Red String

Chapter 2

"Take care of her for me, Jack." Grey said with a fatherly voice. And West embraced him. "I will. Forever will." Jack replied. They parted ways. And noticed that every family of officers and detectives are now here in the station.

"Everyone, feel at home. Make sure not to let anyone be outside. Secure your own family. There's a threat in every police officer and it's not safe to be out there right now. We are also doing our best to capture this mad man." Grey announced to everyone. Each family settled down. Station may not be big enough to entertain every family but they tried their best to suit themselves inside. Luna also came with a known worry on her face with Dominique on her back following her. Luna came rushing towards Grey.

"Where is she?" First thing she asked. Grey doesn't know what to answer because even him, he doesn't know what to answer.

"She'll be fine. I promise you that, Luna. She will be fine. We have to trust her this time." Grey said. "I trust her, but I don't trust anyone who might hurt her right now." Luna responded. "Mom, she will be fine. I know my sister. She's the bravest and the strongest person I have ever known. Dad is right, she will be fine." Dominique intervened and tried to comfort her parents. Grey just landed a kiss to both of their heads to give them the comfort they needed right now.

Meanwhile, Angela and her family settled down in the station with Nyla and her family. Meanwhile since Tim doesn't have anyone to bring since his sister is living outside the state, all he could do is to settle down in the breakout room. Angela, Nyla, Celina, Nolan, and Aaron sit with him. "Bradford." Angela called him out. "Hey, Ang." Tim said, waving his hand. "Why are you guys not resting? We'll be having a big op tomorrow." Tim continued. "Don't worry about us. We will be fine. Are you thinking about something?" Nyla said. "Well, I was thinking about the agent that Detective West told us earlier. I am literally curious and I don't even know why. It feels like there's something in my gut that I really need to know about this person." Everyone went silent inside the room looking at each other. Expect Nolan, though. "Well, Sir. Me too. Same feelings. I am absolutely curious who the Agent is that is too private." Tim looked up to him and said, "See. Not just me. Why are you not curious about the agent?" Looking at Nyla and Angela's side. Their eyes widened. "What?! We are also curious but we never want to let things get into our heads especially since we have a big operation to be finished tomorrow." Angela rebutted with a defensive tone.

"Fine. Come on, let's go to rest. We'll receive an update from Grey." Tim said and headed out of the breakout room. At the exact time, they received a call... an unknown call.

"Hello, Mid-Wilshire fam." A voice of a man that they are trying to hunt down. "How was it? Being too scared of a civilian like me?" He asked, everyone went quiet as they were trying to access his location. But little did they know, Sanford is also looking at them. "Well, if you are trying to detect my location right now? Not too smart, officers. I am too ahead of you. Every officer from a different division is actually on my hand right now. You are all under surveillance. Isn't that nice? Removing me from a position that is supposed to be mine is the most lowlife punishment you could ever give to me. I want my revenge and this is it." He said laughing like an evil in the background. What he said sent shivers to everyone's spine. "Well, therefore I conclude, no one can beat me. No one can arrest me or us." He uttered once again. And then West went inside and took the call. "Well, that's when you are wrong, ex-officer Sanford. Someone smarter than you, someone who knows everything about you is also currently watching you." The other side went silent and then he spoke again, "Tsk. Trying to scare me? Well, you can't scare me at all."

"I am not scaring you nor threatening you, Sanford. I am giving you a warning. If you don't want you and your people's lives to end then you can now surrender." Detective Jackson once said. "Never. Never will I surrender." Sanford spoke for one last time and ended the call. West looked at everyone who is currently scared for their family's life.

"Jackson, tell me you are not planning to make her your bait." Luna said going to Jackson still worried about Lucy. "We will not. We'll never do that." Jackson reassured them once again. Tim heard the pronoun Jackson said. "So the agent is a she." Tim butted in. Jackson only nodded. Tim was amused how a woman can make this mad man's life end. And he will see her tomorrow.

A day passed, and they decided to go with the plan even after knowing that Sanford already knew about their plan. Meanwhile, Lucy is currently preparing how to bring down Sanford and his people. She is already positioned, with her 12.7x55mm VKS silenced sniper rifle in her hand. Her target is not directly Sandford, she started with hsi people. She needs to bring them down first, cutting Sanford's legs and tentacles. So that he will not be able to fight back later on. This is a war between an ex-military officer and a LA NIS ex-officer. A battle of mind and tactics. Before Sanford could ever move and start with his plan, she already started shooting, killing 10 of his people in a span of 30 seconds. LAPD, Metro and FBI are on watch. Not knowing who is currently shooting those people right.

"Who the heck was that?!" Tim said while waiting for the signal to ambush. He was trying to go in. "NO! Not until you have my signal. Do not go in until the ground is clear." A voice from the radio came in. She is also watching them from above. From the building she was hiding. A voice he heard, a woman. The Agent they are talking about. Everyone is on the line hearing her voice, her authoritative voice. Then Angela whispered and smirked, "Lucy." Tim catch it. And it never leaves his mind. The name he has been waiting to know... her name is Lucy.

20 people are down already, and Sanford is becoming hysterical. Seeing how many dead bodies are currently surrounding him. He doesn't know where the shooter is. "My people are also outside, don't dare to move." Sanford shouted. Thinking that his people outside are also watching the officers trying to go in without him knowing that Lucy shot them first giving clear entrance to LAPD, Metro, and the FBI. After thinking that she finally cleared her path, Lucy went jumping from building to building as someone tried to follow her. Everyone noticed it, specifically Tim. Then she radioed them. "GO IN, NOW!" She was still running trying to enter Sanford's ground. When she finally got the chance to throw a knife to the person who kept chasing her, she threw it directly to his heart. A sure kill and pushed him out of the big building.

Everyone surrounded Sanford, cornered him. Make sure he will not go away. "Do you think you can catch me that easily?" Sanford said, smirking. "You have fallen into my trap." He said.

And a loud bang was heard all over the place.