TOYLB: Growing Pains - Season 6-1

[the address led them to the Heart District, n it definitely looked like one of those reli expensive restaurants, the kind u hv to book in advance]

Dieter: [looked at it n whistled] Reminds me of ze time ve had to go dumpster diving at plcs like zis, eh, Thrax mein bruder?

Thrax; Waste of good food

Ozzy: /U guys dumpster dived?/

Thrax; Ya think we had a choice baby/

Ozzy: /I knw u didnt, just a little surprised u did. Right, lets go in n ask some questions/

8everyone got out8

[the gang made their way to the restaurant where they were stopped by the receptionist]

Receptionist: [in a thick French accent] Do u hv a reservation, monsieur?

Thrax; 8showed his badge8 Police business

Receptionist: [called the intercomm for the manager, then turns to them] Pls wait at ze lounge room

Rouge; 8sat on a chair8

Ozzy; [grabbed a magazine to read while he waited]

Dieter: [leaned bk on a couch]

Thrax; 8leaned against the wall8

[soon the manager showed up]

Manager: I hear tht u gentlemen r here on police business. How may I help u?

Thrax; We are looking for a group that came here two weeks ago someone by the name Burke

Manager: Hmm, I might remember someone booking under that name

Ozzy: [telepathically] /Ask him if he has security footage of them/

Thrax; We would need security footage of that night

Manager: Of course, pls come with me

Ozzy: [followed him first]

Dieter: [followed behind him]

8Thrax n Rouge brought up the rear8

[the gang was soon led to the security room, where there were a dozen TV screens being monitored by 3 security guards]

Manager: Our high class restaurant takes pride in security, just in case the customers accidentally lose something or left something behind, or unsavory ppl come in to secretly loot our customers, but mainly is so we can keep watch of our staff. U can nvr be too careful with staff that has sticky fingers

Ozzy: [nodded in understanding]

Dieter: [noticed they even hv security footage on the back where the dumpsters are n rolled his eyes, thinking to himself] {Good luck to anyone trying to dumpster dive there}

Thrax; 8cocked a brow at this8

Manager: [tells the guard to bring up footage of two weeks ago]

8the guard nodded and searched through the tapes8

[once the footage was up, the gang looked thru the business of the day]

Ozzy: [with his trained cop eyes, scanned thru the footages n soon one screen tht had the table where Loki's mom n uncle sat n pointed at it]

Thrax; Stop right there

Manager: [paused the video]

Ozzy: [tapped the screen on the monitor where the table is, hinting the guard to zoom in on tht]
8the guard zoomed in on the scene8

[the footage showed Loki's mum n uncle talking to two cells, one muscle cell tht looked mature n serious, almost like an agent of the law, n a younger white blood cell tht had a rather charming sophisticated look with a hint of boyish mischief, then Loki's mum gestured to someone offscreen n a few moments later, Loki came into view, n he nodded in acknowledgement at the white blood cell, who in turn took his hand to kiss on the back of the hand]

Rouge; 8growled8

Ozzy: [telepathically] /Tell him we need a printout of tht close up/

Thrax; We'll need a printout of this close-up

Manager: [nodded] Understood [pressed some buttons on the keyboard n a print out was made] Here u go [handed it to Thrax]

Thrax; Thank you 8took it8

Ozzy: [leaned up to look at the pic] /These two must be how they look like now. Definitely had work done on them again/

Thrax; Let's hope no new work has been done

Dieter: [was looking at the screen to memorize the men's faces, then was fast-forwarding the video to see if they show up anytime in the future n suddenly caught sight of a footage tht was 5 days ago n gasped]

Thrax; Di?

Dieter: [pointed at the screen at a table tht was abt 5 seats away frm where Loki's mum n uncle were n saw tht it was the so-called Vihto with Salvador in tow, meeting up with a couple tht were viruses (one HIV n one SARS) n she seemed to be introducing him to them, the couple looking like they were reli happy n was trying to speak kindly to him, in which he doesnt respond n looks dwnwards, n avoids their touches]

Thrax; Sal 8glares the manager8

Manager: Wat? Wat r u looking at me like tht for?

Thrax; None of you intervened

Manager: We didnt knw wat's going on there. I had no idea. I wasnt evn informed of this. U'll hv to ask my waiter in duty on tht day for tht

Dieter: Gimme a copy print of zat footage now

8the guard made a copy8

Dieter: [takes the print out n growled at it]

Ozzy: [telepathically] /Ask him if tht waiter on duty tht day is here today/

Thrax; The waiter was on duty that day, is he here today?

Manager: She, n yes, she's here today, tho she's on bar duty today

Thrax; Show us

Manager: [nodded, told the guards to resume their posts n led them to the end of the restaurant where the bar is]

Ozzy: [sees a female germ cleaning the glasses at the bar, just like a classic bartender]

Thrax; 8cleared his throat8

Germ: Oh hey, wat can I get u, sirs?

Manager: Emma, these men r with the police, they need to ask u some questions

Germ: Oh, OK, ask away

Thrax; 8started with what they needed8

Dieter: [showed her the print out of Vihto n Salvadore]

Germ: Oh tht, yeah, I was on duty tht day. Served tht cute young boy a nice sundae. Tht lady said she was frm an adoption agency n she got the perfect child for them. Poor virus couple been trying for yrs before the wife was certified as infertile by her doctors. They decided to apply for adoption n the lady got her tht sweet little boy. Poor boy has been traumatized, couldnt speak properly or function normally, didnt like being touched either, said it was bcoz he grew up in a abusive home, parents often beat him n starve him for days if he misbehaved...

Dieter: [slammed the bar table until it cracked] HY HAVE NVR LAID A FINGER ON MEIN SOHN!!

[his outburst prompted all eyes on him]

Thrax; Way to believe the lies miss and Di keep it together

Dieter: [was pretty fuming, bt Ozzy held him bk]

Germ: [looked a little bewildered wen she jumped n jerked bk at his outburst, then took a breath] I'm not believing anything. I'm just hearing wat they were saying while I was serving them, tht's all. Dont kill the messenger

Thrax; Do you have any ideas who this couple is?

Germ: No, its the first I've seen them, bt I do remember they reserved this plc under the names Mr n Mrs Andellsohn. Seemed like a lovely couple

Dieter: [stormed off again, just like he did at the social service office]

Ozzy: [telepathically] /U wrap it up, as for contact details frm their reservation or whatnot. I'll go aftr him/ [chased aftr Dieter]

Manager: [got him the reservation records n showed him the couple's name n phone number n their credit card info on the bill they paid]

Thrax; 8took down all he could and thanked him before leaving with the others8

Dieter: [was outside the restaurant fuming n pacing, bt at least he wasn't destroying property again]

Ozzy: /Got wat we need, babe?/

Thrax; Yes and we better move quick

Ozzy: [nodded] /Wat hv u got? Where should we go to nxt?/

Thrax; 8gave him the details8

Ozzy: /Hmm.../ [whipped out his phone] /If its phone number n credit card details, I knw just the person to hack it for me/ [texted Hecro's phone]

[Hecro's phone buzzed, n it was left on the living room table while Hecro n Hecra were nursing their baby girls Aria and Adagio in the nursery]

Maximus; 8picked up the phone8

[phone showed a text msg from Ozzy to Hecro]

Maximus; Will either of you be able to look up some information/

Hecro: Wat sort of information?

Hecra: N who is it on the phone?

Maximus; 8explained to them8

Hecro: [takes the phone from him n looked at the info] I think I can deal with that. Help me get my bigger phone, the one I use for my info broker business, pls

Maximus; 8brought it over along with a notepad8

Hecro: Thanks [takes the phone n with one hand still holding Adagio, speed-type with one hand on his phone to get the information, then writes it dwn on the notepad] Here, tht should do it. Text Oz bk this address

Hecra: Must be some big case they're handling to ask for ur hacking skills

Hecro: Its the Gangland Family. I've been trying to get into their radar myself for mths too without success. They evade scrutiny fast, n nvr leaves an online or a paper trail

Maximus; Sounds like a serious big case 8texted Oz the address8

Hecro: If it involves cell trafficking, it definitely is a big case, which is wat the Gangland Family is known for

Hecra: Uh-oh, I hope they knw wat they're getting into. These type of ppl mean business

Maximus; Ozzy mightn't, Thrax does he's seen it all

Hecro: Let's hope he can be there for Oz wen it counts

Ozzy: [got the text, then gave a thank u reply] /Guys, I got the text. Lets jet/

Dieter: [made his way quickly into the car ahead of evryone else]

8Thrax n Rouge got in8

Ozzy: [got in last n drove off, following the address tht Hecro has given him]

Thrax; 8massaged his forehead trying to stop the headache he was getting8

Ozzy: [noticed n placed a hand on his] /U OK, babe?/

Thrax; /Yeah baby/

 Ozzy: /Need something for ur head? U seemed to keep massaging it/

Thrax; 8gave him 'I fine' smirk8

Ozzy: [smiled bk at him, patted his hand before resuming his drive]