Alexander was raised up to the air, in the space of five seconds, a table bad been cleared and the crowd was encouraging his assailant to break his bones upon the table. Alexander closed in eyes and envisioned his bones snapping but all of a sudden the huge man jerked, and then dropped him meekly before crashing face first to the ground, a knife was logged into his back.


Nobody in the room except Jason and Xavier were surprised, the men meekly went back to their seats like nothing had happened earlier, Alexander was smiling while staring at a direction. Xavier and Jason followed the direction of his gaze to one dark side of the room which revealed a figure clad in an all black attire standing in front of an open door. Alexander urged them to follow him as he walked towards the figure.



“Alexander Korjev, it’s been awhile since we last met, what prompted you to this dark side of St Petersburg today?” a female spoke. “Am sorry for the behavior of my men, they act like this when they have had a little too much liquor”.
Jason and Xavier stared at themselves in surprise, she offered them two wooden cane chairs to sit on, while she walked to the other side of a smugly looking table which beheld a bottle of vodka and drinking cups, she sat down on a large wooden chair and stared at the men.


Alexander and Xavier sat down while Jason stared around the poorly furnished room, it looked more like a prison cell with just a low hanging bulb and the portrait of a pretty young woman standing in front of a ship yard.


“Ok, let me go straight to the point, I need you to transport this two gentlemen out of Russia into Ukraine, you would be paid handsomely” the old man replied.


“Hmm, fair enough but first thing first, I need to see their faces first….”
“That won’t be necessary” Alexander cut in.
“Then no deal then” she replied non chalantly.
“Ok, let her see your faces boys”
“Wow, and it’s the million Rubbles American, that’s a huge bounty on your head kid” she spoke to Jason. “Why don’t I scream out loud and call my men to come see for themselves.


They would be pissed that I stopped Biggie from skinning you Korjev earlier. Well but am a woman of my words, I would sneak them into Ukraine if only my fee would be half of his bounty. Five million Rubbles”, her face broke out in a wild grin as she expected their answers.
“c’mon Katrina, that’s too much” Alexander screamed out. Even Xavier nodded his head approvingly. “That money could be used to even buy his way out of Russia to anywhere in this world”
“Fine” she b@nged her table in anger, “if it was that easy you won’t search for me Korjev” She barked out.


“Ok, I would pay” Jason said slowly, he had to say it again before the others realised that he actually spoke. Without looking at his partners he signed a pre-arranged agreement to forward the money to Katrina when they sneak into Ukraine successfully.

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Entering the bitter cold stung more than before, as the four figures walked towards a sea port just situated near the drinking parlour, the watchmen hailed the black Panther from afar which showed she had authority and was a superior figure among the smugglers, they walked along tiers of anchored speed boats and small ferries. At the last boat they turned left and slipped into an open chamber on the wooden deck, it turned out that passing through the open chamber was a docked speed boat. It was painted same brown color like the wood so it would take only a vigilant person to figure it out.


“We would meet again Alexander Korjev” She hailed as they silently pulled into more murky waters before she put on the boat, the two young men settled down quietly beside her as she did her thing. After about thirty minutes, they duo were already sleeping, not minding their sulking sailor who spoke no word to both of them.
Suddenly a bright light lumminated their boat, a loud siren jerked the sleeping men from their slumber, they all stared in horror as they saw the name written at the side of a fast approaching speed boat with four armed occupants.
IT WAS THE RUSSIAN SEA MILITARY POLICE