Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
Later that night, Erin and Brad called a meeting. They walked into headquarters realizing that Matt was already there. His hair was tousled while his beard was unshaven. The two observed him carefully but he seemed to be in his own little world, looking through files. Mia and Darren strolled in together hand in hand, they were joking about something when they saw Erin placing her fingers to her lips as she pointed to the concentrated Matt.
Mia took a seat next to Erin “Someone’s enjoying the single life.” She said with sarcasm.
Matt covered his face with his hand “I just haven’t been home.” His voice was muffled.
“Huh?” Mia asked “Don’t talk to the table, it can’t carry on a conversation.” Matt sighed as he looked up, showing his darkened eyes and unclean face. Mia covered her gasped with her hands “It’s the hairy homeless guy down the street!” she giggled hysterically, nudging Erin at the same time.
Erin shook her head at her friend “Don’t pick on him, he’s been out all night.”
“Thank you!” Matt nodded with his arms thrown in the air.
“What did you find out?” Darren asked, a smile still on his face from Mia’s giggles. She always managed to make him smile.
“We’ll wait for the rest first.” Matt smiled at Darren “You know it’s not too late to turn back.”
Darren frowned “What are you talking about?”
He nodded at Mia “It’s not for one month, it’s going to be for the rest of your life. That’s a lot of months to go.” Matt dodged the evil glare Mia threw at him.
Darren laughed while Brad nodded solemnly “Matt’s right, Darren. Are you sure you want to be married to Mia? It’s MIA we’re talking about.”
Mia was pouting as she frowned at the two “That’s enough! Stop scaring him…he’s my last chance for survival.”
“Cause no one else wants you?” Erin asked teasingly, she turned to Darren sadly “Doesn’t that make you feel so special?” her sarcasm was easily detected.
“I feel special!” Eric jumped into the conversation as he strolled in late with Ted behind him.
“That makes two of us.” Darren nodded.
Matt clapped his hands to get their attention “Okay gang, let’s get back to serious business.” He nodded to the group “Anyone got anything new hints or clues?”
Brad turned to Matt “Try four dead janitors.” They turned to him unexpectedly and he continued “Erin and I escorted Michael to his office and found the police were there questioning everyone. It seems four janitors were murdered during the night. I don’t have any other information, but maybe Ted does.”
Ted smiled “That’s why I was late. I was reading over the files, it seems they were stabbed to death by a very odd shaped dagger. Nothing that the police has ever seen before.”
Erin nodded Brad “I think we know where it came from.”
He took out the knife from his jacket “Ladies and Gentlemen, the murdered weapon.” Unwrapping the cloth, he said “There is no blood on here, which means…”
“There were other daggers…and maybe they dropped this while trying to escape from the rooftop, which leads to a ladder that takes you to the alley.” Erin finished.
“Bravo!” Mia clapped her hands “You two are finally working together.”
Matt smiled as he nodded “I was just thinking the same thing, Mia.” He turned to Brad “Where is this knife from?”
“Egypt.” Brad answered “It’s a 1875 artifact that was discovered by a pheasant roaming the desert of Morocco. It’s made out of stainless copper, hence the color.” He picked it up and passed it around the group. It was said that the man sold it to a dagger/knives collector and it was duplicated 100 times but only 50 were sold to outsiders.”
“Does that mean this person…the murderer, and possibly the person that kidnapped Darwin is from Egypt?” Mia asked.
“Not necessarily.” Ted turned to Eric curiously “How long did you stay in Egypt?”
Eric frowned “Just a little over a month. I’ve always found the country very interesting so I decided to go there on my vacation. The people were friendly, but it was very hard to communicate with them. But you’d be surprise to see how many Asians were there.”
“Anyone strange or worth remembering?” Matt asked.
He shook his head “Not that I could think of.”
Suddenly, Erin thought of something as she looked up questioningly “How about that cross necklace? You said the Pope gave it to you?”
Eric smiled embarrassingly “I was just kidding. But I did really buy it in Egypt. The owner told me it was a rare design that you could only find in Egypt and at the very shop.”
Erin turned to Mia with her hand out, Mia looked at her strangely as she pulled the necklace from her head and handed it over “Are you positive this is only found in Egypt?” Erin wanted to be clear.
“Unless the owner lied to me.” Eric said logically.
“Did you think of something?” Mia asked Erin.
She shook her head slowly “No, nothing.”
Matt nodded at the team “Okay, looks like we’ve got a lot of digging up to do. Now it’s my turn to show off.” He smiled crookedly.
Mia grinned with her arms crossed “Let’s see what you got.”
“For the past two nights, I have been hiding out downtown by the bars and club at Tsim Sa Tsui. The gangsters really live during the night time, it was jammed pack with people. I had a lead that a ‘Dai Lou’ of the Hung Hing gang was meeting there with a new client by the name of C.W.” Matt paused to see their reaction.
“Chris Wong?” Darren was the first to ask.
Matt smiled “That’s what caught my attention.” He turned to the controls and pressed at the button that turned on the screen “This is Cheung Fei Hung, also known as Hung Gor. Leading his men at the top of Hung Hing. They say he’s like a flying dragon, you always see the head but never the tail.”
Mia suddenly grabbed her head painfully “Metaphors…oh, pain.”
Matt laughed with his head shaking “It’ll be so easy to torture you Mia. All they have to do is hang you from a high rise building and let a poet do all the talking.”
She shivered at the thought “Man, you paint an evil picture.”
Brad crossed his arms “Do you think we should contact Hung Gor?”
“Better!” Matt pointed “We’re going to find out his next trade off with this C.W. guy and have Cheung Fei Hung himself tell us the details.”
Brad frowned “I doubt the gangsters will be willing to help us pin a guy they are making money off of.”
Erin smiled slowly “No…but we can get a Hung Gor look alike.” She nodded to Darren “Come on.” She got up and stood at the front of the table while Darren followed her with an odd expression. She pulled out his sunglasses from his pocket and put it on for him. Then using her fingers, she combed his normally down hair upwards making spikes “Give the team a little smirk.” She advised Darren.
He did so and everyone began to smile, finally realizing what Erin was saying “Brilliant!” Matt clapped his hands.
Mia wagged a finger at the screen “He’s that same guy we saw at that one café shop that night we got into a brawl with the gangsters! He disappeared before the cops got there.”
Brad smiled “And I thought your brain was full of mush.”
Mia twitched her nose at him “I think you’ve mistaken that for your brain.” The team covered their giggles while Brad turned away from Mia’s snickering face.
Matt shook his head at the two and then turned to Ted “Can you find out when the next trade off is?”
Ted smiled “It shouldn’t be a problem.”
“Ahh…isn’t it nice to have a cop on the team?” Mia asked Brad with extra emphasis.
Darren returned to his seat and crossed his legs “Let’s say I pull off the identity, but how do I know what this deal is about? Surely, it will blow our cover if this C.W. guy figures it out. Since Matt found out that it’s not the first time they were in a tradeoff, he would easily realize that I am not the real Hung Gor.”
Matt leaned over the table with his hands clasped “That depends on how much information Ted can get and how convincing Darren is in his role.”
Mia’s hand suddenly shot up “I can help Darren!” she offered.
“With what?” Erin asked sarcastically “You’re a cursing kindergarten teacher.”
Everyone laughed while Mia’s face dropped “There is no rule at the school that teachers can’t curse outside the school grounds.” She stuck her tongue out at Erin. She shook her head at the rest “I love watching gangster movies…I can totally imitate it.” The team laughed again and she quickly stood up “Don’t believe me?” she walked coolly over to where Matt sat and lifted her foot on his chair. She pulled out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter and easily lit one as if she’s been doing it for years “My boys were telling me that you threatened to beat them up with one hand tied behind your back.” She placed the cigarette between her finger and pointed it at Matt “Wanna put your money where your ass is? You… me… here, right now, punk bitch!” she threw the cigarette on the ground and stomped on it roughly. Then she took off her jacket and placed her hands in a boxing position.
Matt couldn’t hold it as he began laughing hysterically, there were tears of laughter in his eyes and soon, it became contagious as the rest of the team were now laughing. Mia wrinkled her nose and Erin quickly reached out to pull her back in her seat “That was…really… convincing.” She nodded but the grin told Mia she was not being honest.
“It wasn’t good?” Mia asked Darren.
He crossed his arms with a small smile “It was very good. Except…how did you get my cigarettes?” he asked sweetly.
Mia widened her eyes “Oh…well…I like the smell of them.”
Erin rolled her eyes “No she doesn’t. She’s trying to get you to quit.” She said to Darren “Hey, I didn’t know you smoke when you’re nervous.”
He laughed “Everyone has a weak spot.” He pointed at Mia “No wonder every time I buy a pack, it just disappears. And here I thought I was getting old and can’t remember where I put them.” He shook his head at her with disappointment while she smiled widely.