Chapter 18: Danger

XXX Crime Investigation Office...

After the meeting, Bryan and Erick decided to leave the office and had their lunch outside. They were now sitting inside, at one of the fast-food restaurants near the office.

"Chief what happened last night?"

Erick told him everything about how he found the woman and saved her.

"Someone is after her life. I thought we might find something if we would look into the area where I found her that's why I asked you to go there and investigate. What did you find out?" Erick said to him.

"When I searched that area I found an abandoned warehouse just kilometers away from the highway where you found her." Erick didn't interrupt him so he continued.

"When I arrived there I saw  4 black vans and 1 black car fully tinted leaving the warehouse. Sadly I didn't see the plate numbers clearly. When I was sure that no one was there, so I went inside. There were bullets scattered everywhere and some blood on the floor, however, no dead bodies found inside." Bryan looked at him seriously.

Erick frowned as he heard that, "Some big syndicates must be involved in this case."

"I agree, some of the bullets found inside were from high-powered firearms," Bryan added to his suspicion. Erick stood up and left the restaurant in a rush.

Bryan was puzzled as he called him "Chief where are you going?"

"I need to go back to the Hospital. She might be in danger now." He replied before he disappeared in Bryan's sight.

Erick's gut feeling was right. At St. Anthony Hospital where Elle was confined, two members of Skull Gang were already asking the hospital admission staff whether they had received a female patient last midnight with gunshot and stab wounds. The admission staff confirmed it.

"Boss, positive! A female patient was brought here last night with the same wound with Catseye." One of the two men called James to report as soon as possible.

"Great! Get her and bring her to me!" James ordered.

"Copy Boss."The two men proceeded to the room where Elle was staying. They disguised as a nurse and a doctor.

Erick just arrived at the hospital when Dr. Gomez called him.

"Chief Lee, where are you?" Dr. Gomez asked him.

"I am at the lobby, I just arrived here at the hospital. Why?" Erick answered.

"I heard that a while ago two persons were asking about a female patient who got gunshot and stab wound, they might be referring to the patient you brought here last midnight." Dr. Gomez informed him.

Erick didn't waste any more time and ran towards the elevator but a lot of people were waiting in line. He decided to go with the stairs. He was running fast. Elle's room was located on the 3rd floor.

When he reached Elle's room he saw the guards who were assigned to protect her were now unconscious and lying down on the floor. He was shocked and he felt the nervousness as his heart was running wild for beating so fast.

'Am I too late?' He thought to himself as he slowly opened the door. He picked up his gun and slowly walked inside the room.

He saw two people inside the room wearing white hospital gown uniforms for a nurse and doctor. They were looking at the patient who was sound asleep. One man was holding a gun while the other was talking with someone through the phone.

"Boss we got her. She was still unconscious!" the man reported to their Boss.

He was about to say something when he was interrupted by Erick. "Freeze, this is the police! Put your gun down."

Both of them were stunned and they turned around to look at Erick.

BANG!

The man who was holding the gun fired at Erick and the other man also picked up his gun to shoot Erick.

Fortunately, Erick was able to avoid their shots.

BANG! BANG!

Erick fired back at them and bullseye.... two men were hit in the head and they collapsed.

Minutes later back-up arrived at the hospital. Erick called for a back-up while he was running a while ago.

On that same day, they decided to transfer Elle to another Hospital to ensure her safety.

Dr. Gomez approached Erick "Chief Inspector Lee, you saved her again. If you didn't arrive on time we do not know what those people might do with her."

Erick smiled and said, "Yeah, I would blame myself if anything happens to her. By the way, how are those two police officers?"

"They were just fine. They were injected with a strong sedative causing them to fall unconscious." Dr. Gomez replied.

"Erick I wanted to tell you that during the operation I noticed that the patient you brought has so many old scars all over her body. Do you think she was abused or something?" Dr. Gomez shared his thoughts.

Erick frowned, "I don't know. We can find out once we talk to her when she wakes up."

Dr. Gomez just left when Bryan arrived together with Police Officer Kim.

"Chief Inspector Lee, I want to apologize for the carelessness of my men." Officer Kim apologized to Erick feeling guilty about what happened.

"It's okay Officer Kim. I should be thanking you for allowing your men to protect her when I requested you for your help." Erick politely said.

"Chief, we found out the identity of those two men. According to the investigation, they were members of the Skull Gang. The tattoo found on their wrists signified that they were members of Skull Gang." Bryan butted in their conversation

"The lady you saved must be involved with that Gang or might have offended members of higher-ups from the Skull Gang," Bryan added.

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Meanwhile in the Skull Gang main headquarters...

"Boss, they had an encounter with the police at St. Anthony Hospital. Two of our men were killed on the spot." Spike reported to James.

"Useless Bunch!!!! All of you leave!!" James shouted.

James closed his eyes trying to contain the anger he was feeling right now. 'Catseye just you wait!'