Wakiki Road just of highway 1
As Officers Matoka and Yokata patrolled highway 1, shots could be heard coming from a house, just off the highway. They turned on to the road that led to the house where four men could be seen leaving the house, just as the patrol car drove up the street. The officers saw two of the men run in front of the patrol car. Yokata jumped out of the car as Makota came to a stop.
"Makota, call dispatch. We're going to need backup," replied Yokata running after the men, till he lost sight of them.
Yokata returned to where the patrol car had come to a stop. He found Makota looking for the house that the men had run from.
"Did you find the house that the shots came from?" asked Yokata.
"They had to have come from a house that was in this area. Did you noticed what they were wearing?" Yokata asked.
"Yeah, we need to find the house that they came from," Makota said.
"Did you hear that? It's an alarm coming from a house, just up ahead," replied Makota as they started running to where the sound was coming. Yokata was calling dispatch for more help as Makota stoped in front of the house where they could hear the alarm.
"Dispatch, this is Yokata. Officers need help at 1109 Aloha Drive. We have an active alarm going off. We're going up the stairs now. The front doors are open," replied Yokata as he pulled his weapon and entered the house.
"We need to split up. You check out the second floor and I'll check out down here," stated Makota as Yokata walked up the stairs.
Makota slowly walked into the living room, where he saw what appeared to be the body of a man. He checked the man and found no pulse. He continued to search the room, when he saw the motionless body of another man. He quickly got on the radio and called dispatch, when he heard Yakota yelled about finding two more upstairs.
"One is just barely alive, the other man is dead. Call for an ambulance," yelled Yokata.
"This is Officers Makota and Yokata. We responded to an alarm at 1109 Aloha Drive. We need an ambulance to that address. We have found the bodies of four men, three of them are dead. The fourth is just barely alive. You need to send detectives to the crime scene and an ambulance. The men were all shot, execution style," replied Makota.
***
Sean's beach house
Sean could hear the phone ringing as he turned over and looked at the clock. Who could this be calling at this time of the night? It had better be important, he thought. I know that it's not Max, he thought. She had taken the girls and flown to her sister's. Sean picked up the phone.
"Yeah, it's Harrison. What do you want?" he asked sitting up on the edge of the bed.
"It's John, we're needed at 1109 Aloha Drive. Two officers on patrol saw four men running away from that address. Two of the men ran in front of the patrol car. They said that the men were dressed in black," said John.
"Did they see which direction they went?" Sean asked.
"Dispatch didn't say if they saw which way they ran," replied John.
"Did they go into the house?" asked Sean as he picked up his car keys.
"Dispatch says that they found four victims. Three are dead and one is barely alive," John replied as he ran out the door.
"I'll meet you there. I'm down the road from Aloha Drive, see you there," replied Sean as he ran out the door.
***
Aloha Drive
As Sean turned on Aloha Drive, he could see the lights from the patrol cars. He parked and got out of the car and started walking to the house. He watched two paramedics as they wheeled out a gurney that carried a body bag.
"It's one of the victims," the paramedic replied.
Sean stopped an opened the bag to look at the victim. He noticed that the man was Japanese, but he didn't recognize him. He walked on to the house where John was talking to Officers Makota and Yokata.
"What do we have, Danny?" asked Sean as he watched Danny and Chris walk into the room.
"So far we haven't found anything. We have men searching outside the house, but it's hard to find anything in the dark," replied Danny.
"Do we know who the victims are?" asked Sean.
"No! The medical examiner is trying to identify them," remarked John, looking to see Chris come down the stairs.
"Sean! The captain is upstairs. He wants to see you," Chris said.
"What's the captain doing here?" Sean asked with a surprised look on his face.
"Someone must have called him, but I don't know why they did," replied Chris.
There had to be a reason for Harada to be here but Sean couldn't think of one. As he reached the top of the stairs he saw Sergeant Kaleo come out of a room. Sean turned and walked toward Kaleo.
"Sean! The captain is in that room, he wants to talk to you," Kaleo stated with a sad tone in his voice; he turned and walked down the highway.
Sean walked to the door and knocked before entering.
"Come in," replied Harada standing in the middle of the room, watching as Sean opened the door.
"You wanted me captain?" Sean asked, looking at Harada who was upset.
"Sean, you haven't found anything while looking for evidence, have you?" Harada asked, looking back at Sean.
"No, but the men are still looking. There has to be something," stated Sean.
"You shouldn't find anything. If you do then it would be because they messed up," replied Harada.
"What do you mean? Do you know who did this, and why are you here?" Sean asked, watching the captain pace back and forth,
"Yes I know who did this or at least I think I know. To be honest, I'm hoping that I'm wrong," replied Harada with a worried look on his face as he talked to Sean.
"What are you talking about? Is that why you're here, because you know who did this?" asked Sean looking at the captain.
"I was in my office working on something that I need to have done by the end of the week, when the call came in to dispatch. At first I was just listening, then the dispatcher repeated the address. I stopped what I was doing, I couldn't believe what I heard. I called the dispatcher and asked him to repeat the address again. The moment I heard the address, I knew who lived there, but the reason I came here is that there was suppose to be a meeting here. Sean, what I have to tell you is just between us. When I was very small my parents left China and came here. My father changed our last name so that no one could find them. It wasn't till I was older that I found this out. I was trying to get into the police academy and they had to have my birth certificate. My dad had changed our last name to Harada from Lee, but he didn't changed it on my birth certificate. When I confronted my parents, they told me why they had left China. My father was being forced to join this group, but he kept refusing. So they decided to leave and come here. My father tried for a long time not to become one them, but my younger brother saw them as the ones with all the power. He joined them when he was older," replied Harada.
"You never told us that you had a brother," Sean stated.
"When he went against my parents wishes, they disowned him. I was never to speak of him again but I couldn't do it. I kept in touch with him. So when the dispatcher gave this address, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I had Kaleo drive me here," replied Harada.
"One of those men is your brother?" Sean asked.
"Yes. His name is James Lee. He was barely alive when the paramedics got here. I'm going to the hospital, but Sean I want you to be in charge of this investigation. My brother belonged to the Tong. It was the group that forced my parents leave their home. Sean, I believe that there is a war going on between two rival groups for control of the island," replied Harada.
"So you believe that this was a hit?" Sean asked.
"Yes, so be careful," replied Captain Harada.
"So you're going to the hospital, if I have to get in touch with you?" asked Sean watching Harada walk to the door.
"Yes, if you need me," replied Harada walking out of the bedroom.
Sean stood for a few minutes before he followed Harada down the stairs and through the front door. He knew Harada was depending on him to find the killers, no matter what it took. He walked over to where John was standing with Danny and Chris. They were talking about what what had happened and why.
"Hey Sean! Why was the captain here?"" asked John looking at Sean.
"The captain was responding to a call from two of his officers needing help," stated Sean.
"Why did he have this worried look on his face when he went out the door," Chris asked staring at Sean.
"He recognized the victim that the paramedics took to the hospital. We have a crime to solve, and we need to find the ones who did it," replied Sean.
"So far we haven't been able to find anything in the house and it's impossible to see anything in the dark," remarked Danny.
"It's almost daylight. Chris and Danny, stay here and see what you can find. There has to be footprints outside the house. See if you can find out how they got into the house. One other thing don't say anything to the press, I don't want to tip off the ones who did this," Sean said as Danny and Chris started to assemble the officers.
"What do you want me to do Sean?" asked John.
"We're going back to the station. We have something to check out," replied Sean walking over to Kaleo.
"What do you want me to do?" asked Kaleo patiently waiting.
"Kaleo, I want you to go to the hospital and stay there with the captain. He may need some support from a friend okay," Sean replied as he walked out the door.
As Sean walked to his car he thought about what the captain had told him. He tried to think of who could be responsible; several came to mind, but who had done this?
***
Metro Police department
Sean sat in his car and watched as the slowly rose oer the horizon. It had been a long night. He just wanted to sit there, but he knew that he had work to do if he wanted to solve this case. Sean opened the door of the car and stepped out and started to walk to the doors. As he walked into the squad room, he was met by Linh who was already at work. He saw John on the computer looking for answers and some sort of clues.
"I've been trying to find out who those men were, but Parker hasn't ID'ed them yet. She said that it would be at least an hour, before she would know," replied John walking to the coffee machine.
"John, we need to go back at least six months and check all of the homicides on the island," replied Sean.
"You think there maybe a connection to the murders?" John asked looking at the computer.
"I don't know if there is but we have to start somewhere," replied Sean.
"I went back six months and that there were seven homicides where there was more than one person killed. March 15, three men were found dead at a house on Lanoca Ave. The other five happened between March 18 and March 30th at various addresses in Honolulu. So far no one has been arrested in connection with the murders," replied John.
"I'm willing to bet they are all connected to each other one way or another, but how?" asked Sean looking frustrated,
"Sean, I've been looking at those murders. The men were all killed in the same way according to the coroner's reports, but how were they connected is still the mystery," replied Linh.
"The mystery is what we have to solve," Sean replied.
***
Aloha Drive
"Chris! We have been looking for at least two hours and still we haven't found anything, not even a footprint," remarked Danny, while still looking around.
"How can we not find any footprints? We just need to look harder. There has to be some here," complained Chris.
"We've looked around the grounds and still we haven't found anything that resembles a footprint," Danny replied.
"There has to be some so maybe we're not looking in the right place," remarked Chris letting out a sigh of frustration.
"Detectives, we found something. You need to come take a look over here," yelled the officer.
"What did you find?" asked Chris, going to where the officers were standing.
"We found tire tracks and a set of footprints, but they don't look like a normal foot. You have to look at them," replied the officer
Chris and Danny walked over to where the officers were standing.
"Show us where you found the tire tracks," asked Danny.
"They're over there. The footprints are just beside them. It looks like they were getting in the car," replied Officer Makota, pointing to them.
"I see the tire tracks. We need to get a plaster cast of the tracks so we can compare and see who manufactures them," replied Chris looking at the tracks.
"If you look at the tracks. you'll see that the on-print of the tire isn't that deep. The car that made those tracks maybe a small import," stated Officer Makota.
"You may be right," replied Danny.
"Where's the footprint you found?" asked Chris looking at Officer Yokata.
"It's over here, between the tire tracks. It's like the person was putting something in the trunk of a car. I almost didn't see them. You'll see what I mean when you look at them," stated Officer Yokata showing the footprints to the detectives.
"I see what you mean, they look like a kid made them," Danny replied looking at the footprints.
"Yeah, a kid wearing socks or someone that maybe someone whose into martial arts. If that's the case that explains the lack of decent footprints," Chris explained.
"We need to have the officers look at them, so that they know what they are looking for," replied Danny.
***
Metro Police Dept.
"This is Sean," he answered.
"This is Parker, I need you to come to the morgue. I have something to show you," Parker replied hanging up the phone.
"John, that was Parker we need to go see her. She's got something to show us," replied Sean as they started down the stairs.
"You think that maybe she found something?" asked John.
"She said that she did. Let's hope that it helps solve this case," remarked Sean opening the door.
As Sean walked down the hall that led to Parker's office he hoped that she had news for him. She had made it sound important, but what could it be, he thought as he opened the door; he and John entered the room.
"Thanks for coming guys. I went to work, as soon as I got back from the crime scene. I knew that you would want to know what I found as soon as possible. The three men were killed in the same way as the others. In the last four months, nine men have been found dead. When I did the autopsies on them, I didn't realize there was a connection, until I was doing the autopsies on the victims from last night but what I found I thought that you should see. Each man has a tattoo on his chest. I probably wouldn't said anything, but there was another murder less than a month ago. I photographed a tattoo that was on the victim's chest. If you look at the file, you'll see that it's the same tattoo that those men have. It made me think, so I went back an looked at the photos that I took of the other victims, the tattoos are the same on all of the victims," replied Parker, handing a file to Sean.
"Are you sure about what you saw?" asked Sean looking at the photos.
"I'm sure of it. All you have to do is to look at the photos," remarked Parker.
"The tattoo is the connection in all the murders," remarked John looking at the photos.
"The names of the victims are on the back of the photos," Parker remarked.
"Parker, you haven't shown these to anyone else? Sean asked.
"No!" replied Parker.
"I'm going to take them. I have to show them to someone." Sean stated as he picked up the file. "Thanks Parker," Sean stated as he and John walked out the door.
As they walked back up the hallway, John could see the look on Sean's face.
"Well say something. I know you want to," replied John watching Sean.
"You're right, I do have something to say. I need to talk to Captain Harada. He knows something that he's not telling us. John, find out everything you can on the other victims. If you need me, I'll be at the hospital having a talk with the captain and I'll be asking the questions," remarked a frustrated Sean.
***
Metro Police Dept.
As Sean and John walked back to the squad room, he could see the intense look on San's face. It meant that he was thinking about what Parker had said to them.Sean opened the door to the squad room, where he saw that Danny and Chris come from the crime scene.
"Chris and Danny did you find anything that will help point to who ever did this?" asked Sean.
"We found a set of tire tracks and two sets of footprints. They looked like the person wasn't wearing any shoes, just socks, but that doesn't make any sense," replied Chris.
"We started to check the house, but Joe and his guys from the crime scene showed up, and they took over. There were two cars in the driveway, we assumed that they belonged to the victims. Joe said they would check them," remarked Danny.
"I want you two back at that house. Find out who owns that house and start asking the neighbors. Like who they saw coming and going. Take officers with you, I want a two mile
search of the area around the house," replied Sean looking at Danny an Chris.
"Why?" asked Danny.
"Makota and Yomata reported that they saw four men running from the house two of the men ran in front of their patrol car. " Said Sean.
"So where did the other two men run to?" asked Chris.
"We'll report back when we find anything. This is going to be a long day," replied Danny.
After giving orders to Chris and Danny, Sean walked over to a bulletin board where John and Linh had put the photos that Parker gave them. After looking at them, he could see what Parker was talking about. The tattoo's are all similar, thought Sean.
"Parker's right. Those men have the same tattoo," replied John.
"Now I have just two questions... Who did them and why?" Sean asked, staring at the photos.
"Sean, I put the photos on the board in the order that they were found. The first three were found six months ago in a warehouse down on the docks. One of the victim's, number three, a man known as Victor Chung owned it. The other two men were his associates. There is something you should know; the men are all of Chinese descent. When I tried to find what their oocupations were, they came back as importers or exporters. Two of them owned shipping companies," remarked Linh, looking at Sean who was staring at the photos.
"Parker said that she would call up here when she has the three men identified from last night," Sean replied as he turned and looked at Linh. "John, I need you to check out who owns the warehouse and the shipping companies now. It's just a hunch, but it's worth looking into," said Sean going towards the door.
"Where are you going? Like I don't know," replied John.
"I'm going to the hospital to have a talk with the captain," Sean stated walking out the door.
As he walked to his car, he heard Kaleo yelling his name. He turned to see Kaleo coming towards him, still yelling for Sean.
"Kaleo! why aren't you at the hospital with the captain?" asked Sean.
"The captain looked like he was tired, so I asked him if he would like some coffee. He said yes, so I went to get him some.
Sean, he was gone when I came back. I looked for him but I couldn't find him and no one had seen him leave," replied the shaking Kaleo.
"Kaleo, let's go inside," replied Sean, opening the door. He started to walk into the squad room, followed by Sergeant Kaleo who was still upset.
"Sean! what are you doing here? I thought you were going to the hospital to see the captain?" asked John looking puzzled.
"I was, but I saw Kaleo coming up to the doors, he seemed to be upset about something. Kaleo sit down, it's not your fault, we'll find him," replied Sean.
"Find him! what are you talking about? Who's missing Sean?" John asked.
"Linh, call dispatch and have them get every off-duty officer to the hospital. Call Chris on his cell phone and have them report to the hospital and start questioning everyone that could have seen the captain," Sean ordered while checking on Kaleo, who still was shaken.
"Did I hear you say the captain is missing from the hospital? Why was he at the hospital?" asked John looking at Sean.
"It's my fault, I should have stayed with the captain. I could have prevented this from happening," Kaleo said.
"You don't know that. What ever happened to him, we'll find him. You can't blame yourself, Kaleo," remarked Sean.
"Okay Sean. Why was the captain at the hospital? Was he hurt or something?" asked John.
"No, he wasn't hurt, but he was there for a reason. He was at the house on Ahola Drive," Sean said.
"I was there, but I didn't see him," remarked John.
"He was upstairs with one of the victims," replied Sean.
"Why was he there? John asked.
"He had come in early to finish some reports. He heard the dispatcher give the address over the radio. He said something and then he ran out of his office. I followed him to his car. He saw me, and that's when he asked me to drive him to Ahola Drive," replied Kaleo.
"I don't understand why he went there. He never does an investigation. That's what we're here for," John said.
"Remember when we arrived the coroner had already removed three of the victims, but I noticed that there was an ambulance. I talked to one of the paramedic, he said that they found that one of the men was still alive, but just barely. That's when an officer told me that Harada wanted to see me upstairs," replied Sean.
"I knew that you went up there, but I didn't know why," said John.
"When I walked into the room, the captain was sitting on the edge of the bed holding what look like a picture of two boys. He handed me the picture. I asked him who the boys were. He told me that one of them was him and the younger boy was his brother, James Lee. The house on Aloha Drive belongs to his brother, that's why he panicked when he heard the address on the radio. That's why he was at the house; the fourth man is his brother. I called the hospital earlier and he is still in surgery," replied Sean.
"Okay, we understand what you're talking about, but why does Kaleo look like something is wrong?" John asked.
"When he went to get some coffee for the captain, he came back to find him gone. Kaleo asked two nurses at the desk if they had seen where the captain went to. They told him that he had went off with two men. It's possible that those men took Terry thinking that they could use him to get to James or his parents," replied Sean.
"What are we waiting for, we need to get to the hospital," stated John.
"Sean, I need to go," replied Kaleo.
"Kaleo, I know you want to help, but I need you to stay and help Linh," replied Sean walking out the door with John behind him.
"How are we going to find him?" John asked.
"I don't know, but I have an idea who might know something. First I have to go to the hospital and touch base with Chris and Danny. I need to find out if the captain's brother is out of surgery and I need to post guards on him and the room," said Sean.
"I need to talk to Terry's wife, Loki. She would know where his parents are. I have to hope that they can help me. John, I need for you to keep what you heard between us and no one else. The captain doesn't want anyone to know about his family, okay?" replied Sean.
"You know me, I wouldn't say a word," John replied as Sean drove up the drive to the hospital.
***
Honolulu Hospital
Danny's car could be seen as they drove up the drive. He could see Chris and Danny standing outside the doors. He wonder what was going on, because they looked liked they were having a heavy discussion between them. As they came closer, he could hear Danny complaining about no one's willing to talk. Then he heard Chris complaining about the same thing.
"I could hear both of you all the way of the drive, so what's wrong?" asked Sean.
"When we got here, they were willing to talk about what may have happened to the captain, but some man walked out in the hallway and then he said something and they all refused to answer any more questions," stated Chris looking frustrated.
"I guess I'll have to go and ask some questions. John have officers standing by, just in case they refuse to answer them," said Sean walking in the door.
"Is he going to do what I think he is?" Danny asked, following Sean.
"I would have to say he is. If they don't answer his questions, he's going to have them arrested for obstruction of the investigation," Chris replied.
"Can he do that?" asked Danny, looking at John.
"Yes, he can for failure to cooperate with the police," John replied, following Sean down the hallway to the nurses' station.
"Excuse me! I'm Detective Harrison and I need to ask some questions about the disappearance of Captain Harada from the hospital. I should warn you, that if you don't cooperate with this investigation and answer the questions you will be arrested and I have officers standing by. So what will it be?" asked Sean as he looked at the staff.
"What do you want to know?" the nurse asked.
"Who told you not to talk to us about the captain going missing?" asked Sean.
"A man from the chief of staff office told us not to say anything. He said that it would look bad for the hospital, but we thought that it would be wrong not to say what we saw," said another nurse.
"So what did you see?" John asked.
"The captain came in with a man that had been shot several times. We told him that the man would be taken to a trauma room, but that he could go to the waiting room and they would call him when they knew anything. The doctor came out and told him that they were taking the man to surgery and they would let him know as soon as the man was out," replied a nurse.
"When did you last see him?" Sean asked.
"It was about four hours later. There was an officer with him. The captain asked him to get him some coffee. So the officer left. When he came back he asked if we had seen the captain go any where. We hadn't seen him leave," replied a nurse.
"When did the man came out of surgery, and where would they have taken him?" asked Sean.
"They took him to the critical care unit on the fifth floor," replied the nurse.
"Chris and Danny, I want you to keep asking questions about what they might have seen and the man that told not to say anything. He could be connected to the ones that killed those other men. John! I need two officers posted outside of his door. I need to find out if he has one of those tattoos on his chest," replied Sean going to the elevator.
Sean watched as the elevator slowly went to the fifth floor and the doors opened. He stepped out and started for the nurses' station.
"Excuse me, I need to talk to a doctor about the man that was just brought up. I'm Detective Harrison from HPD," replied Sean showing his badge.
"The person you want to talk to is in the room with him. He's in room two, just behind you," said the nurse.
"Thank you," replied Sean turning around and going to the door where he knocked on the door.
"Can I help you?" asked the doctor.
"Yes! I'm Detective Harrison from HPD. I need to talk to you about this man. Is he going to make it?" asked Sean looking at the man in the bed.
"Yes, we just have to watch him closely. Whoever shot him was trying to kill him," replied the doctor.
"I need to ask something of you. When you operated on him, did you see this tattoo on his chest?" Sean asked showing the photo to the doctor.
"Yes! I did see that tattoo. It was so big that you couldn't miss it," replied the doctor.
"I'm posting two officers outside of his room. Whoever tried to kill him could try again," Sean said as he looked at the man laying in the bed. He could see the resemblance as he backed away from the bed. Sean slowly walked to the elevator and stood there as the doors closed behind him. He could only think of Loki and what he should tell her. He just watched as the doors opened to the emergency room.
"Sean, we have an orderly who saw the men who took the captain. He said the men came down the hallway and sat down next to him. He didn't think anything was wrong at first. Then he saw one of the men holding a gun on the captain and then he watched as they walked out the door," Chris replied.
"Did this orderly see these two men?" Sean asked.
"Yes! he said that they looked like the captain. Whatever that means," replied Danny.
"The captain is Chinese so that would mean we know what they look like," replied Chris.
"What do you want us to do?" John asked.
"I want you to go back to the station and have Linh and Kaleo help you. We need to find out what those nine men owned that would get them killed. Chris, you and Danny go down to the docks and find out what you can. You might want to drop the hint to your snitches that you're looking for information," replied Sean as he walked out to his car with John.
"Where will you be?" John asked
"I need to talk to Loki, the captains wife. She needs to know what's happened to Terry," replied Sean getting in the car.
"What are you thinking about?" John asked.
"I've been thinking of this ever since we talked to Parker. John, if you were back in Chicago and you saw the tattoos on several murdered victims. What would you think?" Sean asked.
"That a rival gang was trying to take over the other gangs territory the only way they knew how, by killing them," replied John watching Sean.
"So you think this is maybe gang related?" Sean asked.
"Whoever is doing this has to be organized and not just a group of teenagers on the streets," replied John.
"I've been thinking about what you said. This is just like the 1930's in Chicago and the Mafia controlled that city. So whoever these men are, that's what they're trying to do, get control of this city. So they're killing a certain group of people. I don't think so," replied an angry Sean.
****
A Warehouse on Koma Drive
In the distance a black sedan could be seen driving up to the warehouse. After it came to a stop in front of the warehouse, an elderly man got out of the car; he was followed by two other men, who walked behind the man. One of the men hurried to open the door as the older man stepped inside. They started to slowly walk toward the men who were standing in the middle of the warehouse.
"I was told that you had the man? Do you? And where is he?" The elderly man asked looking at the other men.
"Yes! we have him. He's in another room tied up and blindfolded so he could not see us," replied the younger man.
"For your sake, you better have the right man," said the older one as he followed him to the room.
Harada could hear the door opened as the men entered it. He listened to the sounds of the different footsteps. From the sounds of their voices he realized that there was several of them. He could hear the shuffling sound as the old man slowly walked across the room. As the men entered, Harada could hear them speaking in Chinese. As they talked he realized what they were saying. From what he heard he didn't like the sound of it as they came closer. He tried to loosen the ropes but they only became tighter as he struggled.
He had been thinking about what they could want with him, unless it had something to do with James, but why?" he asked himself.
"The harder you struggle with the ropes the tighter they will get. You're only hurting yourself," replied the older man walking up closer to Harada.
"Why did those men take me from the hospital? What do you want with me?" Harada asked.
"You have the information that we need about the shipment from overseas," the older man replied.
"I don't know anything about a shipment," Harada said as he could hear the old man's voice becoming angry.
"You can tell me or my men will have no choice. What will it be?" asked the older man staring at Harada.
"I don't know what shipment your talking about," replied Harada.
"I gave you the chance to tell me what I wanted to know, but since you don't want to take it, maybe you'll be willing to talk after they get through with you," stated the old man glaring at Harada.
"You can do anything you want to me, but I still can't tell you what I don't know," yelled Harada at the top of his voice.
"You know what to do and don't stop till he tells where the shipment is," yelled the old man as he motioned the man toward the captain.
***
Harada's house
Sean sat in his car trying to think what he would say to Loki. He wasn't sure how he would do it. He couldn't just blurt it out to her. I have no choice, thought Sean as he got out off the car and started up the walk way to the door. He knocked on the door and waited for an answer. As he stood there he could hear someone coming to the door and then slowly opening it. Loki stepped from behind the door as Sean started to walk in. He could see the fear in her face as she looked at him. She turned and went into the living room, Sean closed the door and followed her. She slowly turned, looking at Sean.
"Loki, you might want to sit down. I have something to tell you, but I just don't know how," replied Sean looking at her.
"Something has happened to Terry? Sean, when I married Terry, I knew he was a cop and the risk that he took. I also knew that one day someone could come to the door and tell me that he had been killed," said Loki crying.
"Two men took him from the hospital. We haven't heard from them. We have to hope that Terry is alright, but I have a suspicion that they took him for a reason,"
"You said the hospital, why was he there?" Loki asked.
"I got a call to respond to a house on Aloha Dr. When I got there they told me that three of the men were dead, another one was found upstairs in one of the bedrooms, he was alive, but in critical condition. One of the officers told me that I was needed upstairs. When I went down the hallway, I found Terry sitting on the edge of a bed, just staring at the blood on the carpet. I couldn't believe what he told me. He said that the fourth man was his brother, James Lee. I never knew he had one, that's when he told me about his father escaping from China with his family, because they were forcing his father to join a group that he didn't believe in. He said that he was going to the hospital," explained Sean looking at Loki.
"I need to tell you, since Terry has already told you about James. Terry found his brother six months ago by accident. When we saw him, he was standing in front of the house just looking at us. There was no denying that he was his brother. It was like looking at Terry, only younger. He started to leave but Terry ran after him. He brought him back to the house. James asked Terry for help. Terry told him that he would help him, but he had to tell him everything. After he told Terry everything, he told him that he would help him, but he had to be honest with him. He had said something about a group of men that he belong to. He told Terry that they were using his export business to bring things into Hawaii that were illegal. James left after telling Terry this," replied Loki.
"Did he tell Terry who this group of men were?" asked Sean.
"No, but he gave Terry something before he left," Loki added. "He gave him a folder. Terry looked at it and then said something about having to use his computer in his office. I asked him why and he said he needed to use the police files and then he left," replied Loki.
"Whatever his brother gave him must be in his office. I'm going to the station now. I'll check his desk and computer to see what I can find. Whoever took him must of thought he was James. Terry showed me a picture of the two of them, I couldn't tell them apart," Sean said.
"Just find him please," said Loki as she watched Sean leave.
***
Metro Police Dept.
"We have been looking at those pictures since we came back from the crime scene. Do you think we can take a break for five minutes?" asked Danny standing up.
"While you're standing, I'll keep looking. The first victim is Joseph Chen. He owns several cargo ships and was found murdered six months ago, along with Michael Kwan and Steven Soonan. Kwan and Soonan owned a couple of warehouses down on the docks," replied Chris.
"What about the other six victims?" Linh asked looking at the pictures.
"The other six own import and export businesses," said Chris looking at Linh.
"I've been thinking, we're looking for a connection between these men and the three that were found this morning. They either own warehouses or cargo ships or import or export business," replied Linh.
"You may be right, it would make sense," replied Chris.
"When I was in Chicago, we had a problem with the gangs trying to take over another gang territory or control of whatever they were into, like the drugs or prostitution. They would start gang wars to get rid of a rival gang but they used different colors to identify a gang member. Here they're using tattoos to identify a member," replied John.
"Speaking of the tattoos, has anyone even sent it out with officers to check the local tattoo parlors?" asked Chris looking at Danny and smiling.
"Why do I have the feeling that we are going to Harbor street?" Danny asked glaring at Chris.
"Yes! we are going to Harbor street to have a talk with Sonny. Maybe he can tell us something about the tattoos," replied Chris picking up the photo of the tattoo.
As Danny and Chris left the office they passed Sean going in.
"Where are you two going?" Sean asked waiting for one of them to answer him.
"Chris thinks we need to go to Harbor Street and see if Sonny knows anything about the tattoo," replied Danny looking at Chris.
"I thought that if we knew who designed the tattoo and for whom, it could be helpful," said Chris.
"We know that thirteen men wore that tattoo, but we need to know why. Go see Sonny, maybe you can shake him up enough that he will tell you what he knows," Sean stated as he watched Danny and Chris drive off.
***
Harbor Street
As Danny parked Chris could see Sonny's tattoo parlor. They walked to the shop and opened the door.
"What do you want?" asked Sonny.
"We just wants some answers to a few questions," replied Chris pulling out the photo.
"We need to know if you have ever seen this tattoo before?" asked Danny showing him the photo.
"Yeah, I've seen it before. It's one of Billy's designs. A man came in the parlor and asked me if I knew anyone that could design a tattoo using a dragon.I told him about Billy."
"Can you tell us what that guy looked like?" Chris asked.
"He looked like he was oriental. I asked him why he needed a tao with a dragon. He never answered me," replied Sonny.
"Was there anyone else with him?" Danny asked.
"Yeah, there was another man. He stayed outside, he looked like a tin soldier just standing there," replied Sonny.
"Did he go to see Billy about the tattoo?" asked Chris.
"Billy told me that a man had been to his shop and asked him about a design with a dragon. Billy told me that the man wanted a tattoo that was big enough to cover a man's chest. I thought that he was joking, but he wasn't, Billy said. He asked Billy how long it would take to put it on. He was here when he asked how long it would take. Billy and I told him that it would take several sessions," replied Sonny.
"If you should remember anything else, you know how to get a hold of us," replied Chris as he and Danny walked out the door.
"He knows something that he's not telling us," said Danny looking at Chris.
"I have to agree with you. Sonny wasn't his usual self, he was too calm, not like the Sonny we know," said Chris.
****
Metro Police Dept.
Sean turned and started walking to the squad room. Since leaving Loki he had been thinking about what she had told him. What did his brother give Terry that was so important? Sean walked to the captain's office and opened the door. He was use to hearing the captain yell about not knocking before opening the door. He stopped, expecting to hear him, but he knew that for now it was just him and he had to find to find the captain. I have to get my mind on what I'm looking for, Sean thought.
"If I were the captain and I wanted to hide something, where would I put it?"
Sean looked around the room but nothing stood out. I need a break and get some coffee, Sean thought walking out of the captain's office. He saw Linh at her desk. I could ask her, he thought.
"Linh, you did things for the captain. Did he ever act like he was hiding something in his office?" Sean asking Linh.
"I haven't seen him hide anything but a couple weeks ago he was the computer putting in what looked like some information. I thought it was about a case but when I tried to ask him about it, he said it was nothing and shut the computer off," replied Linh.
"Did he have a folder on his desk that he was using for the information?" Sean asked looking at the desk.
"Yeah, there was a folder, but he quickly put it away in his desk," Linh said.
"That means it's still here. If I were the captain where would I put it," replied Sean as he looked at the desk.
If he put it in his desk, he would have locked it, thought Sean as he tried the drawers, but they weren't locked. Okay where would you hide it? Sean thought as started to pull the drawers out one by one, but there was nothing that looked like a folder, but as he started to opened the middle one, it would only opened up half way. Sean felt under the drawer and pulled out the folder. Okay what were you hiding? thought Sean. It had to be what he gave you. As Sean opened the folder and started reading the papers, he heard his name being called.
"Sean! Parker needs to see us," said John.
"Okay, where were you? I didn't see you when I came back from seeing the captain's wife," remarked Sean.
"A call came in from two officers. They had been approached by some men who had found the bodies of two men. They were found behind a restaurant on Sunset Dr. By the time I got there Joe and his men were already collecting what evidence they could find. We didn't know if they were connected to the others. Parker just called me, she said that we needed to come to her office. She has found something," replied John.
"Let's go. I'm almost afraid that every murder that happens will be connected to whatever we already have," Sean stated as they walked to Parker's lab.
***
Parkers lab
"Sean, I thought that you might like to see what I found. I had just started the autopsies on the two bodies, but when I took the clothes of the first body, there it was. At first I thought that I had the wrong man on the table, then I took another look and I noticed it was different," Parker replied removing the sheet for Sean and John to view the body.
"Are you kidding me?" John asked looking at the body.
"Are you sure about what I'm looking at?" Sean asked looking at Parker.
"Yeah, I'm sure. It's another tattoo and it's just as big as the others. The other man has one on his chest. This tattoo is different from the others. They had what looked like a dragon in the middle, this one has a large coiled snake with a sword in the middle. Sean, you have this look on your face that could mean trouble?" Parker asked.
"Those two men are a warning that a war has started. John, I need you to go with officers and bring in Tommy Tanaka for questioning. If he gives you any trouble you know what to do," remarked Sean.
"Do you think he knows something about what's happening?" John asked.
"If anyones knows, it would be Tommy Tanaka," said Sean.
****
Warehouse on the docks
"Has he said anything," the old man asked as he walked in the room.
"No, he hasn't," replied the younger man walking beside the old man.
"Wake him up. I want that information out of him now," yelled the old man with a angry tone in his voice.
"What if he doesn't talk? Do you want us to do whatever it takes?" asked the younger man.
"Do you ever use your brain, Jimmy?" The older man asked.
"Yes, I do," replied Jimmy.
"Then you would noticed that he is wearing a wedding band. That means he has a family. So you use threats against them to get him to answer the questions," replied the old man.
***
Metro Police Dept.
Sean sat at his desk, staring at the folder. He opened it and started reading what was on the paper. I can't believe what I'm reading, he thought. This is what he gave Terry to hold for him, he thought as he turned the pages. These look like several manifestos for cargo ships. There must be at least twenty here. These ships are coming from South America and Asia, thought Sean reading all the pages. If I've read this right all the ships are bringing in illegal cargo.
"Linh! of the twelve men that were killed, who owned an import business or a shipping company?" Sean asked.
"Sean, three of the men owned import business. The others ones owned exporting business. That leaves the remaining men owning warehouses and shipping company," said Linh.
"Those men were killed by someone trying to get control of their business. There's more here, these pages have times, dates and the names of the people they were meeting," replied Sean handing the papers to Linh.
"I was looking at this list of names. Four of the men are on the list. They own a import and export business down in Little China," said Kaleo.
"Kaleo, you and Linh go to little China and find out what you can. See if they were being threatened by anyone that may have looked out of place," said Sean as he turned to see Danny and Chris opened the door to the office.
"We had no problems getting Sonny to talk. He told us that a man came into his parlor and asked him, if he could design a tattoo around a dragon. He told the man that he didn't design tattoos; he only put them on," replied Danny.
"Sonny mentioned something about Billy doing design work. He told him, that Billy had a shop a couple blocks down the street. We talked to Billy and he gave us a copy of several that he'd done in the last few months," Chris stated, laying the tattoos on the desk. Kaleo couldn't help looking at them.
"Sean, I have seen these tattoos before. I was on patrol with another officer in Little China. This man came out of a shop with a tattoo of the dragon. The other tattoo was on the two men who were just found," Kaleo replied.
"Did he say why he had it?" asked Sean.
"He said the dragon was a sign of allegiance to a certain group of men," replied Kaleo.
"That means the two men in the morgue have the sign of the snake around s sword," replied Chris.
Linh couldn't help but hear the phone ringing. She picked up the receiver and answered it.
"Yes sir, he's right here," replied Linh handing the phone to Sean.
"This is Harrison, can I help you?" he asked.
"This is Governor Hill. Have you heard anything about Captain Harada?" he asked.
"We haven't heard anything, but we haven't given up," Sean replied.
"The city is going to offer a reward for any information that leads to the return of the captain," replied Hill.
"I know you're only trying to help, but if you put anything in the paper that has to do with the captain, it could cost him his life. Whoever has him, doesn't know that he's a cop, we need to keep it that way," replied Sean.
"I understand, but if you need help, call me," Hill replied before ending the call.
"Sean, there's another phone call for you. It's a Doctor Holland. He says his patient is awake and wants to talk to you," stated Linh.
"Tell him I'll be right there," replied Sean.
"What do you want us to do when John brings in Tommy Tanaka?" Chris asked.
"Put him a room and start asking questions about anything he knows. If he refuse to tell you, put him in a holding cell till he talks. Chris and Danny, I need you to start patrolling the streets of Little China. Someone might get nervous enough to talk. I'll be at the hospital," replied Sean as he started to leave.
"Sean! Wait, you might want to take this with you. I found it in the back of the folder," Linh replied.
Sean picked up the paper from Linh, he couldn't believe what he was seeing as he walked to his car. He sat in the car and just looked at the photo. It had been found in the folder that had belonged to the captain's brother, but who did the badge belong to? he asked himself. Maybe he could tell me when I go to talk to him, Sean thought.
***
Honolulu Hospital
Sean in the parking lot looking at the photo of the badge, wondering whom it belonged to but he couldn't even tell what department it belong to. He walked down the hallway to the elevator. As the doors opened he stepped inside as the doors closed behind him. He watched as the elevator slowly rose to the fifth floor. As the doors opened, he stepped out. Sean walked to the nurses' station, where he saw the nurses working.
"Excuse me! I'm Detective Harrison, I need to check on a patient that was brought in this morning?" he asked calmly standing at the desk.
"You'll find him in room three," replied the nurse, showing Sean to the room.
"Have you had any problems?" Sean asked the two officers who were posted to the room.
"No problems, sir, The nurses told us to help ourselves to the coffee. It's been pretty quiet," replied the officers.
"Your relief should be here in three hours," stated Sean as the doctor walked up to him.
"The nurse told me you're Detective Harrison. If we can step into room three, I can give you an update on the patient," said the doctor.
"Is everything alright? You're acting very strange, like something is wrong?" Sean asked as they walked in the room.
"I'm Dr.Holland, I was the doctor in the emergency room when the patient was brought in. We were trying to get him stable so we could take him to the OR, but when we took his clothes off to start working on him, we found the tattoo that I told you about earlier. One of the nurses came to me and told me that she had found this on him, it was covering the tattoo, but they had removed it, putting it with his clothes. This is it," Said the doctor holding up the item.
"It's a vest, but why was he wearing one?" Sean asked.
"I don't know why, but if he hadn't been wearing one then he would be dead. Do you see the three impacts in the vest. One of them is right over the heart, the other two were in vital areas. He has a gunshot to his upper arm and one in the leg. He'll make it; he just needs some time to recover," replied the doctor.
"Do you think I could ask him some questions?" Sean asked.
"I don't see why not, but just don't stay too long but you'll find him in room two. We thought that we should move him for safety reasons. Since you posted two officers on his room," replied the doctor.
"I just need to ask him some questions. I also need to take the vest if that's possible?" Sean asked going into room two.
"Sure," replied the doctor.
"Thanks," Sean said as a doctor handed him the vest.
He took the vest and started patting it down to see if he could find anything. As he ran his hands over it he could feel something under the lining. Now to find out what is, he thought, trying to find an opening in the vest.
"Give me the vest and I'll show you how to open it without destroying it," replied the man in the bed.
"I didn't know you were awake. I'll give you the vest if you can answer my questions?" said Sean, handing the vest to the man.
"I have no problems answering your questions. What do you want to know?" The man replied.
"Look what I found inside the vest. Does this belong to you?" Sean asked holding up the badge.
"No! I've never seen it before," replied the man.
"I don't believe you. The expression on your face gives you away. I found this badge in your vest," stated Sean.
"I don't know anything about the badge or how it got there," replied the man.
"So now you're going to tell me that you weren't wearing this vest the other night, when you and three other men were shot," remarked Sean.
"What do you want me to say? You want me to tell you that I was wearing the vest to protect myself? Alright, I was wearing it for that reason. As for the badge, how did you know?" he asked looking at Sean.
"I found this in a folder," Sean replied showing him the photo of a badge.
"Alright, I'll tell you what you want to know. I'm so tired that I want it to be over. You're right, the badge belongs to me. Since you have the photo that means you have the folder and all of the information that I have collected over the last three years, but how did you find out about me?" he asked.
"I didn't know till the other night when they called me at home. I was asked to respond to a shooting om Aloha Dr. When I got there, I was asked to come upstairs to a room. When I went inside they were putting you on a gurney. I saw Captain Harada sitting on the bed holding his head in his hands. He explained to me who you were, but he didn't say anything else," replied Sean.
"Did he tell you who I was?" he asked,
"Yes, he told me that you were his younger brother and that your father had disowned you, but he didn't say why," Sean replied.
"It was the summer that I turned nineteen. Some of the guys told me about this group that had control of most of the businesses. I told my father about them. He told me to stay away from them. I wouldn't listen to him. He tried to tell me that they were bad. They called themselves The Tong. My father said they were bad and if I wanted to join them it was my business, but he wanted nothing to do with me. He asked me to leave and never come back," he replied.
"Did Terry know where you were and what you had become?" asked Sean.
"Yes," he replied.
"My mother helped me get to the States where I joined the Marines. Four years later I was discharged. Being in the Marines had taught me that there was a sense of pride being a marine but not in some group that was after power. One of my buddies from the Marines told me that an agency was recruiting former Marines. That's when we joined the DEA. I wrote Terry and told him what I was doing. He told me to stay with it and he would keep in touch with me," he replied.
"Was there a reason for you being in that house?" Sean asked.
"The agency asked several of us to go undercover to bring these men down. I did it for my father so he would be proud of me, but there has been a cost to me. I have lost my family. I'm so deep undercover that I have forgotten who I really am," James replied
"You're not James Lee are you?" Sean asked.
"No. My name is Bobby Harada. There's something that you're not telling me. It's Terry, isn't it? He told me that he would come to the hospital, just before they took me out of that place," replied Bobby with a sad tone in his voice.
"Terry came to the hospital with Sergeant Kaleo. While he was getting some coffee, two men took Terry. We don't know who has him or why," replied Sean.
"I was in a group known as The Dragons, there's another group that roughly translates to Snake of the Sword. It was the Snakes who more than likely took Terry. They probably thought that he was me," replied Bobby.
"Alright, how do we go about finding him?" Sean asked.
"They could be holding him in any number of places," he replied.
"Then we just need to keep looking," Sean replied.
"In that folder, you'll find the names and numbers of men who can help you, but I can help you more if you can get me out of here," Bobby pleaded.
"They took Terry because they thought that he would have what they wanted," replied Sean.
"All the more reason why you need me," replied Bobby with a stern look on his face.
"Do you realize that you're hurt?" Sean asked.
"Yes I do, but they have my brother," he replied.
"You may feel that I need you, but I need you more to be here for your brother," remarked Sean.
***
Kulani Street
"Did you see which way Tommy went?" Chris asked breathing heavily.
"He went down this way. I don't see how anyone can run that fast?" asked Danny gasping for air.
"We can't stop now; we have to keep chasing him," replied Chris.
"When I get my hands on him we're going to have a little talk," sighed an exhausted Danny.
"Did you hear that, it sounded like it came from behind those boxes in the alley. You go around them and I'll go down the front," Chris replied walking down the alley.
"Tommy, we have you trapped. You're not going any where. You might as well give yourself up," yelled Danny coming up behind him.
"Tommy! why are you running from us? We only want to talk to you. Come out before Danny comes in there," replied Chris.
"No! I don't want to talk to you," yelled Tommy.
"We need to talk to you. We haven't done anything to you," replied Danny.
"Those men put the word out that if we talk to anyone, they will take care us," remarked Tommy.
"Who threatened you?" asked Chris.
"The men in the black suits. They said that they would kill us if we talked to the police," explained Tommy.
"Tommy, do you remember when those men beat you up. Captain Harada told you that he would protect you no matter what," stated Chris.
"Yes, I do remember," replied Tommy coming out from behind the boxes.
"The captain needs your help. Some men have taken him, but we don't know who or where they took him. We need you to come with us so we can talk to you," said Danny.
"I'll go with you," Tommy said as he walked over to where Chris was standing.
"The next time Sean wants Tommy he can come get him himself," Danny stated sourly.
****
Metro Police Dept.
John and Linh sat quietly at their desks. It had been twenty fours hours since the captain had been kidnapped from the hospital. Every officer and detective was looking for any signs of him. Chris and Danny had been questioning Tommy most of the night for information, but he still wouldn't talk.
"Let's put him in a holding cell till Sean gets here, he'll know what to do with him," Chris replied.
"I don't know about you, but I could use some coffee," replied Danny escorting Tommy to a holding cell.
"You can't keep me locked up without anything to eat or drink," complained Tommy as he walked to the cell.
"When you tell us what we want to know, we'll think about giving you something to drink or eat," yelled Tommy as Danny put him in the cell.
"When you give us something we'll think about it," replied Chris walking back to the squad room.
"Has anyone talk to Loki or has she been contacted by anyone?" asked John.
"I talked to her last night, but she hasn't heard from anyone. Whoever has the captain isn't talking," Linh replied.
"Have you seen Sean since he came back from the hospital?" Chris asked.
"He was here for a few minutes, he said something about having to see someone. He took a folder from the captain's desk and left. He said that if we needed him to call," said Linh.
"Did he say who he was going to see?" Chris asked.
"No, just that he needed to see this person. He acted like this person knew something about what's happening," John replied.
***
Sean's beach house
Sean is staring at the ocean as he hears a knocking at the door.
"It's not locked, come in," he called as the door opened and the men walked in.
"Okay! so we're here but how do we know that we can trust you and that this not a trap?" asked one of the men looking around the room.
"If this were a trap, I wouldn't have had you come to my house and there would be more officers than just me," replied Sean.
"I guess you're right but who told you about us and how to get in touch with us?" they asked.
"When I went to the hospital, your wounded friend told me about you," Sean said looking at the men.
"You're trying to set us up. He wouldn't say anything about us. He knows that it could cost us our lives," One of them replied.
"That's why I had you come here when I called you. No one knows you're here except me," stated Sean.
"So why did you call us?" asked one of the men.
"Bobby told me that you could help me to find his brother," replied Sean.
"I don't want to know why you want us, I just want to know how he got our numbers to call us?" asked the loud one.
"Do you see this?" asked Sean holding up the folder.
"We see a folder. So what? It doesn't mean anything to us," replied the men.
"Your friend gave this to my captain, it says who you are and has your phone numbers. Now my captain is missing because of your friend. He told me that if I needed help to call you and that's what I did," said Sean.
"If we agree to help you, how do we know that we can trust you?" One of them asked.
"Because you can or he wouldn't have told me to call you," said Sean just as his phone rang.
"This is Harrison, I'll be right there. Call Declan, Edwards and Gaines, have them respond to the crime scene, " replied Sean with a disturbed look on his face.
"Whats wrong?" asked one of the men.
"They just found a floater in the marina. The officer said the floater is wearing a Hawaiian print shirt, just like the captain was wearing when he disappeared. I have to go. You can stay here; no one will bother you," Sean said leaving.
"Hey Pete, look at this picture. It's Bobby," exclaimed the man looking at the picture.
"No! It's not Bobby, but it sure looks like him. He said his name was Harrison when he answered the phone. He's standing next to the guy. That's what he was trying to tell us, that they took his captain thinking he was Bobby. They sure do look alike," replied one of the men.
"That's what Bobby was trying to tell us when he said that they took his brother. Their captain is Bobby's brother," remarked Pete.
"We have no choice. W have to help him. We are responsible, but first we need to get some one," replied Pete looking at the photo.
***
The Marina
"I got here as soon as I got the call. Do they know who it is?" asked Sean looking at the body.
"No! but it's not the captain. The man is too young. Parker said she would let us know as soon as she can," replied John looking at Sean.
"Before you take him, I need to check something," remarked Sean opening the shirt.
"He's wearing a tattoo of a snake," replied Chris.
"How old would you say he was?" Danny asked.
"He couldn't be more than thirty," replied John.
"Do we have an idea how he was killed, beside the possibility of drowning? What did Parker think happened to him?" asked Sean.
"She thought that he was dead before he hit the water, but she was only guessing. She won't know for sure until she can do a autopsy," replied Chris.
"Has anyone looked for any signs of where he came from?" Sean asked.
"I looked for any signs that he could have been dragged, but I didn't find any," John remarked walking along the dock.
"You look like something is on your mind," Danny stated staring at Sean.
"Yeah,something doesn't doesn't make sense here. I'm trying to put two and two together and it's coming up five. We get a call to come to the marina for a floater who just happens to be dressed like the captain, and look like him too, except this guy is much younger," replied Sean looking around.
"He was dumped here to try and throw us off," remarked John looking at Sean.
"I don't know, but he was killed for a reason and not just to throw us off either. He has a snake on his chest, just like the two who were found in the alley. They were a warning. This one is maybe a warning to us. Like the captain could be the next floater we find if we don't back off," remarked Sean.
"Do you believe thats what happened?" asked John.
"I don't know, I'm just trying to find answers to questions." His phone rang. "Harrison here, I'll be right there," replied Sean answering his phone.
"You want us to look around here and see what we can find?" Chris asked.
"Go ahead and check the warehouses and see what you can find, and then report back. John, I need you to go with me back to the station," said Sean walking to his car.
As Chris and Danny started to look in the warehouse for any information to help them, in another warehouse at the end of the dock, two men could be seen walking toward the room where they had the captain tied up.
"Does the old man realize that he can't keep this up much longer?" asked the man opening the door to the room.
"Why doesn't he tell us what the old man wants to know. If we keep up the beatings, he won't be able to survive much longer," replied the other man walking over to where Harada sat on a chair.
"The old man knows it, that's why he's doing it. It will continue till he gets the information he wants," replied the man going over to Harada.
"If you can tell us anything about the shipments, we might be able to give you a break. Maybe they will let you go," said the younger man.
"I've told you a hundred times, I don't know anything about a shipment and I know for a fact that the old man is not going to let me go," Harada said.
"If we don't get him to talk, we could end up like Jimmy," said the one man.
"What happened to Jimmy?" Harada asked.
"He was suppose to be getting the arrival time of the shipment out of you. Because you wouldn't talk, the old man had Jimmy killed as sort of a reminder of what would happen to us," said the younger man.
***
Metro Police Dept.
"I came as soon as dispatch called me. The dispatcher said something about two men?" Sean asked.
"Those two men came into the station about a half hour ago and demanded to talk to you. Something about being urgent. I told them dispatch could notify you and ask you to report back to the office," Linh replied.
"Where are the two men?" asked Sean,
"They are waiting in the captain's office," Linh replied pointing to the office.
"Alright I'll see what they want," replied Sean walking into the captain's office.
"Detective Harrison, we have decided that you need our help. We saw the photo at your house and realize he's more than your boss, he's a friend, just like our commander is a friend. We need to tell you what has been happening so that you will know everything you're up against. You have been caught in the middle of a war between two rival Tongs. Both of them are trying to get control of the island. One group has more warehouses and ships than the other group. So they are killing the Dragons to get control of their business," replied one of the men.
"So that's why those twelve men had to be killed to get control of their companies, but what information do they want?" Sean asked.
"You have the folder with everything that the commander has been collecting while undercover. He has it all written down in that folder. The shipments they are looking for are arriving this week by sea," replied the man.
"I found the ship's manifesto in the folder. I know that they are arriving this week," replied Sean.
"We have been working undercover for the last two years. My name is Michael Hirayukita, my partner's name is Dale Morimoto. We were recruited by our commander for this job; he knew that we would fit in because of our background," replied Mike.
"What he's trying to say is that he's Chinese and that I'm Japanese," said Dale smiling.
"So what do we do now?" Sean asked.
"We just wait for them to arrive. Henry and Charlie took a plane out to see if they could spot them from the air. One ship is less than a day away," stated Mike.
"We still have to find the captain. I'm almost afraid that we are running out of time," exclaimed Sean.
"Where have you looked?" Mike asked looking at Sean.
"We found a floater earlier in the marina. I have detectives looking around the warehouses at the docks," remarked Sean.
"We have been working there. So we'll go with you and help search for him. We can get in where you can't," remarked Dale.
Sean drove to the docks looking for John and the other detectives. He noticed the black sedan as it passed him. He realized that it came from the direction of the marina.
"Call one of your men. See if they saw that car and which warehouse it came from," remarked Mike.
"Do you know whose car that is?" Sean asked.
"Yes! It's the old man's car," exclaimed Mike looking at Sean.
"Sean, the car was seen sitting in front of the fourth warehouse. You want us to check it?" asked John walking with Chris and Danny to the warehouse.
"Yes, just be careful," yelled Sean.
John approached the warehouse, followed by Danny and Chris. They had drawn their weapons as they slowly opened the door, slowly entering the building. They searched it till they came to a room where the door was closed. John opened the door to find the room empty.
"Someone was here, they left coffee cups and cigarette butts on the floor," replied Chris looking around.
"Someone call Sean. I found something on the floor behind the chair. Chris do you have a bag that I can put it," said Danny taking the bag from Chris.
"I called Sean, he should be coming through that door," replied John as they turned to see them walking in.
"Did you find anyone?" Sean asked.
"There was no one here, but we found this ring lying on the floor behind a chair," Danny replied.
"Where is it?" Sean asked.
"I have it," replied John handing the bag to Sean who looked at it and gave out a sigh.
"It's the captain's wedding ring," replied Sean.
"How do you know?" asked John.
"It says to Terry love Loki, and the date and the year they were married. I don't remember how many times he would tell me that he promised Loki that he would never take it off. Where was it?" Sean asked.
"I found it the floor, it was just lying there," replied Danny.
"Call the station and have Joe and his team check the place for prints and anything else they can find," Sean said.
"Do you think the captain was here?" asked Chris.
"Yes! he left his ring so we would know. That black car that passed us, he must have been in it. They were moving him," replied Sean with a sad tone in his voice.
"If Harry doing his job then he should know where they took Captain Harada," remarked Mike looking at Sean.
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Honolulu Hospital intensive care unit
"Now what do we do?" asked Sammy looking down the hallway.
"We just tell them we are DEA and show our badges. Thats what Bobby said to do. He should know, that's why he's the lieutenant," Cary replied as they walked over to the nurses' station.
"Excuse me, maybe you can help us? Detective Harrison asked us to talk to a man he has in custody?" asked Sammy standing at the desk.
"My name is Cary and this is Sammy, we are Drug Enforcement agents," replied Cary showing his badge.
"Yes you can see the patient. He's in room two since you have mentioned Detective Harrison," replied the nurse.
"Now to get him out of here, but how? thought Cary as he walked in the room.
"It's about time you got here," exclaimed Bobby sitting up in the bed.
"We got here as soon as you called. It's not easy getting in here," replied Sammy.
"Have you gotten in touch with Harrison?" asked Bobby.
"Yes, Dale and Mike have. They are working with his men, I think you should know...the old man has moved your brother," Cary said with hesitation.
"I need to get out of here now! We don't know what the old man will do to Terry. Do you have a plan? Those nurses are worse than Captain Jackson on a good day," remarked Bobby.
"Do you have a plan?" Cary asked as he looked at Bobby.
"Yes, I do. Being in this room I have nothing else to do but think. Ask two officers to come in here. You know what to say," replied Bobby with a grin on his face.
"Excuse me, the patient would like to see you. He wants to know if you could come in the room?" asked Sammy.
"I don't know if I can," replied one of the officers.
"Could you tell him what you said," replied Sammy looking at the officer.
"I guess I can. What does he want?" asked the officer as he walked in the room.
"Tell your partner to come in here. What I want is for you to call Harrison and tell him that I'm tired of this room and I want out. Cary, give me your phone and I'll call him myself," replied Bobby as he dialed Sean's number.
"Are you sure this idea is going to work?" Cary asked.
"Sammy, will you ask the officer to come in here?" Bobby asked.
"He needs to see you in here," replied Sammy.
"The patient wants to see you and you wouldn't get in trouble with Harrison, I promise," Sammy remarked as he watched the officer go into the room. The officer suddenly stopped and looked at the man they had been guarding with a look of utter surprise.
"You thought I was your captain, didn't you?" Bobby asked as he looked at their faces.
"Yes sir, we did when we first saw you but you're not him, are you?" They asked.
"No I'm not, but I'm close to him. My name is Bobby and I'm his brother, I need to get out of here so I can find him before it is too late," replied Bobby.
"Can you walk Bobby?" Cary asked.
"Yeah, but how do I get through security?"
"You take my uniform and I'll get in the bed. It should keep them busy till you can get out of the hospital. Just one thing, you have to explain to the captain that I'm doing this for him," said the officer as he got undressed and into the bed.
"I will tell him how you helped me, thank you," Bobby said to the officer as he climbed into the chair.
"You ready boss?" Sammy asked and then followed Cary out the door.
The men slowly walked to the elevator, just as the door opened he heard a blood curdling scream from what sounded like one of the nurses. Cary looked to see a nurse running toward him. The three entered the elevator and had to hope that no one would try and stop them as they went down the floors.
"I hear them calling security. What do we do now?" Sammy asked with concern.
"We'll think of something before we get there," replied Bobby.
"Think fast, the first floor is coming up next," Cary said as he prepared for the door to open.
"When that door opens run for the car," Bobby suggested. Then he got the most questionable look on his face, "Umm where is the car exactly?" asked Bobby.
"Just follow us," hollered Cary as the elevator door opened.
***
Metro Police Dept.
I can't just can't be sitting around. I should be out there looking for him," Sean said as he paced the room.
"Hey Sean there's a call for you on line two, he says that you know him," Kaleo said as he poked his head around the door.
Sean snatched up the phone and replied, "This is Harrison."
"Harrison, I just wanted to call you and let you know where I'll be, because I'm looking for my brother," remarked Bobby.
"Do you realize what will happen if they see you? And then what would happen to the captain?" Sean asked.
"I know what you're saying, but I have to do this. This is the end of two years of undercover work," Bobby replied.
"Just be careful," said Sean.
"Mickey is on the phone," replied Linh.
"Harrison," replied Sean.
This is Mickey. The word on the street is that you want information about the men with tattoos," said Mickey.
"Okay, well what do you have and what is it going to cost me?"
"It's fifty bucks and I will tell what I know," Mickey said.
"Okay, deal, and it had better be right or else," Sean walked out the door to go meet his contact.
Linh looked after with concern, "You can tell the last few days have been rough on him."
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Harbor Street
Bobby listened to the conversation as Mickey talked to Sean. He slowly walked up to him and asked him to sit down at the table.
"Did you talk to Detective Harrison?" asked Bobby.
"Yes, but why do you want to know," replied Mickey.
"You told him him that you know where Captain Harada is?" Bobby asked.
"I said that I had heard where was being be kept. If you want to know it will cost you a $100 bucks," said Mickey.
"We'll give you the money," replied Bobby.
"Mike and Dale should be here shortly, Henry is still flying around up there. He's pinpointed on a map where the cargo ships are from the island," stated Mike.
"Has he found the old man's car since he had Terry moved?" asked Bobby.
"Yes he did! You know him," Cary said with confidence, "He's got every one just waiting for those ships to arrive."
"You talk about arriving okay. It looks like there is a certain cop here. You want us to leave?" Dale asked as he watched Sean come in the door.
"I should have known you would find a way to get out the hospital," Sean said looking at Bobby.
"What did you want me to do? Just lay in that bed while the old man has my brother? So what have you found as to where they were keeping Terry?" Bobby asked Sean.
"My guys found a warehouse on the docks. They searched it and found a wedding ring that belonged to the captain. I had Joe and his men dust the area for fingerprints. He found three sets of prints. Two sets were found on the chair, the other sets were found on the door. The set on the chair belonged to Terry. I had the other set sent to the F.B.I. for identification. A black sedan was seen leaving the area of the warehouse with three men in the back, it looked like the old man's car. We were able to get a partial plate so I had Joseph Chen check it out," replied Sean.
"It's the old man's car and when I find him I'll kill him if he hurt Terry," he said.
"I came down here because we put the word out for any information. I was suppose to meet with Mickey," said Sean.
"He was here. We gave him some some money and he told us what he was going to tell you. He told us that he saw the car that your looking for," replied Dale.
"I can tell you that he got your money, but he didn't see the car. He told you what you wanted to hear. Officers have been searching the area since the car left the warehouse. Have you heard from Henry?" Sean asked.
"I need to find Terry, but I have to make arrangements for those ships arriving. I just have to let the commander know when and where," replied Bobby.
"I left orders before coming down here. By now the guys have the docks covered with every officer and off duty officer. This is Harrison," replied Sean, answering his phone.
"The Coast guard just contacted us, their cutters are supposed to pick up the DEA on the docks," replied John.
"I heard what you said, I have already called the commander to have the agents on the docks. We know about the Coast Guard, they're going to stop and board the ships outside of the twelve mile limit," said Bobby.
"Are you alright? You should like it, it's the end of the road; you should be glad it's almost over," replied Sean.
"It has been a long two years of being undercover. I should be happy that it's almost over. I left my wife and family for this assignment. When I reported in, my boss would tell them I was okay. That's how it's been, but I wonder what will happen when I go home, but enough of this, we need to be to on the docks for the bust," remarked Bobby.
"So what are we waiting for?" Sean asked as the men got up from the table and walked out the door.
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The Docks
"I can see the looks on your guys' faces. They think that you have found their captain? I wish we could tell then that we didn't," Bobby said.
"We will though, and we'll take the old man down at the same time. Have you heard from your men?" asked Sean driving up to where John and the others stood.
"Henry called and gave us the location of the ships. He said that most of them are headed for the outer islands," replied Bobby.
"Have you heard from Pete? Has he sighted the old man's car?" Sean asked.
"No! I'm just as worried as you are. I will find him and when I find him, if the old man has hurt Terry, I will kill him," exclaimed Bobby as Sean parked the car.
As Sean and Bobby got out of the car, they could see the looks on their faces. It was a look of surprise as he walked closer to where they stood.
"I know what's on your minds," Sean said looking at the guys.
"Sean, he looks like Harada, but he's not him," replied Chris.
"Who is he?" asked Danny still looking at Bobby.
"I'll tell you who I am. My name is Lieutenant Bobby Harada. I work for the DEA as an undercover agent. There are six other agents working with me. We have been doing this for two years trying to bring them to justice for bringing drugs into the country. This bust will be the end of a long two years," said Bobby.
"You said Harada. Are you related to the captain?" John asked.
"I'm Terry's younger brother. When I was twenty our father asked me to join this group. I said no, he asked me to leave and never come back. I went to California and spent six years in the Marines. When my enlistment was up, I decide to join the Drug Enforcement as an agent. The six men I'm working with are part of the unit I was in," replied Bobby.
"Does the captain know you're here?" asked Chris.
"Yes. My orders were to report to the captain of the Metro Dept. When I walked into his office, he had his face stuck in some papers. I told him I was here for a reason. He asked me my name and I told him it was Bobby. He told me that he wanted full name and rank or he would have my head on a platter. So I told him it was Lieutenant Bobby Harada. He looked up and just stared at me. I told him why I was there and how he was the only one to know it," Bobby remarked.
"That's why Terry went to the house on Aloha Drive, because he knew that his brother had been shot. When I got there, they said that the captain wanted to see me upstairs. I found him in a room with one of the victims, he told me that it was his brother and I had to protect him," replied Sean.
"When Terry came to the hospital, the Snakes saw him and thought that he was me, that's why they took him. I have agents looking from the air and more agents looking for him. I will find him," exclaimed Bobby
"This is Harrison. He's right here," remarked Sean handing the phone to Bobby.
"Yeah, it's me. Do you have anything?" Bobby asked with frustration.
"It's Henry. The Coast Guard has two ships in custody. One turned and headed out to sea but a Navy destroyer went after it. The rest of them are headed your way," said Henry. as he flew over the docks.
***
The Docks
"Where is he going now?" Chis asked.
"He will keep looking for Terry and then he will let me know," Bobby replied.
"What do want us to do do?" Danny asked.
"Sean has your orders," replied Bobby.
"Your orders are to find the captain. I suspect they will move him when the bust goes down; the old man's men will move him," said John.
"Danny and Chris you need to go with Mike and Dale and watch the docks, some of the crew might jump ship and take off," said Sean.
"This is Henry, we have jumpers from a cargo ship just south if the docks," he said.
"This is Jackson, I need men to come to the south end of the docks. Henry radioed me that we have jumpers from that cargo ship that docked," yelled Jackson running toward the ship. He was followed by the others as they came to find the men running from the ship.
"Danny, some of those are coming toward you. Get Chris and round them up," yelled Sean as he handcuffed one of the men.
"John there are two of them hiding behind crates over there," yelled Cary as he went to help John.
"Pete needs help, he has some cornered with the helicopter. Thought you would get away from us," yelled Jackson as he handcuff the men together.
"Where do you want these guys?" asked John as he walked the men over to where Sean was standing.
"Thanks, my agents will take over now. We have a bus to haul these guys in." Jackson turned his back to hear some of the prisoners talking in Chinese. "Bobby you need to hear this one," he said, pointing at the man in the blue, "Make him repeat what he said. It might interest you," said Jackson.
"So you think you're the smart guy, so don't think that I can't understand what you're going to tell me. You have a choice English or Chinese, it doesn't matter," exclaimed Bobby.
As the prisoner started talking in Chinese, Bobby face turned to rage as the man kept talking.
"Does he know where he is?" Sean asked.
"He says that he knows how to find the old man. He will take us there if we let him go," replied Bobby speaking to the prisoner.
"Well what did he say?" Sean asked.
"Now he's afraid that if he tells us, he will be killed. I told him that we will protect him. I also told him that if he doesn't tell us, I will put out the word that he's an informer. He told me that the old man is in store on Harbor Street," said Bobby.
"Did he say which store?" Sean asked.
"Yeah, it's a Chinese restaurant with the name of Lu Wong," answered Bobby.
"I know where it is. You going with me?" asked Sean as they got into his car, followed by the others.
As Sean turned the corner that lead to Harbor Street, Sean could see the restaurant where the old man was. The backup that Sean has requested was already in position as he parked the car and got out. Bobby moved to the other side of the car facing the front door, holding the bull horn as he spoke into it as he ordered them to come out. Bobby and Sean had pulled their guns as the others stood with their guns pointed at the the slowly opened door and the men came out one by one, then the old man came out holding the captain in front of him.
"If you shoot me, one of my men will shoot him and then whose fault will it be!" exclaimed the old man.
"Are you alright?" asked Bobby as he pointed the gun at the old man.
"Is that you, bobby?" asked the captain.
"Yes," he replied.
"You have to kill him, no matter what happens to me," exclaimed Harada as he stood in front of the old man.
"Drop your weapons or you will give me no choice," replied Bobby. A sad look came over his face as he aimed the gun and pulled the trigger, and he watched both men fall to the ground. Sean watched as he saw the face of Bobby as he ran to the two men lying there not moving. John had called for an ambulance. They heard the sirens as it came down the street. Sean ordered the men to drop their guns on the ground as Chris and Danny lined up the men and the officers handcuffed the men. Sean watched as Bobby dropped his gun and slowly moved to where the two men were laying. He knelt down and found that the old man was dead. He moved to where Terry was trying to take the blindfold off as he tried to sit up.
"Terry, just lay there, you may be hurt," replied Bobby as he removed the blindfold.
"Bobby, do realize what you have done?" Terry asked as he looked at his brother.
"Yes! if hadn't he would have killed you and who knows who else," answered Bobby looking at his brother.
"Are you alright? I have something for you, we found it in the warehouse, you might want it back," replied Sean handing him his ring.
"Now maybe you can talk to your father and let him know what you have become," replied Sean.
"I can't do it, in order to save Terry I had to kill Joseph Chen. He was my father," exclaimed Bobby as he walked over to where his brother lay on a gurney.
"Did either one of you know who he really was?" Sean asked.
"I didn't know until five years ago. I had went to see my parents on Maui, my father had just came out of the ocean, that when I saw the tattoo of a snake coiled around a sword. I asked him and he said that it was just a tattoo and that it meant nothing. It was when I was leaving that I saw these men coming to the house, but my mother asked me not to say anything. So I didn't I just left, but I couldn't get it out of my head. Then Bobby reported to me, he told me he was going undercover with a Tong group on the island. He showed me this photo of a tattoo, it was the same tattoo that I had seen on our father's chest. I realized that he had lied to us and forced Bobby to leave to his home. We have to tell our mother how and why he was killed," Terry said with a sad face.
"It will be hard telling her how and why I had to kill him, but it was either him or Terry, and Terry has always been there for me," replied Bobby as he and Sean watched as the ambulance took the captain to the hospital.
"I have something you might like," said Sean as he handed Bobby his badge.
"You might see me again," smiled Bobby as he took the badge.
THE END
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