01-01-2021(01)

January 1st, 2021.

Jinx street, Konid District. Guran city. 

Uber Restaurant is under hostile takeover. Police can't take any action risking the safety of the hostages. They are trying to communicate with the hostile takers but aren't getting any response at the moment. 

At 12:28 pm, an 811 call was received and recorded and was directed immediately to the Crime Annihilation Force's konib branch. 

"Please help! Uber restaurant is under attack by some crazy masked men calling themselves as members of a to z organization or something! We, customers and employees of the restaurant, are being held hostages. I am risking my life right now making this call. Please help."

The nearest patrol unit, responding to the distress call, arrived at the restaurant. A male blonde cop wearing cool looking shades got out of the Patrol car accompanied by a ponytailed brunette lady cop. It struck as unusual to them, seeing the main door locked with the "we're closed" sign hanging on it since it's the feast fest that day. 

"What do we do now? We don't even know whether that distress call is legit." Sergeant Thomas said to Officer Messy, taking out his mobile. "Wait, I will try calling that distress number again."

"What happened?" Messy asks. 

"Some sweet-voiced lady is saying that the number I am trying to connect is switched off. So she is suggesting to take some time off and plan a date night." Thomas replies. 

"Eew! Who is that unlucky mobile operator? That poor girl must be fed up with her life feeling so low as to possibly go on a date with you." Messy mocks Thomas. 

"I am talking about us, dummy. You and I. Why can't you understand what I say every single time!" Thomas shouts at Messy. 

"Try flirting without involving another woman!" Messy yells back at Thomas. 

"Dispatch calling. Patrol 4, respond. What's the status? Over." Police chief radios on walkie.

"Chief? Is that you, sir? What are you doing at dispatch, Sir? Aren't you busy investigating the "seven scythe killings" case?" Messy stuns to the chief's voice on the radio. 

"Oh, it's you, messy! Is Thomas there too? Oh, sorry, forget I ever asked that! There's no place he can be without you nearby." Chief radios.

"The restaurant's main door is locked. There are no signs of dispute outside or around. But people are gathering around us, chief. Over" Thomas radios back. 

"Why are they gathering around you, Sergeant Thomas? Over." Chief radios. 

"Probably grown fond of the dramatic couple argument in the middle of the street. Over" Thomas radios back. 

"What the hell are you two arguing about now? Over." Chief radios. 

"I am shouting at officer Messy for not understanding what I say every single time and she is shouting back at me cause she doesn't even understand why I am shouting at her right now. You know, the usual lovers' fight, sir. Over." Thomas radios back to captain. 

"What!? Sergeant Thomas and officer Messy, focus on the job in front of you. What the hell are you two doing causing a commotion in public like kids? Both of you report back to the station immediately! Over and out!" Walkie  goes radio silent. 

"So, back to the station, eh? I thought today might be fun!" Thomas sighs. 

Both get in their Patrol car, start the engine and are about to leave. 

"Dispatch calling, respond. We have been continuously getting 811 calls from all over that place. Something is going on inside that building. Backup units are on their way. Dispatch 4 stay where you are. This is starting to look like a hostile takeover. Over." Walkie talks suddenly. 

"Oh yeah! Looks like my lucky day after all!" officer Messy grins. "Today if I get to fire my weapon, I will think about going out with you, just for dinner though." 

Both get out of the patrol car, knock on the main door and sweep the area around asking the people nearby for any information.

The backup teams arrived at 12:48 pm. They are trying to figure out a way to communicate with the hostiles inside when the main door key knob clicks and the door opens slowly from the inside. 

"All units, get back. Stay alert. There has been a movement." Thomas commands on the radio. "Hold your position. Do not engage. Wait for my order."

A tall and muscular guy, covered full in tattoes comes out of the door, stretching his arms and legs as if he has been relieved from a long immobile posture. .

"Oh! You little rats are here! I thought I heard something outside. Some crazy ass couple fight, maybe. Where the hell do you guys come from. No one invited you to the party. Go, go back to your holes and hide, you mice." he shushes the police, walking out of the building, holding a gun in his hand while the door shuts and locked from the inside. 

"Sir, please put down your weapon, or else we will have no choice but to shoot you! I repeat! Put down your weapon and hands where we can see them. Don't fool around with an armed weapon, Sir!" Officer Messy orders the tattooed man.

"Wow! What a beauty. Smoking hot. How about your number? You are very lucky you found me when I am still a bachelor but not lucky enough for my virgin sausage!" The tattooed guy drips water from his mouth, staring at officer Messy.

"Hey! Watch it if you fancy your arrogant sausage! She is my girl!" Thomas shouts at the tattooed man, pointing his gun at him. 

"Sorry, bro. I can't help it when I see a beauty waiting to get flirted." the tattooed man said, staring at messy's chest. 

"Quit staring like that, you pervert! And what the heck is the matter with you calling me your girl, Thomas? And why the hell are you two buddy-talking each other! He is a freaking gangster for god's sake! Look at your badge, idiot! You're a goddamn cop dammit!" Messy scolds Thomas while the rest of the police force stands there dumbfounded. 

"Enough already! You and your men surrender calmly before it's too late! This is the last time. I won't say it again! If you don't, we shall have no choice but to disarm you forcefully!" Thomas, with his conscience eating away his patience, warns the tattooed guy.

"God! I'm trembling in fear! Please don't shoot! I'll be good and give you guys all a chance to run away as fast as you can! Come on! Run away, you guys!  Please give me the honor to hunt you down and devour you all one by one, you pathetic little losers!" The tattooed guy, acting scared, starts threatening the cops, mocking them with crazy face expressions. 

"What's with this guy acting crazy all of a sudden. I think your irresistible beauty knocked out sanity out of his head! You need to work on keeping your gorgeousness under control, you hear me!" Thomas flirts with Messy.

"Shut your degenerate trap at once, you tease! Do you want a piece of me!" Messy shouts at Thomas, scolding him pervert. 

"So, that crazy loud couple argument we heard from inside, it's you guys. Hey, you two are gonna get it first for disturbing the a to z gathering. 

"What's a to z? I've never heard of it! Have you, my dear?" Thomas asks Messy, moving close to her, placing his hand sideways around her neck. 

"No, I haven't!" Messy pushes Thomas away. "And Keep your hands to yourself, you perv! Pour your delusional charm into getting answers out of him instead of flirting! 

"You blushed just now, didn't you? I know you did! Don't lie! Your face turned red just now when my hand grabbed one of your Yorkshire puddings into its grip." Thomas makes Messy agitate. 

"You're quite a hyperactive one, aren't you? I like you, boy! Ask whatever you want, I'll try to answer to my full knowledge! How about it, boy?" The tattooed man cheers up.

"It's Matthew! Thomas Matthew! People call me Thomas but those who like me call me Tom! Pleasure to meet you, you are?" Thomas introduced himself to the tattooed man. 

"I'm Max! People call me brick as you can see why! Pleasure is all mine, Tom! Haha!" The tattooed man introduces himself to Thomas. 

"Only one question, eh? Okay then, are you guys holding hostages inside?" Thomas says. 

"You dumb fool, you could have asked about what the heck is going on here!" Messy shouts at Thomas. 

"Yeah, you're right! Why didn't I think of it? You sure are getting smart every day, Messy!" Thomas says to Messy with a smirking face. 

"You're pathetic and naive! That's why I like you! As I promised earlier, I shall answer to you to my full knowledge!" Brick says, "Yes, we are holding hostages inside the building! But they are not the customers or employees of the restaurant! I'm sure you've heard about last month's Juvenile prison break and that those 12 escaped convicts are still at large."

"What? There was a prison break in Juvenile! No one told me about anything like that! I'm very sad for making these good for nothing guys my friends. You are in this too, Messy, so, don't act innocent!" Thomas interrupts Brick. 

"You're a cop, dammit, not a tenth grader! So, act like one! No one needs to tell you such breaking news incidents! You should be aware of them by yourself! Quit whining and get a hold of yourself, you degenerate!" Messy shouts back at Thomas. 

"Anyway, sorry for interrupting, Brick, please continue. You're so good at storytelling. I'll deal with my friends later!" Thomas says to Brick. 

"It took some time but we finally caught each one of those escaped convicts risking the very lives of our precious comrades! They are the hostages and they were told nicely to make numerous 911 calls from the mobiles we provided them!" Brick takes out his mobile and makes a video call to one of his men inside the building for providing proof to what he said. "See for yourself! There, there, now you believe me, right?"

"Identities are confirmed! Those are the escaped convicts alright! What's the meaning of your action? What are you trying to achieve here? Is this a negotiation?" Messy inquires Brick. 

"More importantly, why are those hostages all covered in bandages?" Thomas asks.

"Oh, that, we were being way too nice to them! Haha!" Brick laughs. "And this is not a negotiation. This is an act of appeal to form an alliance with CAF!" 

"Then what's with the malicious performance of yours in the beginning, you dick head!" Messy says to Brick. 

"You fell for it, didn't you?" Thomas taunts Messy. 

"Shut up!" Messy shouts at Thomas. 

"By any chance, does b in a to z organization stand for Brick?" Thomas asks Brick, making a funny face. "Eh, forget I asked cause that would be crazy!"

"You are not as dumb as you look, boy,  I'll give you that!" Brick praises Thomas." Yes, it's as you figured. I'm "b for Brick". And as 26 alphabets form the English language, we, 26 mob bosses form the powerful a to z organization which controls each and every activity in this city. We have our people infiltrated in every government, public and private sector organizations."

"So, you are saying that CAF is compromised? If you have your people in our force, then why do you bother forming an alliance with us?" Messy speaks. 

"You know the meaning of an infiltration, don't you? It's unethical and illegal. What we want is the legal support from CAF!" Brick says. "We have been ruling this city in Shadows for as long as I can remember. In fact, z of a to z was one of the founding fathers of Guran city. So, why didn't any of you hear about our existence. It's because we prefer organizing from Shadows and it goes without saying that we love our privacy."

"Then why are you compromising your privacy now?" Messy asks Brick. "Did you guys run out of shadows or something?"

"Recently, a new rival organization emerged out of nowhere and has been a real pain in the ass. In order to deal with them, we need your support. You don't know how strong and influential they are to force us out of the shadows. You'll know about their power only when they come for you. You are just as helpless as us against them." Brick tries to explain that they are all merely just prey to the future threat. 

 "If what you said is true, then we are all toast! It doesn't hurt to be safe, so, let us update our captain about the situation here." Sergeant Thomas calls for the police chief on the radio when everyone receives a video message showing a woman in captivity. 

"Oh, I forgot to tell you one more thing. We have your new captain in our captivity. Haha!" Brick smiles, scratching his head. 

"The woman in the video is our new captain alright! She has been transferred from Cedric district precinct and is supposed to take charge as konid district precinct's captain this evening! Seeing her,  it looks like she was abducted when she was resting at her home. What a memorable welcome gift, you assholes! You are not gonna get away from this!" Messy gives Brick a mouthful. 

"Dispatch calling! Chief commanded Sergeant Thomas to take charge of the situation and resolve it as he sees fit , before he was off to greet the new captain." Dispatch on the radio. 

"Shit! Chief must be feeling very high spirited for him to leave Thomas incharge of a situation!" Patrol officers gossip behind Thomas.

"Hand me the alliance agreement for me to sign it, hand over the escaped convicts and safely return our new captain to her home and apologize to her for the mishandle!" Thomas signs the agreement and hands it over to Brick. 

"From now on, a to z and CAF are officially allies and I will bear responsibility for this alliance! Anyone who dares to question my judgement will face my wrath!" Thomas laughs sinisterly leaving the Patrol officers behind him dazed. 

Messy backs off a bit and punches Thomas in the face, scolding him, "Why are you getting carried away, acting all godlike! You didn't become captain or something! You just pitifully agreed to that deviant's demands! Get it into that stupid brain of yours and back off, you imbecile! You are scaring everybody with your ludicrousy!" 

"Ouch! Calm down little girl! Adults are talking here, eh! Go play somewhere else, will you? Haha!" Thomas makes fun of Messy. 

"Why you? You're dead!" Messy jumps angrily at Thomas with crazy red eyes.

"Bring it on, you dwarf!" Thomas yells. 

"Let's settle this right now, you jackass!" Messy yells back. 

Thomas and Messy start bowling with each other, turning those who try to stop them into collateral damage. 

"Get a room, you two! We have other urgent matters to attend to! We're off now!" While all the cops are busy fighting with each other, Brick and the other attended members of the a to z organization slip from their sight and leave the place in their cars. 

When they realize it, it's too late. They are already fucked. 

On that day evening, Abiding by the agreement, a to z members apologize to the new captain and  are on their way to return her to her home when the police chief's car runs into theirs and drives them off the road into the roadside bushes. 

Before the backup teams arrive and arrest the a to z members, he roughs them up a bit and saves the new captain. 

Back at the police chief's office, 

"What? All this time, I was being used as a bait in order to catch them? How could you do that to me, Chief?" Thomas  whines at the Chief. 

"I know how stupid you are. I just used your stupidity to my advantage. You should be grateful that you were useful to me somehow. Otherwise I was thinking of making you  handover that sergeant badge of yours to someone who's worthy of it. Lucky you!" Chief pokes fun at Thomas. "Just kidding, Tom! I'm sorry for that! Chill up, lively boy! Gloomy face doesn't suit you!"

"But they were respecting the alliance agreement and were on their way to safely drop the new captain at her home. They are our allies now. We can use them to bring down the crime rate in the city. We don't need to keep them in custody, chief! Messy, back me here up a bit please!" Thomas pleads the chief to consider the alliance agreement with a to z organization. 

"Tom, this matter doesn't concern you anymore! You two have done your job well! Go home and get some rest! You should be at your fullest to impress the new captain and gain a positive first impression!" chief says to Thomas and Messy. 

"But Sir, I signed an alliance agreement. I can't run away from my responsibility." Thomas says to the chief before Messy kicks in his butt and drags him out of the chief's room by his ear saying, "excuse us, chief! We will take our leave as you command, sir! "

"Ouch! Ouch! My ear is hurting, leave it alone! What are you doing, Messy! I still need  to speak with your dad! Let go of me, you crazy bitch!" Thomas shouts at Messy outside the chief's room. 

"At work, he is the chief of police, superior to all the cops in the city. That includes you and me. It's in our best interest not to argue with him on duty. Messy says to Thomas, "besides, we deserve some break once in a while for going through some crazy shit like today's, don't you think?"

"Yeah, you are right! Let's get out of here!" Thomas and Messy sit in the Patrol car, drive to the Konid precinct, submit their daily report and leave  in Thomas's topless jeep to their apartment. 

Tom and Messy are best friends since childhood and their families are close neighbors sharing the same apartment named Heaven's Mist. Even after getting promoted to the rank of police chief, Messy's dad, Mr. John Nelson, and her mother, Mrs. Mary Nelson, instead of moving to a new own house, bought the entire apartment building they were living in, respecting her daughter's friendship with Thomas.