Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
The team met up at headquarters with Joe already there anxiously waiting. When everyone arrived together dressed in their uniforms, he nodded at Brad “Make sure we don’t fail this time.”
“Yes Sir…uh….” He hesitated to ask him something.
“What is it?” Joe read his mind to perfection.
He turned to Mia who then nodded for him to ask “What about Erin?”
Joe’s eyes hardened as he looked away “If she gets in the way again, kill her.” He said coldly.
Mia exchanged glances with Darren quietly while everyone else raised their brows in shock. Brad lowered his head “Yes Sir.”
Suddenly Joe’s attitude changed as he let out a tired sigh “I know that you have very strong feelings for her, Brad.” He touched his shoulder “But she’s not the same girl you once knew. She’s a traitor, like Mia said.” He pointed out but Mia didn’t look him in the eye “You have to remember what we’re here for.”
Brad nodded “Yes…I understand.” He turned his head up and straightened his back “Ready team?” he turned to the others as tapped on his ear “Mia, don’t lose it again.”
She smiled “I don’t think it’s possible to make the same mistake twice.”
Doug laughed at the irony in her words “I think you did.” He nodded to Darren making Brad and Mia laugh while Darren scowled at Doug.
“Alright, enough with the teasing. Keep in touch guys.” Joe instructed as he waved them away.
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That night at the mansion, Michael insisted that he cooked dinner that night since there were no one else in the cooking department to help them. Erin stood at the kitchen door with her arms crossed as she watched Michael in an apron “I’d never thought I’d live to see a rich guy that never had to do anything for himself but now is cooking his own dinner.” She shook her head sadly when he jumped back from the popping oil that was frying the chicken.
He let out a laugh “Be nice, it’s the second time I’ve ever cooked.”
She wrinkled her brows “When was the first?”
“When I proposed to Julie.” Suddenly he seemed to be in a daze again.
Erin smiled softly “Did you burn the chicken when you were cooking for her?”
That brought him back to reality as he quickly flipped a chicken leg “Worse, I almost burned down the whole apartment.” He joked.
It took another half an hour until their dinner was done. The two sat down at the dinner table ready to indulge in their simple dinner. He raised a glass of water since he had no idea where his cook left the wine. Erin raised her own “What are we celebrating?”
“A new….friendship.” he smiled.
She nodded “I’ll drink to that.” They took a sip and began to dig into their salad which Michael also prepared “Can I ask you something Michael?”
He looked up with a surprised look “Sure.”
“Why did you get into…you know…the illegal stuff?” she was curious.
Michael paused his chewing as he thought about it. He pushed the food aside as he answered “When I realized she was dead.”
“You mean you wanted your family’s reputation to go down the toilet?” Erin found it hard to believe.
He nodded “It was their fault she lost her life to begin with, it was only fair that he lost everything he cared about…his money....” he said darkly.
“Surely there were more ways to do that than importing drugs.” She looked up to him with knit brows “Who is the man behind all this?”
Michael smiled “You would like to know huh?”
She smiled “Unless you can’t tell me. But I already know.”
He raised his brows in shock “Really? Who?” Erin smiled slyly as she got up and walked over to him and covered her mouth over his ear as she whispered the person’s name. Michael’s face turned pale as he looked at her “How did you know?”
She gave him a wink “I know a lot more than you think.” Their dinner was quickly interrupted when she heard the front gates being opened “They’re back.” She whispered as she nodded to him.
“What are we going to do?” Michael asked hastily looking around for the attackers.
“Come on.” She pointed upstairs “We’ll stay in the library.” The two stood in their for ten minutes but it felt like hours. She placed her fingers over her lips when she heard the footsteps getting closer. The two moved to hide behind the desk when suddenly, the doors flew open.
She could hear Mia’s voice “Come out, come out wherever you are.” She sang. After a moment of silence she asked Brad “I thought Joe said they were in the library.”
Michael turned to Erin with a shocked look, how did he know they were in the library? She seemed to read his mind as she tapped on her ear causing the device to disconnect. Brad walked around the room and suddenly his eyes caught on the chair at the desk which was pushed behind. He walked around the corner and smiled at the two “Nice hiding space.”
Erin and Michael exchanged glances as they crawled out and stood in front of the other five “What do you want?” Erin asked.
“His head.” Brad said cruelly.
Erin shook her head “I can’t let you do that.”
“Erin…” he began when he got an order from Joe to kill her “I’m sorry.” He raised his gun and fire was let out, then another and then the third shot was heard.
“NO!!!” Michael cried “You damn cold hearted bastard!! I can’t believe you killed her!!”
“NO one stands in our way.” Brad pointed his gun to Michael.
“Wait, don’t kill him!!” Joe ordered “Bring him back here.”
Brad frowned “But Sir…”
“Just do it!” Joe said a little more impatiently.
Brad nodded to the group “Take him and go.” Darren and Doug walked over and tied Michael’s hand together in a wire chain “Mia and Jessie, you two look around for the proofs then meet us downstairs, Joe said it should be in his room or the library.”
“Yes.” Mia nodded.
The guys stayed downstairs while the girls looked around, after ten minutes Mia rushed out from the stairwell “Brad, I found it!!” she held up a manila envelope.
“Good job team. Now let’s bring Mr. Wu back here.” Joe spoke up loud and clear.
They all returned to the headquarters with Joe looking extra pleased “Mr. Wu…long time no see.”
Michael’s eyes hardened “You!! Why are you doing this?” he turned to Brad and the rest “He’s not who you think he is…he’s really the culprit behind all this drug import…he’s not the head!! You have to believe me!” he cried desperately.
Joe laughed with his head thrown back “You think they’ll believe you over me? Do you know I’m the head of the P.R.A.? I control them!!” he cried like a power hungry man. Suddenly his eyes darkened at Brad “Where is she?”
”Who?” Brad asked.
“Erin.” Joe’s voice lowered “I want to see her body.”
“You’re a sick bastard…” Michael grumbled “I regret ever working with you. Had I’d known you turn on me, I’d kill you when I got the chance.” He said through gritted teeth.
Joe’s head spun to the guy with a look so evil that it even made Michael back up a few steps “Kill me?? Like how your family killed Julie??! My baby sister…she didn’t deserve to die so tragically.”
“How…how did you know about Julie?” Michael asked.
Mia turned to Joe with a curious expression “Julie? Sir, you never told us you had siblings? I thought you were the only child.”
But Joe was in his own little world as he block out everyone but Michael “I may have been sold to a rich family, but I still followed my roots. Eventhough my surname changed, I will never forget that I’m a Fan. And I’ll never let your family live peacefully.”
Michael laughed “I don’t care what you do to my family’s name…I hated my father for killing Julie just because she was poor. I had nothing to do with that.”
“Nothing?? You met her didn’t you? You became her boyfriend eventhough your father warned you not to…” the crazy man continued as he reached for Michael’s throat and strangled him “Why must you toy with people’s emotions? You knew what your father was capable of…why…why can’t you just let her go?”
“Sir…” Brad began as he tried to stop Joe but the man whipped his shoulder back causing Brad to stumble back a few steps “You…You’re not Joe….are you?”
The man laughed haughtily “Even if you find out, it’s a little too late.”
Mia and the rest pulled out their guns and pointed it at the fake Joe “It’s never to late to pump your head full of metal.” She pushed the gun at his head.
He only laughed louder “Didn't she tell you that your guns are empty?” he smiled widely when they checked the blank guns. The five dropped it to the floor and he turned to the door of the conference room “Looks like you guys lose…” in walked Reina and Andrew with one gun on each hand, all pointing at the team. He turned to Brad who’s eyes were colder than ice “Don’t look at me like that…just because you killed your pretty little girlfriend…" he laughed when Brad lunged at him only to be punched in the gut by Andrew.
Brad fell to the floor on his knees as he held onto his stomach in pain “Why did you have to kill her?!!”
The man smiled crookedly “Ask him.” He nodded to Michael “If you listened more to your head than your balls…maybe you would have been able to save the girl? I didn’t want her dead…she just grew too suspicious of me. She knew too much because you told her too much.” He pointed at Michael’s chest “If you want revenge, you can kill him.” He smiled while turning to Brad.
When he had the madman’s attention, he laughed “You may be sneaky but we’re smart too.”
It was the first time the man lost his cool as he bent down in front of Brad and grabbed his shirt “What the hell are you talking about?!!” it made Brad laugh to see the man looking so frightened.
“Reina!!” Andrew cried when Erin pointed a gun to her head from behind. It was totally unexpected “You’re supose to be dead.”
The man stood up slowly as he turned to Erin who’s hand gun was pointed to the back of Reina’s head “I can guarantee you this gun is not empty.” Erin smiled "Let me give you a hint." she said to the man "Maybe you didn't realize but the gun shots you heard at the Wu Mansion came from Michael's gun." his eyes widened with anger "Just part of the play." she narrowed her eyes "I thought you'd realize it since you knew their guns were empty?"
He was upset that he didn't catch that very clue “You think you won? It’s barely started.” The mad man shook his head wildly.
Erin smiled “Really? Why don’t you ask Andrew if he will put down his gun?” she pushed the gun barrel into Reina’s head.
“No!!” Andrew cried painfully “I’ll drop it.”
”Don’t!!” Reina warned “She won’t kill me.”
Erin knew she could not scare Reina but Andrew was a different story as she turned to him “Do you want to test me?” she pull back the back trigger.
“NO!!” Andrew instantly dropped his gun.
“Wimp!!” the man roared angrily. Suddenly he narrowed his eyes and began to smile “If you kill us, you’ll never find the real Joe Cheung.” The team gasped in shock.