Semper spy
Rosie is being gone for her reserve training last week, she had come back yesterday morning to find Danny sleep on her sofa, the man been stay at her place from the look of things, there was pile paper, empty bottle of beer and half eaten pizza from last night. Even the six foot four marine was half cover in sheets of paper. Just like when they were back in high school day before a big exam.
She let her friend sleep she pick up after him also just like high school, this guy has been in her life and it just seems like that she always cleaning after one of his big nights. Sometime between losing his mother and High school Rosie taken the mother roll in Danny life. Then there was Mary, the cheerleader and Danny were the quarterbacks. They should have been together but something always held him back. He went out with every girl on the squad but Mary. Poor Mary she became the Monday to Thursday girl and come the weekend Danny forgot all about her.
The girl call herself Danny friend, but it was every clear to everybody that she would like it to be more than just friends but Danny always just saw her has a friend that was until she started to grow a pair of boobies. Then everything change Danny kept Mary at arm's length but there was something when he slipped by showing her little more affection towards Mary like the time when she ran way for 31 days, she was hidden out in Danny room. the boy took the floor everyone.
Danny was the one this guy that was a fanatic friend, great lover but when it come to the relationship stuff well he sucks at it. Whenever a girl come too close he runs a mile in the other direction. Mary got close once and he joins Marines ran right into the middle of war zone. Rosie knows that the reason she found him here has to do with him running or he had another fight with his father or Mary only two reasons he would be hidden out at my place.
After throwing out the pizza box and beer bottle, she made herself a pot of tea, she collated all the papers and started to reading from what she could make out Danny was doing deep background on Ed. What was he happen too, the laptop was open and he had a location program running it look like he is tracking his boss where about. Take Danny phone look at the last in coming message it was from towing company tell him that truck would ready for him at 11 am this morning. One the paper was sketch of what look like a scene out of Hawaii romantic movie in what look like Ed office at the Montecito. What the hell what Danny up too, what was he playing at what hell happen to him to set him off like this? All Rosie had was questions and not a lot of answers.
She found Danny list and on the top of that list was find Ed hammer and tow it to the Montecito parking lot. Two, removed everything from Ed office. Three, set Hawaii scene. Four, so video of are postcard and have a track with me wave move the postcard with ed hammer hooked on the back playing on the screens at the officer walls. She wounded what happen to make Danny want to do this to Ed out of all the people. Rosie did not know who she pitted Ed or Danny.
Speaking of Danny, he is starting to show signs of weak up. He sits up "hi, " he said pointing to the pot of tea "get any more".
She gave him a cup asking "what is all this" wave her hand over all the papers on the coffee table.
Danny said "Retaliation"
Rosie asked, "on Ed, what did he do?" Danny takes a sip of his cup and started to tell Rosie what the nightmare Ed has been on him the last few of days.
Danny said "it all started three days ago when Ed come and said quote "everyone in Yeah! Friends, Romans, surveillance guys. I am going on a vacation." End quote and I replied with "You're kidding." I don't think he believe that l believed it you know"
Rosie asked "did you believe it"
Danny said "I did, especially when he said Last decent tan he had was Mogadishu. And he went on to say that Jillian, she made this reservation for them in Hawaii, and they were leaving next day"
"he asked me, Danny, you think you can handle this? And told him No offence, but keeping Girls Gone Wild from toppling off their bar stools isn't exactly brain surgery. Go, have some fun." Danny said
Rosie said "okay"
Danny said "we talked about the armoured truck delivery? Watches and Diamonds that are come in tomorrow for the Jewellery Store. We planned to them to come through the loading dock to minimise exposure. Everything is good he said something on the line of What the hell am I thinking, you got it under control. I don't know what's the matter with me. Okay, then you in few days"
Rosie asked "so Ed in Hawaii, if Jillian told me I could have got them a good deal at the Hilton"
Danny said "no his not, his right here in Vegas. Drive me nuts, it was set up a test and I failed no you the best thing, I know he was behind it too"
Rosie asked "behind what?"
Danny asked Rosie "When's the last time you heard of somebody using a monkey's paw?" Rosie's eyes widen at the word monkey's paw, the last time she heard about the monkey's paw it was when she was a little girl when she visits her uncle in Hawaii mother's grandfather was 89-year-old it was days before the old man dies in his sleep. He once told her a story about someone to use a monkey's paw when he uses to work at the casino in the Middle East somewhere back in the 1770s.
Danny continued "we ran the look-alike scenario through Griffin? And Metro. But cops never heard of anything like it either. These guys were pros but they only took us for $300. It doesn't make any sense. Then out of know where, Sherry on room assignments call to tell me that we got a software glitch four hundred room guess are locked out of their rooms. Right side odd left side even and anybody bitches, give them a buffet comp. In the middle of all Ed calls he said that he called the surveillance room, I wasn't there. The thing is I talk to Mitch not second before and he even said anything about Ed calling. We have this talk about it goes like this ED: Danny, you listening to me? – ME to Sherry, could you get her a buffet comp? - Is it all you can eat? And then ED: What is going on? Me to ED, just had a few guests locked out of their rooms, that's all. Followed by ED: Listen, so the guy in charge is letting them back in? then I said Acting guy in charge. Just a little software glitch in some of the key cards. It's handled."
Rosie said "software glitch that really odd thing to happen and only one 400 rooms if it was glitch it would have effect all the rooms"
Danny said "Sam came to see me about Whale and she said something. Do you want to tell me what's going on? Just some crazy software glitch. How come there's never a crazy software glitch when Big Ed's around? So I looked into it, you know what I found"
Rosie said "no clue"
Danny said "I found Big Ed, yeah he was in the control room at 3 am, Software glitch, my ass. Big Ed. That sneaky CIA son of a bitch placed a card key randomiser. This is a test. I'll bet he never left town and I found him right here in Vegas"
"So I called Ed this was how the talk wants. me: Just checking in before I go home. How's the weather? DANNY: Not raining, is it? ED: No, it's beautiful. ED: Slight breeze, 83 degrees, it's gorgeous. DANNY: Great. All right, I just wanted to call to say thanks. ED: What for? DANNY: You know, believing in me, having faith. All right, good night. ED: Good night, kid."
Rosie Laugh saying "you call Ed and told him that know that he is playing you like violin"
Danny said "Dam right, I did" he smiled for the first time in days.
Rosie said "you are crazy Danny boy"
Danny said "You want to come with me this morning be my Driver while I made the call has you drive off with Ed Hammer"
Rosie said "alright it be fun I am in"
Rosie and Danny pick up the towing truck take it bar just outside strip and they hooked up Ed Hammer, Rosie is wait in the driving sit for Danny to give the signal. She can believe she said that she would help him with this. The door to the sport bar open and Danny see Ed walking out and he give the signal and Rosie drive off. ED Yelling Hey! You moron!
Danny called Ed, ED: What? DANNY: It's Danny. Everything okay? ED: Hey, buddy. Yeah, well, you know how it is. These crazy Hawaiians, you know, with their leis and whatnot they tend to get a little familiar, you know what I mean? DANNY: Yeah, driving you crazy? ED: What's that? DANNY: Nothing, just letting you know everything is fine. Gotta go. After hang up on Ed, Danny could not help but laugh his ass off.
Rosie asked "now what player"
Danny said "now I go to work and hope that I can handle whatever big Ed has planned for me next"
Rosie said "Beers tonight here say 10pm"
Danny said "you are on"
In the Surveillance room, Alarm sounding. Danny? We've got multiple emergency doors open.
he knows it Ed is behind this all Danny said: "Damn it, Ed."
a co-worker asked, "What?"
Danny Sighs saying "Let's put a team together. Have them meet me there?"
People are Screaming Car horn honking someone in one of the cars that display in the Casino. Danny yells at the man to "Turn it off. Get out."
The man is trying to be funny saying "I'm not taking any riders today."
The Day get even crazier when Delinda comes into office saying "Hey, boss."
Danny asked "Hey! How did you get in here?"
Delinda said "When your father's a spy, you pick up on a few things. The better question is, what are you doing here?"
Danny who was looking for something replied: "I was just taking care of some stuff."
DELINDA said "I won't tell. - If you're willing to cooperate."
Danny said "Delinda, this is your father's office. I don't think that this is such a good…"
Delinda said Cat's way…"
DANNY said, "The cat's a freaking Siberian tiger."
DELINDA said "Come on. It's nothing we haven't done before. My kitchen counter, your bathroom sink. Tonight I think I want to try my father's desk."
Danny moaning saying "Ed's Gotta have a camera hidden in here somewhere. Then again, why would he want to watch himself?
Delinda said " the first rule of hooking up, Danny, is knowing when to shut up."
Danny said "No, like a mouse. I promise.
Delinda said "Okay? Too late. Your window of opportunity just slammed shut."
Danny said, "You're totally just messing with me."
Danny said "Hey."
Mary said "Hi" Danny walked into the hallway he sees Mary and she pine him against the wall and Kissed him and he kissed her back.
Danny asked, "Please don't tell me you're messing with me, too."
Mary said "No" but he can't help think she is messing with him.
In the Surveillance room, Danny said "Battle of Inverloch, 1645."
the co-worker asked, "Excuse me?"
Danny informed him "In the middle of winter, the Marquis of Montrose staged a surprise attack against the Covenanter army. Just when you think you're safe, check your defences. Give me Camera 122"
the guy said, "Danny, you really need to get some sleep."
Danny replied "give me camera 122"
The guy said, "You want to see the loading dock?"
Danny said "Yes."
The co-worker said, "Just unloading merchandise for the new jewellery store."
Danny looks at the van and the uniform and said "The uniforms don't match the truck. They're different companies. Chuckling he said to himself "Nice try, Ed."
The guy said he'll call Metro. But Danny believes this Ed test him again like he did this yesterday and this morning so he tells the guy No, don't call Metro. I'll handle this."
Danny goes down and asked "How much you think you got? I figure $2 million, maybe $3 million in diamonds and gold."
The guy said "Sound right to you?"
Danny said "I got to admit, I'm a little disappointed. I expected Ed would come up with something a little less obvious. A jewel heist? Like we haven't seen that a million times."
The guy said, "Why don't you just shut the hell up?"
Danny said "You know what? Even better yet, let's call him and tell him he better come up with something a little cleverer next time." A gun pointed at him he adds "Some serious firepower.
Nice touch."
The guy said, "Drop the cell phone, pretty boy."
Danny finely finger out that this was for real not Ed doing at all "You guys don't know Ed, do you?"
Danny grunting when he through into the back of the van and locked inside there is another guy who tied up he greet him saying "Hey, I'm Danny McCoy. Montecito Surveillance and Security."
Danny co-works open the truck up and they can find the two guys that took the Jewels. Ed is there he on the phone. "They have to be somewhere. Right. There's no record of them having ever left the loading dock."
Danny asked, "Maybe they went back to the casino."
Ed said, "No, they're not inside."
Danny said "That's impossible. Nobody just disappears."
Ed asked, "We looked everywhere, right?"
Danny said, "Yeah."
Ed said "And they're not in the casino."
Danny asked, "How do you know?"
Ed said "Cause they're under it"
Danny smiled saying "come on, let get what is ours back" think to himself he and Ed jump into his car he could really do with hitting someone and he was going to enjoy this.
They sitting in the car wait to the men to come out of the man hole. When Danny asks "So, I thought you'd still be in Hawaii.
Ed said, "I decided to come home early."
Danny asked "Nice time?"
Ed said, "Yeah, you know Ten minutes of looking at the ocean, and two days watching this troupe of monkeys stealing coconuts from this tree outside of my room there."
Danny said, "You know, Ed there are no monkeys in Hawaii."
Ed said, "Shut up."
They hear the man hole open long before they see the two men and they get out and run Danny treacle the first guy, he the guy who point the gun at him. he punches him a few times and then left his head and show the beaten man Ed and said: "That's Ed."
While Danny and Ed were waiting for the man Danny text Rosie to set up Ed officer for him. he could wait to see what she come up with so he heads right up to his Office to put the fine touch on the scene while Ed deals with the police.
He heads back when he run into Ed. Danny tells him "Ed, great news. I just got a call from One Tracker. They've located your car. Said it was parked right here in the Montecito garage."
Ed said, "I guess Jillian forgot where she parked it."
Danny said, "I could see that happening."
Ed said "You know, I had the craziest coincidence happen to me while I was on vacation in Hawaii.
I overheard this guy saying how he ripped off the Montecito Hotel with a monkey paw."
Dany asked, "In Hawaii?"
Ed said "Yeah."
Danny said, "And you recovered the stolen coins."
Ed said, "Imagine the odds."
Danny said, "Guess this means you don't trust me enough to take another vacation for a while."
Ed said "What are you talking about? I just promised Jillian that I would take her to some villa in Tuscany. She was reading about it in a magazine while we were on vacation in Hawaii."
Danny said "In Hawaii"
Ed said "Right"
They walked way and Danny turns around and calls out to Ed and say "Hey, welcome back."
Ed said "Thank you very much"
Danny makes it back to his Desk and he watched with his screen has Ed walked into his officer there were wooden beach chairs fake grass and hats and lays everywhere. Ed desk is done there in front of him was a scene out the Hawaii. There was even Hawaii music play four screens with Hawaii postcard that said in yellow letters Wish you were here! Then the postcard gets to push off the screen by a towing truck, with Danny's face has the man behind the drive seat wave with his hammer hooked on the back.
They hear Ed said "Son of a bitch"
And Danny who is seating at his desk Chuckling to himself, he felt every proud of himself. The last few days may have been hell but he had the last laugh with a little help from Rosie, he owned her for this he owned her big.
