24 Declassified 01 - Operation Hell Gate # Marc Cerasini by 24 Declassified

Author:24 Declassified
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-02-22T11:36:44+00:00

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6:08:36 A.M. EDT

CTU Headquarters, Los Angeles

Tony Almeida handed his prisoner over to an armed detention team.

"Take him to room eleven. Prepare him for interrogation."

"What's with the third degree, man? So my visa expired. So what?" Saito cried, squirming against his cuffs. "This is America. Even illegal aliens have got rights."

Captain Schneider fell into step with the guards. "I'm going with them. I don't want to let Saito-san here out of my sight."

The Japanese man smirked. "I'll bet you've got great gams under those Hepburns, missy. Put on stiletto heels and you can punish me any time."

The guards dragged the young man away. Tony signed his name on the entry log, then spied Ryan Chappelle approaching. He braced himself for a dressing-down.

"Good work, Agent Almeida. Great work, in fact," said Ryan, slapping his back. "You and Captain Schneider are to be commended. I just got off the phone with Chet Blackburn. He told me you two captured a mainframe computer with its database intact."

"That's right, Ryan. Unfortunately we got there too late to stop the transfer of another Long Tooth missile launcher to another location. We don't know where it's headed, yet, and that should be our priority. Has Jamey dug up any information on that truck?"

"She examined the footage you sent her, but even with enhanced imaging filters she couldn't get a license number off the plate. Nina issued an all-points bulletin, but there are a lot of white Dodge cargo vans in Los Angeles..."

"We should start with the vehicles registered to Green Dragon and all the factory's current employees. Then we should check the airports. Cargo shippers especially..."

"Jamey and Nina are on top of it, Tony. It's more important that CTU gets access to the data on that computer, so I've dispatched Milo Pressman with a Cyber Unit."

Tony nodded. "Captain Schneider also captured a prisoner. I'm on my way to interrogate him. His name is Hideki Saito, a Japanese national from Tokyo. He came here about eighteen months ago. His visa expired a month ago."

Tony displayed his PDA. "I'm going to run his name and picture through the Japanese National Police database. I'm certain Saito is Yakuza, so the Tokyo Prefecture will probably have a file on him."

Ryan was surprised "Yakuza? You're sure?"

"Definitely," Tony replied. "A member of an old clan, too. Very traditional. Somehow he messed up in the past so maybe I can use that against him during the interrogation. It might be the psychological hook I need to get inside of him."

"How do you know all this, if I may ask?"

"The little finger on Saito's left hand is missing. As atonement for his mistake — whatever it was — he was compelled to sit in the presence of those he offended, cut his own finger off, and wrap it in silk. Then he presented it to the head of his clan and asked for forgiveness."

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