Chap. 5


Jason and Mimi got the wire situation figured out without further incident. He dropped her off on her corner and parked down the street. Jason walked to where the surveillance van was parked. He opened the door and was greeted with applause and grins from the guys. Robinson slapped him on the back, "Alright Welles!"

Jason blushed and tried to cover it up, "Ok, ok. Let's get back to work."


The next five hours dragged by. Not many cars pulled up to Mimi and the ones that did weren't the guy. Just when they were about to wrap everything up, a dark blue old Chevy Nova pulled up beside Mimi. The guys listened in the van.


"Hey sugar, how's it going?" Mimi cooed.

A menacing, gruff voice answered, "It'd be better if you were with me."

"Well, I can handle that if you can."

"How much?"

"50 bucks."

"Done." The man got out of the car and pulled Mimi into the alley. Her instincts went on full alert. The guy didn't look like the description she had been given, but witnesses could always be wrong.

The guy pulled Mimi roughly against him and tried to kiss her. She wrenched her face away from him and tried to pull away. He wouldn't let go and he had superhuman strength. Then Mimi saw a flash of silver. He had a knife.


Jason was getting frustrated. He couldn't hear what was going on. "What are they doing?"

Robinson was looking worried too. "Maybe we should go in."

"But we'll blow the case if we do that," Crosetti told them.

Then they heard the wire crackle to life. "Please, no."

Jason jumped up. That was definitely Mimi and she was in trouble. "I'm going in. You stay here. I'll call if I need back up." Jason opened the van and raced for the alley.


Mimi was whimpering and trying to make the attacker think that she was scared. She was also waiting for an opportunity to take him out. Finally she got it when the attacker turned her so her back was to him. She employed the SING method.

She brought her elbow back into his Solar plexus, then she smashed her foot into his Instep, then she brought her fist into his Nose, and then swung her fist into his Groin. SING.


The attacker dropped his knife and sank to the ground. Just when she was about to pull out her cuffs and arrest him, Jason came barreling around the corner. He had seen the whole thing and was highly pissed.

"What's wrong with you? You don't know how to call for backup? You could of been seriously hurt!"

Mimi stood there and let Jason yell at her, "Hey! If you've forgotten there is the perp. I got the guy."

Jason and Mimi turned towards the attacker and were knocked to the ground. This guy was invincible. He knocked both of them down and took off in his car.

Mimi pulled the wire out of her dress and yelled for Robinson.


"Robinson! Suspect heading eastbound in a dark blue Chevy. Licence- A, Adam, R, Robert, W, William, 4. That's all I got. I didn't get the rest."

Mimi and Jason heard the van peel out. Soon the night was filled with sirens.

Mimi lay there on the ground with Jason right beside her.

"We were so stupid, Jason. We had the guy and he slipped right through our fingers."

Jason sat up. He hung his head and sighed. A flash of silver caught his eye and he grinned. "All is not lost Meems."

Mimi gave him a confused look.

Jason got a pen out of his suit jacket and picked up the knife with it, "We got his weapon of choice."