" the Last News Assignement"- ( 2009)

Post by **esercito sconfitto** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 2:14 pm

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Here is a story I've been working on. Would be nice if somebody can add some art as I am not a good artist.

Amber Stearns was elated. She had reached the pinnacle of her career as a news reporter. She came from a humble Iowa background and attended a small journalism school there. Working for small TV stations, she finally landed a job at the FNN News Network. The management had rewarded her for her hard work by telling her she had been chosen to cover the World Economic Summit in Paris next month. She could hardly contain herself and she promptly notified friends and family. It would indeed be exciting to rub elbows with the World leaders. The chance for an interview like that is a journalist's dream.
One person that heard this news was Vlatana Kormikova from Russia. She worked at the news studio behind the scenes in production. She congratulated Amber on being selected. Secretly however, Vlatana was a plant by an internatonal terrorist organization. What Amber didn't know is that she had been under surveilliance by the terrorist organization. Vltana broke into the personnel office and sent copies of Amber's medical and personnel records to Moscow.
The plan was simple. The Russians would select an operative to have plastic surgery and replace Amber. Once the real Amber was out of the way, the imposter could attend and assassinate as many world leaders as possible, after all, who would suspect a news reporter, like Amber Stearns to cause anybody harm? She was a pillar of the community with all her charitable causes especially women's issues, breast cancer awareness, animal rights, etc.
Natasha was the operative chosen to replace Amber. Going over the particulars of her medical records, she seemed to be the one closest in build. Like Amber she was 5'2". Amber had auburn hair, Natahsha had blonde. she went to a hair dresser to have her hair dyed Auburn. As the day drew closer for the summit, the Russian terrorist organizaton was operating at fever pitch. Six operatives would be sent from Moscow to Megapolis City where Amber lived and worked to participate in the initial kidnapping. Six more would be sent to Paris in support roles. The plastic surgery was almost complete with 10 days to go. One minor procedure remained. Amber Stearns had a mole on her left cheek and all that remained was for Natasha to have a mole added. Natasha looked exactly like Amber in every other way.
Two days before the summit, the female leader of the terrorist organization gave final instructions. Once kidnapped, Amber would be placed in a wooden crate flown and held in Paris while the summit was going on. You'll see why later. We have information that the news network contracts with a limo company to drive their reporters. The limo driver would have to be replaced also in order to get access to Amber Stearns The leader gathered all her operativies around and toasted with vodka that the operation would be a success. They then proceeded out to the airport for the flight to the U.S.

Amber Stearns was at home all packed and ready to go to Paris. She was so excited. It would be great to get back to Paris as she lived there during her summers off from college. Maybe she'd look up some old friends and go out to dinner, do some sightseeing etc.
As a responsible adult, Amber called her parents and told them not to worry about her. Her parents wished her a good time.

Meanwhile, the limo company received a call from "Amber Stearns" requesting that she not be picked up at home. The message got to Rhonda Carter, who was the driver chosen most times to drive Amber to the airport when she got assigned a story. Rhonda thought that unusual as it was unlike Amber to request to be picked up at an alternate location but she proceeded. Rhonda pulled up to the location and saw "Amber." "That's odd," thought Rhonda. Amber is usually impeccably dressed. This woman was wearing jeans and a black pullover shirt. Rhonda didn't see any baggage either. Rhonda parked the limo and got out. The limo company uniform for female drivers consisted of black knee high boots with zippers on the side, black opaque pantyhose, a navy blue skirt reaching to mid calf, with matching blazer a satin white blouse with feminine tie (similar to what flight attendants wear on jet flights and lastly a bill cap on top of the head. The professional looking nametag was worn on left breast pocket. Rhonda walked up to Amber and wondered why she wanted to be picked up here. "Amber" replied that she wanted to show Rhonda her new perfume and proceeded to aim a cartridge of knockout gas at the girl. She fell in a heap to the ground.

Opening the trunk, "Amber" draped the limo driver so her legs dangled from the trunk. "Amber" unzipped her boots, removed her stockings, skirt, blazer, unbuttoned her blouse, and finally removed her hat. She swiftly changed into the driver's clothes. The sedative would last about 13 hours.

Amber Stearns was growng increasingly impatient. "Where the hell was that damn limo?" she thought. She always liked to arrive at the airport early to enjoy the amenities of the Presiden't Club that Trans Global Airlines provided for their frequent fliers. Amber was just getting ready to call the limo company about the status of her ride when she received a call from a Mary saying she was a "representative" of the limo company. Mary said, that she apologized, her regular driver Rhonda had suddenly gotten ill and a "replacement" driver would be out to her home as soon as possible. Amber disgusted hung up the phone and nervously looked at her watch. She might miss her plane if they don't hurry soon, she thought.

"Amber" now completely dressed in Rhonda's outfit proceeded with "Mary" out to Amber's house. A plain panel truck with the rest of all female operatives would ride behind the limo. The limo finally got to Amber's house. "Mary" went up to the front door and rang the bell. Amber answered and said, "It's about time you got here." Let's go. Mary took Amber's luggage and profusely apologized. She opened the passenger door for Amber and she got in. Mary placed the luggage next to the sleeping Rhonda (now dressed only in her bra and panties) in the trunk. There was no time to tie her up. The sedative would keep her out like a light for the entire trip to the airport. "Mary" wished Amber a pleasant trip and disappered to where the white panel van would pick her up to follow the limo.

Amber didn't really pay attention to the figure up in the driver's seat. The driver's seat was separated from the passenger compartment by tinted glass. Amber was too excited to care who was driving. The limo proceeded out to the airport. Amber made one last check to make sure she had everything. She had her passport, plane tickets, news network ID to grant her access to the conference and a confirmation of her accomodations at the VIP suite at the Paris Sheraton where the conference would take place. As an extra gift, the news network gave her $2000.00 per diem in an envelope. This brought a smile to her face as she thought how thoughtful of the network to do this.
Satisfied she had everything, she proceeded to prepare some of the tough questions she would ask of the world leaders at the conference. She got really wrapped up in her work until she noticed something when she looked out the window. The limo was proceeding down an industrial road of oil refineries, abandoned warehouses, semi trailers with graffiti on them, and a landfill. there was a strong stench of garbage in the air. Amber also noticed that the limo was proceeding to stop on the side of the road. Amber didn't know about the white panel van following the limo.

Disgusted, Amber demanded to know what was going on. She didn't remember going to the airport this way. She tapped on the glass of the driver's compartment. The glass slowly slid down and the drver turned around. Amber finally met "Amber." Wide eyed, Amber could hardly believe her eyes. She looked exactly like her and she even had the mole on her left cheek. It was like looking into a mirror. Amber noticed the limo uniform that her imposter was wearing. The nametag read "Rhonda." "Amber" replied in English with a Russian accent. "It's end of road for you, now have good sleep." That's the last thing that Amber heard as a cloud of knockout gas emanated from a cartirdge the woman had in her hand. Amber then blacked out.

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As soon as Amber went unconscious, the operatives sprung into action. Two operatives opened the trunk and retrieved Rhonda. Unfortunately, she would have to make the trip. It's a shame because Rhonda was to leave for a two week vacation after delivering Amber to the airport. As she lived alone in a small apartment, no one would be questioning her whereabouts.
Now it was time for the change. "Amber" swiftly took off Rhonda's limo oufit and gave it to Mary to don. They might attract attention if somebody saw someone driving a limo to the airport in street clothes. Better to look the part. "Amber" now dressed only in her underwear and bra proceeded to strip Amber. Amber wore a beige skirt with matching blazer a brown turtleneck pullover shirt with a silver necklace. A pair of brown opaque 70 denier tights with 9 West pumps completed the ensemble. Amber quickly took off the pumps and put them to the side. She reached up Amber's skirt on each side of her hips and quickly pulled down her tights and panties to her ankles. "Amber's" suspicion about Amber's expensive taste in tights were confirmed when she noticed the "DKNY" printed on the little tag in the back. "Amber" pulled the tights and panties off her ankles. Her face got a little too close to her feet as she also noticed a slight odor of shoe leather and foot sweat as she was doing this. Speaking of taste in lingerie, "Amber" took off her bra and panties and stuffed them in Amber's mouth. Next she took off Amber's blazer, pullover shirt and silver necklace. Two last articles to purloin were Amber's watch and class ring from college. Because she was single, it was the only jewelry she wore. "Amber" quickly donned the clothes. Two operatives carried the real Amber over to the panel van. Mary finally got Rhonda's outfit on and also found a pair of Rhonda's sunglasses in the glove compartment. "How do I look, comrade?" asked Mary. "Amber" just smiled and Mary smiled in response. Both women quickly got in the limo. Amber said the new lingerie was very comfortable and smooth next to her skin different from that Soviet era cheaply made Russian underwear she was used to wearing. "Amber" checked to make sure she had everything. She had Amber's passport, network ID, plane tickets, confirmation from the Sheraton and per diem cash. One additional thing that she possessed that the real Amber didn't have was an unusual looking cell phone. It wasn't a cell phone. It was actually a gun. Holes were driled in the bottom. The phone could hold eight bullets. It could be fired by keying any of the numbers. This would be the weapon used in the assassination. The organization's scientists also developed this from a special alloy making it undetectable at the airport screening point. "Amber" checked to see what other goodies were in Amber's purse. There was breath freshener, extra pens, an appointment calendar, and a real cellphone. It was Amber's. That would be handy. She could call Amber's family to say she arrived safely with it. One last thing "Amber" noticed was a small folded piece of construction paper with crayon that a child had written on. It said, "Ant Amber, have fun in paras." Makayla. It had stick people and an Eiffel Tower drawn on it with an exaggerated height. She opened the appointment calendar to this week. It simply said "Paris" with a smiley face in ink on the page. The limo proceeded to the airport.

In the van, the two captives were being readied to be shipped on the same flight to Paris. They would be kept in separate crates and sent to different locations so they couldn't corroborate the story of their ordeal. Although the sedatives given the women would last for the duration of the flight, the decision was made to bound and gag both. The risk was too great and they didn't want to take any chances. A counterfeit bill of lading from Excelsior Medical Laboratories was readied and placed on the crates. The crates were labeled "medical supplies." Excelsior was a reputable company in Megapolis City and frequently sent organs and blood specimans to different hospitals all over the world. There was no shipment expected this day. A woman claiming to be a "representative" of Excelsior called the airline and stated to expect a shipment for their 8:00 pm flight to Paris. The woman also said two "nurses" would be at the airport in Paris to pick up the shipment upon arrival. The van drove to the airport and left its cargo to the trust of the person working in shipping. Because Excelsior was a frequent shipper, they wouldn't be subject to the Department of Homeland Security random check. All the papework seemed to be in order as the worker yelled, "Hey Mac, let's get these crates out to the belt loader."

The limo finally arrived at the airport. Mary opened the door for "Amber" and wished the mission a success. Mary hugged "Amber" and quickly departed. Amber went in the door to check her baggage. Charlie, the airline worker immediately recognize her from the many times that Amber flew out of here. "Hi Amber going over to the summit I see. Well go over there and kick some butt. Tell those leaders they're all screwed up especially those Russkies. " Charlie proceeded to go into his repertoire of anti-Russian humor. The real Amber would've lauged at these jokes. "Amber" was seething underneath but tried to mask her emotions. She remembered that she was a professional. She just looked down and puckered her lips while listening to it. Charlie noticed and asked, "Hey what's wrong Amber?" "You don't seem to be yourself today?" Oh it's nothing Charlie, just the excitement of being on this trip and getting ready. I'm just a little tired that's all." Well good, here's your bag tags. Have a safe flight." Thanks, Charlie, "Amber" replied. When she was out of earshot of the counter, "Amber" said "asshole" under her breath. "How dare he insult my country."
"Amber" proceeded to the Xray machine and placed her bags on the counter. This would be the test to see if the cell phone gun makes it through. "Amber" kicked off the 9 West pumps and walked in her stocking feet through the machine. she didn't beep. so far so good. The inspectors were scrutinizing her bag though. "Amber" was getting nervous as one of the inspectors asked, "MS. Stearns we found something in your bag we like to look at more closely do you mind?" "Amber replied with a nervous "Yes." Her palms were getting sweaty. "Ah here's the culprit." "The GMAC logoed keyring on your car keys. They're made of solid metal and appear that way in the machine. You're good to go Miss Stearns. Oh thank you. The agents at the machine joked with Amber. "With your pretty little face it's hard to imagine you would try to do anything." "Amber" just smiled that familiar smile seen by TV screens across the area with those perfect white teeth and joked with them. It's ok. YOu have to do your job. She thaked them for being so professional and further stated one can't be too sure with all the crazies running around in the world today. She promptly left the security area. She breathed a sigh of relief as she proceeded to her gate.

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"Amber" reached her gate in the nick of time as the gate agent said, "You just made it, I was just getting ready to close the jetway door." Here you go Ms. Stearns. Seat 1A First class. Elated, "Amber "thanked the agent and proceeded down the jetway. She settled in her seat when Joyce the flight attendant asked if she would like an aperitif before takeoff. "Amber" replied, yes, vodka on the rocks would be nice wih a smile. thank you. "Amber" looked out the window when she saw a belt loader pull up to the plane. Two crates marked "medical supplies" were placed on it and were slowly making their way into the baggage compartment. The captain of the flight came over the PA system and apologized to the passengers and stated they would be slightly delayed as some last minute cargo was being put on the flight. The captain announed a celebrity onboard. Would you please give a warm welcome to Amber Stearns of FNN Network News. A round of applause ensued and "Amber" graciously nodded. She had a sinister grin as she thought everything was coming together perfectly. She must call Moscow. Might as well use up the real MS. Stearns' cellphone minutes. She felt more comfortable talking in her natve language however. It would be awkward to do it from her first class seat so she excused herself and went to the lavatory. The leader thought this was excellent news. This was also a warning to get the two "nurses" up as it would be there duty to pick up the precious cargo.
Joyce brought the glass of vodka to "Amber." "Amber"reached down and got Amber's purse. She got out her ipod. She was curious as to what the bimbo liked to listen to. She went down the list, Journey, Jimi Hendrix, some country, classical, it ran the gamut. "Amber decided to listen to a nature sounds CD. She kicked off her "borrowed pumps" and fell asleep. The plane finally pushed back from the gate and started taxiing. The captain announced that the flight was no. 1 for takeoff, flight attendants please take your seats. The plane picked up speed and the nose lifted up lifting the plane to Paris.

Meanwhile in Paris, the two operatives, Olga and Marina were tasked with acquiring the nurses' uniforms . They both spoke fluent French. The plan was for them to proceed to Ste. Chapelle Hospital find a couple of unsuspecting nurses and steal their uniforms. Olga and Marina arrived at the hospital. As it was still morning, it was still dark adding to the cover they would need.

Renee and Dominique were standing around the time clock waiting to punch out. They had both worked the graveyard shift and were both smoking cigarettes waiting for the top of the hour to be reached. Dominique complained about her feet. They hurt so much and she slid her black stockinged foot in and out of her pump. She told Renee she thought she would give herself a foot massage and bubble bath later. Both women laughed. Everything was real quiet when a woman appeared frantic. She said, "Come quickly, it's my friend I think she's hurt. Both nurses put down their time cards, stamped out their cigarettes and followed the woman in the direction of the trouble. They both saw a woman in the middle of the parking lot clutching her leg. She stated she tripped over something and thought she may have torn a ligament. The nurses bent down to take a closer look. Both nurses felt a powerful shock. Olga tasered Renee while Marina tasered Dominique. The nurses let out an audible grunt. Fortunately the hospital had ample landscaping and a nearby bush was found to conceal the girls while the uniform change took place. While Marina acted as a lookout, Olga stripped Renee. She unzipped her blue dress, removed her white pumps, black stockings, and finally her hat. Her nametag read, "Renee M. Hopital Ste. Chapelle." Now fully clothed in Renee's uniform, Olga told Marina it was her turn.
While Olga watched Marina stripped Dominique. Marina started to take off her clothes. Marina looked at Dominque's nametag. Thanks for the uniform Dominique S. With that she quickly put her stockings, dress, pumps and white hat on. Both women now fully clothed checked each other out to make sure nothing was amiss with their uniforms. Both women had the little pink breast cancer awareness ribbon symbols next to their name tags.
Because of budget cuts at the hospital the nurses were also tasked to drive the ambulances. Marina reached in the uniform pocket and produced the key for ambulance no. 400. She went over started the engine and drove it over to the two victims. First Renee was hoisted in to the ambulance then Dominique. Both girls remembered the nurses left their time cards. They didn't want the time cards to be out of their slots as that would look suspicious. While Marina stayed in the ambulance, Olga went in and dutifully stamped the nurses time cards and placed them in the slots. Olga said to Marina, "we want them to get paid don't we?" as both girls laughed.
Olga also picked up the two girls' purses. Before setting out Olga checked one of the purses and found that they hit the jackpot, a whole carton of French Gitanes cigarettes. There were also lollipops. The two women were like teenagers as they consumed lollipops and smoked. Olga took some surgical tape and covered up the non-fumeurs (no smoking) sign inside the ambulance. The two real nurses were kept in side niches used to transport cadavers. they were both covered with cloths. Their hands, legs and feet were bound by those plastic twist ties like the ones used by the airlines to subdue difficult passengers. Both women had a roll of gauze gagging their mouths. Marina kicked off her pumps as she wanted to work the clutch and gas pedals in her black stockinged feet. They proceeded to Charles DeGaulle Int'l Airport.

The horizon was red with sunrise as "Amber" was awakened by Joyce. "Ms. Stearns would you like some breakfast?" the flight attendant asked. "Yes that would be fine, "Amber" consumed a bowl of cereal, fruit tray, croissant. The coffee was very good also. Later "Amber" retrieved the real Amber's passport to fill out the form for immigration. "Amber"looked at the picture then looked at all the places she traveled to, Rio, London, Fiji, Bora, Bora, Vienna, Rome, All this caused "Amber" to exclaim "spoiled *****." Now you're going to have a nice shallow grave when you arrive and I'll be living in the lap of luxury. The plane landed and the passengers proceeded to immigration and customs after baggage claim. Amber cleared both and was looking for her ride. A man named Pierre held up a sign that said, "Sheraton Amber Stearns" Amber walked over and greeted Pierre. Pierre returned the greeting and welcomed "Amber." Pierre said, And now Madame I will take your baggage and we can proceed for the short ride to the hotel. ok? That was good for "Amber." All she wanted to do was get a hot shower and rest and get ready for tomorrow as this would be a free day to recuperate from the journey. On the way out toward the limo, "Amber" spottted the two nurses wearing the blue French nurse uniforms. With two dollies, they were getting ready to hoist the crates into the ambulance. They got both crates on and just closed the door when they heard a loud shriek. There was a man clutching his chest and a crowd of people had gathered. The crowd had motioned for the fake nurses to assist the man. His wife was crying uncontrollably. "Aidez si vous plait" Please help the wife exclaimed. They weren't prepared for this. Olga and Marina just stared at the man and wondered how they were going to get out of this situation.

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Both nurses didn't know what to do as the situation became more desperate and more people were motioning for the fake nurses to help the man. Olga quietly told Marina to go to the ambulance and start the engine.
Olga went over and told the wife not to worry. she was going back to get her equipment. Olga sprinted back to the ambulance and the ambulance sped off with its lights and siren on. The people just stared in disbelief.

The limo arrived at the hotel as "Amber" alighted. She proceeded to check in with the concierge and was escorted by the bellboy to her room. Upon entering the room, she was beside herself with how luxurious the room was. "Amber" aka Natasha remembered not to overreact. The real Amber stayed at hotels like this all the time.
"Amber" kicked off her shoes and walked aroung the spacious suite. There was a bouquet of flowers on an end table. She quietly took a sniff and was intoxicated with the fragrance. Next to the flowers there was a box of different kinds of teas. There was green, camomile, peach. "Amber' filled up the teapot and plugged it in. While waiting for the water to boil, she discovered the immaculate marble bathroom. It had a hot tub and she couldn't wait to luxuriate in that. The four poster bed had satin sheets and "Amber" noticed the box of Godiva chocolates on the pillow. There was a note on the box that said, "MS Stearns, with our compliments" -the Management. "Amber" was thankful that the real Amber like her was a fan of chocolate. "Amber took a piece and bit into the creamy confection and savored it.

Meanwhile, across town, the situation for the real Amber was dire. Having been delivered to a shallow grave by the fake nurses, one could realize that the "hotel accomodations" for her were less than luxurious. After awhile the lone figure in the grave started to come to. Amber shook her head from side to side and tried to focus on her surroundings. The chamber was lit by a dim 40 watt bulb. Amber was claustrophobic and she immediately panicked when she saw where she was. There was only about 6 inches fom her nose to the top of the chamber. With the chamber being lit she could see that she was naked. A feeling of fear gripped her entire body and she remembered the woman in the car yesterday. She was completely hopeless knowing that a woman was out masquerading as her. In addition she shared the chamber with assored insects. She could hear mosquitoes buzzing in her ear and a fly kept on crawling on her face then would fly to the tip of her nose then her forehead. This made her itch and as she was tied with her hands behind her back, she couldn't shoo it away. The thing that made her most fearful though were these little black spiders. She had severe arachnophobia and she started crying as she saw a spider crawl on her buttock, over to the small of her back and was making it's way up between her sholders. She violently rocked back and forth to try and free her bonds to no avail. Amber thought I must get out of this horrible place.

"Amber" was relaxing on the poster bed when her cell phone rang. The name on the screen was "Brittany Lin". Brittany was an old college friend and she tried to get in touch with Amber to visit her while she was staying in Paris. Brittany was of Asian descent and was raised in California. She graduated magna cum laude and was now an executive at a software firm. A lot of people suggested she might be CEO someday. "Amber" reluctantly answered. "Hi girl," Brittany said. I called your network and they said you would be staying at the Sheraton. How about I come over and we can go to dinner and have drinks?' Although "Amber" didn't want to she feigned her enthusiam as she didn't want Brittany to get suspicious. She told Brittany she would but said she would have to go somewhere out in the country. Brittany arranged a time for meeting and the girl hung up.

The chamber of Amber's little prison started to stir. Soon the top was removed and she could see sunlight. Two operatives led her at gunpoint to an inside room at the country hideout the terrorist organization was using. Amber still felt groggy from the effects of the knockout gas. They gave her the opportunity to have a shower. She was also given jeans, sneakers and a black pullover shirt to wear. She was given a thin watered down borscht to eat with bread and water. After she was tied to a chair but not gagged. the leader of the organization entered the room. She was a tall thin woman with jet black hair. Amber would finally find out what this was about.