A Business Arrangement Characters: Leo Kennedy and Alexander Moretti Setting: Moretti's Office / A Black Sedan somewhere on the streets of downtown Axis Content: Safe For Work Summary: The re-establishment of a business arrangement and a new job for Leo.
Alexander turned in his chair, looking out the window behind his desk at the city that sprawled around the impressive tower of Moretti Square. From here, everything could be seen- the Riverside and it's new apartment complex, the green stretch of the park and the squat City-Hall, the ASU campus on the other side of town beyond the grey tumble-down ghettos near Aiden Adam's home. It was a beautiful city of course, but it was not beyond improvement. It could be a dedication to him in steel and glass, a city of the future, a city where things happened first. He had great plans for Axis, great plans, the like of which his father, narrow-minded and old-fashioned as he was, could never have dreamed about.
But before that happened, the place had to be tidied up. All the loose ends needed to be sorted out, and unfortunately he had learnt of another yesterday afternoon. Mr Stanley May, thought dead in an explosion at the Moretti Labs complex two years ago. Now, Moretti knew, he had caused that explosion and knew far too much about what had really taken place in the laboratory.
He turned away from the window. Somewhere down there a package was being delivered- the label addressed to David Hunter, although he knew that was not the real name of the recipient. Inside there was a small, single-use audio cassette player, a message already loaded onto it. It was Moretti's voice, although distorted to sound nothing like the man, and on it was a short message.
"Welcome back to Axis City, Mr Kennedy. I'd like to see you to discuss some business with you. There will be a car, a black sedan, waiting at the corner of Avalon and Banner, tomorrow night at 10pm. It will wait until twenty minutes past, and then leave. I look forward to our re-acquaintance."