<strong>Name:</strong>Victor Corsi (http://grimstonestudios.com/files/ellq_crNPC1.jpg), Sasha Anders (http://grimstonestudios.com/files/ellq_crNPC2.jpg), Halphas (aka Jacob Thompson) (http://grimstonestudios.com/files/halphas.html)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>JW Marriott hotel, near the Galleria<br/><strong>Time of Day:</strong>11:00 am<br/><br/>As luck would have it, traffic would hold both Halphas and Victor up until late morning.  It was just not the day to be traveling through this side of the city.<br/><br/>Both arrived at the JW Marriott, roughly at around the same time; with Victor arriving only moments before Halphas and managing to grab an elevator up to the 6th floor hotel suite where Sasha waited just before Halphas, walked into the lobby.<br/><br/>In the meantime having grown bored, Sasha not being the least bit modest had already given the two "guards" in the room with her an eyeful.  She had playfully stripped out of her black dress (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xnbXT3S3SeI/T7ZGsypcv7I/AAAAAAAAAYw/hIyb6zM8Ru4/s1600/women+Little+Fashion+Black+Dresses.jpg), along with her matching black bra and panties, before slipping on a red silk robe and lounging on the bed.<br/><br/>Such behavior from Sasha wasn't entirely unusual, so the two guards had merely rolled their eyes and given her a small smirk.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>When Victor entered the suite an hour later than planned, he merely shook his head slightly see Sasha's clothes lying at the foot of the bed and her lounging in her red silk robe.  Victor quickly checked with the two guards about the morning, not expecting any problems nor receiving reports about any.  Then he turned to Sasha, "I apologize for keeping you waiting, I suppose I should have called.  I'll check with Jacob and see when he'll be here."<br/><br/>Just then, the door to the suite opened.  "No need for that.  Sorry I'm running late, but traffic was a nightmare." Jacob said.<br/><br/>"He isn't kidding." Victor added thoughtfully, more for Sasha's sake than Jacob's, "I just arrived myself, actually.  Is there anything I can get you two?"<br/><br/>Sasha smiled politely at Victor, "Not right now.  But could you see to it, that my car gets picked up from the shop this afternoon?"<br/><br/>"Of course, I'll have it dropped off at your house as always." Victor said with a polite smile and a slight bow. "And for you sir?" he asked, turning to Jacob.<br/><br/>Jacob turned to Sasha a moment, "Give me a moment, I need to make sure something is taken care of for tonight.  I'll be right back hon."  Giving Sasha a small kiss on the forehead, he then turned to Victor and gestured towards the door.<br/><br/>Victor nodded and along with the two guards, the four men walked out of the suite.  As soon as the door was closed, Jacob turned to Victor and pointed to the text on his phone he had received from Hela earlier that morning.  "I need you to find out everything about this club, its manager, its owner if you can...I mean everything...by tonight.  Pull whatever strings you have to, but I want the information before we go walking in there.  You and I both know, we're not walking in there without our guns.  There is no way in Hell, I don't trust any club manager or owner enough; hell I don't trust anyone enough with my life to not carry anymore.  I may walk unarmed at home, but that's about it; and even then that's probably when I'm first getting out of bed."<br/><br/>Victor glanced again at the text, 'No guns eh?  I'm thinking Hela found herself a new best friend."  Victor shook his head, "But yeah, I agree I'm not walking in there without carrying either.  And if we're going tonight, then both Hela and this club owner is just going to have to accept the fact that there are armed escorts on the premises.  I don't intend on causing any trouble but if shit goes down, I'm not going to be the one with my ass served up on a metal slab because I didn't carry."<br/><br/>Jacob nodded, "Agreed my friend, agreed.  So get me that information.  Cost isn't a concern, nor is method really...just keep it quiet and don't attract attention, least of all from any of the club staff."<br/><br/>Victor smiled. "I'll do what I can.  I'll call you later when I find out something, and I'll see you tonight."  and with that Victor and the two others left.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Halphas watched them leave for a moment, then turned and re-entered the hotel suite.  Sasha was still lounging on the bed, though now she did so with her robe slightly open, and slid down off her left shoulder slightly.  She smiled seductively as Halphas entered the bedroom, and approached the bed.<br/><br/>"I should make you, make it up to me for being late." she said with a devilish smile.  To which Halphas raised an eyebrow, returning her smile. "And who says, I wasn't planning on it?"<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Sasha Anders (http://grimstonestudios.com/files/ellq_crNPC2.jpg), Halphas (aka Jacob Thompson) (http://grimstonestudios.com/files/halphas.html)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>JW Marriott hotel, near the Galleria<br/><strong>Time of Day:</strong>6:00 pm - 7:45 pm<br/><br/>Several hours later, Halphas rolled over to look at the naked form of the still sleeping Sasha.  Victor hadn't called him back yet, and he was to be at the club in three hours.  Halphas carefully climbed out of bed, as to not disturb Sasha's sleep.  She nonetheless, rolled over and sprawled out over the bed where he had once laid.  Shaking his head with a smile, he leaned over and gave her a soft kiss before heading to the bathroom and cleaning up for tonight.<br/><br/>After showering again, he dressed and straightened out his clothes.  And despite the text sent from Hela earlier, he checked all of his spare magazines and checked his twin .45 autos, before holstering them.  Checking the time, he decided to head back to the manor and wait for hopefully Victor's call, as well as the others to head to the club.