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Date Posted: 07:54:17 09/02/07 Sun
Author: taurus2124
Author Host/IP: CPE-124-188-3-55.nsw.bigpond.net.au / 124.188.3.55
Subject: Chapter 126
In reply to: taurus2124 's message, "The Rising Dragons ... continued ..." on 07:49:03 09/02/07 Sun

Chapter 126

Karen Ho and her boyfriend Steven Ma had watched the exchanges between Andy Koo and Nikita as they�d danced and knew that things were progressing as they would like.

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Sun Yee Lok had ordered Karen Ho to carry on her close association with Nikita in order to find out anything significant about her and once Andy Koo and Jiang Ng had more Intel on their mark they would deal with her in good time. Until then she was to be as convincing as possible and not raise Nikita�s suspicions and those of her erstwhile companion Michael, if she was to meet with him again. Unfortunately, Karen had said that she�d been uncomfortable in his presence and feared she may have raised his suspicions about her.

The triad was convinced that Nikita Wirth was some kind of agent for the police in covert activities. Jiang was checking out Intel on her movements whilst with the Water Police. He�d informed their leader that Nikita most probably had been involved in some kind of undercover work in Aberdeen but nothing was confirmed as yet. His suspicions about her were heightened as Tony Wong had met his demise there. Although there was no concrete evidence to link Nikita with the events in Aberdeen, Jiang had alluded that it was highly probable that she may know something. However, if things progressed as they hoped, it would not be too long until they would have Nikita under their power and would find out just what she knew and who her contacts were. Jiang Ng would see to that.

Madame Cheung was another conundrum for the Rising Dragons. Sun Yee Lok had known she had a new blonde prot�g� whom she had taken under her wing, but now Madame Cheung was missing and so too was her prot�g�. Once again it was highly suspicious. Was Nikita involved with Madame Cheung? Was she the mystery prot�g�? So far they had been unable to find one person who could confirm or deny if Nikita had a connection with their missing triad member. They wanted to know what Nikita�s involvement was with Madame Cheung and if she was in any way connected with her disappearance as well.

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Karen and Steven knew that Andy Koo had set the wheels in motion by weaving a spell around Nikita. It was obvious that she was falling under his charms tonight. Yes ... everything was going well ... extremely well indeed, they thought. The couple smiled at one another in satisfaction as Andy made his way over to where they were sitting and exchanged a look as he returned with Nikita in tow.

As soon as they approached, Karen and Steven continued their charade, then once Andy had left them alone to attend to business; she bombarded Nikita with her usual questions.

�Wow! Nik ... I�ve never seen Andy sweep a girl off her feet like that. He looked like he was mesmerised.�

�Really?�

�Really. Aren�t you glad you decided to come tonight? I told you that you might meet someone ... and you did,� Karen replied in an �I told you so� voice.

�He was okay.�

�What! Just okay? ... Are you nuts? Andy Koo owns this club. He�s one of the richest men in Hong Kong ... He�s handsome ... You�re a very lucky woman. So what did he want?�

�He offered me a job.�

�Wow ... that�s great. Are you going to accept?�

�I said I�ll think about it and give him an answer tomorrow. He asked me to dinner too.�

�You can�t possibly say �NO.�

�Yes ... you�re right ... Of course I�m going to accept.�

�Way to go Nik!�

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Meanwhile back at Section One, Birkoff had monitored Nikita�s movements, and alerted Operations to the person that Nikita had just been introduced to. The young entrepreneur of the Rising Dragons, Andy Koo was at The Triangle. The very person Section One was looking for, the one who would surely lead them closer to Sun Yee Lok and thus cause the Rising Dragons to implode, had finally surfaced at his nightclub venue for his birthday celebrations.

�What is it Birkoff?�

�Sir ... there have been developments at the nightclub.�

�Good.�

�Nikita has made contact with the target.�

�Andy Koo?�

�Yes! She�s sent visuals of what he looks like and other individuals at the club also.�

�Excellent!�

�How do you want to proceed?�

�We�ll let the introduction play out so Nikita can learn more information from the target, then follow through with the mission profile.�

�He�s already hit on her. He�s invited her to dinner tomorrow night.�

�Good! His obvious interest in Nikita can work to our advantage.�

�We have a window tomorrow night sir.�

�Excellent ... we�ll use it and implement the offensive tomorrow then. Inform Michael that the mission has been aborted.�.

�Yes sir.�

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�Michael ... We�ll try again tomorrow. Assume counter surveillance and use your alternate routes. Meet back at the Section.�

�Why?�

�Operations wants you to come in.�

�Yes. All right ... and Nikita?�

�No ... just you.�

�Okay all team members ... mission aborted ... get to your exit points,� Michael instructed before informing Nikita as to the change in profile.

�Nikita ...�

�I�ll be okay Michael ...�

Inside the mission van Michael removed his comm. unit and stared at the screen looking grim. There would be no offensive tonight to apprehend Andy Koo or the others ... that was now aborted and he had to return to Section One as well. That meant only one thing ... Nikita was once again being used as bait to lure the target, but if things didn�t go to plan this would place her in jeopardy all over again.

He had alerted Nikita as to his recall to Section since the mission had been aborted, but Michael had decided that he would remain behind for a short time and would just wait a while and keep an eye on her. Although he knew she was capable of looking after herself ... more than capable, he did not like her being left to her own devices for the rest of the evening. He had not liked that scenario one iota. Michael felt ill at ease that something was about to go wrong and if it did he wanted to be there to protect her. Andy Koo was too smooth. His being called away raised his suspicions as to why he would he be taken away from his own birthday festivities.

Inspector Ng wasn�t in attendance tonight either. Perhaps there had been a tip off and he�d been instructed to stay away. It would certainly not be in his best interests to be associated with Andy Koo. Hence, his capture would need t be at another time as well. That only left Karen Ho and her boyfriend Steven Ma. Something wasn�t right.

Section could wait.

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Walking quickly up the stairs and down a corridor Andy Koo hurried to where his office was located to make an important return call. He stopped outside the door leading to his office. Reaching into the inside pocket of his jacket he took out a card and swiped it through the security mechanism to release the locked door. It soon opened with a definitive click. Pushing open the door Andy switched on the overhead lights illuminating the expensively furnished office.

Andy Koo�s personal office at The Triangle was his private domain and entry was privy to only those who were close to him. He ran an entrepreneurial empire but he also was a member of the Rising Dragons triad and as such he had enemies. His office had security monitors of the inside and outside of the club for personal reasons of his safety. There had been a number of occasions that members of rival triads had come to the nightclub especially from the Black Panthers and 14K triads. In his line of business competition was cutthroat and rivalry between the triads for business was rife. He needed to protect his interests and having a secure office with little chance of enemies penetrating it was paramount.

He also stored many confidential documents and sensitive papers for his eyes only in his private safe, and he liked it that way. These were his �get out of jail� failsafe documentation on the Rising Dragons that would be his ticket to freedom or immunity if needs be. They were his bargaining chip in case of an emergency if he was compromised or threatened in any way. Andy protected his privacy in this room above all other things. The important and highly classified documentation of the Rising Dragons� activities were housed there. If security was breached then he could bargain with them. None of his confidants knew of the existence of the files and documents ... even Sun Yee Lok was unaware that he kept personal dossiers on him and members of the triad. If he found out that he had such information, his life would be in jeopardy, so making sure that they were inaccessible to prying eyes was crucial. Hence the files were encrypted and he always placed them in the safe or downloaded them by himself.

Sitting down behind his desk Andy keyed in the silent number to place a return call. It must be something important for he never ever contacted him at the nightclub but had said he would follow up their call from the other evening. Sun Yee Lok had informed him of their findings about Nikita Wirth so he could keep a close eye on her ... which as far as he was concerned wasn�t too difficult ... the woman was beautiful. However, he knew what he had to do for the triad and he would do what needed to be done to elicit that very information.

�Ah ... Andy ...�

�Yes?�

�I have something I want you to do.�

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