into the wild once again part 2
Port Vernon – noon – docks
Dmitri had no surname, nobody had one, he was the boss, and he knew as much as nothing, why the rich guy was stabbed? By what he guesses is one of his men, why? every one of them carried a gun and a knife and if something did not make a noise ending his life it was the knife, knew he had to resolve this before the CAA entered and brought the culprit to theirs, in which case calling the city major, who called his wife, who called his sister?, what were the odds?,
The worst part was that he needed to interrogate his men, as he grimaced her sisters would enter the place, and why sisters? was simple, he was the godfather of little Catherine playmate sister of Viktoriya his niece, now he simply acted meek in front of the car but soon he acted strong inside the docks where his men were in formation, he opened the door and said,
Sorry sister, I was sure to take care of this end of the city but things went awfully, and sorry I didn't want to scare the mother of little Catherine after ascending on this part of the underground I was an informant undercover but got hold of the entire syndicate, you sure will get a gist of that meaning to the major and CAA,
At the choking revelation of the childhood friend of his husband, she could not be angry anymore and took his hand out of the vehicle,
"Yeah, I already got updated and angry on the way here, now is time to wrap this up soon, I have a little mystery to solve back home"
"So, you discovered the little fairy"
"yeah, I was sure to have her figured out but not to this degree, she will be more amazing than we thought almost like my Catherine"
Diana knew her little girl was intelligent but not that she was the same genius as little Catherine, but well he and his husband knew what happens to intelligent people, they ended up like their husbands living in semi-retirement or the more common route like her own brother, slaves of their responsibilities, she did not want that to her daughter but maybe something like her own life, she will get her mindset figured out soon at home, now was the time to wrap things up.
In front of the Laslow's wife stood ten men in formation some armed men vigilant of them and soon the trio arrived, to the concern of more than half of the men they saw the similarities but shot up, only ascending and nodding when asked, about the case, a rich boy trading contraband making more than pocket money got its paper not forged well enough and got caught but before being able to take the haul out of the dock one guy ended his life silencing it putting the gang in jeopardy, now the questions are, who moved behind their back and who wanted to move such cargo through the docks, they understood which products were safe and not, and which activities were permitted, nothing more and nothing less, this was a safe planet and they wanted to preserve the status of this colony not infested with that.
"so, this is the gang, as far as we know anyone could be"
Said, Diana, seeing in her face a menacing glare akin to her brother, the miss from the farm was recognizable.
"and conveniently every one of them has the same equipment " A more frosty green-grey eyes were piercing in each and every one of them, like that of the predator.
"so you figured out" says the boss to the pair. At which Anna pointed out with silvery blue shaded eyes nothing like her motherly side back home,
"We are going to make the test outside in the open with no one seeing more than a plain field, is that okay"
"as your order, now guys move!"
Outside of the docks the gang was taking their knives out of their scabbard and placing them in the sun, everyone had a smile on their face but soon flies got into two of theirs, and their smiles were banished.
"Those two, they are your rats, get rid of them"
Soon Dmitri gave the order and the rest of the gang was dismissed, not without leaving the traitors to the CAA,
"so how do you come out with that, there was no black light capable of showing blood"
"yeah there was no blood sure, but the flies of this planet do not leave at such a trace, they have more noses for those, they want to pester it even if for us we saw nothing they sure do and that is why those two men had blood in their hand"
"I will make sure to wrap things up with the miss, you two take care of the little ones and do not go directly home and make the long detour understand"
"yeah we will not go directly and make sure to not get tagged, now I have a husband to kill, not literally"
At that moment the three feel a degree down more of frost on this afternoon and hope for Papa Halsey to make it out alive to see Catherine grow up.
Local mafia docks Pov
Iker and Cleven were captains of the local mafia syndicate their boss was finishing business and dealing with the city authorities which made things clean up but also hard to digest, they knew there was a local struggle and his boss's connections made wrap things nicely easily, but he was too well connected, the city major wife, CAA, and their last boss the now miss Serebryakov,
Diana was a legend and a ruthless one, seeing her with that famous civilian detective was well shocking, she was amiable and proper, not cruel and scary, maybe motherhood made her change and for good they are much better with Dmitri than ever and now seeing hers remind everyone of not changing the status and return to those black days.
But the men were restless there was a plot to gain money and possibly substitute Dmitri and not only that, it reminded them that if Dmitri ever went down there was Diana to step up, the ruthless steadfast who unified the gangs into a syndicate after the old pops kicked the bucked, and not only that she showed that she was shoulder to shoulder with the city major's wife, as far as they know she was in a league above everyone maybe an extra-planetary one, as ruminating in the implications of unfolding conspiracies the men voiced out.
"Captain was that Diana, I thought she was out. why did she return? and why did she not speak a single hello?"
"She does not need to, she is working with the major's wife meaning we have reached all planet, nothing of note as we are but a young city-state but surely the plans to expand goes as the city grows meaning that if we get a space elevator we would dominate"
"so that's why those rules were there all along we are not playing safe but future-proofing, that's nuts dude"
As Iker was giving orders to the mobs and not correcting their misunderstanding he received a shout from cleven.
"shit, shit, shit, Iker we got problems come here we are leaving asap, we need to ride with the band"
As the joyfulness faded with alarming news Iker motioned the boys to the parking lot and was asking Cleven just before going in route.
"tell us now just before departing Cleven we need to be discrete and not leave comms until reaching the rendezvous"
"We got a call from Igor, he lost track of the nieces, you know, the treasures of the clan, Diana's child, the lieutenants rotate to keep tabs and make sure of their safety but suddenly parted his visage on the track and there was a mob from the now deceased rich boy knocked on the floor no girls no clues, only a dude unconscious and more men getting on a chasing."
"How bad it is? do we have something to keep track of?"
"We were, the other lieutenants got into the race, with the rest of the band, more mobs showed up and even police, but they all lost the track, we needed to mobilize all men, but we were occupied with the murder case."
"Shit, shit, shit, everyone I want you do head downtown, spread and keep track of stations, buses, metro whatever, we need a full clean up of every hiding and populated meeting spot, ignore police and show your fake ID to say shit about helping out, reach the information brokers if need be, they are indebted to us, and remember those girls are the last remaining thing keeping Diana from being a fucking demon again, for any new boy ask veterans and learn the severity of not returning to her rule again"
Noon, port Vernon police station. chief of police office.
Richard Halsey was finishing paperwork and tidying things up for a change, her girlfriend Judith was a reliable companion and helper leaving things classified by topic just before going on a well-deserved day off to take care of her favorite god nephew, a musician prodigy of sorts, who came to the planet for a brief moment, he needs to propose to hers, as seeing work and life was going smoothly for a chance,
security improved after the sudden growth of the city and development seems to now keep to a sustainable approach, meaning, no more overwork like before and a perfect chance to score in life, but when everything was keeping to itself the hand of fate reached up as Gordon opened his office doors.
"chief, urgent news we need to mobilize patrols asap, attempt kidnap on the schooling centers"
"what are you waiting about inspector we both have the authority I trained you for it"
"Already have send patrols in route, but need you in the field, your nieces are being targeted, and even indignant private detectives, designated hunters, and school staff are being mobilized"
"What!?, well thanks for the favor, it seems to be in a loved community paid off, more reason to keep working here, any news from our special insider"
As they left the offices and boarded patrols with the rest of the force Gordon was retelling the events.
"Seems, a shadowy invader wanted, to coerce the authority and underworld but got too cocky, killing himself in a power struggle, seems like our major approach of getting wraps in the criminal world pays off, the rich guy did not even know we cooperated to maintain a status quo, instead of getting into each other throats"
"so, I suppose those designated hunters and civil detectives are?"
"yes, our reinforcements from the underworld, we have the full cooperation of the syndicate, we even arrested some radicals in the crossroads"
"That was quick, how is Gladius managing the cameras"
"That is the worst part, the rich guy shut down our city IA, everything is running in backup systems algorithm, interconnectivity is partially dawn, we are fortunate to not lost him, turning him up and running, takes making a good combination of old switches that we forgot how to use"
"Damn, how the heck a radical mobster boss got the most complicated thing done and got himself killed in a miserably way"
"Mysteries of life, lady luck, karma, takeovers are risky for a reason, they did not expect for us to take a hold on all"
"Well, time for uncle to save the day, and hope for sister in lawn to not kill my blood-related brother after spending more time remodeling a shooting range than in his home"
Igor was a lieutenant of the syndicate and secret informant; he grew up on Planet Site, saw how the road developed from sanded ones to concrete, and when a certain old man's daughter became boss and saw how her brother became an insider, decided to take part on repaying the favor and making the woman step down an settle with a good husband and place the brother as boss, how those dudes Viktor and Xavier plotted to have the syndicate boss and the chief inspector playing house without knowing how far they moved literally this world upside down was only known to the city major's wife, and she will keep it a secret, money heist, power struggle, inside investment, those dudes were the real menace, now the struggle was being from one corner of the city to another.
"Iker, we lost them at the movie theater"
"Cleven, we lost track of them on the mall"
"Dimitri, we captured a mob at the art museum"
"guys, spread at the metro stations"
"lieutenants, watch out from vantage points"
"Gordon, my friend we saw them heading to the flea market"
"My boy chief, we lost signal at sea?"
Port Vernon oldtown – Le Souris restaurant - afternoon
Judith was heading out of a concert with his godson, they were not related but as fellow artists she enjoyed music as well, she was a sketch artist at the police but when not doing her job as a police artist she helped do menial work, she was adept at doing paperwork and office work, if not an artist she would love to be an office lady. Now at an outdoor dining in oldtown next to the sea he was chatting with a prodigy.
"so great grandma's left the instruments as heirlooms to you, and by chance, you got better and better"
"I was taking lessons in piano but advanced slowly, but after memorizing the layout of the notes I got to understand all notes in a chart for all instruments after that proficiency kicked in, notes by ear became a thing and I got better"
"Maybe you were blessed by your granny"
"I think so, she was very happy seeing me for the first time, back then I was only playing basic flute and melodic, but she showed me the wonder of piano, I think that first impression gave me the love for music"
A pair of tired little girls brunette and blond were passing by discussing.
"I said to you we needed to cover the device in alloy to make a Faraday jail and lose track of the pursuers"
"And we needed Gladius to help us lose track of the pursuers, it wasn't until we got out of downtown that we lost them at sea"
next to our seat they passed by, but strangely the god son stood up and then the boy shout
"Visha is that you"
"Grantz, I couldn't believe it"
At that exchange of words, Judith saw the blondie one and said, to her with a smooth caring voice.
"first time, huh, do you want to eat with us, you two seem tired"
"I must not do that, is improper to interrupt and take advantage of strangers"
"seeing those two says otherwise, and my name is Judith I work with your uncle Richard at the police little Halsey"
"How could, well I suppose you could not be a mob seeing you with a kid"
"I am his godparent, now come here and eat, is my treat, in the meantime, tell me all the hustle you two have been into"
Port Vernon - Green Valley housing annex
The two pair of parents had been restless since returning home they had been in their homes waiting for news about their daughters, at first the pair of husbands arrived to do chores killing time until their daughters arrived, but thought that maybe as their wives were outing they picked them up in their way home,
but a police patrol arrived with officer Astrit a familiar face that was good friends with his brother Richard when by the time the two wives returned their angry questioning vanished at the police car outside their home and later seeing the state of their husbands after receiving the news that a gang was getting chase of their kids, at this point the stress building in Anna was funneled out and despair take place to rage but his husband consoled her,
the problem was Diana that opened a basement armory no one knew about and was stopped by Xavier saying that the boys were in the case with old man Igor mediating between the syndicate and chief Richard, and funneling lead would make things worse, at this point the Sargeant was speechless of the scene but Astrit remembered him to be discreet, as the new contractor of the field where swat was going to train having a good impression between the landlord and police was paramount to have in their future relationship,
things unfolded, but the good coffee and tea was bittersweet in the tense atmosphere, it wasn't until afternoon that they received news of radicals being captured by fellow folks and past afternoon to receive news that they located them and being in route back home,
by the night city major's laslow and wife accompanied Judith with Richard to deliver the child, Judith filled the gaps in the investigation as interrogating little girls was simply too much and seeing the caliber of their parents made sense to postpone questioning for later,
but not after little catherine showed comms with the IA Gladius which explained how the pairs made their way from the downtown, city center, to sea and finally oldtown, seeing as a subroutine took a liking with Catherine communicating when fiddling with console text, explaining how the designated hunters got helping to capture a radicals gang using a simple tablet being pinpointed by the bad boys become their demise when turned against themselves as bait.
They were not celebrating but at least the calmness returned to their life, Judith said goodbye to little Grantz who was very helpful in identifying Visha, but the adults never asked from where they knew each other until he was outside the planet en route to home.