4:46 am before Evie & Tom would wake to start their days. A lone car was traveling east on Interstate 15. This car had passed through Barstow California so 25 miles back. It turned off the main highway onto an old dirty road which leads out to the desert. The car traveled almost 2 miles before it stopped and two men got out. They walked around behind their vehicle and opened the trunk. The two men reached in to the trunk and pulled out a lifeless body wrapped in a white sheet. The one time bed sheet had been stained with blood from the body it had been used to wrap up. The men carried the body out into the desert for about 100 yards before dumping into on to the ground. " Boy.....The boss sure did a number on this girl.......I've never seen him so sadistic. " One man said to the other as they walked away leaving the female form to rot. The other man had asked f his friend had really watched what happened to that girl. His friend nodded and said that he was the cameraman and filmed the whole horrifying show. The men got back into their car and returned back to Los Angeles which was a bout 75 miles to the south west. They were confident that this body wouldn't be found, such confidence would be their undoing.
It was just a little after 11 am and Tom was still waiting outside of the warehouse. His cell phone had been long since turned off. Tom didn't want anyone or anything getting in his way. He wasn't expecting anyone to call him, nor did he want someone distracting him. At that same time some 75 miles north east of Los Angeles, a group of college students from UCLA were stepping down from a bus. This group was called the Explores Club and they were setting out today to find a buried treasure their professor had placed in the ground a few weeks back. This was all part of their archaeology class. The young students had broken up into smaller groups and started to explore the area for signs of digging. Four of those students, two boys and two girls were moving out ahead of the others. They had walked almost 100 yards before they saw a horrifying sight. The naked and badly beaten body of a woman laid in front of them. The girls were freaking out and their screams brought their Professor and the other students.
It was 11:22 am when Zach & McCaffrey appeared from the warehouse. McCaffrey was carrying a very large black bag. It was the type of over sized bag that Baseball and Football players used to carry their equipment in. Tom watched as McCaffrey placed the bag into the back seat of Zach's car. They took off heading for their meeting and Tom was following close by. At that same time a 911 call was placed by the Professor who lead his students into the area where the body was found. The call came into the county dispatch office and was quickly handed off to the California Highway Patrol. The CHP dispatched their units who arrived quickly and closed down the area. This had been the third body which had been found like this in the past month and a half. But this female body was in worse shape. She had been badly beaten and abused far beyond what the other two women had done too them.
Zach drove through the city and ended up at an old rundown factory in East Los Angeles. This place had been bought by the Snowman so he could make his drug deals here without the cops nosing around. Zach & McCaffrey left their car with McCaffrey carrying that large black bag. The two disappeared inside the old factory. Tom who pulled up moments again, didn't see anyone else around. There wasn't even another car around the factory. Tom didn't have a long wait, a long black limo drove passed him and pulled into the parking area of the factory. The limo came to a stop and the driver jumped from the car and rushed around to open one of the rear doors. One oriental man climbed from the back of the car. He was followed by a second, a third and finally a fourth man. The last man was carrying a large black bag just like the one that McCaffrey had. These bags were certainly big enough to carry a lot of cocaine, or a lot of cash. Tom who was parked acrossed the street left his car once those oriental men had gone inside. He walked up to the building then started down the sidewalk until Tom found a busted window. Tom looked in and saw Zach & McCaffrey standing on one side of a heavy wooden table while the Asian men stood on the other side. The black bag which McCaffrey had been carrying was sitting on the table. The Asian man placed his bag right be side the other one on the table. Tom could see that they were talking over something. He decided that now was the time to call his former partner Jack Taylor. Tom went back to his car, he leaned in grabbing the mic from his police radio. " This is 1 William 56.....Patch me through too Lt. Taylor. " The dispatcher rogered Tom request and connected Tom's radio to the phone on Jack's desk. Once Jack answered his phone, Tom asked how quickly he could get to the old factory on South Woods Avenue? Jack asked what was up, to which Tom said that he had stumbled over a drug dealing going down. Tom tossed the mic back into the car when Jack said that he was on his way. Jack quickly left his office yelling for Steve to grab some men. Steven brought four other Narcotics Detectives with them as they left their squad room.
Tom walked back to the factory and up to the limo. The driver was sitting on the hood looking away from him. The driver was smoking a cigarette as Tom pulled his Desert Eagle from the holster and clubbed the driver on the back of his head. " You're under arrest. " Tom said in a mocking tone as the man was unconscious at his feet. With his free hand, Tom reached his hand under the back of his coat and pulled out his Glock. Normally, Tom's Glock was kept under the front seat of his car. But Tom was sure that he would be out gunned after going inside. Carefully Tom entered the building, his Glock was in his left hand while his Desert Eagle was in his right. He walked slowly until those Asian men came into view as did Zach & McCaffrey. " POLICE!!......YOU'RE ALL UNDER ARREST!! " Tom voice rang out strong which made everyone look at him. " Fuck me! " McCaffrey said in disgust as he pulled his Glock. Three of those Asian men pulled weapons. One a pistol and the other two pulled small machine guns. Gun fired broke out and it was flying towards Tom. He ducked out of the way dropping down behind an old piece of machinery. Tom returned fire, his Glock pointed at the Asians while his Desert Eagle was pointed towards McCaffrey and Zach.
Zach pulled a 9mm and joined in on the battle. One of the Asian gunmen was hit and dropped to the floor. The other two grabbed what was obviously their boss and pushed him towards an exit. They hadn't planned on having a shootout with the police. Once the Asians were outside, Tom was able to focus on Zach & McCaffrey. One of Tom's .50 cal bullets passed through the large bag holding the drugs and nailed Zach in the upper chest. Zach fell to the floor, it looked too McCaffrey like Zach had been hit with a baseball bat. McCaffrey jumped up firing his Glock, he grabbed for the large bag of money. Just as McCaffrey started to make a break for a side door, Tom rose up and fired three quick shots.
Each of Tom's bullets hit McCaffrey sinking deep into his body then blowing out the other side. McCaffrey had a shocked look on his face as he fell to the floor. Tom kept his Desert Eagle ready as he tucked his Glock into the back of his pants. The sounds of police sirens filled the air outside of the factory. Tom walked up too McCaffrey, he knelt down and made sure that McCaffrey was dead. Zach was laying not far away coughing up blood. Tom stood and walked over too him. He looked down at Zach who was staring back up at Tom. " I.....I'm.......Sor.....Sorry.......I......drugged Evie.......Made her get.......close too Mc.......McCaffrey.......He.......Wanted her set up......So I made sure that she was taken too........taken too. " Zach said through his coughing, he was slowly slipping away. Tom knelt down next to Zach. " Taken to where?.........Where did you take Evie?......Who else was there? " Tom asked as Zach's breathing was becoming shallow. Zach's head slowly turned away from Tom as his life was now gone.
Tom stood up, he looked down at the bags of coke which had fallen on when the shooting started. Those bags were laying very close to Zach's body. Tom slipped his Desert Eagle back into the holster as he walked to the door then out of the factory. Jack, Steven and their detectives had busted the Asian men who tried to escape. Tom walked up too Jack and started to explain what happened here. Jack listened as Tom laid out how this went down. Tom said that he was driving into work when he saw these Asian men walking into the old factory carrying a large black bag. Tom stopped to check it out and saw Zach Whitman, Gus McCaffrey and these man inside in the middle of a drug deal. Tom said that he returned too his car and reported this to Jack. After which Tom returned to keep an eye on them. However the deal looked like it would be over before Jack, Steve and their detectives could get there. Tom added that he had to shoot Zach, McCaffrey and one of the Asians. They had died in the spot where they were shot.
Jack looked around after Tom finished giving him a verbal report. He slapped his former partner on the back. " That was a good report.....Now would you like too tell me why you really ended up here? " Jack asked knowing Tom just a little too well. He felt that Tom was sugar coating this just a bit. Tom looked at Jack after putting an arm over his shoulders. " I've never lied too you before.......If you don't want me to start.......Just accept what I just said as the truth. " Tom gave Jack a look that told Jack a lot. Jack started to shake his head up and down. He had heard about the story of McCaffrey & Evie at the station and when she helped to take down the 2 minute bandits. Part of Jack knew that Tom was waiting for McCaffrey to slip up which he did. As Evie's father, Jack understood why Tom took action against McCaffrey. " I'll expect a copy of that same report on my desk by the end of the day. " Tom nodded his head while smiling. " It will be there. " Tom gave Jack's back a couple of quick pats before he started to walk towards his car. " Oh......When you see Evie.......Tell her to have a nice day. " Jack turned and walked into the factory as a few black n whites pulled up. Tom returned too his car then headed for the station.
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