Public Enemies: You Can Go Rot in Hell
#5 of Public Enemies
Hello my awesome viewers! As you guess by my title I have a fun, romantic and nice story for you! XD Anyway in this part we meet some of the other characters like Melvin, Jarad and those guys! I hope you enjoy it and remember cops have their end of crime stories! Hope you enjoy!
(Melvin's view)
Its been 3 months since that bastard Pretty Boy Frank escaped from prison and I was sure not about to let him escape again! This man has stolen tens of thousands of dollars from innocent people and I was not about to let the good law abiding citizens of the US down!
I was in the middle of a forest chasing down Frank, I felt like I was the hunter and he was the hunted....and right now that was probably accurate of the situation. Moments ago we got a tip from a bystander that they saw someone matching Pretty Boy Frank's description. I was a long shot but we decided to take it.....and thank god we did.
Franks was about 100 yards in front of me...he was a human in his late 20's but he can almost out run a panther! Frank was also carrying his Tommy Gun and desperatly trying to escape me and my fellow cops from capturing him again.
I couldn't stand the idea of letting Frank get away so I decided to go ahead of the main group and they were about 200 yards behind me so if I needed them they would be close by. I had my Mauser rifle with me that with an entire clip could probably kill an elephant but all I needed was one gunshot to stop Frank.....but despite that I want him to face justice in court and be landed in an unescapable prison.
I could see Frank tripping over loose tree branches and dirt piles but was still keeping a good distance ahead of me. I couldn't fire my rifle, the trees in this forest were too thick and would probably hit a tree wasting a bullet. Frank will not get away! Not after shoting an old woman in the legs to get 10,000 dollars!
I lost sight of Frank after he went up a hill, I followed him as fast as I could and noticed in front of me...an apple orchard....I was on a hill with a rifle with a low, flat plainsland below and rows of trees so it would be immpossible for Frank to be covered by them.....in basic terms....he was running right in a wide open area.
I aimed my Mauser at Frank and saw him look behind him for a second then continue his desperate run away effort. He was right now maybe 120 yards away from me.....I still wanted him to face real justice.
"FRANK! HALT!" I shouted as loud as I could so he would hopefully listen.
Frank didn't say anything though, he pointed his Tommy gun in my direction and fired his bullets....none of them were near me....I didn't flinch or anything while I saw my companions catching up to me dived for cover....even though the bullets were even further away from them then from me.
I pointed my rifle at Frank and fired...it hit a tree branch above him and I could see him flinch from the near fatal gunshot but despite the power of my rifle he continued running. I don't miss....That was a warning shot for him, to show I was not afraid to kill him in order to stop his criminal ways.
Frank suddenly ran through the line of trees and was in another wide open area....I adjusted my position by only taking a few steps to the right and again aiming at him. He was maybe 150 yards away now but it was still a shot to take him down.
Frank fired his Tommy Gun again and the bullets were even more poorly placed them the last ones...but still...he was meaning to kill us to get away....without second thought I fired my real shot at him.....Through my sights I saw a heavy stream of blood exit out of his upper back. I hit him!
The force of the shot made Frank dive forward an crash into the ground like a ragdoll. I began to go after his dead body with my companions only yards behind me. But as we got closer I couldn't believe me eyes! Frank was still alive and trying to pull out a pistol from his jacket.
"Melvin look out!" One of my companions said noticing the pistol out of the holster now
I got there barely in time to kick the pistol out of Franks hands and watch him suffer.
"Call an ambulance." I said to the others
I looked at Frank again...from the expression on his face he was defeated, humuliated and terrified he was going to die.
"Pretty Boy Frank? Your under arrest" I said in my offical tone still pointing my rifle down at him.
He cleched the area above his heart were the bullet struck him and was trying to stop back the bleeding. The once light gray jacket he was wearing was nearly red now....all covered from his blood.
"Its Frank......Frank Thompson....who are you?" He asked faintly looking all around him....as if he couldn't see me and my companions around him.
"I'm Melvin Peterson....were here to arrest you for bankrobbing, prison escape, and resisting arrest." I said down to him.
"I-I believe you killed me.......Well you can go rot in hell" He said with his last breath.
I was amazed at what he said at me. Franks face suddenly turned pale and his eyes began to close slowly. The blood from his chest poured out of him one last time before his whole body became numb and motionless....Frank was dead. His last words cursing me to hell......what drives people to this?
(CJF Headquarters in Chicago)
I recieved a letter just days after Frank was declared dead and I got the bounty on him....I gave it to the local church as my pay check was all I needed to keep my family above these hard times. I was in a fancy waiting room of sorts hearing two people argue in the CJF president office.
I couldn't heat much as most of it was muffled out by the thick wood and glass the door was made of but I managed to make out this.
"Get out of my office! Your fired you useless peice of shit!"
As someone said that the door suddenly burst open and I saw an older lion walked out of the room with his face clearly pissed off and losing his job. He walked out of the room then the building.
"Umm Melven? Humbert Humphery will see you know" The desk lady said.
I got up and went into the harsh atmosphere of the room. I looked around and saw numerous gold chrested cups and trophys on the wall and a small personal library behind him. Behind a shiny new desk with stacks of ignored paperwork everywhere I could see a fat mid 40's human sitting on the desk pouring himself a glass of whiskey.
"Umm sir?" I said slowly approaching him.
"AH! Yes! Melvin right? Good! Take a seat." he said after taking one glance at me and motioning to the seat in front of his desk.
I moved slowly to the seat with my formal attire on and waited patiently for Hubert to continue.....he drank the whole Whiskey cup he poured himself in one gulp and hardly coughed at the strong scent in his throat.....there must have been because his breath smelt of booze even from this distance.
"Right Melvin...I heard about your killing of Frank...got me very interested on how you do things with criminals" He said looking at me as if judging me.
"I tried my best to make him come peacefully but he resisted....I had no choice...we couldn't let him escape again" I said looking down at it.
I wish people wouldn't rub it in my face on how I handled Frank.....I wanted him to go to court and then jail! But he's escaped from so many chases before I didn't want to be know as a failure.....he was wanted dead or alive....and at least my 'dead' action was calm...unlike the others who shot like madmen in the crowded streets.
"Yeah-Yeah don't worry about it...In fact I support what you did back there!" He said standing up from his desk and looking at his awards.
"Sir?" I asked
"Criminals are running rapid and unchallenged in the cities....they have no honor, no codes, and no disregard for innocent lives....we need to take them down...preferably by peaceful methods...but if they are determined to die....then you know what to do."
"Sir I was called here for something important? Not that meeting is not important! It is a great honor to meet you in person!" I said nervous.
"Can't even talk to one person? Your going to need to work on your speaking skills if your going to report to the press as the new director of the Chicago police force!" He said turning towards me.
I was speechless....Me?! The new director of the CPF?! I felt both honored and a horrible burden already placed on me.
"M-Me sir?"
"Yes you...do you accept?"
"O-Of Course!" I said also standing up and shaking his hand
"Good because I got your first mission for you" He said going to his desk and pulling out a newspaper.
"Find and capture the Johnny Makarov gang....at any costs." He said in a serious tone.
"I-I-I'll do my best sir"
"Here I'll show you your new office."
I was given the offical tour of the building and my office...it was nearly as good as Humberts! Only just a bit smaller. There were many women telephone operators outside my office to give me any recent reports of criminals making their moves.
Hubert told me that I had 1000 local police officers and 50 CJF agents with me in order to keep the peace. I again told him I would try my best. After the tour Hubert and I were in my office and he showed me another newspaper from a week ago.
"About a 3 days Johnny Makarov's gang attacked a bank and stole over $80,000 dollars from it.....we believe he is still somewhere in Chicago but we don't know where" Hubert said sounding offical
"Do you know if they have any outside contacts or anything?" I asked looking at their bounty photos and remembering their faces
"Not that we know of...sadly the people believe they are the heroes because they rob from the banks....which people consider evil nowadays." He said shaking his head in disbelief.
"We'll capture him don't worry sir!" I said
"Good luck to you M-Melvin right?" He said going out the door.
"Y-Yes sir my name is Melvin..I told you" I said raising an eyebrow......did he really forget me name or something?
Anyway my first order of business was to go to the scene of the crime that was still being investaged by the authorities strangly...you think after 3 days the people would open the bank again. I arrived at the scene and saw news reporters all over the place asking local officers for information.
I managed to get past them unnoticed and saw all the cop cars covered in bullet hole and were broken beyond repair. I also saw a few people still a bit shaken up from the robbery days ago and were answering what questions they could.
I took a good look of the bank and asked the witnesses everything they saw......Johnny Makarov's gang were indeed professional bankrobbers....they clearly planned this one out and managed to nearly bleed this bank dry. I was even more amazed that they took hostages for awhile and they reported that they let them go and call for a ride....the people must still be in shock or something! There's no way a group like that will let go of hostages!
After I looked around I saw a cop sitting on top of the hood of his cop car and talking to a reporter...I noticed both of them were wolves and one of them was a cop. I moved closer to them and listened in to their conversation.
"So you got the call that a bank was being robbed..what was your reaction?" The wolf said writing down everything the other wolf said with great interest.
"Well it was my second time being near a crime scene...the first just being a minor theift in a grocery store, but I was both nervous and excited." He said smiling clearly thinking this was the highlight of his life.
"So you and your partner were the first to the scene?"
"Yep! We didn't see much from the outside but we were sure this was the bank they were talking about on the radio! Anyway my partner said he would check it out while I covered him."
"And then what happened?"
"Well my partner ran up the steps shouting for civilians to get out of the way but suddenly a lion interupted him in a calm way....I tell you...in that split second I thought maybe we arrived at the wrong bank-until! The lion hit my friend and used him as a human shield against me!"
"What was going through your mind then?"
"Down right terrified! I wanted to take a shot at him but if I missed...well....lets say I'm not the best shot in the world. The lion fired at me and they all hit the tires but not a single one hit me! I saw the others leave the bank and fired at the back up coming to help us and they were put down quickly!" He said pointing all around the scene.
"So the Johnny Makarov gang over powered the cops?!" The reporter said amazed
"Overpowered? No! They kicked our sorry asses until-"
"Officer!" I said angry about how much info he was letting out and both mocking the police he was part of.
"I-Umm-Sorry sir" He said looking down clearly noting I looked like a superior.
"I-Its my fault sir..I'm Jarad! A news reporter and field journalist." He said lowering his head expecting his paper to be ripped up or something.
"The interview is over...report what you have" I said at him before I gave a mad glare at the wolf cop.
"Y-Yes sir! Thanks for the interview Tucker!" He said running away to his car eager to report what he had.
The wolf looked up at me and looked down again clearly having been in this situation before.
"I'm sorry Mister-?"
"Melvin Peterson...and you must learn what we can and can't tell the reporters." I said in a lecture tone
"Sorry sir"
"People are going to believe that cops are powerless over this gang and that won't happen on my watch do you understand me?!" I shouted.
"Yes sir." he said still looking down and....really.....a cop..nearly crying?
"Hmph! Listen...I'm not mad...I did the same thing as you did when I took out Pretty Boy Frank I-" I said before Tucker interupted me
"Y-You! Yout took down Frank?! Oh my god can I have your autograph or something?!" He said his eyes in awe.
I wanted to get angry again but....he reminded me of my little boy in Virginia...so eager to talk and speak his mind...so good and ready to take down evil...so....innocent and carefree. I bet this Tucker has a story to him.
"No autograph...but lets get a bite to eat....I'll tell you the day I took down Frank!" I said losing myself in the happy moment
"Thank you sir!" He said like a child and entering me car.
Tucker.....your going to get yourself killed in this line of work.
(Ralphy's view)
I walked down the stairs and entered the main loudge of the hotel. I had the best night of my life! I kissed the girl of my dreams and I was happy and excited for more! I saw Henry, Jack, Tom, and Nicky all at the breakfeast table eating their various tastes of food.
"Morning Ralph" Jack said reading the paper while drinking a cup of coffee.
"Morning everyone" I said with a smile while pouring myself a cup of coffee and grabbing a muffin.
They all looked at me as if I had lobsters crawling out of my ears.
"A good morning reply from you? What's the special occasion?" Nicky said amazed while eating his pancakes
"Ah! Well...I just met the girl of my dreams and I kissed her yesterday." I said taking a seat
Jack spat out his coffee, while Tom dropped hsi bagel covered in butter. Nicky almost choked on his pancakes and all of them were stareing at me to see if I was kidding or something, Only Henry didn't do anything dramatic...he just looked at me and raised an eyebrow.
"Y-You ain't kidding are you?" Tom said ignoring the bagel on the floor.
"No...I met her at the club and we danced for awhile"
"I knew that was you but I thought maybe somehow I drunk or something! So....she was a fox if my sight was good yes?" Henry said...he was on the dance floor like me.
Nicky looked around at both of us a child like smile going across his face.
"A fox?! Ralph you dog you!" He said before looking at Tom who smiled at both me and Nicky.
"Y-Yeah so what....she's the girl of my dreams! I thought you guys would be happy that I found a beautiful girl." I said both annoyed and embarrassed.
"No-No-NO! We are! We just can't believe you already kissed her shortly after you met her! It took me to my 4th date to get that far with Anne!" Jack said chuckling
"So my eyes weren't playing tricks on me!" Johnny said coming out of the stairs with Caleb both looking pretty hung over still.
"I thought maybe both of us were drinking to much but you really did get yourself a girl Ralphy?!" Caleb said resting his head with the palm of his hand.
"First of all you did have too much to drink last night and second why don't you guys just tell the press while your at it! We just kissed that's all!" I said flushed with embarrassment.
"That wasn't a position for a kiss if you ask me." Kelly said walking into the room looking completely relaxed and ready to join the teasing.
Oh come on.
"Y-You went all the way with her Ralph!" Nicky said loudly
All of them had their eyes wide open and were looking at me for my response....sometimes...I really hate these guys.
"No we did not have sex" I said covering my in the newspaper.
"Phew! Jeez I was about to say! Maybe I'm out of the game or something!" Jack said wiping off the sweat from his forehead.
"So what did you tell her?" Johnny said pouring himself some orange juice
"My name...and what we do." I said calmly....but the silence that filled the room forced me to look at them again.
"Not what we really do right?" Kelly said moving closer to me.
Shit......how could I let that slip my tongue! I should have lied to them!
"Y-Yeah.....she knows I'm Butcher Knife Ralphy" I said looking down.
Nearly all of them began to shake their heads and cover their eyes...all except for Jack who strangely defended me.
"You guys do know that Anne also knows about us right?" He said turning the attention to him...I think he was covering for me
"Y-You two told them the truth?! Are you kidding me?! Why not just tell the cops where we are?!?!?!" Henry said slamming his fist into the table.
"Henry calm down." Johnny said looking at him and Henry started to calm down. Only releasing a small snort of frustration
'Ralph, Jack.....you both realized that women don't usually keep secrets.....Anne may be in the clear for keeping us a secret for so long but its this....what's her name?" Johnny asked
"Jamie and she would never betray us! And the proof should be we are not swarming with cops yet!" I said defending Jamie and my relationship with her.
"Either way....its a danger to bring women into this....I doubt the cops will play fair forever." Kelly said
Nicky suddenly jumped to my aid
"Guys..come on...look at Ralphy....look at his past.....If he wants this girl then who are we to stop him....If this is were he gets his happiness then let him have it." Nicky said to all of them.
Their was a silence from all of us again until Johnny asked.
"Ralph...do you want to-"
"No...I don't have enough yet....I want to do as much good as I can before we have no choice" I said looking at them
We may not be the closest or friendliest group of friends but we looked after one another......we were all we had.....we were brothers..and we looked out for each other.....And if anyone disagrees well....you can go rot in hell.
Sorry if you guys wanted a sex scene or something.....I'll make up for it in the next part ^_~ So we met Melvin and know he will do his duty to the max if necessary but will Tucker maybe calm him down a bit? And now that the gang knows that not just one woman but two know the gangs secret will it lead to the disaster of the gang or prove to be very helpful? Find out in the later parts of Public Enemies! Later!