Hawaii Five-0
Caught In The Crossfire
Chapter 12
Keeping themselves out of Marco's sight as they followed him, Steve kept the distance of at least two cars behind. Steve, Chin and Kono had been following Marco and Anthony for about ten minutes now; hoping that the journey to meet Pedro for dinner was nearly over. After turning one last left, Marco pulled his car over outside a restaurant. All three of them watched as they drove passed, trying not to raise any suspicion, before taking another left and positioning themselves around the corner at the ready, just in case things went south. Chin opened up his laptop and placed his headphones over his ears to set up the spyware and listen in on what was going on inside the restaurant between Anthony and Pedro.
Marco opened the door for Anthony before he climbed out of the car. Marco then led Anthony to the entrance of the restaurant, pulled open the door, letting Anthony in first before following him inside.
"Okay, I'm all set up" Chin stated.
"Sounds like they're inside the restaurant" he stated as listened in.
"Are they talking yet?" Steve asked.
"No not yet" Chin replied.
Marco guided Anthony to the table where Pedro was sitting; a table set for two.
"Thank you Marco" said Pedro. "Go wait by the car; I'll call you if I need you"
"Yes sir" Marco responded.
"Pedro's just told his right hand man Marco to go wait by the car; it's just Anthony and Pedro now" Chin stated.
"Do you think we should pick him up?" he asked.
"Yeah, but no yet" Steve explained.
"Pedro's on alert, if he sees us grab Marco now he'll panic and do something stupid"
"Evening Mr Moiki" Pedro greeted him.
"Evening Pedro" Anthony greeted back.
"Please sit" Pedro offered as he and Anthony both sat down.
"So Anthony, how big of a problem is this that you can't talk to me about it over the phone?" he asked.
"He's asking Anthony about why he needs to talk to him face to face" Chin stated.
"I think the police are starting to suspect me of helping with breaking Nathan Anderson out of prison this morning" Anthony replied.
"What do mean they're starting to suspect you?" Pedro asked.
"A couple of cops approached me this morning after they thought they saw me helping your men during the break in" Anthony replied.
"What have you told them Anthony?" Pedro asked, knowing that he may have to take out a possible loose end even though he's already spoken to the police.
"I haven't told them anything about my involvement" Anthony replied, lying straight to Pedro's face.
"Good" Pedro replied. "Wine, Mr Moiki?" he asked.
"Sure" Anthony replied as Pedro poured some into his glass.
"So, what do I do now?" he asked.
"If they approach you again do exactly as you did before and you'll be fine" Pedro replied.
"If you do that they won't be able to connect you to Nathan Anderson's prison escape which helped me kidnap four people" he added.
"Wait, what kidnapping?" Anthony asked, playing dumb.
"Someone stole money from me, I want that money back" Pedro replied.
"And kidnapping their family and threatening to kill them was only way I could see getting my money returned"
"Pedro's talking about the kidnapping" Chin stated.
"Anything on a potential location?" Kono asked.
"Not yet" Chin replied.
"Well, you do what you've got to do" said Anthony.
"Exactly what I told my men" Pedro agreed.
"Any signs that you'll get your money back soon?" Anthony asked.
"Not yet, and I'm not counting on it" Pedro replied.
"He ran the last time I did business with him and I have no doubts that he'll run again"
"He's talking about why he kidnapped them and that he doesn't think Matt will return his money" Chin stated.
"Still no potential location"
"So how do plan on getting your money back if you don't think he'll return your money willingly?" Anthony asked.
"Well I tried interrogating his family to see if knew where he was, but they say they don't know" Pedro replied.
"You don't believe them?" Anthony asked.
"No" Pedro replied.
"One of them actually had the guts to lie to me about a letter they got from him to try and prove they didn't know where he was"
"Pedro's telling Anthony that he tried interrogating them about Matt's whereabouts and that they tried to prove they didn't know by telling them about a potential letter" Chin stated.
"I take it he didn't believe them" Steve guessed.
"You got it" said Chin.
"So what did you do when you found out they were lying to you?" Anthony asked, as he and Chin sat in anticipation of an answer.
"Well, I told them that if they lied to me, that me and my men would punish them" Pedro replied.
"So I punished them…well one of them"
"So what did you do?" Anthony asked. "Did you kill them?"
"No" Pedro replied, much to Chin's relief. "But I did have them shot"
"Guys Pedro's had one of them shot for lying to him" Chin stated.
"Did he say how bad?" Steve asked. "Or who?"
"No" Chin replied. "He's probably waiting on Matt to return his money"
"So, what kind of a deadline does this guy have to return your money?" Anthony asked.
"I told him that he had forty-eight hours, hoping that it would make him move faster and that he would return the money in less than twenty-four hours" Pedro replied.
"But what I actually meant, and he knows this, is that I want the money back before I kill his family"
"And how long before you do that?" Anthony asked.
"Very, very soon" Pedro replied.
"But even if he does decide to return my money, they're all dead anyway"
"Leave no witnesses" said Anthony.
"Exactly" Pedro agreed.
"Guys, there's no deadline" Chin stated.
"What do you mean there's no deadline?" Steve asked.
"I mean there's no deadline, sounds like Pedro's getting sick of waiting for Matt" Chin replied.
"Alright, Kono let's go and grab Marco Sanchez; Chin, you stay here and tell us if you hear anything else" Steve asked.
"You got it" Chin replied as Steve and Kono climbed out of the car to head around the corner to grab Marco Sanchez.
"Sounds like you've got it all worked out Pedro" Anthony complimented him, raising his glass of wine, gesturing a toast.
"To payback" said Pedro.
"To payback" Anthony repeated.
"Now we have business out of the way, we can enjoy dinner" Pedro said, handing Anthony a menu.
"Thought you'd never ask" said Anthony.
"Alright guys, sounds like they're settling in for dinner" Chin stated.
"Alright" Kono replied. "We see Marco Sanchez by his car; we'll grab him now" she stated.
"Marco Sanchez!" Steve yelled to grab Marco's attention.
"Five-0" he said as he and Kono drew their weapons before Marco tried to make a run for it.
"He's running!" Kono yelled as decided to try to cut him off rather that run after him.
"I'll stay on him!" Steve yelled as he ran after Marco.
Marco didn't get too far, when he decided to run down an alley way where he ran into Kono with her gun drawn and trained on him. In a desperate attempt to get away, he turned around, only to be met with Steve, pointing his gun at him.
"Going somewhere Marco?" Kono asked as she approached him, pulling out her handcuffs while Steve kept his gun trained on him as she put the handcuffs around his wrists.
"Put your hands behind your back" she ordered him.
"Where are they Marco?" Steve asked.
"We got him Chin" he stated before he and Kono heard gunshots; they were distant gunshots, but they heard them.
"Chin, we heard gunshots, what's going on?" he asked.
"I think Pedro saw you and Kono go after Marco and figured out that Anthony was working with us; he opened fire in the restaurant and I've called HPD for back up" Chin replied.
"Alright, we're heading back!" Steve stated. "Get eyes on the place and wait for me and Kono"
"Let's go" Kono ordered Marco.
When Steve and Kono arrived outside the restaurant with Marco in custody, it was a scene of utter chaos. People were running everywhere as the gunmen, Pedro Fuentes came running out of the restaurant firing wild shots into the air. Steve and Kono ducked behind a car, bringing Marco with them. Peeking around the back of the car, Steve saw Chin had also taken cover behind a car. Suddenly, the gunshots stopped. All that could be heard was the sound of sirens getting closer and closer before the sound of a car engine being started broke the eerie silence Pedro had caused. Then the sound of screeching tyres was added; and that's when Steve and Chin made their move and got up from behind their cover and began firing shots at the car Pedro had sped off in. Though they had failed to apprehend Pedro Fuentes this time; they still had a very good lead in their custody, Marco Sanchez. Now all they had to do was get Marco to talk so they could find their friends before Pedro lashed out in revenge; hoping that Danny, April, Grace and Rachel didn't get caught in the crossfire.
As Kono led Marco Sanchez over to a waiting HPD cruiser, Steve and Chin went over to the restaurant to see what damage Pedro had caused. Entering the restaurant Steve and Chin found that Pedro had made quite mess during his angry rampage. As they stepped around paramedics who were helping the injured, they searched for Anthony; hoping the person that may have just helped them find their friends was alive. But their search for Anthony Moiki came to a tragic end when they found Anthony's bloodied body lying next to the table he and Pedro were sitting at. They didn't need Max or any medical examiner to tell them that the cause of death was three gunshot wounds to the chest at close range; no doubt killing him instantly. But they weren't surprised.
"We knew the risks Steve" Chin stated as he watched Steve kneel down next to Anthony's body.
"And despite what he did, helped us find Marco; someone who knows where they are"
"I know" Steve replied.
"Now we've just got to get Marco to talk" Chin stated.
"And that won't be easy; he's scared of what Pedro will do to him if he talks"
"So we'll just offer him the right incentive" said Steve.
"What kind of incentive?" Chin asked, worried of what Steve may be thinking.
"The kind that will get him to tell us where Danny, Grace, Rachel and April are" Steve replied as he turned and headed for the exit of the restaurant while Chin followed him.