Chasing the Unknown: Day 19

Word Count: 114,010

Summary of Events:

Vera and Hammy received a granting of their extradition request and made plans to get Dong Rhee out of the prison, but the gangsters locked them in an empty cell they had to break out of, only to find the gangsters had gotten away. They ended up learning that the gangsters had stolen a helicopter to escape and engaged in a chase with the help of locally-stationed British forces to bring it down before getting Dong Rhee and setting off at once for the Netherlands. While Vera slept on the flight Hammy talked with the other agent . . .

Excerpt of the Day:

"Hammy sighed. "I have a feeling things aren't as wrapped up as they ought to be, after all, we know what happened, we have the man responsible, and all those sorts of things, but now we have a gang at us that's horribly angry."

"You'll probably have to talk about that with Z," Agent Lupei said. "He might send other agents out there to deal with and diffuse the situation without the two of you being endangered by the whole thing."

"Putting different faces in there might not be a bad idea, actually," Hammy said.

"After all, they're looking for the two of you, not someone else," Agent Lupei said.

"Very true," Hammy said. "And won't I be glad to have a break."

"The two of you have been on a long case," Agent Lupei said.

"I think it might've been better classed as a tour of duty," Hammy said.

Agent Lupei chuckled. "Maybe, you never know."

"Especially in Afghanistan," Hammy said. "I had to consciously remind myself not to be in combat mode, but it was hard."

"I can imagine," Agent Lupei said. "Although I must admit, it seems like an awful lot of trouble for a little bit of money."

"People can get that way sometimes, though," Hammy said.

"Very true," Agent Lupei agreed. "But there are others who want more than mere money."

"Yes," Hammy agreed.

"And, admittedly, I feel like one of those sort might actually be involved here," Agent Lupei said.

"What do you mean?" Hammy asked.

"I don't know," Agent Lupei replied. "But, being as it seems like an awful lot of trouble for a little bit of money, I almost wonder if money wasn't necessarily the motivation, but that there was some other motivation behind it, some sort of a power-hungry motive behind it."

Hammy shifted his jaw, not entirely sure what Agent Lupei meant, not that Agent Lupei seemed entirely sure what he meant either, based on how he was talking.

"You don't think we've seen the last of Mr. Miyamoto?" Hammy asked.

"I don't think Mr. Miyamoto's the one we have to worry about," Agent Lupei said. "I feel like there might well be someone over him."

"Why?" Hammy asked.

"I don't know," Agent Lupei replied. "But it seems that a rather innocuous case has uncovered a little fragment of something bigger."

"It does, actually," Hammy agreed. "Maybe there is some sort of a big organisation dedicated to evil out there, like Spectre in the Bond books."

Agent Lupei nodded, but said nothing.

Hammy sighed and leaned back against his seat as the helicopter lifted off again. It wasn't long until they at least had a little bit of downtime, although, based on Agent Lupei's suggestions, Hammy wasn't sure that it was the end of it all."

Pronunciation:

Lupei: luhpie