Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
He was impressed by her abilities “I’m happy to see that you haven’t lost your touch.” Opening the way to the back room as he stepped to the side, his arm abroad “I’ve been expecting you.” She began walking towards the back when a gunshot startled her. She turned in time to see the guy with the pocket knife falling to the ground lifeless “And you call yourself an assassin!” Hung Gor spat disgustedly “Clean up the mess!” he ordered, the men began scurrying to the body and taking it out “Shall we?” he asked with a nonchalant smile.
Reina forgot how cruel he was “I see you are still temperamental.” She said with sarcasm.
He laughed while taking a seat on the leather couch “Yes, they say the older you get, the calmer you are. But I find that old saying to be a bit of a cliché, so I changed it.”
“I want out.” She came straight to the point. Pulling out the check from her jeans, she placed on the table gently “I’ll take whatever punishment.”
Hung Gor was not ecstatic to see his check returned “Even death?” he pointed the gun at her.
She nodded firmly “Whatever it takes. I won’t go down as an assassin, I’ll go down as an agent. My funeral will be full of prestige and mourning friends. As an assassin, I lose everything I ever loved.”
Retracting the gun as he placed it in it’s sleeve on the left side of his leather strap around his back “I see.” Lighting up a cigar, he waved for her to sit “My neck is hurting.” Reina nodded as she sat next to him “I hate losing, you know that being one of my top assassins. Do you know why I chose you out of that whole bunch of wannabe gangster kids that act like hotshots strolling around town killing people for fun?” She shook her head “Because you had no fear. You weren’t afraid of hell! I loved that!” he emphasized “I told you to do something and you did it, no questions asked. And the best part is you did it, unlike those worthless piece of shits that are suppose to be assassins.”
“I’m different now.” Reina replied shortly “It doesn’t matter what you say. I won’t go back, I can’t.”
“Yes…Ah Gam mentioned about a fiancé…” he waved his cigar.
She shook her head “No, there is none. I am alone.”
“You were never a good liar.” Hung Gor shook his head “The lieutenant of the team, isn’t his name Mark or something? No…no, it’s Matt.” He annunciated.
Reina dropped to her knees in a last plea “Hung Gor, I have never asked you for anything. Even when I accomplished all the missions you asked me to do. But I’m begging you now…please, don’t hurt him. You only want me, just kill me, he has nothing to do with this. Please, he can’t die.” Eyes welling with tears as she lowered her head.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk…pathetic little Reina. You had the balls to come here to see me, how could you not know the outcome of this conversation?” he leaned forward and pushed her chin up with his finger “No one leaves me.” Sitting back slowly as he waved her away “Now go. I’ll have Ah Gam contact you for a new target.”
“I won’t do it.” Reina replied through gritted teeth.
“Oh, but you will.” Hung Gor grinned, “Because of your precious little Matt’s life, you will do everything I say. So you decide, is his life more precious than a person you don’t even know?”
She had no choice but to leave. Head spinning as she strolled down the streets of the city, his words repeated in her head like a broken record. What did she get herself into? It wasn’t until the sun was rising that she returned home. Changing into her pajamas, she returned to bed next to Matt. He woke up from the stirring “Did I wake you?” she asked.
He smiled but rested his eyes shut “No, did you go to the restroom?”
“Yeah, too much watermelon.” She answered. Holding back the lump in her throat as she reached out and touched his face with her hand. He smiled automatically and covered her hand with his “We have a couple of hours left until dawn, go back to sleep.” she said softly, he agreed with a mumble.
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“Captain Kwong, please.” Erin said to the receptionist.
“Sure, what’s your name Miss?” the girl asked as she called his department.
“Erin.” She answered. She waved her in after she had the okay from Ted’s teammate to enter. Walking down the familiar halls as she reached the section and almost ran into a girl “I’m sorry…Sara. You’re back?”
The girl smiled warmly “Hi Erin. Yeah, I couldn’t sit home and rest any longer. Are you looking for Ted?” she nodded in reply “He’s in his office. Just knock.”
“Thanks.” Erin moved out of the way for Sara and approached his office. Knocking, she heard him muttering for her to come in.
“Sweetie, could you get me that file on—” he paused, finally noticing it was Erin.
She smiled “I didn’t know you were so close to your teammates?”
“I thought you were Sara.” He explained with a flushed face “What’s up? Anything I could help you with?”
Erin nodded “I wanted to look over the reports for the poisoned bodies at your wedding reception.” He nodded as he got up to pull it from a drawers “I’ve looked over it a hundred times and ran a few background checks on these guys. Nothing, they’re clean.”
“That can’t be.” She skimmed through the pages “Not even a felony?” he shook his head in disappointment “Doug told you about the Commissioner?”
“Yes. Embarrassing as I am for him, I thought he deserved being dumped by Jessie.” Ted was disgusted still.
Erin shook her head “No, not that. They were looking for his key. They want access. Have you guys had any strange occurrences?”
He searched his head for any hints “Not that I know of. Wait…We had a meeting this morning about increasing security at night. The Commissioner wouldn’t give us a reason why but he was certain this would help. You think he…”
“Being threatened?” Erin suggested.
“Worse…bribed.” Ted sighed, “That’s all we need.”
“Can you take me to see him?” Erin requested.
“Sure.” He nodded while motioning for them to leave the office. They came upon the Commissioner’s office and knocked a few times. There was no answer after a few seconds “Kwong Sir!” Ted called and tried the knob but it was locked.
Erin shook her head “Break it down.” She moved aside to let Ted kick the door down. There appearing lifeless on his leather seat was the Commissioner. His eyes opened and facing the ceiling, lips purple and a half cup of coffee sitting across from him “Oh my God…” she muttered.
“I’ll get help.” He rushed away while Erin walked inside. Her eyes searching for clues on how the murderer entered. The window was open but the bars would keep them from entering, unless the person was stick thin, it was impossible to enter. Who ever it was had to use the door, but why would it be locked from the inside.
She turned to a cabinet to her right, the killer had to still be in the room. Stepping closer until her fingers touched the handle. Yanking it open, she found a dead figure inside of a male that too was poisoned. Sighing as she turned in time to see Ted rushing back with a few people, she pointed to the body “Too late.”
The bodies were cleared out, standing behind was the Chief Investigator and Commanders along with some Lieutenants “Captain Kwong, would you escort this young lady to the questioning room?”
“Yes Sir.” He nodded at Erin. They took down her report and eventually his, both matched. He walked her out of the station “Thank you for being so cooperative eventhough they were treating you like a suspect.”
“Its just part of their job. I assume they want to keep this under wraps?” she asked.
“If you can. If you must discuss it with anyone in the Team, it has to be Devin.” Ted advised, “He is the temporary Head of Security and should probably know.” He caught the roll of the eyes as she turned away “Hey, you’re still not liking the guy? Would you rather I talk to him?”
Shaking her head “No, it’s not your job. Anyways, you probably have more things to face now.” She nodded to the station “I’ll tell him myself.” Ted nodded in reply as he called a taxi for her “Thanks.” She smiled at Ted and turned to the driver to give him the address.
It wasn’t difficult for her to get inside his apartment building. The security guard was an old perverted man that stared at any woman that had a pair of legs. She approached his apartment door and pressed the doorbell, she heard jogging as she tried hard to contain her emotions. He opened the door with nothing but a towel over his waist. His hair and body dripping wet “Yes?” he leaned his arm on the door towards her.
Feeling uncomfortable all of a sudden as she shook her head “Clearly this is a bad time, I’ll come back later.” She began.
“Don’t be silly.” He grinned and waved her inside “I was just getting out of the shower.” He closed the door after she entered.
“There’s something that you should know—”
“Would you like a drink? Wine, perhaps?” he cut into her sentence.
“No, thank you.” She emphasized “And if you don’t mind, please put on some…” she faded when she saw a girl standing in the middle of his hallway. Her hair wet and she was wearing a slinky black dress.
Devin turned his head to follow her gaze “Oh, Erin this is Nancy, she’s just leaving.”
“Nice to meet you." the girl nodded as she turned to Devin at the door "I’ll call you tomorrow.” She smiled and gave him a peck on the cheek.
Erin felt a sudden jealousy wash over her as she turned away from their intimate gesture. He closed the door and turned back to Erin with a concerned gaze “Are you okay? Is it hot in here?” Erin shook her head “Then why is your face red?”
She snapped her eyes up while he put on a winning smile “I’m fine.” She replied slowly “Anyways, I was saying—”
“Wait, I’m a little thirsty, are you sure you don’t want anything to drink?” he tried again.
“No, thank you for asking…” smiling as she muttered something incoherent.
He returned from the kitchen with a glass of red wine when the doorbell rang “Oh Erin, could you be a doll and get that for me?” she nodded reluctantly as he handed her the glass of wine “I should change since there are guests.” He walked back to his room.
“What am I? Chop liver?” Erin grumbled while getting the door. Not expecting someone she knows but when it was Ryan and Jenna, she quickly slammed the door without thinking twice.
“Erin!! Erin! I know you’re in there!” Jenna pounded on the door.
Taking in a deep breath, she opened the door again. This time with a smile “Hey guys! Sorry, the knob slipped from my hand.” She lied poorly.
“Is that Jenna?” Devin appeared in a pair of sweats as he shook the water out of his head.
Erin turned back to Jenna, who’s eyes were narrowing suspiciously “Red wine…freshly showered…hm…” she scratched her chin playfully.
“This…this isn’t mine.” Erin pointed to the glass wine.
“Oh please, she begged me for one.” Devin teased.
“No! I didn’t!” Erin denied, “Ryan, you know I never drink wine.”
“Yes, that’s true. Ga Jei can’t take the alcohol.” Ryan agreed.
Jenna rolled her eyes at him “Party pooper, she was starting to get hysterical.” Hitting him on the stomach as she entered and popped herself next to Devin “So, what are you guys doing not drinking wine and showering?”
Devin shook his head “I’m not sure. Erin was going to tell me something but you two came in.”
Erin debated whether or not she could tell them. In the end, she decided to honor Ted’s request not to let anyone else know “Eh…I…wanted to borrow some…brown sugar.”
He grinned knowingly while Jenna crossed her arms “You drove across town to my Uncle’s house to ask him for brown sugar?” Erin nodded “Come now, you can do better than that. Why didn’t you use the excuse of…some update about the new mission? Or you were attacked? Or you saw Becca snooping around at the hospital again?”
Red in the face as she turned away, searching her mind for a new excuse but it was useless, she had a brain freeze. Ryan decided to jump in to help her “Hey, stop picking on her. Maybe Ga Jei had something important to tell Devin? High confidentiality stuff?”
“Are you really that gullible?” Jenna asked with a tilted head.
“It’s okay. The stuff can wait.” Erin said hastily as she set the glass on the table and backed away towards the door “I’m sure Jenna and Ryan have more important stuff for you.” She waved briefly and disappeared out the door.
After a few seconds Jenna turned to her Uncle “Well?”
“What?” he asked innocently.
“Chase her.” Jenna pushed.
He laughed as he got up and wagged a finger to them “You be good!”
“Don’t worry, I’m a complete gentleman.” Ryan saluted.
“I was talking to Jenna.” Devin winked before disappearing out the door after Erin.