07-04-2025, 12:56 AM
Quote:[Legionaria Commissariat Headquarters]
Slavan smoking his 7th cigarette read and reread the report again regarding his encounter with the woman he encountered at his favorite coffee shop. Given her suggestions it was obvious she had something to do regarding the body discovered, yet he had no idea behind her intention or motivation. All leads had failed, he hadn't been able to dig up any higher quality footage from the shitty CCTV that acted more like a reference than anything identifiable, and the conversation records didn't put her voice or behaviors good for tracking. Slavan sighed and suddenly thought on someone who owed him, big time. His friend in the internal security a few ranks higher than him, he married his sister and helped him smuggle in some goods from Luthori and helped write it off, something that'd otherwise be a death penalty or 20 odd years in forced labor. Slavan opened the file and finally found the agent he was looking for, a man who was both admired and feared universally in the Commissariat; Commissar General Volkov
Volkov had worked in the department for 20 years, spoke 4 languages, and cracked cases nobody would ever have imagined solvable. He was a cutthroat through and through, dug up documents on his own superiors just to usurp them, even attended a few dinners with Sladek himself and met with Lazar at his last Politburo meeting, if there was anyone in Kundrati who could find her...
Slavan picked up the phone and called Jaric...
"Commissar Colonel Jaric speaking."
"Jaric its Slavan, catch you at a bad time?"
"Ah Slavan! Not at all comrade, enjoy that 22 vintage bottle I sent for your anniversary? How is Salina anyway?"
"Oh she's good, we got a second kid on the way, everything for the fatherland right? Anyways I called about something else, I hate to prod but I kind of need a favor, see im on the trail of some foreign agent that slipped right under my fucking nose, the bitch was there and gone like a fucking piss in the wind, i've been working on getting her but I really need something with some more.."
"Comrade, please dont feel like you have to explain it to me, we're friends after all! Just tell me what you need and I can get it arranged."
"Well comrade, its just, I was hoping you might be able to get me someone more experienced. I specifically thought that well, you've had goings with him, perhaps erm....Comrade General Volkov?"
The line hung silent for a few seconds as Slavan toyed with the rotary wire biting his lip, knowing full well the weight of the favor he asked.
"Well....he just finished recently uprooting that Jildrath business, you do understand what kind of man we're talking about here right? You don't have any, should we say, loose ends regarding your business in the affair?"
"I know Jaric, I wouldn't request this if it wasn't anyone else but you, this shit is deep and the agent is no normal rabble rouser, I need someone with real experience, hell the guys been an agent for over 20 years, started as a field agent and now he's a commissar general! I know its a lot to ask but, you recall that thing I did for you about you know what from Luthori?"
The line hung silent again for 10 odd seconds, Slavan had sweat dripping down his nose
"Alright comrade, i'll make a call, I cant guarantee he'll agree, but this settles our business understood? And I expect you to come through with that rental estate for my sons graduation ceremony."
Slavan sighed feeling the weight of the world off his shoulders, "Of course, I've already got it booked. I can't thank you enough for this, we'll talk soon." Slavan hung up the phone and closed his eyes, this shit was in someone else hands now.