A/N: Happy Friday! Technically it's Tuesday evening, I am trying to get a head start on my update for this week because I want to bake my Christmas Cookies the rest of this week. 18 varieties of cookies takes a long time! Wish me luck!
Chapter 25: Give Me Good News
"Give me good news," Steve's voice boomed as he and Danny walked into the bullpen to see officers still at work in Danny's office and Lou and Toast huddled at the smart table.
Kono and Chin had stayed behind at the scene of the shootout but were prepared to join in if things picked up again.
"Well, we're pretty sure we were able to lock down who this Mick is," Lou said as Toast nodded.
"I ran the recording from the phone call through a voice recognition software, rather than call off the round up, of course," Toast stated to explain and then back peddled.
"Who is he and do you have him in custody?" Danny asked impatiently.
"His name is Mitchel Frape and no, he's not in custody but we have a lock on his location," Lou answered and repeated himself; there was something like amusement in his eyes.
"Good, text me the location. Let's move Danno," Steve said and turned in a rush to leave again.
"Wait, I'd rather not get caught up in another firefight today. What should we be expecting from this guy?" Danny asked as he stopped Steve.
"Well, from what we've been able to gather, he's a bit of a show off. He likes to flaunt himself around and act like one of those old mob bosses and that's probably why he got screwed over by Gus and his family," Lou said. "Too cocky for his own good so Gus had to take him down a couple of pegs, or at least that seems like the thing that Gus would do."
"He's been hanging out in a cafe down town for hours. I tapped into their security cameras and actually have the footage of his phone call to Sarah from yesterday. It seems to me like the cafe is like his club house and I can't be sure of how many of these people who all seem to come and go at his bidding are armed or not," Toast explained.
"And he's there right now?" Danny asked.
"This is the live feed," Toast answered and motioned to one of the many monitors.
"All right, here's what I want you to do, if you can. Go back in these feeds and see if you can't get Gus on camera talking to this guy, while we send in back up, under-covers, and anyone else we can get our hands on to cover the location. Once everything is in place, Steve and I will walk in the front doors and have a little chat with Mitchel. I'd like to know just how much he believes of Gus' plan was true and how much of it was him being screwed over," Danny said.
"And then we'll take him into custody?" Steve asked suspiciously.
"Do it right though. All we have is his coercion with our primary, very dead, suspect. We need to prove that he is a weapons dealer and although we have his voice on tape and a video of him making that call, I have a feeling his lawyers will be able to get him off because the weapons never made it to him. So you get on the phone and get a warrant for his arrest and I'll handle our cover," Danny said and his words were orders as well as a solid plan.
"But with our immunity and means we've got what we need to take him," Steve said suspiciously.
"Sure, but I like our odds better with the warrant and proof that this man who acts like the mob is dealing in illegal arms," Danny countered. "Besides, I'd like to calm down after what we just went through."
"Keep and eye on him Toast," Steve ordered and headed for his office without further argument.
"I'll be working out of Chin's office until mine is released," Danny said and sighed.
"It's almost over D," Lou said to cheer him up.
"You say that now but really…" Danny's voice trailed off.
"Mick is your big fish," Jerry said as he rushed into the office. "Take him and his men out and you take out a huge ring here and on the mainland," he said and dropped a file down in front of Toast. "Gus got involved because Mick is a huge anti-Semite and player in the white supremacy game on the mainland. It's how Sarah met Marcus, it's how this whole plan came to be and then spiralled out of control because Gus wanted to take over in Mick's place. Those weapons were bound for a faction not only in California but a group bound for North Carolina"
"You got all this from chatter?" Danny asked.
"Yes, I'm very good at my job, Detective," Jerry answered boastfully. "And I put out his name to a bunch of my contacts in the community and he came up as a big baddie for most of them. Red flags all over the place and all over the country."
"He's an alpha male and Gus wanted to prove he'd be better at it than Mitchel was," Danny said thoughtfully. "Good work guys. We're going to take this one out too."