Meanwhile, back over at the Phoenix Pub, Paul himself was still angry and upset to have let those two young cheeky teenagers to have manage to escape before their very grasp but was at least happy they have retrieve the money.
“Well, it is a good thing we have got the money back but...”
“But what, Paul?”
“It is too bad we let those brats get away, Bryan.”
“Right.”
Suddenly, Paul gets a call on his cell phone and answers it promptly.
“Hello, Paul Phoenix speaking.”
“Hello, Paul.”
Paul froze for a moment as he recognizes the sweet and deadly tone of voice to be none other than an old acquaintance of his.
“Well, Anna...Still as charming as ever. In an evil way I mean.”
“I am glad you feel that way.”
“So, how can I, Paul Phoenix of the G.F.H help you?”
“Well, as a matter of fact...You and your band of top quality mercenaries can help us.”
“Oh, name it.”
“First, I need to see you.”
“Okay, where?”
“At your place.”
“Sure...You know it, right?”
“Of course...I will be waiting outside by the bike parking lot.”
“Okay, when?”
“Well...Now.”
“Now?”
“Yes...I will be waiting.”
“All right...I will be right there.”
Paul then hangs up and Bryan along with the others look quite surprised and astonished.
“So?”
“So, I have to go out for a moment.”
“To see Anna?”
“Yes, Paul...She’s waiting for me outside by the bikes parking lot.”
“She is?”
“Really? Anna Williams herself.”
“That’s right, Miguel.”
“I see, amigo.”
“So, wonder why she is here?”
“Grrr.” (Beats me.)
“Stay here, guys...I will go and see what is all about.”
“Very well, Paul.”
Paul therefore heads down the stairs and onto the main floor where the bikers pay their respects to him as Paul heads out the door and into where the bikes and hogs were parked.
“Anna.”
“I am here, Paul.”
Anna was leaning her back against a wall dressed in her dashing red dress with stockings and high heels.
“Well, how are you, Paul?” asked Anna in her charming but deadly tone of voice.
“I am well...Thank you for asking.”
“Well, that is good to hear.”
“So, what can I do for you?”
“Well, I heard the rumours of two youngsters beating you at a silly little card game.”
“You were there?”
“Not the whole time, no...Just during the big climax moment.”
“Okay, how can we help?”
“Kazuya wants to use something as leverage against his daughter.”
“I um...I see.”
“And of course...The Tekken tournament would be held soon in three days at Macau.”
“Of course...Me and my boys would be there.”
“Yes...Many others would be there.”
“So, what is this thing that Kazuya wants to use as leverage?”
“Well, it’s a person of course.”
“Of course.”
“And I assume those brats who got away won something from their card game, correct?”
“Correct.”
“Well, why don’t I use that as a bargaining chip to tell them to lure out my target to a quiet place?”
“Your target?”
“Oh, yes...Kazuya will be happy if you help me in this matter but if you don’t...Well, let’s just say he will not be a happy man.”
“Of course...I will help in any way I can.”
“Okay, you can help me by giving me the money they supposedly ‘won’.”
“Oh, that’s it?”
“Yes, that’s all.”
“Okay.”
“And also create a diversion.”
“A diversion?”
“Yes...Cause havoc in the city close to Milson’s Point. Perhaps in North Sydney.”
“Okay...But it will cost Kazuya.”
“I will tell him to pay you double.”
“Done.”
“So, when do we start?”
“Tomorrow afternoon.”
“Tomorrow afternoon?”
“Yes. I will contact Kazuya and arrange to send the money to your account.”
“Thanks, Anna...Give my regards to him.”
“Of course.”
“Say, I like to know one last detail.”
“One last detail?”
“Yes.”
“Okay, what do you wish to know?”
“Who is the target that you are going to use as leverage?”
“I will tell you...Alex Choi.”
“Alex Choi?”
“One of the students studies at the school and apparently according to our sources he is friends with the two brats who cheated on you.”
“I see...Well, I guess this is an unexpected turn of events. Things will start to come together nicely just for us.”
“Indeed.”
“Well, you have my word, Anna...My men and I will ride around North Sydney and show the people of the city how pissed I am!”
“That’s the great Paul Phoenix I heard about.”
“Anytime.”
“Ciao.”
“Ta-ta.”
Anna heads off down the alleyway with Paul watching her leave as he totally admires the way Anna was dressed and she indeed has a great body.
“My, my...She is top of the line. No wonder Kazuya likes her.”
Paul then heads back inside as he meets up with Bryan himself who came down for a drink of root beer.
“Paul.”
“Bryan, where are the others?”
“Back up in the office.”
“Okay, where’s Grumpy?”
“He’s playing at one of the poker machines.”
“Tell him to work the floor...You and our senior executives will hold an important meeting as I have something very important to announce.”
“I will see to it.”
“Thanks, buddy...I will see you up there.”
At that moment, Anna sends a text message to Sergei Dragunov and tells him that the plan will commence tomorrow afternoon and to meet her at Milson’s Point railway station. Once she has done that she immediately calls Kazuya to inform him that the plan will soon take shape.
“Kazuya, it’s me, Anna. Phase one has been completed. We shall commence phase two tomorrow afternoon...Once the mission is done. I will call you back with an update.”
Kazuya back at Macau listens to Anna and smiles glancing out the view of the city.
“Well, well...It looks things are starting to come just as I had planned.”
Suddenly, Bruce Irvin enters the room wearing a black suit with green tie.
“Kazuya.”
“Yes, Bruce?”
“Lee and I have made the necessary preparations.”
“Good...Very good. I am sure by now it has attracted many participants both friend and foe alike.”
“I hope so.”
“Well, Bruce...Let’s have a drink to that. To our success.”
“I will be delighted.”
Kazuya then opens up his mini-fridge and opens it and inside were a few of the finest wine he like the most, the bottle of ‘Macau 1945’.
“So, shall we have the ‘Macau 1945’?”
“Indeed.”
“Well, a toast to our success.”
Meanwhile, back at Sydney it was a beautiful sunny day as everyone in the school of Milson’s Point Grammar Academy was enjoying themselves at their first and second period lessons. The class 10A students were paying their full attention to their English teacher, Tintin as he teaches with enthusiasm making the students interested in the subject itself. The day went quickly as the class 10A enjoy a relaxing lesson of visual arts with Jun Kazama. Jun however could sense something was amiss as she sense a plot against Sophie but what she could not tell.
“Something is amiss here...I sense something is not right.”
After class, Alex head to see General Alcazar about some room change as Andy and Michael head back to their dormitory as Chris decide to head to the roof of the boy’s dormitory to do some training. Samuel and Joey decide to go to the library and do some school work and were accompanied by many of their fellow classmates. Sophie was back at her dormitory reading a book while Shirley was hard at work doing the homework set for the day. Alcazar was willingly to allow Alex to choose a new roommate and Alex already has made up his mind.
“Well, lad...You have made your decision I trust?”
“Yes, sir...I have.”
“Good...It will take some work and we will make the change next week.”
“Sure...That would be okay.”
“Good...Is that all, lad?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Well, have a good afternoon then.”
“You too, sir.”
Alex then heads out of Alcazar’s office and back to the dormitory as along the way he bumps into both Adrian and Ernest both looking a little sore and pale still a little bruised from the brawl with bikers last night.
“Oh...Hi, guys. How are you?”
“Hey, Alex...I am peachy thanks for asking.”
“Glad to hear it, Ernest...You Adrian?”
“Groovy.”
“Groovy?”
“Yeah, just groovy, buddy.”
“Okay, glad to hear that.”
“So, where are you off to?”
“Back to the dorm and probably go out for a walk outside near Luna Park.”
“I see...Well, enjoy yourself, okay?”
“I will...Thanks, Adrian.”
“Anytime, buddy...We owe you for saving our lives.”
“Yes, we certainly do.”
“Well, just be careful now and don’t get yourselves into trouble.”
“We won’t.”
“We swear to it.”
“Good...See you later then.”
“Later.”
Alex heads back to his dormitory while Ernest and Adrian decide to head out to Luna Park to have some fun and try to take their mind off of what happen last night. They change into casual clothes and let their senior Maxi know where they were going.
“So, you two are heading out to Luna Park?”
“Yeah, Maxi...We are going to have some fun.”
“Yeah, fun.”
“Okay, but don’t do anything bad this time, okay?”
“You know about last night?”
“Sure I do...I was briefed this morning about your little incident.”
“Oh, I see.”
“Well, go and have fun.”
“Okay...Let’s go, Adrian.”
“Right.”
Therefore, both Ernest and Adrian heads out of school and down the road towards Luna Park and along the way they met up with an alluring and sexy looking brunette.
“Well, well...If it isn’t the two boys that nearly got whooped last night by the dogs.”
“Okay...Just who do you think you are?!”
“Yeah, you may be a lady with a good body but I hate those remarks of yours.”
“I see...Well, I will cut to the chase then.”
“Fine, talk fast.”
“But first...I like to know your names.”
“Our names?”
“Yes, in general...A gentleman should always announce himself before a lady.”
“Fine, whatever...I am Ernest Chan.”
“Okay.”
“And I am Adrian Cortez.”
“Indeed.”
“If you want a fight then we will give you...”
“Well, considering you got badly beaten up...It won’t be worth it.”
“You have a point.”
“Yeah, a crucial point.”
“So, I want to ask you an important question?”
“An important question?”
“And I want a truthful answer.”
“Uh, right.”
“So, do you both want your money back?”
“WHAT?”
“Do you want the money you won last night back?”
“Uh, sure.”
“Yeah, absolutely.”
“Well, I can give it back to you?”
“Just like that?”
“Yes, I have connections and influence, boys...I will give the money back on one condition.”
“What condition?”
“Well, you will not spill the beans of what we are about to do?”
“And what might that be?”
“I will tell you.”
Anna then whispers to Ernest and Adrian’s ears and both were in awe of the plan.
“I see...Well, we will not tell anybody.”
“Neither will I.”
“Good...Well, I will have the money transfer to you shortly.”
“When?”
“Tonight.”
“Tonight?”
“You will both receive a parcel send by a special admirer.”
“Uh, okay.”
“Well, I will be off, boys...Catch you later.”
“Yeah, later there, sweet cheeks.”
“You sure know how to talk to a nice lady, Ernest Chan.”
“I read it from books and watching ‘Good Housewives’ on television.”
“I see.”
“Anyway, Miss...We didn’t get your name?”
“My name? My, how silly of me...Anna Williams.”
“Anna Williams.”
“Well, ciao!”
Anna Williams then heads off into the distance as Ernest was eager to get their hard won cash back but Adrian at first was reluctant about what they were doing.
“I am not sure about this, man.”
“Well, you want the money back, right? The winnings that you and I worked so hard for.”
“I suppose so.”
“This is our chance.”
“Even if we are doing something bad and traitorous?”
“Come off it, Adrian...Besides, Alex has changed a lot that he never really hangs out with us with him always being with the more mature guys and girls.”
“Well...”
“I say it’s time to get even...Come on, let’s go to Luna Park.”
“Well, all right...I think I might want to get even with him too.”
“That’s the way...Let’s go, buddy. To Luna Park.”
“Uh, right.”
After getting over his doubtfulness, Adrian and Ernest heads to Luna Park to enjoy themselves but not knowing that they are about to commit something treasonous that would help the evil forces win the battle over them. Anna meets up with Sergei Dragunov who was sitting at a park bench reading a newspaper and wore a gray fedora hat on the top of his head as a matter to make himself not stand out in the public, which ironically doesn’t do much since he is very recognizing with him wearing his full soviet military uniform.
“...”
“Hey, Dragunov...It’s almost time.”
“...”
“Well, let’s get into position. Follow me.”
“Very well.”
“Follow me...Remember the plan.”
“...”
“Let’s get into position.”
At that moment, Alex Choi changes back into his casual clothes and heads out of the school grounds after telling Maxi where he was going.
“So, you heading out for a stroll?”
“Yes, senior...To stretch my legs and all.”
“Indeed...You had a good school day today?”
“I sure did, senior.”
“Well, enjoy yourself.”
“Thanks...I will see you later.”
Alex therefore heads off to the park area underneath the Harbour Bridge itself where he takes a calm moment to relax and enjoy the nice quiet air and wonderful scenery.
“My, my...It sure is quite relaxing out here.”
“Well, well...Look who has finally come out to play.”
“What the...Who are you?”
Alex steps back as she sees a brunette woman emerging from behind a tree and was dressed in a dashing red dress.
“Well, shouldn’t a gentleman introduce himself before a lady.”
“Oh, fair enough...I am Alex Choi.”
“The one and only.”
“Of course...Now who might you be?”
“Well, I am Anna Williams...A pleasure to make your acquaintance.”
“Anna Williams? I think I have heard of you.”
“Oh, really? Guess I am famous everyone I go.”
“I hear rumours that you work for G Corporation.”
“Indeed. It would seem you are a very resourceful young man.”
“Yes. What brings you here?”
“Oh, you don’t know.”
“No.”
“Well, you will know soon enough but why don’t we have a workout together?”
“You mean a fight?”
“A bright lad...Well, I love fighting handsome opponents and hopefully you are strong in a type of martial art or combat skill.”
“If I am not mistaken...You have a sister, don’t you? Nina is the name, right?”
“Don’t you dare say her name! Fight me with all you have, boy!”
“I will kindly obliged.”
Alex then gets into his martial arts’ stance, which was none other than Wing Chun, a technique he practice from his mentor, an elderly man that was blind by the name of Yuan Mangde.
“Hmm...A curious stance.” replied Anna as she gets into her own Aikido fighting stance.
“It’s called Wing Chun...Care to see a demonstration?”
“Sure.”
Alex and Anna then struck each other with their first blow as it was nowhere enough to determine the victor. The two continues to trade blows with one another as literally there was no one to watch the fight. Alex had to be careful as he never underestimates an opponent when he fights and Anna is keen to see what the young generation of fighters can do.
“My, my...You are a natural.”
Meanwhile, Paul Phoenix and his band of bikers travel from King’s Cross through the Harbor Tunnel to North Sydney as they took the tunnel instead of the bridge to avoid drawing attention to themselves. Paul was accompanied by Bryan, Craig Marduk and King leaving Miguel in charge of the pub in his absence.
“So, my friends...You all know the plan?”
“Indeed, Paul...We all know what to do.”
“Good to hear it, Bryan.”
“Say, Paul!”
“Yeah, what is it, Craig? Speak up a little, won’t you?”
“Oh, sorry...Are we going shopping?!”
Paul then pulls back and wields his baseball bat that was place next to where his sawn-off shotgun was holstered.
“HELLO! Hello, anybody home?! Think, Craig, think! We are on a mission! If we want to shop then we can do that in the city!”
“My bad!”
“Anyway, we are to raise hell around North Sydney...Do what I do!”
“To smash and destroy, yes?!”
“Exactly!”
“Jolly good!”
“King, you good?!”
“Grrr!” ( I am good!”)
“Okay, men! YOU WITH ME?!”
“AYE!”
“Then let us go and have some...FUN!”
“YEAH!”
“Here we go!”
Paul and his convoy of bikers takes the first exit off the freeway and moves up to Falcon Street where they will then make a swift left turn down Miller Street where they will commence straight onto the CBD district of North Sydney itself.
“We are almost there, boys...Ready to lock and load.”
“Hey, Paul!”
“What now, Craig?!”
“What happens if the police stop us?”
“Then screw them, Craig!”
“Screw them?”
“He means put them full of holes, Craig!”
“I get you, Bryan...I will crush them into meatballs.”
“Now you are talking!”
“Isn’t that right, King, old buddy?!”
“Grrrr.” (Indeed.)
“Good man.”
“Here we are.”
Paul and his biker gang have finally arrive in the CBD area of North Sydney as during this time there was quite a number of people shopping and all.
“Okay, shall we have some ‘fun’?”
“YEAH!”
“Start blasting! Destroy all things!”
“AYE!”
Paul draws his sawn-off shotgun and fires at the parked cars on his left and Bryan promptly arms his M-249 heavy machine gun and takes aim at the retail store glass displays on his right.
“Such fine looking models...Too bad!”
Bryan pulls the trigger as he laughs in his crazy maniac-like tone while Craig, King and their men all follow their example and start wreaking havoc in the busy district suburb.
“Time to show this city how pissed we are!”
“Grrr!” (I hear you!)
“Keep at it, boys...It won’t be long before the cops arrive.”
Bryan then spots a pair of police cars heading towards them from Pacific Highway as Paul orders Bryan to take care of them.
“Cops! About time!”
“Show them the works, Bryan!”
“My pleasure! Eat lead, stupid dumb policemen!”
Bryan fires as he laughs as this stops the two cop cars dead in their tracks. Paul then gets out a hand grenade from the inside pocket of his biker jacket.
“Okay...Fire in the hole!”
Paul pulls out the grenade’s pin and throws it right into an office building lobby as after ten or so seconds it exploded shattering all the glass, destroying everything inside but fortunately no one was killed by the explosion.
“Okay, when is the cavalry going to arrive?”
Sure enough, Z.W.E.I was in his office at the main police station in Surry Hills as he gets the news from his men stationed at North Sydney as they are pinned down by the heavy firepower of Paul Phoenix and his biker gang as they are more tougher than he had expected.
“This is not good. My men are pinned down. Better call Alcazar.”
Eventually, Alcazar picks up the phone as he was listening a NRL game between the Sharks and Panthers.
“Yes...Z.W.E.I, old amigo. How can I help you?”
Alcazar listens and immediately becomes alarmed and immediately offers his help.
“I will send some of my men at once...Probably a few of my agents.”
“That would be good, my friend...But alert them to be careful. Paul and his guys are armed to the teeth.”
“I understand...Help is on the way, amigo.”
“Thanks...I will send two SWAT teams to help.”
“Gracias, amigo.”
Alcazar then immediately gets on the school’s P.A. system and calls for Sophie, Shirley, Andy, Michael, Patricia and Ross to see him outside the underground armory in B5 basement level underneath the admin building near where the conference room was. It just happens to be one of the few armories located secretly around the school.
“Attention all students...Would Sophie Barkman, Shirley Nguyen, Andy Zhang, Michael Mendez, Patricia Wong, Ross Dungan please come to the admin building lobby at once! Just repeating... Would Sophie Barkman, Shirley Nguyen, Andy Zhang, Michael Mendez, Patricia Wong, Ross Dungan please come to the admin building lobby at once. Thank you!”
Sophie and Shirley heard the announcement as clear as day as they both get dressed in their smart casual clothing and promptly head out of their dormitory to meet with General Alcazar. Andy and Michael does the same thing as Patricia quickly puts her thigh high socks on as her roommate, Catalina was making some pasta in the dorm kitchen.
“I am going out now.”
“Okay...Later, Pat.”
“Thanks...Save some for me, okay?”
“Of course.”
Patricia heads out the door of her dormitory room as she meets up with Sophie and Shirley.
“Hey.”
“Hey.”
“Wonder what the general wants us for, Shirley?”
“Your guess is as good as mine, Pat.”
“I see...Sophie, what do you think?”
“Probably for something important.”
“Hmm...I was thinking just that too.”
“I think we will find out soon enough.”
At that moment, over at the boy’s dormitory at block number eight, Ross gets himself probably dressed and dons his body armour underneath his dark blue long sleeve collar shirt.
“Well, I have a gut feeling that the general wants us for an important mission.”
“Hey, Ross.”
“Yes, Sean?”
Sean was Ross’s roommate as well as a good friend and he was studying many science and chemistry books.
“Remember to look after yourself out there.”
“Of course.”
“And take this.”
Sean throws a ball point pen as Ross wonder what kind of gadget was it.
“So, is this pen a...”
“It’s a smoke bomb, Ross.”
“A miniature size smoke bomb, yes?”
“Indeed...To arm it you must click it twice.”
“Click it twice?”
“Yes.”
“And to disarm it...Click twice as well?”
“That’s right...Use it at the right moment.”
“Of course.”
“Well, good luck to you.”
“Thanks, buddy.”
Ross heads out and makes his way straight to the admin building where he finds Sophie, Shirley, Patricia already there waiting for the general to come down from his office on the 5th floor.
“Girls.”
“Ross.”
“Sophie.”
“Agent Ross.”
“Patricia.”
“Ross.”
“Shirley.”
“So, you gamed?”
“I am always gamed.”
“So, it would appear you do have a sense of humour.”
“I do...When the occasion calls for it.”
“Wonder where’s Mike?”
“Here they come, Pat.”
“I see them too.”
Sure enough, Andy and Michael were heading straight towards them as both were dressed in their smart casual clothes and both check their watches.
“Okay, watches at the ready.”
“What for?”
“For marking time, Shirley...You know, operations and...”
“I know, I know.”
“So, where’s the general?”
“Here.”
The six of them could see their commanding officer and discipline master coming down dressed in full combat gear with a pair of pistols hoisted on the left and right side of his buckle belt.
“Thank you for coming...So, you all ready and gamed?”
“Yes, sir!”
“Good...Any questions before we depart?”
“Well, sir...Where are we going?”
“I will brief you along the way, Andy...In the meantime, let us head to the armory and get some fire power.”
“Aye, sir.”
“Sophie.”
“Sir...Okay, follow me, everyone.”
Sophie leads the way as Alcazar gets out his cell phone and calls Yun-Seong, the school captain who was currently training the Picaro soldiers in the underground training hall.
“Yun-Seong.”
“Yes, sir?”
“Have three Picaro units ready for action.”
“Now?”
“Now.”
“Uh, okay, sir...Whatever you say.”
“Meet us outside the front entrance of the school.”
“Understood.”
At that moment, Sophie along with her fellow classmates were in the armory on B5 getting themselves the necessary weapons and equipment. Sophie grabs a Beretta as she favours the gun as it is lightweight and has quite considerable stopping power. Shirley favours a pair of pistols and so she decide to arm herself with a pair of 92FS combat pistols, which are often used by police and SWAT team members.
“There...Time to lock and load.”
“I am pumped.”
Patricia gets some more ammo clips for her 92FS handgun that she tucks behind her short pants. Andy and Michael both get themselves a pair of MP5 sub-machine guns.
“Well, this is better than nothing.”
“You’ve said it, Andy.”
Ross fancies himself a police issued shotgun as he inserts several shells into it and grabs another two packets of extra shell ammo as his gut tells him he may need it.
“Well, I guess we are all set.”
“You dig the shotgun, don’t you, Ross?”
“Well, it has great stopping power, Andy.”
“Yeah, but I prefer the MP5...Fires 9mm bullets with 30 rounds of ammunition.”
“Indeed.”
“So, are we all set?” asked Sophie as she grabs a backup weapon from the armory and tucks it behind her pants too.
“We are, Sophie.”
“Good...Let us wait for the general.”
“Okay.”
It wasn’t long before General Alcazar comes down and he was literally accompanied by Hong Yun-Seong, their slack and casual-like school captain but on occasion would he get serious and this is one of the few moments that he is.
“Sophie, I trust you and your friends have got what you need?”
“Indeed, sir.”
“Good.”
“Hey, School Cap...What’s up?”
“Hi there, Andy...Michael, Ross.”
“Captain.”
“Yun-Seong.”
“So, wait for me and we shall be on our way.”
“Okay.”
“Hey, girls.”
“Hey.”
“Hi.”
“Hello.”
Yun-Seong helps himself by getting a .308 pistol used by security and certain police officers in the United States and packs only 7 rounds but he also gets two to three more clips and puts them in his pocket.
“Okay, I am good.”
“Excellent...Now let us go.”
“General, you not getting a weapon from the armory?”
“Worry not, Andy...I have one in my jeep.”
“Oh, I see.”
“So, let’s go...We have little time and our allies are struggling.”
“Okay.”
Therefore, Alcazar leads his students out from the school grounds and onto the street where a dozen of SWAT trucks were parked as they carried Picaro soldiers.
“The men are ready to go on your command, sir.”
“Good...You hop into one of the jeeps then...Boys, you go with him.”
“SIR!”
“Girls, follow me.”
“Understood.”
“Okay, lads...Follow me.”
“Right.”
“Say, what is this mission about?”
“Oh, the general will brief us on that, Michael...He said so himself.”
“I hope so...I like to know the details of the assignment we are going on.”
“Me too.”
Alcazar gets into his jeep with Sophie sitting beside him and both Shirley and Patricia hop into the back double checking their weapons.
“Rechecking your weapons, I see.”
“You never know, sir.”
“It is important for any mission.”
“Spoken like true agents.”
“Sir, would you brief us on this mission?”
“Of course, Sophie...Girls, listen up...”
“Yes, sir?”
“Apparently Paul Phoenix and his nasty band of ‘dogs’ are causing trouble in North Sydney.”
“I see.”
“Are they any casualties?”
“A few...And also hundreds maybe thousand dollars of damages to buildings and public property. Commissioner Z.W.E.I’s men are in the thick of it and need our help urgently.”
“Indeed...Let us get there as fast as we can.”
“My thoughts exactly, Sophie...Let us go and oh...Would you press the red button next to the car radio?”
“Sure.”
Sophie did exactly that as Alcazar picks up the radio with his left hand while he uses his right hand to start the jeep. Once he has the vehicle started he speaks directly into it.
“Okay, all units...This is General Alcazar speaking. I am here to brief you on the dangerous mission we are about to embark so if you have your radios turn off the red light beside it should be flashing so turn the radio and listen carefully.”
Alcazar gives them all a minute as he had a hunch that some or maybe just one or two vehicles have their radio switched off and now they are just turning it back on.
“Okay, now listen... Paul Phoenix and his nasty band of ‘dogs’ are causing trouble in North Sydney.”
“What? ‘Mad dog’ causing havoc here?”
“Surprised by this, Andy?”
“Not a bit, Mike...I just never thought he would do something this wicked.”
“We have a few casualties of both our police officers and civilians...Plus hundred maybe thousand dollars worth of damages to the buildings and council property. So, we are going there now to resolve the situation. It will get dirty so I advise everyone to be on high alert. Remember, Paul Phoenix and his band of bikers are very dangerous men.”
Yun-Seong took the threat seriously and reminds Andy, Michael and Ross to check their weapons thoroughly.
“You heard the general, boys...We must be on high alert. Remember to wear body armour because Paul Phoenix and his band of bikers are packing some serious heat.”
“Understood.”
“It looks like you are taking things seriously, Yun-Seong.”
“Well, when the occasion calls for it, Mike.”
“I am sure it does.”
“All units report in.”
“You do that, Andy?”
“Can I?”
“Sure.”
Andy picks up the radio and replies back to the general.
“This is jeep two...Ready to move out.”
“Copy.”
“Picaro units A,B and C...Report in.”
“This is unit A...We are good to go, sir.”
“Good.”
“This is unit B...Ready when you are, general.”
“Excellent.”
“Unit C here...We are ready to go and catch some dogs.”
“Splendid...Okay, everyone. Let’s go.”
Alcazar then leads the way with the girls as he drives off with Yun-Seoung following close behind with the boys and after that, the three Picaro unit vehicles follow them.
“I have a bad feeling about this.”
“What is it, Pat?” asked Shirley.
“Not sure...I just have this nasty feeling.”
“Hmm...I have that feeling too.”
“I sense this is some sort of plot.”
“A plot, Sophie?”
“Yes, sir...I can feel it myself. However, I cannot tell what.”
“Well, eventually you will know...I am certain of it.”
“Thank you, sir.”
Sure enough, Shirley could hear gunfire and the sound of a grenade exploding.
“I think we are close.”
“Indeed, girls...Get ready.”
Alcazar then picks up the radio and alerts the others to do the same.
“All units...This is Alcazar. We are closing in on the hostiles so be on high alert.”
“Understood!” replied all units at the same time.
“Good...Well, let’s go and say hi to Paul Phoenix.”
Meanwhile, back near Luna Park, Alex Choi and Anna Williams were still going head to head with one another as Anna was beginning to struggle against the speed and strength of Alex Choi with him pushing her back.
“Remarkable...Just remarkable.”
“You are losing ground, Miss. Williams.”
“Taunting me, huh. Well, you really think you are going to win this?”
“Without a doubt.”
“Are you sure?”
Suddenly, someone jumps down and lands right behind Alex and literally towers over him. Alex notices the rather large shadow of a man as he slowly turns around and finds a man with a scarred face and was wearing a full Soviet military uniform.
“You are...”
“I am Sergei Dragunov...Fight me.”
“Dragunov?”
“So, dear Alex Choi...I hope you don’t mind if I brought a friend to fight you as well?”
“Of course not.”
“Glad to hear it...Sergei, if you will.”
“...”
Alex then turns to face the mysterious and rather silent fighter named Sergei Dragunov as Alex doesn’t know at first what fighting technique does he used as Dragunov gets into his fighting stance. Anna stands back to watch as knowing Dragunov would like to have personal fun with him.
“Okay, time to begin.”
“...”
“Bring it on!”
Alex strikes first as Dragunov blocks it with relative ease as Alex continues to attack as Dragunov dodges every single one of his attacks. Alex begins to feel his opponent would be tough as Alex prepares to strike again this time with his leg.
“Try this!”
Alex lunges his left leg at Dragunov who surprisingly catches it with his hands and holds it at a firm grip. Alex tries to pull loose but instead Dragunov helps him in a way and pushes it back quite fast and rough that it made his knee jolt crack.
“UGH!”
“...”
“That hurt...Man, he’s a tough customer.”
Dragunov then taunts him but waving his hand to tell Alex to come forward with his attack again.
“He’s taunting me...Well, I know he might use the same trick again so best not to give in to that.”
Alex then circles around as he quickly lunges another attack at his opponent who blocks it and then moves forward and manages to grab a hold of him by the neck and throws him down to the ground.
“Damn.”
After that, Dragunov gives Alex another pain he would never forget as he promptly breaks his right elbow using an elbow break attack. Alex quickly kicks him away and gets back on his feet but however he was feeling quite a lot of pain on his left leg and right elbow.
“Man, this guy is a pro...Those techniques. I think they are...”
“Combat Sambo.” replied Anna Williams sounding quite alluring as she stood by Dragunov’s side who showed no emotion at all.
“Combat Sambo?”
“Yes, quite effective in making all your bones cracked...I just love the sound of that.”
“You know what, Miss Williams? You are a crazy lady. Personally, your sister is better than you.”
“HOW DARE YOU INSULT ME, BOY?! Dragunov...Tear this guy limb from limb.”
“Understood.”
Dragunov then moves in with his attack as Alex dodges it and tries in vain to use his Wing Chun attacks against Dragunov but this allows him to go for his vital points as Dragunov stomps his black boot on Alex’s left foot.
“UGH!”
After that, he grabs him back the neck and throws a pair of quick and powerful punches to the face followed by a knee kick to the stomach then a slap to the face and finishes off with giving Alex a terrific wallop on the back of his neck sending him down to the ground flat on his back.
“Ow.”
Dragunov then kicks him as hard as he could as this made Alex hurt even more as Anna moves in to take advantage of the situation as she grabs Alex by the neck and holds him up high.
“Now, now...Shall we continue?”
“Yeah.”
“Good.”
Anna then throws Alex down to the ground and allows him to get back on his feet.
“Good...Very good. Wouldn’t you say so, Dragunov?”
“...”
“Well, let’s tag team him together.”
“...”
“Damn...That Dragunov is bad enough now I have to face two of them. I think I should concentrate on putting them down and then make my way out of here and warn the others and possibly the general himself.”
Alex then commences his assault as he goes for Anna first as Anna blocks while Dragunov moves in as he jumps toward him with his legs stretched out and lands right on his soldiers where Dragunov throws him straight to the ground and he quickly cracks his ribs with a strong squeeze.
“UGH!”
“...”
Alex breaks free of Dragunov’s tight hold as Alex feels a lot of pain with him trying to stand up but out of nowhere Anna then grabbing a hold of him from behind by the neck and attempt to strangle him.
“Such a fine looking young man...I hate to see you go down now.”
“You...”
“Finish him off, Sergei.”
“With pleasure.”
Dragunov then delivers a fast and crushing kick to Alex’s abdomen so hard that it knocks him out cold and afterwards, Anna releases him from her tight grip and watches him fall down to the ground lying flat on his back and unconscious.
“Well, I think we succeed in our plan. Wouldn’t you say, Sergei?”
“...”
“Well, let’s get him back to Kazuya. We cannot afford to stay here any longer.”
“Understood.”
Dragunov then puts the unconscious Alex Choi on his back as he and Anna make their way to their transportation. A black unmarked van as Dragunov puts handcuffs on Alex and throws him in the back and closes the doors with a firmly shut.
“Done.”
“Okay...Time to report in.”
Anna gets out her cell phone and calls Kazuya who was back at Macau in his casino having a game of pool with Lee Chaolan in the pool table room as he was just talking to him that the tournament preparations have been completed to Kazuya’s satisfaction.
“So, all the preparations for the tournament are done as you wanted, my brother.”
“Indeed, you have done a good job, Lee. My thanks.”
“Excellent...I guess it’s my turn to shoot.”
“Go for it.”
Kazuya then hears his cell phone ringing as he puts down his pool stick and gets out his cell phone from his pocket to answer it.
“Hello? Oh, Anna...I trust you have carried out your assignment with success, yes?”
Lee scores another ball as he then focuses on the next ‘Stripes’ one as he just missed sinking in the next one and he observes that Kazuya was looking rather pleased with himself.
“Hmm...Kazuya looks pleased with himself. I wonder why...”
“Excellent work, my dear...And give my compliments to Dragunov. And tell him he will receive his full payment when he comes back. Goodbye.”
Kazuya then hangs up and puts his cell phone back in his pocket.
“Well, that was some good news.”
“What good news?”
“Well, Anna and Dragunov have completed their assignment...They completed it with great success.”
“Excellent...Well, I think this calls for a toast, don’t you think?”
“Yeah.”
“Perhaps later...After we finish the game.”
“Excellent.”
Kazuya then takes aim with his pool stick and shoots and manages to sink one of his own balls with relative ease.
“Done.”
“Nice one.”
“So, Lee...Is there something you wish to ask me?”
“Why do you say that?”
“Well, you have that curious look on your face.”
“Indeed...Well, I am curious to know why kidnap a young man?”
“Leverage.”
“I understand...For your daughter, yes?”
“Yes...Since she signed up for the tournament I want to greet her with open arms and to make sure she comes no matter what.”
“What a cunning strategy, brother.”
“Indeed...Now let us continue to play.”
“Excellent.”
Meanwhile, back over at Sydney, Australia, the situation in North Sydney was getting tense but thanks to the teenage agents they manage to push the enemy and hostile bikers back. Sophie moves in and helps saved the injured police officers that were shot by the bikers as Sophie provides cover both Andy and Shirley help them off. Alcazar was in the rear with his Picaro soldiers as they provide cover for their comrades and the agents themselves.
“We’ve almost got them beat, men!”
“Yes, general!”
“General...Miss. Barkman is doing very well out there.”
“So, it would seem, corporal...Remember to provide cover for them.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Okay, I am going in.”
“Sir?”
“Provide me, understood?!”
“SIR, YES SIR!”
Alcazar bravely moves into the thick of the fighting as at that moment, Sophie captures sight of the biker leaders with Paul Phoenix and Bryan Fury standing side by side one another.
“Paul Phoenix!”
Paul notices the person who called out to him and was showing an eerily smile on his face.
“Well, I will be damned...Sophie Barkman.”
“Paul Phoenix...You and your bikers have cause serious disturbance to the people of this suburb. Therefore, you and your band of bikers are under arrest.”
“Arrest? BAH!”
Bryan strolls forward too holding his deadly M249 in hand.
“HA HA HA! If you want to arrest us then you have to talk to this.”
“Yeah, Bryan...This girl can talk...TO MY SHOTGUN THAT IS!”
Sophie quickly leaps out of the way just as Paul and Bryan open fires as Sophie ducks for cover behind a SWAT truck.
“That was close.”
“Sophie, you okay?”
Shirley joins her as they were about to face the two heads of the biker gang.
“I am fine, Shirley.”
“Yeah, let’s take them on.”
“Right...On three.”
“On three it is.”
“One, two and...”
“THREE!”
“Let’s get them!”
Sophie and Shirley comes out from cover and opens fire as Bryan shields Paul from the bullets.
“You okay, buddy?”
“I could not ask for a better bodyguard, Bryan.”
“Thanks...I think let’s call it a day.”
“Indeed...Men, fall back! FALL BACK! BACK TO YOUR BIKES!”
At once, all the surviving bikers head off on their bikes and took off like a rocket as Craig and King joins them in the escape leaving both Bryan and Paul to cover their backs.
“Time to go.”
“Right.”
Bryan hops onto his hog while Paul was also getting onto his as Sophie takes a shot at Paul and manages to partially score a hit as one of her bullets grazes the right side of Paul’s face.
“UGH!”
“PAUL!”
“I am all right...Get that girl brat, Bryan!”
“Got it, buddy!”
Bryan takes aim with his M249 and fires as Sophie ducks for cover with one shot nicking her side but she uses blind fire and scores a hit on Bryan’s cybernetic arm as it grazes can causes it to bleed but unlike Paul Bryan felt no pain but he was just as pissed off as Paul was.
“Damn...Time to go.”
“Grenades at the ready.”
“Ready?”
“Now!”
At the same time, both Paul and Bryan pulled out the pins on their grenades and drop them down to the ground where they race off on their bikes, Patricia spots them doing just that and warns everyone to take cover.
“GRENADES! TAKE COVER!”
“COVER!” shouted Alcazar relaying Patricia’s order as the two grenades exploded forcing everyone dive or ducked down for cover and fortunately no one was injured by the explosion. Alcazar then moves into the frontlines with Yun-Seong as Ross also accompanied them.
“Check the wounded.”
“Yes, sir.” replied Ross as he checks their wounded men as Ross spots one and immediately calls for a medic.
“Medic!”
Sure enough, one of the Picaro soldiers who was a medic comes to his call without delay.
Andy and Michael were checking as well as they both found one of their soldiers dead.
“Not good, Mike.”
“Better inform the general.”
“Okay.”
Andy searches for any more wounded but he eventually found two more dead SWAT soldiers that were killed by gunfire.
“Damn.”
Sophie was sitting down as Shirley asks if she was all right.
“You okay, Sophie?”
“I am fine...The bullet just nicked my side.”
“Okay...I will call for a medic.”
“Thanks.”
Patricia also comes and decides to stay with Sophie.
“Sophie.”
“Pat.”
“You okay?”
“I am fine...How about yourself?”
“I am cool.”
Alcazar then calls for an ambulance using his mobile phone.
“000 emergency...How can we be of service?”
“This is General Alcazar, discipline master of Milson’s Point Grammar Academy. Please send an ambulance or two as well as a coroner.”
“Roger, general...We will be there in five minutes.”
“Thank you.”
A split second later, Alcazar gets a call from Z.W.E.I. himself as he likes to an update of the situation.
“Hello?”
“Ramon...It’s Z.W.E.I.”
“What’s up, amigo?”
“How did it go?”
“Well, we manage to drove the enemy off but quite a cost to us.”
“Were there any casualties?”
“Yes, a few...Some are fine but some are not.”
“I see...Well, thank you for your help, my friend. I will send some more men to ensure the public’s safety.”
“Yes, I will help too, amigo...I will first need to send my agents back to the school first.”
“Of course. Later then.”
“Later.”
Alcazar then goes to find Sophie as Yun-Seong joins him.
“General!”
“What is it, Yun-Seong?”
“I have an urgent text message from Maxi.”
“Maxi? What about?”
“He said he got something he really wants you to see in person A.S.A.P.”
“All right, anything else?”
“Yes, he also said that he wants Sophie to see it as well.”
“Okay, tell him I will be there and um...Yun-Seong?”
“Yes, sir?”
“Stay here...Police Commissioner Z.W.E.I may come shortly so I want you to help him restore this place to its former glory and ensure the civilians are fine and that the worse is over.”
“Uh, yes sir...I will not let you down.”
“I am glad to hear it...Carry on, Captain.”
“Yes, sir!”
Yun-Seong gets busy and serious as he orders the Picaro soldiers to police the whole area as Alcazar shows a confident smile that Yun-Seoung is quite capable when he gets serious.
“Well, that’s showing good leadership skill, school captain. I hope you realize that in times like this you cannot slack off.”
Alcazar then goes to find Sophie as he could hear the two ambulances arriving at the scene with a coroner vehicle right behind them.
“Well, they are quicker than I had expected.”
The ambulance officers quickly find Alcazar as they exchange pleasant greetings.
“General Alcazar?”
“That’s me.”
“I am Officer Patella.”
“Pleasure to meet you, officer...Do what you need to do.”
“How many injured, general?”
“Quite a few...One of my agents is hurt so tend to her first if you can.”
“Right away...Guys!”
“Okay.”
“That agent must be of great importance to you, general.”
“Yes, she is one of our best.”
“Of course.”
Eventually, Sophie was tend to by the medical officer as Shirley and Patricia both search the area and found more injured civilians and a whole lot of damage up Miller Street next to where the commercial buildings were.
“That’s not good.”
“Indeed not, Pat...General!”
Alcazar comes running and asks what has Shirley spotted.
“What is it, Shirley?”
“Look...More civilians. Some are hurt quite bad.”
“Not to worry...Hey, Patella!”
“Yeah?”
“Send some of your guys over here...We’ve got a lot of civilians who need medical attention!”
“Okay!”
Alcazar then tells both Shirley and Patricia to round up Andy, Michael and Ross as they are heading back to school for a debriefing of what had just transpired.
“Okay, find the boys and tell them to meet me here.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Aye, sir.”
Both Shirley and Patricia head off to find the boys as Sophie joins Alcazar as she was still wincing a bit but she feels all right.
“General.”
“Sophie. How are you holding up?”
“I am well, sir.”
“Good...Listen, there is something I need to tell you.”
“Tell me what, sir?”
“It’s um...Maxi wants us to come back and he will tell us.”
“Well, in that case we better hurry back as soon as we can.”
“My thoughts exactly.”
Sure enough, Shirley and Patricia returns and in company were the boys, Andy, Michael and Ross.
“Boys.”
“Sir, it was a tough fight. Wasn’t it?”
“I couldn’t agree with you more, Andy.”
“Yes, just what were those bikers doing here, sir?”
“You have a point, Mike.”
“Don’t they usual cause havoc in the south.”
“You are right, Ross...Their presence here is quite disturbing.”
“What now, sir?”
“Let us head back.”
“Back to school?”
“Yes, Andy...Let’s go.”
“Uh, sir...There’s just a bit of a winkle.”
“What is that, Andy?”
“Well, who is going to drive us back?”
“Yes, sir...Since Captain Yun-Seong is staying to co-ordinate the cleanup who would be the one to drive us back?”
“Well, no need to fear, lads. Ross.”
“Sir?”
“You have my permission to drive.”
“Yes, sir!”
“Ross, you can drive?”
“Yes, Andy...I can. It’s a bit of a long story.”
“Right.”
“Well, let’s go...We have no time to lose.”
“Yes, sir!”
Therefore, Alcazar along with Sophie, Shirley and Patricia hops into the first jeep as Andy, Michael and Ross hops into the second jeep with Ross sitting at the driver’s seat.
“Now, where did the captain put the keys?”
“Hasn’t he got them, Ross?”
“No, Andy...He usually puts them somewhere inside the vehicle.”
“Really? I am astonished.”
“Do you think it’s in the glove compartment, Ross?”
“That’s a possibility. Andy, if you will.”
“Sure, sure.”
Andy opens up the glove compartment and has a look and found nothing except a bottle of water and some biscuits.
“Nothing.”
“Hmm...I wonder where did he...”
Ross’s foot treads over something over the car mat and he bends down and feels the area that was not flat and he feels that there was something beneath it.
“Could this be...”
Ross pulls the mat aside and to his fortune, he found the car keys and once he did he picks up them and puts the mat back in place.
“Okay, we are good to good.”
“That’s good.”
“Yes, indeed.”
“Andy, use the radio.”
“Okay.”
Andy picks up the radio and calls Alcazar on their private radio frequency.
“This is vehicle two calling vehicle one...Come in, please. Over.”
A split second later, they get a reply and it was Sophie.
“This is vehicle one...We read you, vehicle two.”
“We are good to go, over.”
“Copy that.”
Sure enough, both jeeps depart and head back to Milson’s Point Grammar Academy as Alcazar takes the road that would take them around near Kirribilli and back to their beloved school.
“We are back...Thank goodness.”
“You expected less, Shirley?”
“No, of course not.”
“Sir...There’s senior Maxi.”
“I see him too, Sophie...Let’s us disembark and meet him.”
“Understood.”
“Okay, girls...Let’s go.”
“Right.”
