“You still in there, Al? Girl, you need to chill the f*ck out..” A man, roughly 180centimeters lifted his finger up from the intercom button on the other side of the glass. As he crossed his arms and shook his head, frowning at Alyson on the other side. On the other side of the glass, Alyson was holding up a few plastic zip lock bags. With her right hand she selected a few of the bright red capsules stored in a glass cylinder connected to the floor. She held up her hand a few seconds, beckoning he should leave. Though, he didn’t. After filling up the last zip lock bag on the table, Alyson smacked the red button next to the cylinder and it slowly lowered into the ground. A click sounded as the ground closed up the opening, leaving no trail of the drug whatsoever.
“What is your problem, D?” After giving the glass door a 4-digit number it slid open and Alyson came out. “I was just finishing up some last packing. Do you know how many damn phone calls came in today? I don’t think we’ve got enough to get by this month!” She shook her head with a pained look on her face, and walked over to her kitchen. “Common Al, we got enough to last for two years, and you know that. We just have to pick our customers more carefully, that’s all. No more mister nice guys that call in the middle of the night. Just, the regular ones.” D was the name Alyson gave David. It also covered up his name for clients whom would suddenly call, or friends they both didn’t trust yet. “Yeah, I suppose you’re right..” Alyson mumbled when opening the fridge. “Just stick to the 202 list from now on. And block all the other numbers. I’ll let Alice deal with those, alright?” With a can of beer in her hand, Alyson descended a few stairs leading her into a small office. “You got it boss!” David shouted.
“Alice?” On her left there was a huge safe that currently stood wide open. This seemed strange to her, because she ordered everybody to close it right away when they needed something inside. The rest of the room was empty: A few desks with computers on it and stacks of paperwork, a tall glass fridge with a huge amount of blue glass bottles and sofa against the right wall. On the sofa there was a backpack, which belonged to Alice. Something told Alyson something wasn’t right. She placed the beer car on one of the desks. With a quick movement, Alyson unhooked her lazergun from her belt. With a steady aim, she walked over to the safe and opened up the door a bit more so she could have a look inside. The safe itself contained heaps of plastic packets, all about the size of 5kg, neatly stacked onto metal racks. They were filled with a strange red powder, which Alyson had named ‘Aloon’. It gave you this euphoric feeling, together with some minor hallucinations. Aloon was slightly addictive, Alyson had to admit. Even she enjoyed a good sniff once in a while.
And there, in the middle of the safe, laid the body of a girl. “Alice, for fuck sake! Are you kid-“ With a smack Alyson threw herself on her knees and took her friend by the shoulders. On the ground, there was a packet cut open together with a rolled up dollar bill. At least half of the drugs inside were gone, leading Alyson to swear once again. “God dammit!” Without hesitation Alyson grabbed her friend by the arms and pulled her over her own shoulder. A light grunt escaped from her lips as her friend wasn’t the lightest. “D! Heat up my ship! We got a downer!” Already out of breath, Alyson ran out of the safe but remembered to give the door a hard kick so it shut.
Once upstairs and into the garage, David had already powered up her space ship. It was of a decent size, and seemed like one of the newer models. “You run this place now, be back in a bit.” David nodded to his orders and returned to the elevator. “You’re gonna cost me a fortune, Alice.” Alyson finally mumbled, throwing her on the sofa. After fastening her seatbelt, the ship already hovered off the ground. “Dr. Tomaho, stealth mode.” Alyson spoke loud and clear, now also seated in her chair. “Good evening, miss Parker.” A deep male voice spoke. “Evening darling..” She whispered back.