Only One Shot
Chapter 5: The Hunted
It was midnight when the shine of a gun flashed past a streetlight. Far up on a building and farther away, a scope followed the carrier of the gun as he came up to a door entrance and was let in by two guards. Unknown to him, another scope was watching his shadowy movements with a practiced eye.
He reached down for his phone and heard a strange wind sound. His eyes widened and he lifted himself up slightly to turn his sniper rifle. He fell back in pain as something hit his shoulder and he took aim and fired where he hoped the shooter was. He heard a shout of pain farther away and took that time to grab his things and go over the side of the building.
He landed on his side on the sidewalk and winced in pain. "Dammit." He placed his fingers where the stinging was and felt the bullet lodged in his shoulder. "Shit." Wasting no time, he ran over to his car and threw his things inside. He started the car and drove off fast, picking up his cell phone with his hurt shoulder and dialing a number.
[Hello?]
"We have a problem."
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"They said they heard a scream near Kuroko St." The Chief began as he paced infront of them. They sat at a long metal table with uncomfortable metal chairs. Gohan was glaring at the metal table while Gordon sat staring at a spot on the wall. Gerard was back except he was in a wheelchair. He had a cast on his leg, bandages on his stomach and a cast on his arm.
"There aren't any witnesses but they did say they saw a car driving off in the fog." Immediately everyone's heads were up. "There weren't any victims that night though and no one knows where the scream was. No one even saw the /color/ of the car." Gohan's phone rang and everyone stared at him.
He looked up from his glaring at the table and blushed slightly before flipping open his phone and walking out of the room. The Chief shook his head and looked at Videl. "You Det. Satan will be a--" The door burst open and Gohan came back, muttering an apology to the Chief. "Gordon, Gerard, we have someone who wants to talk to the both of you."
Gordon stared wide-eyed and reluctantly got up while Gerard stared in horror. "It's your mother." Gerard started to stutter as Gohan pushed him out of the room and closed the door. The Chief cleared his throat and looked at Videl and Sharpner. "As I was saying before I was /rudely/ interrupted, Det. Satan you will be an undercover stripper."
Sharpner whistled and moved his eyebrows up and down as he looked at Videl with a wide smile. Videl looked like her whole world crashed down on her and could only stare at the Chief in shock. "Det. Pencil will be and undercover male stripper." Now it was Sharpner's turn to stare at him in a mixture of horror and shock.
"My friend who works with the strippers gave me a tip about something big happening tonight at Club Sin." He clapped his hands and smiled. "Now, remember to act the part and make sure to bring in a lot of money. Don't forget to also do your job and look out for anything suspicious! Have fun detectives!" He laughed as he left the room. The two detectives could only stare in horror at the wall.
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"Dende I hate my job…" Videl muttered through her clenched teeth and smiled at the fat rich man with a bald spot on his head. He stuffed a twenty into her "despicable useless lace contraption" aka thong for what was probably the hundredth time that night. She swore that if he put another twenty in there she was going to kick his ass without any regrets.
As if reading her mind he placed a fifty in there later. She almost rolled her eyes. ALMOST that is. She wasn't one to slip up on the job no matter how much she despised it right now. Sharpner had received some phone call about his mother going to the hospital so the Chief let him off the hook. Unfortunately she wasn't as blessed. She finally got to take a break as another stripper took her place.
She glanced around and stuffed half the money she earned into her bag before coughing and grabbing a water bottle. "You're making tons of money!" the girl called Janet giggled as she counted the bills. "I'm even going to pretend I didn't see you stuff half of it into your bag!" Videl sweat dropped. "Uh…thanks?"
Janet was the girl who brought in the new strippers. Videl rolled her eyes before drinking out of her water bottle. Figures the Chief would be friends with a stripper but then again it was a good way to get into Club Sin. Janet cackled off with the money and everyone acted like it was a normal thing.
"With all that money you'd think she'd get some medication or something…" Videl muttered and looked out from the back as she chugged from her water bottle. She lazily looked around the club until she saw something that made her choke and sputter her water. A few strippers had to pat her back.
She told them she was okay and looked up again. There he was. Gohan was standing there next to Gordon, talking to what she recognized as big time criminals. One she didn't recognize stood out though and he had an amused look as he looked at the man yelling at him. He looked Mexican and Gohan seemed to be glaring at him through his shades.
"Hey," Videl grabbed Janet and showed her the small group who seemed to be arguing. "Who are those people over there?" Janet looked without any interest as she half looked and half counted her money. Videl growled and grabbed Janet's money who in turn protested. She pointed at the people and she scowled at her before turning to look.
"Well that's the boss of course. I don't know his name but they call him Father. The other guy is new. I think his name is Gordon. The man next to him is the incredible hunk of man they call G-man. No one knows his real name. He says he'll kill you if you know his name, somehow I think he's serious. If you're smart you won't mess with him. No one does."
She tried grabbing her money but Videl moved it out of the way. Janet glared at her and eyed the money. "The other three are Shinichi Kosuka, Chris Spears and Heiji Haruto." Janet grabbed her money and ran off squealing with glee. Videl just rolled her eyes again and glared out at them. Something was up and only one man could give her answers: Gohan Son.
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Gohan just stood their stoically yet bored as he stopped glaring at Cortez's head. Gordon the little chicken looked scared as he was starting to whimper. Gohan rolled his eyes. To think Gordon was a sniper was a ridiculous thought in itself but then again he was never one to judge people…well completely anyway.
His eyes wandered around the area as Shinichi kept yelling at Cortez to protect him and Heiji from the sniper because were all partners and helped him when he needed them. Cortez just stood there amused and kept refusing it. "Chickens…" Gohan muttered and his eyes saw something near the stripper stage. His eyes widened with horror when he realized who it was. "Shit…"'
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I think I'm going to celebrate. One of you has finally admitted that I have utterly and almost completely confused you on the killer. wipes tear from eye My life is complete. starry eyed Anyway you know the drill. I update, you read, you review, I read reviews, I laugh, and the process starts all over again. I'm a little confused though about having to write disclaimers and stuff but I'm pretty sure we all know I don't own DBZ or any characters and other stuff except for the one's I obviously made up. I hope I can update a little faster but then again life is (unfortunately) never predictable. For any people who actually read this thing I actually (for some reason) take time to write there's a nice little preview of the next chapter, enjoy!
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Preview:
Videl froze as she felt the silencer on the middle of her forehead and held her gun steady on his head. Gohan smirked and his eyes glinted under his dark shades. "That stupid little gun won't hurt me. I already told you Videl, I'm a saiya-jin." Videl started to shake a bit and closed her eyes. Gohan cocked his gun and he pulled the trigger without any hesitation.
Wow that was like a cliffy. Damn, now I gotta think of something else for a cliffy next chapter…oh wait I don't. I guess the suspense of this will be a good enough reaction for me. Well this and the one above. Now I feel evil…