“God damn it Travis, have you ever heard of a day off?”
“How many times have I told you to call me Caldwell?”
“How many times have I told you we’re not a crime drama and I refuse to use only your last name?”
The only time I hear from dear ol’ Travis is when he and his CIA buddies have an irrefutable lead on a leader ofSpiderweb.They find them and I eliminate them.It’s a beautiful partnership that grew from Travis walking in on me gouging out the eyeballs of a man with a Sharpie.The detail that got me off the hook was that man happened to have taken Travis’ sister along with a slew of other women.
Travis conveniently forgot to arrest me before I fled the scene, but not before I left my calling card discarded at his feet.That was eleven years ago.He refuses to come to poker.He says he can’t compromise his identity.I personally think it’s because he sucks ass at poker and is afraid we’d take his house or murder his family or some shit.
Spiderwebruns as a cell swarm, semi-independent crews answering to a board known asSpider.Eight legs, eight jobs: Intelligence (Adrian’s kind of techy shit), Finance (Caleb’s bullshit), Operations (keeping their stupid-ass legs in line), Enforcement (bastards who do all the dirty work including snatch people off the street), Cover (they have their own people in law enforcement just like us), Weapons, Drugs, and International (moving all their human and non-human product).Cut one, the rest keep crawling.Their leadership is elusive, highly secretive, and changes often to prevent legit law enforcement from dismantling the organization.When one leader is taken out, another is appointed from within the ranks, making the organization extremely hard to kill.
That structure, one boss per lane with a crew underneath, mirrors the Accord and the operations atAshenheart Defense Agency.I’m the blade, but I’ve got a whole network of people underneath me and alongside me, including Uncle Leven and Sava.Adrian is top of the digital food chain for sure, but the hackers who work for him reach every corner of this Earth.Caleb makes money multiply and disappear and hides that shit in places I couldn’t name.The people he’s associated with are all genius level math lovers, nerds, but nerds who keep us all well paid.Atlas is the most evasive, he relies on his ability to read people and situations.His network is small.Skills like the ones he possesses aren’t common.
UnlikeSpiderweb, we don’t exploit vulnerable populations across continents, traffic individuals for labor, sexual exploitation, and organ harvesting.We definitely aren’t key players in the international drug trade.We don’t manufacture or distribute narcotics.We avoid dealing in illegal arms.Shit, maybe we’re not so similar after all.
“You’ll have to act fast.He’s in Vegas.I just found out today, but he flies out in the morning.”
“I’ll make sure he doesn’t.”I hang up the phone and download the new file.
CONFIDENTIAL-FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION
Subject Profile:
Name: Oleg Vetrovski
Date of Birth: 15 March 1982
Role: Senior Arms Dealer
Current Location: The Venetian Resort, Las Vegas
Room: 2310
Duration: One night only (Immediate action required)
Background:
Vetrovski is a key figure in Spiderweb, an international terrorist organization involved in human trafficking, drug trafficking, and arms dealing.Specializes in the latter, with a notorious reputation for facilitating arms deals across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
Family Relations:
- Wife: Ekaterina (Non-active in organization activities)
- Son: Mikhail (Age 12)
- Daughter: Anastasia (Age 9)
Note: Family is currently located in Moscow and poses no immediate threat or relevance to activities in Las Vegas.
Intelligence Summary:
In Las Vegas under the guise of a high-stakes gambler.True purpose is to finalize a significant arms deal involving the shipment of military-grade weapons.Exchange is scheduled to occur within the next 24 hours.Presence at The Venetian is a rare opportunity to intercept and eliminate a high-value target within Spiderweb’s hierarchy.
Operational Notes:
- Expect Vetrovski to be heavily guarded.Anticipate at least two close protection operatives with military backgrounds.
- He is known to frequent the casino floor during late hours, blending in with the crowd.
