Luis walked Mary to her door after they had an enjoyable dinner together. "Would you like to come in?" Mary asked sweetly. "In the worst kind of way, but I really have to call Danny let him know what is happening and then I'm on a double shift tonight cause the captain blames me for this screw up." Luis replied "I still don't think that's fare, I men you weren't even there." Mary said as she slowly creped closer to Luis "But you see Mary that's the point. I should HAVE been there." Said Luis as he took Mary lightly in his arms. "Well, here's something for you to think about tonight on your long shift." Mary said as she leaned in and kissed him. "Hmm... I differently have something to occupy my mind with now." Luis said with a smile. Mary smiled, and slowly shut the door closed. Luis stood there on the front entrance way thinking. Why wouldn't Danny like to be with her? Not that I care his loss is my gain. Luis smiled brightly to himself as he started walking back to his car.
Once inside, and making his trip back to the station he pulled out his cell to phone Danny. Just has he hit his speed dial button, a large truck came out from a dimly lit alleyway and crashed full speed into the back half of his vehicle. His car spun around on the street like a child's toy top. Luis was thrown around inside his car, his seatbelt the only thing keeping from flying out a broken window. As the car came to a stop the driver of the truck got out and hurried over to Luis's car. A camouflaged van screeched to a halt just in front of the crash and three men got out as the driver of the truck quickly jumped in. The last thing Luis heard before his passed out was one of the man asking another "Is that the guy?"
Danny's cell rang and he flipped open his phone and was greeted to the sound of metal crushing metal. "Hello? Hello!" Danny said with concern. He glanced down at his cell and check his caller ID. "Luis, hey! Luis you there?" Danny spoke into the phone once again after he knew who had called him. He heard some muffled voices talking and then some more scraping of metal. After a slight pause a groan same through load and clear. With his cell still to his ear Danny quicken his pace to reach the watchtower. He burst through the doors and started snapping his fingers getting people's attention. Suddenly a voice came through the line loud and clear. "Two down, three to go. Then we're coming for you Danny boy." After that there was just the click as the voice had disconnected the call. "OK, people I want a trace put on this line and a location to go with it. Then I want somebody to inform the police and see if they know where Luis was supposed to be. I am going to follow up on my own lead. Let's move it!" Danny said forcefully. Danny made his way up to Ed's office and sat down in his nice leather chair. Any other time he would have savored this moment, but now he only had one thing on his mind.
Mary had just snuggled into her bed with a book and was about to begin when her bedside phone rang. "Luis, are you still awake? Or do you need another pick me up?" Mary answered her phone. "Uh, Mary it's me Danny. I was wondering if Luis told you where he'd be tonight?" Danny questioned. "Now Danny, you don't have to check in on me I'm a good little girl." Mary teased him. "Actually, I'm calling you because I received a phone call from Luis, but when I answered he never spoke and it sounded like he was in some kind of accident." Danny spoke somberly to her. He conveniently left out the part of the mystery voice so as to not worry her further. Mary bolted upright in bed when Danny told her the news. "What? Why?" She stammered into the phone. Danny's voice slow a steady "Mary relax, He'll be fine I just wanted to try and get a timeframe on his whereabouts." Mary relaxed just a bit and tried to think. "Umm. Ok he dropped me off at home and was heading back to the station. That was about maybe 20 minutes ago." Mary stated
"The station? I thought he was off for the evening." Danny questioned her back. "Oh My! Danny, Luis was trying to call you about those two guys you caught earlier tonight. They knock down two rookie cops and escaped! Luis was supposed to be in charge of the transfer and so the captain held him responsible for the escape. That's why he was supposed to work a double shift tonight. " Mary quickly spoke. "Ok Mary thanks for the information. I have to follow up on these leads so I'll talk with you later when I get some info on Luis. K?" Danny replied back to her and hung up the phone. Now at least he had a reasonable time line to work from. Plus maybe a lead on who the voice was on the other end of Luis's phone. Danny hated to do it but knew it would be worse if he didn't he punch up Ed's number on the phone to let the boss know what was happening.
"Hey, Ed I've got a situation starting to crop up here." Danny spoke into his phone. "So solve it." Ed simply stated back. Danny rolled his eyes and was about to make a smart-ass remark when Ed spoke again. "Hey don't roll your eyes at me. You're a big boy and you should handle this by yourself just fine." Suddenly Danny noticed the tone of Ed's voice and his clipped response to his questions. "Hey, is everything alright there Ed?" Danny asked. "Yeah, it's fine. I just hate waiting and Jillian was supposed to be back from her spa treatment almost an hour ago." Ed replied "Why don't you just give the spa a call?" Danny said simply "Contrary to popular belief I don't need to know Jillian's every move at any given time." Ed said then continued "I'll give a few contacts a call and see what kind of background those two losers have." Danny smiled and said "Why don't I just give a call to the spa desk and ask if she left." "Ok fine, but don't let her know I was checking up on her, she hates that." Ed said just before he hung up the phone.
The neon lights of the strip shown brightly as two cops walked down the street watching as people hurried around them. "Man! I feel like such a tool!" One said curtly to the other as they turned down one of the many darken alleys. "Hey, just shut up. You're the reason we're stuck on pedestrian patrol for the next month." The other shot back. The first one just looked hard at the other and replied "Well you didn't hold onto your guy any better than I did." As the two officers were having their joust of words a man in a battered stocking cap and a tattered trench coat stumbled towards them unnoticed.
Soon the man stumbled right into one officer knocking him over. "Ha, you can't even stand up right when a wino bumps into you." The officer laughed at his partner who was sprawled out on the ground. When neither the wino nor his partner started to move the officer crouched down to check on them. Suddenly the wino reached out and lunged a knife into the gullet of the officer twisting it as he cut him. The officer fell down on top of his partner who had now had a blood pool by the top of his head and a large cut visible across his neck. Just as the second officer started to lose conciseness he heard the wino's voice "Four down and only two to go."
"Ya-Ha!" Chris Reisneck exclaimed! "Sam you definitely are our good luck tonight." Dave Reisneck stated to one very tired Samantha Jane. "Hey, boys that's all I'm trying to ensure." Sam said trying to sound awake. She had taken another pill from the doctor just 10 minutes ago and was still waiting for it to kick in. Until it did she was tempted to start poking herself in the eyes to keep from falling asleep.
"Easy eight. Winner!" the dealer shouted waking Sam up from her revere. The Reisneck brothers high-five each other, eagerly they grabbed up their chips and placed more down on the table, ready to continue their good fortune. As Sam started to drift off again, a man bumped up against her. When she whipped around to confront the perv trying to cop a feel. She noticed or rather didn't notice anyone around her. "Hmm... strange" Sam wondered aloud. "What's up Sam?" Chris inquired "Oh, I thought I felt somebody bump me. It's nothing I must be distracted by how well you guys are doing tonight." Sam replied swiftly and batted her eyes flirting slightly with Chris. At her reply Chris turned a bright red and turned back around to focus on the game.
Sam shook her head and tried to focus back on her client's game, not even taking notice of a slip of paper wedged in her back pocket. For just beyond her line of sight a familiar man looked at her and smiled a devilish grin.