CHAPTER 21: INTERROGATING A THIEF

Victoria's POV

A few minutes later I hear the car driving into the garage, my heart is hammering with excitement. We finally had our thief we wanted.

The door opens up with a slam and the Shadow comes into view pulling the body behind him. I quickly rush over to assist him.

"Victoria, I need you to go home and find every thing you can on this guy, here's his ID." The Shadow says as I help him move the body to the room next to the bathroom.

"Okay..." I say as I take the ID from him. He hands me the keys.

"Don't worry I've got everything covered, and sleeping beauty over here will be out for another 30 minutes or so." He says, I give him a quick nod before heading to his car.

I climb inside the car and start the engine, if I thought Jaydan's car was cool, this one is ten times better.

The drive to my house was exhilarating and I was parked in front of the next door house in minutes. I quickly went to the study's window. I propelled myself inside and switched on the computer.

My father's computer was loaded with government files and I could search anything I possible wanted to. When the computer was logged on I typed the thief's ID number in the search button.

When the guy's file finally opened I printed it out. I printed everything I could fine on the thief. When I was sure I had every thing I hastily switched off the computer before taking the papers back to the lair.

As soon as the window was closed behind me I headed back to the Shadow's car. I placed the papers on the passenger seat before driving back.

The Shadow was waiting for me infront of the monitors when I stepped inside the lair.

"Did you get something?" He asks hopeful.

"Yeah, here's everything I could find on the guy." I say as I hand him all the papers.

The Shadow scans quickly through all the papers I handed him. He hums along and I peer over his shoulder to see what he's reading.

"Hmm." The Shadow mumbles.

"What?" I ask.

"This guy is a hotshot lawyer." He says as he continues to scan through the papers.

"Seriously? But why would a lawyer rob a shop?" I ask utterly confused.

"Don't know, but I guess we'll find out soon-" the Shadow is interrupted by a noise coming from the computers, "ah looks like the lawyer is awake. I've installed sound devices and cameras, so you would be able to hear and see everything going on inside the room, but don't worry he won't be able to hear anything from the outside." He explains as he shows me all the settings on the computer.

"Okay, let's get started then." I say as the Shadow stands up and I take my seat at the monitor.

"Wish me luck." The Shadow says before he heads inside the room.

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The Shadow's POV

With the pack of papers in hand I enter the 'interrogation' room. The thief stares at me with wide eyes as I close the door behind me. The thief's hands are tied to the table to make sure he doesn't try anything funny.

"Hallo Eric, how are you this fine evening?" I ask.

"How do you know my name?" He asks totally bewildered that I know his name. Uhm you had your ID on you. But I wasn't going to tell him that.

"I know a lot of things Eric Sullivan." I say.

"Where am I?" He asks.

"That my dear friend is a big secret, but anyway I've got questions that I need answered and you my dear friend, have all the answers I need."

"What questions?" He asks.

"Oh their simple really, like do you know the White Hawk?" I ask.

"The White Hawk? How did you know about him? Is this some test to prove my loyalty to him, because I won't say anything." He states.

"Lucky guess, and to answer your question, this is not a test, so you better answer every single one and don't doubt that I'll hurt you if you don't give me what I want." I say menacingly.

Eric gulps, I can tell that he's extremely nervous. Good now I know he'll think twice before lying to me.

"What do you want to know?" He asks nervously.

"Tell me about the White Hawk and how a prestigious guy like you ended up working for him?" I ask.

"It all started with a case, a guy approached me and asked me to be his lawyer. I immediately took the offer and we started working together. He told me how he wanted to sue a gambling site because he apparently won thousands and now the site didn't want to pay up. I didn't want to enter a thing blindly so I researched the site and how it worked. One day I had nothing to do, so I went online and played a game. That one game turned into fifty and before I knew what I was doing I was back in the game. I've been a gambling addict and I've stopped for the last five years, but that one game brought back the addiction. And before I knew it I owed a hundred thousand to the game." He sighs as he slumps back in his seat.

"Then one day I get this letter requesting me to come to a meeting place to settle my debts, I thought nothing of it and didn't bother to go, but then the following week I received another letter. This letter had a recent photo of my wife and daughter at the shopping mall attached to it. I freaked and immediately went to that said meeting place. The guy wore a white mask with a hawk beak infront of it. He called himself the White Hawk and then he invited me into his office. He told me that he had a plan to fix my debt and I eagerly accepted. If I had known I'll be working for him I might not have agreed to it. But he threatened my family!" He says hopelessly and I can't help but feel sorry for him.

"Who is he?" I ask.

"No one knows except his right hand man Nicholas." He says.

"What if I told you that I can help?" I say.

"How? No one can stop him, he has lots of connections."

"Don't you worry about that, all I need is a way in." I say with a smile and he looks at me like I'm a mad man.

"A way in?! Trust me you don't want to work for this guy." He says.

"The way I see it you have two option, one I take you to the police with your jewels or two you go back to the White Hawk with a letter." I say.

"What letter?" He asks.

"I letter from the Shadow himself telling the White Hawk that I think we will be a better team together." I say.

"Well the second option does sound better but I doubt-" he suddenly stops to speak before he rapidly starts to search through his pockets.

"What are you looking for?" I ask.

"A letter, what is it with all these people and letters. Ah here it is." He says as he takes out a folded piece of paper and hands it over to me.

I take it from him and start to read.

Dear Shadow

If you're reading this it means that you've caught one of my guys. Well done, your work is mind blowing and I would like to meet you in person to discuss a proposition for you.

Write a time and place where you want to meet and give it back to the guy you caught, let him go and he'll be sure to retrieve it back to me.

Hope to see you very soon.
W.H .C

I quickly grab a pen out of my pocket and write down a time and place to meet the White Hawk.

"How did he know I'll catch you?" I ask.

"He didn't he made copies of the letter and gave it to all of us in case we crossed paths with you."

"What does the c stand for?" I ask the question we've been asking since we found the first letter.

"Don't know, rumour has it that it is his name." He says.

"Oh, take this letter back to him and make sure he gets it." I tell the thief. I stand up and head to the door but stop in my tracks when the thief calls me back.

"Shadow?"

"What?"

"Just help me out of this mess." He begs, I reply with a nod before I exit the room.

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Victoria's POV

When the Shadow comes back out again my eyes are wide with all the information we just found.

"What did you write on the letter? Where are we meeting him?" I ask.

"Hold up there Sherlock, we're not meeting anyone I'm meeting him alone." He says.

"Shadow-"

"No Victoria there is no us in this, I want him to think that I'm a lone wolf. If he knows that I have someone I care about he'll use it against me."

"You just admitted you cared about me." I say with a smug grin on my face.

"Of course I do, you're my partner the one who has brought me one step closer to the White Hawk. I would hate to see you hurt." He says and I quickly redirect the conversation as I feel a small blush, why am I blushing?

"So where are you meeting him?"

"That information is also classified."

"Hey I thought I was your partner, partners are supposed to tell each other everything."

"Not when they know they're partner will come to the meeting place anyway. You know how much you want this guy, that's why I want to infiltrate is system. I want to know who works for him, why did he start to recruit people through a gambling game, everything. And all these things I can find out from the inside." He explains.

"So what do we do now?" I ask.

"You stay here and I'm going to drop Eric somewhere so that he can go back to the White Hawk."

"Okay..." I say as the Shadow takes a piece of cloth and goes back into the interrogation room. When he comes back out the thief's eyes are closed by the cloth.

The Shadow leads him to the door and gives me a final wave before he leaves with the thief in tow.

I slump back down onto my chair as all the information replays in my head. The White Hawk who got people doing his work for him by blackmailing them. The guy who had no choice but to do his bidding otherwise his family might get hurt. Everything started to make sense, everything we've tried so long to figure out has finally started to come together.

After what felt like an eternity the Shadow came back to the secret lair.

He gave me a smile before he took a seat next to me.

"So what do we do now?" I ask the Shadow.

"Well I am going to meet up with the White Hawk at the agreed spot and then-"

"We catch him?" I ask.

"No, not yet, let me just meet up with him and listen what he wants and then we'll come up with a plan." He says. I nod.

"Lets get you home I'm sure you're tired." And just on cue I let out I tired yawn.

I gather my things before I stand up to leave, I take the information of he thief as well to add to my folder.

The drive home was quiet. The Shadow pulled up into the driveway next door.

"Shadow?" I say before I climb out.

"Yes?"

"Please be careful." I say.

"I will." He assures.

I climb out of the car and the Shadow starts the car. I climb over the fence back to my house as I hear the Shadow drive away.

When I was back in the comforts of my home I felt satisfied with our progress, at this rate we will catch the White Hawk soon, very soon.

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