Hawaii Five-0
Caught In The Crossfire
Chapter 13
As Chin opened the door to the interrogation room, Steve led a handcuffed Marco into the room before sitting him down on the metal chair in the middle of the room. After slamming the door shut, Chin walked over and stood next to Steve. As Marco sat on the cold metal chair, he could feel Steve and Chin's eyes burning holes into his head as the tension between him and the two men became so thin, you could cut it with a knife. Finding it too intimidating to look him in the eyes, he focused his eyes on the concrete floor of the interrogation room.
"Well?" Steve asked as he and Chin continued to stare down at Marco.
"Well what?" Marco replied as he looked up at Steve.
"You still haven't answered my question" Steve replied.
"What question?" Marco asked.
"The question I asked you when we arrested you" Steve replied.
"Still don't know what you're talking about" Marco stated.
"Where are they Marco?!" Steve yelled, his voice echoing off the walls.
"Where's who?" Marco replied, playing dumb.
"Now is not the time to play dumb with me Marco" Steve replied.
"We all know you know who we're talking about and where they are" Chin stated.
"Besides it's in your best interest tell us" said Steve.
"How do you figure?" Marco asked.
"Well, you helped kidnap four people this morning, a ten year old girl, a cop, a heavily pregnant woman and a mother; and if anything happens to them, well… you can kind of see where this is going don't you?" Chin replied.
"Also, if you don't tell us where they are right now, when we do eventually find them, we'll tell your friends you had no problem telling us where to find them" Steve explained.
"That and we'll deport your ass back to Columbia where you and your family will have a target on your backs" he added.
"So you see now why it's in your best interest to tell us where they are Marco" said Chin.
"Okay" Marco agreed.
"But, just for the record, I only helped kidnap two people; the pregnant lady and the cop, I had no idea that Pedro was going to kidnap that little girl and that woman"
"Okay, on record" said Steve. "Now…"
"Where are they Marco?" Chin asked.
"Pedro is keeping them at an old abandoned pier on the other side of the island" Marco replied.
"Where on the other side on island?; you're going to have to be more specific" Chin asked.
"Marco, you have my word that this won't get back to the cartel if you tell us right now" Steve assured him as he and Chin saw him hesitate to elaborate on their location.
"He's holding them on the east coast of Oahu" Marco confessed.
"Keep going" Steve urged him.
"They're being held on the east coast of Oahu… a few hundred feet off the Kalanianaole Highway" Marco replied. "He wanted to make sure that no one would accidently find us"
"Chin, let's get some choppers up in the air, we've got a lot of ground to cover" said Steve.
"And when they get their location, get them to call us and send in two Medivac's"
"On it" Chin replied as he left the interrogation room.
"You better be telling the truth Marco or we'll be back; and we'll be a lot less friendly" Steve warned him.
"I promise you, they're there" Marco assured Steve as he left the room to be met with Kono.
"Steve, Stan's here" Kono stated. "He wants to know if we're any closer to finding them"
"Actually, we are" Steve responded. "Marco gave as a potential location on their whereabouts"
"Where did he say they're being kept?" Kono asked.
"On the east coast of island; a few hundred feet off the Kalanianaole Highway" Steve replied.
"Chin's going to get some choppers up in the area to pinpoint their location; when they find them they're going to call us and send in the Medivacs"
"Sounds like it was too easy to get their location" said Kono.
"Do you believe him?" she asked.
"It was too easy; but I believe him" Steve replied.
"Let's go tell Stan the good news" said Kono.
Walking back into the main office, Stan was idling by the computer with Charles in his pram.
"Chin said that the man you arrested told you where they are" said Stan.
"Yes, he did" Steve replied. "We're sending in choppers to get their exact location"
"When they have their location, they're going to call us and we'll meet them there" Kono added.
"We'll let you know as soon as we can we find them okay" Steve promised.
"You and Charles can stay here until we call you"
"Thank you" said Stan as Chin came out of his office.
"Choppers are up" Chin stated.
"Alright, let's go" said Steve before he, Chin and Kono headed for the doors; each of their hearts were racing as they hoped they had taken a huge leap closer to potentially finding their friends, and not being sent of a wild goose chase.
Meanwhile, back at the pier, a small black car pulled up slowly near the beach houses where he had been told by Pedro, it was where he was holding his family. As they heard the sound of the car pulling up, Nathan, Enrique and Raphael emerged from behind the beach houses, armed. Because the sun had begun to set, it was hard to tell who was in the car; it certainly not Pedro, because it wasn't his car. Raising their weapons, they watched intensely as the person slowly opened the door. As the person emerged from the small black car, they could recognise it was a man, who was quite tall and had dark brown hair. When the man finally looked up at them, they immediately readied their weapons when the realised it was without doubt, Matthew Williams. The three men couldn't quite believe their eyes, because Pedro was one hundred per cent certain that Matt Williams would run rather than return the ten million dollars and potentially save his family.
Seeing the three men with their raised weapons, Matt slowly put his hands on either side of his head to assure the three men that he means no harm.
"Matthew Williams" said Nathan.
"You know Pedro was quite certain that you would run rather than save your family"
"Well, he was certainly wrong" Matt replied. "I'm not as cold as he thinks he is"
"Good to know" said Nathan. "But let's just get down to business shall we?" he asked.
"Sounds good to me Nathan" Matt replied.
"So, where's the money Matthew?" Nathan asked.
"I've got Pedro's precious money" Matt responded. "Where is Pedro by the way?" he asked, curious to where the cartel's fearless leader was.
"He had some business to attend to" Nathan replied. "He should be back soon" he assured Matt.
"Okay" said Matt. "Where's my family?" he asked.
"They're here, just as Pedro promised" Nathan replied.
"Have any of them been harmed?" Matt asked.
"Nothing that wasn't necessary or deserved Matthew" Nathan replied.
"But they're all still alive and well; though "well" could be an understatement"
"I want to see them before I give you the money" Matt demanded before he was staring down the barrel of three automatic weapons.
"You don't get to make the demands Matthew" said Nathan.
"Money first, your family second" Nathan stated. "That's the only way we both get what we want"
"Okay fine, fair enough" Matt responded. "Just let me get it out of the trunk"
"Don't try anything stupid Matthew" Nathan ordered Matt while he, Enrique and Raphael kept their guns trained on him.
Within thirty seconds of opening the trunk, Matt closed it and emerged from behind the car with a black leather briefcase that contained the ten million dollars; the ten million dollars he had stolen from the drug cartel and the ten million dollars that would save his family.
"Put it on the ground and back away" Nathan ordered him.
Matt stopped and slowly bent over and placed the briefcase on the ground before taking a few steps backwards. Nathan kept his weapon raised as he walked over to where Matt had placed the briefcase. He then lowered his weapon as he knelt down to the ground to inspect the briefcase. Unlocking the two locks on the briefcase, Nathan looked up at Matt and gave him "this better contain the ten million dollars or family's dead" look. Opening the briefcase, Nathan was met with ten million dollars in cash; Matt had come through to save his family. At least that's what he thought.
"Good work Matthew" Nathan praised.
"You really came through for your family; Pedro seriously underestimated you"
"Yeah he did" Matt replied. "So now you have the money, let my family go"
"Oh Matthew, you didn't really think it would be that simple did you?" Nathan asked.
"What are you talking about?" Matt asked. "Pedro said the money for my family"
"He did say that" Nathan replied. "But he would've said anything to get his money back Matthew"
"He's not going to let my family go is he?" Matt asked.
"No his not" Nathan replied. "Nor is he letting you go either" he added as he gestured Enrique and Raphael to surround him.
"What now?" Matt asked.
"You're going to join your family until Pedro gets back from his business meeting" Nathan replied.
"That's when we'll both get our revenge"
"You'll both get your revenge?" Matt asked.
"Yeah, you see, your sister is the reason I was sent to prison for the rest of my life" Nathan replied.
"So you see that this isn't just about you ripping off the cartel Matthew"
Pedro Fuentes sped along the Kalanianaole Highway in an absolute rage after he had been played by someone he thought he could trust. He then slowed down before turning off onto a secluded road that would take him to the pier. Arriving at the pier, Pedro couldn't believe his eyes. There in the flesh was Matthew Williams; surrounded by his men. Pulling and getting out of his car, he walked up to Matt to make sure he hadn't completely lost his mind.
"Hello Matthew" said Pedro.
"Mr Fuentes" Matthew replied.
"Did you bring my ten million dollars?" Pedro asked.
"All present and a countered for Pedro" Nathan replied as he held up the black leather briefcase.
"Good" said Pedro. "Take him to the beach house"
"Which one?" Nathan asked.
"The first one" Pedro replied. "It's time for some sweet revenge Nathan"