The Phantom Conspiracy

10. The Connection

'Those are the two imposters officer.' 

Giana turned around and saw Jacob walking up to them along with the manager and an armed guard. The guard was about six foot tall and had a well built physique. A pistol was tucked under his belt. 

'I spotted them in front of one of the guest rooms while I was on duty. They told me they were new recruits, but it felt odd.' Jacob told the manager. 

'And you were right Jacob. They aren't our workers.' The manager looked at the guard, 'Arrest them officer.' 

'Shit!' Riccard whispered under his breath. 'Let's run at three Gia.'

'No. We still have to get hold of the Judge and clear stuff up.' Giana stood put at her place.

'We are getting arrested, dear.'

'I know Ricc, but I'm not leaving until I know the truth.'

Riccard took a deep breath and let it out slowly, 'Fine!'

'Hands up,' the guard demanded. 

Giana and Riccard did as they were told. The guard fetched the handcuffs from his pocket and the two were taken downstairs. Giana kept an eye on her surroundings with the hope that she would spot the Judge somewhere.

'So, what did you steal?' The guard asked, 'You two seem pretty bad at it, this was my easiest target.'

'Obviously, that's because we weren't here to steal in the first place.' Giana replied casually.

'So why didn't you protest when I was arresting you two?' 

'Why would we? You are only taking us closer to our destination.'

'What! You two are way more sly than you look to be.'

'Shut up.' Riccard snapped. 'Take us to that Judge.'

'Don't you try to be oversmart, boy.' The guard tugged at Riccard's handcuff and tightened it further.

'Aah... shit! Loosen it, damn it.'

'Then don't be mean.' The guard raised an eyebrow.

'Fine!' Riccard huffed.

'You are taking us to the Judge right?' Giana wanted a confirmation.

'Nah! We are off to the the jail until someone comes around to bail you both out.' The guard smirked.

'No damn way. Take us to the Judge, please.' Riccard wailed.

'You'll have your own when we present you at the court tomorrow.' 

'That's not the point!' Riccard was becoming impatient.

'Yeah, meeting the Judge here is important.' Giana insisted.

'I am not sure if he will want to be bothered by you petty people on such an important occasion.' The guard shrugged. 

'Okay, I am not even joking anymore. It's a genuine request, please let us meet him once.' Giana's tone was serious. 

'He's not going to save you from jail. The man's solid.' 

'We don't need him to save us. Just got to have a word with him, that's about it.' 

'No!' The guard was rather hard to convince, 'I can't trouble him.'

'Bu-'

'You can't convince me otherwise lady.' The guard shook his head.

After walking around for a while, the main hall came into view. The music was blasting and the wedding was in full swing as the couple stood at the altar making their vows. Giana and Riccard were dragged through the huge crowd of dancing people towards the exit.