Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
Rosie been home for two weeks now she still has to wear the sling for other week or so, the melt did some damage to her shoulder put her out of commission for a month. She been hang out at Montecito during the day and sometimes she did even go home, staying at Montecito sleeping in one of the cabanas out the back. If one could call it sleeping, sure here eyes a closed but she is every much a weak. The past fortnight she only been able to sleep for few hours at a time.
men whooping horn honking people chattering man, people coming to the hotel.
Town waits at the bar with drinks in hand, when some asked "Harry. What time is it?"
Harry look at his watch on same hand he holding drink saying "Oh, well, it's" when he went to look the drink spills everywhere.
He friend laughs saying "I got you."
women laughing people chattering gourd of a guy talking one said: "So the embalming fluid's spraying all over the mortuary and the body slides off the table onto my new assistant who starts screaming that the dead guy's got a woody and is trying to do her."
The girls are walking through the floor Sam said, "Despite their money and willingness to part with it the morticians are creeping me out."
Mary said, "At least you don't have a ballroom full of coffins."
Jessa asked, "How much are they worth?"
Sam said, "Dirk is worth $50 mil. He's got the largest string of funeral homes in North America and he's getting richer by the minute because people are dying to see him."
Nessa said, "Don't give up your day job."
Sam said, "Get it? It's funny." laughs at own joke
Delinda asked, "Ever done it in a coffin?" the girls look at her funny and she adds "It was only once."
Nessa said, "I think they're kind of sexy."
Sam said, "Yes, and they're used to dealing with dead people so sex with you wouldn't be a disappointment." Laughs at her own joke adding "That was very funny. I'm on fire today."
Nessa, Mary, and Delinda walked way leaving Rosie with Sam, Sam said, "That was funny. You laughed."
Rosie said "good thing your best casino hosts" she walks toward the only blind point on the second leave by in the hold of the hotel, she was here help Ed on the floor and the view from the top would give her good idea what going on the floor.
At the surveillance room Mike and Loe are watching two guys from the bar, they been flooring them Leo said, "You seeing this?" Rosie had ear peace and was in communication with upstairs.
Mitch said, "It's amazing."
Leo said, "$50, dark shirt."
Ed coming take off his jacket muttering "What have we got going' tonight, boys?"
Mike said, "Quite possibly the two stupidest people on the planet Earth."
Leo said, "Dumb and Dumber."
Mike said, "We would have had a security escort them out but we got a little side bet going on: which one is stupider."
Ed asked, "Yeah, so who's winning'?"
Leo said, "You tell us."
Ed said, "It looks like a dead heat."
Rosie said "not sure about that"
Ed said "where are you? I don't see ya on the floor"
Rosie said "upper level, I heading to the cage now, put $50 on Mr. itch he a follower, easy to control"
Mike said, "Well, here's the problem. Just for fun, we ran a check on 'em."
Leo said, "They don't exist."
Rosie asked, "There's nothing' on 'em? I mean, there's no job history no driver's license numbers, nothing'?"
Mike said, "I'm pretty sure they're too stupid to hold down jobs or pass a driving test."
Ed said, "Actually, there is no law against being stupid or picking' your nose in public."
Rosie said, "yeah, but even the dumbest guy in the world has to have some kind of public history we should be able to look up, no?"
Leo said, "Here we go again."
Ed said, "Wait a minute, this guy's got some kind of a skin irritation or something'. Push in on his arm whatever you can."
Bleeps Ed asked, "Blow it up."
Mike said, "Looks like something's embedded under the skin."
Ed said, "Give me thermal and infrared."
Rosie said, "save the image will ye Mitch?"
Mitch said, "sure thing"
Mike said, "Whatever it is, it's synthetic and generating heat."
Mitch said, "We got a third party joining 'em."
Leo said, "Putting it on the screen now."
Rosie is walk by the three guys, bleeps "I told you to meet me in Vegas."
Harry said, "But we are in Las Vegas."
New arrival, "Vegas, New Mexico, you idiots."
Rosie lost visual on the three Mike said, "It looks like some kind of scanning device."
Mitch said, "We got nothing' on the third party. Apparently, he doesn't exist, either."
Ed said, "What are the chances of three non-existent guys showing up at my casino at the same time?"
Mike said, "Not really good."
Ed said, "Not really good."
Leo said, "coincidences"
Rosie said, "you what I say about coincidences?"
Mike asked, "what?"
Rosie said, "coincidences they take a lot of work" She the cage her back was to the floor. She wearing backless neck tied top with black ¾ pants with open platform shoes.
phone ringing sighs Mike said, "What the…" look at the screen there at cage, man is following Rosie, the he dresses in black, her back to the casino floor the man stands behind her out of view.
The man tapes her shoulder she is fill paper out "One second." she said not turning around, hold up a pen in her hand. people chattering cash machine rings. Around them when the man taped her shoulder again, she sighs put the pen down she was frustrated, take beep breath in and slowly let it out she sigh she turn her head to look at who it was, at first she doesn't see anyone then someone step in her eye line. She could believe she gasp "hi" she socked on the word.
She catches her breath and jump at him, they hug and she kissed him, he spins them around so he was facing camera now. That was when Ed and Mike see that it is Danny.
Rosie said, "Why didn't you tell me you were coming? Are you on leave?"
Danny tells her, "Discharged."
Rosie said, "You're discharged?" gasps he kissed her again and put her down on her feet. She hugs him thanks him over and over again, he knew why she was thanking him because he come home back to her.
Dealer yells "There's the winner!" woman whooping people cheering. While Danny watched table she asks him, "When did you get back?" his not listen or hearing so she looks at his eye line and sees what he saw.
Laughing women chattering grunts woman screaming, they watch two guys, one takes the unprotected chip and when thief number two, took the winning chips right of the table, they walked right toward them.
She said, "shorty is mine you get other"
Danny don't smile at that but when the guy was at arm reach he grab the guy around the throat and slammed him down punch him out cold. Rosie smashed the guy in the throat with her good hand and left her leg and bring it down on the neck just behind the ear.
Danny watches the guy hit the ground and tell to Rosie said, "God, I missed you."
Mitch on radio "Turning over chip thief's, to Metro."
Nessa "Hey!"
Mike laughing "Hey, what's up, man?"
Danny "How you doing?"
Mary asked, "How come you didn't call?"
Sam said, "I missed you."
Nessa said, "Why didn't you tell us you were coming?"
Delinda said, "You got a haircut."
Ed said, "Why don't we give the boy some air here? Why doesn't everybody go back to work and we can all catch up with each other later?"
Delinda said, "It's really good to see you, Danny."
Sam said, "You look great." Rosie had to disagree he look just about ready to drop and that same time he readies to work too. That worried her a little, what he'll happen to him over there.
Nessa said, "All right, I'll catch up with you later."
Mary said, "Good to see you."
Mike said, "Good to see you, man." they hug Danny replied in kind.
Sam said, "I knew you'd be okay. We missed you."
woman whooping Rosie hug him he asked, "Will you have dinner with me tonight?"
Rosie said, "Of course. I get off at 10:00." Chuckles
Danny said "10 it is then" she kissed him and leave Danny to with Ed.
men whooping Danny said, "Looks like you guys have gotten pretty slack since I've been gone."
Ed said, "What?"
Danny said, "Yeah, I would've I would've spotted that chip thief before he made his play for the chips."
Ed asked, "So how'd it goes, man?"
Danny stand there with hands in his pocket look around it that moment he sees Marine and his new bride Rosie was talking to them, whatever bride said had course her smile and look at him they eye meet for a moment and she turn back to the bride and she replied nodded her head. Whatever Rosie told got the Marine attention he give Danny the known nodded which Danny returned and Danny told Ed, "Let's just say, I did what they needed me to do and now they don't need me anymore."
slot machines bleeping he look around then asked, "You guys made some changes around here."
Ed said, "You know, Vegas, always reinventin' itself, only, this time, it was Rosie design. So you all ready to go back to work?"
Danny said, "That's why I'm here."
Ed said, "Listen, why don't You should take off for a little while and relax."
Danny said, "I'd rather work."
Ed offered, "If you ever need to, you know, talk to someone who had been there"
Danny said, "Nothing' to talk about."
computer bleeping newscaster "US forces were attacked for a third straight day raising the death toll once again."
They two walk in to the surveillance room, Someone call out "Mr. Deline." he wants Ed to sign something.
Mitch said, "Welcome home."
Danny said, "It's good to be home, Mitch." they shake hands.
Mike throw something at him he catches it and Mike said, "Your car keys."
Danny replied, "Thanks for watching after my car, Mikey."
Mike said, "My pleasure. Except I still think you need to install some antilock brakes."
Danny said, "So who's the new guy?"
Mike said, "This is Leo. He's been helping out since Rosie left."
Leo turned and he said, "Danny McCoy."
The new guy replied, "Leo Broder."
Danny said, "Welcome aboard."
Leo said, "And I guess welcome back would be appropriate."
Danny said, "Thank you. It's good to be back."
Danny give Ed are look a look that coursed Ed to asked, "What?"
Danny said, "Are you trying to replace me?"
Ed sad, "What are you talking' about?" he looks at the new guy "Leo? No. I just need a little extra help, that's all. What the hell's the matter with you?"
Danny said, "I'm just kidding"
"Goof." Rosie laugh was heard over the intercom.
Danny said, "So What? What have we got?"
Ed said, "We got a couple of idiots."
Mike said, "Yeah, and one of them has got something embedded under his skin."
Danny asked, "A cheating device?"
Leo said, "Neither one has even come close to gambling since they've been here."
Ed said, "The thing is, the couple of them there, I don't think they're capable of cheating. The third one, he could be."
Rosie said, "I am going down for a closer look, just got one question?"
Ed cut her off "no you can't shoot them in the ass"
Rosie said "you going soft Ed" Mitch and Mike both bit their lips try to keep from laughing
Danny asked, "Mitch, enhance that thermal image for me."
Mitch said, "You got it."
Danny said "Give me a colour shift on his body. Cool, it down. Change the colour spectrum. And that, ladies, is a serial number."
Mike said, "Nice. My boy's still got it."
Ed said, "Run that serial number through everything we got there, Leo and then post these three guys with Metro, FBI, Homeland Security."
Rosie asked "hoping we'll get lucky with something"
men whooping people chattering Sam said, "So Dirk and the morticians would like to rent out Mystique for their end-of-convention party."
The man asked, "We hear it's the hottest club in town."
Delinda said, "It is, but it won't be if I rent it to you. No offense."
The man replied, "We're not offended. We hear it all the time."
The other man said, "People find out what we do for a living and all of a sudden a root canal sounds like fun."
Man one said, "You won't believe how many women change their phone numbers on us. Change their phone numbers?"
Man tow adds, "I've had them change their addresses their medical history and their sexual orientation."
Delinda said, "Ouch."
Sam take Delinda to side and tells her, "Look, they're pathetic. It's one night. Work it out."
Delinda said, "Not gonna happen." walking way
Sam tell her client, "Okay, she says she can't wait for it to happen."
Leo said, "He's on a Homeland Security watch list. Along with about Name's Marcus Dixon. He's wanted for questioning, along with his cousins Harry and Tom. They're brothers wanted for questioning regarding the whereabouts of their cousin Marcus."
Ed said, "Mitch, call up whoever the hell we're supposed to call and tell 'em we got the three of them here."
Mitch said, "All right."
Danny said, "This is a secondary watch list which means these guys aren't a priority."
Rosie said, "they're gonna want us to keep an eye on 'em until they have the time to send someone over here."
Ed said, "Leo, call up Nessa. Tell her to flag the three of them. Danny, you take a walk around the casino and see if you can figure out what they're up to. And Mike rig up a couple mikes and see if we can get a little sound, all right?"
Mike said, "I've been itching to try out my new mini-mikes. If you're careful you can plant 'em on a suspect without their knowledge."
Ed said, "You could plant trees on these idiots without their knowledge."
Leo said, "Nessa, it's Leo."
Nessa said, "Hi, Leo."
Leo said, "I want you to keep an eye on a couple of guys. I'm shooting their picture to you now."
Nessa said, "Okay."
woman whoops people chattering Rosie get waved over by Delinda she hears new arrival tell the two brothers "Did somebody dip you guys in dum-dum sauce?"
Danny said, "So how long has Leo been working' here?"
Mike said, "Ed brought him in right before Rosie left."
Danny said, "Right before Rosie left?"
Mike said, "He's a good guy. Everybody likes him. Especially the ladies, if you know what I mean."
Delinda said, "I do not want morticians in Mystique."
Sam said, "Okay, so I'm going over your head on this one."
Rosie and the two girl walk passed the floor not far from Danny and Mike "So how's Rosie been?"
Mike said "Good, Ed found her one afternoon sleeping on his sofa in his office still in her camo, she was hurt"
Danny asked, "she sees anyone"
Mike said, "Man, don't take me back too junior high with you. Rosie not Mary, Rosie's been true blue, like always. So where did they ship you to? Iraq? Afghanistan?"
Danny said, "It's classified."
Danny and Mike are now with the ear shot Mr, Itch has Rosie had called him said, "It itches all the time."
New arrival said, "Yeah, well, it won't itch much longer."
Mr. Itch said, "Really? Cool. How come it won't itch much longer?"
New arrival said, "Cause I'm going to cut the itch out."
The guy sound scared when he asked, "What do you mean cut the itch out?"
Mike bump into him and says, "Sorry about that." The mic is in place now.
phone ringing in the video room the change that Rosie had made in sure that Ed office no was on the ground floor. Rosie and two girls walked into the office, Sam said, "You wanna go speak to your father about it?" where Ed is doing paper work.
Delinda said, "You totally went behind my back. Daddy, Sam's having a little problem with the funeral home directors."
Sam said, "Ed Delinda is having a big problem and it might stem from the fact that she once did it in a coffin."
Ed replied, "Excuse me?"
Delinda said, "Sam's just trying to be funny."
Sam replied, "No, I'm not."
Delinda said, "Yes, you are." They sound like children the pair of them if ye did know they were full grown women in their late to mid-20s.
Delinda said, "It'll be bad for business if these morticians have their party in Mystique."
Ed asked, "What are you talking about?"
Delinda said, "Yes, it will."
Sam said, "He's worth $50 million."
Delinda said, "I don't care. All you care about is money!"
Ed said, "Excuse me! Can you guy's kind of settle this amongst yourselves?" he looks at the all three
Rosie said, "Ed, I got nothing' to do with this."
Sam said, "If it were anyone other than your daughter who just happens to control the location that my clients wish to throw their very expensive closing party at then maybe we could."
Delinda said, "You know how fickle this town is with restaurants and clubs, Daddy. I mean, one night you're the toast of the town, and the next night you're dead. No pun intended."
Ed said, "Listen, sweetheart, I do think you're being unreasonable here. I mean, it is Vegas and people really don't care what other people do for a living."
Delinda said, "Unreasonable? No one calls you unreasonable when you skip town during the clown convention."
Ed said, "No, that's different."
Delinda said, "Whatever."
Ed said, "It is completely abnormal for grown men to paint smiles and frowns on their faces with bright colours."
Delinda said, "You know, Daddy, one would've thought that the CIA might have diagnosed your coulrophobia and done something about it."
Sam said, "So, you have a little problem with clowns, big guy?" Delinda made the mistake of laughing at that joke.
Ed said, "Shut up. Delinda, give them Mystique for the party, will you? Delinda."
Delinda said, "But Give Them Mystique."
Ed said, "Delinda."
Delinda said, "Shut up."
Sam said, "Give them Mystique."
Rosie said "sometime I wonder if you employee kids around the way a fight"
Ed said, "yeah, Jillian I want a big family didn't happen that way so we made one, my kids, you all may fight but when punch come shave to are family" Rosie smile she like that idea.
Ed and Rosie set into the screen room and Mike said, "We got mics in place, Mr. D"
Danny stops her and tells her, "I don't think I can wait until dinner."
She asked, "You can't?" this is not like her Danny, part of her is scared he call them off but then why would he kiss her like he did on the casino floor.
Danny whispered, "I need to be with you, now."
Rosie said, "Meet me at our place." Their place it little hid way by the pool.
Danny said, "Okay."
Mike said, "Bringing up sound now."
Harry said, "crazy. It'll hurt if you cut the itch outta my arm."
Marcus said, "Come on. Quit being such a cry-baby whiner."
Harry asked, "Who are you calling a cry-baby whiner?"
Marcus said, "You! Can you do me a favour and act"
Mike said, "Bingo! He has a series of microchips embedded under his skin. An extremely complex series. This is not your everyday pet implant for identification."
Danny said, "They probably plan to use it for video poker or slot manipulation or something."
Mike said, "That'd be my guess."
Leo said, "He's making a run for it."
He goes throw the Stuff only door and Ed is there smiled and grab him by the neck and the poor man yelp "Ow, ow, ow."
Ed said, "You and I have to have a little talk."
Rosie is wait for Danny; her mind was running she did know what Danny wanted more so she did know what will happen or what she was going to say to him.
Danny arrived and Rosie waited for him to say something anything and he look scared and he looks like he was ready to run. Something was a right and she did know what he was thinking, that was new for her.
Rosie said, "Danny, you can't just sleep with me and then…."
Danny placed he fighter over lips to stop her, he takes her hands in his saying "Rosemary, oh God" he gets down on one knee and asked "will you marry me?" holding a right in his hand but before she could open her month, he ran way to leave the ring behind. She picked it up, scared has she was and unsure has to why she knew two things one she loves him and two she would marry him. she picked up the right and placed it on her left-hand ring fighter.
The next day the girls were having breakfast and they talked about it. Sam asked, "And what did he say?"
Rosie tells them "Will you marry me?"
Mary said, "And what did you say?"
Rosie said, "I didn't say."
Nessa said, "So you didn't answer him?"
Rosie said, "All I know is that he wants to get married right away. He said something about moving, starting a family."
Mary said, "A family?"
Nessa said, "You'd leave Vegas?"
Rosie said, "I didn't even say yes yet."
Delinda said, "So does that mean you're gonna marry him or not?"
Sam and Mary said, "Of course she's gonna marry him."
Sam said, "You'll marry him." it was statement, not a question
Nessa said, "We are going to throw you the biggest wedding Vegas has ever seen."
Rosie said "I think more of Hawaii wedding right Vegas"
Nessa said, "But the most important question is: Who's going to be your maid of honor?"
Rosie said, "hold girls before we get to that I have to have little talk with Mr. McCoy, I mean can imagen how bad it would if the wedding came around he the groom had no idea it his wedding day" there was laughter shake of head but it good fun with the girls.
Danny and Ed are in his office, and Ed tells Danny "You know, it's funny. It was right after one of my special assignments that I came home and asked Jillian to marry me."
Danny asked, "Really?"
Ed said, "Yeah. I'd been in a few mixes but this one was a little different. I mean, we were cooked.
No backup that we knew of. I remember it being the first time that my life actually flashed before my eyes. And it was a life that, you know, just didn't include Jillian."
Danny could help think back to the moment right before he blacks out he heard Lt McCoy! Been yell by one of his man.
Ed continued "So I swore right then if God, or whoever, pulled me out of this thing alive the first thing I was going to do when I got back was asked Jillian to marry me. And, by God, I did."
Mike came in with Harry and Leo, Mike said "Hey, guys."
Harry said, "Wow, this is just like the bridge of the Starship Enterprise."
Mike said "Actually, were the Enterprise not fictitious, we'd still be three times as large. I rigged up something a little special to tap into Harry's arm."
Harry said "It's not gonna hurt, is it? Hey, there's Marcus and Tom." See his brother and cousin on the screen.
Mike said "Harry, let me see your arm there. Putting it on screen now. Most embedded microchips have magnetic coils that activate when scanned but this thing has its own power source."
Danny said, "Looks like some kind of a code."
Ed said, "Yeah, it is. Mike, break it."
Mike said, "Mr. D, I can do a lot of things breaking codes is not one of them."
Danny said, "it's Rosie speciality, she is down stair get her help"
Mystique is covered with coffins and Delinda yells "Sam!"
Mary and Nessa is with Rosie she not sure about the time of this hold wedding thing, Nessa asked "But I thought this was what you wanted?"
Rosie said, "Yeah, I do."
Nessa said, "It's just its cold feet, that's all."
Mary said, "No, something is not right."
Rosie said, "I was afraid of this, I knew that he back but I didn't know the condition he back in"
Mary said, "he different"
Rosie said, "he didn't come home last night"
Mary said, "I am scared for him"
Rosie said "I don't know how to help him"
On the other end, Delinda finds Sam and she tells her "Sam, hold it right there. Samantha Jane."
Sam told her "It's just a few coffins."
Delinda said "A few coffins? Mystique looks like a graveyard."
Sam fire back "Don't get your panties in a wad. It's gonna be fine."
Delinda said, "For your information, I'm not wearing any panties."
Sam said, "And you feel the need to broadcast that to everyone?"
Delinda said "This is not funny."
Sam said "You wanna give me a break? It's 500 degrees. I'm in wool pants. Sweat is dripping down the back of my thighs. Listen, the boys need to put their coffins in Mystique in case the IRS audits them."
Mary walked up to them "Mary, she filled Mystique with coffins."
Mary said, "Good, you finally got them out of my ballroom."
Sam said "You, I like." Sam walked way and Delinda yelled at We are not through, missy.
Then see how upset Mary is and she asked "You okay?"
Mary did want to tell her so she said "Yeah, fine. Just have to change for work."
Leo was too busy look at Delinda then the suspect, Danny not too happy, about it tells him off for watch Delinda and not the suspects. "Let me give you a word of advice. Ed takes losing suspects very serious. But he takes his daughter even more serious. Believe me, I know."
Then he asked Mitch, "Mitch, back it up to the last known location of these suspects."
Mitch said "All right."
Danny said "Fast-forward. More. All right, stop."
Mitch said "They disappear in the oversized parking lot. Pull up the cameras from the north and south exits."
Delinda found Mary she tells her, "You know, Mar I have, to be honest with you. I never thought I'd be, but I'm kind of jealous. Last night must have been beautiful."
Mary said, "Actually, Rosie said he ran off right after he asked her to marry him."
Delinda said "You mean, they didn't"
Mary said "No."
Delinda said "That's kind of weird, considering where They been. I mean, you'd think that'd be the first thing he'd wanna do."
Mary said "Yeah, that's what I thought." clears throat adds "I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm not sure about this wedding thing."
Delinda said "Mary, everyone in Vegas knows they are meant to be together."
Mary said, "Me too, but I'm starting to have my doubts."
Delinda said "Mary, do you still have feelings for Danny?"
Mary said "no"
Delinda said "I know the two of you have been best friends since you were two."
Mary said "Yeah, best friends. And lovers once. The it was the night before he shipped out the first time. What worry me is that he didn't want to be with her on his first night back."
Delinda said "Whenever my father came back from one of his assignments my mom and I always tried to give him some space so he could adjust. One day they're getting shot at and their friends killed and the next day they're back home and they're supposed to act normal."
Mary said "Well, I guess that's the part that worries me. When he gets back too normal is he still gonna want to marry Rosie?"
Rosie's eyes widen Mike too, they both see at the same time, she tells him "I let you tell them"
They both go into screen room and Mike said: "These number sequences are a code."
Ed said, "We already know that, Mike."
Rosie said "No, it not just any code"
Mike adds "I mean it's a code to break codes. This is one big bad mother just waiting' for something' to eat."
Leo said "No wonder Homeland Security wanted Marcus for questioning."
Mike said "This microchip can decode any encryption. That's how Marcus was able to make him and his two cousins not exist. He decoded all their information files, then erased everything."
Ed said "That would make every code in the world vulnerable."
Rosie said "you call the skeleton key to call computer system"
Mike said "Selling this chip to the highest bidder on the open market would bring in a lot of money."
Danny said, "Well, maybe they're here to meet potential buyers?"
Harry said "What?"
computer bleeping Ed asked "What did your cousin Marcus plan on doing with that chip?"
Harry said "He plans on cutting it out of my arm so it won't itch anymore. Why do you think I ran away from him?"
Mike said "Marcus sounds like a real nice cousin."
Harry said "The best."
Danny said "Hey, how did you get that chip on your arm?"
Harry said "Me, Tom, and Marcus were drinking' beers one night and when I woke up in the morning', my arm itched."
Mike said, "Marcus obviously slipped it into his arm while he was passed out."
Rosie said "it what I would do"
Ed asked, "Why are you here at the Montecito?"
Harry said "Actually, we're in the wrong Las Vegas. Is it always this cold in here?"
Mike said "Could someone please get him a sweatshirt?"
Ed asked, "What do you mean that you're in the wrong Las Vegas?"
Harry said "We were supposed to meet Marcus in Las Vegas, New Mexico."
Dany said "Las Vegas, New Mexico is near Los Alamos."
Mike asked "The government lab."
Harry said, "What's Los Alamos?"
Mitch said "Here." Handing him a sweatshirt.
Harry said "Cool. A Montecito sweatshirt. I wanted to buy one of these, but Marcus wouldn't let me." laughing
Mary came in she asked to talk to Danny "Hey, can I talk to you for a sec?"
Ed said, "If you were supposed to be in Las Vegas, New Mexico, what are you doing here?"
Sighs harry said "When Marcus said to meet him in Las Vegas me and Tom just thought he meant here."
Mary tell Danny that she saw him and Rosie last night and she tell him that she saw him run off "It kinda made me think you don't really wanna marry Rosie."
Danny said "I've had a lot of time to think about this and if there's anything that you realize when bullets are flying it's that life is short. I want this."
Mary said "Maybe you should wait."
Danny said "I thought Rosie loved me."
Mary said "Oh, God, she does and she want to marry you if fact she was a Hawaii wedding right here in Vegas"
Danny said "Then what's the problem? I loves her, I wanna marry her, and I wanna have lots of babies with her just like she always wanted. The house with the pool, the white picket fence, the Sunday dinners. I want it all, okay?"
Mary said "Yeah."
Danny said "All right, I Gotta go."
They watching the videos Mike said "They have to be hiding in one of the RVs."
Leo said "There must be hundreds of them down there."
Mike said "More like thousands."
Harry said "I really have to use the bathroom."
Mike said "It's around the corner."
Ed said "Hey, whoa, whoa. What are you doing?"
Harry said, "I have to pee."
Ed said "Leo, keep an eye on him, will you? Thank you."
Snickers Rosie asked "can I take one little shot at him Ed please"
Ed said "no"
Rosie said "grr, I have not shot, or beaten or killed in three weeks, now I know how these poor animals at the zoo feel" Ed take her to his office where Mary is wait for them.
Mike look at her and she said "don't look at me like Mike, I am hunter, I need to hunt"
Danny and Mike are in the room watch the screen but Danny mind was in the last moments of the hellish fire fight he was involved in. Lt McCoy! We're being overrun! He could still hear the guns firing, smell the gun powder. Danny asked "How many security teams do we have out there searching the lot?"
Mike said "Six teams of two going door-to-door."
Danny said, "Expand it to ten teams of four."
Mike said "Danny, half the owners aren't in their RV. They're in the casino, gambling."
Danny said, "Just do it!"
Mike said, "No more coffee for you."
Leo is back with Harry said, "You know the routine, Harry."
Danny yelled, "Don't touch that!"
Harry said "Sorry."
Danny said, "Mitch, get this guy back in holding."
In the ed office they watch and they know something is wrong with him, but neither Ed or Rosie were for coming with information.
Mary said, "Something is wrong, Ed."
Ed said "He just needs a little time, that's all. Just some time."
Mary said "It's not the Danny I know. What happened to him over there?"
Ed sighs saying "I don't know."
Rosie said "Mar, you understand, over there it bad really bad one moment you help the locals to build a school the next their women come at you with what look like baby bundle up in arms, the next she pulls out gun you before blow up the boom that is strapped to her chest. I Don't know what happen to Danny but whatever it is, it left scars not just physical but emotional too. This could be how he is from now on and we may need to adjust to him. He may or may not get better, if dose it may take years, all like hood he never be who he was before the war."
Most people are at the party down stair and Danny is still watching the video. He standing up watch his face show no emotion one way or other, Rosie watch him, he looks good, he lost a lot of weight, she worried about him, especially that burned scar on the back of his neck. she fell asleep in Ed office.
The next morning Ed and Mike walking together and Mike said "What I don't get is why anyone would trust a complete idiot with something so valuable as this microchip."
Ed said "Yeah, I've been wondering the same thing, Mike."
Mike said "Unless it's what they say, 'Blood is thicker than water."
banging on glass Ed said "They also say, 'Stupid is as stupid does.' I'm just not so sure how stupid they really are."
Danny may be watch the video but his mind is somewhere else in his head he still hears the men yelling for him, Lt McCoy! man screaming, sound of rocket going off.
Ed and Mike both see that Danny was there, Ed called "Hey, Mitch." Over and asked "How long has he been standing there?"
Mitch said "All day, I just found out he's been working since he got in last night and Finn is sleep in your office again"
Ed said "Go see what Harry wants."
Ed come up to Danny saying "Hey, Danny."
It takes few try before Danny he jumps a little calling out "Ed."
Ed asked, "How long has it been since you slept?"
Danny said "Sleep's overrated."
Ed asked "How long have you been forcing yourself to stay awake? I got to tell you, I knew where you were. I've always known exactly where you were. And I also know that you're gonna get nominated for a Silver Star. So congratulations, man."
Danny said, "I don't wanna talk about it."
Ed said "All right, well, you need some sleep, man."
Ed said "No, I'm fine."
Ed said "You are not fine."
Danny said, "I'm fine."
Ed said "You are not fine. Now if you're not gonna go home, let me get you a suite. And I'm gonna make a call make an appointment for you to talk to someone."
Danny said "I'm not gonna talk to anybody., I'm not talking to anybody."
Ed said "Forget about it. Okay. Let's get some sleep. Let's get some sleep and we'll chat later.
Come on."
Mitch said "Ed, Harry here says he needs to talk to you. He says it's important."
Leo said "Ed, on a hunch, I ran the three through last year's video IQ playback"
Harry trip the man with the cart and every fall over long with the man Harry said "I'm sorry." It all the consistent he play the USB with the cord chip in to the back of one of the computers.
Rosie came out of the office with gun in hand she hissed at the Harry "I should shoot you"
Ed asked Danny who had jumped "You all right, man?"
Danny lies "Yeah, Ed. I just thought it was" both chuckling.
Leo said "We got nothing' on Marcus from the past year but Cousin Tom isn't so stupid. He's been here 11 times in the last three months."
Ed asked "Eleven times?"
Leo said "If you weren't watching surveillance and security I'd say he's casing the place." They watch the video from last year.
Ed said "Wait a second. Listen, this guy's not casing the place,"
Rosie said "he's casing' us."
Ed said "He's checking' out our routine to see what it takes to have a guy brought up here in the surveillance area."
Mike said "Ed, these names and numbers flying by are all the bank account and credit card numbers the Montecito has on file. Every guest who's ever stayed here. This is all their personal information. Someone's breaking our security codes and accessing them as we speak."
Ed said "This whole Dumb and Dumber thing is a scam."
Mike said "A Trojan horse. They knew if they did anything illegal, we'd arrest them but playing dumb would get our attention. And the microchip would raise enough suspicion for us to bring him into the surveillance room."
Danny walked up to the guy, grab the guy arm and pull up the sleeve the chip been cut out of the arm. Danny asked "Where's the microchip?"
When he did not get answer he chocked the guy with one hand asked again "Where's the microchip?"
Ed said "Danny." And get him to let go, no one notice the change in Danny, he like cage wild cat cycling want to be free.
Mitch said "Ed, we have no control over our computers. We've been overridden."
Mike said "That's why the microchip has its own power source."
Ed said "Listen to me. You're gonna talk, or I'm gonna beat the dumb back into you."
Harry just groaning and do not say word, Rosie moved Ed off him and no one see Danny leaving.
Rosie said "Harry I am commander Finn US navy, you know why I picked the Navy over, the Marines, Air Force, and Army?" the guy shake his head,
Rosie said "My parents they were both Navy, they had lots of specialties but one that I share with them is Interrogation, now Mom she talks the suspect over a game pool or coffee and When she was done she would have all information she need to take down a major criminal organisation Dad on other hand, well he was not a patience man however he had his ways most scare tactics there this one thing he does, this method he saves for whoever hurts his family or children. Do you want to know what that is?"
He shakes his head, Rosie said "that too bad I am going to show you, it my favourite" she takes a gun out and armed it, then she points the gun hard into his privet area adds "he shot them in the ball, where is the Chip?"
Harry groaning "Once the chip is in place, it can only be accessed externally."
Mike said "Ed, this chip is not just a microchip, it's a transmitter. That means I can use the transmitter to find them."
Rosie asked "Where's Danny?"
Ed said "Mitch, call the girls and tell them to find Danny."
Mike said "They're holding an online auction selling the identities and numbers to the highest bidders. By my estimation, considering the massive size of the encrypted files we have less than five minutes before the download is complete."
women whooping Ed said "I'll meet you in the parking lot."
Mike said, "Got you."
Mary said "Ed, I'm really worried. When I told Danny that he couldn't marry right now and that he needed sleep he flipped out."
Mike said "Don't worry, Ed. Metro will pick up Danny. You can't miss that car. Less than a minute.
Ed said "All right, let's take them down."
Rosie made a call "yeah it me, I need you to trace a cell phone and get me a the location, It's Danny he flipped out and no one can find him, I know he had flash back I worried he so some to hurt himself, thanks unlce"
door opening Tom said "They found us."
they try and jump out of the window on managed it one did not, Mike said: "Ed, I'm going to front."
Ed take one by the back of the neck and slammed him in to the wall of cabinets kicking him out"
Tom said "Download complete in 10"
Ed take the laptop and mashed it and Tom try to hit Ed but hit and the knee to the face. Groaning and mike arrive both panting mike asked "Well, when am I gonna get to hit a bad guy?"
Mike said "Harry had me fooled. I thought he was an idiot."
Mary coming running said "Ed, I called all over. I can't find Danny anywhere."
Ed said "Check with his dad?"
Mary said, "Yeah, his dad didn't even know he was back."
Ed said "I talked to his neighbours."
Mary said "He hasn't been home"
Ed said "Get out an APB and then check every hotel, motel every flophouse in this city."
Mike said "All right?"
Mary said, "Excuse me."
Rosie talk to the Lisa the front desk and take a card and dose up what she finds inside the room scare her every much, there was Danny, shirtless the glass door open and his service weapon in his hand lorded and ready to use on himself. All the lights are turn off in the room the only light is the once that come in from strip from the open door.
She called out to him and he stair out the open door she had to bug for him to put the gun down it takes few minutes. He put the gun down but does not move from where he is sitting.
Rosie walks closer and she could see the burn ran down his left side, his left shoulder blade down to end of his ribcage. She knows that it was Mc SEAL team who found him and got him out. She knows that he was drift in and out of conscious mush has she was after the chopper when down. But his scars will take years to heal and the one you could see it may never heal.
She kissed his cheek, there was thing they need to talk about thing that need to be said before any wedding was had. She traced his wounded shape on his neck and back. They did not get to talk when they heard voice outside the door. Rosie moved in to the bathroom.
Voice said "Thanks a lot, Bob. I appreciate it."
door lock bleeps, lock clicking Ed called out "Danny? You having' a party? Just me."
Rosie step out of bathroom behind him "not really" the old man jumped. She tells Ed take the floor with Danny she leans against the wall.
Ed said "gee kid, Well, you're supposed to be sleeping'."
Danny said "I don't I don't sleep anymore."
Ed said "Hey I'm just gonna turn this light on over here, okay?"
Danny said "No, leave it off."
Ed said "How about sighs I just sit down so we can talk? It sometimes feels a little better if you talk about it with someone who's been there."
Danny said "There's nothing' to talk about."
Ed said "You need some sleep."
Danny said "I told you that I don't sleep anymore."
Ed asked "Why?"
Danny said "Because there's nobody left to watch my back. They're all dead, shuddering Every single one of them." Rosie closed her eyes, she been there her third mission when to hell when she got separated from her unit, she caught and tortured her team had got to at the nick of time it was what got her send home six year ago.
Ed said "I know."
Danny said "I had to call in an air strike right on top of us." He now crying that was something but he was killing Rosie to see himself like that.
Ed said "You had no choice, Danny. I mean you were being overrun and you absolutely had no choice at all. Why don't you just go and take a shower and clean yourself up?"
Danny get up he take few step towards the bathroom then turn around. Danny asked "Did you ever have to do what I had to do?" he look at Rosie who nodded her head at him with sad smiled that told him that she was tell the truth.
Ed said "Yeah, I did." Danny pass both Rosie and Ed eye line now they watch him walk toward the bathroom but Rosie closed her eyes and look up leaning against the wall as if to thank god. Neither Ed or Rosie saw Danny come back in to the bed room. Ed take part Danny gun take way the clip.
When Ed when to check on Danny in the bathroom was empty and panic he called "Danny."
Rosie and Ed could both hear sirens wailing they both are relaxed when they saw Danny fast asleep on the bed. He was on his back one hand starched out across the bed and other resting on his ABS.
Rosie lay down next to him whisper "I got you" lay her hand over top of his and closed her eyes.
Ed sat back down on the chair and said "I'll watch your backs, kids"
