The following morning when all were sure of the safety of their love ones there was an interception of all TV and Computer screens. "I am Thor the Administrator of Justice. You will hear this day of the power that I possess. Options were issued to a group of individuals, guilty of a heinous crime. Option one, cease your Gun running activities and there would be no more involvement from me, only the New York Police Department. Option two, Failure to do so and you will be terminated. Unfortunately they chose to ignore both options and the consequences you will see later on your screens. Keep safe my friends and God does bless America" The visual statement was watched by over sixty million people all over the North East of the US. It was quickly followed by a statement from Detective Manny Rodriguez denouncing all that had just been said, whilst at the same time acknowledging there was an ongoing investigation into an organised crime ring using the influx of illegal immigrants to bring contraband weapons into the Country. He also denounced the actions of so called Thor as pure fantasy and that the deceased men were gunned down in a shoot out with New York's Finest. All of this was of course pre-planned and the image of the mighty Thor vanquishing the villain had already been implanted in the minds of the impressionable public. Captain Sean Malone, all eighteen stone of him had broken into a jog, the bright red look on his face being half exhaustion and half rage. "What the fuck Rodriguez? he screamed as he arrived at the main entrance to the Precinct. "Why wasn't I aware of this, I will have your fucking badge. Not one more fucking word without my knowing, do you hear me" (Malone's qualifications in the English language were never the reasons that he had risen so high in the Force) "Yeah Captain I hear you" answered Rodriguez. "Now tell me who this Thor ass hole is? said Malone. Before Rodriguez could answer Malone's mobile phone rang. "This better be important" he shouted at the unwelcome caller. "Calm down Captain" said a smooth sounding voice on the other end of the line. "This is Jocelyn Chabatti assistant director of the FBI. I trust you have been watching TV, and without being a mind reader I surmise that right now or before long you will be screaming obscenities at your Detective Rodriguez. This Captain Malone is not his doing, it is mine. He is part of a small task force I assembled to look into this growing faction of Organized Crime. There were operatives working under cover therefor the less anyone knew of our activities the safer they would be. I am including you now Captain, I am including no one else I hope you understand. Can I have your assurance of secrecy? "Of course Mam, of course" answered Malone, "I hope that you can understand my over reaction but I am responsible for all that happens in my Precinct, but I do appreciate you letting me know" Rodriguez was dumb struck he had no idea that this would happen. His immediate thought was how well connected Charlie Delano must be, she had certainly delivered. "Ok" said Malone, "What is next? "Well the thing is Captain" replied Rodriguez, "We did not expect the appearance of this crazy guy claiming to be a god. Therefor our priority is to find him and put an end to his illusions of grandeur" "I need to see the file on the case" said Malone. "Sorry Captain" answered Rodriguez I hope you will understand when I respectfully refuse. You heard Assistant Director Chabatti, we have operatives under cover, only she can release our findings" "You know what Rodriguez" said Malone, "Fuck you and fuck her (that English again) I will go along for the ride, but this stinks, you are full of shit (and again) now get the fuck away from me" Now for the team it was a waiting game. Ryan Peterson sat patiently by the phone equipped with his voice over mechanism for Thor, while Leslie Santori and Gena Pollock analysed the five sets of initials found on the bodies while at the same time playing some kind of bizarre guessing game of spot the celebrity, trying to place the letters to the names of prominent people. Charlie Delano remained in constant touch with her boss Assistant Director Jocelyn Chabatti while all of the time thinking of her next encounter with Jacob Clark. Jocelyn Chabatti had if there was one, the most difficult conundrum, as her advisory was Alejandro Castigliari and he was not a patient man. After forty eight hours there was nothing and then out of the blue Peterson received a message on his Thor Webb Site. The message read, "Whom ever you are be very careful of the answers you give as they may be your last. Why are you portraying yourself as a copy cat SPIKE? "I am Thor the Administrator of Justice, you too should be aware of the accusations that you make, they may condemn you to meet my Justice" answered Peterson in a scripted voice. " Are you aligned with Detective Rodriguez? asked the caller. "No" replied mythical Thor. "Are you a virtual player on a video game" was the next question. "I am a God" answered Thor. " Do you envisage yourself as the seventh SPIKE? the caller asked. "You are an object of pain and suffering" replied Thor, "While I am the giver of repentance and the hammer of Justice" The caller went of line giving no indication of who he or she was, but never the less contact had been made, the ice as they say had been broken. Once again there was silence as the scam entered its third day when during a debate on who,s turn it was for the coffee the phone rang at the desk of Clarence Weldon. The caller had asked to speak with Detective Rodriguez or one of his associates and as he was unavailable the call fell on the ears of Detective Weldon. "I am the private secretary to Padraig Collins the New York District Attorney" said the voice on the line. "He has asked that I make a formal request for all information ascertaining to the criminal element smuggling guns into our City. Please prepare copies of documents and I will send a courier to pick them up" "And your name is? asked Detective Weldon, but the phone line went dead. Sitting opposite him was Gena Pollock, he related the conversation to her saying, "Little does she know there are no files" "That is strange" said Detective Pollock, "I read only last night that the D,A is cruising the Caribbean on board a Yacht owned by a player from the New York Yankees, and is not expected back for a few weeks" Weldon called back the number, a youngish sounding woman answered the call. "I wish to speak with Padraig Collins Private Secretary please" he said. "I am very sorry but Zoe Prince is not in the building, in fact she has been out of town for the past few days. Can I ask who is calling? Weldon declined and replaced the receiver. "Get in touch with Rodriguez" he told Gena Pollock, and get him here now" At first the name of Zoe Prince did not register with Gena Pollock. But they instantly did with Manny Rodriguez as the initials found on the body of Mitchel Burroughs. "The first piece of the jigsaw Weldon" he said on his return to the Team's HQ. "Schedule a meeting for 9am tomorrow. Meanwhile I will inform Agent Delano, she has an important call to make" Jocelyn Chabatti on hearing the news wasted no time in calling a Press Conference during with she deeply apologized for referring to the gun running gang as part of New York Organized Crime (AKA The Mafia) it would seem" she said, "that the funding and organization had in fact came from a major drugs Cartel based in Columbia" She then rang Alejandro Castigliari who in his usual manner with only hours to go before their set deadline expired sounded upbeat. "I knew you would come through Jocelyn" he said, no worries. As he placed his hand over the mouthpiece telling his Concierge to bring his favoured hit man Alfonso Bellini back from Washington, "I trust this is over from my position? he suggested, "And we can enjoy our arranged meal in New York next Saturday? "All is good Alejandro" replied Jocelyn, "I look forward to seeing you, but just one thing, was it Bellini? there was no reply. The team as scheduled, assembled the following morning knowing that their next move could make or break the case. Rodriguez threw the six members into an open Forum. Clarence Weldon was the first to speak. "We know who she is" he said, "But she does not know that we are on to her. Do we let her carry on obliviously and see where it takes us. Or do we move quickly and take her out, which would then almost certainly alert the rest of the SPIKES allowing them time to go to ground. This I see is our dilemma" "If we know who a potential killer is" said Gena Pollock interrupting, "Then surely we cannot allow that individual to carry out their crime" "You are absolutely right Gena" said Ryan Peterson, "I say we take her out, but at the same time take her place. We become Nails of the SPIKES" "I agree" mumbled Rodriguez, now entering the conversation, "We find out A, where she lives. B, where she is as of right now and quietly and discretely remove her from civilization allowing you, Ryan to move into her home. If she has a family arrest them and leave the details to me. She must have a Computer or Laptop that she uses only for dialogue with the rest of the SPIKES, find it. You and Delano need to quickly come up with the password and open it. I reckon we have no more than forty eight hours until contact is made. Weldon, you and I will make the arrest. She will of course scream DA therefor at that level we may need your friend Jocelyn Chabatti, Agent Delano are you ok with this? "Of course Detective anything I can do" she replied. "Right" continued Rodriguez, "It is 10am, by 3pm I want this sorted, do you understand? All nodded in agreement and left the table. "One thing" said Delano, "Before I speak to Jocelyn, what are the DA,s initials? "PC" answered Weldon laughingly. "You are good to go" Jocelyn Chabatti was all in and made the phone call to Padraig Collins the New York District Attorney. "Sorry to bother you sir" she said introducing herself. "I have a code five situation with one of your colleagues. (code five meaning this is only the business of the Federal Government) At this moment in time all I am prepared to release is the persons name and from then I require no external conversations nor interference from you. I do not mean to sound abrupt, but do I make myself clear? I would suggest that for future enquiries this person has taken some well earned leave" "And whom would this person be? asked the shocked DA. "Zoe Prince" replied Jocelyn Chabatti. "I don't like the sound of this, I will make my own enquiries" said Collins." "As you wish" answered Chabatti. "I can only warn that if you make large enough waves they will eventually wash up at the White House. Thank you for your time" Zoe Prince lived alone in an Apartment Block overlooking Central Park where a one bedroom would set you back three quarters of a million dollars. Ryan Peterson spoke with the uniformed doorman and established that she was not at home. For a fifty dollar hand -shake he revealed that at that very moment Zoe Prince was jogging around the Park as she did at this time every day. He also verified that she lived alone and had very few callers. They notified Rodriguez who along with Weldon had followed them to the address, but had decided to park a short distance away as not to raise awareness. He now told Agent Delano to use the power of her badge to obtain a facial description of Miss Prince and what she was wearing. The description of her clothes made them both chuckle, she was wearing an Orange Track suit top and tight yellow leggings while balancing on a pair of silver colored running shoes. Within twenty minutes she walked straight into their laps and apart from the usual, "Do you know who I am" it was the easiest arrest either Detective had ever made.
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