Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
The team set up their positions around the harbor dock. Giant shipping boats announced their arrivals through horns “Team, secure your positions.” Matt instructed from the hidden van in the parking lot.
They stood around in the sandy cemented field where large rigs were placed “Tell me again why we’re here?” Ah Bat asked curiously.
“I got a call that maybe the thieves would show up here. We need you to point them out and we’ll spring on them.” Ted said convincingly.
He looked relieved “Okay, as long as you guys don’t leave me alone.” Suddenly, he grabbed onto his bladder “Damn…I have to pee. Really bad. Is there a bathroom around here?”
Becca smiled under the dimly lit surroundings “Sure, I’ll take you to the portipotty.” She turned to her team and gave them an ‘ok’ sign.
Ted nodded to his group “Split up!” everyone scattered to different parts as they hid behind the rigs.
Ah Bat was relieving himself and gave the perfect chance for Becca to desert him. It was part of her plan to give him plenty of liquids before they left, knowing that they would have a long ride where he won’t be able to go anywhere to pee. By the time he finished and stepped out of the worker’s stall, he suddenly grew alert “Hey…where did you go? Becca?” he called in a shaky voice. Heart beating, he ran around the place to search for her “This is not funny!!” he called but still there was no answer.
“Taurus, what do you see?” Ted asked from his position, he knew Darren would have a perfect view of the docking boat.
Darren raised his tiny binoculars as he searched the dark waters until he caught sight of the giant shipment being hauled down to the lower deck “They’re here.”
“How long? We have to make sure the bait doesn’t leave.” Becca warned, her eye still on Ah Bat as she followed him yards away “I repeat, the bait is looking for an exit.”
Erin locked the gate, the only exit and entrance into the rigging area “He won’t get out now. I just closed out the escape.”
“Nice work, Scorpio.” Matt commented “Now lead the bait back to the dock.”
“My turn.” Mia was smiling. Picking up a large pebble, she turned the corner where Becca informed was Ah Bat. She threw it at his direction and watched him squealed and jump away, startled by a tiny rock.
“I think we all heard that.” Doug snickered with a laugh.
When Ah Bat turned to run the opposite way, Mia quickly threw another pebble to block him “Who is that? This is not funny!! You guys are suppose to protect me, not scare me!!” there was no answer and it scared him even more as he turned the opposite direction and walked towards a light which was coming from the boat. Hiding behind a rig, he watched as the men unloaded the giant boxes marked ‘property of R.K.’ He flinched “Not again.”
“Bullseye!” Darren announced to the team.
“Dangle the bait.” Matt instructed.
Ted turned to another corner as he felt himself coming closer to the dock “Scorpio, Pisces you’re up.”
Mia and Erin eventually found each other as the nodded and sprinted quietly around rigs after rigs until they could see Ah Bat. Erin snapped Mia back when she saw him turning around to watch his back. Raising her hands to her lips, she motioned for Mia to climb on the rig. Mia nodded and used the metal pipes and locks to yank herself on top of the rig, Erin quickly followed just in time before Ah Bat walked back there “I thought I heard something.” He mumbled to himself.
Suddenly a gunshot rang out causing him to crouch down and cover his ears. Just as they suspected, the thieves were at it again, trying to steal yet another shipment of diamonds. Cries were heard when the delivery men were shot and thrown into the ocean. Ah Bat crawled behind a rig as he heard the voices coming closer. Boxes were opened with a crowbar and inside was a black velvet bag with millions worth of diamonds inside. The men laughed at how easy the job was as they took a short cut through the rigs.
Ah Bat was shaking as he tried to get away but instead, he rounded a corner just to run into the thieves. The men stopped and pointed a flashlight and gun at him “Who are you and what are you doing here?”
“I…I was just…peeing…I…work here in the morning.” The guys turned to each other and Ah Bat quickly went on his knees “Please, I promise! I won’t tell anyone, don’t kill me!!” he was practically groveling at their feet.
“Wait.” The guy with the flashlight told his partner as he inched closer to Ah Bat to have a better look “I remember you. You’re that sneak that caught us the first time.” He turned back to the other guy “We have to kill him, he saw everything!”
Ah Bat found his only chance to get away as he pushed the guy roughly into his partner when he had his back turned. He rounded a corner and heard a gun shot chasing him. Covering his ears as he slipped on the sand and got up to keep moving. The shot missed him by a hair as it hit the rig where he dove behind “Help!!” he cried “Team, help!!!”
Becca was leaning against a rig with her nails raised to her face “Not yet.” She said calmly.
“He sounds like a cat in heat.” Doug commented with a laugh.
“I think they’re gaining on Ah Bat.” Matt warned.
Erin and Mia had the perfect view of the maze as the noticed Ah Bat running back towards them “He looks like a chicken who just got his head chopped off. What an idiot, he was so close to the exit but now he's moving in circles.” Mia shook her head sadly.
“Scorpio, do you have a clear shot?” Ted asked.
“Negative.” Erin replied “He’s leading them too fast.”
Darren turned his head around a corner and quickly whipped it back “Crap, they almost saw me! I think they’re splitting up.”
His guess was right as they quickly cornered Ah Bat, who was near hysterics “Let’s see you get away now.” The guy said as he pointed the gun at Ah Bat. Pulling back the notch, he was ready to pull the trigger when a gunshot rang out and his gun was thrown from his hand.
“Nice shot!” Doug praised.
“Thank you.” Mia smiled smugly as she stood up on the rig.
Erin laughed, “She acts like she fired that.”
“I can be proud for a friend.” Mia replied with a laugh.
The thieves turned in different directions trying to find who had attacked them “Show your face!!” one man yelled.
Erin and Mia jumped from their positions as the rest of the group walked to the center “Not bad.” Darren nodded at Erin.
“Thanks.” She smiled as the six walked towards the thieves.
Mia raised a hand as she provoked their anger “Hi there!” she greeted brightly.
“Who are you people?” the guy backed away but the other one reacted quicker as he got a hold of Ah Bat and held him hostage with a pocket knife.
“Don’t come close or I’ll kill him!” he threatened.
Becca lifted her hands and gave an applause “Great! You can go to jail. Because personally, I wanted to do it myself but I didn’t want to do the time. Go ahead, stab him. I’ll even show you where to stab him where the blood will drain from his body. It’s kinda cool.” She took her finger and pointed to the large vessel in the neck where emergency technicians used to find a pulse.
“You psychotic bitch!” Ah Bat growled “How dare you guys use me as bait!”
“Put the weapon down.” Ted instructed. When they made no move to drop the knife, he pulled out his gun and aimed it at their heads “Fine, we’ll see whose hand is quicker.” He dared.
Mia laughed “I’d give up if I were you, he’s got an eye like an owl at night.”
The guy slowly dropped his knife and allowed Doug and Darren to pull their hands back as they searched them for other weapons “You guys have got balls. Stealing diamonds with just one hand gun? Is that what you did the first time?” Doug asked.
“We have a right not to answer that.” The guy replied coldly.
Becca snorted “We’re not cops, you can pass the legal crap.”
The guys frowned in confusion “Then who the hell are you people?”
“We have the right not to answer your question.” Becca quipped.
Their hands were tied together by wires and they were led back to the police station where Ted placed them in the questioning room. Ah Bat signed a few forms indicating that he will go out to court if asked. Mia checked over the forms and nodded to Ted “It’s good.”
“You can go now.” Ted said to Ah Bat.
“What? That’s it?” he asked in shock “What about my life? I could still be in danger.”
Becca arched a brow at him “It’s out of our hands now. You did what we asked, we caught the thieves. You’re useless to us now.”
“I feel so used…” Ah Bat whispered, a policeman escorted him out.
Ted was the only person allowed to do the questioning since the others were not cops. He was able to get them to admit to the crime of stealing but they refused to say who advised them to do it. An hour passed and he was still unsuccessful, he eventually gave up in two hours. He found the team still seated in the waiting area “You guys are still here?”
“How is it?” Erin stood up.
“They admit to the burglary but denied that anyone hired them to do it.” Ted sighed, “I know their lying yet I can’t get them to fess up.”
“Whoever it is probably gave them a pretty penny for keeping their mouths shut.” Mia commented.
Darren nodded “They’re going to be inside for a long time for the people they killed.”
“Did anyone see Matt?” Ted asked, he had to take off his headset when in the police station.
“I told him where we were going. He said to meet back at headquarters tomorrow morning.” Doug informed “Come on, let’s go home babe.” He wrapped an arm around Mia and quickly let go of her “Sorry, I’m too tired.” He waved for Becca to step closer as he draped his head on her shoulder leaving the other four laughing after him.
Erin and Ted returned to their home, each washed up in their individual bathrooms. She was the first to finish as she headed down the stairs to the kitchen. On her way back, she found a manila envelope on the coffee table. Curiosity taking over, she reached for it and opened it carefully. It was marked personal and confidential. Luke’s identity was inside, she recognized the Spy’s name that she hired.
She read the descriptions and the things he dug up from Luke’s past were incredible. It was scary to know there was a person out there that could find every intimate detail about another’s life within a week. He was indeed an orphan but it was his original surname that made her heartbeat quickened.
“Erin?” Ted called from the stairway.
She quickly replaced the papers and dropped the envelope, not wanting to cause any suspicion with Ted “Yes?” she answered and decided to meet him up the stairs.
“What are you looking at?” he asked casually.
“Nothing.” Her heart ached after saying yet another lie. She wanted nothing more than to tell him and maybe he would understand but she would still feel guilty.
“Sleep early, we have a long day ahead.” He patted her shoulder and leaned in for a kiss. She responded sheepishly and smiled “Night.”
“Good night.” She watched him return to his room before going back downstairs to retrieve the envelope. He would think too much if he found it on his own "Forgive me, Ted."