The New Weapons company

PBTD 02/10, 11

Joshua: At the Air and Defense show Katie finds, in a back corner, a weaponsmith who can make special weapons, specially designed to kill demons and spiirits. learned it from Family people and history. Katie buys up all of his product, his company, and him, too! Pandora thinks he's not worth much, and his weapons worth less, until Katie purposefully sticks the point of the knife into the palm of her hand, and Pandora screams, yelling, What in the ever-loving fuck do you think you are doing, you fucking bitch? And what the hell kind of weapon is that? You better fucking set that shit down and walk away, because I am not playing with your human ass anymore. Do you hear me? Katie chuckled, realizing that she had found the jackpot. Katie bought up all of his inventory, all of his company, and him, making him promise to go to work for her, producing the special knives and weapons. Korbin send Derek after Katie, wanting her input on some knives. Derek finds her talking to Joshua, and Katie gives him a "test" to see his reaction to a small nick. He jumps and screams, and wants in on the business. They'll tell Korbin as well.

Korbin: When Korbin finds out what Katie has been up to, and experiences her "trial test", he wants part of the business as well, and will rent her space and buildings in exchange for weapons. He was already chomping at the bit to push one of those blades deep into some demon’s chest. If it had hurt him like it had, he could only imagine what it would do to most of the fully infected out there.

Calvin:“This shit is nuts,” Calvin said. “Seriously, this shit is off the chain. We need to have like everything made out of it.”

Planning:How much production do you think we are capable of?”“I honestly have no fucking clue,” Katie said. “It’s a one-man show, and I don’t have a clue yet how hard his weapons are to manufacture. I don’t even know where we get the material for them. Joshua has to sit down and tell me all about it, then give me lists of materials to procure. What I’m wearing on my body right now is two years’ work but I’m sure it wasn’t full time like I’m hoping to get him to work now.” “So other than him, there is no one else that does it?” Calvin asked. “Not that I know of,” Katie answered. “The way he made it sound was, his father and grandfather were hunters, and they gave him the books and such so he could learn how to be a weapons maker. He has a disability—or an ability, however you want to look at it—which he said keeps him from being on a team and fighting demons. He knew I was Damned as soon as he touched my hand, though. He has a gift. These right here on my body were made by his hands, so they are invaluable, if you ask me.”

PBTD 02/13

The Company: After the call, and after the Phoenix battle, Korbin and Katie talked about how to protect the new company, both legalyl and practically. The Demon Killers DID have legal contacts which would help, but it would help practically if they could hide the comany as long as possible, and the first time they did a multi force operation, the secret would be out. “Is there anywhere on the base that would be good to hide it?” He nodded. “We will have to pull the blueprints when we get back. I’m sure there is somewhere we can accomplish what we need to do,” Korbin answered. “Until then, though, we have to keep these on the down-low. “We will have to secure them in a different place than our team weaponry room,” Katie said. she was uneasy, as was Korbin. There was a chance that like everything else, this war had evolved, and she was the next step in the evolution of the Damned.For a moment she felt the weight of the world on her shoulders, and imagined that was how Korbin felt every day of his life—trying to navigate the messy and dangerous maze they were running through head-first with no idea of what was around the next corner. For the first time since she had been Damned, Katie felt completely alone.

PBTD 02/14

The New Facility: when they landed in Las Vegas, Korbin got off the plane, and asked Katie to go with him, to a cluster of buildings she hadn't been to before.

When they reached the intricate wrought iron gate, Korbin stopped then unlocked the padlock and pulled the chain through the bars of the gate.The gate creaked and moaned as he pulled it open,then walked forward into an area that at one point had obviously been some sort of garden. He stopped in front of tall metal doors. “I think you’ll find this helpful.”The outside of the building was relatively plain. It had two levels and was built of sand-worn red brick, but it had absolutely no charm to it whatsoever. Korbin pushed open the doors, letting just a bit of light inside. He pulled off a flashlight he had clipped to his harness and clicked it on before continuing inside, leaving Katie standing in the doorway. She heard a click as the breaker was thrown, and suddenly lights illuminated the space. It was over twenty thousand square feet, with tall ceilings, concrete floors, and a completely open floor plan. This part wouldn’t be good for you. Follow me.” Taking her down into a basement, there was another door, and when they stepped inside, Katie nodded in understanding.Korbin pointed to the open space, which smelled a bit like old oil. “This area is about three thousand square feet. It’s considered the basement, and that far wall is exactly five feet of soil and rock from our building,” he told her, turning to her and smiling. “With maybe three days of work—give or take, depending on calls— we would have a secret way to get into the building and back out again. We would have to do it ourselves, though. We can’t let the higher ups know about it.” There was definitely enough lighting, and they could clean it up to the point where Joshua could live down here if he wanted to.“We can store the product here, and if anyone tries to get in, we pull it and make it look like not much was in here,” Korbin declared. “We could put all the weapons inside lockers on wheels to get it out quickly.”“I want this place to be safe for Joshua,” Katie told him. “He is just as important as the product—and arguably more critical.” “This is exactly what I need to make this work, and it will be good for all of us.”

PBTD 02/19

Katie awakens to find Joshua commandeering a work crew, loading machinery and equipment into his new facility. Good leadership qualities! He had put the down-payments on his account, knowing she would take care of them when the bills came through. Mamacita had brought a number of the girls to clean up the buildings for them. Joshua had offered them a stupid amount of money to help. One of the girls had brought a gold cross,of the same special metal as the knives, which she wanted given to Damian as tanks for one of the things he had done for her. Katie promised that he would get it.

PBTD 02/15

Meeting with Joshua: Joshua drives into Las Vegas, comes and meets with her, /eric and Derek, who take him don, show him facilities, rooms, where the tunnel will be, etc., Impresses on Eric that this is TOP SECRET, and that NO ONE can know about it. Hopes she can trust him. Asks Joshua to make a budget for what he will need.

PBTD 02/16

Joshua's Lodgings: When Katie finds Joshua living out of his van, at the base, she makes arrangements for him to live at Mamacita's with the girls, just until his own quarters will be finished. Joshua has come up a first budget of $1.2 Million to start.

PBTD 02/17

The Budget: Katie needs to come up with $1.2 million for start-up. Calvin suggests she sell 30% of the company to himself, Korbin and Damian. Calvin shakes on $450,000 from him.

PBTD 02/18

Korbin and Damian agree, also. Korbin offers to buy each of the others out at double their money, $900,000 per, at that minute. they all so no, they want to keep their 10%. agreed.

PBTD 02/19

Production Schedule: Joshua anticipated that starting three weeks from then, he would be able to produce one knife a week, more after that. he had to get used to using the equipment.

Katie's Problem: Joshua had upped production to two knives a week, and was trying to solve problems about casting the bullets, but even with the infusion of capital from Korbin, she was going to have to start off-setting the costs, and she didn't know how to do that.

PBTD 03/2

There are two knives she is going to take to Korbin, asking for his help. (He LOVES them! What kind of help? Need to cut expenses. Maybe help Joshua with ordering? Negotiating prices? Reinvesting any profits in mare materials, rather than distribution? Korbin will look at book, try to help.

PBTD 03/5

Korbin thinks that Joshua does not know how to negotiate metals prices, so asks Mamacita to show him how, by example. Has her call two companies, and get materials for 25% of what Joshua had agreed to pay. Korbin tells Mamacita she's hired, and walks out. Mamacita decides she'll get back at him, and work for him, HER way. She starts by beginning to train Joshua in negotiations.

The Production Line By this time, the business has grown spectacularly, with specialists in metallurgy hired, and production increased. The needed to hire more people, to work 24 hours a day, to try to keep up with demand. 07/18 Stephanie Lee asks Charles what he would need in the way of people to run the factory at a good production level. “I’ll probably need seven people minimum to run the machines and quality-check the rounds as they come off the manufacturing floor, and that’s just looking at a normal five-day work week. If you count the extra two days, I’ll need a couple more. Of course, I won’t be here forever, so I don’t really want to include myself in that number.”

Chapter Nineteen Production Line Continued Katie called the General for help – 9 – 5 jobs, living in the city. make sure the general vets every single one of them,” Korbin agreed. “We need to have someone at the gate checking IDs and demon status.” The General had the solution. “I will call Nellis right after we hang up and have seven of their most trustworthy armaments specialists briefed and sent over to you first thing tomorrow. I can assure you that these men will be completely and totally discreet. They will comprehend the importance of secrecy, and if they don’t I will handle i.