Xing-Fu has the mayor with him, and behind him are seven thugs dressed in combat outfits. One of the thugs has a long knife at the mayor's neck. All of the exits are blocked, and there are no ways in or out. A screen rolls down on the wall behind Xing-Fu, and a person appears on it, but they can barely see who it is.
"Hello, I would like to thank you all for coming," says the person. "My partner, Xing-Fu here, will tell you all what to do."
Xing-Fu steps forward. "So, how should I begin? Oh yeah, how about you all send us all of your government money? But first, let's have you all get into a group. All of the kids in one group on the other side of the room, the diplomats in a group, and then those are not connected to the government money." The guards start to round up all of the kids to one side of the room.
Gudmund quickly pulls out his cell to text 'help' to his teammates, but he can't because the phone signal jams. Gudmund looks back at them and sees one of the guards coming at them. Just as the man is about to grab Astrid, Gudmund grabs the man and puts him in a chokehold. He tosses the man down to the ground and completes an x-kick, knocking the man on the ground. "Stay behind me," he says to his wife, daughter, and the Lang family.
Xing-Fu notices some resistance and automatically knows who it is. "So, Major Thoresen and his family are here. And so are Agent Fischer and his family. The Fischer and Thoresen families are here together." He turns to the thug behind him and orders, "I want Agent Fischer, Major Thoresen, Major Bergfalk, Colonel Ulstein, and Officer Nakano brought up to the center of the room." The man nods and has some of his men get them.
Soon, the five are at the center of the room after they manage to separate the people. They are forced on their knees, and Xing-Fu walks up to them. He smiles.
"Xing-Fu, did Nevel send you here to do this?" Gudmund demands.
Xing-Fu walks over by him. "Yes, it's part of our plan," he answers and turns to walks away. He walks up to the same man from before. "I am here to capture every member of government officials to take all of the money from the governments from each country."
Then, the man stabs Xing-Fu in the stomach, and Xing-Fu coughs up a bit of blood. Everyone looks surprised at what happened. "Change of plans," he says.
Xing-Fu turns his head to the man, "Azar! What are you doing?"
Azar steps away from Xing-Fu as he falls to his knees, looking at him. A man appears on the screen, and it the same person, "Well, good job, Azar. That wants I want from one of my newly handpicked lieutenants. Now, kill him off and go on with our plan."
Xing-Fu looks up at the screen ad wails, "You traitor! You promised me a huge empire for me. Why are you doing this? I helped you find the best hacker to locate Heimdall. We managed to breach Southern California pINPOINt to locate his whereabouts." Xing-Fu coughs up more blood.
"Like I would have done that for you. Now, Azar, finish him off and move on with the real plan." The screen then turns off, and Azar turns to point his gun at Xing-Fu.
"Time for you to die, Xing-Fu, and join your brother in the afterlife," Azar says, and Xing-Fu looks shocked.
"My brother?" he asks, and Azar shoots him right in the forehead, killing him instantly.
Azar walks up to Xing-Fu's body, "Oh yeah, you didn't know that I just killed him yesterday back in China." He pulls out the knife and looks at Gudmund. "Bring me Major Thoresen's daughter, along with the children of Agent Fischer, Judge Misaka, Major Bergfalk, and Colonel Ulstein."
They all look confused and angry about what Azar might have planned. The kids are forced up to Azar, and he grabs Astrid. "Oh, and bring up Major Thoresen's wife as well and put her next to her husband. Same with the other spouses of these three up here." The men do as they were told and kneels them down but bring Gudmund and Aurora closer. Azar brings Astrid closer to her parents and snarls, "Now, Major, I am going to take your daughter and keep her close to me. All of the kids here will be hauled off from the city; then, we'll sell them all. My boss allowed me to pick the one I wanted for free, and I chose your daughter."
Gudmund and Aurora look shocked. "Why? What did I do to you?"
"Well, major, you allowed my younger brother Mahdi to die back in Iran."
"Mahdi?" Gudmund starts to think and realizes who it was. "Lieutenant Mahdi Sherazi was your brother?"
"Yes, Lieutenant Mahdi Sherazi was only twenty-eight years old when he died. You allowed him to lead his platoon into the field that killed him and his platoon. You murdered him by your order so that you will die along with your wife. Then I'll keep your daughter, and I'll go and find your son and keep him too." He tosses Astrid to the floor between her parents, and they put their arms around her. "I'll allow you three to be together for a bit longer. Then it will be goodbye." He walks over to Hakon. "Now, tell me: where is Heimdall?"
"I am not going to tell you where he is, and you'll never find him," Hakon answers, smirking.
"Tell me where he is! Once you found out that Southern California pINPOINt got breached, you knew you had to move Heimdall to a new location. Tell me where he is or," he grabs Johanne by the back of her head. He pulls her in front of her parents and puts her on her knees. He places his bloody knife by her neck, and tears start to fall from her eyes.
"Don't you dare," Hakon snaps at Azar. "Leave my daughter alone."
"I won't kill her if you tell me where Heimdall is," Azar demands. Gudmund looks at Hakon, wondering why they are using Sigmund's old nickname. "Tell me, or I'll cut her head off."
Hakon looks straight into Azar's eyes. "Fine, but not here," he says, and Azar smiles. "Leave my family and everyone here out of this, and I'll tell you what you want to know."
"I have a better idea. To make sure you don't trick me, we'll take your daughter and wife with us." Azar gets up, still holding Johanne. "Kenith and Terrell, grab Hakon and Hanne," he orders two of his men, and they grab the two. "Thad, you make sure that all of the kids here are ready to be shipped out. And make sure all of the diplomats here send all of the government money they got to the account so we can make more money for the boss." The six then leave the room while the goons work on separating their "guests."
Meanwhile, at Ashton's house, he and his wife and son watch a movie on TV. Ashton's cell rings, and he answers it, "This is Lieutenant Watson."
"Ashton, are you watching the news?" asks Maisie on the other line.
Ashton pauses the movie, "No, we are watching a movie right now, but I'll turn it off and put it on the news." Ashton turns off the movie, turns to the news channel, and sees the Los Angeles City Hall. "What? What happened over there?"
"It's a hostage takeover; it started about half an hour ago. I am heading back to headquarters, and I am going to take my family with me."
"Why are you taking your family with you?" Ashton asks, confused. His eyes roam back to the TV, and a photo of Xing-Fu appears. "Ok, I'll take mine with me too, but don't forget some members of our teams are there. Not all of the members of their families are with them. I'll run to Gudmund's house and pick up Ryan from the babysitter. You go and pick up Nozomi's kids, ok?"
"Already on my way to her house," Maisie says, and the two hang up.
Ashton turns to his wife and son, "Quickly go and get your things. We are leaving." The two nods and rush to get what they want to take with them. Ashton hurried to the front door and set the alarm, and then the three rushed out of the door as it sets. They hop into the car and head for Gudmund's house to pick up Ryan and the babysitter.
Thirty minutes later, they arrive at the headquarters, and Ashton rushes to the technical surveillance room. Maisie is already there, leading everyone to get all of the security cameras on the monitors. "Ok, now put the Tom Bradley Room on the monitor. That's the room we need to focus on," she says, and the room appears on the monitor.
"Maisie, did the local police department find any way to save them?" Ashton asks as he walks up to her.
"No, both the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department are doing their bests."
"How did they find out about the hostage takeover?"
"They got a call just a minute after the hostage started. The call came from a burner phone about two blocks from the building."
Ashton starts to think. "Did the phone get located?"
"No, the caller didn't say where he or she was calling from. Then, we couldn't find a signal or anything. Should we send someone to look around over there?"
"Yes. Send Elena and Chelsea with a small team to search the area. Have Butch and a small team of medical examiners set up a tent near city hall in case we manage to get some people out or if we end up having somebody. Also, there is already a body," he says, pointing to a body on the monitor. "Zoom in on that person."
Maisie zooms in on the body, and they see who it is. "Xing-Fu looks like he got killed. I'll see if I can see what happened before he died," She says as she tries to put the recorded parts on a different monitor in the room.
Back with Hakon, they enter another room. They tie Hanne and Johanne to a chair and have Hakon in another chair away from them. "Now, where is Heimdall?" Azar demands.
Hakon looks Azar in the face and spits. Azar wipes the spit off and smacks Hakon with the butt of the gun in his hand. Hakon laughs, "I'll never tell you. Heimdall isn't going to be found at all."
Azar grabs Hakon by his hair and pulls his head back. He uses his other hand and puts the bloody knife by his neck. "When our hacker managed to hack the pINPOINt database, he managed to find the link to Heimdall in the Interpol database. Now tell me, or you can say goodbye to your wife and daughter."
Hakon looks over at his wife and daughter, then back to Azar. He doesn't want to lose his family, but he doesn't want to give up any Heimdall information, either. "Look, if you don't harm my family, I may tell you."
"You think you can trick me," Azar says. His radio beeps, and he answers it, "Yes." He listens to it and looks at Hanne, then back to Hakon. "Thanks," he turns off the radio. He walks to Hanne and demands the same thing, "Ok, tell me where Heimdall is?"
Hanne looks surprised. "What makes you think I know?"
"I got word that you also know where Heimdall is," he says and walks back to Hakon. "How about I start with," he then stabs the bloody knife into Hakon's right leg. Hakon screams out in pain.
"Papa," Johanne calls out.
"Hakon," Hanne calls out.
Azar cuts the rope holding Hakon to the chair. He lifts him and slashes Hakon across the chest. Hakon stumbles back and looks at Azar. Azar charges at him. Hakon bends down and uses his shoulder to hit Azar and flip him over his back. As Azar flies over Hakon, he slashes Hakon in the back. Azar then lands on the floor on his back; he flips onto his feet and turns to Hakon. Hakon turns to Azar, ready to fight, "I have dealt with much more pain than this before," Hakon says. The two charge at each other again and continue to fight.
In the Tom Bradley Room, Gudmund manages to think of a plan to get out of this situation. Along with Derek and his family, he and his family are placed in one part of the room. He shuffles over to Derek, Nozomi, Irene, and Knut and starts to tell them his plan. He turns to his dad. "Dad, I want you to act like you have a heart attack."
"What? I could never get a heart attack; I'm a Thoresen and a former Commodore of the Norwegian Royal Navy."
Both Gudmund and Irene put their heads down in shame. They look back at him.
"Fine, dad," Irene looks at Haruki, "Haruki, can you?"
"Sure, I was in the theater when I was in college to make money," Haruki says.
Soon, one of the thugs nearby hears yelling and turns to see Haruki on the ground, grabbing his chest. "Help, my husband, is having a heart attack," Aina calls out. "Please help my husband, please!"
One of the thugs walks over to Haruki to check on him, then Knut tackles the thug down, pulls out his gun, and tosses it to Gudmund. Gudmund sees one of the other thugs ready to shoot at him. Gudmund shoots at the thug, and the others started to pull out their guns. "Ok, now we are going down," Gudmund says.
"Not really," Knut pulls out his own gun, a Beretta 8000 9x19mm, "Never leave home without this." Then Derek, Nozomi, and Irene grab theirs as well, and the five ready to protect everyone.
Hakon's cell rings, and he sees who it is. Azar stares, confused. "How did you get a cell signal?"
Back at pINPOINt Headquarters, "Yes," Maisie cheers, "I managed to connect to the cell signals for the building."
"Great job, be sure to—" Before Ashton could finish, the screen blackens, and the building power goes out. "What the hell?" Then, only the screens turn on, and an image of a bomb appears, ready to blow. "Why do we see this?"
Maisie tries and gets the computer to work. "I can't get back on. We've been hacked. And—" before she could finish, a small cartoon person with a real person's head photoshopped on the cartoon body walks on the screen.
"Nevel," Ashton growls, "That son of a bitch." His cell starts to ring, and he looks at the caller ID. It's Director Jay Griffin, "Director, does the other pINPOINt in California have an image of a bomb on the screens?"
"Yes, did it appear on yours?" Director Griffin asks.
"Yes. We are trying to find out what is going on," Ashton says.
"It is happening at all of the pINPOINt Headquarter locations in the United States. Who is this guy dancing next to the bomb?"
"Nevel Gustafsson. He is behind this, and he is behind the attack on the City Hall here in Los Angeles," Ashton answers. "That rat bastard is doing this, and he is calling an all-out attack."
"Nevel Gustafsson? Is he related to Nils Gustafsson, the person who killed your younger sister?"
"Yes, he is the son of Nils, but Nils didn't kill my sister. It was Nevel, and we believe he killed my late brother-in-law as well. Nevel killed his father and his uncle."
"Ashton," Maisie says, worried, and Ashton looks at her. "I think we might have a bomb in the building, a big bomb."
Maisie points to the screen, and Ashton looks as there is a countdown. "Holy… Director, you might want to get out of your building. All of the pINPOINt might have some kind of a bomb right now," Ashton says before he hangs up.
At the Tom Bradley Room, Gudmund takes down one more thug. "Dad," calls out Astrid as one of the thugs grabs her.
"Astrid," Gudmund calls out and runs for her but is blocked by another thug.
Astrid tries to get away from the man, and then the man got kicked away. The person that uses a roundhouse kick was Kevin, and he walks over to her, "Are you ok, Astrid?" he asks, and Astrid nods as he grabs her hand.
"Y-y-yes," she answers as she looks him in the eyes.
Gudmund knocks down the man, and he sees how Kevin saved his daughter. "That was a good roundhouse kick," he mutters to himself.
Soon, all of the thugs are taken down and tied up, and Gudmund walks over to Kevin and his parents. "Thank you for your team's good work," says Consul Edvin Lang.
"Sure, it's no problem," Gudmund says, and he looks at Kevin. "You did good work on using that roundhouse kick."
"Thank you, sir. I've been studying martial arts since I was eight. I plan on joining the army after high school."
Gudmund smiles, "We'll hope you do, and if you want to talk to my daughter, you may. You may hang out with her, but only at my house when my wife or I am home." Kevin nods, and the two shake hands.
"Gudmund, we better go and back up Hakon," Knut says, and Gudmund nods. The two rush off to find Hakon and his family.
Hakon manages to tackle Azar and quickly calls the number back. The person picks up on the other line, "Ting får virkelig er det tid for deg å komme ut. Vi fikk en stor kamp på våre hender. du trenger å komme ut av skjul." Hakon says quickly in Norwegian, and he hangs up. He gets up and gets kicked by Azar. Hakon stumbles back, and Azar gets up to his feet.
"That was Heimdall, wasn't it?" Azar asks, and Hakon doesn't say anything. Azar smiles. "Good, I guess he is coming." He grabs his radio. "Everyone, deport the mission; we got what we really needed." He turns to his two goons, "Grab the two ladies; we are going to take them with us. I'll kill him. With Hakon dead, he'll come and find us to save Hanne and Johanne."
The two try to grab both Hanne and Johanne and get them out of the chairs. Then, the two goons get shot in the shoulder. They look and see Knut and Gudmund at the door.
"Back away from our cousins," Gudmund orders them. The two goons pull out their guns, and right away, Knut and Gudmund shoot them both and kill them. Gudmund and Knut went to Hakon's side and faces Azar. "Azar, you are under arrest."
Azar smirks, "Good luck." He pulls out a small ball and throws it to the ground. As it hits the ground, a huge blast of smoke fills the room, and he runs out.
"He's getting away," Gudmund says. "Knut, stay here with Hakon, Hanne, and Johanne. I'll go after him," Gudmund chases after him.
Azar ran down the hall and got stopped by Irene, "Ok, that is as far as you go, buddy," Irene says, holding out her gun. Azar runs down the other hall, Gudmund catches up, and the two chase after Azar.
Azar manages to get out of the building to the parking garage, and so do the other two. Gudmund and Irene see Azar get into a car, and they see Klaus with him. "Klaus!" the two exclaim, and the car drives off.
They rush to Gudmund's car, and the two drive off after them. Azar's car got onto CA-110 North, and Gudmund follows. Soon, they reach I-5 North, heading for Los Feliz Blvd.
Gudmund's cell rings, and he answers it, "This is Major Thoresen," he answers.
"Gudmund, there are bombs planted at all of the pINPOINt Headquarters in the United States," says Ashton on the other line. "I am already getting everyone out of here. Also, I got a call that some FBI Headquarters, the UN, and the main headquarter of Interpol are targets. It's all Nevel's doing. He is doing some kind of striking."
"Irene and I are chasing after Azar and Klaus right now. I'll tell you who Azar is later. I wouldn't be surprised if they are meeting up with Nevel right now."
"By the way, we found out that Xing-Fu is dead. Who killed him?"
"It was Azar on Nevel's orders. I bet Klaus might be next, and I am sure he doesn't know yet."
"Ok, try and stop them. I'll finish up here," Ashton says and hangs up. He sees his family with Ryan as they run up to him, "You three get out of here. Stay with Maisie's husband and their kids."
"Come with us, dad," Morton says.
"I will meet up with you guys later; I need to make sure everyone is out. Now go," he says and gives them kisses. The three head for the exit and Ashton checks out the building. He runs to each office to see if anyone is left. Then, he rushes to his office to grab something from his desk. Just as he enters his office, the door slams shut, and he tries to open it. "What the hell?"
His computer monitor turns on. "Lieutenant Ashton Watson, seems you are stuck," says the person on his monitor.
Ashton went by his desk and saw the person responsible. "Nevel," he growls as Nevel smiles at him.
"I want to see you die in your office. I have cameras hidden all over it. I have been watching you since I killed my father and uncle. I had some remodeling done on your office. Today, you'll die, and I'll be very, very happy," Nevel laughs. "Dying at age thirty-nine. I guess it's your time."
"I'll get out of here, and when I do, I'll catch you and lock you away myself. I'll throw you into your very own prison with an iron door and no window."
Nevel laughs, "Too bad you can't get out. Be ready to die very soon, my friend. I killed your little sister and her husband two years before I killed her. Now, I'll kill you; then I'll kill your older sister and her husband. Then after that, I'll kill all four of your nephews and nieces as well. Finally, I'll kill your wife and son as well. Those two, I'll capture later, keep them for a bit, and then kill them. I have killed many people before, and no one noticed it. Some of the murders that people believed my father did, it was all me. Next, I'll kill everyone else on your team."
Ashton looks at the photos on his desk; one of them is his wife and son. Next to it is Sigmund, back when Ashton first started to work with him. "Do your worst, Nevel, because my team will catch you, no matter what."
"No one will ever find me because I don't live in this country anymore. I live somewhere else now," he says, smiling. "Goodbye, Lieutenant Ashton Watson. Have fun in the next life."
"If I end up dead, I'll see them again one day in Valhalla, and I'll feast with Odin as well."
Nevel cackles, "Then have fun on that Viking land."
Ashton tries to get out of the office. The monitor turns off, and Ashton doesn't care.
Ashton grabs his chair and tries to smash the window, but it won't break. Nothing works. He thought of something and rushed to the vent. He moves the love seat to under the vent and starts to try and open it. He looks at the monitor and sees the time is getting shorter. He only has five minutes left.
Gudmund and Irene manage to catch up to Azar and Klaus. They arrive at the Griffith Observatory and see a helicopter nearby. The copter starts to get ready to take off as Klaus and Azar get out of the car.
Gudmund and Irene get out of the car and start to run after them. Azar gets into the copter, and it starts to lift off of the ground. Klaus reaches the copter, and Nevel steps up and stands before Klaus on the copter. "Nevel, help me in," Klaus says, and Nevel starts to laugh and pulls out his gun.
"Aren't you wondering why Xing-Fu isn't here with us?" Nevel asks, twisting his features into a creepy smile.
Gudmund and Irene stop and ready their guns. "Klaus, Nevel, surrender right now," Gudmund calls out.
Klaus looks at the two and then back at Nevel. "Why are you delaying me getting on?" He then realizes something. "Xing-Fu died, didn't he?" Nevel nods, and Klaus turns to Gudmund and Irene.
"Klaus, Nevel ordered the hit on Xing-Fu; he had Azar kill him," Irene says.
"Nevel is going to kill you as well; he was just using you and Xing-Fu for his plan. You cannot trust him at all," Gudmund says.
Klaus turns and pulls out his gun, ready to shoot Nevel, but Nevel shoots him first, right in the head, and Klaus falls to the ground. The copter lifts and takes off toward the ocean.
Gudmund and Irene rush to Klaus, but he is dead. "Nevel is a monster," Irene says, and Gudmund agrees.
Then, they hear a huge explosion and see a huge blast coming from Long Beach. Gudmund starts to call Ashton, but no one answers, so he tries to call Maisie. Thankfully, Maisie answers. "Maisie, what happened?"
"Headquarters has exploded, and Ashton never came out," she answers.
"Try and get a lot of people to help and find him, ok?" Gudmund hangs up and looks at Irene, and her cell rings as well.
"Hello, this is Major Bergfalk," she answers.
"It's Gabe. Headquarters here in San Francisco has just blown up. We are going to try and see if anyone has been hurt or killed."
"Same thing here in Los Angeles. I think others might have been blasted too," she says. "Try and see what you can do, ok?"
Gudmund's cell rings, and he sees that it is Knut. "Hey Knut, how is everyone doing?"
"Ok, but I have some bad news; some of the FBI headquarters got destroyed. So did some of Interpol as well. Nevel is bringing his A-game."
"Alright, I'll call you back soon, ok? Right now, please send a bus to us at Griffith Observatory. Nevel killed Klaus, and he got away with Azar."
"Got it," Knut says, and the two hang up.
Gudmund and Irene walk to the ledge and see the city before them. Lots are happening, and Nevel has now started a war with the country, FBI, pINPOINt, and Interpol.
Then, both of their cells ring, and they see an unknown number. They answer their cells to hear, "Hello little brother, baby sister. I am coming home."
Both Gudmund and Irene look at each other, shocked. "Sigmund!"