Chapter 4: The One With Twists
The police arrived in 15 minutes, 15 minutes too late if you asked Kazuhiro Okami. He quickly made his way to the home that was being surrounded by police cruisers. He entered and looked inside. A policeman met up with him inside. "Did you catch the guy?" Kazu asked desperately. The policeman shook his head. "Nah, little bastard scrammed out of here before we showed up. You the guy who called this in?" The officer asked. Kazuhiro nodded. He made his way inside, his normally calm mind racing. "Please be OK, please be OK, please be OK…" He made his way into the living room, where the Takinos were all seated. Tomo, the normally peppy and energetic wildcat was visibly shaken up. Wide pupils, trembling and rapid breathing made up her expression. Kazu saw her and breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, thank God you're OK." He exhaled. Tomo looked up at him. She stood up and hugged the fighter tightly and began to sob uncontrollably. Kazu gently wrapped his arms around the wildcat. "Did you see who it was?" He whispered. She shook her head. "No…they smashed in a window, then…then…" She broke into tears again. "They started shooting!" Kazu sighed. Another police officer arrived and pointed to Kazu. "You Kazuhiro Okami?" He asked sternly. Kazu nodded. "My name is Sergeant Shino Arisawa. You father was Daniel Cogburn, yes?" The officer asked. Kazu nodded in reply. "Listen, we may need your help. None of these guys know jack about crimes like this." He grunted. Kazu nodded and followed him. Tomo, now released from her only place of security, sat back down and gripped the nearby pillow tightly. Kazuhiro followed Shino out to the front yard and showed him the smashed door and broken glass. "You said the perp fired three shots, right?" Kazu walked outside to where the criminal probably was. "Yeah, he breaks in the door to bring everyone out, and shoots through the window." He looked down outside the window. "Hand me a flashlight, will ya?" He asked as Officer Arisawa handed him a torchlamp. He scanned the area he was in slowly. "Three shots…" He murmured as he sweeped around again with the light. "…but no shell casings. Odd." He finished. Officer Arisawa walked over to where Kazuhiro was standing. "No shell casings?" He asked, obviously confused. "Yeah, either this guy is really good about cleaning up his mess or the gun he was using didn't drop casings after each shot. And the only gun that does that is a revolver." Officer Arisawa nodded. "So, what does that mean?" He asked. Kazu chuckled. "It means this guy is going…" His attention was diverted by something in the house. He shone the torch into the house. Three small holes in the flooring caught his attention. He quickly went back inside and came up to Tomo. "Listen, Tomo. I need you to tell me where you were standing when the shooting started." He pleaded. Tomo raised her hand up, pointing at the staircase. He looked up at the stairs and the bullet holes in the floor. Officer Arisawa ran up to him. "Kazuhiro, I found something. It's a note." The officer told him. Kazu took the note and looked it over. His eyes then grew wide in fear and stark realization. "Oh, shit…" He thought. He looked back at Tomo. "I need Yomi's home address now!" He said, concern in his voice. Tomo looked up at him, confused. "Why?" She asked. Kazu put his hand on the wildcat's shoulder. "Because they weren't shooting to kill… They were shooting to send a message." He told her. She was getting a little nervous. "What do you mean?" She stammered. "I mean someone is planning something, and they don't want you getting involved!" He raised his voice, but quickly calmed himself. Tomo stammered again, "Why does someone not want me around???" She nervously asked. Kazu took a deep breath. "That's not the point, the point is that they don't what you involved in something and they will do ANYTHING to keep you out of the way! They will go after friends, family, anyone they can!" Tomo was now extremely scared. "But why me?" She pleaded. "I don't know." Kazu replied. "All I know is they showed up here and, if my theory is correct…Yomi is next on the hit list." Tomo gasped and looked around. "Listen, if Yomi's going to be involved I want to come with you." She said sternly. Kazu was going to object, but when he saw the look in her eyes he knew nothing would change her mind. "OK, but listen. This could get extremely dangerous and I don't want innocent people getting hurt." He quickly made his way towards the door. "Wait, where are you going?" She asked. Kazu turned around and shouted back. "I have to make a phone call, I'll be right back!!" And he took off to his house.
Kazuhiro quickly made his way inside and grabbed the phone and dialed a number. An older woman answered. "Hello?" She asked. "Hey, Mom. It's Kaz. I need to know something." He responded. "Sure, what is it?" She asked. Kazu took a deep breath. "I need to know where the key to the locker is." He finally said. The locker he spoke of was one given to him by his father before he died. He had said in his will to never open the locker unless it was a major emergency. "Son, you know what your father told you." She said. Kazuhiro quickly responded. "Look, someone just broke into the Takino's house and opened fire. They may be heading for my friend Yomi's house. I think this qualifies as a major emergency!" He shouted. Silence. "OK, the key is under the seat of the motorcycle." She said quietly. "And, please be careful!" She begged. Kazu chuckled. "When am I not? Love you Mom, bye." He hung up and went back out to the garage. He looked over the seat of the old Indian. He found a small flap and gently pulled on it, revealing a pouch. He reached inside and pulled out an old key. "OK, hope this works." He sighed and went back over to the Takino home. He picked up Tomo and they walked over to his garage. He made his way over to a large black locker. He exhaled and inserted the key in the padlock holding the doors shut. He gently turned the key and the latch popped open. He pulled the latch off and slowly opened the door. Inside were three cases with the words "U.S. Marines" painted on them. Kazu smiled. "I always wondered where he hid these things. He pulled out the three cases, opening a small grey one first. "You said you wanted to work for Interpol, right?" He asked. Tomo nodded happily. The fighter smiled. "Then you're probably gonna have to learn to use one of these." He said and threw her a Browning 9mm handgun. "What the hell is this?" She asked. "It's a gun, what does it look like?" He said, smiling. "They wanna shoot at us, we'll show 'em you don't screw with us easily." He growled as he opened the big black case and smiled from ear to ear. "Dad's old favorite." He said to himself. Tomo looked at him. "What are you talking abou…" She was cut short as Kazuhiro Okami pulled out of the case an M1014 semi automatic shotgun and began loading it. She pushed a small button as the magazine fell out of the gun. She jumped when the mag hit the floor. Kazu laughed. "OK, here I'll do it." He chuckled and pulled out of the other case a 6" Colt Anaconda. "And an old .44 Magnum." He smirked and loaded the six rounds with ease. Tomo stared wide eyed. "Holy crap! How many guns did your dad HAVE?" She laughed. Kazu just smiled. He loaded all the weapons, threw Tomo the Browning and a helmet. "Let's go get out girl!" He shouted and started up the chopper, the shotgun slung over his back. Tomo put on the helmet and jumped aboard. Kazuhiro tried his best to keep the mood light, but he was still extremely worried. "I just hope we're not too late…" He thought.
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