Chapter one: Investigations and a cappuccino
Her alarm clock buzzed loudly. She grunted and groggily pushed the sleep button, her chestnut colored hair cascaded down to her waist as she did her morning stretch. Kori Anders opened her jade green eyes to see a view of the city through her apartment window. She yawned and looked around her room. It was rather simple, a bed with plum purple sheets, a closet was located next to it, a TV mounted to the wall directly across the bed, a dresser to the right and the door to the hallway on the left. She took her work outfit from her closet.
"Another day at work." She said flatly walking into the hall and to the bathroom. Several minutes later she entered the hallway once more with a pink shirt and black skirt. Kori walked through the short hall and arrived in the yellowish tinted kitchen. "Uh oh… 9:20, I am going to be late for the meeting," she muttered looking at her watch, "I suppose I shall pick something up along the way." Kori took a brown jacket off the hook, slipped on her favorite black high heels and walked out the front door.
"Kori…you're late." A man said from a black leather chair behind a desk.
"I am sorry. Where is the meeting being held?" Kori answered with a coffee cup in hand.
"Mr. Nelson's in there," he said pointing to a door to her left, "good luck."
She flashed him a quick smile and walked into the debriefing room.
"Thank you for finally joining us Miss Anders."
"I am sorry Mr. Nelson, I did not anticipate it would take me so long to arrive. It will not happen again." Kori said sitting in her seat and setting her coffee on the table. She looked at him levelly; he was an elderly man in his early fifties with a white shirt and navy blue pants. Mr. Nelson cleared his throat.
"As I was saying, Red-X's latest victim, Adam Summers" he said as the lights dimmed and a projector turned on and it was a picture of a brown haired man in about his mid-thirties with a bullet wound on his chest. "He died yesterday in his apartment." He paused, "Rumor has it, that he was about to reveal Wilson's trades in the black market." Another picture appeared and it was a picture of an elderly man with only a left eye.
"If only we could catch Wilson in the act. He has been able to slip out of all the charges the cops put on him." A man named Andrew said angrily.
"Wait…Red-X is working for Slade?" A brown haired fellow asked to no one in particular.
"Good question Ryan, we are unsure if this is an odd coincidence or the real deal." Mr. Nelson answered simply.
"Could we not cross check some of Red-X's previous victims and see if they have any relations to Slade?" Kori asked to the fellow detectives.
"I've tried, but that is information we are not qualified to view."
"Then how are we to solve this case without all the facts?" Kori questioned. Everyone broke out into a controversy over what to do.
"Everyone settle down!" Mr. Nelson shouted. The room quieted. "I'll see what I can do about the info, on the other hand, Kori and Jason are to investigate the site whi-"
"Mr. Nelson? May I trade places with Jason? I haven't been out of the office for quite awhile." Ryan asked politely.
"Sure, why not. Jason? You're in charge of Adam's body. You're going to the city morgue."
"Darn…." Jason muttered under his breath as Kori smiled.
"Everyone else, interview anyone who was in contact with Summers recently. You have your jobs, now get to it!" Mr. Nelson said rushing everybody out of the room.
"Thank-you Ryan. I suppose I am in debt." Kori said grinning.
"No problem. I can't let one of my pals down." Ryan said giving her a thumbs up. She laughed.
"Ryan…sometimes I cannot tell if you are a man or still a child."
"Eh…guess I'll always be a kid at heart." Ryan said simply. Ryan was man who stood at 5'8 with spiked dark brown hair and corresponding eye color. He had on a light tan jacket and matching pants with a white shirt underneath.
They arrived at the crime scene fifteen minutes after leaving the office.
"Room 195, this is it." Ryan sighed putting his hand on the doorknob then looking back at Kori. Kori nodded as he opened the door slowly. They quickly took a glance around the room. It was plain white. A sofa laid facing a large television screen in the living room. The kitchen was plain and simple. They made their way to the bedroom where the murder took place. Ryan snapped some pictures of the dreary room and of the white chalk outline of a body on the ground. The red headed woman crouched near the bed's banister. Kori smirked to find a bullet shell on the floor.
"I think we have what we need." Kori said putting on a latex glove and removing the shell and inserting it into a plastic bag. After a few more minutes of looking around the room they decided to return to the office.
"What did you guys find?" Mr. Nelson asked twiddling around with a pencil.
"This." Ryan said holding up the zip block bag with the bullet shell, "Kori found it under the bed. And I have pictures of the crime scene if you need it."
"Good work, give them to the lab for analyzing." He said as they turned around and began walking out of the room.
"Sure," Ryan said back, he turned back to Kori, "Hey Kor? Wanna go out for lunch now? I'm starved!" Ryan groaned. Kori smiled.
"Alright, why not."
They entered a local coffee shop.
"Here it is! The best place for coffee!" Ryan said smiling. Kori giggled.
"I should know. I live here!"
"You…live at a coffee shop?"
"No, you misunderstand. I live on the second floor. I know the owner here so she let me rent out the whole floor."
"Lucky…" Ryan muttered and quickly shook it off, "So what do you wanna eat?"
"Um…I suggest that we may find a table first."
"Heh…oh right, forgot." They quickly found a seat in the corner with a window.
"What can I get you two?" A brunette girl asked sweetly.
"I shall try…the mocha cappuccino without whip cream please." Kori answered politely.
"I'll take a coffee, black." Ryan said to the young waitress.
"Kay… be back with your orders," she said walking away.
"So…watcha doin tonight?"
"I am going to watch the wonderful play of Romeo and Juliet at the Sky Theatre down town." She said happily.
"Awesome. I got another date with Christina." He said with a smirk.
"That is wonderful friend Ryan!" Kori said clasping her hands together. The waitress came back with the cappuccino and coffee.
"Why, thank you," Ryan looked at her small name tag and squinted, "Carol-l…yn."
"It's Caroline." She said rolling her eyes and walking off.
"…. Right…I knew that." Ryan said lowly. Kori laughed. They finished their quick snack and headed back to the office.
"So what did they find?" Ryan asked curiously to Mr. Nelson.
"Nothing to important, X seems to be rather experienced with these kind of things." He sighed massaging his temples. "The bullet shell gave us nothing at all."
"But don't bullets leave markings on the gun when leavin-"
"Usually they do...but I got a feeling X didn't buy the gun, he costom made it...that's why there are no markings to identify the gun used."
"And the film?" Ryan asked.
"They are developing it as we speak."
"X is a tough character, I will give him that..." Kori whispered deep in thought.
So how was the opening chapter? It was an idea that just popped in my head. Tell me what you think and it might take awhile for an update because I got writers block. I know where I want to go, its just how to get there. Well anyways, I NEED FEEDBACK! Please review!