Simon-Simon-Simon*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Umm...Magnus, are you sure this is the right place? We're way into the industrial district- it's nothing but warehouses and storage facilities out here. I don't see anything that could even kind of be a club."

Magnus chuckled, rolling his eyes at Alec's faint confusion, sending a playful smirk his way.

"Yes dear I am certain. I've been coming here for well over a decade, I could find it blindfolded. I know it doesn't look like you'd find a club out here- that's kind of the point. Kinda hard to have a secret club if it's easy to identify- oh! Turn here, there's a loading dock on the other side of that warehouse.

Raph actually bought out all thirteen of the warehouses here- though only as a silent partner/ hands off financial backer kind of thing. Ten have functioning, quite lucrative now legitimate businesses. Most were struggling when he first came here. He made deals with them- providing extra funding and such in return for keeping up appearances around here so nothing seems amiss. The large warehouse on the left, four buildings down is the actual club."

Alec blinked, quirking his eyebrow, chancing a glance over at Magnus,

"The one with the 'Caution: extremely high voltage' sign?"

Magnus grinned, nodding,

"Yup, that's the one...pretty ingenious, yes? This warehouse and one three down on the opposite side are parking structures for the club. The parking's actually underground. This one essentially just looks like a dingy open floor but if you go over to the far left side there's a duplicate wall that unless you're actively looking for it just appears to be the back of the warehouse, there's just enough space between it and the actual wall for a car to get in.

There's a tunnel that goes for about a hundred feet then you turn and end up in the actual parking structure. The other one's pretty close to the same thing, though that warehouse was a bottling plant and some of the equipment is still there, most of which perfectly hides the entrance to the parking structure below. Both have one entrance, two exits and three passageways directly into Chaos. Apparently during prohibition there was a couple of speakeasies here- Raph just added a few little twists and repurposed them for his club.

It's really quite useful, the parking structures are pretty extensive, the exits let out at four different locations along the waterfront, places it's quite easy to just slip unnoticed into traffic and be on your way.

It is exceptionally well thought out."

Alec blinked, shaking his head slightly disbelievingly,

"Geez, no wonder I've never even heard rumors of the place."

Magnus chuckled, nodding, directing Alec through the warehouse to the entrance to the parking structure.

Simon swallowed nervously, fidgeting in the back seat, attempting to keep his breathing under control, trying to keep from panicking or just saying to hell with it, throwing the door open and running for it.