The Apprentice

The Apprentice

Chapter 11

Electra was tired. She had stayed at the resort for a few days after taking care of the Johnson’s. The client was very happy as were Bill and Susan. She picked up a cool 50,000 dollar bonus for the job and Bill, Susan and her spent the next 2 days fucking.Some of the orgasms rattled her teeth. She and Steve had taken the late flight home and as soon as her head hit the pillow Electra was out cold. They all noticed that Electra had not “changed” back to Jill Richards after the work was over but no one said anything, at least not to her.

Electra had to transform back to Jill when she went to visit her parents but when the visit was over “Jill Richards” went back into the closet. Electra was happy with that. In fact, Electra thought it was time to spend some of the money she was making. She had looked around the area and found a nice piece of land near a very quiet lake. She bought the land and started to get the designs going for her new home. She would keep the other home so her family would not notice but she was going to be spending most of her time at the new home when it was finished. With a new house, a new car was also a very good idea. Electra picked a nice upscale sedan and was having some upgrades made to it.

Electra was at her old house looking over the plans for the new one when the cell phone rang.

“Hello” Electra answered.

“Electra honey its Susan”.

“Hey Girlfriend, How are you? Your pussy as sore as mine is?”

“OH Yes it is but when can talk about that later. I have a job for you. We have a problem. About 1 hour ago 2 agent’s signals went dead. They were a team just like you and Steve. They were working a case about 100 miles from you. The case seemed simple enough. The agent was sent there to work on a man who was part of a kidnapping. Our client, a very rich businessman had had his 18 year old daughter kidnapped. He didn't use the police because some of his businesses are not strictly on the level. The kidnappers wanted 5 million to return the girl. He got the cash and set up the exchange. The daughter was supposed to be at the exchange. Things did not go as planned. The girl was not there. The man he used to carry the money gave it to the kidnappers but they then made their escape with the money and without turning over the girl. The bagman was caught as he was trying to escape as well. Our client figures the bagman was part of the whole thing and hired us to get answers from him. We sent our people. That was yesterday. They checked in when they arrived as normal but as I said we lost both of their signals about 1 hour ago. Your job is to find out what has happened. If they are dead you are instructed to find their killers as well as finish the job for our client by working the bagman if he is still alive. Steve should be there shortly.Electra, this is a real mess and you are to do all that is possible to make it all go away. We cannot risk being found. As a last resort you are to kill the client. Do you understand?’

“I understand Susan. You can count on me”

“I know I can Electra. Steve will have all the gear to track the signals. Start by going to their last known location. You are authorized to do whatever is needed to fix this. Be careful and listen to Steve. He has years of training that can be very useful if the shit starts flying.”

“I understand. I will be ready when he gets here.”Electra said and hung up the phone. Electra took a minute to let all this sink in. She packed up the plans for her new house and went to get ready to leave. The doorbell rang as she was coming downstairs. She knew who it was.

“I am ready Steve. We can leave at anytime.”

Steve then did something he had never done before. He asked Electra to go sit in the kitchen. She did as he asked a bit shocked that they were not already out the door.

“Electra, there are a few things we need to talk about first” Steve said.”First I want you to carry this at all times”. Steve gave Electra the 9mm handgun.”It does not leave your person at anytime for any reason.Next, you are in charge of this assignment but I am in charge of your safety. If I say jump, you will jump. And lastly, as always, my job is to keep The Company out of the shit and I will do whatever it takes up to and including killing you.Electra, I have become very fond of you over the last 6 months but I will do what is needed. Do your very best not to put me in that position.”

Electra sat for a minute and looked at Steve. She too had grown fond of him and his words were both very touching and very scary. She knew that he meant every word.”Steve I understand and would sooner die then to force you to make that choice. I will do as you say”.

“Good, now that we have gotten that out of the way, get your ass in the car, we have a long drive ahead and we need to move.

Steve did all the driving and in about 2 hours they were in the general location of the agent’s last known fix. Using the GPS tracker they soon found what they were looking for. It was a small building on a back roads farm. The signal came from inside. Steve checked out the area before making his way inside the building. He was inside a short time before coming out and motioning for Electra to come inside. It was not a pretty scene. Both agents were on the floor dead. The subject was hanging by his arms from the rafters. He was dead as well. From the look of things the agent had started to work the subject as he had blood stains on his face and what looked like burn marks on several parts of his body. The portable heater she had been using was still warm and the iron rods inside had melted from being inside for hours before the gas ran out. The agent’s car was parked inside. They had both been shot at close range and it did not appear like any sort of struggle had taken place which led Electra to believe they knew the killer. The subject had been shot 3 times in the chest.

Electra went to work. She removed the agents’ watches and checked them for anything that might ID them. With Steve’s help she placed both agents in the trunk as well as the dead bagman.

“Do you know the area around here at all Steve?”

“A little. I should be able to find a place to ditch the car. You take our car and I will drive this one. If something happens and I get into trouble you are under no circumstances to try and help me. That is an order. Just follow me and stay under the speed limit.”

Electra nodded her understand and got into their car and wanted for Steve to get in front of her. Her heart was going a mile a minute. Steve drove for about a half hour until he turned down a little used back road. He stopped by a lake that looked like no one had been to it in years. He got out and asked Electra to pop the trunk on the car she was driving. He got out a large gas can and walked back to the agent’s car and dumped the whole 5 gallons on the car, inside and out. He told Electra to turn her car around and move over to the passenger side. She did and watched as he lit the agent’s car on fire and jumped into their car and left the area as quickly as possible.

“Where too?” Steve asked.

“To the clients house please.” Electra said and got out her cell phone to make the call she had hoped she would not have had to.

“Susan its Electra. I am sorry Susan but I must tell you that the agents are gone. They both were shot as was the bagman. We cleaned the site and we are heading to the clients house. I am sorry Susan. I will check in again when we get to the clients.

The ride to the client’s house took some time which was fine with Electra; she needed the time to think. Whoever had killed the agents and the bagman knew where they were working and knew they could gain entrance which left Electra thinking the only logical thing that she could. It was someone from the client, perhaps maybe the client himself. She would have to be very careful in dealing with him or she and Steve could suffer the same fate. They arrived at the client’s house. The word house was not quite right, it was a mansion. After a few minutes waiting at the gate speaking with the guard they were allowed up to the house. The maid answered the door very quickly and led them to the library and asked them to wait here.Mr Anderson would join them shortly. Electra took a minute to study the room and his collection of books was very old and very exspensive.Soon the door opened and Mr. Anderson was rolled inside the room. He was a very distinguished  looking man in his late 50’s and was in a wheelchair which was being pushed by a man who appeared to be a butler.

“Good Evening Mr. Anderson. My name is Electra. I believe you were informed that I was coming yes?”

“Good Evening. Yes I did receive word that you would be visiting. I was not however told why.”

“If we could speak in private I will explain why we are here”. Electra said.

“It is close to dinner time. I hope you and your friend will stay? Mr. Anderson asked.

“Thank you that would be very nice” Electra said with a smile.

“Thank You James, would you please excuse us and tell the kitchen there will be 4 for dinner”

“Yes Sir” James said and left the room.

“Please sit and you can tell me what it is I can do for you” Mr. Anderson said as he wheeled himself over to a very nice leather couch. Steve took a place by the door standing up.

Electra sat down next to Mr. Anderson and pulled out her cigarette case.”Would you mind”?

“Please feel free” Mr. Anderson said.

Electra lit her cigarette and said thank you to her host.”Mr. Anderson will seem to have a small problem. The people that were sent to assist you in solving your problem have been killed along with the other gentleman. It was done in such a way that the only logical theory says that someone knew where they where and what they were doing there. I have been sent to discover who has done this as well as helping you with your problem” Electra said and took a drag from her cigarette. She was very closely watching Mr. Anderson’s face for the reaction to what she had just told him.

“I see and you believe that that information came from me or someone who works for me” Mr. Anderson said. His face showing no reaction, good or bad to what he had just learned. Electra took notice of that.

“In a nutshell, yes Mr. Anderson I do believe exactly that. If I could I have a few questions. Who else knew of your problem?”

“There is only 1 other person that knows the whole thing. My Wife.”

“I see. Did she know or was she present when you and the others discussed the reason they were here and the location where they were going to work?”

“She was present when they first arrived and heard the discussion of what was going to happen but she left the room before the location was discussed.”Mr. Anderson said.

“You are positive she was not present when the location was discussed and the only people that knew were you and the others?”

“I am” Mr. Anderson said with confidence in his voice.

“I see” Electra said.”And that meeting, where was it discussed?”

“It was in this room”.

Electra stopped talking for a brief moment and using a magazine that was sitting on the table before her, she began to write. She showed Mr. Anderson what she had written.” Please continue to answer my questions. I am going to have my guard search the room”. She called Steve over to her and wrote “I want you to sweep this room for bugs.”

Steve nodded his head in understanding.

“Steve I have left my notebook in the car. Would you be a dear and get it for me”?
“Yes Ma’am” Steve said and headed out the door to the car.

“Mr. Anderson how long have you been married?”

“It’s been about five years now. My first marriage ended badly. They only good thing that came out of it was my daughter Kate. When I met Jane, my current wife it was like God had sent her just for me. She is quite younger than me but that has not kept us from being happy.”

“Life is much more joyful when you have someone to share it with. I am still looking for my mate. I think he lives in Antarctica and just has not been getting his mail.” Electra said with a laugh.

“A beautiful woman such as yourself and no one has caught you. The world must be going crazy” Mr. Anderson said.

Steve came back into the room and made sure people heard him.”Thank you Steve, sometimes I think I would forget my head if it wasn’t stuck on”

Electra began talking to Mr. Anderson about why he needed a wheelchair. The two kept on talking as Steve started to search the room using the detector he had gotten from the car. It didn't take him long to find it. It was hidden in the lampshade on the table right in front on Electra. Steve alerted Electra to what he had found. She again wrote on the magazine a note for Mr. Anderson. “Keep talking as we are. In another 5 minutes say that dinner should be ready and ask us to follow you”.

Mr. Anderson again without showing any surprise on his face nodded his head in acknowledgement. They kept talking about various subjects for another 5 minutes until Mr. Anderson said it should be about dinner time and escorted them to the formal dining room where Electra got her first glimpse of Mrs. Anderson.Mr.Anderson had said that there was a large age difference between them but Electra was not ready for the shock she got when she saw the woman. She could not have been over 25 years old. Electra knew that love was blind, but in this case it seemed like it was also deaf, dumb and stupid.Mrs Anderson greeted her husband with a kiss and sat down at the table. She asked her husband who the guests were and Mr. Anderson introduced Electra and Steve and stated they were business associates who had stopped by to discuss a small problem and he had asked them to stay for dinner.

“What Kind of work do you do for my husband?” she asked.

“We are security specialists Mrs. Anderson” Electra told her in a polite tone of voice.

“I hope the problem is under control. My husband tends to worry about things sometimes”.

“The problem is being taken care of as we speak Mrs. Anderson. There was a break in at one of your husband’s warehouses. An employee was injured but it was not serious. We know how your husband values his employees and we wanted to inform him in person and to insure him that everything was being taken care of. I must say that your home is beautiful Mrs. Anderson. You have excellent taste. Your husband told us that you did most of the decorating”.

“Why thank you. Yes I am very pleased at how it came out.”

“Perhaps after dinner and after we finish speaking to your husband you could give me the grand tour?” Electra asked.

“I would be very happy too.” Mrs. Anderson said with a smile.

Dinner was served and Electra continued to make small talk with her hosts. She knew the wife was part of the kidnapping and the killing of the agents but didn't know how much yet. They finished dinner and Mr. Anderson suggested that he show Electra the grounds and then she could come back for the tour with Mrs. Anderson.

“I won’t be long dear. We are almost done with our meeting.Mr. Anderson told his wife as they left the table.”Why don’t you have an after dinner drink in the study and I will send Electra there when we are done”.

“As you wish my darling husband” Mrs. Anderson said and gave him a kiss. Electra wanted to puke.

Steve offered to wheel Mr. Anderson and they walked out to the back deck.Mr Anderson was making small talk about the gardens and so on until they were well away from the house.”My wife is part of this isn’t she” he asked in a quiet voice.

“I believe so Mr. Anderson. It’s hard to guess to what point she is involved but I have no doubt that she is. I must ask Mr. Anderson, you have already stated that your marriage is not that old and it seemed almost too good. What kind of financial arrangements have been made regarding your wife if you where to die unexpectingly?” Electra asked.

“I have kept no secrets from her. She is aware that in the event of my death she would be set up to live a very comfortable life but the bulk of my estate was going to be my daughters. If for some reason my daughter was not able to receive it then my wife was going to receive most of it. I have a few other relations that would get a small share but my daughter or my wife would get close to 100 million”.

“And what is the relationship like between your wife and your daughter?”

“They are civil to each other but that’s about as far as it goes.”

“And have you heard anything about your daughter from the kidnappers since the first money exchange?”
“No. I was hoping that your people would be able to get some answers for me.At this point I have no idea if she is still alive”.

“Mr. Anderson I am sorry but I see only one way to gain that info. We will leave you for a few minutes to decide” Electra said and asked Steve to follow her away from Mr. Anderson.

“Steve if he decides to do this we need to have a plan ready. It should be fairly simple to get the bitch; all I have to do is to knock her out during the tour of the house. We will then need a quite place to question her which will we have to get from Mr. Anderson. If he says yes I will take the tour and when we are away from the main part of the house and no servants are around I will drop her and call you on the cell to let you know where I am. Ask Mr. Anderson to tell you a quick way out of the house and where we can go to work. If he says no I don’t see any other way to clean this mess besides killing them both. If he does say no you will kill him right there and I will go find the wife and take care of her.We will have to clean the whole house because we have been seen. Do you agree?”

“I don’t see any other way myself so yes I agree. Are you sure you can do what you have to?”

“Yes I am. I won’t fail you or Susan.”

“OK but if it comes to that remember what you have been taught. I suggest you disable her first then use a pillow to muffle the noise of the shot.1 to the back of the head will do”.

“I will. Well lets go see what the old man has decided” as she and Steve went back to where they left Mr. Anderson.

“I want you to use whatever means necessary to find my daughter Electra” Mr. Anderson said with conviction when they returned. He was looking straight at her and didn't hesitate with his answer.

“I understand Mr. Anderson. I will leave Steve here with you. He needs to get some information and I will go collect your wife. Just so you are aware Sir, it’s possible your wife will not survive this. I will try not to let that happen but there is always that chance. Is it still your wish to proceed?”

“Yes” was all Mr. Anderson said.

“Very Well” Electra said and headed into the house. Electra found Mrs. Anderson in the study. She had made herself a drink and was reading a book when Electra entered.

“Would you care for a drink Electra? The bitch asked ever so sweetly.

“Yes, thank You Mrs. Anderson”.

“Please call me Jane. I was going to ask you about your name, its very exotic sounding.”

“My mother was dancer in her youth. She was very good friends with another dancer. Her name was Electra. My mother loved the name. The original was killed in an auto accident so my mother named me in remembrance of her friend. Shall we start the tour?”

The ladies started the tour with the upstairs.Mrs Anderson was yakking away about this piece of furniture or that set of drapes and Electra was smiling and listening as this stuck up nasty woman gave the tour. They came back to the ground floor and Mrs. Anderson was showing off the main garage which was larger than Electra’s house. It was very simple and that surprised Electra. She did as she had been taught, when the bitch was boasting about something or another and her back was to Electra, she brought the butt of the 9mm to the back of the women’s head. She fell like a load of bricks.