Amber and Nathan entered the door of the Rusty Spoke, a dive of a bar out the outskirts of town. Amber scanned the room as she entered; knowing that Nathan was doing the same.
The 22-year-old caught the attention of several men as she entered. She was a pretty girl, with shoulder length brown hair, blue eyes and a very pretty face. Her 32C, 26, 34 body was quite noticeable in her tight fitting brown denim pants, with just a hint of camel toe showing between her legs, and tight long sleeved brown shirt that showed every curve of her firm breast.
Nathan Williams walked by her side. He was a tall 24-year-old, standing two inches over six feet. He was a muscular man with handsome features and short brown hair.
The two of them made an attractive couple. And that was the deception they were trying for. Nathan was engaged to a pretty young college girl named Amy. While he was playing the part of Amber's date, the two were actually police officers in their second year of duty.
Amber noticed Richard Wells sitting against the back wall with two other men. Wells was a 40-year-old undercover officer. He was six feet tall with short brown hair and a full beard. His brown eyes were fixed in a permanent squint and he was slightly overweight.
Amber disliked Richard Wells. He had once been her father's partner. But something had happened a few years earlier and her father never had a good thing to say about him afterwards. She didn't trust him and despised the way his eyes would linger on her body when they were in a room together.
Amber knew the case that Wells was working on. And she had picked up a few rumors that he was playing dirty. She had spoken to her superiors, who told her quite frankly to stop meddling. But Amber was convinced that Wells was hiding something.
She talked Nathan into helping her gather some information. And that information led her to believe that something was going down tonight at the Rusty Spoke. So the two of them decided to pay the place a visit while off duty to see if they could catch Richard Wells in the act.
Wells saw Amber and Nathan the moment they walked in the door. But his observation went unnoticed. He was sitting at a table with two drug dealers that he had been working undercover with for several weeks.
The first man was Roger Carter. A 38-year-old heavy set convicted felon who was as Richard's height, with long brown hair and a worn face.
Beside Roger was Charlie Hart. A half-Asian 5'8" thin man with long straight black hair and mustache. Charlie was drunk or stoned when the two had arrived, and was already on his fourth beer since sitting down.
Richard had expected Amber's arrival. He had friends who had told him that the pretty young officer had been asking around about him. He wasn't worried at first, but soon realized that she was getting a little too close to his current case. And now she had managed to get herself officially involved in the case as well. Richard had two fears about that. One, that she could easily blow his cover.
And the other, that she just might figure out what he was doing.
Richard had been dirty for years. He skimmed drugs during busts. Stole cash from dealers. And had done quite a few other things, including taking bribes to help protect others.
Roger Carter and Charlie Hart were working for someone from out of state. And they had been moving into the territory of someone that was paying Richard for protection. So Richard was looking for a way to get enough evidence to bust the two men, and perhaps rip them off at the same time. He was very close, and had just learned where their stash might be hidden. But he needed just a little more information.
Roger and Charlie weren't convinced that Richard was someone they could trust. So he still had to be careful. And with Amber snooping around that could cause trouble.
But Richard had come up with a plan. He knew that the bartender, Billy Nelson, would let these two use the back room. Billy had allowed quite a number of illegal activities to occur back there. And he thought that this might be just the place to solve his problems and have a little fun at the same time.
Richard looked over to the bar. He saw Cole sitting there nursing a beer while talking to Billy Nelson.
The two men looked quite different from each other. Cole was short, thin with homely features and short light brown hair and a thin mustache. While Billy was taller, fat, bald and covered with tattoos.
Richard had used Cole several times in the past. The small time hood had never been caught, partially thanks to Richard's intervention, and therefore had no record or prints on file. He was hoping to go straight and Richard assured him that if all went well tonight he could cash in all his debts to the undercover cop and earn a nice profit as well.
Cole also had an uncanny ability to get involved in activities that normally shouldn't be any of his business. So Richard had used Cole to act as a buyer. He had him get involved with Bill Nelson, the bartender, who put him in touch with Roger and Charlie. Then, once Cole had become involved in their dealings, Richard used Cole to help introduce him.
The whole thing was an elaborate plot in which Richard would eventually score a bust, but Cole would get away with the money that they would split later.
But now that Amber had forced her involvement Richard had worked out a plan with Cole to teach the pretty young cop a lesson.
Cole caught Richard's look, then turned and spotted Amber. He had seen her picture earlier that afternoon. Cole thought that she looked much prettier in real life than she did in her police photo.
He said something to Billy and the fat bartender looked over to where the girl stood.
Richard watched as the two men talked, then Billy walked over and whispered something into Roger's ear. Roger turned to look, then whispered something back.
Richard knew Roger's desires from reading reports about him. He also knew that Billy had a similar mindset. So he was convinced that the two men were thinking just what he wanted them to think. If not, well, that's what Cole was there for...
"We need to go into the back room." Roger said.
The three of them got up and followed Billy to a door beside the bar. Billy unlocked the door and let them enter then returned to the bar.
When Amber and Nathan came closer Cole nonchalantly walked behind them. Then Billy approached from the front.
"You two need to follow me." Billy told them.
"We don't need to go anywhere." Nathan objected.
Billy grinned; his right hand tucked into his pocket. "My friend behind you has a gun on your pretty partner. And I have one in my pocket aimed at you. So either go through that door or else.
Amber and Nathan did as instructed.
When they entered the room Cole and Billy held their guns out in the open.
"It looks like we have a couple of cops sneaking around the place." Billy announced.
"How do you know their cops?" Richard asked.
Cole answered. "I was riding in a car with a buddy of mine when this bitch pulled him over and gave him a ticket."
"And I noticed she was looking your way the entire time she was in here." Cole said to Richard, pointing his gun at the undercover officer.
"I knew something was wrong with him." Roger spat as he turned to face Richard.
"We were just out on a date. This is all a misunderstanding." Amber said, trying to talk their way out of the situation.
Billy and Cole frisked the pair, finding Nathan's pistol under his shirt and Amber's on her inside ankle.
