Post by frankthetriviaman on Sept 24, 2016 0:41:52 GMT -5
In this spin-off of Literary Mosaic, we focus on the Irish Mob as our main characters, in the Immediate aftermath of the sinking of the Athenry. As it turns out, it had far greater consequences than expected.
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Previously on Literary Mosaic...
Boss Ryan O'Connor was sitting at a desk, staring at the door . After everything that had happened, he needed to know the total losses endured by the mob as a result of the Athenry's sinking. Though it was Finnegan who managed the day-to-day of the England operations, O'Connor had actually delegated different things to different subordinates, and he was one of the few who knew why there was such a strong mob presence on the Athenry... they had more than just weapons on board.
At last, one of his men came in, holding a list of "merchandise" they had.
"Ah, Hughes, at last. What can you tell me about the lost assets on the Athenry?" O'Connor asked.
"It's... it's not good sir. We lost a great deal of resources when she went down. We had 12 vehicles on board, including a pair of jeeps and some trucks we requisitioned from our army contact. Lost all of those. Then there was the issue of the funding on board" Hughes began.
"Was any of it saved?" O'Connor asked.
"Hardly. The cash we were going to launder and eventually send to our American contacts. It was stored in the forward hold, so it was lost from the start" he began. "We got a bit lucky though; as it happens Collins had one of the bags near his bunk; said he had to recount cause the bag felt a bit light compared to the others. Had about 25,000 in it" he explained.
"Damn it! We had 2 and a half million in green on her. Well, at least Collins had the forethought to save some of it. And the gold?" O'Connor asked.
"Also in the forward hold; Campbell managed to get a couple bricks from the stack before it was overwhelmed, but the rest was lost."
"The gold we had was worth about one million in American dollars. I had a tip off that it's a sound investment, since the price is bound to go up in the future, but sounds like we lost that too" O'Connor replied.
"And then there was the weapons... we had to chuck some of them even after rescuing them" he explained.
"What? Why?!"
"Damage sir; once they came out of the crates, the rest of the voyage they were improperly transported. And due to some lost crates, we've got guns, but no usable ammo, and ammo, but no proper guns for them to be used in. Overall, we're looking at more than half of the weapons and ammo lost, damaged or unusable" he explained.
"Anything else?" O'Connor asked, trying to hide his frustration.
"Yes, actually. Something's gone terribly wrong sir. You know how the England operation as a whole pulled out on the Athenry? Well, seven of our boys drowned at sea, and in the time since... another nine have turned up dead" he explained.
"What? How did I not know about this sooner?!" O'Connor fumed.
"That's just it sir; we did not find out till this morning. In fact, the nine seemed to be murdered almost systematically... this was no accident" Hughes explained.
Just then, the phone rang, and O'Connor had to pick it up. "hello?"
"Boss? Boss! You gotta do something, they're onto us!" The voice on the other end said.
"Kavanagh? Calm down, what's going on?!" O'Connor said.
"It's those damn Nazis! They know about the Athenry's cargo! They know we took the- AAARRRGGGHHH!" He screamed as gunshots were heard in the background.
"Kavanagh? Kavanagh!" O'Connor screamed. But then, another voice answered, and said in another language.
[We know where you got that gold from, and we don't appreciate it. You will pay for your betrayal] and then the phone hung up.
"Boss? What was that?" Hughes asked. And for once, O'Connor shuttered.
"I think... we may have pissed off the wrong Germans..."
......
In the back room of a Pub, Finnegan was meeting with Doc; the mob surgeon who quite literally operated within the shadows... in this case, removing the bullet in Finnegan's leg from being shot on the Athenry.
"Now just relax, this will only hurt a little if you keep still..." Doc said as he began the procedure.
......
Previously on Literary Mosaic...
Boss Ryan O'Connor was sitting at a desk, staring at the door . After everything that had happened, he needed to know the total losses endured by the mob as a result of the Athenry's sinking. Though it was Finnegan who managed the day-to-day of the England operations, O'Connor had actually delegated different things to different subordinates, and he was one of the few who knew why there was such a strong mob presence on the Athenry... they had more than just weapons on board.
At last, one of his men came in, holding a list of "merchandise" they had.
"Ah, Hughes, at last. What can you tell me about the lost assets on the Athenry?" O'Connor asked.
"It's... it's not good sir. We lost a great deal of resources when she went down. We had 12 vehicles on board, including a pair of jeeps and some trucks we requisitioned from our army contact. Lost all of those. Then there was the issue of the funding on board" Hughes began.
"Was any of it saved?" O'Connor asked.
"Hardly. The cash we were going to launder and eventually send to our American contacts. It was stored in the forward hold, so it was lost from the start" he began. "We got a bit lucky though; as it happens Collins had one of the bags near his bunk; said he had to recount cause the bag felt a bit light compared to the others. Had about 25,000 in it" he explained.
"Damn it! We had 2 and a half million in green on her. Well, at least Collins had the forethought to save some of it. And the gold?" O'Connor asked.
"Also in the forward hold; Campbell managed to get a couple bricks from the stack before it was overwhelmed, but the rest was lost."
"The gold we had was worth about one million in American dollars. I had a tip off that it's a sound investment, since the price is bound to go up in the future, but sounds like we lost that too" O'Connor replied.
"And then there was the weapons... we had to chuck some of them even after rescuing them" he explained.
"What? Why?!"
"Damage sir; once they came out of the crates, the rest of the voyage they were improperly transported. And due to some lost crates, we've got guns, but no usable ammo, and ammo, but no proper guns for them to be used in. Overall, we're looking at more than half of the weapons and ammo lost, damaged or unusable" he explained.
"Anything else?" O'Connor asked, trying to hide his frustration.
"Yes, actually. Something's gone terribly wrong sir. You know how the England operation as a whole pulled out on the Athenry? Well, seven of our boys drowned at sea, and in the time since... another nine have turned up dead" he explained.
"What? How did I not know about this sooner?!" O'Connor fumed.
"That's just it sir; we did not find out till this morning. In fact, the nine seemed to be murdered almost systematically... this was no accident" Hughes explained.
Just then, the phone rang, and O'Connor had to pick it up. "hello?"
"Boss? Boss! You gotta do something, they're onto us!" The voice on the other end said.
"Kavanagh? Calm down, what's going on?!" O'Connor said.
"It's those damn Nazis! They know about the Athenry's cargo! They know we took the- AAARRRGGGHHH!" He screamed as gunshots were heard in the background.
"Kavanagh? Kavanagh!" O'Connor screamed. But then, another voice answered, and said in another language.
[We know where you got that gold from, and we don't appreciate it. You will pay for your betrayal] and then the phone hung up.
"Boss? What was that?" Hughes asked. And for once, O'Connor shuttered.
"I think... we may have pissed off the wrong Germans..."
......
In the back room of a Pub, Finnegan was meeting with Doc; the mob surgeon who quite literally operated within the shadows... in this case, removing the bullet in Finnegan's leg from being shot on the Athenry.
"Now just relax, this will only hurt a little if you keep still..." Doc said as he began the procedure.