The Modern Robin Hood

A couple of moths later I was called again by Captain Farghen

"Oh Trest seeing as you did well last case I'm gonna give you another"

He said in such a light manner

"Not another murder I hope, I'm still not emotionally over the other one"

I said half smiling he then laughed and said "Hahah no this time it's a robbery case try not to shoot the suspect this time" he then turned serious and looked at me "listen boy as your Captain I'll tell you to man up and brace yourself for there will always be more but as a friend I'm gonna tell you that through rough times we are not just your comrade but your brother and you can share your pain with us" that was extremely touching for such a brute like captain and I gladly nodded and listened to his orders.

It was a robbery case that stole thousands from a politician and its said that tonight the crook will strike again. I then went to the politician's house and was surprised how someone who had enough money to buy this whole building would care but my job wasn't to ask questions but to catch the perp so I went to work.

The crook seems to use the rooftop to enter the building and I have to give him credit for jumping from one building to another, this man doesn't seem to be afraid of dying if he is wiling to go to this height and its 22 floors so it ain't a small way down.

As nightfall came a whole squad of body guards came and guarded the whole building as if preparing for a terrorist attack and I even heard their boss order to shoot upon sight, yep this is definetly a rich bastard if he could afford a murder case and a whole squad of guards well not that I doubted him.

The night was over and nothing seemed suspicious until after checking the money a few thousand has been stolen and the theif stole it in the Man's account and it was funny how we were all fooled expecting an infiltration when the guy simply stole it in the comforts of his own home.

I was going home when I heard a voice

"So officer how is your case recently"

"I suppose your the theif coming to brag about your successful attack?"

"No not here to brag but to bring a warning"

"and that is?"

"Tell the rich old fool that for worshipping money I will take every dime he has"

"You sound rather self righteous"

"Well I am saving him"

"Huh?"

"He has become a slave to money and that is a terrible fate"

"You mean to say by stealing from him for his own good?"

"Simply put yes"

"Theives these days have gotten crazier and by the way I will catch you"

"Hahaha if you can"

As he said that it seems he left and I did not even know his location because he used the tightness of the alley to use his echoes and be heard but I'll still find out.

The next day I went back to the alley where the theif and I had a little chat, and tried to pinpoint the location.

I didn't tell anyone about the talk I had with the theif because Captain only wanted to hear results and if I tell the rich man he'll probably reveal the location of his money and no way in gonna fall for such a simple trap, I heard about a case that happened recently about a stalker reported by a girl's father and as the father hid his daughter the stalker had a hard time finding her so he approached the father and bluffed while telling him he killed his daughter and the father panicked and went to the cabin where his daughter stayed temporarily and revealed to the stalker who followed the father his daughter's location.

I investigated the nearby buildings and looked for anything suspicious but well everything is suspicious in abandoned buildings and the theif probably used that as an advantage but he made a mistake by approaching me in a high end place like this which is surrounded by cameras and as I pinpointed the place he was staying as we talked by comparing the sounds made from there to the point I was standing on last night I made a deduction of the most possible place and as I looked at it's surrounding I hit the jackpot and saw a bank which most likely has a cctv and when I went there it did and I was permitted to view the film and only one person entered and exited the abandoned building and he his his face but there are other ways to identify his appearance like clothes, height, build things like that can get you a suspect and another thing I found out was that he stayed in that building around 7 hours so that must mean he hacked the man's account in that place which is odd since when he entered he was empty handed and the same when he left so after getting the details of him and taking a picture of it with my phone I decided to go back to the building and it was odd that an abandoned building had electricity and it took a while but I found the computer that he used and it was surprising how dusty it was and if it wasn't for the slightly clean keyboard I would have never guessed that it was used so I called the precinct and reported what I know except for my meeting with the theif and I did my own work and deduced the events.

Going back to what I know is that the victim was targeted by a theif and the crime occurred a few blocks away using a computer that was put there for about a month so this was planned probably around that time and from my talk with the theif it seems he has a grudge of sorts so I researched on ouccurences last month and I wasn't really expecting much but I found something which was a small company that the victim took over which made their workers under paid and overworked so I went to the factory th company owned and surprise surprise I found the suspect or atleast someone who resembles the build and height and now I was going to confirm it by talking to him

"I told you I will catch you"

The man slightly surprised said

"Well, well it seems that your skills surpassed your rank"

"I'll take that as a compliment and you under-"

He interrupted me and called some of his coworkers and it seems their a bit hostile.

"walk with me officer"

"If I say no?"

"I'm not asking or would you rather my friends deal with you? Do you think anyone would care about you?"

"Well as much as that sounds interesting I'll humor you for now but I won't be leaving here without a suspect"

I said as I was trying to keep calm, and trying to get my phone but the theif stopped me and took my phone bringing me outside

"Now officer shall we talk?"

"Fine but know anything you say can and will be held against you in the court of law"

He grinned and started talking again

"Let me introduce myself first, I am Spade Drase son of the CEO of Drase Corporation and all my life I was surrounded by money and by people greedy from it and I hated that and saw the people suffering because of it so I decided I would not be a slave of a material object that became the root of many evil"

"So why are you stealing money then?"

"don't interrupt me"

He warned and continued talking

"People have been reliant to money but in it's actual state money is just paper it's not worth much and definitely not enough to value more than life but the way things are people are controlled by money which is ironic that something we created became our master so I decided to stop it and take it from people who had too much of it"

"Robin Hood? So what do you do with the money?"

"I'm not Robin Hood see he lacks vision. If you take it from people and give it back to people it will do no good because the money still controls it but when you destroy it there is no getting it back and you can move on so to answer your next question I burn the money putting it in the hell it was meant to be"

"Your insane how the hell can you live without money?"

"Without money people can be just and give equally, imagine officer a world where there is no such thing as money where everyone is treated the same and given the same, imagine it officer humans free from the shackles of gold"

I was silent because as much as it was crazy it was, idealistic having no poor and rich but everyone equal given the same chances no matter what status but it's impossible this is after all a world where rank and status defines value.

"I know what your thinking, its impossible right? If you destroy money someone out there will just create more but that's why I need help and why your here"

"what do you mean?"

"Think about it officer why did I talk to you that day? Why did I choose that building? Why did I make it so easy for you to find me? Everything was, planned for there to be one skilled cop to catch me, the man was just a diversion to get the connection. I bankrupted this company and forced that takeover but even so I was in control for I hold the worker's will and they follow the same ideals that's why they did not need money. Now tell me Isaac would you join our movement? "

" I told you didn't I? I'm gonna leave with a suspect"

"Even through everything are you not convinced? Do you still believe that we're living in a perfect town where if you work hard enough you'll eventually get higher? Stop lying to yourself Isaac no one expects you to have a suspect that is they would put an entry level cop in charge of this case because those in high ranking aren't the leaders you they want you to see but predators always competing with each other in means dark and evil. This is the truth Isaac you don't get a higher rank by working hard or staying true to your beliefs but by being a slave and averting your eyes and doing dark things. The law is not justice and it will never be aslong as those in power are above it"

I was speechless but I had my ideals and I will commit to it till the very end so I decided to call for backup and captured Spade.

"You will regret this Isaac, there is no hope in a place of despair"

"You may have your own ideals and I do not blame you for having one but the second you break the law expect me to do my job because that is justice, ideals play no part just actions"

I said to him as he was taken away.

But just like the previous case I had this painful feeling that although I did my job I still regretted doing it. Ideals, beliefs and integrity some righteous things that can cause good people to do bad things but I have yet to understand why or how.