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Lady of the Night Shift
By starry comet
"Are we there yet?"
"Damn Wufei I'm only driving on a forty- five speed limit. Beside, we'll be at the house in about ten minutes." Duo was driving along the side of the road in his 1933 Ford vehicle. After eating at the Garden for an hour, he came back to the office finding Heero missing from the room. Two hours later, he finally wanted to go back out to investigate on the case. When he told him where he was going, Wufei wanted to go with him as well. Duo didn't know why Wufei wanted to go to Kingsport with him for. All he knew was that it was his partner's business to deal with, not his. So far, the two had sat in the car for fifteen minutes barely speaking.
"Good. I want to see this owner name Trieze."
"For what reason?"
"Personal reasons from what Sally had told me."
"In other words, your business has nothing to do with the Night Shift case."
"Actually it does." Duo raised his eyebrow at Wufei, but kept his eyes on the road. It became quiet again. Wufei folded his arms and closed his eyes.
"There are rumors that Trieze might know the Night Shift," said Sally, lighting a cigarette.
Wufei narrowed his eyes at her. "How?"
"That he is the master mind behind the Night Shift. This criminal that you been looking for is doing Kushinadra's dirty work."
"Saying the Night Shift is working for Trieze?"
"Yep." Sally blew out smoke from her mouth and gently laid her cigarette on the tray. "Don't know if that's for sure though."
Wufei took his glass into his hands. "Ever think the real master mind might appear soon?" he asked before taking a sip.
Sally designed a smirk on her face. "No. Because he can escape since we don't know his identity. The Night Shift, we find out his since we know that he lives here. Clues are all around you Wufei. Just look closely."
"What's the address again Duo?" Wufei asked opening on eye.
"1828 Mocking Bird Drive." Duo turned the corner into the road and drove on. As he turned onto the next street, he saw a large house in a light blue surrounded by a black steel gate. Duo can see the veins clawing on the gate. Duo spotted the driveway and notice that it was gate free. "We are heeeeeerrrrrre." Duo turned in to the driveway. He parked behind a blue 1929 Ford. The guys steeped out of car and took a long look at the house. 'Now this is nice', Duo thought to himself. He shut the car door and looked at his partner. "Okay Wu-man. Who's going to talk for the both of us?"
"I am. I'm not going to let you run your mouth during our meeting."
"Oak e dokie." Duo and Wufei headed to the front door. Duo looked at the right side of the door. He pushed the doorbell and waited just like Wufei was. About a minute later, the door had swung open. Standing there was a little girl around eight years old. She was a red headed girl wearing a pale yellow dress holding a striped, caramel cat in her hands. Her eyes were almost gray looking which almost made Duo jumped.
"Hi. Can we speak to Miss Lady Une?" asked Duo.
The little girl smile, making Duo shiver, and Wufei raise an eyebrow. "Sure. Come right in." The girl moved out of the way to let the detectives in. She closed the door and skipped her way in front of them. She walked on; the two were walking slowly behind her. Duo leaned into Wufei's ear.
"That girl scares the hell out of me."
"I know." Duo, Wufei, and the girl entered the living room. They saw nothing but whit and open space. They stood there in the middle of the room, observing everything. The girl headed toward a desk that was against the wall.
"Mother. We got company." She ran up to the office desk where a lady sitting. The woman rose out of her seat and lean against the desk. She wore a navy business suit with her shirt tuck out a little. The woman had brown shoulder length hair, green eyes, and wore thick spectacles.
"Well well well. Detective Maxwell and Detective Chang. It's very nice to meet you."
"You too."
The lady walked up them. She held out her hand in a response. None of them move. "Please gentleman. Sit down."
Duo and Wufei sat down on the off-white fluffy couch. "Thank you." The lady walked over to the refreshment table.
"Lady Une. We like to...."
"Ask me about the Night Shift? Yes I know. I use to be a police officer. A dangerous criminal. Coffee gentleman?"
Duo shook his head. "No thanks." Lady Une shrugged her shoulders and gently poured herself a cup of coffee.
Wufei raised his eyebrow a little bit. "I thought you were a preventer?"
"Was. I too drop that job almost six months ago."
"Why?"
Lady Une sat her cup down on the counter. She took her spectacles off and sat them against the stack of papers. "I have other things to do. I need to concentrate on my daughter more and try to get her into school."
"And your fiancée?"
"Yes. It's been two years now and we still haven't married. Things kept on getting in the way in our engagement. Maybe that's why."
"Oh."
Duo leaned against the couch and folded his arms. "Okay Miss Une. Thank you for telling us about your personal life."
"Lady Une turned around, putting one hand on the counter. Her eyes had starting to turn green. "All right Mr. Maxwell. I'll give you what you want. Night Shift had robbed eight banks, five jewelry stores, and three museums only in the city Chicago. I believe that he lived here all his life. He wouldn't know all the codes that well to all sixteen places."
The little girl on the couch smiled greatly, brushing the caramel hair on her cat. "I believe the Night Shift is a female. Not a male."
Lady Une sharply turns to her daughter. "Mariemia!"
Mariemia looked at her mother like she was two years old about to cry. What? You have to believe me Mother. The reason why is because women are smarter than men. They are superior than 'man' kind itself."
Lady slowly bent down to Mari's height. "Now Mariemia please."
"No! I'm not Finished!" Mariemia jumped up furiously while the cat scattered away from her arms. "Anybody who can break a code, not leave evidence and steal whatever it wants without being detected is a lady."
Wufei balled up in hand in anger. "No… that can't be true."
Duo notices the tension in his partner. He put his hand on Wufei's shoulder. "Now Wufei… she's only a kid."
Wufei removed Duo's hand and stood up to face Mariemia. "Why would an onna have a note at every place it robs?"
"So she can be notice. Notice that she is more of a lady than a woman. Have more skills and brains than a man does. She might kick your sorry ass right now."
Lady Une grabbed Mariemia's arm and looked at her with eyes crossed. "Now Marimia! That is enough coming from your mouth!"
Wufei lifted up his fist in front of the red head girl. "I'll get you."
Duo cut in between the two with his hands raised. "Wufei now come on. This girl didn't mean all of that stuff. She doesn't know what she's talking about. Isn't that right?" Duo turned to Mariemia with a smile. "Right?"
Mariemia put her hands on her hips and grinned. "Your friend had proved how weak he is not fighting a six year old girl like me."
"That's it! I'm gonna struggle you to death!" Wufei reached for the girl's neck. Lady Une moved in front of him and grabbed his arm.
"You are not going to put your hands around my daughter's neck!" yelled Lady Une. Wufei grabbed her arm and twisted it. Then he shoved her into the couch.
"Watch me lady. I getting sick of this onna's mouth."
"Then come on you chicken shit. Fight me like a man. If you have any genes left of it." Mariemia pushed up her sleeves on her dress and balled up her fist.
"You're on." Wufei took off his jacket and threw it on the couch. Lady Une finally got up and moved in between the detective and her daughter.
"Don't you hurt my daughter!"
Wufei snapped at her. "Damn it woman I'm not in the mood. Your daughter shall be punish."
Mariemia smiled at him. "I love to see a challenge."
"Damn you."
Duo puled out a bag of chips from his pocket and started eating. Lady Une pushed Wufei back away from Mariemia. "I told you Mr. Chang don't you put your hands on my daughter."
Wufei harshly grabbed the woman's arm and looked straight in her eyes. "I will if I want to. What are you going to do?"
"I'll throw you out of my house. And I'll sure as hell show you lady strength. I'm getting tried of your sexes acts towards Mariemia."
"I'll do whatever I please Miss Une."
Mariemia ran up to her mother. "Mother let him fight me. Oh please Mother!" she pleaded holding her mother's arm.
"The hell you say."
"What is this meaning of this nonsense?" The voice silence everything in the living room. Everybody turned to the entrance and saw a man standing with a brief case. Lady slowly sat down in the armchair.
"Trieze."
"Oh Daddy! You came to rescue me." Mariemia ran up to her father and cliched on his waist. She covered her face on his jacket so she would pretend to cry. Trieze looked at his daughter and stroked her hair.
"Mariemia. What's gong on?"
"This mean man tried to hit me and Mother. And we didn't do anything. We were only trying to give him information about the Night Shift." Mariemia looked at Wufei, stuck her tongue at him, turned around, and pretend to cry some more. Trieze looked at Lady UNY who was still white as a ghost.
"Lady Une. Is this true from our daughter?"
"Trieze. This is Mr. Maxwell and Mr. Chang. They're detectives on the case of the Night Shift."
Trieze looked at Duo and Wufei on his left. "I see. And which one tried to fight my daughter and on what reason?"
"I am. I don't think this criminal is a woman."
"Well Mr. Chang I can't blame you. I don't believe that this criminal is a woman either. I mean hell. If it was, wouldn't the woman be related to Bonnie and Clyde?" Trieze sat down on his armchair slowly. His eyes suddenly lifted. "Then again, the criminal could be a woman. If it were a woman, wouldn't she have her own reasons for stealing? A man can do it for the hell of it. A woman can do it for a purpose. Her purpose is only in this city. Oh well. You tried your best to find the sorriest clues and see if anybody is linked to the criminal. But you can't. You see this one particular criminal works alone. Doesn't let anybody interfere with its duties. Mr. Chang, you think that there are ways capture it. There isn't any. Now you are facing the truth. The criminal will live and hold its power long before it dies. What do you think Mr. Chang?"
Wufei folded his arms and stared at him. "I think you're saying all of this because you're the master behind the Night Shift."
Trieze's eyes shot up from the floor. "I beg your pardon?"
"You're the one who has put the Night Shift into robbing banks and jewelry just for you. Once the Night Shift gives the money to you gives everything you need, you and your family will be heading out of Chicago like a bat out of hell. Isn't that right Trieze."
Trieze didn't speak. Wufei moved closer to his face.
"Isn't that right Trieze?" Wufei questioned again.
The man leaned back into the chair and placed his hands on the arms. His eyes were glued to the ground. "Well Mr. Chang, I did plan on leaving town within a days with the family that I had created. But it would be from the money that I have been saving for the trip. Never in my life would I pay somebody to do the dirty work for me."
"You might be saying that know Trieze, but wait and see that your old ways will be coming after you."
"That was years ago Mr. Chang," Trieze snapped at the detective. He stood up and looked at the boy. "I have change since then. In those days growing up, you do anything to get what you want. Had to fight, steal, kill, and survive. Those were our four ingredients. Now look at you. You think you young boys have everything do you. Do you? Wearing fancy clothes, making money out of no where, and sleeping with women you don't even know. Who's giving you orders Mr. Chang? Who's giving you the orders, the money, the women you fuck with, and the tickets for you to go around the world to solve the cases?"
Wufei could only stare. He felt himself shaking. Trieze smiled.
"You don't know. How sad. You don't even know the one who gives your assignments. All you know that he gives them to you and that he is nothing but a guy on the other end of the line. You had always been control by a mysterious man. You never been free as you thought kid. You been controlled by this one man the whole time."
Wufei threw a mighty blow on the left side of Trieze's face
"Trieze!"
"Daddy!"
"Fuck that! I never had been controlled in my life. And I won't be controlled right now. I'll never be a puppet to anybody."
Trieze stared at Wufei, leaning against the couch holding his left cheek.
"You keep thinking that Mr. Chang. One day you'll realize that you are. Just like the rest of those young detectives you work with. You keep on thinking that."
Duo touched Wufei on the shoulder. "Come on Wufei. You done your job for the day. Besides we have to talk to Heero."
Duo was trying to get Wufei to walk, but he didn't move. He stared right in front of Trieze and looked at him.
"I won't rest until you finally confess Trieze. You are going to admit your mistakes."
Wufei was the first to leave the room. He was the last to leave the house and slammed the door. Trieze gets up from the floor and walked to the other side of the room. Lady Une slowly sat down in the chair staring at her fiancée. Trieze looked in the mirror to see his face. His wife to be could hear him curse under his breath every time he touched his face.
"Want me to get you some ice Trieze?"
"No Lady Une. I'm fine." Lady Une sadly turned around and looked at her daughter. She was sleeping on the couch with her small legs curled under her body.
"Look at her Trieze. It's only a little past eight and she's worn out."
Trieze turned to look at the couch and smiled. "She had a fun day my lady. She worn herself out than the detectives."
"Will find him before we do?"
"Maybe. She problem is that they're not finding the real criminal."
Lady Une sharply turned around. "What do you mean?"
"Look at this." He sat a folder down in front of her. She picked up the folder and looked through the papers. " All this information came from an unidentified file at the station," Trieze continued. " They're been hiding this for almost fifteen years. They might be hiding something else in that old place."
Lady sat them down on the coffee table and took off her spectacles. She leaned back in the chair and sighed. "I'll let the Hispanic read it herself. She might know something about the file."
She got up from the chair and walked over to the shelf. She turned the on radio and quietly stood there. Trieze raised his head and faced her.
"Blue Nightingale. I haven't heard that song in so long. We use to dance to it in our day."
"Yes we did. It was greatly sung by her ten years ago."
"Does she still sing at that colored club?"
"No. She doesn't sing anymore. I don't know if she's still here."
"I always thought that she fell in love with Chicago because of the music. I don't know why she came here in the first place now," Trieze said as he poured the wine into his glass.
"She's only a child Trieze. Even a young lady like her needs to face her fear."
"You're right Lady Une."
Lady Une looked at the couch where her daughter was sleeping. "I'll put Mariemia to bed Trieze. I feel a late night work shift coming on."
"So do I."
"Heero. Heero baby wake up. You been sleep for hours."
Heero slowly opened his eyes, blinking several times. He lifted up from the bed and found his self in white shirts. 'White sheets? When did I change the bed?' he thought. He held onto to his head and started to think where he was for a second. He had a damn headache that everything from the previous night was a blur. Heero tried to think what the hell happen. He decided to get quit thinking and wanted to get outta here.
Heero was about to jump out of bed where a tray sat on the bed. It had a plate of eggs, ham, and bacon, another plate with white toasted bread, a glass of orange juice and glass of mile. Heero was still puzzle. If this was Duo's doing, he just had to go back to sleep. Relena came in the room with a newspaper. She closed the door quietly behind her, still thinking that Heero is sleep. Heero watched her walk by the bed to the other side of the room. Relena was dresses in silk blue robe with flora whit trims on the ends. She was about to take a shower.
"Good morning."
"Heero. You're awake." Relena walked over to the bed and sat where Heero was sitting. " I tried to wake you up four times this morning. You sure do sleep hard after a good one."
"What happen last night Relena."
"What do you mean what happen last night? Don't you remember? We made love here in my bed last night. And you're a good sex partner."
Relena sat on the bed next to him and smiled. She placed her hand on his thigh. Heero could feel her finger tips climbing up to his inner thigh. Her hand was so warm it put a smile onto his face. Now coming back to him, he remembers the white note put into his pockets two nights ago. He came over to her questions about night Shift. Then they were dancing with sweet music upstairs. All of a sudden, he was kissing her, touching her, and wanting her. Heero could hear her cries for him. Her moaning so loud. Her screaming out his name made him want her more than ever. His mind was taking control of him the whole night.
Hero kissed Relena on the cheek and removed her hand from his thigh. "What's with the breakfast?"
"Something in return from last night. Besides, Pagan has a day off. I really can't cook very well."
"I'll be the judge off that."
"Can you please turn on the radio Relena?"
"Sure I can." Relena went over to the nightstand and turned on the radio. She sat down with the newspaper while Heero was eating.
"Today at eleven- thirty, the Calhoun Institute is holding an Art Auction. Art from all over the world would be here so come and auction."
"An auction. Sounds interesting," Heero said with his mouth full.
"On the latest story, a woman was found dead two blocks away from her home. There is no evidence about her murdered. The police are the case right now. We'll have more information soon as possible. Now from your local sponsors."
"Hn. Nothing about the Night Shift. Looks like I have a day off today."
"Think you can spend some time here?" Relena asked.
Heero stared at her for awhile. "Wish I could. I know my partners are watching for some explanation. It may seem like a day off, but these kinds of jobs are never ceased."
"You know Heero? Let's give them an explanation then."
"Like what?" the detective asked eating his toast.
"It's too early for you to go back to that office. Let your problems rest in their hands for one day. They can find something out without your help, right?" The blonde left the chair and crawled onto her bed. She took the tray away and laid it on the nightstand.
"Guess. But if I stay here, what will I do when they're at the office?"
"I'll fix that for you." Heero felt her lips running down his neck to his chest. He lifted her face and looked at her.
"Of course you will."
