Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
Guest:
Ada Choi – Jessie Leung aka Cancer
At the police station, the questioning only took about 5 minutes before Ted came out with the good news “It looks like there were no witnesses, the waiters and owner said they didn’t see any fight. No one is charging anyone.” Ted concluded.
The team exchanged glances, but it was Mia that asked the question “You didn’t threaten them did you?”
Ted laughed as he shook his head “Threaten is such a bad word. Let’s just say we got them to negotiate.” He nodded to the group “You guys can leave now.”
They walked out together with surprised looks “I wonder why he let us go?” Jessie asked.
Mia giggled “You can thank Erin.” Her comment earned her a jab in the rib by Darren who stood next to her “Ow!” she looked annoyed “Would you guys stop beating me up?!”
Darren smiled as he wrapped a protective arm around her “We will if you learn to keep your thoughts to yourself and don’t say what you are thinking.” She gave him a strange look and he patted her head “There you go.”
She pushed him away unexpectedly and rushed over to Brad and Erin “Hey Brad, I hope you don’t take it personally. But I was just saying the truth. I don’t want you guys to fight over Ted…because well...he likes Erin.” Darren let out a sigh as he lowered his head to the ground and shook it “What? I said something wrong?” Mia asked innocently. No one bothered to respond as they left her standing there alone looking confused.
*********** 8:00 am ***********
Brad was sleeping when his pager was ringing off the hook. He could barely keep his eyes open as he squinted his eyes to concentrate. It was Joe calling. Stretching his arms and legs, he grumbled about not getting enough sleep. His eyes were closed while his mind drifted into dreamland.
Erin was already up and ready when she walked by Brad’s room, she noticed there was no sound coming from it. She decided to open it and as she peeked through the crack, she found him lying face down on the bed still snoozing. She open the door wide open and let out a sigh. Suddenly a slow sly grin came on her face, she walked to the fridge and grabbed a cup of cold ice water. She brought it back to the room and silently stepped towards Brad, she was about to pour it over his head when he raised a hand “Stop, okay, I’m up.” He said with his eyes still closed.
Her smile faded as she lowered the cup “How did you know?”
“Sixth sense…” he got up and yawned. His eyes widened when he saw the glass of ice water “You were gonna pour that on me?”
“Yes and I will still pour it if you don’t get up now.” She threatened. In a heartbeat he was in the bathroom getting ready. After 10 minutes they were ready to go. Erin was in such a rush that she forgot about Shelly “What if she wakes up and doesn’t see us?”
Brad rolled his eyes “You act like she’s only 12. She’s a 25 year old girl, I’m sure she can take care of herself.” He assured her. She nodded, he did have a good point. But Shelly appeared to be a weak girl in Erin’s eyes; she was her baby sister.
They arrived at the headquarters last, everyone sat there waiting patiently “Sorry everyone. I overslept.” Brad apologized and took the blame.
Mia spun from side to side in her swivel chair “Are you sure you guys didn’t stay up all night to… ‘talk’?” she smiled teasingly at her friend.
Erin walked behind Mia to get to the chair next to her. She hit her on the back of the head “Get your head out of the gutter.”
Doug pointed a finger at Erin warningly “Hey, hey…she’s dumb enough, don’t hit her head, you might cause a vessel to pop.” Erin chuckled while Darren looked at Doug and nodded with a laugh.
Mia raised a brow at him and his laugh was cut off suddenly “That’s not funny, Doug.” Darren threatened.
Joe leaned on the table with a stern expression “If you guys are done with the jokes, could we get back to reality?”
“Sorry Sir.” Darren nodded politely.
He acknowledged Darren’s apology and continued on as he spun his chair and pressed a button on the control “This is Matt Tong also know as M.T. according to the black market. He runs the biggest control of illegal drugs that are shipped through the harbor. But because of a bad business deal, he was kidnapped and is currently being held for $20,000,000. Our job is to get him to safety.”
Brad shook his head in confusion “Why are we saving the bad guy?”
Joe smiled “Nothing is what it seems. Matt is an undercover ICAC agent trying to get the information to catch these dealers. But he was caught. This will not be a easy mission, I guarantee it.”
“Where is he now?” Erin asked as she studied the guy’s face on the screen.
“He’s kinda cute.” Mia nudged Erin.
“Mia…” Erin warned.
She leaned back in her chair “Okay…I know. Sheesh, you’re sounding more like Darren each day.”
Joe cleared his throat catching the girls’ attention, he pressed another button on the control “This is a live view camera of the harbor. They are approximately 20 miles into the ocean.” The screen appeared from the top view of a helicopter. A man was seated on a floater, his hands tied back and he wore a bomb jacket around his chest. There were three fairly large boats surrounding the guy, each boat had easily three to four guys with huge guns “These guys are there to kill anyone or any plane within 300 feet away. There is no way we can get there by water.”
“How about by plane?” Jessie offered.
“Oh no!” Mia shook her head vehemently “I’m not doing no flying angel thing again.”
“Wait!” Erin’s face beamed at the thought “Flying angel…you’re brilliant!” she leaned over and hugged Mia.
Mia looked at her friend strangely “I know I am, but can you elaborate on my brilliant idea?”
Joe looked at her questioningly and Erin quickly explained “If we can get three people underwater and attack the three boats, and the other three will come from the sky in a bungee cord to snatch Matt from his position. Undo the bomb vest and drop it into the water, get Matt into safety and help out the others.” She concluded with a smile.
Mia nodded with a smile “Wow…my idea is really good.” She joked “But you’re forgetting…I’m afraid of heights!!”
Everyone ignored her outburst while Joe nodded in agreement “Erin, that is a great idea. Who did you have in mind to do the bungee?”
“UH…NOT Mia…” Mia offered.
Erin turned to her friend “Don’t hate me, it’s your idea.” The team blew up with laughter while Erin continued “I thought about having the guys do it but I figured they can take those guys with guns better than us girls. The three of us can join on a bungee and take Matt.”
“Over my dead body!” Mia exclaimed.
Darren turned to her with a smile “I thought you were over your fear? Remember that guy that tried to steal your ring?”
She ruffled her brows “That’s different…I wasn’t saving a guy with a bomb on his chest that can blow us up in millions of pieces!!!”
Brad sighed “Mia…do you want me to take you out of this mission?”
She eventually shook her head “No.” she grumbled.
“Fine, it’s settled.” Joe concluded “Girls, I want you to take a short training class on bungee since it’s something we’ve never done before. Guys, get your wet suits ready.”
“I think I’m gonna be sick.” Mia muttered as her face paled over.
Erin patted her friend on the shoulder “It’s okay, if we die, we die together.”
Mia rolled her eyes over to Erin “Gee…that makes me feel SOOO much better.”
Jessie laughed at the girls “You know if it works, we’ll be famous.” She reminded Mia.
“No prestige is worth dying over.” Mia shook her head.
Joe smiled at the girls while the guys left “Okay girls. Some safety precautions…don’t swing your arms all over the place.”
“Well, you might as well tie my hands down!” Mia cried.
Erin nodded “Another good idea, you’re on a roll Mia!” she hid her smile when Mia looked at her with a vengeance.
Joe shook his head “No. You have to control yourself or you will harm Erin and Jessie’s lives. Erin, you have a steady hand, you take the knife and cut off the vest while Jessie and Mia hold onto Matt. Remember, you only have 20 seconds to do you this until the bungee takes another dive. Hopefully the guys will have controlled the guards before you girls jump. And we don’t know when the bomb will detonate, so you must get rid of it as fast as you can. The bungee will bounce once and you guys will be pulled up by another rope, hold onto it.”
“How do you know so much about bungees?” Jessie asked.
Joe smiled “You can thank my teenage daughter, she wanted to do it so much that I had to let her. Instead of saying no, I learned about the safety of bungee cords and I even tried it myself.”
The girls looked at him with admiration “Wow…is there anything you can’t do?” Mia asked “How about you take my place?!” She offered.
“Nice try.” He laughed “Come on, let’s get you girls ready.” The girls were ready to stand when he raised his hand “Oh and one last thing, if your bungee cord breaks, try as best as you can to take off the bomb and unlock the safety belt. You girls can swim can’t you?”
Erin and Jessie nodded while Mia was getting more pale “Great…I’m going to die…” she nodded convincingly “I’m going to die before I get married! Just great!!” The other three exchanged glances and smiles while Mia muttered more to herself.