modifications

Parking his own car nearby Keith entered a carpark, walking through the floors in order to find the right one for the job.. eventually finding the perfect car… a Glendale… something strong enough to get greatly upgraded with little effort, paired with the just normal, borderline boring look it had… made the car close to perfect for what Keith needed…

Looking around for a moment Keith began unlocking the driver side door, gaining access to the car within moments..

Getting inside Keith threw out some trash, disappointed with the owner because of the state the inside of the car was in.

Driving off, Keith got away without problem, heading towards his own house to get the starting modification…

It didn't take long for him to get there, changing the listens plate as soon as he got there..

The modifications took time, but Keith was mostly finished when it got time for dinner, skipping over his lunch as he had a large breakfast..

There were still some things to finish up, but Keith was certain that he would have it ready before long..

Ordering some food, Keith thought about the next day, where he would bring the escape vehicle to the warehouse early in the morning to have time to get it fitted out with a nitro, theorising that he could always scrap the car afterwards… 

The thought of scraping cars did bring him onto something he through would be a worthwhile investment..

That being the scrapyard just east of the city… Owning it could provide a legal reason for them to be there, along with getting the opportunity to get car parts as well as profit even more form the bank heist they were about to commit…

Keith had noticed the place before, seeing the for sale sign as he drove by, but at the time he didn't have the money to splurge on those types of things… but now he had… similarly with the take of the score he would be able to buy the things Malcom needed before he would join Keith..

Although he saw it as a good investment, it didn't mean that he had the time to go there himself… he could… but that would just interfere to much with his current schedule… meaning that he delegated the task to his assistant, letting her deal with the acquisition..

The profit margins weren't to clear to Keith, but any destroyed or beyond repair car would be brought there, with them getting it almost for free to just take any parts still salvageable off and scrap the rest for the metals that it was made of…

Leaving Keith free to rest a full night, finally getting enough sleep…

..

..waking up before his alarm, Keith headed down to the kitchen, hoping to have something tasty to eat… realising that he had to be more constant with his food purchases… buying enough to last a while before needing to restock worked most of the time, but his preference for eating something quick meant that he had tings left over, just sitting in his fridge, but without the other ingredients to really make something out of it..

Settling in something more plain, Keith finished his meal quickly, heading towards the vehicle warehouse in order to start the modification process of the cars..

Each one needed to get a new pair of wheels, get a different colour and get some of the bodywork changed… the performance upgrades would take the longest time and thus would be handled by Alex..

When Keith arrived their, he greeted the only other person there, that being Victor… a former Scandinavian who had moved to the US after some troubled overseas, he was a giant of a man, but still seemed somewhat lacking in comparison to Eva, who matched and even somewhat surpassed his physic.

He immediately got to work on the other cars, not knowing where the nitro was for the getaway car, within the hour he got the first car ready for Alex, with her still not being there at that point Keith just decided to work on the others…

He continued working, only stopping once Eva and Victor switched out at lunchtime… with Alex still not there Keith headed for the office, planning on calling her phone..

"Boss.." Her gruff voice travelled through the warehouse..

"Yes Eva?" Keith stopped in his tracks, turning to look towards her..

"Alex sick… was yesterday as well.." Having said what she wanted, Eva turned back to her work, monitoring the camara's.

"Oh.." Keith realised that she had likely gotten a cold from the night they spend outside, having not kept her warm enough it seemed..

It didn't bother him much, it just meant that he had less time to do things on his own..

Ordering some food, Keith also included Eva's order, having asked her what she wanted before returning to work…

Their delivery would be there within the hour giving Keith time to finish another car before heading off to lunch, making it three cars that only needed two more things…

The tracker removed, and the upgrades for under the hood.. things he planned to do afterwards..

Before long Keith and Eva were having lunch together, both consuming more than an average person could fit inside of their stomach, as both of them were big spenders, guessing from the muscles at least…

"You finishing that?" Eva pointed to one of the boxes that Keith had opened, but hadn't eaten everything out off…

"You can have it... ill just take this.." Keith got up, bringing with him what remained of a pizza and a can of soda.

"Thanks.." Keith saw how much she enjoyed food, finding it peculiar how that was the only time he saw her show any real emotion..

As Keith began working on what was under the hood, his work was interrupted by two cars coming in…

"Nico.. Mina… nice to see you two get along." Keith greeted the two, surprising them as they were expecting Alex…

"Something up with Alex?" Mina looked around the warehouse, not finding a single sign of the tomboy that usually hung around all over the place..

"Apparently she is sick… but Ill help if you need anything…"

"So nothing to do with Kai?" Nico asked… causing Mina to punch him in the shoulder..

"Hey.." Nico turned to the woman beside him.

"Shut it." Mina snapped at him.

"Something wrong with Kai and Alex?" The scene was a bit strange, even a little suspicious.

"No… everything is fine.."

"Now come on… Nico, why don't you tell me about it?" Keith turned to the one who would talk the easiest, hoping to hear about what happened.

"I don't think I.." He still seemed a bit wary of Mina beside him..

"Nico.. please.. ill even give you a bonus.."

"Well then, Kai brought his girlfriend around here… showing off his workplace or something… and Alex got into an argument with him over it..." He almost immediately spilled what happened, shocking Keith not only by his explanation, but also how easy it was for him to do it..

"Nico!"

"What.. I speak easily under pressure… plus the bonus would really help me out." Nico threw up his hands in order to protect himself… expecting another punch..

"I think that I will have to talk to him personally then.." His words caused some worry to appear on Mina's face

"Sir it was nothing like you are thinking, he just let her wait outside.. she didn't see anything other than the car he was delivering.." She seemed to cover partly for him, giving more context to the situation..

"Ill look into it.." Even if no harm was intended, bringing other people into their work was highly unprofessional, it would be the same as bringing the police back to the save-house…

If the relationship turned sour than it would likely bring even more trouble…

Keith wasn't skilled in people management, he was a well trained shooter, a good mechanic, perhaps even a better driver than most, but he never in his life needed to manage the workload of others as much as he did now..

Within his former crew he was the leader, but that position just meant planning and helping prepare the heists, with a small team mostly competent, with all some years of experience in prior fields.. but now he worked above a couple employees, who's management he mostly gave to his assistant, who had a degree that would help her with her job..

"Sir… Kai is a good driver.. its just that he.." Keith interrupted her, deeming that he would throw the responsibility of disciplining the team to his assistant.

"Don't worry about it… Stacy can look for a punishment… if she deems it necessary…. Now if you don't mind.. ill get back to work.." Keith left them to get back on track with the cars… with Alex not being there it meant that he needed to do it himself..

Getting the new cars set up as well, Keith continued working on the cars, eventually finishing up with his own car while only needing to finish the two new cars that had came in during the day… the last one hadn't arrived, but Keith didn't mind it to much, as he placed the nitro inside of the car…

It wasn't the biggest tank, but it would be more than good enough for them to get out of the city…

With a final twist of the knob, everything was secure… finishing his day up…

"Eva.. ill see you around…" Keith closed the hood, heading to the side door to bring the car to the parking lot.

"Yes sir…" Her day would almost be over, but Keith hadn't seen her do anything really, just relacing while checking the security camara's, a job easily deemed unneeded, but something that Keith knew would be important against any possible attack.

Getting in, Keith drove off heading to the car park next to the bank..

The sun was already getting a little low as he got near, eventually parking the car in a mostly empty car park underneath his own office…

Getting out Keith called Lester, planning to confirm that everything was done… hoping to do the job at the end of the next day if they could..

"Lester.. I got the car in place… How are the others on their tasks?" Keith had the simplest job, but with them all split up they could likely finish it soon.

["They will be finished by the end of the night… I already send out the meeting time for tomorrow, same place as before.."] Keith hadn't seen the text, but noted down the time before replying.

"Understood, ill see you then.." Keith hung up the phone, walking towards the entrance to his office above, where he planned to spend the night, before likely spending his day with Molly as they still had things planned

While in the elevator Keith send a small text to Alex, detailing what he himself had done as well as what still left to be done, also asking about her health..

Getting back some small text, essentially saying that she was fine, while detailing her surprise at his speed of work, stating that she would like it for him to visit the warehouse to help out when he had time…

Keith entered his office, immediately going towards his personal room, noticing that Stacy had left her bag behind near her desk…

He opened the door, pushing it back only for it to not shut entirely, something Keith didn't bother to fix…

Removing some of his clothes, Keith threw them into a small area for clothes that he needed to wash, not wanting to keep the oil and sweat stained shirt on…

As he was rummaging through his closer Keith heard the door open up..

"Oh my.." Stacy shielded her eyes as she stole a view more glances..

"I am so sorry.." Stacy began closing the door again, leaving Keith a bit confused as to why she opened it in the first place.