Grace Freeman (vamp_enforcer) wrote in btvsal, @ 2011-01-07 14:01:00 |
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Current location: | Avarice |
Current mood: | curious |
Entry tags: | ben bale, grace freeman, place: la |
Meet Grace
Who: Grace and Ben
Where: Avarice
When: Thursday Night, 1/6
As Slayer's 'War Zone' blared through the speakers, the club flooding with black and red strobe lights, Ben sat at his usual table in the VIP section of Avarice, having left Skylar at home tonight... mostly? Because he had some business to take care of. And while Skylar understood Ben's more... mod-like dealings, he still didn't want her to have to be involved in them if unnecessary. So, for now? He sat there, waiting to get information that his most recent problem had been taken care of. This problem? Was in the form of a couple of low-rent loan sharks (one human, one half-demon) that had been trying to shake down a local talent Ben was trying to sign. The young man had told Ben he'd sign... if Ben could get the mobsters to stop harassing him and his family. To make it quick and efficient? Ben had sent his best. And now? He waited for her to return.
Grace slipped into Avarice after walking past Dave with a slight wink. She wasn't a regular at Avarice for obvious reasons, but it was fun to watch as the heads of men turned and looked at her. She was wearing a simple black turtle neck and tight black leather pants that clung to her every curve, but people were looking at her like she was wearing very little to nothing. When she spotted Ben, she slid into his booth and smiled at him.
Well hell... when you looked like she did? You didn't HAVE to wear skimpy outfits to turn heads. Which made her... lethal nature even more shocking. "Grace..." Ben smiled, waving a small but thick envelope in front of her. "Am I to take the... task has been completed?"
She gave him a slight nod. "I wouldn't be smiling if the job wasn't done, Mr. Bale," she said to him, still smiling at him. She'd still be out, trying to get her job done. It wasn't like she'd show up without doing what she was paying to do, after all.
He slid the envelope to her, laughing. "Then by all means, enjoy your payment. You are QUITE a woman, Grace. And I may have... an apprentice for yourself and David soon."
She took the envelope and slipped it into her pocket. "Is that so?" she asked, raising an eyebrow at him. Well, wasn't this interesting? "May I ask who?"
"A young woman named Janna. She's been staying with Skylar and myself. She feels indebted to us, and wants to help. She can handle herself..." he smirked, unable to help staring at her quite a bit. "But she needs to learn the finer points of our little... operation."
Grace nodded. "I can certainly help her with that," she said. "What gives her the ability to handle herself? Training...or other?"
"She's a lycan, like myself. She has the speed, strength, agility, and she SEEMS to have the killer instinct." He smirked at her, "And that's where you'll come in. David... will train her, but doesn't have it in him to really PUSH her. You'll find out if she has it in her to be, well... like you."
She chuckled, getting what he meant. "You mean actually be able to pull off a real assassination?" she asked him. Dave was ferocious, but had very little stealth to him. Among other things, Grace was great with stealth.
"Exactly. We know that David.... well, we send David when we just need someone hurt or killed and don't particularly care who sees. My uncle is a lot of things..." Ben snickered, "But sneaky isn't one of them."
"But still so good at the killing part," Grace said. "Part of what I like about him." She cast a glance around the club. "So, when will I get to meet this protege?"
"Soon. I need to set something up. As well as prepare her for your..." He looked for the right word there, "take-no-prisoners approach."
She laughed. "I think it's an approach that works," she said to him. "According to what I make, it apparently works for me very well."
"You're the very best I have, my dear." He winked at her, and with his next words... oh god, her TOO? "Well, at least at killing. But have no doubt, you're ONE of the best I've had in other ways as well."
Like she could resist such...persistent charms. "You're certainly one of the best I've had, too. You and your wife." Yep, her, too. Like Skylar could resist a hot gal like her.
"God, I know... Skylar's like nothing else in the world." Aw. That was sweet... in Ben's perverted way. "Anyway... go enjoy some of the money. You've earned it. And call me tomorrow, and I'll get you in touch with Janna."
"Sure thing, Boss," she said, standing up from the booth. She wasn't sure what she was going to do with her money tonight, but it had little to do with hanging around a club that catered mostly to teens and twenty-something humans. Maybe The Vault would be interesting tonight?