Digital Monsters: Back In Action

by Charles Xavier

When Takeru is accused of murdering the head of Toei Animation, Toon Detective Eddie Valiant (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) is sent to Japan to investigate. But what he uncovers is something he'll regret...

10. Settling The Score

Digital Monsters: Back In Action

By Charles Xavier

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Settling The Score

"Wakey, wakey, Mr. Valiant."

"Uh…"

Opening his weary eyes, Eddie met eye to eye with a person whom he least expected it to be.

"Doom…?"

Returning him his freaky grin, he was greatly pleased to see the Toon Detective alive with him at last. It had been a while ago since their last encounter; three years to be exact.

"My, oh my. How you have changed." Doom lifted up his hat to take a good glance at his friend. "I can see you've lost quite a bit of weight recently…been on a diet, Detective? Or maybe have you been cutting down on the booze lately?" He teased him in an ill-mannered way. Eddie had the urge to raise his arms and grapple Doom by his neck…the only problem was that his body was entirely mummified in locks and chains, making him absolutely motionless. "You like my design you're wearing? It's completely escape proof. Not even a toon like myself could possibly break loose out of those."

"Where are we?"

"Where are we? Dear boy, we are standing hundreds of feet beneath the hearts of Tokyo city itself." Doom stepped out of Eddie's sight to let him behold Acme's largest underground headquarters. With its ceiling nearly as high as the sky itself, Eddie was surprised to see Acme soldiers patrolling everywhere, and the most extraordinary computer software functioning sufficiently on the metallic walls covering the whole area. "This is the new Acme Underground Lair…the most sophisticated and most expensive of all of Acme's bases around the globe! Why, it makes Walt Disney look like a kiddy's playground for three year olds compared to what we have in stock here…or should I say what we will have in stock here. And may I inform you that you're positioned directly at the very center of our wonderful base. So consider this your lucky day."

"What have you done with Takeru and Hikari?"

"Oh, you mean the children? Don't fret…they're right over there, playing by the pool." Doom nudged his head behind Eddie. "You care to see them?" He took out a small remote control from his pocket and pressed a button that made the moving platform under Eddie spin around. Eddie feasted his eyes on the other side of Acme's complex base. But most alarmingly, he found Takeru, Hikari and their Digimon, all tied together on a rope hanging by the hook of a giant crane. And below their feet, there sat a fat tub of hot steaming DIP, large enough for all of them to dive right into if they were to be dropped.

"Mr. Valiant!" Takeru and Hikari both called out at once. "Help us!"

"A beautiful sight, is it not?" Doom said chuckling to himself. "But if you disagree, then I dare need to say that isn't all I have in store for you."

He pressed another button on his remote. A rectangular platform in front of the tub of DIP dropped down. Moments later, it rose back up again, and standing on it was a monstrous, titanic truck machine. It appeared equipped with an assorted arsenal of squirt cannons, fully loaded with DIP that ran through solid transparent pipes circulating around the vehicle. It like was history repeating itself for Eddie, but only far worse. He saw that this machine was definitely made to be built far superior to the one Doom concocted three years ago.

"How do you like this? I call this the TOON-INATOR 3000: my greatest invention yet devised!"

"You haven't changed a cent, Doom. Have you?" Eddie sighed at him with shame. "I pity you sometimes. And I should know because I've worked with toons like you for years. And behind that rubber mask of yours, I know you're still that crazy whacked up toon who should really ought to get a life."

"SILENCE!" Eddie had seriously got Doom on his nerve there. "Who are you to judge me on what I should do? I'm just lucky to be alive again, and I'm happy that I'm here to finally have my vengeance on you, Mr. Valiant, after what you took from me and my dreams."

"Your dreams…? Hah, those freeway ideas you came up with last time are still miles halfway out of space to me! And that reminds me…just exactly who was the gargoyle who brought you back here anyway?"

"That gargoyle you so refer to would be me."

His voice uttered from Eddie's back. Mr. Chairman walked around and confronted him malevolently.

"It's so nice to make your acquaintance, Detective Valiant." He raised his brows at him and lowered down his glasses to see him clearly. "Doom here has missed you so much, and has been dying to see you. We, at Acme, at first didn't expect you to mingle into our plans when we decided to…"

"Kill Mr. Yamazaki?"

"Well, well! Aren't you a clever clog? Hoo, hoo, hoo…but let's not jump to conclusions yet." Mr. Chairman looked over to Judge Doom and both of them chuckled. "Detective, do you know the reason why we are all here, and do you have any idea why your helpless friends are hanging over there by the DIP? Hoo, hoo, hoo. I was surely hoping you'd figure it out by now that I, the Chairman of Acme, intend to have Toei Animation handed over to me."

Takeru, Hikari and the Digimon were listening carefully to what Mr. Chairman was saying. And it was with guarantee that they heard something about Toei Animation being run by him. They all gasped at one another with utmost terror.

"Toei Animation?" Eddie frowned with confusion. "Why the hell do you want Toei Animation?"

"Oh, I don't think you quite understand…you see, I feel that Japanese cartoons, or anime if you prefer to call them, have a great sense of uniqueness. They are adored by people across the nation, they are highly complexly drawn in every way and most intriguingly, they have human emotions like we do. They live like us, they eat like us, they talk like us…why, you could say they're almost like us: a mirror image of us all. But no matter how flawless their appearances and behavior may seem, I detect that a majority of them still lack something very dear. And do you know what that is…? LUNACY!"

"I think HE'S the loony one in this bin." Takeru mumbled to Hikari.

"Rarely have I watched anime that have fully made me laughing off of my chair! You don't get to see much funny business happening often in animes, Detective, compared to what you see over at Hollywood. We people at Acme believe in entertaining the world only through humor, slapstick, jocularity and comedy. And I strongly sense that's exactly what Toei Animation needs! The same goes to the rest of those anime corporations out there! If they can't do things right…then I'm afraid I'll have to do it for them! And if people don't cooperate with me, then I guess it spells bad news for them…"

"So that's why I suppose you killed Hayao Yamazaki, for Toei Animation?"

"Of course! That stubborn old reptile wouldn't hand over his life's work, so I was more than happy to sort him out with a grand piano. And with a touch of help from our sweet Sora Takenouchi, it was a cinch to pull off. My, oh my…that poor girl. It's a pity Doom had to pull the trigger and take her off to la-la dreamland so soon. She was such of great use to us…but by the time she wakes up from her beauty nap, Toei Animation will officially belong to me. And now that I have Takeru Takaishi, I'll make sure that all the anime will be put under marshal law. Then when I turn him, his friends and you in to the police by tomorrow evening, I'll get all the credit. And YOU will be all locked behind bars and stripped of your post…for good! AH! HA! HA! HA! HA! HAAAAAA!!!!!!!"

"Okay, that last laugh just didn't fit right with me." Takeru commented. "That was kind of disturbing."

"You're beyond wackier than Doom is…I don't know who on Earth made you the Chairman of Acme. But for your information, bud, that Mr. Yamazaki you murdered just so happened to have a son. And once he finds out what you're up to…"

"Oh, Detective." Mr. Chairman interrupted him. "I think you better hold your tongue for one minute, because here come a couple of my special guest stars!" He and Doom stood to one side as five soldiers came marching by, holding with them a timid Japanese man wearing glasses that looked a tad too big for him, and then there an adult male anime next to him. The soldiers threw both of them over forwards so that Eddie could identify who they were. "Ah, here's that no good son of a ham bag: Nanahara Yamazaki. So far he has refused to sign in on our contract to give Toei Animation in to me. But don't worry. I'll consider his decision later." He took out a paper scroll from his pockets and revealed it to Eddie. The contract was real, all right. It clearly declared that Nanahara Yamazki would sell Toei Animation and all its belongings (i.e. anime) to the Acme Corporation. The only thing missing on it was Nanahara's signature at the bottom of the page, which would have sealed the deal between him and Mr. Chairman. Putting those issues aside, however, Mr. Chairman brought his attention on the anime. "And can you guess who this anime is with him?"

"Mr. Takenouchi, I presume."

"Gong! Gong! Gong! Gong! Gong!" Mr. Chairman randomly picked up a golden gong and struck it fiercely. "That's the correct answer! Hoo, hoo, hoo…say, you're not half bad for a Toon Detective."

"Where's my daughter?" Professor Haruhiko Takenouchi demanded to know. "What despicable act have you done with her now, Mr. Chairman?"

"Oh, she's fine, I assure you. By now she's dozing off safely in hospital fast asleep. You need not worry about her any longer, Professor. I have no further interest in her." Mr. Chairman gazed over at Doom's machine. "So, how is everything going with our TOON-INATOR 3000?"

"Theoretically, it should be a hundred percent running this time, sir."

"It better be." Mr. Chairman said scornfully. "If we're going to build the perfect freeways in Hollywood, Professor, we're going to have to build them properly and accurately. I don't care if we have to wipe out Toon Town and those worthless toons. Why should I worry about them when in a few years time all of the anime will belong into the palms of my hands! After I take Toei, I'm going to move on and dominate the rest of Japan, bringing in my reign of absolute hilarity into anime shows! AH! HA! HA! HA! HA! HAAAAA!!!!!"

Eddie could understand that Mr. Chairman wasn't just beyond wacky…he was way off his head.

"Um, would you mind not laughing like that?" Takeru generously asked Mr. Chairman up above. "You're giving us all the willies up here!"

"As you see Mr. Valiant, after the Chairman and I take over Toei Animation, I'll be busy off taking my little DIP machine back to Hollywood. And I'll be able to afford tearing down Toon Town and making way for my wonderful, irresistible freeways!" Doom could see it in his eyes…the mass population of toons drowning in waves of boiling DIP. Their cries filling the air, that would only be muffled by the sounds of noisy construction vehicles and working men. Oh bliss…it would be pure Heaven for Judge Doom. "Can you imagine it? It would be spectacular!"

(Sure…in his dreams.) Eddie thought.

"Laugh all you want, Chairman!" Nanahara burst out in anger. "But for the sake of people and anime alike, I will NEVER surrender Toei over to filthy minds such as yours!"

"Huh. Is that so?" Mr. Chairman presented a sinful smile across his face. "Very well, then!" He turned back and signaled at the crane operator sitting inside the crane. "Let 'em have the DIP!" He delivered a thumb down at the operator, who nodded his head and pushed the lever on the control panel. "AH! HA! HA! HA! HA! HAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!"

"I told you to cut it out with scary laugh!" Takeru complained. "Sheesh, someone needs professional help around here."

"CHOTTO MATTE!" Hikari squealed in a raucous voice. Mr. Chairman ordered to stop the crane. "You've still left some questions unanswered! Just exactly how were you able to pull off such a dirty trick in framing Takeru after all this?! And what do you have against him?"

"Sweet child." Mr. Chairman called up to her. "After we learned that your friend Takeru was tragically thrown out of Toei Animation, it seemed too much of a coincidence for us that we were planning to murder Mr. Yamazaki at the same time. So there was nothing we had against the boy. He was merely the perfect subject to our scheme, and the perfect suspect of our crime." He slipped a hand into his pocket and took out a familiar looking rock. "Recognize this, Takeru?"

"Hey…" Takeru stared down at it closely. "…isn't that the rock I tossed on the sign of Toei Animation?"

"The same…and thanks to PicoDevimon's help, we managed to find this tiny fragile object by Toei's gates and retrieve your fingerprints from it! And…well, I'm sure you can guess what came after that. After all, didn't Archnemon show you those fingerprint papers back in court?"

"No wonder!" Eddie could feel the puzzle slowly piecing in together. "That's how Takeru's fingerprints matched the ones found on that rope! After Doom dealt with Mr. Yamazaki, you fat heads copied his fingerprints on the rope to cover up the real evidence and make Takeru look like he dropped it!"

"Aren't we getting somewhere, Detective?" Mr. Chairman teased him with disrespect. "You're taking the words right out of my mouth. Hoo, hoo, hoo. Is there anything else you'd like to share with us at this time, Mr. Smarty Pants?"

"Yeah. That hat found in the piano could have only been a phony! I bet you guys talked Sora into making another hat that was a splitting image of the one Takeru has. It ain't complicated crap…Sora's an expert costume designer and you knew this all along!"

"Gong! Gong! Gong! Gong! Gong!" Mr. Chairman took up his gong again and struck it louder. "Congratulations, Detective! You've solved your first anime case! You're only one step away from earning a hundred million yen…NOT!"

"…Yep, he's an idiot." Takeru said with confirm.

"A loser." Joined Hikari.

"A screwball." Patamon added.

"A crackpot." Tailmon added too.

"A typical cartoon character!" The four of them finished together.

"LOWER THEM DOWN INTO THE DIP!" Mr. Chairman was growing fed up with the anime and their smart aleck comments. He waved at the crane operator and the operator pushed down the lever again.

"NO!" Eddie, Nanahara and Mr. Takenouchi roared.

"I'm so sorry." Mr. Chairman beamed at Nanahara, waving his handover contract at his face in a mock fashion. "You should have signed the contract when you had the chance! But, NO-OOO! You had to be the goody little two shoes and reject, didn't you? All because your whiny daddy wasn't happy selling his company over to me! Well, now you'll have to face the penalty for being disobedient to the Chairman of Acme!"

While Eddie, Doom, Mr. Chairman, Nanahara and Mr. Takenouchi watched the anime gradually descending downwards to their deaths, Takeru felt guilt written all over his body. He never imagined that his final moment in his life would ever come to such an unjustly one as this, bound up together to die with the girl he sincerely had a crush on: Hikari. The Digimon were important to him too. Without Patamon, he wouldn't have been as famous as he had been in Toei Animation. And come to think of it, Takeru had always had fun working with Hikari and everybody else. Despite his struggles finding a right ending to their second season, there were always moments when Takeru enjoyed being together with them. But now, that was melting away. All because he got a little too delusional with his script, it ultimately resulted in this fine mess.

"I'm sorry, Hikari. I'm sorry for all this." Takeru said mournfully. "It's all my fault. If I hadn't written all those flowery scripts and got kicked out of Toei, we wouldn't have ended up here where we are now."

"No, Takeru. I'm the one who should be sorry." Hikari answered back in tears. "I should have been there to support you all the way back in that conference meeting. I should have stayed there and given you my opinion."

"What would you have rated it…truthfully?"

"10. A perfect 10, Takeru." Takeru started crying when he heard Hikari say that. For once, his work had been fully appreciated by the girl he thought could never have accepted it. What irony it was… "It may not be suitable for how the second season could have ended, but at least I've realized now that's how I wished MY life could have ended…with you."

"Arigatou, Hikari. You're the first person who's ever given credit to my work."

"I'm scared…"

"I'm right here…don't cry…I'll be right here to see it all through with you….I'll be right by your side, because we're going to face this together…you're not alone…you'll never be alone."

Takeru, Hikari and the Digimon could now feel the heat of the DIP under their feet…but they didn't fear; soon it would all be over. Takeru and Hikari were glad that they could die together now, and be happy wherever the soul of an anime would go… Now that was something a mystery worth investigating for them…not even a Toon Detective could solve that problem.

"Goodbye, Takeru!" Patamon cried, holding back his sniffs.

"Sayonara, Hikari!" Tailmon closed eyes her tight, taking one last glance of life before she forced herself not to open them again.

"I LOVE YOU, TAKERU-KUN!"

"I LOVE YOU TOO, HIKARI-CHAN!"

Both hand in hand, they closed their eyes, ready to face death itself unafraid.

"…………"

But just when they thought they were done for…

KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A gigantic explosion arose from ceiling above. Rocks and boulders came raining down, smashing and crashing onto soldiers and heavy machinery. Doom, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Takenouchi and Nanahara crouched down for cover, ignoring the dust and pebbles falling onto their backs. Eddie couldn't move a muscle in his status. He raised his head upwards and saw a large gaping hole had been made on the ceiling. And to his phenomenal surprise, out spawned hundreds of Japanese police squads coming down on parachutes or sliding down dropped ropes. Heavily protected with helmets and body armor and armed with state-of-the-art machine guns, they crashed in, eliminating a wide percentage of Acme's soldiers even before they hit the ground. They then spread out rapidly and took positions around the base to take care of the rest of their enemies.

One of the police soldiers dashed towards the crane that was about to fry Takeru and his friends. He flung open the door where inside the crane operator was working in. He snatched him by the shoulders and struggled with him. And while they were moving about senselessly, they managed to knock the lever up on the control panel.

"Huh?"

Takeru, Hikari and the Digimon opened their eyes when they felt that they had suddenly come to an unscheduled stop. It wasn't long after that when they felt their stomachs drop when they were lifted up instantaneously. When they reached their highest point, the crane stopped and the anime tried to recover from this astonishing turn of events.

"Phew! That was a close one, Takeru!" Patamon was deeply relieved. "I saw my life flashing before my eyes!"

"Look, guys!" Tailmon looked out with adrenaline running through her body. "The police forces are here! We're saved!"

Meanwhile, down below…

"WHAT?!" Mr. Chairman's voice boomed as he got up all agitated. "What is going on here? Who's responsible for this sudden outbreak?" He said in panic. But once he discovered who had broken into his humble abode, he couldn't help but freak out. "How in the infernal blazes did the Japanese find out about my Acme base?"

"I forgot to remind you, Chairman!" Eddie laughed joyfully. "We weren't the only ones coming down to visit! With the Lee kids' telling those Japanese cops about our location, you've now got a whole ton of more guests droppin' by to see ya! HA! HA! HAAAA!!!!!!"

"SHUT UP! Nobody laughs at the Chairman of Acme! Stop that laughing now!" But Eddie was in such a cheery mood, he wouldn't stop. And that made Mr. Chairman more cross. "Right, that does it! Doom…take the pleasure in ridding this annoying buffoon right this minute!"

"I'd be delighted." Doom let out his freak grin again. He slipped the glove off his right hand, revealing a long golden shaft with a razor sharp buzz saw at the end of it. "I've waited far too long for this…far too long."

Eddie's smile disappeared.

Back at the crane, the two men at the panel were still fighting. And just when either of them believed he had the advantage, it resulted in one of them accidentally nudging over the lever up or down time after time.

"WHOOOAAAAA-WHAAAAAY-WHEEEEEEEE-AIIIIEEE!!!!!"

The crane's hook kept dropping and lifting, making Takeru and his friends fall and rise constantly at an uncontrollable rate. Not only did this experience bring Takeru back memories when he once went to Disneyland Tokyo years back, but it also made him very…

"I think I'm going to be sick!" Takeru's face turned green and he placed both his hands upon his erupting mouth. Hikari and the others weren't looking too pleased with the situation. "Somebody please stop this thing before I throw up all over!"

Luck came their way, sort of. A massive flying bullet from one of the police's machine guns managed to hit the almost-tearing rope that held the anime together. The rope broke in a split-second and released the anime loose…down to the pool of DIP waiting for them below. By chance, however, the Digimon took swift action to evolve quickly before it was too late. Patamon changed into Angemon and Tailmon changed into Angewomon. And when Takeru and Hikari were only an inch away from getting dipped, their butts were literally saved when their Digimon flew by in the nick of time, and brought them into their arms.

"Angemon!"

"Angewomon!"

The children were very thankful to see them again, stronger and fitter than ever. The Digimon searched for a safe spot to settle them down, as they were most eager to participate in taking out the remaining Acme guards. But it wasn't an easy procedure…the area was swarming with gunfire and soldiers everywhere; it was impossible to find a safe place. So consequently, Angemon and Angewomon decided to take Takeru and Hikari down to the floor from where they stood and protect them until this battle would cease.

"You guards want a piece of us?" Angemon swung his staff and aimed it at his incoming enemies.

"Then, come and get some!" Angewomon slipped out her bow and gathered her arrows.

Acme men fired at them ruthlessly, hoping that their bullets would penetrate the Digimon. Takeru and Hikari ducked, while Angemon and Angewomon sprinted past the bullets easily and took down the guards like bowling pins. And while this was happening…

"HEE! HEE! HEE! HEE! HEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!"

"There's another scary laugh again, only worse than that Chairman guy's!" Takeru said over to Hikari, placing hands over ears with her and flat on the ground. Angewomon picked up a high screeching laugh across in her ear. Looking round her shoulder, she sighted Judge Doom, ready to cut a trapped Eddie Valiant into cocktail sausages.

"Prepare to taste the bitter sweetness of revenge, Mr. Valiant!" Doom cackled in his toony voice as a sweat dropping Eddie gave all his might to set himself free; but every pull, push and shove he made failed. "You may have foiled my plans for a second time, but I don't give a damn! Because I'm the one who's going to win this war between us! After I kill you, all the toons in Hollywood will have NOBODY to solve their cases anymore!"

"Make him pay, Doom! He mustn't stand in our way ever again!" Mr. Chairman said behind, holding a pistol gun against Mr. Takenouchi and Nanahara to prevent them from escaping. "You two can stand right here and watch your friend get sliced into pieces."

"Hey, Doom-ie!" Angewomon called to him far away. Doom turn his head to her direction and quivered when he saw her pulling back a light sparkling arrow in his direction. "Have you ever taken on an anime before? Well, here's a little sample of what we're made of!"

She fired the arrow, but wasn't aiming it for Judge Doom, who cowardly leaped aside. The arrow was meant to hit the chained Eddie…and it did so bulls' eye. And when Mr. Chairman turned around to see what was happening, he received the shock of his life when a large gust of light blinded his face. It jerked him back and made him topple over Nanahara and Mr. Takenouchi.

Eddie felt he could move his arms and legs again. Looking down at himself, he found that the chains and locks on him were gone. They were scattered all over the floor, shattered into tiny pieces. Angewomon's arrow had successfully broke him out, and Eddie laughed once more. He gazed over to Angewomon, looking at him back, and awarded her a thumb up for her excellent aiming. But then, Doom quietly sprung up behind him and raised his weapon high, determined to cut his head off while he was distracted.

"HEEEEEEEEY!!!!!!" Sadly for him though, Angemon dropped down onto his shoulders like a hungry bat and lifted him off the ground by his cloak, bringing him higher and higher into the air. "That's not fair! That's not fair!" Doom squirmed loudly, swinging his buzz saw at Angemon ferociously. "No…No…! NOOOO!!!!!!!!" He screamed madly. "DAMN…! DAMN YOU DIGIMON…! I was so close to getting him…! And you had to ruin it all, you pesky fly!" He was afraid of heights, and looking down from his high view made him most jumpy. "Put me down this instant! Put me down…PUT ME DOWN!"

"Oh, you don't like it up here?" Angemon asked him cheekily, heading towards the tub of DIP below shortly ahead. Doom had his angry eyes fixed on Angemon solely, and had no knowledge of where they were flying to.

'NOOOO!!!!!!!" Doom raged on. "PUT ME DOWN…NOW!!!!!!!!!!!"

"You sure about that?" Angemon came closer to the DIP, slowly plummeting down to it.

"NOOOOOW!!!!!!!"

"All right, then!" Angemon shrugged casually. "Have it your way!"

Doom turned around and saw where was about to land…and he wished he hadn't spoken sooner.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

With a thunderous splash, Doom plunged deep into the green fluid unprepared…leaving only his hat feathering down upon the surface. The DIP bubbled vigorously as Doom was gradually dissolved, until nothing else remained of him.

Elsewhere, Eddie was searching around to find Mr. Takenouchi and Nanahara from where he last saw them. But the first person he clashed into was an infuriated hot-headed Mr. Chairman, grasping with his loaded pistol and pointing it sharply at Eddie's nose. Eddie raised his hands up and stepped backwards with a harmless facial expression.

"I ought to kill you now while I have the chance!" Mr. Chairman sneered devilishly. "Any last words, Detective?"

"Yeah, three words…look behind ya!"

"Oh, hoo, hoo, hoo!" Mr. Chairman advanced towards him. "Nice try there…but a fool like me isn't going to fall for that old toon gag…say your prayers!"

"Ah, sumimasen."

A man behind tapped Mr. Chairman's shoulder.

And when Mr. Chairman answered his caller, he was granted with a knuckle fist in the face by nobody else but Nanahara Yamazaki. The impact was so hard that it made Mr. Chairman go into a fit of dizziness. "Hoo, hoo, hoo…that wasn't very nice! You shouldn't hit a man wearing glasses…ugh…" He went cross eyed and slumped to the ground unconscious.

…

When all had fallen silent in the Acme base, the Japanese police assembled round Eddie, Hikari, Takeru, Angemon, Angewomon, Mr. Takenouchi and Nanahara. All seven of them were circled round a dazed Mr. Chairman, who literally had birds flying around his head.

"The gig is up, Chairman." Eddie said, placing a pair of hand-cuffs on him. "It looks like you've lost."

…

Author's Note: Hey! Wasn't that exciting…? Don't go yet though, there's still a couple more chapters to go. And since it's Christmas time, expect the next part to be up sometime this week…better yet (or should I say sadly), I might be able to complete both chapters this week. So be on the lookout!

And don't forget to review please!