Chapter 53: The Poem of Fire - Chapter 39

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Joker and the team got blasted off the building but luckily they managed to escape the fire thanks to their new tech. Ignition or cop-killer managed to kick Alison out of her car and kidnapped Ema. Joker and his team must find the cop killer and Ema must stay safe no matter what! Joker and his team are now with the HQ trying to decipher the poem or the location and his identity as a cop killer as we speak.

Chief: What happened to you all?

Swat: We have had a lot of injured people since the blast and the cop killer escaped.

Chief: Well you are not dead so that is a good thing.

Swat Commander: We have some serious psychological damage in our minds right now.

Chief: Why?

Joker: Is tossing stuff!

Chief's Right Hand: What the hell is he doing?

Chief: Explain, Now!

Swat Commander: Yes Mam! We lost our scientific nerd. She is with the bad guy.

Chief's Right Hand: Can you be more specific, please?

Alison: Mam!

Chief: What now?

Alison: I take full responsibility and this is my fault. The culprit took me by surprise and he took my car and Ema too.

Chief: Whaaaaat!

Chief: Young lady! How the hell can I explain this to the real chief!!!!

Alison: Is quiet...

Chief's Right Hand: Tell her now!!!

Alison: By looking for her! (Worried voice)

Joker: Is looking for clues...

Joker: What is his identity!!!!

Joker: Is looking for files...

Veronica and Jason: Are you looking at some videos?

Smith: He is getting treated for his wounds.

Smith: Have you found anything?

Medic Person: Stop yelling when I'm treating your wounds.

Smith: Sorry!

Veronica: All videos are very identical so we have not seen anything unusual.

Joker: Keep looking!

Jason: The Poem has me worried a lot.

Veronica: Why?

Joker: He said, "Here is a gift between me and you because we both lost something and we must continue our battle since we are the same. This is the battle to regain the world that we lust", he said something like that.

Smith: That punchline bothers me!

Joker: I know!

Joker: But right now I'm doing something basic first.

Smith: I will help you by searching the database.

Joker: What do we know about him?

Smith: He is 180 cm tall and a firefighter and he had a brother.

Joker: What about his brother?

Smith: He could be all kinds of things, Cop, Crook, Cartel, Shop Owner, Drug dealer.

Veronica: It will be hard to find his brother.

Smith: I agree!

Joker: Is thinking...

Joker: What about the poem?

Jason: I got 1 million searches in the database.

Veronica: Can't We make it shorter?

Smith: Damn!

Joker: Is hitting the chair out of anger.

Jason: This is some mad case we got ourselves into.

Liam and Maricia: Are opening the door and have the medical kit.

Joker: Hi!

Liam: No you don't! You all need some rest right now.

Maricia: Stop what you are doing this is the order form above.

Joker: Yeah Right!

Liam: You will make you or you will go to prison.

Joker: Would try to escape! Not a problem.

Liam: Your bones are hurting you I can tell you cannot even stand still.

Joker: I have 5 hours to crack this case otherwise we will lose someone.

Jason: He is right.

Maricia: We heard the news.

Liam: You need to rest otherwise you will fail to find her because you are too tired.

Veronica: The lab man is right, we need some rest.

Joker & Jason: Fine!

Liam & Maricia are treating their wounds...

30 minutes later

Joker: Liam what are you doing?

Liam: Searching for clues on my iPad.

Jason: For What?

Jason: We could not find him in the database.

Liam: As a kid when my grandfather was alive he took me to a lot of detective theaters because at his age it was popular.

Jason: So?

Liam: Psychopaths often tend to give us clues on how to stop him because they want to show off their dominant side. Just like all detective stories go by.

Joker: We taught about it too but the poem seems like it has no code to decipher.

Liam: Can you recall to me the poem once more?

Joker: "Here is a gift between me and you because we both lost something and we must continue our battle since we are the same. This is the battle to regain the world that we lust", he said something like that.

Liam: Is trying to analyze this in his mind...

Joker: The first phrase we decoded it.

Liam: What did it say?

Joker: His gift was to kidnap someone we know and through that, we can share his pain and loss. That was how we realize this poem has a meaning which he told a lie to us.

Maricia: What kind of lie? ( Talking while treating, Veronica...

Joker: He told us that this poem was a distraction for him to escape our ambush.

Jason: We surprisingly stopped for a moment.

Veronica: It was a good thing that we did otherwise we would have been dead.

Joker: His brain pattern is very special because he can calculate different scenarios in his head very quickly.

Liam: I thought you were smart guys!

Jason: Shut up!

Joker: Very funny! ( Sarcasm)

Veronica: Is laughing...

Maricia: Is laughing too...

Smith: Did you figure something out, Liam?

Liam: I was thinking what if the second poems tell you about a term?

Smith: What term?

Liam: Places or locations...

Jason: But what has battled with location or place meaning?

Maricia: Battle can often tell you where you should meet him, place, and time. I picked this up in an action movie.

Jason: HMMMM... ( Thinking)

Joker: That makes sense and the world must be where you have a great view, any taught's?

Liam: Skyscraper, Rooftops, very tall buildings, or maybe a boat.

Jason & Joker: How stupid! How could we not realize that sooner? ( Saying at the same time)

Veronica: Awn, you finished each other sentences and it is so cute.

Jason: Looking away...

Joker: Ignores her...

Liam: It happens you were just exhausted and had a traumatic experience.

Joker: I'm ashamed of that because I should be a professional.

Maricia: It is a learning curve for us all.

Jason: True!

Liam: I was thinking about Twin Towers.

Joker: I wouldn't take the Twin Towers since the security has increased over these years because of, 9/11.

Liam: Right!

Jason: What are our options?

Maricia: What about searching for towers that have bounds with each other the poem talks about sharing a lot.

Smith: A good idea!

Liam: I never taught about it, Maricia.

Maricia: You gave me the idea, Liam when you told us about the Twin tower.

Jason: Finally we are getting somewhere.

Liam: Is searching...

Joker: Is walking away...

Maricia: Where are you going?

Joker: Taking a break. Since You do not need me today.

Maricia: What happened to you?

Joker: I'm having an off day and I do not want to cause any harm to our investigation because I'm just guessing.

Liam: Mate, You are always guessing so you can calm down.

Veronica: Is smirking...

Joker: We all need a break.

Joker: Tell me if you have found something out.

Jason: Will do.

Maricia: What is wrong with him?

Jason: Well I think he is blaming himself for his partner's situation and I have been there.

Veronica: Same!

Liam: Do we have a plan on how we could lessen the searches?

Veronica: First of all, I think this bastard is still in, the New York area.

Liam: Do we agree?

Jason: It depends on how rich he is...

Maricia: What do you mean?

Jason: I know for a fact that this man has a very high-level profile on the black market.

Marica: And?

Jason: He can get amazing offers online let's say, for instance, Private Jets and Fake ID and Passport for a lower price.

Maricia: I did not know that.

Smith: Is coughing...

Maricia: Be careful you have a damaged rib. You should talk less and rest more.

Smith: I know but I feel this case is personal to me as well and I cannot give up either.

Smith: In my experience as a police officer I find this poem to be rather personal than psychopathic. It seems like he hates us. Like a boy that broke up with his girl.

Maricia: Good point!

Jason: So you mean that he is working with someone?

Smith: Yeah! It was strange how he could be so well prepared when we arrived. I mean we planned this thing for months.

Veronica: I felt the same way, Smith.

Jason: It can also make sense.

Jason: But who wants to target us?

Jason: We are not from this place?

Maricia: There is a secret organization that is hunting, Ema & Joker down because they ruined their reputation.

Jason: Damn man that was deep!

Veronica: Why are we targets then?

Jason: Probably because we stained his record.

Smith: I almost forgot that man how days just fly by It is sick.

Jason: I agree.

Maricia: That is why we need to be thankful.

Veronica: Sometimes we deserve to just chill.

Liam: Is typing on his iPad...

Liam: I'm searching for New York that has large towers.

Liam: Thank you, everyone, for helping us with this dire decision.

Veronica: You are welcome.

Jason: No worries.

Maricia: Hope we did alright.

Smith: I hope so too.

Liam: I will tell the chief what we have found.

Jason: Can I come with you?

Liam: You need to rest, Jason.

Liam: Your health matters more.

Jason: Is sitting down in pain.

Liam: See you are still hurt.

Jason: Fine!

Jason: Just do not mess up. ( Is angry)

Liam: I won't do that.

After 3 hours

Ema: Where are we going? ( Sitting in the car)

Ignition: You will see.

Ema: I wanna know right now.

Ignition: To a magical place.

Ema: I do not think so.

Ignition: Shut up!

Ema: Why are you doing this?

Ema: Do you know how many people have died?

Ignition: Why do you care all of a sudden)

Ema: Because I do not want to get hurt...

Ignition: Why do I feel like she is lying to me? (Thinking)

Ignition: If you cooperate maybe I will let you go.

Ema: That is a lie and I can feel that.

Ignition: Why so?

Ema: In the movie the girl who asks a lot always dies.

Ignition: Then who's fault is it?

Ema: Killers!

Ignition: This damn brat! ( Is getting annoyed)

Ignition: Finally we have arrived at our destination.

Ema: Where is that?

Ignition: Look it up yourself.

Ema: OK! Can I go now?

Ignition: This is your new graveyard.

Ema: I'm hungry.

Ignition: You are right we should eat.

Ema & Ignition are walking inside the building.

Ema: Where is the staff?

Ignition: Tonight is this, my staff, only.

Ema: How come?

Ignition: I hired them to do my dirty work.

Ema: How cruel of you.

Ema: Be a man.

Ignition: Will you just shut up?

Ignition: You should be lucky that you are needed otherwise I would throw you off the roof.

Ema: Fine!

Ignition: Sometimes it has its virtue to be a dangerous assassin.

People opening the door for them...

Person: Good day, sir!

Ignition: Is everything settled?

Person 2: Yes as you have planned.

Ignition: If you guys do good I will give you a raise.

People are talking to each other...

People: What should we do if people come?

Ignition: Kill them of course!!!

Ignition: If you do that you will get rewarded.

Ema: Where are you taking me?

Ignition: We are going to the rooftop so we can see the fireworks and eat dinner.

Ema: Is managing to grab her purse with force.

Ignition: What are you doing?

Ema: Using this...

Ema: Sprays the paper spray at, Ignition

Ignition: His eyes hurt and he yelled loudly.

Ema: Is trying to run away.

Ignition: Are you stupid? Do you want to die?

Ema: Maybe?

Ignition: But I came prepared.

Ema: Is running outside.

A person made, Ema unconscious by punching her in the lungs.

Ignition: I hired a few technical assassins.

Ignition: Take her to the roof with me.

They are taking the elevator to go to the roof...

30 minutes later...

Ignition: Have you slept well?

Ema: What happened?

Ignition: Do you see this guy over there with sunglasses?

Ema: Yes!

Ignition: He is very good at technical fighting because he did not come cheap.

Ema: Well they are horrible for kidnapping a schoolgirl.

Ignition: You do not act like one?

Ema: We never listen! ( Getting grumpy)

Ignition: Killers do not yell they like to act.

Ignition: Is pointing a gun...

Ignition: You see this?

Ema: Yes?

Ignition: If I shoot, you will die!

Ema: Squeezing the chair tighter.

Ignition: See we get some reaction from you.

Ignition: So be a good girl and do not let me shoot you.

Ema: Fine!

Ema: While talking to the kidnapper is typing her phone...

Person: Sir her hands are moving?

Ignition: Go and look and tell me, why. You incompetent moron!!!

Ema: Managed to send a distress signal.

Person: Grabbed her hands.

Person: Sir, She has a phone with her?

Ignition: How stupid are you?

Ignition: Why did you forget to pickpocket her things? Maybe that is why I got you cheap!!!

Person: Then go and buy a better henchman. ( Getting irritated)

Ignition: Are you mocking me?

Person: Ignoring him...

Person 2: Beheaded him...

Person: The head is rolling down the carpet.

Ema: YEW!!!!!!

Person 2: That is how you do it in, Asia...

Ignition: Thanks but you gotta clean it up...

Person: Yes!

Ignition: How did you get a hold of the phone?

Ema: Because you are stupid and your face as well.

Ignition: How did you manage to grab your phone in your pocket?

Ema: Skills!!!

Ignition: Whose phone is this?

Person 2: Sir, I think it is mine.

Ignition: What!!!

Ema: Like I told you it is skilled!!!

Ema: I had a great martial arts teacher when I was young who taught me self-defense.

Ignition: This girl is so strange why do I get a feeling that she is not who she claims to be? (Thinking)

Ema: I managed to text just a couple of sentences... (Thinking)

Ema: Please realize where I am, Angel. (Thinking)

Joker: Bzzzzz...

Joker: Gosh I do not want to answer the phone right now I'm still searching for clues.

Joker: Fine I can take a tiny pick.

Joker: Looking at his phone...

Phone: Helm, At some large tower!!!

Joker: Who is this?

Joker: Is thinking and scratching his head over again...

Joker: Hold my thoughts!

Joker: It might be, Ema!!!

Joker: Is panicking right now!!!

Joker: Think, Angel... ( Joker)

Joker: Where Could I have put the file away!!! ( Getting angry)

Joker: Is turning upside down in his office.

At some other office...

Smith: What should we do guys?

Jason: We need to think!

Liam: Is opening the door...

Liam: Our assault force is on the way to patrol the streets.

Jason: That was fast!

Veronica: Liam, are you going?

Liam: Do not be stupid I'm just a scientific person.

Liam: I heard that the chief of advice and her left hand is going to take the stand.

Jason: It will be risky you know because the cop killer then will move to a different location.

Veronica: Yeah, it is so risky!

Liam: I'm going to talk to, Angel and see what advice is he giving us.

Liam: Maricia, help them decode the culprit's location.

Maricia: I know!

Liam: Is running towards, the Angels Office...

Liam: Opens the door...

Liam: Angel, I need a favor to ask you...

Joker: Sorry I'm doing something, Liam?

Liam: What are you doing you look, terrible mate.

Joker: I'm perfectly fine!

Joker: I got it?

Liam: What is it now?

Joker: The safe, Liam...

Joker: Of course!!!

Joker: But I cannot remember my code.

Joker: Liam how do you open a safe?

Liam: Why should I help you? You are insane mate and high on adrenalin.

Joker: Because I might solve this case. ( Joker is turning away)

Liam: OMG! Your hands are covered in scars...

Joker: That is my crime I have to pay when I'm turning the room upside down...

Liam: Wait there!

Joker: Okay?

After a few minutes...

Joker: Where is he?

Liam: I'm back!

Joker: Yes!

Liam: Take cover!!!

Joker: Why?

Liam: For goodness sake just do it!!! ( Yelling)

Joker: Took some cover...

Liam: Really behind a chair!!!

Liam: Cover over here for a change... ( Getting annoyed)

Joker: Getting behind, Liam

Liam: Quickly grabbed, Angel's hands and put alcoholic gel all over his arms...

Joker: That stings, man!!!

Liam: You wus can you shut up!!!

Joker: You tricked me! ( getting annoyed)

Liam: Watch this!!!

Joker: Joker is watching the safe...

Liam: Tossed something...

Joker: I cannot see anything.

Liam: Be patient...

Safe: Is getting burned and it opened up by itself...

Joker: How?

Liam: I used the killer's nano c4 bombs and multiplied them. The friction from the explosion was enough to damage the safe.

Joker: Lima, How could damage the safe?

Liam: Mate, Your safe was cheap as your mouth...

Joker: Hey! My safe was old he had its expired date...

Liam: Yeah right!!!

Liam: Why did you want to open the safe?

Joker: Because of a tape...

Joker: This tape is how my life started...

Liam: Hmmm, I'm listening!!!

Joker: If you tell anyone I will kill you put you on a skirt and send you back to Scottland where you belong.

Liam: Smirks... Sorry to put you offside mate, I'm from the UK!

Joker: Same shit...

Liam: The blast was not so loud so nobody would report us...

Joker: Pats, Liam's shoulder...

Joker: You could do the honors and put the disc in the video...

Liam: I would love to do that...

Liam: Is putting the disc at a computer...

Liam: There we go!

Joker & Liam: Are watching the tape from the past...

Video: Showing the view of a park and a tower...

Liam: Where is this, Angel?

Joker: My past...

Video: Is zooming at the park...

Video: Three people opened the door of the tower and started running three separate ways.

Joker: I was a cop back then I and my partner had a case.

Liam: What case?

Joker: We were told by the police force that they were going to be a heist in that tower.

Liam: I'm hearing you please continue.

Joker: We did not know what happened back then. Since we had low information sources coming from our radio. We did not know what to do.

Joker: My partner told me, Let us wait in the park at least where there were a lot of people so we could protect them from harm's way.

Liam: Why did you not follow them?

Joker: We did not know what we were up against.

Joker: Because criminals who are doing a heist are very geared up with weapons, armory, and a perfectly executed plan.

Liam: You wanted to catch somebody so you could interrogate him.

Joker: Of course! It was what every cop would do until backup arrived.

Liam: What happened?

Joker: Where I lost my mind...

Joker: This place is called, battery park and the tower you are looking at is called, 8 Spruce Street.

Liam: I can see in the video...

Video: One person is running wild and two cops are stopping him from running...

Video: He has his arms in the air...

Liam: Nothing happened? Why did you not capture him?

Joker: He was a civilian who was running from his life. It was a chief manager of the fashion industry. He told us he was robbed by some criminals from the fashion show.

Liam: Why would they try to rob a fashion show?

Joker: Probably because people who are watching it have a lot of money and there was a valuable Diamant on the set. They took it as well.

Liam: You went home right?

Joker: No! We were stupid and ignorant.

Liam: Why?

Joker: My partner told me to let us catch just one person so we could be in the front line on the news. We were young and foolish. We thought we could save everyone by just saying it in front of the media.

Joker: The tape is not over yet so just watch.

Liam is watching the video on the computer.

Video: A man is in the dark alley holding his hands up.

Liam: How did you manage to find him so quickly?

Joker: We took our car!

Video: Two bodies are lying down on the streets...

Liam: What the hell happened the video suddenly got blurred.

Joker: Was because of the angel...

Joker: I will explain what happened to us.

Joker: We arrested that guy we cuffed him.

Joker: We were bringing him towards our car like we were supposed to do.

Joker: Then as we put the robber inside the car...

Joker: Somebody picked pocketed my partner's wallet...

Joker: We thought it was a normal crook but we were wrong.

Liam: They planned all this?

Joker: My partner followed him and managed to body-slam him down on the street.

Liam: What happened?

Joker: I was clapping about what my partner did I thought it was cool and I did not watch our car.

Joker: The culprit managed to untie the handcuffs and started the car.

Joker: My partner and I looked shocked at what we just witnessed.

Joker: My partner lost the grip on the crock and he managed to take my partner as a hostage by pointing a gun towards his head.

Joker: I also pointed a gun at the culprit but I did not know what to do in this situation I was not trained for this.

Liam: I cannot blame you.

Liam: Did the killer drive over your partner?

Joker: No!

Joker: The car started and he was just driving as fast as he could straight.

Joker: I panicked!!!

Joker: My partner said to shoot the car and that they are bluffing.

Liam: Did you shoot the car?

Joker: I was confused and I did not know what to do so I just took a shoot at the time the car drove faster and had a much bigger noise and I got distracted by the noise of the car. The bullet flew right through my partner's chest.

Liam: Man that sucked?

Joker: Is very teary...

Liam: You must have been devastated.

Joker: I was! My partner's last words were it was not your fault it was mine and tell my family I tried my best to be a good cop...

Liam: Did you manage to capture them?

Joker: I put a choking grab on the robber.

Joker: He told me to not kill him.

Joker: He told me that they were after fame and money. They were a coupled gang of triads and they stormed the event to get back at the company for not giving them the money they deserved when they helped their campaign.

Joker: After I got the information I tossed him down and I pointed my gun at him and shot him, 5times.

Liam: Damn bro!

Joker: Far away I saw that the police managed to stop the car and I saw him getting outside the car.

Liam: You seriously did call of duty them like a battle royal or something...

Joker: I fired tons of bullets from afar...

Joker: That bastard died in agonizing pain and later I got arrested.

Joker: I was in a rage and the anger took the better of me.

Liam: Did you get arrested?

Joker: Of course! The copse came and told me to put my hands up in the air and more crap.

Liam: How much did you serve?

Joker: 3 months...

Liam: That was nothing...

Liam: Lucky you!

Joker: Don't!!!

Liam: Sorry I got carried away. Man, I have never seen him like that and I hate to say that I feel sorry for him even tho he is an egomaniac. ( Thinking)

Joker: I told the court that the person that was in the car was trying to grab his gun in his pocket.

Liam: You are very smart!

Joker: I was not going down and luckily I know the law and our system. They cannot send me to prison for life if I was trying to save my comrade's life and they cannot prove that my statement was wrong. The chief was upset with me and she barely spoke and so did my adopted sister, she always yelled at me when I was in prison but did not care because it felt good at that time. Later I told them everything that happened and I was stripped of my badge but my adopted mother gave me a job as a detective and later I just could not force myself to have a partner.

Liam: Bloody hell that was a great story you just told me and sad as well.

Liam: Did they catch the rest of the gang?

Joker: My information was really good and they managed to catch them but it took almost a year to tear the organization down to the core.

Joker: This is the puzzle to save, Ema I just now it!!!

Liam: How are you so sure?

Joker: Because that accident is the only thing I can remember that matches the poem the killer just sent us.

Liam: True and the tower is a skyscraper and they look like twins.

Joker: I know, right?

Joker: Liam you will go with me and be my cover and Let us save, Ema...

Liam: Fine!

To Be Continued

I will post every week new chapters from Friday - to Sunday...

Best Regards The Author!