Chapter 75: Tangerine Express
Two eggs go into a bowl. She cracks a third just to be sure. Their mixed rapidly.
Chopped onions.
Shredded bits of cabbage.
Shredded carrots.
Their placed in a seperate bowl. Salt and pepper are added. Their mixed.
The eggs are poured into the skillet. Then comes the vegetables.
She mixes everything into one.
Ding!
The toaster oven tells her that the two big bread pieces are done. Toasted to perfection.
The mixture is placed on the bread. The second slice is placed on top. Carefully she slices the sandwich in two. She breathed relieved.
"Perfect" Sunny praises her own accomplishment. Dinner last night was well, pleasant; more or less. It wasn't due to the food but mainly with the awkwardness of Linda being silent. She came downstairs, wearing the night clothes that Sunny loaned to her. She sat down and ate but was rather mute. Roberta would ask a question "So how did you become a police officer? That mush have been big decision to make". Linda put her spoon down and like a deer caught in the headlights didn't know how to respond. For a second Linda was quiet. It took a moment but she gave a simple and rather brief answer "It was a no brainer, just needed something to do that's all...". She then continued eating her food. Roberta looked back at Sunny who simply just shrugged. It could have just been that she wasn't used to the place yet. After all it was rather impromptu of Sunny moving Linda in.
The one thing that Sunny did the most was finally be able to get to do was sleep in her own bed again, mainly it was having Roberta sleep at her side. It was nice having her arms wrapped around her waist. Sunny though fell asleep before she could kiss her goodnight. Roberta didn't mind, she simply kissed Sunny goodnight while she slept. She forgot what sleeping in comfort felt like. Sunny just drifted into a deep sleep, it may have been the tiredness from leaving the desert.
Sunny managed to get up early. Roberta cooked her breakfast. Eggs, hash browns and spicy sausage along with coffee. When Roberta asked what the occasion was that made her wake up early. Sunny simply said that she wanted to surprise her sister. What better way to do it than to make her breakfast.
Chelsea knocks on her door. Typical of Chelsea she made her way to the kitchen to grab something to eat. She see's the special sandwich that was on the countertop "Don't mind if I do" she was about to put her hands on it "Don't fucking try it" Sunny snatched the sandwich away "That's not yours, I made that for my sister" she tells her as she guards the dish she made "If you want something then have those pancakes over there" Sunny pointed to a plate that her girlfriend had made specifically for Chelsea "Aw pancakes are even better!" Chelsea grabbed her plate "You should say thanks to Roberta, she made those for you".
"What's the occasion?" Chelsea asked as she sliced her pancakes "It's a thank you gift from her, she saw my snake bite" Sunny looked at her "She was really thankful that you saved me". Chelsea looked at Sunny remembering what happened after that ordeal "I'm just glad you made it and you got to be with your girlfriend" Chelsea sighed as she took her seat and proceeds to eat her meal for the morning "So how's your sister?".
"She's...fine I guess" Sunny gave an awkward answer "She just needs some time to adjust to this place; that's all". Chelsea took four bites of her breakfast "So listen, Geraldine gave a call saying she might have a lead".
"And let me guess, she wants us to meet her?" Sunny guessed as she sipped her coffee "Yep" Chelsea says as she's half way finished with her breakfast. They heard footsteps coming downstairs. Linda finally showed up. Her hair was not as messy whenever someone would get bedhead. She looked more well rested than before. Linda shuffled her way to get coffee, one couldn't start their day without coffee. She finds the hazelnut creamer, it was rich for her taste but she didn't mind; plus it was good for stress.
"Joh-eun achim Linda (Good morning Linda)" Sunny greeted "Achim... (Morning...)" Linda unethusitically greeted back "How'd you sleep?".
"Fine I guess...the bed was...pretty comfortable" Linda carefully sipped her coffee.
Linda's eyes went to Chelsea. She recognized her from when she saw Sunny and her along with Geraldine at the beach "Isanghan salam-eun nugu-ibnikka? (Who's the weirdo?)" she wondered "Oh this is Chelsea, she's my friend and she's the one who saved me" Sunny tells her "Yeah I saved her a couple more times after that but yeah that time right there was pretty scary" Chelsea proudly tells her "She's a bit weird and crazy, maybe a bit of smart ass and lives like a hoarder but she's cool" Sunny gave something of a resume "Geez thanks for the astounding introduction" Chelsea sarcastically says as she finished the last of her pancakes.
"I made this for you" Sunny handed her the sandwich that she had made "When I came back to the state this was the first thing I had, took me a moment to remember the ingredients but I managed to make it". Linda took a seat next to Chelsea and bit into this delicacy that her sister had made.
"Well, how is it...?" Sunny curiously wondered.
Linda looked back at her. She looked at her pleading eyes, eager for a good response. "It taste...good, it taste really good" Linda answered "Good I worked really hard on it" Sunny smiled "Thank you for saving my hard headed little sister" Linda suddenly thanked.
"Hard headed, really?" Sunny scoffed "So how'd you two meet?" Linda asked "Well it started when I saw her and Geraldine-". Sunny quickly snapped Chelsea's bra "Ow!" she yelped "What the bloody Molly fuck did you do that for?". Sunny gave her a look of 'Don't say anything; wink wink'.
"Uh I asked Sunny for work and she gave it to me" Chelsea made up a satisfying answer "Okay..." Linda herself already knew the answer, even if Sunny hid it from her; she already knew it.
"Hey quick question, are you and Sunny really sisters?" Chelsea curiously wondered "What kind of stupid question is that?" Sunny shoots back "We're sisters. Korean. Really hot. Tough".
"Well I'm a little bit taller than you" Linda tells her "Only by a few inches" Sunny annoyingly tells her "I mean how do we really know she's really your sister and not some spy that asshole sent back to you?" Chelsea gave a mischievous smile. Linda looked at Chelsea and then looked at Sunny "Geu salam jeongsin-i isanghan geolkka? (Is she retarded or something?)".
Sunny scoffs "Gaeinjeog-eulo geunyeoneun neugdae ttee uihae jalassdago saeng-gaghabnida (Personally I think she was raised by a pack of wolves)".
"What are you two saying?" Chelsea wondered "We're saying on how cool you are" Sunny lied "Hey do you have any embarrassing childhood stories of Sunny by any chance?" Chelsea was eager to hear a story about Sunny from when she was little "Uh well-" Linda was about to say something "No! There aren't any stories! Just happy days here!" Sunny stopped her from telling something embarrassing about her "Well if you don't have a story about her then I can give you one.
"One time I snuck through the back and I saw Sunny taking off her-!" her story of when she caught Sunny skinny dipping in the pool get's interrupted when the one at the center of the story pulls Chelsea's underwear upward; rather hard. "Ohh! Fuck!" Chelsea yelped "Sunny are you alright?" Linda saw the embarrassment on her face "Oh yeah! I'm okay! Isn't that right Chelsea?" Sunny gritted her teeth as she yanked more upward "Okay stop! You made your point!" Chelsea gave in and tapped out "Fuck, damn it, Christ you really ran that up my crack you know" Chelsea rubbed her butt.
Linda honestly had never seen Sunny look so flustered before. Whatever it was she thought it must have been embarrassing. "Okay time to meet Geraldine, let's go" Sunny became eager to get the day over with "Listen your stuff from your apartment should be here in a bit, they'll take everything upstairs for you. If you're bored there's tv in the living room over there and there's a game system attatched to it in case you get even more bored".
Linda looked over to the living room "I think I can manage, besides I can't really use the pool since I don't have a swimsuit at this moment".
Sunny grabbed her keys "Chelsea let's go". Chelsea kept staring at Linda "What?".
"Are you sure you're Sunny's sister? I mean you could be an imposter" she makes the ridiculous accusation "Chelsea for the last time, we're sisters" Sunny frustratingly says again "Well if she's your sister then she'll have the same reflexes as you do" Chelsea started poking Linda so she would do something, mainly it started to annoy her. Linda grabbed Chelsea's finger and twisted it "Ow! Ow! Ow!" Chelsea squealed in pain "Okay! Okay! I give!", Linda let go "I'm her sister moron, need I go on?".
"Are you done? 'Cause we have to meet Geraldine" Sunny was getting impatient. Chelsea rubbed her finger "Okay she's got your toughness but does she got that muscle!".
Chelsea's left hand gropes Linda's right breast. Sunny gasped as she sensed what was her sister's anger "Chelsea! Step back now!".
"Oh come on, it's not like she's-!", Chelsea's arm get's pulled in and twisted "Oh my god, I'm actually really afraid". With all her strength Linda throws Chelsea over the stove and she slams into the refrigerator.
"Holy fuck!" Sunny gasped as she was shocked at her sister's strength.
Linda covered her chest. Her face bright red with anger but mainly with disgust and embarrassment. She gritted her teeth with rage. "Oh my god, Linda I'm so sorry!" Sunny apologized "She's just an idiot sometimes, I swear she just fucks around too much!".
"Bil-eomeog-eul deoleoun kkoma goemul...! (Fucking dirty little freak...!)" Linda hissed "Oh..." Chelsea groaned "Chelsea are you okay?" Sunny asked "Ooh...I think she broke something..." Chelsea managed to carefully lift herself up "Does it hurt?" Sunny questioned "Yeah..." she wheezed "Good, that'll teach you to stop screwing around" Sunny reprimands her. Chelsea looked up at Linda "Okay you're the real deal, no more screwing around".
"Go wait by my car" Sunny orders. Chelsea limped her way to Sunny's car. "Fuck, I'm really really sorry about that" Sunny again apologized "I'll-I'll catch you when I get back; promise". Linda huffed "This is not how wanted to begin to my first morning here...".
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"Damn, fuck; your sister is strong" Chelsea said as she rubbed her side "Well I see you two have the same strength". Sunny punched Chelsea's arm "Ow! Careful!".
"Maybe that'll teach you not to fuck around too much" Sunny tells her "Lesson learned, okay?". Sunny snickered "Don't laugh, it's not funny dick" Chelsea gave a sour expression. Within a moment they see Geraldine's Cavalcade. She waved them down. They exited. "Hey you two, good to see you" Geraldine greeted "The fuck happened to you?" she noticed Chelsea holding herself together "Don't ask".
"So what's this lead you got?" Sunny got to the matter at hand "So you know a guy by the name of Tony Tan?" Geraldine gave a name "The Tangerine King? What about him?" Sunny couldn't believe the name that was supposed to be a lead "He's the key to a part of this thing".
"Uh no disrespect but who the hell is this guy?" Chelsea wondered "So get this," Geraldine starts to explain "Tony Tan a few years ago was on the verge of losing his business but someone managed to help him avoid bankruptcy".
"I'm taking a guess-Jin Tae Park as that someone" Sunny guessed "Bingo" Geraldine "So asshole got him out of a jam, sounds like their's a condition for his help" Chelsea wondered about the catch "You guessed it, there was a catch and that catch was for that motherfucker to smuggle some of his product along with some of his money". Sunny stood there amazed that Geraldine managed to get that information "Okay is there anything we should know about him?". Geraldine pulls out her phone and shows them the said person at the center of this thing. "We gotta grab Tan so we can send that fool a message and we have to snatch one of the trucks that carries that shit" Geraldine proposed a plan "I think I know how we're going to work this" Sunny came up with a quick idea "Geraldine and I will grab Tan, we need him alive if we're going to send a message" she comes up with first half of the plan "Chelsea you'll grab the truck that's carrying that stuff".
"All right!" Chelsea got her assignment "Which is where exactly...?" she wonders "There's an 18 wheeler comin' from the Port of Los Santos, a guy there told me that they're about to load it up" Geraldine tells her "Okay, remember now" Sunny tells Chelsea "Pick off any security that's guarding that truck and don't take any unnecessary risks".
"Right mum" Chelsea said as she took off "You think she can handle it?" Geraldine asked "Easy as hell" Sunny quipped.
Downtown Los Santos
Sunny peered as the cars were passing. Apparently Tan liked to eat at the same sandwich shop. He liked a turkey club with a bit of bacon in the mix with a side of Chinese chicken salad. "Reggie girl come on, pick up and call me when you get this" Geraldine left another voice message for Reggie "She still hasn't talked to you Geraldine?" Sunny looked at her "G-Girl it ain't like that". Sunny rolled her eyes "Geraldine are you scared of talking to her?", Geraldine scoffed "N-No! I just don't know how to she's gonna act". Sunny laughed "You're scared of her. Geraldine, look, just go to her house and talk to her, I swear" Sunny says as she took a sip of water "Come on are you going to be a chicken shit? I'm not going to give you more advice" she tells Geraldine "Just tell her how you feel and that's it".
"Shit" Geraldine cursed under her breath. Telling someone who she's been friends with for years on how she really feels about her was difficult for her. It felt like a one on one session with a guidance councilor.
"Okay, he's finishing up" Sunny notes "You got a plan?" Geraldine stared ahead "We're going to wait til he gets into his car, when that car stops at the first intersection we'll take out his security and then grab him" Sunny says as she attaches a silencer on her .45 "You got a stun gun on you?" she asked "Yeah, never leave home without it" Geraldine pulls out her stun gun.
Tan gets into his SUV. His bodyguards ride with him. Lately that brat has been getting more pissy. He doesn't know why he got into business with him. Sure he may have helped him get out of a jam when he was on the verge of losing everything. From a business perspective and it's that one question that they always ask; was it worth it?
Tan couldn't stand that brat. He should have just taken his chances and told him to screw off. In the most recent weeks that punk has gotten more erratic. From what he's been hearing, that brat has a wild hair up his own ass about someone ruining his possessions or destroying his product. Tan knew he didn't have the stomach for this. He knew shouldn't have invested in this.
An SUV pulls up and stops at the intersection "Driver what's going on?". A woman comes out with a gun in her hand and shoots the driver through the windshield. The other bodyguards get out and do what they're supposed to do which was protect the asset. The guards however get picked off one by one. He's alone now. Tan opened his door. He tries to run. Suddenly something jabs him in the back and he goes down. He feels the electricity jolting through his body. He twitches as more electricity goes through his body.
Geraldine zip ties his hands "Shit that was easy" she remarked "Yeah really easy" Sunny says as she pulled out her phone "Chelsea we got the guy, tell me you got that truck?".
"Yeah, wasn't easy but I managed to get it" Chelsea says over her phone. "Okay, I'm going to send some coordinates to meet up" Sunny text the location "All right, let's drag this sack of shit to the car".
Outskirts of Little Seoul
Forty minutes of waiting. Chelsea popped her gum. She hates the waiting part. Sunny and Geraldine finally show. "Fuck, you took your time" she spits out her gum "Bite me" Sunny says as she goes to the back of the Cavalcade. She opens the back "Okay rise and shine Mister Tangerine King" Sunny smack's his face "Shit! Fuck!" Tan freaks out "We need to talk".
"Oh my god, w-what do you want?" Tan starts to freak out "If you're cops then I want to talk to my lawyer!" he demands "Yeah we're not cops but we have a score to settle with that asshole brat you're associated with". The brat, the one person he couldn't stand "Shit! He sent you to kill me!" he accused "Well fuck him! I fucking hated him!".
"Shut the fuck up and just listen before we zap you again" Sunny threatens "Now let me explain, that asshole has pissed us off and we're planning to take him down" she explains "Since you're the one who's bringing in his crystal and money". Tan angrily sighed "Fuck! I didn't have a choice okay! I was on the verge of losing everything! He said all I had do was smuggle a few things and that was it!". Sunny laughed a bit "Well I actually wanted you to send a message to him but I think we'll fuck with him". Tan looked at the three of them with fright. Fifteen minutes later Tan is stripped to his underwear "Oh come on, is this necessary?" he complained "Not really but I figured it might grab headlines" Sunny mused as she duct taped his hands to the steering wheel.
"Hey, shouldn't we take some of this?" Chelsea pulls out a bundle of cash "Take four of them, leave the rest" Sunny ordered "Hey those aren't yours!" Tan shouts "You ain't in a position to negotiate" Geraldine tells him off. Sunny lifts herself up into the trailer. With her knife she slashes the remaining packages of money. Call it giving back to the community. "Okay, we're going to send you your way but here's our little message; you tell him. His three favorite queens are back in town and we're going to burn everything he loves to the ground".
Chelsea turned on the ignition "Oh one more thing" Sunny says "You're probably going to need to hurry before you pass out". Tan looked at her confused "What do you mean pass out?". Sunny shoots his left foot. He yelps, literally, like a school kid who had the crap scared out of him.
"Y-Y-You fucking bitch! You shot my foot!" he cries "It happens" Sunny says as she closed the drivers door. The rig starts and takes off into Little Seoul. In Sunny's mind this will probably grab some headlines plus it might make that brat even more furious to the point of foaming at the mouth.
Her phone starts to ring. Kimmy of all people is calling her "Yes Kimmy?".
"Tell me you're back in town?" she asked "We're back in town and let me guess, you're really eager to introduce us to your girlfriend?" Sunny looked on she saw the rig speeding down to its destination "You read my mind, do you have some time tomorrow?".
"Yeah, we'll meet for gyros and fries" Sunny arranged the meet up. Everything was going smooth since coming back into town Maybe it's a sign Sunny gave a small smirk.
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Geraldine and Chelsea followed Sunny into her house. Geraldine came along mainly as a way to meet Linda "Please tell me that you don't have a shrine in your room of my sister?" was the one thing Sunny had to ask "Girl, come on; I'm not that crazy" Geraldine scoffed. Sunny though could see how much she worshipped Linda. A strong oder of sauce and spices fill the air. "Hey Sunny" Roberta greets "Hi honey" Sunny her gave a quick kiss. She saw Linda dumping a bunch of tortellini into the sauce "Igeol dangsin-i mandeul-eossnayo? (Did you make this?)". Linda looked back at her "Bang-geum toleutellinileul salm-ass-eoyo (I just boiled the tortellini)".
"You know I was saving that for a special occasion" Sunny smirked "But I think I can make this a special occasion".
Geraldine gawked at Linda. Who promptly looked back at her "Do you need something?" she asked mainly as a way not be rude "Uh shit, my names G-Geraldine".
"She's cool Linda, she's just a big fan of you'res and probably has a shrine in her room of you" Sunny chuckled "Man fuck you, I don't have a goddamn shrine". Geraldine shakingly extends her hand for a handshake which Linda took "Shit, nice to meet you". For a Geraldine it was like meeting a celebrity "You were a bounty hunter for what's his name" Linda mentioned her previous employer "Thanks for the pancakes" Chelsea thanked "Thank you for saving my girlfriend" Roberta smiled at her.
Chelsea's eyes turned to Linda. She scowled at her for that stunt earlier in the morning. A shiver went down her spine. Obviously it was the moment that Chelsea met her match. And her opponent won't, more or less, get over it. Well unless Sunny told her too. "I think I'll take a seat in the Livingroom" Chelsea meekly walked to the Livingroom mainly to avoid Linda's gaze "Sunny" Roberta calls her name "I got a couple of list for hirees in the club, I didn't get the chance to give it to you this morning".
"I'll look at it before I go to bed" Sunny tells her as she sets the plates on the table. As soon as the plates were set, everyone eats their shares. Chelsea shook mainly because Linda was sitting right next to her "C-C-Can I switch seats with you? This seat feels a b-bit off" Chelsea asked "Let's switch seats" Sunny suggested with Chelsea now taking Sunny's seat and Sunny taking her place next to Linda.
"Maybe that'll teach you not to fuck around too much..." Sunny whispered to her. As she finishes her plate Sunny's phone vibrates. Joo sent a text along with a video of a certain event that had occurred today in Little Seoul.
' Dangsin-i dosilo dol-aon geos gat-ayo =D (Guessing you're back in town =D)'
Sunny smiled at the video of the now former Tangerine King with taped to a steering wheel with a bloody foot and yelping like a baby. With another site of a very long money trail with citizens of Little Seoul catching the bills, happily snatching bills from the ground and some that fall from the air.
'A, ulineun hwagsilhi dol-awassgo junbiga doeeossseubnida =b (Oh we're definitely back and we're ready =b)' Sunny texts back.
With her fork Sunny took the last tortellini off her plate and puts it in her mouth. She savors it with the last two bites. She shows off a crooked grin and a small chuckle follows "Sunny? Is something funny?" Roberta stared with a smile "Oh I'm just really, really happy about today" Sunny smiled "Life's been good...".
Behind the smile hides a much more malicious smile. The black wolf in her eager to sink it's fangs into it's prey. The black wolf in her ever so eager to get the taste of blood on it's fangs.
That black wolf is now ready to shred that prey to bloody shreds.
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