Behind the Curtains (New Babylon)

[Victor Wolfe]

Anger flared up from within Victor, not only was this rodent a loud mouth who worked with a useless and now dead mercenary but he had the audacity to put the blame on Victor and his allies.

“Listen here rodent, if your friend there was not so cocky and had the common sense to be more wary around non confirmed kills then he would not be lying there on the ground, your friend died because he was a failure!" Victor shouted straight at the orange rodent who was now getting angry himself. " Such a waste of my time, so hard to get good help these days, I hope that not all the mercenary's in this world are as pathetic as he was" Victor nastily remarked.

Daxter who was now sick of Victor’s remarks flew towards the assassin in a fit of rage, only to be met with the hilt of a dagger to the face, causing him to fall and slide across the hot sand. Clearly not amused by this Victor turned the edge towards the creature, showing that the next time he tried something like that it would be the last thing he ever did.

"It’s not like it matters to much anyway, so long as the smiling one is entertained by him your friend will be brought back to life after a time. So I do not understand why you are making such a huge issue over this" Victor said trying to recompose himself from the rage that was burning within him.

" that's not the point, you idiots were supposed to be aware and make sure things like this did not happen , you are as bad as the storm trooper you people failed to kill, murderers!" Daxter was still fuming with anger over the death of his close friend, unfortunately for him this activated Wolfe's love for psychological torture. “I am not a murderer I am an assassin, it’s my job to kill people and fulfil the wishes of my employer. I did both of these today, your friend Jak was hired to help this mission go well and prevent casualties. He failed at this and thus he is dead, if it would have been a member of my team here I would have personally killed him. However there was another great failure here and that would be you Daxter. If you would have been more aware and less cocky you may have noticed your friend was about to be shot and warned him in time for him to dodge. You are the one who should have been watching your friends back, and thus you are a failure as a friend." Victor spoke in a soft, convincing tone; he decided to add in the final blow “if anyone caused the death of Jak, it was you Daxter, now get out of here before I decide I want a new pair of boots. you might find your friend back at the Nexus in a few days “Victor turned away from the now fleeing rodent waiting for him to leave ear shot.

He then turned to his team “well that could have gone better, I hope you understand why we attack to kill and not to maim now, because when you don't others tend to die in their place. However other than that little blunder I would say this operation was a resounding success thus I am happy that I had the chance to work with both of you, I am going to check the back of the truck and see just what we have got here. And then we can all head back to Nippur and celebrate." Victor rushed around to the back of the truck. He climbed up into the open doors examining the crates of resources, it was a good haul. Crates over flowing with weapons, MRE's and medical supplies. The walls where lined with wires leading to the front of the truck and packages that must have been the explosives; luckily he had deactivated them from the console in the front of the truck.

Something felt off, and that's when he noticed that the floor to the truck was a bit higher than it needed to be, he took out one of his daggers and started to hit the metal panelled floor in different spots until he heard a change in tone. “So a hollow compartment is it?" Victor used the edge of his blade to praise open a fake panel revealing a small box. “What do we have here? Must be something good if they put this much effort into stopping people from getting it" Opening the box Victor found a belt," Well that was a disappointment, at least it looks like it will fit me" Victor put on the belt, his hand brushing the button on the middle.

He walked out towards where Agnes and Shay where conversing. “He is taking his time" Shay said despite Victor being stood straight in front of him. “It’s unacceptable to take so long when checking supplies" said Agnes. Victor looked down and noticed an unusual aura surrounding him, emanating from the belt. It took a few seconds before Victor realized that he was invisible, or cloaked at least. He pushed the button on the belt again causing Shay and Agnes to be startled. Victor laughed at their shocked expressions before explaining. “I found this hidden in the truck, looks like this is what they really wanted to smuggle into the city and that is why it was protected to such an extent. There is also food, weapons and other useful supplies, looks like we hit the jack pot here. I am feeling tired so let’s go back to base and get some well-deserved rest. the others agreed and before long Victor was driving the truck towards Nippur, he had learned by watching how Jak drove his Buggy, it all seemed pretty logical, so long as he did not go to fast or turn to sharply the vehicle would not tip or lose control. Thus they were on their way to Nippur, with Victor Driving and Agnes and Shay in the two passenger seats