The Night Is A Cruel Mistress

"Oh God Ang...I missed you sooo much..." said Jimmy as he kissed Angie passionatley in the parking lot..

''Awww Boo, you've seen me every day..."said Angie..

Though she was undercover...We weren't using "Copland" as our base of operations...We were all going home at night...She was going to a Loft we had set up as her cover...but Jimmy was slipping by every night..

"I know but it's not the same as having you in our bed at our home...."he said.. "I'm so horny for you right now I could just take all of your clothes off.." he exclaimed..

"Don't say it...I feel like taking my clothes off right now...but we both gotta go..We got something to do.." said Angie..

"I know....I'll see you tonight?" asked Jimmy...

"In my birthday suit boo!" said Angie seductively...

Carlotta, Tyriq and Duke waited for their partners...

 "Give him a break...He's had to sneak and see her in that loft for six weeks now.." said Carlotta..

 "Yeah,I know...I don't envy him...His wife going undercover...Sleazy guys lusting after her...he having to sneak to see her.."said Tyriq...whose own wife Sirena

had gone undercover several times..He hated it ,the times she had done that!

"So glad my wife isn't a detective..." said Duke..

Jimmy and Angie appeared, holding hands..

"Sorry we took so long..."said Jimmy, blushing and smiling sheepishly...

''Come on...Let's get tonight over.."said Angie.

II-

And in a condo belonging to Drug Czar, Sisqo Santangelo,

the man known as "Handy Andy",

one of the most feared killers in the city held court with Sisqo and his number two man, a ruthless killer himself known as Porter Cole..

His street boss, the man who negotiated prices with the drug crews and set up points where they could pick up their drugs...

''So you say they saw you Andy?"asked Sisqo..

"Yeah, two punk kids...driving the exact same car as Ronnie Henderson...I got the license plate number...I can track em..."He said..

"No Andy...Here is a key...This is an address....You go hole up there....Nobody knows you'll be there...Here is a clean phone...Porter will find them...They see you off Henderson...?" he asked..

"No..They weren't there when I did that, but they saw me rifling his pockets...and taking his pulse...They put two and two together and they hauled ass...I followed em,but my car was no match for theirs.." said Andy..

"What did you do with the car?" asked Porter..

"I burned it...It's in Kensington, far from here..." he said.  "I got another car..."

"Good...Go to this address...We'll bring food by soon...Relax...Those kids don't know your name and they're probably crapping in their pants....You got nothin to worry about .." said Sisqo..

"Alright...Thanks Sisqo..."said Andy..

Sisqo passed him an envelope...It had 100k in it...

"That's yours...Good job..."said Sisqo..

Andy smiled..

"Thanks boss.." he said and left...

Porter looked at Sisqo..

"Is he going to become a problem?" he asked..

"Andy? No wayy man...He's a soldier and as solid as a rock...The cops don't have as much as a parking ticket on him.....Despite all he's done...He's never seen the inside of a jail...And he won't talk either...He's good..Besides...I might need him again..." said Sisqo...

 Sirena opened her blouse a little, showing just a hint of her bra.., the homeless man smiled and gave a very clear and articulate description of the killer..

 Hop cracked up laughing...

"Girlllll you are bad.." he said..

''Rico would have a fit...if he were here...Somebody say Blackmail.."Laughed FBI Deputy SAC Sharon Hopkins..

Her agents had hacked into the Traffic cams, Street Cams and ATM Cams..

"You guys got anything?" I asked..

"Not the murder, but the two cars involved..."said Hop..

''We ran the plates..."said Sirena..

"The Car belongs to Bobby Jenson, from Alexandria,Virginia...he's here with his brother, A Georgetown graduate, Carl Jenson...and we got their address from the agency they leased that car from.."said Sharon..

"Excellent.."said Sissy..

''We got the sketch and we pulled Andrew Corbet's mug shot...Looks like a match to me.."said Sirena..

"Outstanding...Let me call the judge and get the warrant..."I said..

"I'll call Duke and Angie.."said Sissy..

But Duke called her first...

"Siss, we got lucky...Ang and I were sitting on Santangelo's Loft and guess what? Andy showed up...He left in what looks like a different car...I'll give you the license plate number.."said Duke...

"Got it , run these plates, Hop, Sirena..."said Sissy...''Stay on him...I'll get you back up.." said Sissy..

But Sissy made a mistake...She was talking on the police ban and she gave out information on Handy Andy, said he was wanted for car theft (The car he had was reported stolen and suspicion of murder and detectives were in hot pursuit of him..

Lieutenant Tragg was listening to the police ban and he pulled off in hot pursuit...

"I know where he's going...That fleabag motel in South Philly...Santangelo owns it...Will he be surprised when he gets there.."smirked Lieutenant Tragg..

III-

Handy Andy was about to put his keys in his apartment door , when he heard the voice of Lieutenant Tragg

"It's Alllll over baby blue...I'm bringing you in for Murder and Car Theft..."said Lieutenant Tragg....

Handy Andy looked around...He saw no other police officers..He smiled...He hurled one of his knives at Lieutenant Tragg....The knife pierced his shoulder...He dropped his gun...

"AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH You Son of a bitch!!" yelled Lieutenant Tragg...in excrutiating pain...

Andy pulled out two knives...He smiled..He lunged at Lieutenant Tragg, he sliced the sleeves off of his suit jacket and his shirt...

Lieutenant Tragg crouched...He ducked and dodged..

Andy sliced his belt., causing his trousers to fall down....He then sliced them off...He sliced off every button of his shirt and soon his shirt and suit jacket, like his pants were on the floor...

Lieutenant Tragg's  arm was bleeding profusely...He was clad only in boxers, socks and shoes and his undershirt...

"I've hated you a long time Tragg...Now I'm going to take pleasure in ending your miserable life..."said Andy...

"ANDY, DON'T YOU MOVE!!" came the commanding voice of Duke Baylor..

"You move and I'll blow your brains out....You're under arrest for murder..."said Duke..

Andy turned towards Duke..

"Duke Baylor...I hate you more than Tragg...I only wished your buddy Tyriq Pile was here..." he snarled and pulled out two more blades..."So I could carve up both of you..." he snarled....He raised his arm....

Before he could throw them,Angie fired three times...Her first bullet hit him square in the chest...Her second bullet went between his eyes and exited out of the back of his head ,killing him instantly and her third bullet hit him in his side..

He fell to the floor, dead as a door knob....

By now, Tactical squad officers were in the hallway...Guns drawn....But there would be no need....Andrew Corbet, known as Handy Andy would kill no more!

There was blood everywhere...

"Lieutenant Tragg can you stand up?" asked Angie...

"Yeah Ang, I'm good..." he said as she helped him up...

Angie tore the sleeve of his already torn shirt and used it to stop the bleeding in his shoulder...

Duke walked down the hall with two Tactical squad officers...They didn't want Lieutenant Tragg to see them laughing...

He was a bloody mess in his boxers, socks , shoes and an undershirt...

"Listen...I'm laughing too hard...One of you guys call Lieutenant Sissy Van Buren..Tell her we got a mess here.Police involved shooting!" said Duke..Trying his best not to laugh...

IV-

Carlotta and Tyriq waited outside of the Apartment complex where Bobby and Carl Jenson were staying..

Their other partner...Jimmy Barlow drove up next to them...

"They returned that car a few hours ago to the leasing company...we can go in , but I doubt they are in there.."said Jimmy...

Two police cars drove up....They carried six Uniforms..

Carlotta took three...

"I'm going in from the back...Rico, you and Jimmy take the front.." she said..

"On it Top, Okay guys...let's get it!" said Tyriq...

He and Jimmy led three uniforms up the front steps...They met Carlotta and her three down the hall..

She knocked on their door...

There was no answer...She instructed the officer to kick the door in..He did...And they found ....Nothing!!!

"You were right Jimmy...They're gone!!!"said Carlotta...

"They could be on their way to Virginia by now...They had a head start.." said Tyriq...

"One thing in our favor...Those street cams...They may have recorded some activity...Like when they left, which direction they left in...The type of transportation they used.."said Jimmy...

Tyriq looked at Carlotta and smiled..

"That boy has the makings of a great detective!"joked Tyriq..

"That he does.." laughed Carlotta..

V-

I stood and watched as the body of Andrew Corbet, the killer known as Handy Andy was brought out of the sleazy hotel he was holing up in a body bag...

"Hmmm,I would have rather of taken him alive...But a lot of people will sleep better knowing he's off the streets for good!" I said..

''So what happened?"asked Sissy...

"Lieutenant Tragg beat us here...He tried to take him by himself..Andy disarmed him...His shoulder wound...Probably got some nerve damage...He dropped his glock over there...Then Andy sliced his clothes off of him and was going to kill him, When Ang and I got here..I told him to surrender, then he turned toward me with his knives...Ang shot him..She had no choice.."said Duke..

"Were you guys wearing Kevlar and Trauma plates?" asked Sissy..

"Yes.." said Angie..."Everybody was.." she added..

 "Good! " she said..."Write this up thoroughly....I want the report on my desk in the morning..." she said.

She looked at Lieutenant Tragg, clad only in his boxers, a bloody t-shirt and socks and shoes..

"Lawd, for a man I've never slept with...I've sure seen him in his underwear a lot this year..." she said and shook her head..

Sirena and Hop out of respect, walked outside with a few uniformed officers...They were all laughing their heads off..

Lieutenant Tragg didn't look our way...He held his arm and walked outside , a bloody mess as reporters snapped photos of him getting into an ambulance..

The embarrassment he felt was compounded by the fact that a female detective,

Angie Belton had saved his life...

He would have felt better if it had been Duke..

 He knew the laughter around the department might be more than he could handle...He would welcome a few days ,maybe weeks in the hospital...

"He had an assortment of knives on him...A lot with dried blood...I'll do a DNA search...He is more than likely our killer.."said Hazel..

 "At least your murder is down Sis...My case against Sisqo is dead in the water.."I said.

"We'll find another way to get him."said Sissy...
VI-

And in Manyunk at Sisqo Santangelo's loft...

"Cops killed Andy a few hours ago.." said Sisqo...

"Looks like we are free and clear huh boss."said Porter Cole..

"Almost...Find those two boys...Kill em." said Sisqo..

"They can't link him to us...Especially since he's dead.." said Porter..

 ''True...but I want to make sure.."said Sisqo

"I'm on it boss."said Porter Cole.

It was getting dark....In more ways than one! The night was indeed a cruel mistress!

(TO BE CONTINUED)