Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
Guest Star:
Julian Cheung - Douglas Chung aka Virgo
Andy Lau – Joe (The Head of Security and P.R.A.)
Daniel Wu – Michael Wu
Ada Choi – Jessie Leung aka Cancer
Sonjia Kwok – Christina Chan
It was towards the end of their dinner when Erin noticed Brad, Mia and Darren sitting at one of the tables far from her and Michael. Yet she could not tear her eyes away from Brad’s hurtful glare. Michael was looking over the desert menu when he looked up “Erin, I think the Crème…” he followed her gaze over to the other table “Is he staring at you?”
She turned back to Michael and shook her head “No, I’m okay.” She let out a short sigh “What were you saying?”
But the two were quickly interrupted by Brad who walked over in front of their table “Erin, can I talk to you?”
She shook her head “We already did.”
“Look, the Miss doesn’t want to see you face, so why don’t you take a clue and just leave us alone.” Michael was growing more impatient.
“Shut up!” Brad snapped at Michael who instantly moved his chair back and stood up.
Mia and Darren quickly ran over to Brad as they pulled on his arm “Brad, come on. Let’s not waste your strength on this bozo. If she likes jerks, just let her be!” Mia’s eyes turned to Erin with daggers. It almost broke her heart to see that coming from her good friend.
Their quarrel quickly turned to chaos when a shot was suddenly fired breaking through the window. The group instantly ducked and Erin quickly covered Michael while Brad watched with jealousy. Her job after all was to keep him alive, they had to find the proof of his dirty work.
There were no more shots after that, chaos was soon contained the minute the cops arrived. They questioned everyone inside the restaurant. Mia looked over at Michael with special hatred “Nice work. You just killed the richest man in Hong Kong. Looks like your plan is working.”
He frowned “What are you talking about? How could I kill him if I’m standing here?” he was genuinely surprised at her accusation.
Mia laughed sarcastically “Oh please, that’s why you hired Reina and Andrew to do your dirty work right? I know it.” She nodded firmly.
Erin turned to Mia “You don’t know that for sure.”
“How would you know, traitor!” she spat harshly.
Darren patted Mia on the shoulder to silence her “Hey, keep it down. You don’t want our covers blown.”
Brad did not speak the whole time, instead he was staring intently at Erin, she was acting too strange. Like she didn’t really want to be there yet he sensed that she was really defending the guy. It was all too strange to him. He didn’t want to ask Joe again since he already confirmed that Erin was no longer with the P.R.A. Still Brad had his suspicions about the sudden change of heart.
“Stop that!” Erin hissed at Brad as she moved behind Michael to hide.
Michael turned to Erin and then back at Brad “You have a problem. She already said she doesn’t like you, why don’t you just leave her alone?”
That was the tip of the iceberg as Brad leaned back his arm and threw a punch at Michael, the guy fell to the ground grasping his face. Erin was instantly by his side as she helped him up “You okay?”
Brad was disgusted as he turned to leave only to be stopped by the cops, Michael turned to them “It was just a misunderstanding, I’m not pressing charges.” he said firmly to the policemen.
Mia, Darren and Erin turned to Michael in shock while Brad continued on without looking back. Mia looked over at the two with a look of hatred “You can live happy for a while…but we’ll haul your ass down to the station soon.” Her eyes narrowed as she turned to Darren “Come on, I think I’m gonna lose my dinner.”
Erin looked down to the floor while Michael tapped on the shoulder “I guess you know who your real friends are now.”
She turned her head up with a small smile but he could see the tears ready to come out, she nodded “Come on.” She supported his arm as they were ready to leave.
That night she had a hard time sleeping in the unfamiliar bed. But what she was more concerned with was that night. The gun shot was aimed towards Michael’s table but maybe because they were arguing with Brad that the shot hit the guy behind their table which happened to be the richest man. Suddenly she heard a squeaking sound coming from the ceiling above her.
Curiosity took over as she crawled out of bed and walked out towards the hallway to the stairs. Her eyes moved around cautiously as she climbed the stairs, her footsteps soft and quiet. She saw a door at the end of the hall slightly ajar, the light was shining through the cracks.
Erin took one look behind her shoulder and then began to walk towards the room. She pressed her back against the wall by the door as she heard clear voices “Sir, she’s not to be trusted!” Reina insisted.
Michael let out a sigh of frustration “Don’t you think I already know that? Why do you think I made that bullshit story about my dead girlfriend?”
Erin’s heart dropped, she truly believed him “Jerk.” She muttered under her breath.
Reina was not willing to back off “Then why don’t we just kill her right now? In her sleep?”
Michael chuckled “Because I like her.”
“Boss!” Reina cried.
He turned to her angrily “You want to tell me how to live my life too?” she quickly lowered her head “I just want to find out exactly why she’s here. Then maybe…kill her after. It’s never too late as long as she’s still living here.”
Her heart was pounding as she tiptoed back to her room and closed it behind her. She pulled out her cell phone and called Joe. Then suddenly, she remembered the hearing device in the basket. Instead she walked into the bathroom to talk to Joe. He picked up with a sleepy voice “Hello?”
“Joe! It’s me Erin…” she said in a hushed whispered while her hands covered the receiver.
“Erin? What’s wrong?” Joe said it more awake.
She got up to peek outside the bathroom “I’m in his mansion, I just overheard him talking to Reina. He’s keeping me here because he wants to expose the P.R.A. He’s going to find out that I’m undercover. What am I going to do? I don’t think I can earn his trust.”
“You can’t give up Erin!” Joe ordered “We’ve worked too hard. Don’t worry, just work harder, he’ll falter…he is a man after all.”
She nodded to herself “Okay. But if he tries anything on me, I’ll kill him with my bare hands.”
“Fair enough. Now go to sleep before he checks on you.” Joe said wisely.
After they hung up, she returned to bed. She couldn’t sleep all night since she was sure the minute she did Michael would try something on her. Instead she sat up and came up with ideas on how to earn his trust. It wasn’t until around 5 in the morning that she eventually fell asleep.
When she woke up, the clock read 12pm. She quickly rolled out of bed and freshened up. She closed the room door and prepared to leave when she found Michael downstairs in the living room. He turned up to her with a friendly smile “How did you sleep?”
“Okay.” Erin replied shortly.
“Just okay? And it’s now noon?” he looked at his watch.
She shrugged “So, the bed is a little foreign…I was still able to sleep.”
He smiled as he stood up, he was dressed in casual jogging clothes “Wanna take a walk with me?”
Erin knew there was a chance she would be in danger but it was a good chance to get him to open up. Yet she was afraid it would only be a bunch of lies, Erin eventually chose to nod her head “Okay.”
There was something awkward in the air as they walked towards the backyard which was a big piece of land filled with green grass. The air was fresher and there were acres of it to walk around in. After a moment, Michael looked back at his house which looked smaller by each step. He turned back to Erin with a smile “So how do you like it here?”
She shrugged “It’s nice.”
Suddenly he stopped “Is there something wrong, Erin?” he asked.
She turned to him with a sigh “You know that I don’t like you. And you know with my background, I have the ability to kill you yet you want to keep me next to you. Why is that? I find it hard to believe that it’s all because I look a little like Julie.” Her eyes narrowed as she said the fake girl’s name.
Michael sighed as he walked past her with his arms behind him “You don’t just look like her, you sound like her…you act like her and you even smell like her. Either that or maybe I just miss her too much?” he took a seat on the grass while she stared at his back with hardened eyes.
He turned to her and patted the piece of grass next to him. She walked over and was about to sit when he stopped her to place his windbreaker on the grass for her to sit. Erin sat down with a smile “Thanks.”
“Anytime.” He replied without looking at her “Julie was a strong-willed girl. She never let anyone put her down, but when it came to my father, she was always so ready to make him happy. Because if he liked her, she would be accepted. But little did she know that he would never like her because she was not one of us.”
“Why didn’t you two just elope?” she decided to humor him in his fake story.
Michael wrapped his arms around his knees “We tried, we were caught three times. Each time, my father separated us for months. I wasn’t allowed to see her nor call her. It was tough on the both of us.”
She didn’t notice he was crying until she turned over and saw him bowing his head as he sniffed back the tears. Her wall of suspicion was quickly falling as she realized he was being earnest. But why would he tell Reina it was a bullshit story? Either that or he was a good actor. No matter what the answer was, Erin could not forget to put up her suspicion “I’m sorry.” She didn’t know how else to comfort him.
Michael turned to her with a smile, a few tears had escaped but he wasn’t afraid to show it “I should be sorry. I normally don’t cry in front of people. Somehow they always think I’m some psycho killer that would do whatever to get ahead.” He laughed at it sarcastically and she sensed a sadder tone in the laugh “It never hurts to be cautious.”
“You can say that again.” Erin chuckled more to herself.
He looked over at her with a smile as he leaned onto his arm “I sense a little hostility from you. Call me crazy but I think you’re ready to choke me to death. So tell me, why are you working undercover?”
Her eyes snapped up in shock, how in the world did he know? Maybe their plan was a little too obvious. She grew more uncomfortable by the second “If you think this is all a plan, let me remind you that I despise your guts!” Erin stood up as she stood over him “If I wanted to take this job as an undercover, I’d rather be shot 100 times. I don’t want to be at a place where I’m watched like a dog…I’ll just leave now.”
He began laughing unexpectedly while she paused in her steps and turned to him “What a great speech!” he clapped his hands humorously.
Erin shook her head “You’re strange.”
Michael bowed with his arms crossed “Thank you.”
“So you know but you still want me here?” She was more confused than ever.
He shrugged “I told you…I like you. Plus, it’s fun watching you and Reina fight.” His smile was smug and she suddenly felt disgusted again “If you want to find any trash on me, you better search harder.” He began walking back to the house leaving Erin flabbergasted.
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Joe called in an emergency meeting that morning and everyone was curious to know what it was “I guess you all want to know what this is about.” He began.
Mia let out a yawn “Who do we have to save and what do we have to do? I’d like to get to sleep after we’re done.”
Brad and Darren exchanged smiles as they shook their heads “I think Mia is asking what our next mission is.” Darren asked for his girlfriend.
“That’s what I said!” Mia insisted.
Joe smiled at the anxious girl “Patience, my little grasshopper. I think we might have a lead to where Michael leaves his paperwork.”
The entire group sat upright in their chairs “Really?” Brad was fully awake.
“It’s hidden in his own room. That means we’ve got some security to break, things to find. We must work fast in order to keep another life from being lost. He’s got 4 more to go and they are going too fast. This morning I saw on the news about the second richest man being strangled to death in his own bed. Looks like this guy is more vicious than we all thought.” Joe sighed.
“How about we go tonight? Hit him hard and surprise him.” Brad suggested.
Joe nodded in agreement “I think that’s a great idea. Meet back here at 10pm sharp.” He looked around the table “Anyone got any other ideas?”
Mia raised her hand and Joe smiled at her “Are we allowed to beat the crap out of anyone?” Joe and the rest laughed at her question while Mia looked around strangely “I’m serious.”
The group quieted down while Joe cleared his throat “No, you may not. We need them to stay alive.”
“Who said anything about killing them?” Mia asked slyly.
Darren smiled at Mia with much adoration “I love it when you talk violence.”