Chapter I: Case of Cases
It was a cool morning. I know it for a fact because I had to walk in it on the way to work. The only difference is that I'm the boss, and I'm the only one in the office.
Oh, I forgot to introduce myself; Jack Spade, Private Investigator…'Private Eye' to the rest of the world. I'm about 5'9", 138 lbs, steel eyes, and silver hair. Age…well, my age is only 17.
Anyway, as I said, it was a cool morning. The nip in the air meant that summer is coming to an end. There were kids worrying about the end of their vacation, looking for jobs to get munny, etc. The big thing among the people was the big 'Struggle' tournament occurring in the Sandlot. I personally had thought of the tournament as a load of bull…but that's my opinion.
My office was located next to the candy store. I always had a partial to sweets, that and whiskey but no need for that today. The sign on top was a simple eyeball with the words, 'Twilight Town Detective Agency', all along the eyeball. I kept a mailbox on the outside, open for Lenne the Mailwoman, but I noticed this morning that she wasn't making her rounds. Normally, this spelled trouble. People wouldn't get their mail for maybe a couple of weeks. But this morning, as I was starting off for Lenne, a boy on his skateboard shoved some letters into my hand.
'Ah…that would be Roxas. Though why he's delivering mail today is completely beyond me.' I thought.
I looked down and saw that it was my mail. Shrugging off the brief encounter with the blonde kid, I sorted my mail while I went inside.
"Bill…bill…junk…subscription request for 'Struggler's Monthly'…'I have a job for you'?" I muttered as I sorted the mail and went inside.
I placed the bills on my desk, through the junk and the subscription away, and tore open the mysterious letter wrapped in red envelope paper.
"PLEASE ANSWER THE DOOR", was all that was written on the letter.
I didn't have time to ponder the letter when there was a knock at my door. If there was anything that galled me more than the Struggle tournament, it was mysterious people. That's why I kept a pair of old friends in my desk: one that gets to the point and one that shoots off its mouth. I pulled them both out and placed them in my pockets.
The second time I shouted, "Coming!"
I unlocked the door and saw that whoever it was had a black raincoat over him. I noticed that the hood of this raincoat was strangely pulled up and blacked out any way to see his face. I was thanking whatever deity was looking out for me that I had my weapons in my pocket.
"You don't need weapons, Jack. I have a job offer." The black-coated stranger said.
"I only keep my protection with me when someone that's unknown offers me a job." I quipped back.
"Typical…here I am looking for someone and the best that there is has a smart mouth and paranoia the size of Hollow Bastion!" The man practically cried with hysterics.
"Well, if you put down your hood, I might listen to your proposition." I said back.
The man lowered his black hood, and led to my complete shock. The guy, for starters, had a bad hairdresser if it was flame red and spiked in all directions. Second, the guy's eyes were a kind of frosted jade green…not something you take likely. Case in point: General Sephiroth…those kinds of eyes promised nothing short of murder and mischief.
"My name is Axel, commit the name to memory." The man said.
I already had but I decided to allow pause for letting the man explain himself. I knew the type; big ego, all talk, nothing in the attic save for a light bulb dangling from the ceiling and a few cockroaches scurrying around the floor…all in all, bad news.
"I'm looking for a person…" he began.
"Aren't we all?" I said back with a smile.
"…AND this person is very important to both the group that I work for and to me personally." Axel finished.
At this point, I could tell something was up. Normally, people don't underline their words verbally unless they had a temper. Also, the look in Axel's green eyes softened…like that of a person looking for his brother; or of a person looking for their 'soul mate'…not going down that road. Anyway, the case was starting to intrigue me, so I allowed Mr. Dark and Dangerous to continue.
"Well, it's like this. He and I were pals along time ago. One night, he disappeared…with a lot of bad guys after him." Axel said.
"Let me guess, you want me to find out if he's still alive?" I asked.
"No, I want you to see if he remembers anything of his old life." Axel said back.
At this, I could tell the bombshell just dropped. Already I was starting to formulate what I needed, but I allowed 'Creepy' to continue.
"I know…you want to know what I meant." Axel said with a somewhat knowing smile.
"The thought did cross my mind, yes." I replied.
Axel smiled again and said, "Have you ever heard of 'Organization XIII' or of 'the Nobody'?"
This was the first that he stumped me, but I didn't show it. I just pretended to look into my drawer of empty files and pretended to look.
"Nope, can't say that I have. Why, are they the one's you want me to shadow?" I asked.
"No, no I just want you to trail this person. I was just checking to see if you were connected in any way to the two organizations." Axel said back.
"All right…I'll take your case," I began.
Axel's eyes began to light up and he looked like he was starting to smile at this.
"-on one condition, of course." I finished.
This caused them to sink back into the familiar pool of sadness that I've came to see from him.
"What's the condition?" Axel asked.
"Who is it that you want me to follow?" I asked with anxiousness.
"Roxas, of course." Axel said back.
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This is my first try at the mystery genre, specifically at a film noir. I'm making this somewhat during Kingdom Hearts II. Don't expect much for a little while. Don't forget, Read and Review.
Disclaimers
Square Enix owns Kingdom Hearts II, not me.
