~Prime Suspect~ Minyadagniriel
Prologue
Please note: If you have not read the story 'Prime Target' I would like to suggest you start with that, otherwise you will be lost.
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Outside the police scrambled to their positions, waiting for their orders…
L stood alongside the helicopter holding the police chief's cell phone, gritting his teeth as he listened to the terrorist's instructions.
"One billion per kid, no exceptions! If the monetary demand is not met I will execute one student every hour…on the hour. No police are to enter the school, if I see any on surveillance; I will kill one kid for every cop inside. You have forty eight hours to deliver or I will terminate all of the hostages at once." The phone went dead.
L let the phone fall away from his ear and he glanced at the digital clock on the front, 9:43pm... seventeen minutes until the first hostage would be killed. He pushed the phone back into the chief's hand; his anger was almost at the boiling point.
A black Chevrolet pulled up to the chopper, his wife Rachel, daughter Lakota, son Gabe, and Mello climbed out of the passenger and back seat. They joined L at the front of the police line.
"Fill us in," Mello demanded.
"There's no time," L said sternly, "We have less than fifteen minutes. We need to figure out a way to stop them from killing the first hostage."
"What? Hostages?!" Rachel panicked.
"Yes, I'm afraid we've estimated eighty four students and six tutors, so we need to gather ninety billion dollars before 10pm…and it's impossible for us to accomplish in so little time," L said, frustration in his voice.
9:54 pm…
"The ransom is far greater than Wammy's fortune," Gabe implied.
L chewed on his thumb, "I'm aware. We have to figure-
But he was interrupted by a loudspeaker, one that sent messages all throughout the campus. The police, L and his family, and everyone around fell silent…so to listen to the voice of the terrorist leader, "It is now three minutes to ten o'clock and we've not seen a sign of receiving our ransom. Therefore we have selected our first hostage."
L listened carefully, he could hear a bit of scuffling in the background of the speaker system. Somebody was struggling, judging by the high pitched wailing; it was definitely a woman. There was a touch of yelling and a few thumps… students and by the sound of it, they were crying, then the speaker went dead for a moment. As soon as the sound continued, a lot of shouting was heard…masculine voices, definitely the terrorists screaming for the kids to be quiet.
The leader spoke again, "For our audience outside, please state your name…"
At first there was no response but a small feminine voice followed up, "My…n-name is Eve…Crisonan…"
Lakota gasped and her hands flew up to her mouth. It was Kat's friend! She wanted to cry out and scream at the top of her lungs, but her mother had stopped her. Rachel wrapped her arms around Lakota and pulled her into a hug, but she continued to listen to the speaker.
"Eve, can you tell our friends outside what I'm doing right now?" the terrorist asked, a horrible gentleness in his voice.
It was obvious that Eve was crying, she stuttered, her voice cracked, "Y-you're holding…a… gun to m-my head…"
"Why are you crying Eve?"
"…Because…I don't want to die…" she stammered, "I don't want…to die…"
"Now then Eve, we're going to have a little countdown, okay?"
"N-no…please!"
"The school headmaster has failed to hold up his end of the bargain, so we're going to count to ten."
Eve sputtered inaudible words and begged and pleaded…
"Shall we begin? One…"
"No!"
"Two…"
Lakota buried her face into her mother's chest.
"Three…"
"Please! Don't do this!" Eve screamed.
"Four…"
It was the longest ten seconds of L's life.
"Five…"
Mello looked to L, both men for once were unsure of what to do.
"Six…"
Lakota fell to her knees, taking Rachel with her.
"Seven…"
"Oh god…please don't!"
"Eight…"
Rachel held her sobbing daughter tightly and covered her ears.
"Nine…"
Eve screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Ten..."
A loud shot was heard over the speaker system…then silence…
To be continued…
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Hello again my friends, I've developed a new plot for L and his family. Please tell me your thoughts on this prologue and I'll get the first real chapter up as soon as I can. Happy Reading!