Julia identified herself with the guard at the entrance, who put her in contact with Special Agent Katsuya. After a while he joined them.
"Julia, what are you doing here? Everything good? "
"Hi George, sorry for the inconvenience, but we need to talk to you about something important"
"We? "Then he saw Tom" Lieutenant Morales ?! I didn't think I'd see you again so soon ... Have you come to complicate my life like last time ?! "
"Special Agent Katsuya, I'm afraid so!"
"Is there a place where we can talk privately?"
"Is it really that important?"
"Yes!"
He gave them passes and they went to an empty office. Once they arrived they told him about Akira and the boy's story. "
"Are you sure? What if he was the spy? You had to take him with you "
"I do not think so. He may be less safe than we think. Two of our friends are trying to recover the film and save Akira's father "
"Why did you come looking for me, then? You know I can't act as I want "
"We know, but I knew you'd be one of the few willing to listen to us and help out" said Tom
George scratched his head… he sighed knowing he was right "I could talk to some trusted colleagues and I would like to see the boy to talk to him"
"If you want you can come with us now, we're going back to where we left off Tia and Akira"
"But how many people are involved?"
"All people I trust!"
"Give me half an hour to contact my colleagues then I'll go with you ... Julia, but how did you get involved in this story? If your parents knew ... "
"It was a coincidence, I'm organizing my mother's birthday and I had to see a friend who was helping me with some things .. and I would be extremely grateful if you didn't tell them anything, I don't want to make them worry at all"
"A friend? Do you mean Erikson? "
"Eh ?! I have to figure out that you knew him ... who doesn't know him? "
"I would say the strange thing is that you know him, Jules"
"An old story ..." and she glissed
Tom smiled thinking back to the story of Rik's escape from the police, which luckily he had not had the opportunity to see his face clearly and the attitude that Julia had shown in stopping them from looking where he was hidden.
George walked away and Tom asked Julia
"Why did you help Rik? You didn't know him ... "
"No, but I had run into him a couple of times and every time he was helping someone. I thought they were wrong… "Jules smiled… Well, the cops weren't completely wrong, but Rik turned out to be a real support for the community.
"Rik is a good man"
"It seems to me that his friends are too"
"So do you like me a little?"
"Morales!"
"Yes ma'am, I understand" and they smiled at each other.
"While we're waiting for George, would you like to take a walk? There is a beautiful park in front of us, at least we will not melt under this sun "said Julia to break the spell that was being created ... she felt her heart began to beat faster when she looked at him
"As you wish, Miss Hayashi!" He just couldn't do it. He found her so pretty, even when she brought out that English frown or scolded him for something. He enjoyed provoking her.
Julia was right. There had been other women in other places, but none had seemed the right one ... so far.
They hadn't walked much, they sat on a bench and after a moment of silence
"I was thinking ..." they said together
"Ladies first ..."
"Thank you… I was thinking that if Akira's father is alive, he will have been taken by those foreign soldiers for interrogation, to find Akira and thus the film, so it's unlikely they'll let him die. If they can trace the identity and send the traitorous Marines to Akira's home, his family will also be in danger. We should go to his house ... first "
"Do you read my mind? I was thinking the same thing ... and even if he is dead, we are all obliged to carry identification documents with us for security reasons. We should go to Akira's house with Katsuya. To find out where he lives, however, we must first go back to the warehouse. I'm sure Katsuya can find the address, but it would take too long ... "
"Here we go"
Katsuya arrived a few minutes later. They got into the military Jeep and headed to the warehouse where Tia, Akira and the boys were waiting.
"Hi George," Rik greeted him
"Rik ... Tia, TC"
"Hello Agent Katsuya said TC
"Hi George, how are your wife and Dan," Tia asked
"Well, Thanks Tia, but no more pleasantries, we need to understand what is happening"
"Akira, he is Special Agent Katsuya"
"Hello Agent"
"Well, tell me everything"
Akira recounted what had happened and George began to think.
"Surely as Julia and Morales have already thought, they will try to track them down. We need to know where you live, to go and check that they haven't already come to your house looking for you"
"Oh my God, my sisters, my mother are in danger. I have to go home. We live at Waimanalu."
"No, you have to stay still, we'll take care of it!" Morales said
"We?" Katsuya asked
"Yes, we're involved now and without us you wouldn't know anything and you wouldn't have the film," Rik said
"We need to go check out Akira's family," TC said
"And track down the military involved," Tom added
"Yes, but you can't go ... you are in uniform, there is a risk that they know Katsuya ... I could go" Julia offered herself.
"No, it could be dangerous," Tom said
"They might be there waiting for Akira," George added
"Then it would be our chance to catch them and force them to take us to the spies on the island," Tom said
They were arguing when Tia turned and saw that the boy was gone.
"Akira is gone. He surely he will be trying to get home"
"We have to reach him. What about the film?"
"It's here with me," said TC, who still had the box in his hand.
"Well"
"Let's take the jeep and go. We'll have to be able to get to his house before he gets there," Tom said
"I'm coming too," said Julia
"We don't talk about it," said Tom
"You can't break in without knowing the situation, and if I see what's there first, you'll have more chances. With a civilian at the door they won't be alarmed if they're home."
"I'll go with her. We won't change her mind anyway. She's capable of following us," Rik said
Tom and George sighed in resignation.
"Okay," Katsuya said
"You're stubborn!" Tom added
"You don't know how much," she said with a tone and a look of defiance
Morales couldn't help but smile, even though he was worried about the situation.
"Thanks for everything, Tia"
"Be careful and let me know. Let's hope everything goes well"
They arrived in the area and had left the vehicle far from the house. They got out and while Rik and Julia went to the house, the others started walking down the street to find good access and hope to stop Akira.
It was not strange in those days to see groups of soldiers wandering the streets with the most disparate tasks.
Julia and Rik had knocked ...
An Asian woman opened the door, but not completely ...
"Yes?"
"Hi Ms. Makino, we are church volunteers and we were walking around the neighborhood to see if there is a need for anything, some food, first AID," Julia said, lowering her last words and hoping the woman understood.
"No, no Th..thank you" she stammered the woman as if she were scared, however, having the readiness to nod with her eyes.
"You're welcome. Thank you," she said with a slight nod to Rik
"Have a nice day"
"Thanks, you too"
Rik and Julia had pretended to go to the next house but quickly turned the corner and joined the others.
"They are already there. What do we do?" Julia said
"Let's wait. We must first stop Akira, then see if anyone has seen some military enter in Akira's House. Someone might enter from the back, In order to do this, the others needs to create a diversion outside, to distract them," Morales said.
"Do you have a diversion plan?" TC asked
"I might have something in mind ..."
"Let's split up and wait for Akira .. We don't know where he will come from. Julia please go home"
"We don't talk about it. Who's going to stay with Akira when he arrives, to keep him from going in or doing nonsense? You'll need all of you, I guess."
"You're not wrong, stay with me for now!" Tom said
George was about to say something when they saw Akira coming from a side street.
TC and Rik promptly stopped him
He was about to scream .. and they had to shut his mouth
"Shut up. They are already at your house. Now we have to organize ourselves to take them and save yours."
"I beg you…"
"Don't worry ... I promise you, I'll save your family," Morales said
"You can't make promises," Katsuya said
"We don't leave anyone behind," Tom said "Being military, they probably gathered everyone in the center of the house.
"Now we have to see if any neighbors have seen anything, to get an idea of how many they are and how much perimeter they can cover." added Katsuya.
They discovered that two soldiers had been seen entering an hour earlier.
"I have thought of several possibilities but the best is that TC and I pretend to be two drunken soldiers, knocking on doors and Rik and Katsuya come in from behind." Tom said.
"Risky, but good plan. We are numerically superior ..."
Morales and TC staggered to the door and began knocking. Inside the house there was a slight commotion ... They continued knocking for a few moments, at a whistle from Rik, weapons were drawn. The two soldiers were taken by surprise and didn't have time to parry behind the hostages, who as expected were kept in the center of the house. With two well-aimed blows they landed unarmed and one wounded in an arm and the other at the hand.
The NIS arrived shortly thereafter, and they were taken away for questioning.
Akira's father was found alive, but wounded in a cave together with the Nazi soldiers who were hold him as hostage.
He was taken to the hospital, Akira and the marines were interrogated and eventually they discovered that five other marines were involved.
Katsuya received both a lecture for his action and a commendation.