Departure 1: The Platinum Cheque Book from Capital

It's quite a sunny day in Zone D, people are happily minding their own business, birds are flying, wind is flowing etc. etc. all in all it's a normal day.

Midst of this normal day, Alex was busy writing a letter to her Land lord. Today she is going to vacate her motel room, the place where she is living for last 6 months.

" Dear Landlord,

It is my great pleasure to inform you that after our six months of memorable cohabitation, I am finally ready to leave this humble abode. As for the rent which is due for this time period, it will be at your best interest if you just forget about it.

I am definitely not going to miss or remember you or this sunny place of excrement, although I am quite sure you will never be able to forget me. Don't bother getting your rents worth from the ores I deposited as guarantee, because over this period of six month I had already switched them.

There's a lot I wish to tell you, but every time I think about the obnoxious, lecherous, nauseating, face of yours I feel my hands are getting dirty, honestly I have already finished one bottle of soap water, which you graciously provide, to wash my hands.

There by I will keep it short.

Your money from Blue Moon smuggling last week, I stole it.

The mysterious girlfriend with whom your son is cheating with his wife, ME.

The mysterious girlfriend with whom your daughter is cheating with her husband, he he, me again.

The mysterious woman with whom your wife is cuckolding you, well who else but ME.

The person who informed your in-laws about the cheating, Meeeeeeeeeee.

The organic/herbal/miracle healer you are seeing to get your tool up, well again ME. So all the credit you have given to me, well let's just say whether your wallet or your pencil will go up again in future, that has nothing to do with me, although if you really wish to have some of my miracle medicine, you can try to mix water, blue moon, wood shave ash and drink it. For authenticity, please use the tap from my bathroom and shave the right leg of the chair beside the window.

If you have managed to read up to this point without tearing the letter, please know...

Well just know something, do I have to tell you every con I pulled on you, you are a grown up man with a limp dick, figure out yourself.

Without any respect,

Definitely not yours

******( Well I am keeping my name a secret)."

"Sigh, gotta hurry"

Alex looked around, the room was almost cleaned up, and most of her items had already been packed into her backpack. All that left, was some clothes, which she had to let go. She looked herself in the mirror.

Camo fatigue ... Check.

Standard issue back pack with small sleeping bag, common practice for all hunters... Check.

Masking agents.... Check.

She looked and double checked everything and then stepped out of her room.

Alex had been living in this Motel for past six months and yet to pay any rent. The manager cum proprietor have tried various means to have a face to face with this young hunter, but with a little amount of free smoke, Blue Moon (Stolen from the manager), occasional small gifts(obtained from managers son and wife) and casual flirting, Alex has managed to win over most of the stuffs in the Motel. That and the core deposit she had made six month ago prevented the manager to have a talk or evict this young hunter.

Alex got down, usually she used the backdoor to leave the Motel, although the manager has stationed a boy there, but thanks to her innocent smile and occasional free smokes, that boy was blissfully oblivious to her presence. Thinking carefully, it was like magic, a 5 feet 4 inch girl swaggering right in front of your eye, yet you never saw her.

But not today.

Today she was going through the front door.

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Hans, 52 years old, currently busy on sorting some of the morning tantrums of his customers. When you run a motel for hunters, no matter what you do, these despicable low lives will never get satisfied. No matter how good your food or room is, a hunter always gonna ask for more. As they spend days living in the edge and have plenty of hard cash, the demand of these ass holes are extreme to the power of infinity. Dealing with them, therefore was quite a challenge.

Alex coughed to get Hans's attention. Hans looked up and...

"YOU"

"Hi Hans"

"YOU"

"..(Smile)."

"Where the hell you have been, I am trying to get you for last six months, I have gone to your room, send my boys, hell I even waited for you at the door, but I never saw you. Where the hell you have been all this time?"

Alex gave the raving Hans one of her best smiles, people says her face was very innocent and the smile was angelic and thanks to that she had manage to pull one after another con on plenty of Men and Women, even raving maniacs generally clam down after seeing her smile and this time was no exception.

"I have been running this Motel for 20 years and never saw a customer like you, if not of your capital background and the deposit you submitted, I would have long evicted you."

Alex thought "Yeah. You. Find me. dude by the time you raised your butt from that chair, your boys have already told me bout your venture, By the time you reached my floor, I was long gone, and 'send boys to my room', dude they have came in, sampled your Blue Moon and left. Seriously who do think I am?"

Alex told "Come on Hans, keep it cool or your pressure will rise. You look like a smart guy; don't you know I was busy?"

"DOING WHAT?"

"Hunting dude, that's what I do, remember? Anyway, I have managed to get my big hit and my agency has updated my targets, so I will stay here for another half year or more. Prepare the paperwork, I will pay the balance of last six month, you just move my deposit for next six."

"What, you are paying?"

"Why do you think I am standing here instead of hunting, today I am preparing my supplies, so I thought to finish all the boring jobs. Just move your ass and give me a number?"

Hans attitude, took a 180O turn as he opened the book, "Well it is around 12000 credit, for the last six months, and if you wish to pay some advance then calculating the deposit...."

"Screw your calculations, I will give you a cheque of 24K, also don't forget to up my deposit."

"Uhh. Cheque?"

"Yeah dimwit, a premium cheque from Merchant Association of Capital, even this low end dump has a brunch of Association here, just bring your ass there and get the money."

Just so everyone be clear, years ago, Alex managed to get her hands on an account in Merchant Association, courtesy to a very drunk and horny big shot. Although she had to put around a 1000 as initial deposit, she did manage to take out all the money and currently the account was in the very verge of closing. Hans could take his cheque and wait till World War IV, but he wasn't gonna get any payment, hell the bank might even charge him to activate the account.

Of course Hans didn't know any of this, this Platinum Cheque Book and 5 Kg of Hardened Mass was the reason, he hadn't came charging to her room to kick her out. Not to mention a Platinum Cheque, would help him to cultivate some good relationship with association. Although he had shown a lot of bitterness in his face, he accepted the cheque quite happily.

"Wait you are paying me 30 K, you are staying longer?"

"Of course not, I spend all my credit to get serums and poison. Not to mention this is a high profile target and I need a grade-A lure, I was thinking to go to association but Helmond only keep the lure till 9 and association won't start business by 11, so I need a loan, you give me 5.5K or send it to Hammond, and take 6K from the bank. Of course if you are willing, otherwise I just rewrite the values."

'This is an opportunity, Loan the money to this hunter and the carefully let the association know bout it, relation, relation', although he was at this zone for 30 years, the association brunch have established only two years ago and quite high profiled, a mere motel manager like him have no chance to contact them, but now the opportunity come knocking. Hans was almost in ecstasy, sure this brat was troublesome, but which hunter wasn't? It's just she stay out longer. As expected from a hunter from capital.(BTW Alex was never been within 100 mile radius of capital).

"Sure, here's the cash and you know, I won't take commission for association's job, just use the rest to get some bombs, you know. The waste land is dangerous now-a-days."

"Just keep the money and don't drool over the check, the day I have to take hunting advice from you, will come in..... NEVER. Anyway, CYA letter."

Alex walked out, looked around and then walked towards a shop across the motel.