Tintin felt good spending the whole day with the captain instead of following wild goose chases around the whole world and back again curtsey of the mad world of Interpol, that unfortunately Detectives Thompson and Thomson were stuck in. by the time they got back down to the quayside, were the day had officially started, the sky was beginning to blacken and thicken with interweaving clouds. Tintin felt slightly out of place in his short sleeved white shirt and dark denim jeans but on a whole he still felt on top of the world. Everything was perfectly fine up until the moment that Allan appeared as he turned the corner beside the pub.

"How the hell did he find us?" the Captain exclaimed as both parties met in the centre of the street.

"What the Hell Tintin!? I've been trying to reach you all day"

"I've been busy Allan. What do you want?"

"Tintin there's something big going down, we need to get out of here"

The Captain looked around the immediate area, as he had a strange feeling that they were being followed. He had a gut feeling that something was terribly wrong and just as those thoughts began to rivet through his mind, the shadows opened revealing at least four Japanese men in the darkness. Allan caught a glimpse of the men from the corner of his eye then remembered the last thing the older Japanese man had told him. If he didn't run he was going to end up dead.

"Tintin" the captain spoke eagerly

"What?"

"We need to go, now"

"Tintin, you in danger you need to..."

Allan was swiftly interrupted by a well-aimed bullet that had slid effortlessly between his eyes, killing him instantly. Tintin's eyes widened with shock as Allan fell lifelessly into the ground. He then turned to the culprits, a group a grim looking group of Japanese men who would more than likely use martial arts to get their point across. Tintin and the captain began to slowly walk away as the men paced the street, as if they were trying to herd them like cattle.

"Captain I'm really not in the mood for fighting and quite frankly, no offence captain, I don't think we stand a chance" Tintin whispered.

"Okay then lets… RUN"

The captain and Tintin sprinted off towards the quayside, down the street no caring to avoid oncoming cars. The group followed them, only being the width of a hair behind them. He still couldn't take in what had happened. Allan was dead because he came to warn him of the impending danger that they now being chased by. Tintin couldn't help but wonder, as he reached the bottom of the street that opened up to the quayside, if he had listened to the text they wouldn't be in this position now trying to outrun the impossible. The captain looked behind him then suddenly he was tackled by two of the four men causing him to fall onto the ground in a heap. Hearing the thud, Tintin turned around and realised what had just happened.

"Captain!"

"Tintin go!"

Then out of the blue Tintin was hit from behind, and he fell onto the ground in pain but he fought back instantly giving the guy no chance to start the usual Japanese antics, martial arts, and swung a left hook knocking the guy unconscious in one hit. Pulling himself up he glanced at the captain who seemed to be having trouble. He went to run to him but the captain was in disagreement as he just wanted Tintin to be safe.

"Tintin for god's sake get out of here!"

Time seemed to freeze in his mind. No way was he going to leave the captain, especially in this state.

"Get out of Here!"

A hail of bullets followed Tintin, causing him to run in the direction of Peace Bridge. But that was the worst place to be right now. As Tintin neared the bridge the last of the Japanese guys stopped chasing him for some unknown reason but he decided to continue running anyway.

"He's Heading in your direction" the guy muttered in Japanese

A trap

He was heading straight into a pre-planned trap and he'd been separated from the captain, leaving him alone.

Thanks for the great reviews! Last chapter will be up soon. If you want to know a bit more about where this is based just type in UK Newcastle quayside into Google images :D bye for now!