Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
The girls reached the bay to find nothing strange in particular. They decided to meet up at headquarters to get in touch with the guys and their discoveries. The guys sat in the conference room talking about what they would do if they indeed found the guy “He could be involved with the Mayor’s kidnapping.” Doug suggested.
“I think it’s obvious he IS.” Darren nodded “I think he might be sneakier than Chris and Reina combined. He’s very calm and Erin said he shows up every so often and before we could react, he’s gone.”
“I think he’s just trying to lure us into a trap.” Ted observed “Think about it guys. Why would he show up for no reason? Just to tease us and tell us that he’s not afraid of us? He’s in the dark, we’re in the light. He could hide with ease and we have no way of finding him.”
Chuck shook his head “Not quite. We have the messenger. That is unless he turns on us. If he does, we’ll just give him to Becca. He’s better off dead then.”
Doug laughed in agreement “He’ll probably be begging us to put him out of his misery.”
“If you guys want to talk about me, make sure I’m not around.” Becca stood by the door with her arms crossed. She eyed Chuck evilly and then at Doug with disappointment “I’m ashamed of you Doug. Talking about me behind my back already…and we’re not even married yet! At least wait until then.”
“And if I play my cards right, we’ll never BE married.” Doug said straightforwardly.
“Denial is the first sign of cold feet. Don’t worry, I’ll walk you down the aisle myself.” Becca confirmed.
“Let’s take a step out of Becca’s dream world and get back to reality.” Chuck nodded at Erin “What did you find out?”
“He showed up again…” The guys sat up giving her their full attention “Well, actually it’s just his car. But we noticed that his wheels had sand on them. The closest beach would be Tong Lau Wan Bay. We drove over there to inspect but found nothing. Apparently, he’s taking us around the bushes.” Erin sighed.
“Did you guys find Ah Bat?” Mia asked.
Darren replied, “Yeah, he almost got away but Ryan was quick. I could see a future agent in the works.”
“I think so too.” Doug nodded “You should have seen the way he jumped on him and took control.”
“Or maybe you guys are too old?” Becca teased, “You might have to retire soon.”
Chuck laughed, “She’s got a point.”
Becca dropped her jaw in shock “Was that an agreement from the all powerful Chuck?? Wow, you’re losing your touch or is my charm working on you? But I want to warn you, I only have eyes for Doug.” She pushed her chin up and away from Chuck.
“Any guy should be so lucky.” He said with extra sarcasm “And if you have a good view of Doug’s face, you would see the blood draining from under his skin. I think he would give anything to be in my shoes.” Doug began nodding vehemently.
Ted turned to Erin “We’re giving the guy one day to find TK. Otherwise, we’ll send him to the lion’s mouth.” He nodded his head to Becca.
Erin smiled “I feel sorry for the guy already.”
“Hey!! I thought girls were suppose to stick together!!” Becca scolded “I guess I only have one real friend.” She turned to Mia with a sweet smile.
“Who? Me?” she pointed to herself “Sorry, I think I want to live long enough to regain my memory.”
“Awww…looks like you’ve got zero friends and one really scared guy.” Chuck pouted at Becca with mockery. The team laughed at the facial expression he made.
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Ethan was in his office working on some paperwork when he received a knocking on his door “Come in.” he answered.
Mia walked in with a smile. She stepped up closer and cleared her throat “A simple hello will do.” She joked.
His head faced up and a broad smile appeared “Mia! Wow, I thought you moved out of the country. You’ve missed the passed three sessions.”
She laughed, “I thought you didn’t notice.” She took a seat and let out a short sigh “Chuck asked me to return to the team.”
“Is it safe?” Ethan frowned with a worried expression “Have you remembered some things?”
She nodded “But promise me you won’t tell anyone!!” she threatened.
“My lips are sealed.” Ethan nodded firmly.
“I’ve been having very strange flashbacks.” He dropped his pen and looked at her with interested eyes “Just random stuff like past missions, helicopters and fighting and being kidnapped. I even remembered this girl named Reina, she use to be a good friend but somehow we turned on each other. I made Doug take me to go see her. He was a little hesitant but you know me and my power of persuasion.” Ethan nodded with a grin “Anyways, I saw her in real life at the county jail. It was this huge gush of memories coming back to me. I asked her to tell me about everything she remembered about me. She told me the story of how we became friends and how she joined the team. But what bothered me was when she told me Erin was always jealous of my friendship with Reina so she sabotaged her purposely so that I would turn on her. She warned me to be careful of Erin’s manipulative words. She also claimed that Erin was the one that framed her for all the killings that the team had to uncover.” She snickered at the last sentence.
“You believe her?” Ethan asked calmly.
“No.” Mia said without a doubt “It’s really weird. I know that she was lying yet a part of me kept telling me to listen. I don’t think there is anyone else in the world that is more dependable than Erin…well, except you.” She smiled shortly “Remember the time we went to Prom and I made you run all over the place to get me food and drinks cause the shoes I bought were eating up my toes?”
A smile crawled on his face as he recalled the night clearly “How could I forget? I felt like your slave.”
Mia had a far away look in her eyes “Yeah…” she sighed “The good old days.” then it occurred to her “Hey, talking about Prom. Why did you get in a fight with the football players? I asked Doug and he just brushed it off. And now I’m curious to know.”
Ethan’s cheeks blazed up but he acted casually with a quick shrug of the shoulders “Nothing. They just made fun of my parents.”
“That’s all?” Mia asked and Ethan nodded firmly “Just some teasing and you go fighting with 10 other guys twice your size?” she shook her head with a laugh “Sometimes you surprise me Ethan.”
He smiled “Same here.”
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The following day, Ah Bat decided to dodge the team since he figured they wouldn’t know where he was the whole day. He went to a different bar that night and did his normal routine with the triad. After the deal was cut, he walked over the bartender to get a drink “Get me a vodka tonic.” He ordered.
The guy nodded and fixed it with quick fingers “Hey Ah Bat, that girl over there has been eying you the whole night.” He nodded behind his shoulders.
At first he was afraid to turn back, thinking maybe it was the crazy woman, Becca or Mia. Instead he was faced with a girl with shoulder length hair. Her features were distinct and she was petite. She tilted her head and gave him a welcoming smile. Ah Bat returned the smile and turned to the bartender “I’ve still got it.” He laughed and moved away from the bar to approach her.
Erin smiled flirtatiously “Hey.” She was stationed there by Chuck’s orders. The rest were spread out at different ones in the surroundings. Maybe it was luck to have run into her.
“Hi, cutie. You looking for someone?” Ah Bat wasted no time to rub up on Erin. He was about to drape his arms around her shoulders when she shifted her weight to the other side and he touched air instead. His hand fell to the side and he tried hard to cover his embarrassment “Playing hard to get?”
“So you like games?” she asked coyly.
He laughed “Sure. That is if YOU’RE into it.”
“How about chasing games? Or blindfold?” Erin noticed he was getting aroused by the look on his face.
“Anything with you.” He could barely breath. His throat became dry and he had the sudden urge to take her back to his place and give her a run for her game.
“My place.” Erin offered, but it was more like an order. He nodded blankly, his mind was already on something else. She reached out and took his hand in hers as she led him over to her car. “The game starts now…” she began when the door closed “You cannot touch me until we get into the bedroom.”
He was close to drooling while his body shivered at the thought. Ah Bat was a good little boy, he sat still and fought every urge to reach out and touch her. She had her eye on the road while a small smile was imprinted on her face. Every so often, she would turn to look at him. Erin was just making sure that he wouldn’t try something but he mistaken it for her checking him out “You don’t have to look, I work out. You want a little peek? Actually come to think of it, let’s just wait.” He was an arrogant little bastard, she thought in her mind but decided to smile instead.
They stopped in front of the apartment building and she turned to him with a sly smile “Blindfold.” She took out a black neck scarf and he turned obediently for her to place it over his eyes “No peeking.” She sang teasingly.
“Be gentle.” He said with a big grin on his face. She got out of her seat and walked around to open the car door for him. With that she led him across the street where their secret headquarters was located. She took him inside carefully dodging the little maze entrance “Are we inside?” he asked anxiously.
“Not yet.” She smiled wickedly at the thought of Becca torturing him.
She took him inside one of the many bedrooms. The entire team had returned after they got her page. She had done it when they were in the bar and she knew her fish had fallen for the bait. Becca sat there with a bowl of popcorn and Mia sitting there trying not to laugh. The guys sat alongside the bed and with only one light bulb was lit inside the room, making it look like a police questioning room “Now can I take it off? Hmm… I smell popcorn…” he laughed.
Erin crossed her arms as she stood facing the guy “Now you can take off the blindfold.”
He yanked it off speedily and noticed the dimmed room “Is this your room?”
“No, it’s ours.” Ted spoke up.
Ah Bat turned slowly around and he quickly cowered back a few steps “Don’t you people have anything better to do than to watch people having sex??” he demanded.
“Boy, you need to wake up and smell your blood that’s going to be splattered on that wall.” Mia said with attitude “You would be so lucky to have run into Erin. But I can guarantee that you won’t have sex tonight.”
Doug got off his seat and took a few steps forward “No, Mia…I think he will get lucky. I was always curious to know how it would feel like to rape a guy.”
Ah Bat’s face cringed with fear. He backed away at the door but Erin was closer as she pushed him back towards Doug “What…please…don’t. I’m a virgin…”
“My ass is more virgin than you!!” Becca retorted.
“I’m serious!!” he argued “I swear it on my mother’s grave.”
“Why don’t you swear it on your own grave?” Darren threatened, “Oh right…because then you would have to be dead.” He snapped his finger as if he just thought about it.
Chuck pointed at him and Doug quickly retrieved the guy closer to Chuck “Ah Bat, your one day is up.”
“No, no…please you need to give me more time! I’ll find him! I promise!!” he begged.
“Sorry, times up.” Chuck nodded to Becca “You’re in her hands now.”
Becca popped the popcorn in her mouth and handed to Mia the bowl “I’ve been waiting for this moment.” She brushed the palms of her hand anxiously. Reaching into the side drawers against the wall, she pulled out a dusty box “You know what this is?” she asked the guy playfully, he shook his head “18th century torture tools. The last time I used this on a bastard like you, he lasted for three days. I knew I should have fed him more than worms and pee water.” Ah Bat looked sick as Becca pulled out a long piece of device with wooden pieces tied together by a string. She dangled it in front of his face “You know what this is for?”
He shook his head while Mia raised her hand “I know, I know! It’s a finger squeezer. The King use to use this to squeeze the prisoner until they them him the truth.”
“Ah, the pretty girl knows her history.” Becca nodded. Ah Bat swallowed the spit in his mouth, he was losing air in his lungs. She turned back to him with a smile “But for me, I call it ‘the sterilizer’. You see, instead of using it on the fingers, I use it on the…” she pointed to his lower region.
Ah Bat began to feel woozy as his eyes shut slowly, his legs began to lock and then he fainted. The were a little shock by his reaction and Mia quickly rushed over to check him “Still breathing.” She announced “Aww and I wanted to go next.” She sighed sadly while the guys laughed. She stepped over his body and took a look at Becca’s box of toys “Hey, where did you get all of this stuff?”
Doug snickered “Do you need to ask? She probably uses on the men she picks up on the streets. Are you sure Torture is not your middle name?”
Becca laughed humorously “Do I smell a little fear in the air?”
“Sweetie, everyone is scared of you now.” Erin pointed it out.
Her face fell “Whatever guys. I found that box out on the bay yesterday when we were out there.”
“Really?” Erin asked, “I don’t remember you taking it back.”
Becca rolled her eyes “You were a little more distracted and Mia was so busy comforting you that she didn’t even notice, did you?” she turned to Mia who shook her head blankly “See? None of you guys pay any attention to me.”
“He did.” Doug pointed at Ah Bat. Chuck snorted a laugh “What should we do with him, Chuck?”
“Wait til he wakes up and ask him.” He nodded to Doug. “Ted follow me. Erin, you too.” He walked out the door with the two following him. Erin waited for Ted to retrieve his crutches.