Taka arrived at the edge of the river with his briefcase clutched to his chest, knowing that his escape from Japan would soon arrive. In a matter of minutes his boat to freedom would appear on the horizon. Now confident of his imminent escape, Taka took out a pack of cigarettes and started to smoke.
Not far away where he was standing, a fairly tall man with short hair, glasses and a dark business suit stood, hiding behind the wall of a nearby building. There he observed Taka as he was pacing slowly back and forth, waiting for the boat. The man took out his wireless communications radio.
“I think I may have found who you are looking for sir,” he said softly as to not be heard.
“Excellent work Officer Naoki,” said the voice on the other end. “Are you sure it’s Taka?”
“Yes, I am positive,” Officer Naoki replied. “He fits the description perfectly.”
“Perfect,” said the voice. “Hold your position. I’m going to call undercover agent ‘Kors K’ to back you up.”
“Yes, sir.”
Not far from there, another business-suited man with long shoulder-length hair was walking down the street and was soon called on his wireless.
“We’ve got him Agent Kors K,” said the voice. “He’s near the river at point B-4-U. You are authorized to pursue. We need to get him now, before he leaves the country.”
“Yes Inspector Slake,” Agent Kors K replied.
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Inspector Slake’s shoulder was still in a great pain. The impact of the bullet penetrated through his bullet-proof vest, but luckily, the bullet itself did not. Despite his pain, Slake was determined to get his man. He called headquarters for back up and he began making his way toward the river. Not long afterwards, he got word from Kors K.
“I’m in pursuit,” he said. “We are heading toward the intersection of Caldera and Teranoid.”
“That’s near here,” Slake said to himself and began to briskly walk toward the said intersection.
He soon saw Taka and Kors K running toward him. Taka looked and recognized Slake’s face.
“Oh, shit!” he shouted to himself as he quickly turned to avoid his pursuers.
Taka’s nerves were beginning to tense. Deep down, he knew the jig was up, even though he was trying to deny it. Slake had survived. The cops were on him. His entire underground empire had collapsed from under him. These thoughts of gloom-and-doom began to grow larger in his mind as he began running up the stairs of the street overpass. The thoughts kept growing and growing. He then realized that one of his pursuers had disappeared from behind him and was now running toward him from the opposite side of the overpass. He was boxed in. There was no way out.
A team of police officers arrived only moments later. Slake descended the stairs of the overpass with Taka in tow who’s spirit was now crushed. Taka could not hear the words his captors were saying to him. All of the sounds around him became muffled. His vision had become blurred. He couldn’t even feel the cuffs being put on him.
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