Gallagher streached in his bed, looking out of the window at a Tokyo in rush hour. Rubbing his eyes he got up, only in his
boxers he walked to his case and opened it, taking out a pressed suit in it's plastic cover. They were quartered near the
British Embassy where most of the embassy workers lived. As there was really only 4 of them, they had a 4 bedroom detached
house to share.
"Reminds me of University" Gallagher grumbled as he fixed on his belt and checked to see if everything was there. Fixed
handcuffs, steel extendable baton and pepper spray canister holder.
Picking up his Warrant Card, Gallagher looked again out of the window, it had brightened up since the day before, clouds
clearing to let the sun shine. To this he just stared blankly as he waited for the drowseyness to clear out of his head.
"Guv" Williams called on the other side of the door "come on mate, brekkies ready!"
"Yeah comming" Gallagher yawned.
The brekfast smelt homely enough, a kettle clicking off as it reached boiling point, frying sounds and the smell of black
pudding being fried along with some bacon and egg welcomed Gallagher to ktichen.
"Morning" came the mumbles and grumbles from around the table. It seemed it was only Gallagher who was suited. Trenchard
yawned heavily in a baggy t-shirt and boxers, Macca had managed to find a sleeping bag and had entombed himself in one at
the table, reading the Japan Times's motor section, then turning with disgust to a copy of Fast Car magazine.
"No tits in that one" Macca grumped.
"It's a broadsheet, what the bloody hell do you expect!" laughed Williams who had a shirt and a pair of jogging bottoms
on "full blown lesbian porn?"
"Well apart from that-" Macca began.
"Morning" Gallagher coughed loudly as he stepped in.
"Morning guv" Williams said as he brought the frying pan over tipping eggs onto each plate, then bacon and then black
pudding.
"Cheers mate" grumbled Trenchard as he took his plate then helped himself to some beans.
"What's up with him?" Gallagher asked as he sat down and poured some tea into a mug, dumping a couple of teaspoons of
sugar and throwing in some milk for good measure before tasting it "ugh!" Gallagher spat "couldn't you have gotten some
Typhoo!?"
"Nah they only had PG tips" Macca said.
"Yeah anyway, Trenchard didn't get much sleep last night guv" Williams said as he sat down to his brekfast.
Gallagher nodded "what did everyone think of their first day?"
Macca looked up "excellent, Sakaki gave me to guidance and trust that I needed guv, a couple more days and I should be
able to maintain both the Ingram and the Fairfax easily"
Gallagher looked to Williams "what about you, remember by the looks of it, sleeping beauty over there is probabbly
going to rely on you when something goes wrong"
Williams leaned back "Asuma says I'm doing well for a beginner, managed to get my end of the Fairfax OS upload done on the
2nd attempt which is good, just need to orientate myself with the damage control screens and the rest of the Command car
interface and I'm all set to go Guv"
"Brilliant for both of you then" Gallagher said as he sipped his tea "Williams, Trenchard we're going to go on some
surveilance today" he smiled "wear casual smarts, we'll dish you out an encrypted radio from the embassy.
Trenchard opened his eyes "but I'm a jockey, I don't sit in a car, CID do that!"
"I'm short on men Tim mate" Gallagher grinned "if it'll make it easier, you can wear your uniform and go on foot"
"I have to wear my uniform anyway until I get Transport Police pilot uniform" Trenchard sighed into his arms.
"Well I'll leave you to it" Gallagher said as he finnshed his breakfast "we'll leave in half an hour"
****
"Brrr!" Noa shivered as she walked into the hangar "freezin'"
"Hey Noa" Hiromi said with a gentle smile as he washed the front windcreen of his truck.
"Hiya" Noa said, streaching her arms out "you did the nightshift then?"
"Yeah" Hiromi said as he looked up at the Fairfax as new paint was applied, covering the scratches of the exercise from
yesterday "Guess I missed the new arrivals?"
"Yeah, they're comming in today though, they're going on patrol for some reason, breifing is soon though" Noa replied as
she looked down at her watch.
Goto however wasn't as lucky as Noa, Ota or Shinobu even. He was happily snoring away at his desk, spent ciggarette in his
hand when the door slammed uncomfortably loudly for Goto, springing him out of his dreamy dreams with a bang.
"Wake up!" Shinobu snapped as she dropped her case on her desk, adding yet more ringing to Goto's ears.
"M-morning" he mumbled as he hid the cig butt in the palm of his hand "have a nice sleep?"
"Yeah, slept soundly as soon as my head hit the pillow" Shinobu said as she sat down and opened up her case, taking out
some papers she had to take home.
Goto sat up and opened one of his deskside drawers, taking out a comb, a bottle of actibrush and deodorant.
"Ohhh theres a locker room y'know!" Shinobu said pointing to the door.
"Yeah but I like to multitask at my desk" Goto grinned as he swigged a bit of the green liquid that was the actibrush.
Shinobu looked at Goto as he fired his computer back up again, his methods of getting up in the morning might be
disgusting but his appearance wasn't. Not moving around as much meant that his uniform was always crisp and cut and
he had long since perfected a way of sleeping on the desk without ruffling up his hair too much.
Goto however wasn't really focused on his personal hygene as he spat into his used coffee cup and rubbed his teeth, he was
focused on giving Gallagher the ammunition he needed to get the job at hand done as quickly as possible.
The door opened again and Gallagher popped his head in "Morning all" he said "I wanted to do the Breif in about twenty
minutes Goto?"
"Yeah, give me a minute" Goto said as he tapped away.
"Did you manage to find out any recent suspects" Gallagher asked as he walked in.
"Well there are some well known sympathisers of the WDA in Tokyo" Goto said, handing Gallagher the file that was on his
desk.
"Sympathisers in that we can't prove that they are directly connected" Shinobu added.
Gallagher nodded as he read the file, based on Aoi Kagatawa, 20, Student and a string of minor protest offenses behind him
"I see, they unemployed?"
"Yeah, been drawing state benefit for the last 5 years records show" Shinobu said,
looking at some files Goto had piled on her desk to make space on his own.
"Thats the connection" Gallagher replied, clicking his fingers.
"How did you jump to that conclusion then?" Goto asked.
"Easy, the funding of Terrorist groups is very mixed, those who's agenda does not fit that of a major 3rd party needs as
much extra income as possible" Gallagher explained.
"So they're drawing Unemployment benefit and using that to fund the WDA?" Shinobu asked.
"Well yeah, we had it with the IRA back in the 1960's and 70's, you'll have to prove that they are using all the money
though" Gallagher added.
"You'll need more than that to get him in front of a court" Goto said "But it's a start, can you-"
Shinobu blinked, not really beleiving what she was hearing "I am not going to allow you to arrest that man on mere
suspicion!" she said, outraged certainly, insulted maybe.
"Captain, we need to get him off of the streets, we can release him the day after, I just need to shake him up to see what
he knows" Gallagher said sternly to Shinobu.
"The answer is still no!" Shinobu spat back "I do not want to see an investigation in my division because of foul play"
"She has a point" Goto replied "I have a better idea than arresting him straight away"
Gallagher gave Shinobu a look before looking to Goto "well as long as I get on the road then anything'll do" he muttered.
****
The breifing room was a filled a bit more than usual as Trenchard and Williams joined everyone else for the joit breifing.
"Theme for today is surveilence" Goto said as he read from his clipboard "DCI Gallagher needs two people to acommpany both
him and DC Willams and PC Trenchard" Goto took one look, sighed and pointed "Kanuka and Asuma, DCI Gallagher you choose who
you want where"
Gallagher looked at the group, then saw Ota "What about Officer Ota?" he said quietly to Goto.
"You sure?" Goto asked raising an eyebrow "I never knew you liked Dirty Harry impersonators Harry" he grinned.
"Oh you're so funny" Gallagher said sarcastically "I want Officers Asuma and Ota with me and Williams and Kanuka goes with
Trenchard deal?"
Goto thought for a moment, then he realised what Gallagher's type revelled in, the chase, the raid, the kind who love
running after the crook and slapping them into the car after they are caught, the perfect man for the job in other
words.
"Deal" Goto said "pick up the radios at the British Embassy and meet up with me, Kanuka and Trenchard at the Matsuya Dept
Store opposite Ginza three okay?"
"What are they saying?" Ota asked Asuma, not really getting the more complicated parts of the english being spoken.
"DCI Gallagher wants you to come with us" Asuma said "heavens knows why"
"Ah enough with that!" Ota snapped "you should have restraint instead of airing your thoughts all the time!"
"Hey calm down you two" Noa interupted as Trenchard leaned back and looked at the blackboard.
"PC Trenchard!" Kanuka said as she sat down next to him, Trenchard looked at her, her gaze, though not the blood freezing
stare of before was still packed to the brim with seriousness, though this was of the professional nature "you'll be
riding with me"
"Yes sergeant" he replied "who'll be driving?"
"Don't get too ahead of yourself, we haven't got a car yet!" Kanuka said with a slight smile "your cheif will probabbly
sort one out however"
"Yeah" Trenchard nodded.
"Just stick with me, do what I say and do not run off on your own!" Kanuka said firmly, looking him dead in the eye again
to press home her statement, Trenchard just nodded, which was enough in Kanuka's books.
Gallagher nodded "good" he turned to the group "right settle down" he said as Goto translated "as Captain Goto has said,
we are on surveilence, Officers Asuma and Ota are to change into Civillian clothing and accompany myself and DC Williams
for the duration of the day, Sergeant Kanuka and PC Trenchard will be in uniform and follow an alternative route to ours"
he said as he took a folded sheet and unfolded it quickly, using bluetac to pin it to the board "this is the area of
operations in Ginza" he said as he pulled out his Parker pen, on the map was Tokyo Station in the middle, to the southeast
was the Imperial Hotel, the south the districts of Ginza which included the Matsuzakaya and the Matsuya department stores
and just below the Station was the Tokyo International Forum.
"Labor-Expo will be held in the Tokyo International Forum, we are to do a surveilence patrol around the area in a sqare
like route, my team will start at.." he squinted "E-Etai? Dori" he looked up at Goto who nodded "Etai Dori, through Chuo
Dori ending at the Forum where we'll check out the CCTV equipment there" Gallagher then looked over a Kanuka and Trenchard
"Sgt Clancy and PC Trenchard will patrol Ginza Districts 1,2,3,4 and 5 in case of any activity there because" Gallagher
continued as he pinned up three pictures on the wall "We are on the lookout for these three, Aoi Kagatawa, Dougie O'Tool
and Terry Arnwell. Aoi is known by pure fact to drift around the electronics deptartments of the big Ginza Stores and
shopping centers, if you see him, do not, repeat not approach him unless I tell you too, follow him and report your
progress to me" Gallagher finished "thats the end of the breifing, we leave in 20 minutes"
****
Trenchard put on his standard belt, it would weigh a ton after all the stuff he would have to put on it. Sighing he
looked over his inventory that endless Home Office initiatives and Area command guidelines had burdened him with. Police
nightstick (he would not be using this today), which replaced the old truncheon although he did notice that the Tokyo
Metropolitan still used it, steel flexible baton in it's miniturised state, Pepper stray holder with a small cartridge
of pepper spray, locked handcuffs, specially designed so that they would be inflexible, thereby preventing the detainee
from moving his arms and hands as much as possible and finally, radio main unit holder (which was empty of course) which
the revicever on his jumper was connected to. Strangly in keeping with the past image of the traditional 'Bobby' on the
beat, he still had a holding pouch for a small notepad and pen. He took off his receiver and
placed it in his pocket of his Pullover.
However with this mission, he had to dispense with the rest of the uniform, sporting a black FCUK baseball cap and dark
grey pullover with the words "Brixton Spirit" stitched accross the front which went well with his dark blue elasticated
pull up jogging bottoms and trainers. Hopefully, he thought it would keep him in with one of the hundreds of different
crowds that the Japanese youth subscribed to.
"You ready?" Kanuka asked as she peered into the locker room "we were meant to go 5 minutes ago"
"I know but Guv's still looking for Capt. Goto" Trenchard smiled as rubbed his forehead "do I look okay?"
"That's what you kids wear in the UK?" Kanuka asked raising an eyebrow.
"Well it's one fashion yes, but not the fashion if you get my feeling" Trenchard sweatdropped.
"Well pass me your gun then" kanuka said as she walked in, Trenchard could see what she had got on for the job. Kanuka
had opted for a pair of jeans and a beige heavy woolen fleece. Under the fleece was a white shirt, her long, black hair
done into a ponytail. As it was quite sunny outside, Kanuka sported a pair of worn, black sports sunglasses, probabbly
Oakleys. Her belt was showing before she properly did the fleece up, quite different to the UK version with the usual
holders for cuffs but no Pepper Spray holder, the radio was a proper one, not the smaller one that UK Policemen used,
the nightstick holder was empty though in another pouch she too had a steel flexible baton. The gun holster was missing
as well, Kanuka probabbly took it off as it stood out too much, a sign of the very sad (and arguably unnesscecary) Gun
Culture in the United States.
"Guns?" Trenchard blinked "we don't use them, unless I'm in the Armed Response Car"
Kanuka looked at Trenchard for a second then said "good, we'll pick the map up when we get our radios"
Trenchard nodded "you think Captain Goto and Guv were wise in sending us two out, like we haven't actually got a Tokyo
Police member with us"
Kanuka looked back "if we just stay out of trouble nobody will bother us, just listen to what I told you in the breifing
okay?"
"Yes Sergeant" Trenchard nodded.
"Goto!" said Gallagher "common we had to leave 5 minutes ago!"
"Yeah hold one" Goto muttered as he flipped out 1,000 yen to a UK Engineer who in turn handed over a pouch of DRUM
rolling tobbaco.
"Cheers mate" the engineer grinned as he walked off.
"Yeah whatever" Goto replied, raising an eyebrow as he turned to Goto "Yeah I'm ready now, got any ciggarette papers?"
Gallagher gave him his Rizla papers and turned to walk out "I'll see you at the Forum"
"Well we managed to get the front base off" Macca said, rubbing his brow with a grease and oil covered arm "we pumped
the Deisel out of the tanks"
"Good" nodded Sakaki as he looked at the new, smaller tanks lying outside of the hanger "get your engineers to remove the
old tank, put the new ones in, give the Fairfax a standard check then install the new fuel and weight distribution
systems" Sakaki said as he looked down at his watch "10am now you have an hour and a half, get going"
Macca nodded and turned "alright lads gather round and listen up, we've got an hour and a half to get this Fairfax
balanced so get this noted down and take good notice!"
Sakaki chuckled to himself "he's gonna be the best Engineer they have when I'm finnished with him" he said as Macca
split the 20 or so engineers into two teams, one to remove the old tank, the other to prepare the other, smaller tanks
for instant fitting the second the old one has been removed.
****
The drive to the British Embassy was a long and boring one, the embassy at Ichibancho in the Chiyoda ward of the city
didn't help lift the atmopshere either, it's ugly redbrick exterior clashing horribly with Tokyo's old grey concrete
apartment blocks and office buildings which had sprung up so quickly and confidently over 30-40 years previously.
The Embassy itself was like most other embassy's, adding wieght to the statement which in some foriegn land there
will always be a corner that will be forever England. The Union Flag flew with determination, adding to the spirit
of a city which revolves around so many different objectives. In the car park familiar cars both British and Japanese
sat patiently. Inside was a trip back to the 1950'swith a varnished wooden walls and furry red carpets, with the Army
so small these days, actual army personell can't be supplied but National Security Guards make up for what the Ministry
of Defense pulls back on, the shiny white helmets of Tokyo Metropolitan police's future prospects standing guard
attentivly. Finally, the reception of the embassy housed a reprint of the famous portrait of the Queen in her prime
above the check in desk on the wall.
"Strewth" Gallagher sighed as he walked in with Goto and flashed his warrant card to the receptionist "you'd think that
we're in London" he said as he saw a vending machine, with muched missed Walkers crisps, Kit-kat chunky bars and Polo
mints along with other British confectionry and chocolate.
"Yeah" Goto said with an eyebrow raised "you'd think they would update the decor in here, I've seen cardboard boxes
with better interor designs"
"Ah it ain't that bad" Gallagher shrugged "guess the foreign office cut back on funding again"
"You got that right" Sir Andrew said with a smile "I had to cut the expense accounts of my staff the other day"
"Sir Andrew!?" Gallagher blinked "But I thought you had work?"
"I did, but the RAF were transporting the Foreign Minister to see the LabourExpo himself so I had to go too" he yawned
"didn't get much sleep either"
"Oh yeah Goto, this is Sir Andrew Ramsgate, the Foreign Secretary's private secretary" Gallagher said with a smile
"Sir Andrew, Captain Goto of SV2"
"A pleasure to meet you Captain" Sir Andrew smiled shaking Goto's hand "We've heard alot about SV2's exploits from
both Sections"
"We like to be high profile" Goto smiled slightly "bigger deterent that way"
"Quite" Sir Andrew nodded "well I hear Mr. Ayhagami has paid you and Captain Nugamo a visit, however last night we
found out something that will be very interesting to you"
Goto nodded "well show us the way Sir Andrew".
They were escorted now by suited Special Branch officers up into the deeper areas of the Embassy, other plain clothed
officers with Kevlar jackets on heldMP5 submachine guns expertly as they stood by strategic points of the secured area
of the embassy.
"Hmmm all this just for the Ambassodor?" Goto said with an eyebrow raised "boy he must be scared of something"
"The Ambassodor is out on Business in Hokkaido at the moment, although the embassy has been changed into a HQ for the
Foreign Minister" Sir Andrew said as he walked into one of the conference rooms.
The room's decor was like the others, outdated, with another portrait of the Queen up on the wall. The table though was
an antique for sure, imported from the UK no doubt and in some perverse way made the Varnished walls and 50's style
carpets look like works of art, making the room look 10 times as good as it should be. On the table was a see through
glass container, inside was a small nike backpack, next to the container was a box of disposable rubber gloveslike the
ones forensic scientists use. Ayhagami stood by the table, his minder, Bhatou was next to him.
"Ah Captain we meet again!" Ayhagami smiled "and you brought DCI Gallagher!"
"This is Secretary Ayhagami of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs" Goto said.
"We have been discussing the reprocussions of what is in that bag" Sir Andrew said.
"What exactly is in the bag?" Gallagher asked.
"This was intercepted by our Customs late last night by another suspected EDA member outside of Tokyo, what is inside
will confirm out worst fears" Ayhagami explained.
Gallagher put on a pair of gloves and opened the glass case, opening the bag carefully as Goto and Sir Andrew watched.
Gallagher then to his suprise a large block of Semtex, a pair of detonators in a clear plastic packet and a WH-Smiths*
notebook (*WH-Smiths are a major Stationary and book chain of shops in the UK).
"What does it say inside the notepad?" Goto asked.
"English, handwritten, page by page instructions in making bin bombs and car bombs" Gallagher sighed.
"I don't think that I have to make myself clear on the gravity of this, this confirms our worst fears that a possible
attack on LabourExpo is highly likley, we need to stop all possibility of an explosion happening because the last thing
I want or my opposite wants are headlines saying that 200 odd people were killed because of a RIRA bomb attack!"
"The reprocussions of this bomb could be devestating to both Japanese and British industry, also if the operation to
foil this fails" Ayahagami said as he lit ciggarette "your positions will be called into question, and there will be
nothing that me or Sir Andrew can do to save that"
"So you must stop the bombing using any means at your disposal, Prime Minister Blair and Nozumi have been told of the
current crisis and have agreed that both now have executive powers under the UK Prevention of terrorism Act 1998 and the
Interpol juristiction acts in both countries to arrest on mere suspicion, you have your tools, you have 3 days, good
luck gentlemen" Sir Andrew finnished.
"Ah one more point" Ayahagami said writing something down on one of the complementary pads that the Embassy provides
and ripping half ofthe page off "this must kept be as low profile as possible, anything that grabs the public's
attention must be covered up immediatly or else face the media barrage the next morning"
Goto and Gallagher nodded.
"Right, return to the front desk and take your radios. You need to get on the road as soon as possible" Sir Andrew said.
****
"Well we got our marching orders" Gallagher said as he took his radio out of the special holding bag with battery and
charger.
"Yeah" Goto half mumbled, distracted a bit "I'll see you at the forum, radio me if you hear anything okay?"
"Sure mate" Gallagher nodded as he ran to the two cars parked at the side of the main gate.
"Christ you took your time!" Willams said as he wound down the window "you got the radios?"
"Yeah" Gallagher nodded as he passed three Radio sets to Williams before jogging to Kanuka and Trenchard's car.
"Afternoon sir" Kanuka said "are these the radios?"
"They are indeed" Gallagher nodded "look I need you to check the two major department stores in Ginza for me, we'll be
scanning the streets, I'll phone ahead so they'll be expecting you okay?"
"Yes sir" Kanuka said "do we know where exactly this Aoi man hangs out?"
"He normally goes to Shinjuku for his kicks and drinks but during the day he goes looking for stuff for his Computer
apparently, maybe shoplifting we don't know, all I know is that we have to watch this man, he might lead us to O'tool
and Arnwell" Gallagher explained.
Kanuka nodded, turning the engine of the Nissan Primera that was on loan to them on "got it sir" she turned to Trenchard
"better get your map out we might need it"
"Sure" Trenchard said, whipping it out of his bag in front.
"Oh yeah Trenchard, what flavour crisps do you like?" Gallagher asked.
"Salt and Vinegar, why?"
Gallagher threw him a couple of packets along with a stick of Polos "enjoy"
"Whehey!" Trenchard grinned "you do not realize how long its been since I've seen these!!!"
Gallagher got up and strolled over to the other Nissan Primera in which Williams, Ota and Asuma were in and got in on the
passenger side.
"To the forum I guess" Gallagher said "and take the long route around".
boxers he walked to his case and opened it, taking out a pressed suit in it's plastic cover. They were quartered near the
British Embassy where most of the embassy workers lived. As there was really only 4 of them, they had a 4 bedroom detached
house to share.
"Reminds me of University" Gallagher grumbled as he fixed on his belt and checked to see if everything was there. Fixed
handcuffs, steel extendable baton and pepper spray canister holder.
Picking up his Warrant Card, Gallagher looked again out of the window, it had brightened up since the day before, clouds
clearing to let the sun shine. To this he just stared blankly as he waited for the drowseyness to clear out of his head.
"Guv" Williams called on the other side of the door "come on mate, brekkies ready!"
"Yeah comming" Gallagher yawned.
The brekfast smelt homely enough, a kettle clicking off as it reached boiling point, frying sounds and the smell of black
pudding being fried along with some bacon and egg welcomed Gallagher to ktichen.
"Morning" came the mumbles and grumbles from around the table. It seemed it was only Gallagher who was suited. Trenchard
yawned heavily in a baggy t-shirt and boxers, Macca had managed to find a sleeping bag and had entombed himself in one at
the table, reading the Japan Times's motor section, then turning with disgust to a copy of Fast Car magazine.
"No tits in that one" Macca grumped.
"It's a broadsheet, what the bloody hell do you expect!" laughed Williams who had a shirt and a pair of jogging bottoms
on "full blown lesbian porn?"
"Well apart from that-" Macca began.
"Morning" Gallagher coughed loudly as he stepped in.
"Morning guv" Williams said as he brought the frying pan over tipping eggs onto each plate, then bacon and then black
pudding.
"Cheers mate" grumbled Trenchard as he took his plate then helped himself to some beans.
"What's up with him?" Gallagher asked as he sat down and poured some tea into a mug, dumping a couple of teaspoons of
sugar and throwing in some milk for good measure before tasting it "ugh!" Gallagher spat "couldn't you have gotten some
Typhoo!?"
"Nah they only had PG tips" Macca said.
"Yeah anyway, Trenchard didn't get much sleep last night guv" Williams said as he sat down to his brekfast.
Gallagher nodded "what did everyone think of their first day?"
Macca looked up "excellent, Sakaki gave me to guidance and trust that I needed guv, a couple more days and I should be
able to maintain both the Ingram and the Fairfax easily"
Gallagher looked to Williams "what about you, remember by the looks of it, sleeping beauty over there is probabbly
going to rely on you when something goes wrong"
Williams leaned back "Asuma says I'm doing well for a beginner, managed to get my end of the Fairfax OS upload done on the
2nd attempt which is good, just need to orientate myself with the damage control screens and the rest of the Command car
interface and I'm all set to go Guv"
"Brilliant for both of you then" Gallagher said as he sipped his tea "Williams, Trenchard we're going to go on some
surveilance today" he smiled "wear casual smarts, we'll dish you out an encrypted radio from the embassy.
Trenchard opened his eyes "but I'm a jockey, I don't sit in a car, CID do that!"
"I'm short on men Tim mate" Gallagher grinned "if it'll make it easier, you can wear your uniform and go on foot"
"I have to wear my uniform anyway until I get Transport Police pilot uniform" Trenchard sighed into his arms.
"Well I'll leave you to it" Gallagher said as he finnshed his breakfast "we'll leave in half an hour"
****
"Brrr!" Noa shivered as she walked into the hangar "freezin'"
"Hey Noa" Hiromi said with a gentle smile as he washed the front windcreen of his truck.
"Hiya" Noa said, streaching her arms out "you did the nightshift then?"
"Yeah" Hiromi said as he looked up at the Fairfax as new paint was applied, covering the scratches of the exercise from
yesterday "Guess I missed the new arrivals?"
"Yeah, they're comming in today though, they're going on patrol for some reason, breifing is soon though" Noa replied as
she looked down at her watch.
Goto however wasn't as lucky as Noa, Ota or Shinobu even. He was happily snoring away at his desk, spent ciggarette in his
hand when the door slammed uncomfortably loudly for Goto, springing him out of his dreamy dreams with a bang.
"Wake up!" Shinobu snapped as she dropped her case on her desk, adding yet more ringing to Goto's ears.
"M-morning" he mumbled as he hid the cig butt in the palm of his hand "have a nice sleep?"
"Yeah, slept soundly as soon as my head hit the pillow" Shinobu said as she sat down and opened up her case, taking out
some papers she had to take home.
Goto sat up and opened one of his deskside drawers, taking out a comb, a bottle of actibrush and deodorant.
"Ohhh theres a locker room y'know!" Shinobu said pointing to the door.
"Yeah but I like to multitask at my desk" Goto grinned as he swigged a bit of the green liquid that was the actibrush.
Shinobu looked at Goto as he fired his computer back up again, his methods of getting up in the morning might be
disgusting but his appearance wasn't. Not moving around as much meant that his uniform was always crisp and cut and
he had long since perfected a way of sleeping on the desk without ruffling up his hair too much.
Goto however wasn't really focused on his personal hygene as he spat into his used coffee cup and rubbed his teeth, he was
focused on giving Gallagher the ammunition he needed to get the job at hand done as quickly as possible.
The door opened again and Gallagher popped his head in "Morning all" he said "I wanted to do the Breif in about twenty
minutes Goto?"
"Yeah, give me a minute" Goto said as he tapped away.
"Did you manage to find out any recent suspects" Gallagher asked as he walked in.
"Well there are some well known sympathisers of the WDA in Tokyo" Goto said, handing Gallagher the file that was on his
desk.
"Sympathisers in that we can't prove that they are directly connected" Shinobu added.
Gallagher nodded as he read the file, based on Aoi Kagatawa, 20, Student and a string of minor protest offenses behind him
"I see, they unemployed?"
"Yeah, been drawing state benefit for the last 5 years records show" Shinobu said,
looking at some files Goto had piled on her desk to make space on his own.
"Thats the connection" Gallagher replied, clicking his fingers.
"How did you jump to that conclusion then?" Goto asked.
"Easy, the funding of Terrorist groups is very mixed, those who's agenda does not fit that of a major 3rd party needs as
much extra income as possible" Gallagher explained.
"So they're drawing Unemployment benefit and using that to fund the WDA?" Shinobu asked.
"Well yeah, we had it with the IRA back in the 1960's and 70's, you'll have to prove that they are using all the money
though" Gallagher added.
"You'll need more than that to get him in front of a court" Goto said "But it's a start, can you-"
Shinobu blinked, not really beleiving what she was hearing "I am not going to allow you to arrest that man on mere
suspicion!" she said, outraged certainly, insulted maybe.
"Captain, we need to get him off of the streets, we can release him the day after, I just need to shake him up to see what
he knows" Gallagher said sternly to Shinobu.
"The answer is still no!" Shinobu spat back "I do not want to see an investigation in my division because of foul play"
"She has a point" Goto replied "I have a better idea than arresting him straight away"
Gallagher gave Shinobu a look before looking to Goto "well as long as I get on the road then anything'll do" he muttered.
****
The breifing room was a filled a bit more than usual as Trenchard and Williams joined everyone else for the joit breifing.
"Theme for today is surveilence" Goto said as he read from his clipboard "DCI Gallagher needs two people to acommpany both
him and DC Willams and PC Trenchard" Goto took one look, sighed and pointed "Kanuka and Asuma, DCI Gallagher you choose who
you want where"
Gallagher looked at the group, then saw Ota "What about Officer Ota?" he said quietly to Goto.
"You sure?" Goto asked raising an eyebrow "I never knew you liked Dirty Harry impersonators Harry" he grinned.
"Oh you're so funny" Gallagher said sarcastically "I want Officers Asuma and Ota with me and Williams and Kanuka goes with
Trenchard deal?"
Goto thought for a moment, then he realised what Gallagher's type revelled in, the chase, the raid, the kind who love
running after the crook and slapping them into the car after they are caught, the perfect man for the job in other
words.
"Deal" Goto said "pick up the radios at the British Embassy and meet up with me, Kanuka and Trenchard at the Matsuya Dept
Store opposite Ginza three okay?"
"What are they saying?" Ota asked Asuma, not really getting the more complicated parts of the english being spoken.
"DCI Gallagher wants you to come with us" Asuma said "heavens knows why"
"Ah enough with that!" Ota snapped "you should have restraint instead of airing your thoughts all the time!"
"Hey calm down you two" Noa interupted as Trenchard leaned back and looked at the blackboard.
"PC Trenchard!" Kanuka said as she sat down next to him, Trenchard looked at her, her gaze, though not the blood freezing
stare of before was still packed to the brim with seriousness, though this was of the professional nature "you'll be
riding with me"
"Yes sergeant" he replied "who'll be driving?"
"Don't get too ahead of yourself, we haven't got a car yet!" Kanuka said with a slight smile "your cheif will probabbly
sort one out however"
"Yeah" Trenchard nodded.
"Just stick with me, do what I say and do not run off on your own!" Kanuka said firmly, looking him dead in the eye again
to press home her statement, Trenchard just nodded, which was enough in Kanuka's books.
Gallagher nodded "good" he turned to the group "right settle down" he said as Goto translated "as Captain Goto has said,
we are on surveilence, Officers Asuma and Ota are to change into Civillian clothing and accompany myself and DC Williams
for the duration of the day, Sergeant Kanuka and PC Trenchard will be in uniform and follow an alternative route to ours"
he said as he took a folded sheet and unfolded it quickly, using bluetac to pin it to the board "this is the area of
operations in Ginza" he said as he pulled out his Parker pen, on the map was Tokyo Station in the middle, to the southeast
was the Imperial Hotel, the south the districts of Ginza which included the Matsuzakaya and the Matsuya department stores
and just below the Station was the Tokyo International Forum.
"Labor-Expo will be held in the Tokyo International Forum, we are to do a surveilence patrol around the area in a sqare
like route, my team will start at.." he squinted "E-Etai? Dori" he looked up at Goto who nodded "Etai Dori, through Chuo
Dori ending at the Forum where we'll check out the CCTV equipment there" Gallagher then looked over a Kanuka and Trenchard
"Sgt Clancy and PC Trenchard will patrol Ginza Districts 1,2,3,4 and 5 in case of any activity there because" Gallagher
continued as he pinned up three pictures on the wall "We are on the lookout for these three, Aoi Kagatawa, Dougie O'Tool
and Terry Arnwell. Aoi is known by pure fact to drift around the electronics deptartments of the big Ginza Stores and
shopping centers, if you see him, do not, repeat not approach him unless I tell you too, follow him and report your
progress to me" Gallagher finished "thats the end of the breifing, we leave in 20 minutes"
****
Trenchard put on his standard belt, it would weigh a ton after all the stuff he would have to put on it. Sighing he
looked over his inventory that endless Home Office initiatives and Area command guidelines had burdened him with. Police
nightstick (he would not be using this today), which replaced the old truncheon although he did notice that the Tokyo
Metropolitan still used it, steel flexible baton in it's miniturised state, Pepper stray holder with a small cartridge
of pepper spray, locked handcuffs, specially designed so that they would be inflexible, thereby preventing the detainee
from moving his arms and hands as much as possible and finally, radio main unit holder (which was empty of course) which
the revicever on his jumper was connected to. Strangly in keeping with the past image of the traditional 'Bobby' on the
beat, he still had a holding pouch for a small notepad and pen. He took off his receiver and
placed it in his pocket of his Pullover.
However with this mission, he had to dispense with the rest of the uniform, sporting a black FCUK baseball cap and dark
grey pullover with the words "Brixton Spirit" stitched accross the front which went well with his dark blue elasticated
pull up jogging bottoms and trainers. Hopefully, he thought it would keep him in with one of the hundreds of different
crowds that the Japanese youth subscribed to.
"You ready?" Kanuka asked as she peered into the locker room "we were meant to go 5 minutes ago"
"I know but Guv's still looking for Capt. Goto" Trenchard smiled as rubbed his forehead "do I look okay?"
"That's what you kids wear in the UK?" Kanuka asked raising an eyebrow.
"Well it's one fashion yes, but not the fashion if you get my feeling" Trenchard sweatdropped.
"Well pass me your gun then" kanuka said as she walked in, Trenchard could see what she had got on for the job. Kanuka
had opted for a pair of jeans and a beige heavy woolen fleece. Under the fleece was a white shirt, her long, black hair
done into a ponytail. As it was quite sunny outside, Kanuka sported a pair of worn, black sports sunglasses, probabbly
Oakleys. Her belt was showing before she properly did the fleece up, quite different to the UK version with the usual
holders for cuffs but no Pepper Spray holder, the radio was a proper one, not the smaller one that UK Policemen used,
the nightstick holder was empty though in another pouch she too had a steel flexible baton. The gun holster was missing
as well, Kanuka probabbly took it off as it stood out too much, a sign of the very sad (and arguably unnesscecary) Gun
Culture in the United States.
"Guns?" Trenchard blinked "we don't use them, unless I'm in the Armed Response Car"
Kanuka looked at Trenchard for a second then said "good, we'll pick the map up when we get our radios"
Trenchard nodded "you think Captain Goto and Guv were wise in sending us two out, like we haven't actually got a Tokyo
Police member with us"
Kanuka looked back "if we just stay out of trouble nobody will bother us, just listen to what I told you in the breifing
okay?"
"Yes Sergeant" Trenchard nodded.
"Goto!" said Gallagher "common we had to leave 5 minutes ago!"
"Yeah hold one" Goto muttered as he flipped out 1,000 yen to a UK Engineer who in turn handed over a pouch of DRUM
rolling tobbaco.
"Cheers mate" the engineer grinned as he walked off.
"Yeah whatever" Goto replied, raising an eyebrow as he turned to Goto "Yeah I'm ready now, got any ciggarette papers?"
Gallagher gave him his Rizla papers and turned to walk out "I'll see you at the Forum"
"Well we managed to get the front base off" Macca said, rubbing his brow with a grease and oil covered arm "we pumped
the Deisel out of the tanks"
"Good" nodded Sakaki as he looked at the new, smaller tanks lying outside of the hanger "get your engineers to remove the
old tank, put the new ones in, give the Fairfax a standard check then install the new fuel and weight distribution
systems" Sakaki said as he looked down at his watch "10am now you have an hour and a half, get going"
Macca nodded and turned "alright lads gather round and listen up, we've got an hour and a half to get this Fairfax
balanced so get this noted down and take good notice!"
Sakaki chuckled to himself "he's gonna be the best Engineer they have when I'm finnished with him" he said as Macca
split the 20 or so engineers into two teams, one to remove the old tank, the other to prepare the other, smaller tanks
for instant fitting the second the old one has been removed.
****
The drive to the British Embassy was a long and boring one, the embassy at Ichibancho in the Chiyoda ward of the city
didn't help lift the atmopshere either, it's ugly redbrick exterior clashing horribly with Tokyo's old grey concrete
apartment blocks and office buildings which had sprung up so quickly and confidently over 30-40 years previously.
The Embassy itself was like most other embassy's, adding wieght to the statement which in some foriegn land there
will always be a corner that will be forever England. The Union Flag flew with determination, adding to the spirit
of a city which revolves around so many different objectives. In the car park familiar cars both British and Japanese
sat patiently. Inside was a trip back to the 1950'swith a varnished wooden walls and furry red carpets, with the Army
so small these days, actual army personell can't be supplied but National Security Guards make up for what the Ministry
of Defense pulls back on, the shiny white helmets of Tokyo Metropolitan police's future prospects standing guard
attentivly. Finally, the reception of the embassy housed a reprint of the famous portrait of the Queen in her prime
above the check in desk on the wall.
"Strewth" Gallagher sighed as he walked in with Goto and flashed his warrant card to the receptionist "you'd think that
we're in London" he said as he saw a vending machine, with muched missed Walkers crisps, Kit-kat chunky bars and Polo
mints along with other British confectionry and chocolate.
"Yeah" Goto said with an eyebrow raised "you'd think they would update the decor in here, I've seen cardboard boxes
with better interor designs"
"Ah it ain't that bad" Gallagher shrugged "guess the foreign office cut back on funding again"
"You got that right" Sir Andrew said with a smile "I had to cut the expense accounts of my staff the other day"
"Sir Andrew!?" Gallagher blinked "But I thought you had work?"
"I did, but the RAF were transporting the Foreign Minister to see the LabourExpo himself so I had to go too" he yawned
"didn't get much sleep either"
"Oh yeah Goto, this is Sir Andrew Ramsgate, the Foreign Secretary's private secretary" Gallagher said with a smile
"Sir Andrew, Captain Goto of SV2"
"A pleasure to meet you Captain" Sir Andrew smiled shaking Goto's hand "We've heard alot about SV2's exploits from
both Sections"
"We like to be high profile" Goto smiled slightly "bigger deterent that way"
"Quite" Sir Andrew nodded "well I hear Mr. Ayhagami has paid you and Captain Nugamo a visit, however last night we
found out something that will be very interesting to you"
Goto nodded "well show us the way Sir Andrew".
They were escorted now by suited Special Branch officers up into the deeper areas of the Embassy, other plain clothed
officers with Kevlar jackets on heldMP5 submachine guns expertly as they stood by strategic points of the secured area
of the embassy.
"Hmmm all this just for the Ambassodor?" Goto said with an eyebrow raised "boy he must be scared of something"
"The Ambassodor is out on Business in Hokkaido at the moment, although the embassy has been changed into a HQ for the
Foreign Minister" Sir Andrew said as he walked into one of the conference rooms.
The room's decor was like the others, outdated, with another portrait of the Queen up on the wall. The table though was
an antique for sure, imported from the UK no doubt and in some perverse way made the Varnished walls and 50's style
carpets look like works of art, making the room look 10 times as good as it should be. On the table was a see through
glass container, inside was a small nike backpack, next to the container was a box of disposable rubber gloveslike the
ones forensic scientists use. Ayhagami stood by the table, his minder, Bhatou was next to him.
"Ah Captain we meet again!" Ayhagami smiled "and you brought DCI Gallagher!"
"This is Secretary Ayhagami of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs" Goto said.
"We have been discussing the reprocussions of what is in that bag" Sir Andrew said.
"What exactly is in the bag?" Gallagher asked.
"This was intercepted by our Customs late last night by another suspected EDA member outside of Tokyo, what is inside
will confirm out worst fears" Ayhagami explained.
Gallagher put on a pair of gloves and opened the glass case, opening the bag carefully as Goto and Sir Andrew watched.
Gallagher then to his suprise a large block of Semtex, a pair of detonators in a clear plastic packet and a WH-Smiths*
notebook (*WH-Smiths are a major Stationary and book chain of shops in the UK).
"What does it say inside the notepad?" Goto asked.
"English, handwritten, page by page instructions in making bin bombs and car bombs" Gallagher sighed.
"I don't think that I have to make myself clear on the gravity of this, this confirms our worst fears that a possible
attack on LabourExpo is highly likley, we need to stop all possibility of an explosion happening because the last thing
I want or my opposite wants are headlines saying that 200 odd people were killed because of a RIRA bomb attack!"
"The reprocussions of this bomb could be devestating to both Japanese and British industry, also if the operation to
foil this fails" Ayahagami said as he lit ciggarette "your positions will be called into question, and there will be
nothing that me or Sir Andrew can do to save that"
"So you must stop the bombing using any means at your disposal, Prime Minister Blair and Nozumi have been told of the
current crisis and have agreed that both now have executive powers under the UK Prevention of terrorism Act 1998 and the
Interpol juristiction acts in both countries to arrest on mere suspicion, you have your tools, you have 3 days, good
luck gentlemen" Sir Andrew finnished.
"Ah one more point" Ayahagami said writing something down on one of the complementary pads that the Embassy provides
and ripping half ofthe page off "this must kept be as low profile as possible, anything that grabs the public's
attention must be covered up immediatly or else face the media barrage the next morning"
Goto and Gallagher nodded.
"Right, return to the front desk and take your radios. You need to get on the road as soon as possible" Sir Andrew said.
****
"Well we got our marching orders" Gallagher said as he took his radio out of the special holding bag with battery and
charger.
"Yeah" Goto half mumbled, distracted a bit "I'll see you at the forum, radio me if you hear anything okay?"
"Sure mate" Gallagher nodded as he ran to the two cars parked at the side of the main gate.
"Christ you took your time!" Willams said as he wound down the window "you got the radios?"
"Yeah" Gallagher nodded as he passed three Radio sets to Williams before jogging to Kanuka and Trenchard's car.
"Afternoon sir" Kanuka said "are these the radios?"
"They are indeed" Gallagher nodded "look I need you to check the two major department stores in Ginza for me, we'll be
scanning the streets, I'll phone ahead so they'll be expecting you okay?"
"Yes sir" Kanuka said "do we know where exactly this Aoi man hangs out?"
"He normally goes to Shinjuku for his kicks and drinks but during the day he goes looking for stuff for his Computer
apparently, maybe shoplifting we don't know, all I know is that we have to watch this man, he might lead us to O'tool
and Arnwell" Gallagher explained.
Kanuka nodded, turning the engine of the Nissan Primera that was on loan to them on "got it sir" she turned to Trenchard
"better get your map out we might need it"
"Sure" Trenchard said, whipping it out of his bag in front.
"Oh yeah Trenchard, what flavour crisps do you like?" Gallagher asked.
"Salt and Vinegar, why?"
Gallagher threw him a couple of packets along with a stick of Polos "enjoy"
"Whehey!" Trenchard grinned "you do not realize how long its been since I've seen these!!!"
Gallagher got up and strolled over to the other Nissan Primera in which Williams, Ota and Asuma were in and got in on the
passenger side.
"To the forum I guess" Gallagher said "and take the long route around".