A cloak and dagger affair.

[spazmodious]

He had so many names over the years he had forgotten what it originaly was, but most people
knew him as Nikko the Joker.
He was a paid asassin, and one of the best in the world.
He was a freelance killer who owed loyalty to no
one,and he had only two rules, #1.cash up front.
And #2. no women or children, no matter how much
money was offered.

And that was his life, intill last year...

He had been in London,sent to take out a prominent
member of parliment.

When he met her...Foina McCray.
She was not like any woman he had ever known,
and imediately his work suffered, he spen every minute he could with her.

Then he learned her secret, she was a spy, an agent for MI6 and asighned to the case on his
target! She leaked out information to her conacts
and Sir Roland got away.

The next day, she dissapeared....and he never saw
her again.

He would have been tempted to break his own rule
and kill her, but for the letter she left on the bed they had been sharing for the last two weeks.

It read, "My dearest Nikko, please don't hate me for what I've done. I was my job and I had to do it,just as much as killing him was your job.

But know this, even though the reason for our meeting and falling in love was planned and
false, the love I had for you could never have been more real. But it could never work with us
and I have to leave you,it's better this way.
I know you will understand,

Love always,
Fiona.

 

[Guest]

Chapter 1, the beginning.

Well she did'nt know squat! He would understand?
LIKE HELL!

He left London the next day, he had hunted enough people to know looking for her there no would be a waist of time.

He went back to his hometown in the Czech republic.

He went to a place he knew he would find other member of his tribe, and soon had half the Gypsies
in Europe looking for the two people he needed to find Fiona.

The first to be found was, Alex.
A friend from his childhood who had been drafted into the Czech army at the same time as Nikko.

Alex had been living as a mercinary since leaving the army, and was the closest thing Nikko had left
to a family, and if he could trust only one person in life it was Alex.

The second one was Mina,an orphen of one of Nikko's first hits, he had killed her father
when she was little more that 13 years old,
and when he fould her she charged him with her life, saying "you took my life away, now you owe
me a new one!"

So for three years intill she was ready to stike out into the world on her own, he raised her and taught her everything he knew.

Now she was as deadly as he, and just as loyal to Nikko as Alex, only a little more, because though
he never knew it, she had had a crush on him since
she was 14.
That was 7 years ago and now she was grown and ready to help him find this lost love of his,
but secretly hoping they never would.

 

[spazmodious]

feel free to join in

Any one who want's it can play Alex or Mina,
or any number of charecters (bad guys maybe?)
just please don't bring Fiona or Sir Roland in as it would end the story too soon.

Thanks, and Let the game begin!


Ben.

 

[Imoen]

Mina

OOC: Hope you don't mind me jumping in. If I take this somewhere you don't want to go feel free to slap my fingers.

IC:
A somewhat disgruntled sigh escaped as translucent lids lowered over a most enchanting set of a clear blue eyes. Mina Romanov leaned her head back against the cool leather of her seat as she ignored the insistant drone of the stewardess' inflight instructions. Her expression was emotionless, an utter mask of calm that belied the turmoil and excitement that raged within.

Nikko. Her Nikko was searching for her. The mere thought sent a sharp trill of delight down her spine, causing a short sweet delicious shiver of anticipation and an utterly devilish smile to grace her full lips.

It has been what? A year since I've spoken with him last? Surely it hasn't been that long. She thought, the slightest indentation of a frown marring her smooth brow. No, in all actuality, it had been closer to two. Too long. Far too long.

Time has a way of getting away from a person though, and that had been exactly the case with Mina. Her "job" demanded a great deal of her concentration and an even greater deal of her time. Nikko was lucky that his need of her fit into her schedule at the moment. She had just finished an assignment in Paris. One that proved a bit more difficult than she had first thought. Her "employer" had wanted a flashy, very public scene involving the intended target's family. Her "employer" required a bit of extensive education in that matter, but all was dealt with accordingly; according to Mina's displaced sense of morality that is. Absolutely no children. Women were a distinct possiblity, provided that the compensation was satisfactory. Even though she was most assuredly as lethal as her mentor Nikko, she wasn't quite as exclusive.

Her excitement grew as the plane landed in Prague. Grabbing her small leather carry-on, she exited the plane with all due haste. Slipping through the crowds, her eager gaze raked across all those gathered in the aeroport before lighting on the unmistakeable figure of the one she searched for. Her Nikko. A blazing smile lit her face as her long-legged stride made short work of the distance between them. Curling a manicured hand behind his neck, she pulled his mouth down to hers for a fierce kiss; her lips passionately crushed against his.

Breaking off the kiss abruptly, she leaned back, her lips curled in a impish grin. "I received word you have need of me, Nikko. Shall we continue this here" A smoothly arched brow lifted devilishly, "or should we retreat to somewhere more private?"

 

[spazmodious]

Nikko

Nikko waited for her flight to come in, and thought to himself
<<how long has it been?>> He could not remember, over a year anyway.
She stepped off the plane and looked just the same as the last time he saw her, but deep down inside part of him always saw her as she was the first time they met,on that night long ago...
she walked up to him and kissed him passionatly, aand he snapped back to the "here and now" as they say in america.
She asked if they should go somewhere private, and without a word he took her hand and led her to a broom closet he had set up earlyer.

He looked into here eyes and said "I need your help, I need all the contacts and resorces you have acsess to and add them to mine so I can find someone...and by the way, when did I teach you to draw that much attention to yourself in a airport?
especialy when you are armed?"....

 

[silverwolf]

alex

OOC: i guess i'll play alex since spaz asked me to but let me warn you i might be a little to good at this just kidding

ic: i knew that Nikko would be at the airport waiting for someone and when i saw him take her,doubletake, her,thats a first or is that, no it couldn't be, into the broomcloset i decided to come join the party.making sure to open the door from the side i said "Nikko whos the only one who would ever sneek up on you and live to see another day" i said as i walked into the room

 

[spazmodious]

Nikko

Nikko stood waiting fir Mina's answer...
someone triggered the motion detector he had placed neer the door.

A split second later both Nikko and Mina had gun leveled at the door.

"Nikko,who would ever sneek up on you and live to tell about it?"
said the voice from outside.

Nikko & Mina shared a quick look at the bemusement on each others face, as Mina said " how very much like Alex, is he ever going to grow up?"

Nikko gave her a brief smile "doubtfull"

He pulled Alex into the closet, "get in here we need to talk"

Quickly he explained about the failure of his mission, and Fiona,
and her role in it as lover/enimy agent.

"So what I need from both of you is to help me find and kill Sir Roland. And find Fiona so I can figure out if what she said was true, can you help me?....

 

[ShadowSeeker]

OOC: Hi all this looks too good to pass up

Amanda Colston, ex MI6. One of the fastest promotions on record of a female operative until she fell foul of the system and had to resign. These days she sells information and carries out spy contracts when needed.
Still maintains contacts with MI6 and the CIA, also has contacts within the Russian government.

IC: I put the phone down, another happy customer and a nice big cheque was in my account, Industrial espionage was pretty boring but it payed well.
Hitting the play button on the phone I listened to the message that had been left earlier. " Thought you might like to know that Nikko has been making enquires. He is meeting with Mina and Alex somewhere in Prague, I don't know any more than that but I will tell you if I find anything."

Alone the message meant nothing but to me it was interesting. I walked to a cabinet in the corner went through the files and quickly found the one I needed. Settling back behind my desk I read through the intel on the man currently known as Nikko the Joker, not that many found it funny when they met him.

No one had seen him since he had botched up the hit on Sir Roland, rumour had it that he'd fallen prey to a woman and had dissapeared to lick his wounds, I smiled inwardly, women got to them every time.

I had followed his career for years, he'd been one of MI6's biggest targets and a constant thorn in their side, he always managed to vanish just when the net was closing around him much to the annoyance of a few important governments around the world.

Closing the file I made a few phone calls, the last being the most important.
"Dimitriy, how are you? Long time my friend"
The voice at the other end sounded surprised "Amanda? It is indeed a long time, I assume this is business though I would much prefer it to be pleasure."
"Unfortunately this time it is, are you free this evening? I have a small piece of information that might be of benefit to us both." I hoped that was enough to whet his appetite.
"How about dinner, I will meet you at the resturant at about 7 o'clock"
"That would be fine," I knew where he meant, a small place just off the main drag near Hyde Park it specialised in Eastern European cuisine, "Can I just say that this a meal between friends."
"I fully understand, it will be nice to see you again anyway."

With that the conversation was over and I went back to my files, wondering what was so important Nikko would risk meting Mina and Alex.

 

[Imoen]

Mina

"Really, Nikko. One would think you weren't happy to see me." Mina's full lip curled to a petulant pout.

"Darling, the whole 'trick' to avoiding detection is to appear terribly ordinary." Mina informed Nikko smugly, "and what is more ordinary than lovers reuinited at an airport? If it guarned more than one or two indugent smiles from an elderly couple at the perceived 'lovebirds' I'll eat my shoe."

"If anything, smuggling me into a broom closet would brook the most suspicion." She said with a laugh, "Or perhaps not after my little kiss. I may just have made this cozy little room a whole lot safer for you." A cocky grin lifted the corner of her lips as she shared a bit of her twisted sense of logic.

Alex's arrival was a bit of a surprise, luckily he's still intact. No extra holes to speak of as of yet, Mina thought dryly.

"You really do like living on the edge, don't you, Alex." It was more of a statement moreso than a question, seeing as how all of them already knew the answer and had for quite a while now. Alex was most definitely a wild one.

Mina listened intently to Nikko's request for help. Fiona McCray? She sighed quietly to herself. She should have known. Nikko rarely asked for help, but when he did, she knew it was something that was tremendously important to him.

Great. Fabulous. The sarcastic thoughts and somewhat piqued temper were hidden well, as Mina was well trained in maintaining an emotionless expression. Sir Roland shouldn't really be much of a problem. Nikko could of handled that on his own easily. Prominent member of Parliment? Eh, piece of cake. Fiona would be the difficult one, at least to locate. Heh. "That's the reason he's asked for both Alex and I. Oh well, I've never let him down before, I'm not about to start now. Regardless of how very blind he is." She thought sourly to herself.

"Of course I'll help - You'll have to get me to a computer though." She stated bluntly, "You honestly don't think I carry around a list of my contacts on my person, do you? Tsk, tsk Nikko. You've taught me much better than that."

"Can we please get out of this broomcloset? Its becoming a bit stiffling."

"Surely you have a hotel room or a safe house of some sort set up here, no?"

 

[silverwolf]

alex

as i walked into the room i brought my briefcase and as soon as the door was shut i put my glock into the front of my pants."unlike mina i always have my laptop and dish for my sat coneection" i said as i pulled both my mini dish and laptop out and connected to the net." i made sure to encript my file with a program that changes the encryption every five min." i said as i handed my contacts printed in the code known only to us three." if you wish, Mina<you can use this its a secure connection" i said as i handed my laptop to mina.

 

[Guest]

Nikko

"That's not what I meant ofcourse"
Nikko said looking at Mina, "your contacts are yours alone and would not likely talk to me if I
were to try and contact them."

"What I need is to have you and Alex start looking and let me know what you find."

"and yes I have a safe house, this was intended for an emergancy"

He picked up the emergancy supplys he had stored there and led them to a stairway no one ever used,
and down to the parking garage to a car that was waiting for them.

It took only a few moments to drive to the spot where he parked the car and told them to get out and follow.

It was a door in the wall of an overpass, used for
repair work on the power system for the street lights, it had a passage that connected to a subway line, a few minute later they came out neer
the docks.

The safe house was in a loft above an old pawnshop
that was owned by an old friend and satisfied customer of Nikko's, not much to look at, but the three of them had shared worse accomodations over the years.

Nikko gave the each a packet containing all the information they would need to help him with the
currant mission, and told them to get some sleep.

"you have both had long flights, and jetlag makes
you careless, so get some sleep and we will make plans in the morning"

There where four bedrooms to choose from, Nikko picked the one closest to the stairs and settled in for the night.

 

[spazmodious]

meanwhile elsewhere....

About that same time on the other side of the city, a man known only as "Big Pete" sat in his favorite chair, at his favorite table,
in his favorite restuaunt..... listening to a report from one of his men.

"so, not only is our old friend Alexiovich Topolivov back in town but his friends Nikko the Ghost, and Mina Romanov are here with him. I saw them leave the airport together."

Big Pete took a minute to think about what he had just heared,
then his face split in two as he releasted a smile that could turn milk rancid.

"lets see if we can't set something up to welcome them home shall we?'

 

[spazmodious]

Nikko

Even though it was Alex and Mina who had been on plains and not him, Nikko felt like he had jetlag.

Even worse yet, he could not sleep, he sat and made sure all his weapons and equipment were in good order, then paced around the room.

He got up and walked to the little kitchen in the loft to get something to drink.

When he got there he found Mina already there.
"You could'nt sleep either?" he asked.
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ooc:
where is everyone, there have been no posts for a while now. what happenede?