Disclaimer: Apart from "Wells", all characters are owned by Toei Company. The title is a reference to a book written by Anthony Burgess
One, typical Japanese appartment building. One of the few that has yet have had the inconvenience to be torn down because of a fight between giants. This is probably so because it is stationned somewhere more out of the big city than deep in the centre. That would be one of the main reasons why in a building like this, nothing ever really happens... generally! This one day was different. When the Special Police had to come to collect a body.
Wande Seijin Niwande. An bird-like Alienizer, who had the ability to create barriers, that were a lot more powerfull than any bullet-proof vest that even S.P.D. owns. Though he was a convicted criminal, released on parrol, it came quite as a shock when the Dekarangers heard about his death. Particulary Jasmine was shocked. Especially when she found out that her friend Niwande had really killed himself. Aside of numbers 1, 2 and 100, all dekas were at the scene.
"Hung himself with a bed sheet." Tetsu remarked, "Some way for a bird to die!"
"Hey! Show some respect!" Umeko screamed at him, "It's Jasmine's friend you're talking about."
Jasmine, who couldn't bring out a word for a while, finally decided to speak: "I can't believe he would do such a thing!"
"We can guess why people would do this." Sen explained, "But generally, it's never really clear."
"I for one can't blame him!" a voice said, that the teammembers recognise as the American voice of the only not-Asian member of the team: Wells.
"What do you mean?" Jasmine asked him.
"Not meaning to sound like I don't care, Marika." Wells began explaning, while keeping his eyes on Niwande's corpse, and not once looking at his collegues, "But... this guy's been in jail, right? Now jail is, despite of being a place where people are locked up, a place where there are no rules for the inmates to go by! I can imagine that he must've lived hell there, and couldn't wait to get out! But once he got out, he has to live up to the rules, and look for a job. Which isn't easy for someone who just got out. You can shut up about it, but your employers would find out some day and fire you on the spot! If he eventually decides to do this... I really can't blame him!"
"You know," Sen remarked, "You almost sound like you've been in prison yourself once!"
"Who ever said I haven't?" Wells replied flatly, still not looking at his fellow dekas.
Apart for Jasmine, who clearly was aware of that little fact, everybody dropped their jaws and opened their eyes widely, as they usually do when they're surprised.
"I'm not even looking at you people, and I know you are doing that face again!" Wells remarked.
"What were you in for?" Tetsu asked.
"Crimes I didn't commit!" Wells replied, "For the most part anyway!"
He then decided to leave his friends, and moved into the crime scene, to investigate along the forensics.