| Fan Fiction |
by SilverDragon
Zhi Ping and Selina stood side by side behind Yi Xia in his office, flinching slightly as their boss suddenly threw everything that was on his desk onto the floor. Yi Xia then came to slam his hands on the desk, staring down at it with a grim expression. Besides them, several other high ranking members of the Syndicate were gathered in the office, fearful expressions on their faces as they were the ones directly involved in the matter that had caused the leader’s rage. Although Zhi Ping and Selina’s calm demeanour had been disrupted when Yi Xia threw everything off his desk, they now returned to their soldier like states, waiting to hear the Syndicate leader voice his thoughts.
After what seemed like a long time, Yi Xia finally spoke. “Would either of you care to tell me how the information about our drug shipment to the Yakuza was leaked out to the police?” he asked in a quiet, dangerous voice.
Both Zhi Ping and Selina remained silent. However, the others were not so wise.
“Yi Xia, we swear on our lives that no one here ratted on the matter. We are still trying to get to the bottom of this,” said one rather short man with his oily hair slicked back.
A crooked smile cracked across Yi Xia’s face. “Still trying to get to the bottom of it?” He suddenly picked up the pen that had survived his earlier attack on the desk and threw it at the man, hitting him square in the middle of his brow between his eyes. “That is not good enough! The five of you are the only ones who knew the exact time and date of the shipment. No one on the port could have alerted the authorities as they only realised what they were loading mere minutes before. So that leaves the five of you.”
All five men averted their eyes elsewhere, swallowing nervously as they awaited the verdict. However, Selina noticed one of the men acting stranger that the others in that he was fidgeting an unusual amount, even though he was trying to hide it. She chose to ignore the motion but Yi Xia had also noticed it. Slowly, he raised his hand to point at the man.
“Sung, Dawn,” he said simply, his face dangerously devoid of all emotion. Selina did as she was told and quickly stepped around the desk to headlock Sung who was about to run for the door, bringing a dagger to his neck.
Sung no longer dared to struggle against Selina, feeling the cold blade pressed dangerously close to his throat. Glancing over in desperation at Yi Xia, he suddenly held up his hands before him. “Please, Master Chen! Have mercy on me! I did not tell the police about the drugs! Please believe me!” begged the man.
Yi Xia slowly walked around the desk, peering at the ground as he came to stand before Sung. Then, slowly, he looked up into the quivering man’s face, his eyes narrowed dangerously. “Then who did you tell?”
Selina felt the man swallow nervously under her. “No… no one in particular... I… I was drunk and… he started asking things and somehow-” He suddenly let out a gasp of pain as Selina drew her blade across his cheek in warning. Yi Xia continued to stare at Sung as if nothing had happened.
“Who did you tell?” repeated Yi Xia.
This time, Sung replied quickly, “A guy named Jay.”
Yi Xia seemed to be puzzled with this piece of information, wondering who this ‘Jay’ could be and what benefit he would get from telling the police about the shipment. Then he suddenly remembered. “Was the man taller than Zhi Ping, a scar on his right hand that looked like it had been burned horribly?”
“I’m… I’m not sure, but I think so…” he replied slowly, fearing that his time was running out.
Yi Xia took a step backwards, a thoughtful look on his face. Then, with a glance straight into Selina’s eyes, he turned around and walked back to take a seat behind his desk. Selina recognised the meaning behind Yi Xia’s look and, without so much as blinking she drew the dagger across the man’s throat, following her boss back to her original position behind his desk. When she finally stood to attention again, she turned to look at Sung’s dead body lying on the floor, her grip on her dagger tightening slightly as she fought the urge to close her eyes. The other four men in the room stared down at their dead colleague with a mixture of fear and resentment for the way they were being treated by Yi Xia. Zhi Ping, however, remained unaffected by the scene and continued to stare ahead.
Looking up at the four remaining, he then pointed at Sung’s dead body. “You four clean that mess up. I hate getting blood on my floor. And by tomorrow morning, I want to have a full report on the damage that has been dealt and on just how much the police actually know.” While the men promptly did as they were told, Yi Xia leant back in his chair, a contemplative look on his face. “It looks like we can no longer ignore the Dragon. That little upstart is becoming more of a nuisance as the days go by. Zhi Ping,” he ordered and the man took a step forward. “Have you finished your investigation on Wang Dong Cheng?”
Zhi Ping bowed his head before answering. “Yes, Master Chen. My subordinates have been tailing the man for over a month now. The daily reports I have compiled are stored away in my office. Would you like me to retrieve them, Master Chen?”
Yi Xia shook his head, watching as the other four men managed to carry Sung’s body out of the room. “No, I still remember the details. However, there was one particular note that I found interesting and I’m sure you did too. Selina,” commanded Yi Xia and Selina came to stand before him. “I think it is about time that Dawn has come out of hiding.”
A small, malicious grin spread across Yi Xia’s face as he stared off into the distance, a slight angry look in his eyes. Selina had a bad feeling for whatever it was that he was planning, and that her involvement in his plans was far from anything good.
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Danson covered his mouth as a huge yawn overcame him, stepping into the police headquarters with a cup of coffee in hand. He hadn’t slept well last night after he heard news of the big drug bust that happened at Keelung Port, the drugs apparently being shipped via a lot of cargo that belonged to one of Yi Xia’s smaller companies. Again, the rumours of Yi Xia being involved with the Syndicate surfaced and Danson once again had that guilty feeling in the pit of his stomach. It had taken him hours of indecision before he finally decided to come to work. As he was about to sit behind his desk, he suddenly heard the loud opening music of the morning’s news erupt from the TV in the headquarters’ lounge room. Turning around in his seat, he saw Ella and several others hunched around the TV as the news caster read out the major story of the day.
“At approximately 1:05 AM this morning, police have seized large amounts of what is believed to be grade A heroin in Keelung Port. The drugs were found hidden inside a shipment of plush toys, believed to belong to a company within the Chen Corporations group. Chen Yi Xia was not available for interview today, denying that he had anything to do with the matter and will hold a press conference later today at his main office in Xinyi. According to authorities, it is believed that the alleged drug smuggling was the work of the infamous Syndicate, the largest of the five gangs of Taipei. Chen Yi Xia has been associated with the group numerous times however there has never been any substantial evidence that this is the case. This latest turn of events brings to light these past allegations and-”
Suddenly, the TV which had been showing accompanying images of the drugs hidden in the toys along with a horde of reporters chasing after Yi Xia with Selina fending them away was turned off by Li Lang. Several of the police officers, upon seeing the disapproving look on Li Lang’s face, immediately slinked away back to their desks where they promptly busied themselves. As for Ella and two other officers who remained by her side, they peered up at Li Lang in displeasure.
“We were watching that, Superintendent,” pouted Ella as she leant forward to turn the TV back on. Li Lang blocked her path and she fell back against her chair moodily.
“Instead of watching TV, why don’t you guys go work on your cases? That murder case down in Shilin, Ella – have you found anything yet? And you two, Jason and Liang – have you two arrested the ones who robbed the Ming family’s home?” He was met by silence when they all avoided his accusing stares. “No? Then I suggest getting your lazy assess off those chairs and go get busy.” Li Lang then spun on the spot and returned to his room, the door slamming quietly behind him.
Ella watched him walk off, shaking her head. “I bet he’s upset that his friend Yi Xia is under the spotlight as the Syndicate’s leader. He just told me and Danson that Yi Xia definitely has nothing to do with that group.”
“Really? What made him say something like that to you?” asked Jason absently as he went to turn on the TV again. The story on the drug bust was now over and they were going on about some new celebrity scandal.
Ella stood up off her chair, moving over to the small kitchen which lay in a nearby room. “Oh, nothing much. Danson was just curious about Yi Xia and asked him some questions.” She paused in the middle of pulling her bottle of coke out of the fridge when a thought suddenly occurred to her. “Now that you mention it, Danson was asking whether Yi Xia was ever involved with the Syndicate.” Slamming the door, she stepped out of the kitchen and headed over towards the desks where Danson was busying himself with his cup of coffee, reading over some case files.
Danson pretended to ignore her, even though he was aware of her presence and this broke his concentration on what he was reading. She crossed her arms over her chest, tapping her foot loudly on the linoleum floor. “I know you heard what I was talking about over there, Danson. You know something about Yi Xia, don’t you?” She slammed her palms on his desk, leaning down so that she was eye-level with Danson. “You have proof that he’s the leader of the Syndicate but something’s happened so you won’t say a word.”
Taking another calm sip of his coffee, he then placed it down on the table before meeting Ella’s eyes. “Trust me; if I had proof that Yi Xia is the leader of the Syndicate gang, I wouldn’t be sitting here looking over minor murder cases. Now you go busy yourself with that case in Shilin.” He then picked up his documents, swivelling around in his chair so that he wasn’t looking at Ella anymore.
Frowning, Ella suddenly kicked Danson’s desk and began to storm away when Danson suddenly said, “I’d appreciate it if you didn’t talk about me with my friends behind my back.”
Ella froze on the spot, snapping around to stare at Danson’s back in surprise. She was about to retort back but decided against it. He was right; she shouldn’t go talking about him behind his back, even if she was worried for him. With a sigh, she continued back to her desk, falling into her chair. Nothing was simple anymore these days.
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A/N:
Danson's turning into a bit of a bastard, I know -_-|| But I guess anyone would be as upset as he is in his position, right? Right? Anyway, the war has finally begun! Dawn is coming back from the dark and it's pretty obvious who he's gonna get her to kill right? Okay, I should stop blabbing here ^_^
Next Chapter: It's about time the Syndicate did something about the upstart...
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14th February 2008
3:40PM GMT+09:00
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