Space Odyssey: Spectre-Chapter 112: Grabbing Arthur Sanders

Jace woke up to a knock at the door. He climbed out of the bed, Vana groaning as he climbed past her. He walked up to the door and found a woman who looked very exhausted staring at him. She was one of Chen's waitresses. She probably worked through the night.

Jace fully opened the door and the waitress looked over his naked body appreciating the view. Jace coughed to get her attention. Her face had lit up as if she seemed to have been invigorated by the sight before her.

"Sorry, I was appreciating the view. Ahem, Chen wanted me to bring this up for you. He said to tell you he verified the information." The woman handed him a small package. Jace began opening it up while standing in the doorway. Letting the woman get a good view.

Jace frowned as he began reading the information, "thank you. Will that be all?"

"Huh? Oh yeah that is it." The woman nodded as she started climbing down the stairs after getting one last look at him.

Jace closed the door and turned around, "time to get up Vana. We have our next target." Jace told her as he set down the package with information and started getting dressed in a change of clothes. He grabbed his communication watch and called Tako. It rang for a few moments before he answered.

"What's up? Do you have a plan?" Tako asked, the others only knew that Jace and Vana went out and never came back. They did not know they were going after Devan's black book.

"Yes, I need you and Patrick to go get eyes on Devan's Boyfriend. Watch him and be careful of the police. I have a feeling they will visit him today." Jace told him and then thought of something. "Also watch out for anyone suspicious, Devan's competitors might drop by to try and grill him for information."

"What should I do if that happens? Or if the police pick him up?" Tako asked as Jace could hear movement in the background. He was probably getting ready.

"If it is competitors you can take them out and kidnap him. If it is the police, just follow them. We need him alive." Jace explained as Vana began getting dressed next to him.

"Yes sir." Tako then hung up.

"What did Chen give us that made you so energized this early in the morning?" Vana asked as she pulled on a tank top.

Jace nodded at the package that was dropped off earlier as he pulled out a tropical shirt with a different design from his backpack. "That has got me into motion. We are officially on a very limited timetable again."

Vana walked over and looked down at the papers and files while she pulled on the last of her clothes. "Son of a- how did he manage to pull that off?"

"Very cleverly. It now makes a lot more sense why he killed himself. He needed insurance that his boyfriend would not suffer the same fate just because they were connected." Jace explained as he took a breath of air in.

"But… that makes no sense." Vana moved over to the bed to pull on her boots.

"It did to him. He must have been dealing with plenty of bad people that would kill him at the drop of a hat." Jace explained as he moved to pick up the files and papers, shuffling back into the envelope they arrived inside of. "Come on, you are driving again. This time we are going to your place." Jace told her with a smile.

They went to Vana's apartment that she had on Nymph. It was a small apartment but had all she needed to live comfortably for a few days. Vana changed into a gray pants suit at Jace's request and then they left for the mansion.

Once at the mansion, Vana and Ellis took the black SUV while Ulin and Jace went on the motorcycle and in the sports car respectively. Tako and Patrick had been following Devan's boyfriend, Arthur Sanders, since Jace called this morning.

Arthur went on his usual routine of heading to the gym and then to work. Which is where he currently was when they called to tell them that the police or more specifically two officers in civies came to pick him up from his work.

"Are you positive they are detectives?" Jace asked over the line as he and Ulin armed themselves.

"Yeah they are detectives. They were not lying when they told that line to Arthur. I was watching their heartbeats. There was no fluctuation." Tako answered as he sighed. "We are following them now."

Jace started thinking while Patrick chimed in, "these talents and abilities are really something else. I still can't believe the knife wound in my shoulder is all healed up. Not to mention they have such utility to them."

"Flattery does not work on me." Jace told Patrick who was hoping to get out of work by reminding them that he was injured yesterday. But Jace was already aware of how capable a medic Tako was. He could heal most simple injuries within an hour using his abilities. "You will tail them to the station and then watch the station. Ellis and Vana will go in and take her with the falsified appropriate warrants. Ulin and I are on backup to help if anything goes wrong. We will both be armed."

"Understood, what about us?" Patrick asked with a sigh.

"You will watch until we leave. Then you can leave a few minutes later. I want to know how many people they will send out to tail Ellis and Vana." Jace explained, "you do not have to interact with anyone directly."

Jace arrived at the police station just as Ellis and Vana were pulling in front of the building. They walked up the steps looking very official in their black and gray suits. While Jace spotted the car garage that Patrick and Tako were watching from. Then there was Ulin on the motorcycle some distance away. Jace glanced at the silenced Pyre on the passenger seat next to him.

This plan was quickly hobbled together because they were limited on time. Hopefully it will work.

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Vana followed Ellis into the police station. She ignored the stares from people as they walked past the front desk and made their way to the interrogation room. Having already quickly memorized the layout from the plans Jace had pulled up and sent them.

As they neared the interrogation room an older man with his fur and hair turning gray walked up to try and stop them. "Hold up, you two. Where do you think you are going?"

Ellis pulled out the falsified documents. They could have gotten real ones, but in order to do that they would have to go through official channels. Which they could not do since they were told to not communicate with anyone from headquarters. Instead Jace had spent a few hours making fake documents that would pass initial inspection but not verification.

The anthro-wolf old man looked over the document and frowned. Then he stepped aside and they walked into the interrogation room where a pair of officers were interrogating Arthur Sanders. The man looked confused and flustered, but when Vana and Ellis walked in he became even more flustered and confused.

One of the detectives, an anthro-wolf woman with orange fur and hair, was the first to react to their presence. "Who are you? What are you- hey stop that! What do you think you are doing?"

"Taking your prisoner." Vana answered as she nodded at the anthro-wolf old man. The old man handed over the document that he had folded up again.

"On what grounds?" The other detective, a human man asked in confusion.

"National security." The orange haired anthro-wolf woman answered for them. "You realize this case involves two deceased police officers, correct. Two of our own died."

Vana raised an eyebrow as Ellis put cuffs on Arthur who was looking confused. "Your point?"

The woman seemed flustered as her face became red with anger. "My point is that you are not taking him anywhere. Document or not."

"Hold up detective-" The old man tried to calm the woman down.

"No captain. Two of our officers died in the slaughter." The woman growled as Vana and Ellis escorted the cuffed Arthur out of the room. But the captain closed the door as they left, keeping the detectives in the room.

The police officers and detectives they walked past while taking Arthur with them stared daggers. It seemed losing two of their fellow officers really had them on edge. As they pushed Arthur into the backseat Ellis jumped in the back with her while Vana jumped into the driver seat and pulled away from the police station.

As they pulled away she instantly spotted the tail of the three different cars that started following her. All of which were civilian vehicles. Or made to look like a civilian one. She dialed up the open communication channel that the others were using. free𝑤ebnovel.com

"Hey, we have a tail. I count three different vehicles." Vana told them as she made a few cautious turns.