One week later at the Ninth Precinct.

"These new uniforms for us Sergeant and high ranking officers they're not the best." said Mackenzie, "Not adding it's tight around my breasts and ass."

Capt. Asyling replied, "Yeah it's tight for me as well but we have to break them in so they'll be comfortable. Anything else Sergeant Mackenzie Ryan? If you're going to ask, Darick and the SWAESU Team he leads they're over at the outdoor shooting range running live fire exercise drills against paper targets of bad guys."

"No Captain nothing else." said Mackenzie.

Sergeant Mackenzie Ryan then left the precinct to go on patrol on the city elevated freeway due to she's apart of the Empire Police Department Highway Patrol.

***

On the freeway heading West.

A truck flew by and Mackenzie used the computer in the police car to run the license plate and the computer said that it was reported stolen a few days ago and it was mentioned that the owner was pistol whipped.

"9-Edward-03 to dispatch." said Sgt Mackenzie, "Going to attempt a felony traffic stop on the freeway heading west just pass mile marker 18. Send a local unit and a Island Patrol unit to my location."

Sgt Mackenzie turned on the siren and attempted to pull over the truck and when the truck did pull over she had her left hand on the handle of her double action M1914 Little Bird Army Revolver.

The truck took off where Mackenzie got back into her car and gave chase where after a minute the back door of the truck opened up and someone opened fire with a automatic rifle and she radioed it in.

When the chase entered up in the district of Downtown when the van flipped over where three people got out and ran where one fired at Mackenzie but she returned fire killing one and injuring the other.

"9-Edward-03 requesting a supervisor and a few other units to Sunset Boulevard and Cedarhurst Drive." said Sergeant Mackenzie, "Also have the Robbery Department respond as well."

When Mackenzie checked the back of the truck she whistled.

"That's a lot of weapons," said Sgt Mackenzie, "That's enough to start a war on the streets. If they were being sold to the gangs then it would've caused a body count that wouldn't have stop for a long time."

Even though Downtown is under the jurisdiction of the Tenth Precinct that didn't stop Captain Asyling from responding to check on Mackenzie which she was fine even though her car is shot up besides that Mackenzie Ryan is fine.

***

Later that day.

Mackenzie Ryan was still out driving on patrol but she got off the freeway in Riverview and she went and got some fast food for lunch even though she lives off of fast food. She saw a armored car in a parking lot and saw a black SUV came with four masked and armed people.

"9-Edward-03 to dispatch," said Mackenzie, "Got a four 417s and a 211 in progress. Need backup to my location code three."

Mackenzie then drew her revolver and she went close to the robbers but when she told them to surrender but they fired their automatic rifles at her and they took the money and ran but she fired back where she killed one suspect but the other three got back into the 1960s SUV and sped off. She radioed in the license plate and mentioned that the suspects are heavily armed and are extremely dangerous.

Mackenzie stayed with the dead body and secured it and radioed it in as well and followed protocol as well.

***

At the Ninth precint.

"Hey sis? Why would criminals rob a armored car?" asked Mackenzie.

Asyling replied, "Why do you think? They go around and get valuable stuff with a single driver who never leaves until it returns to the garage and two guards one with a shotty, assaultie, carbiny and/or a sub."

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"Shotty, Assaultie, Carbiny and/or sub?" asked Mackenzie.

Asyling replied, "Shotgun, Assault rifle, Carbine and Submachine gun. In 1987 to 1990 a group of people in Massachutes in the United States a group of people robbed and followed armored cars. If I was a criminal I would rob a armored car during a stop when they're getting the cash or valuables about in half an hour they have about twenty-two G's on them. Also during shift call me Captain off shift you can call me Sis or Asyling. During shift it's Captain or Captain Asyling."

***

Mackenzie was walking up the stairs to her apartment but noticed her door was closed but not fully so she drew her handgun and found her and Asyling mother there sitting on her couch. Mackenzie and Asyling and their mother have a very strained relationship.

Mackenzie asked her mother what she wants and her mother told her new boyfriend died while working on house repairs but Mackenzie didn't shed any tears due to her and Asyling's mother always pulled their heartstrings since they were four years old. Mackenzie acted unsympathetic to her mother and called their mother a 'junkie whore' and told her to go to her narcotics due to their mother always favored narcotics over them since the day they were born.

Their mother tried to tug Mackenzie's heartstrings which she didn't allow but finally gave in.

***

At the Ninth Precinct the next day.

Mackenzie knocked on the door of her sister's office and opened the door.

"What do you want Mackenzie?" asked Capt. Asyling who's looking up from a manilla folder.

Mackenzie replied, "Mom came to see me yesterday. She wants my help to investigate her boyfriend's death and she got a insurance check for twenty thousand dollars."

"Tell our 'mother' that if I ever see her again then I'm going to kill her!" said Capt. Asyling, "I keep my .41 Revolver loaded at all times!"

Mackenzie replied, "But she's here. She wants your help with the investigation as well."

"Tell her she has thirty seconds to get out of my precinct or she's going to be hitting the road very painfully." said Capt. Asyling, "Don't want to see her and I got nothing to say to her!"

Mackenzie replied, "But she's our mother."

"Yeah a woman who shouldn't be called a mother!" said Capt. Asyling, "Of all the times we needed her. What did she do? She just used drugs and neglected us! It was dad who always fed us and clothed us and loved us and when dad died it was just me and you while our mother just fell back to her drugs and she just used her drugs and he had to fend for ourselves. Remember when we got part time jobs? When our mother would take our paychecks to fuel her drug addiction? I remember it like yesterday."

Mackenzie tried to get her identical twin sister to open up and to try to help their mother but Asyling stood her ground and refused to help their mother and told Mackenzie that she's ending the conversation and said that no matter what that she's never going to help their mother.

***

At the house in Riverview. Due to Mackenzie being a Highway patrol officer she has jurisdictions over the entire city even though she's stationed out of the ninth precinct.

"Hey thanks for coming on short notice Dave." said Mackenzie.

Captain David 'Dave' Waterson replied, "No problem. You said that you needed my help with an investigation about faulty house repairs and I'm a Independent General Contractor where construction, house repairs and landscaping is my specialty."

The two looked around the condemned house.

"Even though I'm a firefighter but I'm going to say it." said Dave, "This place needs to be burned down."

Dave looked around for a few minutes.

"You don't mix your water piping with electrical wires that's just common knowledge and common sense." said Dave, "My dad taught me that when I was four. Also no sane person would put a circuit breaker right next to a water pipe!"

Mackenzie was about to reply but the walkie talkie that Dave has called him away by calling Truck Company Sixteen to a second alarm fire. Mackenzie looked around for a bit before going back to the Ninth precinct.

***

At the Ninth Precinct.

Mackenzie knocked on Captain Asyling's door.

"What do you want Mackenzie?" asked Capt. Asyling.

Mackenzie replied, "I know you'll hate me... But I'm helping mom out to find out why her boyfriend was killed."

"I bet a month's salary that she's playing your like a fiddle." said Capt. Asyling, "When I helped mom once out of the kindness of my heart and I knew it was a bad thing and that I would regret it... I let mom stay at my apartment once. What did she do? She stole everything out of my penthouse apartment to fuel her drug addiction. Not adding she took all the money out of my bank account. I had to use every penny I had to refurbish my apartment. My heart and gut says that mom is playing you like a fiddle."

Mackenzie replied, "But what if she's trying to turn over a new leaf?"

"I've heard that song and dance before." said Capt. Asyling, "She would say that and still does so people can lower their guard so they can feel sorry for her. If I see her and she suffers a heart attack or O.D's I'm not calling for help. But if you do get played like an fiddle then don't cry for help."

Mackenzie then left to continue to help their other and she radioed to dispatch that she's going to be off the air for awhile. She also left her walkie talkie in the car as well.

When she heard talking from a rundown small warehouse she checked it out which only got her captured instead.

***

A hour and a half later.

After failing to check in three separate times dispatch finally declared Mackenzie Ryan as M.I.A and did radio in her precinct that she gone missing.

When Captain Asyling overheard that Mackenzie is considered missing she radioed dispatch to give her, Mackenzie's last known location and it's at the intersection of Cadence Street and Flurry Street in the district of Eastside. She rounded up every officer including the Special Weapons And Emergency Service Unit mobilized to the location.

They searched every apartment building near the intersection which each apartment building having around two thousand apartments and the apartment buildings they're searching are about twenty-five stories tall. Captain Asyling starts to think they're looking in the wrong place and she decided to check out the worn down abandoned warehouse.

Captain Asyling then found herself having a gun pointed at the back of her head but she was able to fight the guy but the handgun went off while the two were fighting for it. The gunshot alerted Darick and his team who came in and a firefight ensued and the training that Darick puts his team through day in and day out came in helpful as his SWAESU team used the bad guys hideout to their advantage and moved around.

They were able to save Mackenzie but she refused medical treatment for a black eye but she was fine.

"What were you all doing!?" asked Captain Asyling, "And what were you all planning!"

One suspect spat on her which lead Capt. Asyling to punch the suspect right in the face as hard as she could. He said that she committed police brutality only for Asyling to tell him to cry her a river and told him that he hasn't truly felt pain from a twenty-three inch wooden baton.

Captain Asyling then walked over to Mackenzie.

"What the hell were you thinking!" said Captain Asyling, "Why did you leave your walkie talkie behind in your car instead of taking it with you!"

Mackenzie replied, "Why do you care sis? When I needed you more you ran off to join the Navy!"

"Because I love you Mackenzie I love you as a sister." said Capt. Asyling, "I can't lose you on how we lost dad! Dad went the same way while responding to a bank robbery where instead of waiting for backup he went in which got him shot twice by a double barreled sawed off shotgun with buckshot rounds. I don't want to lose you like how we lost dad! When dad died it was just us two!"

Mackenzie now understands why her identical twin sister was being protective now because she as captain dug up the report that was written after their father died and how he did the same of going it and kept his walkie-talkie in the car.