Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
Becca, Ah Gam and the rest of the assassins stood against the wall in a straight line requested by Hung Gor, who was smoking a cigar behind his desk “Has she called yet?” he asked carefully enjoying the smoke.
“Not yet.” Ah Gam answered.
“What time is it?” Hung Gor asked calmly. The group turned to each other strangely; he had a clock at the center of his desk “Is that a difficult question?”
“3pm.” Becca answered as she pointed to his desk “Do you need new batteries for your clock?”
He tilted his head, refusing to acknowledge the clock sitting in front of him “How clever of you. Did I pay you people to be smart? No, I pay you guys to work!! Three failures in three months is not acceptable. I can’t afford to have anymore dead assassins! If you guys want to die, I’ll just kill you all right now!!” pulling out the gun, he pointed to them. A few were taken aback as he squirmed uncomfortably.
“We’re sorry Hung Gor. It won’t happen again.” Ah Gam promised with a lowered head.
“Yes, Hung Gor.” The rest answered simultaneously.
“Blah, blah, blah…” waving his gun in the air “Get out, worthless shitheads…except for you two.” He pointed to Ah Gam and Becca. When the last person left the room, Hung Gor began laughing amusingly “I almost lost my temper.” Shaking his head as he sighed, “So, what’s new?”
Becca raised her brows strangely, he was a peculiar man she had not yet got acquainted with. Constantly hot and cold with his drastic mood swings “Our plan with Time Square is working perfectly.”
“Yes, they won’t know what hit them.” Ah Gam promised.
“Good…” Hung Gor looked satisfied as he nodded “Did you find her?”
Ah Gam nodded “Yes, I gave her the check.”
“Apparently the money was too little, the check was never cashed.” Hung Gor hated being rejected. He pulled out his check book again and wrote another check, twice the amount from the first “Give this to her and I want to see it deducted from my account next month. Got it?”
“Yes, Hung Gor.” Ah Gam promised.
The powerful boss waved them out “Okay, get that done. Now get out of my face before I throw up my breakfast, you guys make me sick.” Suddenly raising his hand, he gestured to Becca “Wait, I take that back, because you’re not so bad to look at.”
“Uh…thanks…” Becca was unsure if it was a compliment. When they left the room, she quickened her pace to catch up with Ah Gam “Hey, who’s that check for?”
He slid it into his shirt pocket carefully “It’s none of your concern.”
“I thought we were on the same team?” Becca asked in offense.
Ah Gam smiled crookedly “I’m not so sure about that.” Turning as he began heading towards the exit. Becca jogged after him.
“What does that suppose to mean? You think I’m a traitor?” she accused “Maybe YOU are the traitor…I wonder if Hung Gor knows about your college years, being friends with two agents in your past can alter his decision—”
“How did you know?!” he turned to her abruptly and demanded.
Becca calmed herself with a laugh “Oh, I touched a sensitive spot? Let’s just say, I still have a few good friends at the police department.”
“You have nothing against me.” Ah Gam decided as he continued to his destination, catching a cab “Don’t follow me!” He pointed his index finger at her before getting into the taxi. Becca watched until the taxi turned the street corner and quickly called for her taxi to follow him.
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After the questioning was over at the police station, Doug took Jessie home. She looked exhausted as she rested against the head rest “Hey, if you need someone to talk to, I’m here.”
“Crap! My patient!!” Jessie suddenly remembered “Take me to the hospital!” scrambling for her cell phone as she called into the receptionist “Jane, is Mr. Wong still there? It’s Jessie.” She covered her forehead with frustration “Okay…nevermind. I’ll see you tomorrow.” She cursed again to herself while throwing her phone in the purse.
Doug wasn’t sure how to handle the situation as he turned to her “It’s okay, I’m sure he’s fine. At least he wasn’t a suicide victim or anything….” He laughed nervously while Jessie turned her beady eyes towards him “Oh my God, he was?!”
“That is if he didn’t jump off the building yet!” Jessie exclaimed, “The next time you decide to barge into my office again, warn me please.”
“Don’t get snippy with me Missy! If it weren’t for your cheating boyfriend, we wouldn’t be in this situation. I was only trying to be a good and supportive friend.” Doug said in his own defense.
“Friend? Since when?” Jessie was amused by his choice of words.
“Well…yeah…I guess. I know you work for the team, but it doesn’t mean we can’t be friends right?” Doug pressed until she cracked a smile “Ah…that’s much better. You frown too much, all the wrinkles are going to catch up with you.”
Jessie touched her forehead while laughing, “I thought you said I looked eighteen.”
He shrugged “Not anymore.” She nodded with a silent smile “Is that good?”
“What do you think?” she tilted her head playfully.
“Oh, now you look sixteen.” He teased. Taking her straight to her home as he watched her enter the apartment gates safely “Talk to you later!!” he called. Jessie turned with a smile as she waved at him. Feeling happy as he drove home singing along to a song on the radio.
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“Why is he not home yet?” Jenna asked as she paced the living room carpet.
Erin and Ryan moved their heads each time she blocked their view of the television “He’s a big boy, I’m sure he’ll find his way home.” Erin waved vigorously for Jenna to move away.
“It’s dinner time and he’s not even home.” Jenna continued to pace disregarding Erin’s hand.
Ryan smiled at her as he shook his head “Maybe he had too much fun with Jessie.” Jenna snickered at the remark “But are you sure the information you got was valid? I hardly think Doug would take Dr. Lai to the hotel when they haven’t even dated yet. Anyways, isn’t she engaged?”
“That’s what I want to know!” Jenna exclaimed “My friend was taking photographs of the city life when she snapped a picture of Doug and Dr. Lai. She recognized him and called me at once. I wouldn’t have known if it wasn’t for her.”
“Ah, the power of gossip.” Erin said sarcastically as she got up “I’m going to eat first. Jenna’s pacing is very unsettling.” Just as she was heading into the kitchen, the front door opened appearing a surprised Doug “Oh great, your daughter’s been waiting up for you.”
“Where have you been? Don’t you know what time it is?” Jenna asked with her hands on her hips.
Doug rolled his eyes “What’s with the third degree? Can’t you eat without me?” he took a seat next to Ryan on the couch “Is it that time of the month?” he whispered.
Ryan reached over to the table lamp and took off the cover as he pointed the bulb at Doug “Mr. Chung, you have the right to remain silent but what you say may be used against you in the court of Jenna. Where were you today at approximately 12:35pm?”
He leaned away from Ryan “What?”
“Answer the question!” Jenna bellowed as she blocked Doug’s escape.
“I want to talk to my lawyer!” Doug exclaimed. Just then, Erin walked out of the kitchen “Lawyer Yeung is here!! I demand to be treated like a human.” Raising his hand in the air.
Chewing on a fried chicken leg as she waved her hand casually “Just fess up, we all know you were Jessie today.”
“What? How…how did you guys know?” Doug stammered.
“So you admit it!!” Jenna pointed, “You two are dating! But she’s engaged Doug, how could you do such a despicable thing?”
Doug pushed his way up to a standing position “We’re not dating and she’s no longer engaged.”
“Oh my God, you killed the commissioner?” Jenna gasped.
Ryan snorted, “Of course he didn’t!” his smile faded as he turned to Doug “Did you?”
“No!” Doug defended himself “But I wish I did…that scum bag. Did you know he cheats on her? With numerous different women a week too and she lets it go with one eye open and one eye closed. I don’t understand women. Jenna, if you were dating Ryan and he was cheating on you, would you be able to take it?”
Jenna’s face turned beet red as she diverge her vision elsewhere “Who…eh…who said we were dating.”
Doug looked at her with an odd expression “I said ‘IF’, what’s the matter with you? Are you blushing?!” he pointed specifically to her face.
Erin decided to rescue the poor girl as she stepped between them “Hey, don’t get off subject, so what happened? Did you catch the commissioner at the hotel and decided to take Jessie there?”
“Yes!” Doug nodded “Oh, it was disgusting, Erin. You would be so sick to your stomach if you saw what I saw. I almost threw up my lunch.”
She looked down at her drumstick and back at Doug “Don’t tell me then.”
“Tell me! I wanna know!” Jenna said excitedly. Doug grinned as he waved her closer, he whispered something that made her eyes widened “Ew…” she groaned, “So she broke up with him?”
“Yup.” Doug nodded proudly.
“So you have a chance?” Jenna asked, throwing him off guard.
“Ye—I mean, no!” shaking his head vehemently “I know you guys are trying to get rid of me, but I just don’t see it happening with Jessie. She’s cute and all but I’m not sure about a girl that would allow her fiancé to cheat on her without stopping it. If that’s not insecurity, I don’t know what is.”
“Right, because you prefer the dominatrix type of women.” Erin nodded making Jenna and Ryan suppress their laughter.
“Ha ha…you are so funny.” Doug said with exaggeration “All I know is that guy is lucky that we came. If not, that assassin would have killed him definitely.”
Erin looked at him curiously “You didn’t mention any assassin.”
“Oh…” Doug pondered as he recalled telling the story “I must have told Ted about it…Anyways, I think this Hung Gor is really after us. He’s got a plan, too bad we don’t know how to get close to him enough to find out what he’s trying to do.”
Ryan nodded thoughtfully “You think maybe Becca is working undercover?”
Erin shook her head “I already thought of that. If she was, she wouldn’t have to quit over half a year ago, we just found out about Hung Gor recently.”
“But he’s probably been around for years?” Jenna suggested.
“No doubt about that, but Becca would be the last person Devin chooses to go undercover.” Erin was certain of her conclusion.
“Devin?” Doug asked with raised brows “First name basis?”
Erin rolled her eyes at the lame attempt to pin her on the spot “When have I ever called him Mr. Hsu?”
“But you rarely call him at all.” Jenna pointed out teasingly.
“And I remember why I don’t.” she nodded to the smiling hyenas on the couch and Jenna’s playful grin “Anyways, I’m going to eat dinner, unless you monkeys want to continue this conversation and make me start cleaning again?” she threatened.
“Ooh, can you start with my room?” Doug asked, “You didn’t finish that last time.” She flicked a brow up and shook her head while walking to the kitchen “It was worth a shot.” He shrugged at Jenna and Ryan who were grinning at him.