Capture the Three

The plane landed smoothly and one by one the stiff passengers walked down the stairs towards the airport except for one man. This man could be said to look like a baboon in a bad Dick Tracy get up. Anyhow, he walked down the stairs quickly to meet up with a man with a white mustache in a blue suit at the bottom. The only thing special about this man was the fact that his mop top toupee was only fit to be a bird’s nest. The man spotted our lovely inspector and waved enthusiastically to grab his attention.

“Ah Inspector Zenigata we have been expecting you! I’m Detective Grand,” The man exclaimed as he thrust his hand out to the approaching inspector, “Welcome to Washington D.C!”

“Let’s skip the pleasantries and wooahh,” At that moment the inspector miscalculated the number of stepshe had taken and tumbled down the remaining ones onto the hot asphalt floor, “Yow! Hot hot hot!”

“Sir, are you alright?” An officer quickly bent down to help the poor Zenigata up.

Zenigata grabbed the young man’s hand and with his help pulled himself up, “Thanks sonny.” He whipped around to face the detective, “So you say Lupin is probably in D.C. at the moment?”

“Let’s head to the car first. You never know who is listening, this is Washington D.C. after all,” Detective Grand and another officer lead the famous inspector out of the airport and towards the parking lot, “It’s an honor to meet one with such extensive knowledge on Lupin the 3rd.”

“Well…” Zenigata sheepishly scratched the back of neck, “It’s not really something to be proud of…The escapes and all.”

“Nonsense! We’re very lucky that Interpol sent you to us!” Grand exclaimed as he opened the passenger side of the police care for him, “In this field it shows a man of dedication! That’s something that is rarely seen nowadays.”

“Thank you for the compliments but I do believe we should discuss about Lupin now,” Zenigata said as he slid into the leather seat and looked over at the detective expectantly.

“Always focused about work I see. All right then,” Grand waited until the other officer climbed into the back seat and then started the engine, “show him the letter we received Henry.”

“Yes sir,” Officer Henry dug into his pants pocket and produced a slight crumpled yet neatly folded piece of paper to Zenigata who in turn took it and read it carefully. The note read…

Hey guys,

I just wanted to let you know that at noon tomorrow I will be taking that lovely jewel you call the Heart of Eternity. I might come back one day for the Hope Diamond, but hey who knows.

Yours truly,
Lupin the 3rd.

P.S. Hi Pops!

“Lupin!” Zenigata suddenly crumpled the letter and ate it much to the surprise of the young officer and Detective Grand, “And you’re sure it is him?”

“Uh we dusted the original for fingerprints…” Grand trailed off as he watched Zenigata chew the note.

“Inspector…are you feeling okay?” Henry questioned, “Your face is really red.”

“I’m fine!” The inspector nearly shouted and then turned to the detective, “When did you receive the letter?”

Detective Grand took a moment to answer so he could concentrate on the road after being distracted by the eccentric inspector, “This morning at eight. We already took the liberties by setting up heavy security in the mineral and gem exhibit, outside and inside the museum itself.”

“Hmm, that might not be enough. If I can claim to know anything its Lupin and I tell ya that he’s a master of disguise,” Zenigata said thoughtfully the slammed his fisted againt the dashboard, “Double…no triple security!”

“But sir!” Henry exclaimed, “We don’t…”

“Do it!” Zenigata shouted impatiently at Henry.

“Y yes sir!” Henry dug out his cell phone and placed a call to the station.

“We checked every guard and worker in the perimeter. No one is allowed on the premise without my permission,” Grand boasted as they drove up to the museum gate, “This place is locked down so hard that even a mouse couldn’t get it.”

“Lupin is a roach…He’ll find a way and when he does I’ll be in the room to apprehend him!” Zenigata threw back his head and laughed and rubbed his hands manically, “Time for a clever disguise!”

“That’s the Inspector Zenigata I heard so much about! Let’s get him!” Grand raised his index finger into the air.

Henry stared at the laughing inspector and his superior who was just grinning like an idiot and thought, “Why the hell did I become an officer again? Why didn’t I go to medical school like mother wanted? Damn that COPS show, damn it to hell.”

…………………………………………………………………………………...

Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon were a few blocks from the Smithsonian Museum putting the final touches of their plan together. It was nearly perfect; they had successfully stolen the vehicles and put together the disguises that were needed that day. Even Goemon had to agree that the stars were working in their favor today.

“Nothing could go wrong…” Jigen smiled to himself, “This day couldn’t be…”

“Oh my God! I love your car!” The pretty redhead green eyed jogger in short shorts and pink sports bra squealed as she approached Lupin with a slight bounce in her step. Her eyes lingered on the car taking in ever detail while Lupin’s own eyes lingered on the jogger’s decent sized breasts that also bounced with every step. A trickle of drool could be seen seeping from the right side of his face.

“Spoke too soon…” Jigen rolled his eyes in annoyance and elbowed Goemon’s side slightly, “Wake me up when she’s gone.”

“Oh?” Lupin smiled warmly at her and gestured to the car, “Are you a connoisseur of old cars?”

The girl nodded enthusiastically her ponytail bobbing, “My father collects old cars like Model T’s and old school Cadillacs. Does this still have the original engine?”

Lupin slinked over to the girl like a jungle cat ready to pounce on his prey, “Of course.” He slipped his arm around the petite girl’s waist and grinned at his achievement when the girl didn’t slap him, “Would you like to see it?”

“Eee! Yes please,” Her face lit up so brightly that it would’ve put a Christmas tree to shame.

Lupin lead her to the front of the car deliberately slowing his steps so he could get a nice look at her assets. “Allow me,” He said as he popped opened the hood.

“We don’t have time for this,” Jigen grumbled.

Goemon sniffed the air, "Cloves?" He thought, "I knew should've ate lunch."

Lupin took his eyes off the girl for a second to leave her to inspect the engine and turned to his partners, “Eh we still have a half an hour. Don’t worry so much. Even Goemon said the stars were with us today.”

The girl backed away from the car and bowed respectively, “Oh thank you. I’ll have something nice to talk about with my father when I call him tonight.”

“No problem!” Lupin said happily, “So…could I get your number…?”

“Yumi and well…normally I don’t give my number to strangers, but since you were so nice to me I don’t see why not! Got pen and paper?”

Lupin jogged to the passenger side of the car and then tossed Yumi a notepad and a pencil. She quickly jotted down the number and handed back to Lupin.

“I’ll try to call you tonight,” He winked.

“Can we concentrate at the task at hand for once?” Goemon mumbled, but Lupin pretended not to hear him.

“Okay…well I should get going. These thighs aren’t going to slim themselves. Bye!” Yumi jogged away with Lupin’s eyes following her behind.

“Hmm definitely have to have dinner with that sometime…”

“Aren’t you forgetting Fujiko?” Jigen inquired, “You know…your lover?”

“Meh, a sample never hurt anyone.” Lupin shrugged and went back to planning with his friends.

Goemon shook his head disapprovingly and went back to study the museum blueprints. Meanwhile, above a hawk soared, screeching, and searching for prey. Goemon looked up momentarily and noticed that the hawks head was glinting in the sun.

“My eyes must be playing tricks in the sun,” Goemon blinked his eyes a few times and when back to studying the blueprints.

The hawk circled the sky and few more times and landed nearby on the arm of a masked individual. The man stroked the head of the hawk a few times and fed it a chuck of meat before detaching the small camcorder on its head.

“Good job Skye,” Kaito said approvingly to the small falcon, “Now let’s see what they’re up to.”

Kaito reviewed the footage on the camcorder and smiled to himself, “Looks like they’re ready to go with their plan soon…I guess we should be ready too neh Kuro?”

The black and white Siberian Husky paused for a moment to sniff the air. He started to snarl viciously at some bushes. Kaito lifted his arm up to indicate to Skye to take off again and unsheathed his kodachis.

“Kuro heel,” The brave beast looked expectantly at his master, but remained at his place as Kaito walked in front of him.

“Come out!” Kaito said in a low threatening voice.

A rain of bullets was shot from the bushes and almost without a second thought Kaito swept his swords in extensive arcs to deflect them.

“If you wanted to test me Ms. Itou you could’ve asked back at the hotel,” Kaito growled after the bullets stopped, “I could’ve ‘accidentally’ killed you with one of those deflections.”

“Hmph, I guess you ‘could’ take on Goemon if you can do that,” The blonde stepped out of the bushes and placed her pistol back in the garter on her thigh.

She cutely pouted, “I only wanted to make sure you two were doing your job that’s all.”

“If he’s this skilled perhaps I can use him in the future…Just have to wrap him around my little finger,” Ms. Itou thought to herself cleverly.

She slinked seductively over to Kaito, “And since you are diligent I thought a nice reward was in order.”

Kaito backed away from Ms. Itou before she could come in arms length on him, “You’ll get your hands on that jewel. Now just leave me to work before I become even more annoyed…”

Ms. Itou huffed, “Fine.”

“I’m not some common dog that would drool over you as if you were a bitch in heat,” Kaito said as he walked off, “I’m not like Lupin.”

“Huh?” Ms. Itou raised her head and looked for Kaito so she could retort, but he was gone, “Some men…” She shook her head and laughed, “That one must be gay. Oh well his loss.”