Walking through the different sections of the maze, were Tom and James but they weren't dressed in their uniforms but wore casual clothes, Tom wore a white t-shirt and black jeans with trainers and a black coat. While James wore a hawaiian shirt with a vibrant colorful floral pattern and a tropical print short with a palm tree design
"So not only do you have bad fashion sense, but you also don't know what clothes to wear for an occasion" James said teasing Tom
"What's wrong with black-and-white?" Tom said his face cold and emotionless
"Um..... let's see It screams, hey everybody look at me I'm an officer and what's with the batman attitude?" James asked
" I like to look intimidating and besides I'm not the one who a beach outfit to an underground city with no sun"
"Huh"
James then looked at his clothes and realized that what Tom said was true
"So whose this contact of yours you have so much confidence in?" James asked
"August Sawyer, former member of an elite tech ops unit, we met in the army he owes me a favour"
"Uh....huh"
After walking for a while, they stopped at one of the stalls
"Wait here, August is a...cautious man" Tom said as he walked into the stall, inside the stall they were computer and engine spare parts from all types of machines put on display.
"August ...you here, it's me Tom.. Tom Bradley" Tom said while walking around the stall
"Strange"
Tom then went to the counter behind it was a dark room. As he moved towards the entrance, he heard a clicking sound from behind turning around was a shot gun pointed at him and holding the gun was a middle aged man in rags he had a scar on his left eyes and an unkept beard
"Whoa August, calm down, it's me Bradley" Tom said with his hands in the air
"Sure you are , Tom Bradley, that bastard whose got a job at NYPD and lives a good life on the surface, would come looking for a dirt bag like me looks like you impersonated the wrong guy, mate " August said as he placed his index finger on the trigger
Tom then removed the coat and pulled up his sleeve revealing an eagle tattoo
"Tom is it really...."
Bang!!!
Just before August could complete his sentence, he had been knocked out and standing behind him with a frying pan in his hand, was James.
"You're welcome"
******
Meanwhile in another part of the maze, kealin was currently talking to Alex
"So you think someone framed Max and Lena"
Alex said while stroking his chin
"Yeah and I have to find the victims so they can testify but..."
"But you don't know where the victims are and you don't know where to start looking" Alex added
"Exactly"
Alex then hooked his arm around Kealin's neck and said
"Then you've come to the right place ma boy"
"Really, you know how to find them?" Kealin asked as both hope and excitement built up inside of him
"Yeah, word spreads fast down here, so no matter where the victims are, I'm sure some one would know a thing or two about their whereabouts, c'mon let go make some enquiries" Alex and kealin started walking around with a missing poster of Lucy asking from stall to stall wether anyone had seen her and it looked like the goddess of luck was watching over them as they finally found someone who knew about the missing girls.
"You know...now that I think about it, I have seen her here " the man said
"Really where?" kealin asked
"Now..now you can't get information for free down here" the man said with his hands out and a smile on his face
"We don't know if the info is legit, so take us to where you saw her and then you get your pay " Alex said as he got Infront of Kealin, after hearing Alex words the man's smile immediately turned to a frown as he gestured Alex and Kealin to follow him
******
"Ah, what happened?"
August slowly opened his eyes and rubbed his head. As he got up he noticed two figures standing Infront of him and remembered what happened.
"August are you okay?" Tom asked as he helped August to stand
"Damn you, you come to pay a visit to an old friend and knock him out with a frying pan"
August then leaned on the counter still hold his head
"Sorry about that, a certain idiot decided to go against my orders"
Tom then glared at James causing the blonde to move back a little before apologizing
"So tommy boy it's been a long time hasn't?"
August then got behind the counter and pulled out a bottle of wine.
"Care for a drink?" August asked to which Tom shook his head
"Suit yourself "August then poured the wine into a glass cup and took it in before saying
"Ah....let me guess, NYPD got another case they can't handle alone, and your taking lead on this one"
"Something like that" Tom said
" Three girls went missing 3 days ago, we got a CCTV footage showing one of the girls with her classmates at 9:30 pm in the school, but I doubt their the criminals" Tom explained as he took out his phone and showed August the footage
"So you want me to find the true culprit and prove this two are innocent" August said as he looked at the footage
"Tsk.. bastard, tell Sarah she owes me a date for this one "
August then went to the stalls entrance and flipped the sign from open to close before going behind the counter gesturing for James and Tom to follow him
Meanwhile Alex , kealin and the man had finally reached their destination.