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Molly Maltese
Molly Maltese
Old Shoe

Jul-6-2015 11:19

New York, 1938
St. Regis Hotel
Rooftop Nightclub

"So there I was, staring down a barrel INCHES from death...and I told the man, 'darling REALLY, if you simply must shoot me do allow me to remove my earrings. They are Cartier, you know." Molly Maltese paused to take a sip of her Red Snapper, popping the olive neatly between her cherub lips before gnashing it to a pulp. "And the man was quite flummoxed, he said- I say, is that Riza Hawkeye?"

She rose, the group of rapt men in tuxedos and women in glittering dresses and furs murmuring their protests as she wended through their knees. But the apparition she was quite sure had been Riza Hawkeye had vanished in the crowd of New York socialites populating the exclusive terrace.

"Well, this place is a bit ritzy for Riza." she murmured, fairly certain her old acquaintance didn't make a habit of populating social-climbing fetes. And she reasoned, any time Riza had appeared before it was hardly ever for a pleasant cause. Well, maybe that was unfair. It just seemed she was more the swirl-of-furs-and-stiletto-daggers type than a frothy socializer like Molly herself.

Peering around, Molly saw nothing but the shadowed faces of revelers partially cloaked in the smoky haze. She had just been about to give up and go back to her companions when the most shocking hubbub began. Over on the north part of the terrace, she could distinctly hear the shouts of men and panicked screeching of females. Moving forward, she could just make out..

"Did you see... The Ambassador... who could have... murder! Someone has pushed the Ambassador off the building!" Molly picked up speed, expertly weaving through the crowd of panicked voices. Sirens already began to sound twenty stories below. Just as she grasped the ledge and looked over, an all too familiar voice sounded in her left ear.

"Oh hello there, old friend. Lovely breeze out today."

Before her stood Riza Hawkeye herself, looking utterly unruffled as several ladies fainted behind her.

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Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Aug-2-2015 05:46

"Here, go buy yourself a cup of coffee or something. Now, the button please" Vulkie said, holding out her hand. Abdul placed the bag in Vulkie's hand and immediately left, walking away from the police station.

As Vulkie looked around to make sure she wasn't being observed, she held the bag high in front of her and looked closer at the button. The button was identical as to the one Molly and Riza had found near the Ambassador. It had the emblem of a rose, shaped in the letter S.

"So... the buttons are all identical. But still, what do these buttons mean? Are they left behind, or were they from the victims themselves?" Vulkie murmered, while pulling out her notepad and scribbling the question down.

"Well, time to go back towards the safehouse. See if Hassan can help us a bit more with this Qadir Ben Siri.." Vulkie said to herself, while going back to the headquarters.


***The Safehouse***

As Vulkie entered the safehouse, she noticed it was vaguely empty. She didn't bother to go look for a note from Molly; she knew that if Molly wanted to go somewhere, she'd do so on her own most of the time, with her own agenda in mind.

As Vulkie picked up the phone and tried to reach Hassan, she had been on the phone for at least 10 minutes, when Riza and Marc walked back in.

"Hey guys" Vulkie said, "I'm just trying to reach Hassan, see if he can help us a bit more.." she added. Marc and Riza exchanged looks to eachother. As Vulkie looked at the detectives, she slowly put down the phone.

"Don't tell me.. the reason I can't reach Hassan.." Vulkie began, but Riza quickly stepped in and began to explain what had happened between their search at City Hall in the Research section and the event that had transpired afterwards.

"So you see, we do have a lead. We now know we need to be on the lookout for a man named Jack, he runs a gang here somewhere in Cairo and is highly influential." Marc concluded after Riza's story....

** Cont. in next post **

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Aug-2-2015 05:56

As Marc and Riza turned to eachother, they failed to noticed that Vulkie had turned white after hearing the whole torture story and she fell down on the ground.

"Vulkie!" Marc and Riza exclaimed, while rushing over to her and helping her into a chair.

"It's alright, it's alright... it's just that... I never suspected.. Hassan.. but.." Vulkie murmered, while staring at the ground, her hands in front of her face.

"We had to be sure.." Riza said, adding: "We had to get the information from him. He could've disappeared at any point."

"And so you have to torture the poor guy?" Vulkie said, staring daggers at both Marc and Riza.

"You know how we work. You never had a problem with it in the past." Marc replied, crossing his arms.

"I never had a problem with a simple bullet in the knee, or a bullet towards somewhere unspecified. But the things you have put him through... that just goes a level too far!" Vulkie almost screamed, shocking both Riza and Marc.

"Vulkie... he was a rat, like it or not. We got our information out of him!" Marc shouted back, still defending his position.

"And so, behind my back, you decide to wait him up and torture him for that information. You never even thought that it would be wise to involve me, see if I could change his mind?" Vulkie said. Marc opened his mouth, then shut it immediately. He knew she had a point, that the torture could've been avoided if necessary. But was there time for that? "Probably not" Marc thought by himself.

"Hassan had a family, you know. He might've belonged to this somewhat illustrious syndicate called Sphinx, but he still had a family! You guys didn't stop to think about that for a second, right?! That the poor guy, who you both tortured so violently, thought in his last minutes about his precious family. He had a kid for christ's sake, 5 year old!" Vulkie yelled. Both Riza and Marc stared at Vulkie, before looking down at the ground. They knew they had crossed the line this time with Vulkie, by a mile..

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Aug-2-2015 06:02

"We.." Marc and Riza began, but Vulkie cut them off. "Don't.. Just.. don't even say a word... I'll have to make sure his family is properly informed. I won't tell them the details, just that he won't be coming home anytime soon.." Vulkie said, as she heaved herself off the chair, walked over to the phone and dialed Hassan's phonenumber.

10 minutes later, the call was finally over. As she put the phone down, the detectives could hear a crying woman on the other end before it got cut off.

"I'll make sure his family is provided, rat or not. I promised that for the rest of their lives, they shouldn't have to worry about any money or so." Vulkie said, while looking at the two detectives.

"I need a drink." Marc said. Vulkie nodded her head to the main living room and a few moments later, Marc returned with three filled glasses, full of bourbon and ice. As Marc took a sip, Vulkie took her glass and put it down. She didn't need a drink at this point. Hell, the only thing she needed at this point was some answers and some other leads. As she stared at the glass, a small tear began to roll down her face. Quickly, she grabbed her glass of bourbon and drank it in one turn.

"Now, before we continue on our so merry journey..." Vulkie began, but Riza cut her off.

"Where's Molly?" Riza asked, leaving the other detectives wondering where she might've gone...

Ed Carlyle
Ed Carlyle

Aug-2-2015 19:05

"Not yet," the doctor replied, "but CSI is working on it, but what we do know from our sources, is that this man was an ambassador. "

Edward stared a the body on the table, along with his team of three other FBI agents. "That explains why we were given the case," he replied.

"Cause of death, was the landing from being pushed off the building," the doctor said. He reached up and pulled back the sheet covering g the body. "One thing that struck me as curious was this," the doctor pointed at the hole where the ambassador's penis was, "it was cut of with surgical precision."


Edward loomed at the body with a disgusted look. This was one case he would never forget. He scribbled down what the doctor told him and the others. "Lets go back to the precinct boys," he said. "We're done here ."

The other men turned and followed him out and they drove back to the headquarters. As he and his men walked up the steps, they were met by another agent.

"Agent Carlyle, we got some news on the ambassador. He was from Europe. An English Ambassador, by name of William Higgins."

A phone rang and Thomas O'malley, one of Edwards team rushed to answer it. He pulled out his note pad and scribbled notes furiously, while speaking. "Yes. Yes. Very good...Yes, sir. I understand." He hung up the phone and rejoined Edward and the rest.

"This just in," O'malley said. "Victim as English Ambassador, as we just found out. We have reports that this has been happening all over the place. Shanghai, China. Delhi, India. Cairo, Egypt. London, England. Scotland Yard is working on a similar case in England, and coming straight from the top, we have been in contact with them. Nutty Hoover wants us over there ASAP."

Edward smiled at that name. It was a name that he, Jasper Mayfield, O'malley, and Stanley Mellish, the men on his team came up with. He sent the man who met them at the steps away, thanking him. He turned and began barking orders.

**continued in next post**

Ed Carlyle
Ed Carlyle

Aug-2-2015 19:19

"Mellish, Mayfield, find out what time that ship in the harbor leaves in the morning. I want tickets on that ship for us, and I want them five minutes ago. O'malley, I need whiteness reports to follow up on. Send agents to them tomorrow, We will get in contact with all information when we arrive in London."

"Edward," O'malley said, "we do have eye witness reports and a picture of two women who were there at the crime scene." Thomas held up a picture and Edward took it to study the picture of the two strikingly beautiful women.

"We've identified them as Molly Maltese and a Riza Hawkeye. Two other people have been reported to be working with them, according a couple field agents. One Victoria Nousson and Marc Lacrimosa. All are known private investigators. It's a rave again st time now. Sir, if we don't find the killer before them, we'll be in deep sh*t."

"Did you say Marc Lacrimosa?l

"Yes. Our field agents say he was seen leaving on a plane to an unknown location with the three women."

Edward smiled. "You shady Italian bastard," he said to himself. "I got you now."

He turned to his men. "Pack your bags fellas," he said. "We're going to London."

The next morning, Jasper Mayfield, Thomas O'malley, and Stanley Mellish, arrived meeting Edward at the ship. By 9:00 am, the ship left port and they were on their way.

Ed Carlyle
Ed Carlyle

Aug-2-2015 19:19

The first sentence in my first post got cut off, but it was Edward asking if there was a name.

Riza Hawkeye
Riza Hawkeye
First Nomad

Aug-3-2015 12:25

“Where’s Molly?” Riza asked. Marc shrugged, and Vulkie remained stonily silent.

“Oh calm down, Vulkie,” Marc said coolly. The other woman had been glaring daggers at Marc and Riza from behind her bourbon glass.

“Don’t you tell me to calm down,” Vulkie said, slamming down her glass. “What you’ve done is unforgivable. You’re a sadistic bastard--no normal person could put another human being through torture like…like what you did to Hassan.” She choked back a sob.

“It was necessary. We got valuable information out of him.”

“Oh yeah, really valuable,” Vulkie replied sarcastically. “A man named Jack. And what Jack’s last name? Where is he?”

Marc could feel his ears heating up.

“You’re sick. You and Riza are both sick. I thought we could work together, but it seems we’re too different. It was a mistake to trust you,” Vulkie ranted.

“Trust? Don’t make me laugh. If you weren’t so trusting of your beloved Hassan, then maybe you wouldn’t have been so completely blind to the fact that he was a member of Sphinx!” Marc spat.

“And what if he was? He was still a person. A person with a family to support. How could you--”

Marc cut her off. “You know what your problem is? You’re too softhearted. Who cares if he had a family? Scum is scum, any way you look at it. Don’t waste any more of my time with this garbage. Your words mean nothing to me, woman,” he said dismissively.

Riza raised an eyebrow.

Vulkie opened her mouth once more as if to retort, but this time no sound came out. After a moment, she threw her glass against the wall and stalked out of the room.

Riza had never seen Marc like this before. Her mind was swimming with questions. Why hadn’t Vulkie verbally attacked her as well? She had only been mentioned in passing. Why did she fixate on Marc? Was there some past between them she was unaware of?

“Well then,” Riza said. “I guess we’ll be keeping that extra little tidbit to ourselves.” She folded her arms.

Just then, gunfire broke out.

Molly Maltese
Molly Maltese
Old Shoe

Aug-3-2015 15:32

"Let's see now." Molly said to herself, clipping down the street at a brisk pace. She'd donned sunglasses and a fashionable headscarf, but as the men stopped on both side of the streets and looked at her, she thought maybe a wiggle skirt hadn't been her best and brightest.

"Here!" She exclaimed, finally arriving to an attractive building with wood accents. A demure sign said "The Pyramid Room." She knew it to be a popular society spot for luncheons and had a standing invitation.

"Amelia de Maltesse." she said in dulcet tones to the host at the stand. "Of course Miss Maltesse. Just you?" The host asked, leading her promptly into the darkened interior of the restaurant.

"Just me today." She chirped. "Any diners?"

"A full house, Miss de Maltesse." He led her to a wooden table in the center of the dimly lit restaurant and pulled out the blue velvet upholstered chair for her. She requested a glass of her favorite wine and he sped off. Molly settled in to wait.

She didn't have to wait for long.

"Amelia!" A voice boomed, and a portly man dropped in to the chair opposite her.

"Willie I've told you a million times you can call me Molly." She said, extending her hand to be kissed. Willy Dennington was an American expatriate in Cairo, a wealthy businessmen heavily involved in politics and the highest of social circles. Molly thanked her lucky stars that he was here, Willie was also known for his complete inability to keep his mouth closed about the happenings in town.

"What brings you in to Cairo, Molly?' Willie asked, signalling to a waiter to refill his glass. Molly twirled a strand of auburn hair and twinkled at him for good measure. "Willie, I just needed some sun, but I do swear I heard the most curious story the other day. Something about an ambassador being tragically murdered and mutilated! I'm quite shocked!"

Willie tried his best to look appropriately abashed, but his eyes twinkled with glee. He knew something, alright.

Molly Maltese
Molly Maltese
Old Shoe

Aug-3-2015 15:51

"Yes, the ambassador. He was actually here from Shanghai- stationed in Egypt for foreign interest. He was well known to many of us- his name was Qui Lin. In fact, we--" he moved his hand expansively to canvas the room- "were all present when he was assassinated. It was a social event, a charity for the Historical Preservation Society held at the Atenakhen a few blocks over. It's an event hall and club."

Willie seemed to somber, recalling the details. "We heard the screaming from outside- I believe some poor woman discovered him floating facedown in the fountain. He'd been savagely stabbed and well...mutilated. The police had no suspects, and the investigation was closed."

Molly leaned forward, her attention rapt. "And what about you- did you suspect anything?"

Willie cast his eyes around. "There was rumors that a local gang was involved, they call themselves the Sphinx something or another. I think it's in bad taste to be in a gang, personally, but they held a lot of sway around here. Qui Lin made a comment to me in passing when he was in a particularly dark mood a few days prior to the event. He mentioned that he would not be a victim and would not be held up by any paltry pickpockets. When I asked him to elaborate, he refused and walked off. I believe he was being threatened for money, by this gang."

"How do you know it was the Sphinx gang?" Molly asked, wondering how the two were connected. Willie pulled at his tie. "They've been making the rounds of this group particularly, and everyones afraid to talk about it. The Robinsons were ransomed for their priceless Shihtzu Percy, nabbed out of the backyard by a note sealed with a wax seal that bore a bouquet of daisies. I've heard other stories too.... in fact, I got this note. If you're investigating this... I'll let you have it."

Willie passed a sealed envelope across the table, and she could see the remnants of a wax seal also bearing a bouquet of daisies on it. It read:

"Mr. Dennington, we know the...

Molly Maltese
Molly Maltese
Old Shoe

Aug-3-2015 15:59

details of your arrangement with Mr. Akbhar. If you do not wish your wife and community to know, you will place a cash sum of $10,000 in a brown bag and place it in the forked tree at the utmost corner of the Gaza Garden Park by 10pm on Saturday night. If you fail, you will be outed and the consquences, severe."

Molly looked over the note, biting back the questions about the 'arrangement'. She had a feeling, and preferred not to know.

"Willie, I think you should go through with the drop. However, I'll arrange for some surveillance, and hopefully we can recover your cash at a later time without any unsightly information coming to the surface." Willie just nodded, and Molly began to gather her things, throwing some bills on the table.

"I have to show this to my compatriots right away. This could help our case greatly. It was lovely to see you!" She kissed her friend on the forehead and sped away, intent on finding her friends at the safehouse.


As she neared the address, the strangest feeling prickled across the back of her neck. Was she being followed? Peering around, she saw nothing. Hurrying, she threw open the door just as she heard a glass shatter and a door slam.

“Well then,” Riza said. “I guess we’ll be keeping that extra little tidbit to ourselves.”

Suddenly Molly felt something whiz past her ear and gunfire broke out behind her. With an unladylike shriek she threw herself out of the doorway, rolling like a madwoman as she tried to think where her gun was.

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