Part 11: BUSTED!
That night Sasuke was waiting around with Naruto, Lee, Hinata, and Shino when Lieutenant Hopkins came in through the door holding a file.
"You were right," Lieutenant Hopkins said as he slapped the file down on the desk, "It's all there."
Sasuke picked up the file, and skimmed through the information, "How much money was he being paid to throw us off the case?" he asked.
"Combined total added up to almost five hundred thousand dollars." Lieutenant Hopkins said.
"Defiantly above the NYPD salary," Hinata said as Sasuke handed her the banking information, "Even for specialized NYPD officers," she then handed the information to Naruto.
"You have the footage of him shooting us in the back with the dart gun?" Sasuke asked.
"Yep," Lieutenant Hopkins said as he reached into his jacket, "And guess what else we found," Lieutenant Hopkins pulled out the evidence bag that contained the dart gun, "Along with this," Lieutenant Hopkins then handed Sasuke a notebook full of phone records of phone calls listing payouts, drug busts, and everything else.
"What about him being involved with Larry's escape from Federal Custody," Shino asked as he looked over the pictures.
"Yep," Lieutenant Hopkins said, "Shows his face in broad daylight."
"And the black market dealer?" Lee asked.
"We found the sniper rifle in the basement of his house," Lieutenant Hopkins said, "It was an illegally modified L129A1."
"It would also explain the MP5s stolen from the SWAT armory," Sasuke said, "He could simply walk into the armory and take them, no questions asked."
"What about motive," Naruto asked as he sorted through the pictures, "Did we learn about that?"
"It's written on the paper with the blue top," Lieutenant Hopkins said as he adjusted his suit.
Sasuke pulled out the file with the blue top, and was staring at a weeding certificate, "We've got it all," Sasuke said, "All that's left to do is arrest him."
"Sasuke," Patrol Officer Sergeant Desmond Adams said as he ran into Sasuke's office, "We just went to check up on that back-stabbing bastard, and he's gone. His office is completely striped, and his wife and son don't have a clue where he is."
"The security detail I assigned to everyone involved in this case?" Sasuke asked.
"Everyone's alright," Desmond said, "Including your girlfriend."
"Make sure it stays that way," Sasuke said as he shot up from his desk, "I want a wanted poster on every billboard, street sign, and newspaper by tomorrow morning, if he makes it off Manhattan I want him found."
"What do we do about the boss?" Naruto asked.
"We tell him," Sasuke said, "We've got the insider, now it's time to destroy that bastard."
Half an hour later, in NYPD Chief of Police Tsunade's office on the top floor of the precinct, Sasuke, Naruto, Lee, Hinata, Shino, Lieutenant Hopkins, and Desmond were all standing around, watching their boss go over the information with eyes as wide as golf-balls.
"I cannot believe this," Tsunade said, "This is unbelievable, un-fucking believable," she looked up at Sasuke, "Good work Inspector, I can see appointing you to head of Special Activities was one of the best decision I've made."
"Thanks boss," Sasuke said, "What are we going to do about him?"
"When we find him, we'll arrest him," Tsunade said, "And we'll hurry, if my math is correct, from what you've told me, we've got less than a month to find him before Hatake gets it."
It was then that Desmond's phone went off, "Hello," he answered as he picked up the phone, "Really? You have? Where is he," everyone looked up at him, "Great, thanks," Desmond hung up, "That was the State Police, we found him, Ethan just bought a one-way train ticket for Detroit, the train leaves in one hour."
"Then what are we standing around for? We have to get him before he slips through our grasp," Sasuke said as he stood up, "Permission to utilize police resources?"
"Permission granted." Tsunade said.
An hour later, Ethan stepped into the railway station dressed in a trench coat, and a fedora, he handed the ticket to the lady at the front desk who scanned his ticket, and then looked up, "Ah yes," the woman said, "You've actually been upgraded to first class."
"Really," Ethan asked as he took his ticket, "Thanks."
Ethan entered the train, and saw that there were several people sitting in the car reading the paper, and took his seat against the wall, next to one of the men reading the papers, just right next to the door.
Ethan looked at his watch which was broken, he looked over to the man sitting next to him, "Excuse me, but do you have the time?" Ethan asked.
"Yes," Sasuke said as he closed the papers, "It's time for you to put your hands up."
Ethan quickly turned around, and the next thing he knew the entire place was full of over seventy cops carrying pistols, automatic rifles, and shotguns that were pointed directly at him.
"Deputy Inspector Ethan," someone said over the loud-speaker, "Put your hands up and surrender! You are under arrest!"
Ethan then heard clicking from behind him, he turned around, and Naruto, Lee, Hinata, and Shino were sitting in the chairs with their pistols pointed directly at him.
Ethan then turned to face Sasuke who smiled: there was a click, and the barrel of Sasuke's M1911 pressed against Ethan's throat.
Naruto and Lee walked up to Ethan, and as Naruto forced him against the wall of the train, Lee stripped him of his weapon.
They then each punched Ethan low in the gut, and once he was kneeling over, Naruto pulled out his police-baton, and repeatedly beat Ethan while he was on the ground.
Once Ethan was losing consciousness, Sasuke knelt down to him.
"I can't believe you fucked up so badly Ethan," Naruto said, "Never go against us."
Half an hour later in the precinct, Ethan awoke dressed in an orange jumpsuit, his wrists handcuffed to the interrogation table, and two SWAT Sergeants standing with the safeties on their M4 Carbines turned off when Sasuke entered dressed in his black Italian leather shoes, formal black suit pants, black long-sleeve button up shirt, and his white blazer, his badge hanging down around his neck, his gun in its holster, and the evidence in his hand.
"I have to say," Sasuke said as he put both hands on the table, and leaned over towards Ethan, "I never would have expected you Ethan."
"And what is it I'm being charged with?" Ethan asked.
"How about we start with aiding and abetting a convicted criminal escape Federal Custody," Sasuke began, "Assault on three law enforcement officers, illegal usage of an illegal tranquilizer gun, damage to police property, stealing police property, tampering with evidence, murder, withholding evidence, usage of an illegally modified Sniper Rifle, taking bribes, and fleeing from police."
"YOU HAVE NO PROOF!" Ethan shouted.
"Actually we do," Sasuke said as he slapped the evidence file down on the desk, "It's all there Ethan, pictures of you shooting me, Naruto, and Lee in the back, you freeing Laceration Larry from his handcuffs, and of you shooting the sniper rifle that killed the black-market dealer," it was then that Naruto, Lee, and Hinata entered, Naruto holding the evidence bag containing the tranquilizer gun, Lee holding the sniper rifle, and Hinata holding the ledger showing the pay-offs he received, "You two had an agreement didn't you," Sasuke continued, "You and Laceration Larry? You throw us off the investigation: Larry wires twenty five thousand into your bank account every week until the case is considered cold, then dismissed, Kakashi's body washes up on the banks of the Hudson River, and my team and I are seen as frauds and get fired."
"And it was going extremely well until Larry ordered that Lieutenant Harrison needed to be taken out, then the chief got word that he was attacked, but not killed, and then you took the blame and were demoted and transferred," Naruto said as he walked around the table, "And you panicked: you knew it was only a matter of time before your replacement would figure out you were bent."
"So you decided to run," Hinata said, "Which added about five more years onto your already-long sentence."
"Assault on three law enforcement officers: thirty years," Lee said, "Two counts of aiding and abetting convicted criminals escaping federal custody: thirty. Two counts of using illegal weapons: ten. Interfering with evidence: three more years. Taking Bribes: two. Fleeing from police: one. Add murder on top of that rap-sheet, you're looking at either life in prison or death."
"Beyond that," Sasuke said, "With Larry and Shark hidden, you're the last loose end the needs to be tied up. Larry's men are going to be after you, and when they do, may god have mercy: half the people in the Hold were put in there by you. Add with Larry's men making up twenty five percent of the Hold's Population, you won't survive a day."
"You got me," Ethan said, "But you know I'll walk thanks to my rank."
"Oh no," Sasuke said sarcastically, "You mean the rank the chief revoked when we caught you," Ethan's eyes went wise as golf-balls as Sasuke slapped a piece of paper down on the table, the paper contained Ethan's NYPD service sheet, and stamped across the front of the picture in red ink was the word Discharged, "Chief's orders, Ethan: you're fucking fired!"
"And with the amount of prisoners in there that hate you and Larry's men after you," Hinata said, "You'll survive a day before they tear you to pieces."
"You can't do that," Ethan said, "Sasuke, please."
"I have no sympathy for you Ethan," Sasuke said, "But I can offer you a plea deal."
"What do you want?" Ethan asked.
"First," Sasuke said as he held out the key Ethan stole when he was transferred, "You're going to tell me what the fuck this key goes to, then you're going to give us any and all information that you have about that son-of-a-bitch Larry, and where the hell Kakashi is!"
"I don't know where Kakashi is," Ethan said, "But that key holds the answer, Switchblade mentioned something about Walker Pass. But I don't understand, damn cryptic shit."
"I think you're full of shit," Naruto said, "I think you know exactly what Walker Pass is."
"It's not a what," Sasuke said, "It's a where, and I know exactly where it is."
Sasuke then turned to the SWAT officers, and gave them a small nod as he left.
Naruto, Lee, and Hinata followed Sasuke out the building, out to their Ferraris, and then followed Sasuke to an old Service Station in a forest area in upstate New York.
Upon arriving, Sasuke stepped out of his 458, walked up to the old station, and pushed open the dust-coated door, leaving a solid hand-print in the dust as the door swung open.
Naruto, Lee, and Hinata entered behind Sasuke, and watched as he walked up to one locker, unlocked it, and pulled out a CD. The four team mates walked out of the station to Sasuke's Ferrari, Sasuke took the disk out of the case, and inserted it into the radio, Naruto took a seat next to Sasuke, Lee leaned over Sasuke's side of the car as Hinata leaned over Naruto's side, the radio stalled, and then a voice came over the radio.
"Hello there detective," Laceration Larry said over the radio, "If you're listening to this message then you officially know what this was all about. When time runs out I'm going to kill Detective Hatake for putting me in jail, and when I do, I'll send you the body."
"Fuck," Lee said as he kicked an up-standing trashcan, knocking it down.
"Now what do we have to go on," Hinata asked, "A clueless traitor, a tip from a mysterious man, and plans for the Russian attack on Berlin."
"Wait a minute," Sasuke said, "Russian: of course, that's it!"
"What's it?" Naruto asked.
"It was snowing when he handed me the paper," Sasuke said, "He thought I'd see the irony. Get in your cars, and get ready to fight, I know where Kakashi is!"
"Would you mind telling us where we're going," Naruto asked as he jumped over the door of his California, and started up the engine.
"THE WHITE RUSSIAN," Sasuke shouted as he sped off.
One hour later, Sasuke, Naruto, Lee, and Hinata arrived outside the White Russian, a bar in Oyster Bay that was a front for one of Laceration Larry's heroin operations.
The four walked up to the closed-down bar, and saw a light coming from the inside, Sasuke drew his M1911, turned to his team, then pointed at him, and then the door.
Naruto quickly drew his Glock 24, as Lee pulled out his P226, and Hinata drew her Five-Seven, Sasuke took position next to the door, and then planted his foot into the frame, sending the door flying off its hinges, "NYPD," Sasuke shouted as he entered.
"OH FUCK," one of the thugs shouted, "COPS," as he quickly snatched up an MP5, and just before he turned around, Sasuke let off two shots.
Another thug picked up a SPAS-12, and as he turned around, Naruto's Glock 24 threw him on his back: the thug's SPAS-12 flew sideways, just as the thug's finger slipped on the trigger, blowing his friend's leg off.
Another thug quickly snatched up his partner's shotgun, and as he raised it to fire, a bullet from Lee's P226 knocked the gun clean out of the thug's hand, and another one tore through his shoulder.
Just as one thug snuck up behind Naruto with a machete raised above his head, Hinata's Five-Seven took the blade clean out of the thug's hand, and then blew a hole in the side of the thug's face.
After the firefight, Sasuke found a door that led to a back room, Sasuke took aim at the knob, fired once, blowing it off, he then kicked in the door which flew off its hinges.
As Sasuke entered, he found Detective Hatake who was bound to a chair, his arms tied around the back legs as his legs were tied to the front, the side of his face was bloodied, his mouth covered with duct tape.
"GUYS," Sasuke shouted, "GET IN HERE!"
Naruto, Lee, and Hinata ran straight into the room where Sasuke was, and saw him cutting Kakashi free from his bindings, "Hinata," Naruto said, "Check his pulse."
Hinata lifted Kakashi's wrist, and placed two fingers at the base of his wrist, then held two fingers to the base of his neck, "He's still alive." Hinata said.
Naruto quickly tore the tape clean off of Hatake's mouth as Sasuke threw Kakashi onto his shoulders, "Naruto, call Shino and tell him to get a medic to the office," Sasuke said as he walked out the door, out to his 458 Italia, and then dropped Hatake into the passenger-seat.
Sasuke, Naruto, Lee, and Hinata arrived back at the precinct late at night, Sasuke ran around to the passenger-side door, then threw Kakashi onto his shoulders, and ran over to the elevator, followed by Naruto, Lee, and Hinata who covered the car-park with their pistols as the door closed in front of them.
Once the elevator doors opened on their floor, Sasuke walked into the office to see that Shino had assembled a medical crew, Sasuke brought Kakashi into his office, and placed him on the couch.
"You found him," Shino said as he entered with the medical crew, "Where was he?"
"Seems he was being interrogated by Larry's men at the White Russian," Sasuke said, "We found a small squad of thugs guarding him."
Half an hour later the doctors gave Hatake a clean bill of health, another half hour later Kakashi came round, "No, no, please, no more," Kakashi said as he sat upright, and saw he was not in the White Russian.
"Kakashi," Sasuke said as he walked over to his friend, then placed a hand on his shoulder, "Take it easy buddy."
"Sasuke, thank god," Kakashi asked, "Where are we?"
"You're home," Sasuke said, "We're back at the precinct."
"Sasuke," Kakashi said as he leaned forward, and put his hand on Sasuke's shoulder, "We're in Ethan's office, there's something I need to tell you."
"Let me guess, Ethan's a traitor," Sasuke asked, "I know, don't worry, he's been arrested."
"Then why are we in here?" Kakashi asked.
"This is my office now," Sasuke said, "Lieutenant Harrison was assaulted and paralyzed, the Chief got word, Ethan was demoted and transferred to Narcotics, I took his rank, and his job."
"You're head of Special Activities now?" Hatake asked.
"Yes," Sasuke said as he reached into the lower drawer of his desk, pulled out a bottle of Jack Daniels, two glasses, and an ice container, "Luckily we managed to find you," Sasuke put two pieces of ice in each glass, and then poured the scotch in each glass.
"Thanks," Kakashi said as he took a seat in front of Sasuke's desk, and took the glass Sasuke handed him, "I owe you my life."
"It wasn't just me that saved your life," Sasuke said as Naruto, Lee, and Hinata entered. "Kakashi," Naruto said as he walked up to his friend, and patted him on the shoulder, "Good to see you awake."
"Thanks Naruto," Kakashi said as he took a swig of the scotch, then saw Hinata, "Who's the new girl?"
"Sorry about that," Sasuke said, "Hatake, this is Detective Hinata Hyuuga, the newest addition to the Ferrari Force."
"Nice to meet you," Kakashi said, "And thanks."
"It was the least I could do for a fellow detective," Hinata said, "But you owe most of your life to Sasuke: he was the one that figured out where to find you."
"There's still one question that remains unanswered," Naruto said, "Where's Larry?"
"He's in the Keys," Kakashi said as he finished his glass, "I overheard a conversation between two of the guards who were interrogating me, and I heard them say that Shark and Larry had fled to Florida."
"Alright," Sasuke said as he put his glass down, "Now we know where he is, all that's left to do arrest him."
They found Kakashi and they know where Larry is, both Larry and Shark are so screwed…