Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
At the crack of dawn, Ted received a phone call from TK. He was instantly awake at the sound of his voice “Where are you? Where’s Erin?? What have you done to her?” he demanded.
TK’s laugh was like a stab in Ted’s heart “She’s not yours to worry about. Erin is my wife now.”
“LIAR!!” Ted cried angrily.
“You don’t have to believe me. But the marriage certificate was signed yesterday at the City Hall. You’ll be happy to know that she was the one that suggested we get married. Looks like she finally made a good decision.” He laughed haughtily.
“Bastard!! I know you pressured her. Where is she now?? Let her go!” Ted was out of bed as he changed at the same time. The team would have to move fast.
“No, I don’t think you listen very well.” TK gritted his teeth “She is mine, she belongs to me! Not you! Leave her alone. But don’t worry, soon you won’t be able to find us.”
Ted sat on his bed with a hand over his forehead and eyes “Please…don’t hurt her. I have to see her…I just need to hear that she has moved on. Then I will leave you two alone. Please…I’m begging you.”
He guessed that Ted would pull this card “Okay. I’ll call back at 9.” Without another word, he hung up leaving Ted flabbergasted. He combed his fingers through his hair, how could she? He asked himself the question over and over.
Ted took a jog down the beach after being awakened by TK. He returned home to take a shower. He pondered whether if he should tell the team or not. In the end, he decided not to tell them. They would only talk him out of it, but he was desperate to see Erin. If indeed she had moved on with TK, he would let her go. He sat in his kitchen staring at the clock on his microwave until it turned 9am. That was when his cell phone rang. He reached for it “Hello?”
“Meet me at the old Fuk Yee Manufacture located on the outskirts of Lam Village. You only have one chance.” TK’s voice was solemn as he spoke.
Ted stared at his cell when it went dead. He let out a sigh and reached into his bottom drawer to retrieve his gun. He checked the bullets and hid it behind the belt of his jeans. Putting on an overcoat, he prepared to leave. It was either TK or him.
Erin was standing outside when she heard TK rushing out the doors “I don’t understand why I can’t go with you.” She whined.
“Because it’s a lot of hard work. I want you to rest. I’ll get the plane tickets after the inheritance papers are completed. I’ll meet you back at the hotel.” He insisted as he rushed her into the cab.
“Call me when you’re done.” She heard the door slam and the car quickly drove off.
TK returned to the third floor as he pulled out a cigarette to smoke. It was a nervous habit he couldn’t break. He walked around the rails where an opening center was designed so bosses could see the employees. When the metal doors slid open, he dropped the butt into the floor and crushed it under his shoes. Ted’s footsteps could be heard as he climbed onto the stairwell “Welcome to my humble home!” TK’s booming voice left an echo as he announced to Ted.
He looked up from the second floor “Where’s Erin?”
“What? No small talk? Don’t you want to visit with me?” TK asked mockingly while Ted took the stairs up until he faced him.
“Where’s Erin?” he asked more sternly.
TK shook his head “Tsk, tsk, tsk…no wonder she didn’t chose you. What a bore. Don’t you have anything else to say?”
“Not to you.” Ted growled, “Where is she?” TK crossed his arms with a teasing smile and Ted knew he had fallen into the trap. Why did he even bother to give the guy the benefit of the doubt? His eyes hardened “She’s not here.”
TK clapped his hands with a laugh “Ladies and Gentlemen, he DOES have a brain!” he pointed to the imaginary audience. He stepped around the corner of the rail “No, she’s not here. But it doesn’t matter where she is, it matters that you will die.” Ever so slowly, he pulled out a gun and aimed it at Ted.
Ted smiled crookedly as he pulled out his own gun and pointed it at TK “I may be naïve but I did come prepared. Go ahead, let’s see who dies first. I came here ready to die.” He stepped closer until the two were at arm’s length.
“Don’t you want to know where Erin is?” TK tried, he wasn’t ready to risk his life.
Ted shook his head “As long as she is safe, I don’t care about anything else.”
TK’s quick kick threw him by surprise as the gun flew out of his hands and into the second floor below. Ted was ready as he kicked the raised gun from TK’s hand before it shot out a bullet toward the ceiling “You’ll pay for that! It’s my lucky gun!” he charged at Ted with punches while Ted’s head whipped to the sides as he dodged the attack.
The two were trained well as they fought off each attack and with every kick there was a blow into the stomach. They fell to the ground in unison, Ted gripped his stomach as he eyed the guy with hatred. He let out a grunt and got on his feet to attack TK. The fighting went on for a long moment and when TK made a slip up by blocking the wrong part of his body, Ted reacted quickly as he threw a left punch into his face. He quickly fell against the ground and reached his hand up to wipe the blood trickling down his chin.
TK used his feet as he moved himself back, he spit out the blood roughly “Enough fun.” He snickered as he pulled his left leg up and yanked out a tiny silver pistol he hid for emergencies. Ted quickly froze as TK pushed himself up with the help of the rail “I was going to have a little more fun but…frankly you’re good.” He laughed disgustedly while he walked closer to Ted with the gun pointed to his forehead “What’s wrong? Where’s all the energy now?” he mocked. He punched him abruptly in the stomach causing Ted to fall to his knees in pain. TK then kicked him in the face making him stumble backwards “Loser!!!” TK laughed heartedly.
Suddenly his face fell when a hard object pushed behind his back “No, I think you lose.”
His eyes twisted to the side “Erin?” he whispered her name.
“Surprise, dear husband?” she asked with sarcasm. She stepped over to his left slowly.
“How…why…you lied?!” he was stunned. All this time, he had fallen for her weak girl scheme. She was on their side the whole time.
“You didn’t think I would forget about Brad’s death did you?” she shook her head sadly at him “It’s such a shame you didn’t run while you could.”
“But the marriage…the promises.” He looked like a sad puppy.
“Fake…everything is fake.” Her eyes were not concentrated on him.
“But you’re still blind…” he realized as he raised his hand to hit her away. Instead, she blocked his arm and kicked at the back of his knee.
Erin turned her head to the side “I may be blind but I know what your next move will be. All those days living with you…I got you know really well.” The gun still pointed at the figure “Ted, are you okay?” she asked worriedly after not hearing his voice.
He managed to move himself up “I’m okay.”
“Really?” TK was back to his old self as he pointed the pistol at Ted “You’re not the only one with the gun. Your precious little Ted doesn’t have one.”
Erin snickered as she used her free hand and pulled out the other pair of her twin guns hidden behind her jeans and tossed it over towards Ted. He caught it with ease “He does now.” Erin said coldly.
Ted’s hand was pointed at TK but his eyes moved over his shoulder “Reina. What are you doing here?”
Erin turned her head and instantly regretted when TK took his chance and knocked the gun from her hand as he twisted around her back and pulled her arm behind her. His other hand wrapped around her neck and the gun was pointed into the side of her neck “Not so quick now are you?”
“Reina, get him!” Ted instructed. But to his surprise Reina made no attempt to hurt TK.
Instead she walked over to her partner in crime with a smug look “I told you I’d get out.”
“You tricked us?!!” Ted cried angrily. His eyes widened in horrified shock “After Mia gave you her word and trust?” he inched closer to them.
TK backed up with Erin on his arm as he spoke to Reina “Fine, I lose this time. But how are we gonna get out of here?” he could only guess that the team was on it’s way “They probably have us surrounded.”
Reina rolled her eyes “What happened to Plan B?”
Suddenly he began laughing “Right! I almost forgot about it.”
“Love makes you crazy.” She snickered into Erin’s ear. Her eyes moved up to Ted “Say goodbye.” She whispered teasingly before laughing with her head thrown back. TK started laughing as he joined in with Reina. Abruptly, she stopped and turned to him “Wait, I have a question. Why did you dig up my brother and Andrew’s graves?”
“What?” TK looked confused.
Erin felt his grip loosen around her neck as she used her full strength to yank his arm away while Ted let out a gunshot into his right arm. He let out a painful cry and pushed Erin towards the rail. She screeched when her body flipped over the ledge but luckily Ted was close as he made a dug over the rail. One hand was on the metal piece and the other had caught Erin’s dangling arm “Erin.” He shook his head “Hold on.”
TK was gripping on his wound that was bleeding profusely, he looked up at Reina “What are you waiting for? Shoot them!!” he ordered.
“If you didn’t dig up the graves then….” Reina turned to Ted with the gun raised.
“NO!” Mia’s voice echoed in the warehouse as she raced up the stairs. She looked at Reina in the eye “Don’t, please Reina. The graves were never touched…it was a scheme to get you to help us. I know it was wrong but you can’t get away. The team is here and the SWAT team is on their way.”
TK smiled despite the perspiration dripping down the side of his face “Looks like you guys found my little present.” He used his free arm to pull out a control in the side of his jacket “One button will send you guys to hell!! Go ahead bring them all here. The more the merrier.”
Mia held her gun up at Reina “Drop it.”
She turned her chin up at an angle “What if I don’t? You’ll shoot me? You know you won’t.”
Slowly, Mia lowered her gun “You’re right. I can’t.”
Reina’s eyes were cold but she masked her emotion through a laugh. Ted was able to pull Erin over the ledge as he turned up to Mia “You’re to soft hearted Mia.”
She shook her head, her eyes glued to Reina’s “No. I’m not cold hearted.”
“What the hell are you waiting for? Kill them now!!!” TK ordered Reina again.
She let out a sigh and turned to him with an exasperated look. Raising the gun, she pulled the trigger that aimed at his leg. He cried painfully while glaring at her in shock. Mia was startled as she gave a little jump “I’ve had enough of your shit!” Reina spat “All you do is complain. Oh woe is me…” she mocked “I’m a pathetic little shit head with no one to love!” she shook her head “You might as well be a woman.” She said with hatred.
He crawled away from her “We were suppose to be partners. You wanted to destroy the P.R.A. I helped you kill Brad!!!” he reminded her.
She shrugged “Yeah, well I changed my mind. I guess I didn’t want the team dead after all.” She snickered “But I realized what a whinypuss you turned out to be. You are my pet peeve.”
Mia was grinning as she shook her head “Still the unpredictable Reina.” She raised a hand and Reina happily gave her a high five.
TK was in shock as his plans turned upside down. Anger and rage was written all over his face as he pulled out the control and pressed a few numbers into them “Mia!” Ted pointed to TK who was now laughing hysterically “Stop!!” he ordered but the guy was out of it.
Reina raised her gun and began shooting him, Mia stopped her after the third one and he was no longer moving “Don’t…” she bent down on her knees in front of him. His eyes still opened but he was no longer breathing. She picked up the control and the red numbers read: 2:43:60. The seconds were flying and the numbers were lowering “I think we’ve got 2 minutes. Come on, let’s get everyone out.” She touched her ear “Team, we need to move out. The bomb will detonate in 2 minutes!!”
“No.” Reina said.
Ted was supporting Erin as he turned to her “What do you mean?”
“I’m not going. I don’t want to go back to jail.” She said sternly.
Mia stood up and walked over to her side “Reina, don’t do this. I can’t watch you die like this.”
“You’ve done enough. Just save yourselves.” She seated herself down and refused to move.
Outside, the bomb unit had arrived as they worked on each bomb. Becca and Darren stood by one of the bombs “If we stop one, they all will stop.” Becca said hopefully.
“What are you going to do?” he asked when she unscrewed the box and found three wires inside.
“I’m going to try…” she followed the trail of the white, yellow and red colored wires “This one goes to the time…can’t be it.” She muttered to herself.
“One minute!!” Mia warned the team through the headsets “Reina, please come with us.” She begged.
But the girl was stubborn as she shook her head. Erin broke away from Ted as she felt her way over to Reina “I know you still hate me, but don’t you think the revenge is over? Brad accidentally killed Andrew and TK killed Brad for you. As much as I despise you for doing it, I know that in the end, you still have a heart of an agent. You proved it right now. You don’t want to see this team go down, you were just angry that you were actually caught. And now you have to serve your sentence. But if you don’t leave…I won’t either.”
“Erin!” Ted cried.
She raised her hand “I may be blind but my heart is not. I know Brad would want us to make peace. He would want me to. If you forgive me, then come with us.”
Mia bent down on Reina’s other side “Please. Come on. We’ll ask the Mayor to lower your sentence! Reina!” she pulled the control to her face “We’ve only got 30 seconds left. We can make it!”
She eventually nodded as Mia pulled her to her feet and Ted grabbed Erin as they raced for the stairs. Outside, Becca was still debating “24 seconds, Becca…” Darren said.
“Hold your horses!” she yelled while turning to him. His face was drenched in cold sweat “I can do it.” She nodded firmly. He swallowed whatever left he had in his mouth and nodded, he had to trust her “It’s either white or red…what color do you like more?”
“What??! You’re asking for my decision???” he was in a panic.
Becca waved her hand “No no…I’m talking to myself. Red…no…white.”
“10 seconds!” Darren warned.
“What the hell…red!” Becca used her wire cutter as she snipped the red wire. They closed their eyes and held in their breaths.
After a good minute, Darren opened his eyes “Are we in heaven?” Becca turned as she pinched him on the arm and he let out a squeal so painful, it echoed, “What the hell was that for??”
“It hurt. We’re not dead.” Becca laughed as she pushed him to the ground. Together they rushed around the corner to be face to face with Doug.
He was grinning, “I’m a hero!!” he yelled with a laugh while Ryan high five him “I saved us all.” He pointed to the bomb “I cut the right wire!” he exclaimed.
Becca and Darren exchanged glances “No, I did.”
The bomb unit approached them “Who did it?” the head asked.
“I did!” Doug and Becca answered at the same time.
Chuck appeared around the corner along with Ted, Erin, Mia and Reina “I’m afraid this wasn’t the work of a P.R.A. agent or a bomb specialist.” His smile told him he knew.
“Who did it then?” Darren was most curious.
Chuck nodded his head to his right “Follow me.” He led the group around another corner. They found Jenna leaning against the wall with a proud look “Leave it to the future agent.”
“Jenna?” Darren asked in confusion.
She shrugged her slender shoulders “I may have messed around a bit.” She picked up the bomb and walked it over to them. The group quickly took a step back as she sighed, “It’s okay!” she insisted and walked closer to show them what she did “The wires weren’t the key. This is the key.” She pointed to the flap where she opened and appeared a green and red button “Usually the green means go and red means stop, but knowing TK, he wouldn’t make it that easy…”
“So you pressed the green button.” Ryan finished.
Jenna shook her head “That’s what I first thought…but he would predict that we were that smart. So he would keep the order as it is. The red button stopped it.” She said with careful analytical mind.
Darren clapped his hands and started a trend as everyone followed his lead. Jenna bowed as she nodded politely “Not bad…I’ll make sure your father hears about this.” Chuck smiled.
“Thank you.” She said with pride and then shook her head when she comprehended what Chuck just said “NO! Daddy can NEVER know.” She pressed, “You understand??” she widened her eyes at Chuck.
He looked at her strangely while Darren muffled a laugh “Okay. If you insist.”
She let out a sigh of relief “Thanks.” She patted her chest “You almost gave me a heart attack.”
Becca frowned “THAT’S what gives you a heart attack? I guess the Cheung daughter plays with bombs instead of barbies.” Her comment made everyone chuckle.