Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
Guest Role: Aaron Kwok – Ted Kwong aka Libra
After a while, Erin decided to go after Mia. She didn’t go far because she was sitting in the conference room by herself sitting on one broken swivel chair while the table was overturned and the other chairs were thrown aside “Mia…”
“Don’t talk to me” Mia said through gritted teeth.
“Listen to me.” Erin began.
She spun her head up with angry eyes “Why should I?? I’m shocked at you, Erin. Its so ironic how I’m always standing up for you when people said you had an ice heart. I said you were really fair and that you didn’t mean to be cold, you were just straightforward.” She shook her head sadly “I was so wrong.”
Erin looked down and then her head tilted to the left at the door “I mean well. I just don’t want you to be hooked up with this guy, while we don’t know the truth yet.”
Mia got up suddenly and rushed over to Erin as she grabbed her arm “So you’re saying you believe what he said is true?”
“No…” Erin shook her head “But I don’t doubt it.”
“I don’t understand.” Mia was confused.
Erin patted her on the shoulder “You’ll understand one day.”
“Hey, Mia…” Brad greeted her from the door “How are you?”
Mia shrugged “As good as I’ll get. I feel like I’ve been stabbed on the back.”
Erin frowned “You shouldn’t feel that way because it wasn’t meant to come out that way. I’m sorry.”
Mia smiled despite her mood “Its okay, I know you have something against Darren. Afterall, he did pull the gun on you.”
“He what?!!” Brad cried as he pulled at Erin’s arm with concern “Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Wooh…what’s with the violence?” Mia nodded to his arm which was gripping on Erin’s elbow.
Brad quickly let go “Sorry…I was just concerned.”
Erin smiled “I know.”
“Gag me!!” Mia stuck a finger in her throat pretending to throw up “I’d love to stay and watch this movie but frankly, I hate romance.” She quickly dodged Erin’s hand which came flying at her head. “Too quick for you!” she laughed teasingly as she backed up and then turned “Ow!” she came crashing into the edge of the door.
Erin and Brad muffled their laughter while Mia turned and sneered at them. After she left Erin shook her head “She’s so fickle. One minute happy, the next she’s unhappy.”
“At least she’s better to read.” Brad hinted.
Erin’s smile faded “What do you mean by that?”
He shrugged with a crooked grin “You’re a smart girl, I’m sure you understand.” She turned away slowly trying to avoid his eyes again “Call me crazy, but I’m sensing something changing between us. Is there something wrong Erin? Have I done something to upset you because you’ve been really distant lately.”
She smiled to herself, at least he finally noticed. But it wasn’t the time to tell him yet. Erin turned and shook her head “Nothing. I’ve just felt like we haven’t spent enough time together. Remember when we were kids how you use to sneak into my room at the orphanage?”
Brad smiled at the reminisce “And living at the orphanage means no visitors. So I would had to sneak in to see you. But you know it was so hard what with all the eyeballs that kept staring at me whenever we were caught.” He laughed when he recalled a situation “Hey, do you remember that one girl who use to stand outside across the room from yours? She would always stare at me with these mean eyes.”
Erin looked up suddenly “You remember that girl?”
He nodded carefully “Yeah…of course, she was the one that always tattletale on you for having a boy in your room. I remembered because each time she saw me, she would run to tell the manager. My ear would be yanked upwards and it didn’t matter if I cried in pain she would always pull it until we were outside.”
“Yeah, I would lock myself in the room because I was upset.” Erin laughed with her head shaking “The good old times.”
“What happened to that girl?” Brad asked randomly.
Erin shook her head almost sadly “I’m not sure.” She turned towards the door to make sure no one was there “Come on.” She nodded at the door for him to follow her.
He frowned “Where to?”
She rolled her eyes “I’m not going to hurt you, just come with me.” She reached out and pulled his hand.
He let out a short laugh “Well, if you wanted to hold my hand, all you had to do was ask.” With that comment, Erin quickly let go and he stopped as he crossed his arms “Okay, there’s that strange behavior again. I know you’re hiding something.”
She shrugged “Maybe…maybe you’re just too sensitive.” She nodded towards the exit “I won’t hold your hand…just follow me.” Erin smiled when Brad put out his hand while his eyes turned up towards the sky with exaggeration. She reached out and took his hand as the two walked outside.
They were blocks away when Brad spoke up “Okay, now that we’re in the middle of the street, you going to tell me what’s going on?”
Erin peeked behind her shoulder and then looked up at Brad “Promise you won’t freak out.”
He nodded with a grim expression “You’re being too mysterious. What is so secretive?”
“You have to promise me.” She urged.
Brad smiled “I promise.”
“Good.” She let out a sigh “Let’s keep walking.” She wanted to distract the person just in case they were being followed. Erin told him of her discoveries and the talk she had with Darren. The bizarre coincidences that she could not explain. When she finished, he was shocked “No…I don’t believe it.”
“That’s what I said too. But the clues all point to this person.” She lowered her voice while darting her eyes around them in circles “You know my gut instincts are normally right.”
Brad shook his head “But you were wrong about him.”
Erin knew who he was talking about “He is guilty until proven innocent.”
“Isn’t it the opposite?” he smiled with admiration at her choice of words. She was always so smart in his eyes.
“Not in his case.” She snickered.
“We should get back.” Brad suggested.
She nodded reluctantly, it was the longest talk they’ve had in weeks. When they returned, the other four were gathered in the messy conference room Two empty chairs were pulled up for them “Well it’s about time!!” Mia retorted with a scolding tone in her voice. Reina and Andrew shook their heads with a smile.
“Sorry…we were just discussing the situation.” Brad covered up, but his hesitant words gave it away.
Mia pulled her legs up on the chair as she smiled at the two “I see…” she turned to Erin “So you finally had the guts to tell him?”
“Tell me what?” Brad asked innocently.
Mia rolled her eyes “Are you that naïve? After she confessed her love you still don’t understand???” she blurted out unexpectedly. Her smile faded when she saw Erin shaking her head with widened eyes.
“What??” Brad asked in shock. He turned to Erin, who shook her head blankly “What is Mia talking about?”
“I don’t know, she’s on drugs or something.” Erin said nervously.
Andrew looked at the three of them and then at Reina who was dodging his glance “Oh…I know what this is about.”
“Good, why don’t you tell me.” Brad proclaimed with frustration but Andrew only laughed with his head shaking. He turned to Dennis “Do you know too?”
Dennis tilted his head thoughtfully as his arms crossed “I could take a guess.”
Erin closed her eyes with her head shaking, how much she regret Mia finding out “I was just kidding!” Mia said with exaggeration, her eyes rolling “Gosh, you’re so gullible, Brad. We’re all in on the joke. Isn’t that right?” She widened her eyes at each and everyone.
The others nodded with knowing grins “Yeah…” they said randomly.
Brad scratched his head “You know I don’t take jokes too well.” He pulled the empty chair next to him and pointed to Erin “Let’s sit before I faint from all the thinking.”
Dennis cleared his throat “I put a call into the head, he said that this place will be as good as new in two days. But in the mean time, we need a place to meet. Anyone got any ideas?”
“How about I ask Darren…” Mia suggested, but when the eyes raised at her, she shook her head “Never mind.”
Reina suddenly raised her hand and Dennis smiled thoughtfully “This isn’t kindergarten, you don’t have to raise your hand to speak. Look at Mia…” he laughed when she whipped out her tongue at him.
“I don’t know where we can meet. But I have a request. Can I take a short break?” she asked while all eyes looked at her with shock, Andrew seemed to be the most surprised.
“Why?” Dennis asked calmly but he too was surprised.
Reina shrugged “I had a pretty good scare, I’m not sure if I’m ready for any active duties. I don’t want to slow us down either. My head is hurting really bad, it’s been throbbing since I woke up, I just didn’t want to scare you guys.”
Dennis nodded “That’s understandable, okay, you can take off a month.”
“Thanks Dennis.” Reina was grateful.
“Who will replace her?” Mia asked with concern.
Dennis smiled “I’m sure the head will find a good temporary for Reina.”
Andrew smiled at the group “Who ever he/she is, they’ll never take Reina’s place. Isn’t that right?”
“Kiss ass…” Mia muttered under her breath.
Erin looked at Mia and shook her head “Envious aren’t we?”
She rolled up her lip in disagreement “No.”
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The team could not figure out where to meet, so they decided to wait for two days while the head closed out the headquarters and they were built a new place miles from their old place. It was an identical replica of their place except it was more trickier to get inside. They all needed two codes, one is their fingerprint and two is their sliding identification cards.
Brad, Erin, Mia and Andrew were the there before Dennis, they wondered why he was not there yet. He was usually the first one there “Where do you suppose he is?” Andrew asked with curiosity.
Mia shrugged carelessly until she thought of the answer “Maybe he’s picking up the temp. Do you think it’s a guy or girl? I say it’s a girl…but I want it to be a guy.”
“Why?” Erin laughed at her friend’s perkiness.
“Because we’ll get more special treatment.” Mia said matter of factly.
Brad sat up straight when Dennis walked in “Hello, Sir.”
Dennis nodded at everyone as they stood up to greet the new guy, who stood behind Dennis “Guys, I want you to meet Ted Kwong, he will be taking Reina’s place for now. Why don’t you introduce yourself.” He ordered Ted.
Mia nudged Erin who stood next to her “He’s cute!!” she gushed.
Erin shook her head at her friend “Shh…” she looked up and saw Brad looking at the girls with curiosity.
Ted smiled and appeared a cute dimple on his right bottom chin “I’ve been with the police force for about 5 years. I was in the crime investigation department for about three years, the first two years were just patrol cop.”
“Nice to meet you.” Brad greeted him with a handshake “I’m Brad.”
“Andrew.” He reached out and shook Ted’s hand next.
Mia was grinning from ear to ear “I’m Mia…this is Erin.” She pushed at her friend with her elbow.
Erin turned to Mia “I can introduce myself thank you very much.” She laughed and shook Ted’s hand. “Nice to meet you.”
“Likewise.” His eyes dug into hers with interest.
Dennis nodded, glad of the welcoming smiles they brought around the table “Ted is going to be Libra.” Everyone nodded while Dennis continued “Brad is Leo, Andrew is Aries, Mia is Pisces and finally Erin is Scorpio.”
Ted raised his brows “Scorpio. That’s very interesting, they tend to be very quiet and secretive. I’ll be sure to stay on your good side because once a person hurts a Scorpio, they are doomed to be their enemies for life.”
Erin nodded, impressed by his knowledge of her sign “Hopefully, you won’t be scared by a Scorpio’s strong presence as a Libra normally is.”
He laughed comfortably “I assure you, I won’t be.”
Mia was enjoying the moment when she noticed how grim Brad’s expression was “Okay, don’t’ show off guys, some people might be a little slow to understand.” The group turned to Mia and she shook her head innocently “I wasn’t talking about myself.”