Finding Light In The Dark

Chapter Two

"26 years old, male, 6 foot 3 inches tall, short red hair, navy eyes, Tamarainian origins, second eldest of two siblings, name Ryan Anders. That's all the basics, I have more if you need it." Karen the coroner who was assigned the body gave use the low down on who this man was. I was glad Karen got the case because she always went above and beyond what she was suppose to do, we had worked together many times before and actually develop a friendship.

I nodded "Tamarainian? That's a unique place to come from."

Rachel had out her notebook taking notes when she looked up at me. "You've heard of it?"

"Yeah, Went on vacation there one year with the family. It's a small island in what seems like the middle of nowhere and is really not that well known; Absolutely gorgeous though. Huge issue with power though, Monarchy system but then there is a huge rebellion headed by all of the free criminals that run a muck on the island. Killed the entire royal family one night when they were asleep in the castle. The Kings close friend and second in line though took over but really sad story."

Rachel seemed surprised.

"What?"

"Nothing, you just surprised me that you know something I don't that actually may hold some value."

I smirked "It is surprising especially since it is about a place I vacationed at."

"Yes, especially then; one would think you would have been drunk the whole time banging your way along the beaches."

I narrowed my eyes and frowned at her. I knew that she was only kidding but sadly one upon a time that would have been partially true.

Karen smiled "Well okay then back to the body, Looks like the cause of death was a bullet through the heart. On top of that he looks like he was beat up before then sustaining several injuries along with other bullet wounds."

Rachel nodded "Interesting"

"Hey what did the side of the building say? I only heard rumor what it looked like but I never got conformation. Caused quite a stir."

I walked around the body examining it with my eyes "Yeah, the building said 'Death Is Coming."

Rachel finished the rest of the his sentence "There was also a not attached to body, would have stayed attached but forensics wanted it, the note almost seemed to finish what the wall said 'For those who deserve it, the charade is over and your time is up.' Make you wonder whom the writing was for."

Karen shook her head "I sure do hope whoever it is seeks out help cause I sounds like they will need it."

Dick looked to Rachel "Maybe his siblings are the intended audience. Psychopath trying to wipe out a family line, wouldn't be the first time."

Rachel sighed and closed her notebook "Too soon to tell, Karen if you could email me what you know that would be great and contact either of us if you find anything else."

"Sure, see you guys around."

Rachel and I waved goodbye as we left.

When we reached our car we got in "So where to now?"

"Coffee shop, I can't think without tea. Then I suppose the office and we need to start working out this case."

I started the engine "Sounds good to me."

Two Hours Later

"So far what we know for sure is that Ryan Anders was the intended target for this homicide. The cause of death was a bullet to the heart but before they killed him they tortured him. We know that whomever killed Ryan made a show of his death on purpose. We know that whoever killed Ryan is after someone else as well. And that's pretty much it."

Rachel sat on my desk while I was in my office chair. We both stared at the board that was now covered in photos, words, and a lot of question marks.

"Lets just say that the killers other victims was the rest of his family."

Rachel studied the board "There are a few red flags there. Parents died when he was a teenager so his older sister relocated the rest of the family which consisted of him and there younger sister to America because they had a better chance here then what they did back home. After a while they parted ways and didn't really talk to one another. Ryan made Jump his base but Traveled a lot because he was a pilot. His Older sister Kom Anders had a bit of a run in with drugs a few years ago but got help and has had a clean slate since, she is a secretary for some hot shot CEO and travels a lot and doesn't really have a home town. His Younger Sister Kori Anders dabbled in modeling, journalism, barista, waitressing, well she is all over the board; never staying in one spot."

I thought for a minute then came up with a common denominator "They all kept moving, never in one place too long. Did they know someone was after them?"

Rachel stayed silent for a minute "Makes you wonder if they did, want to make this our running theory?"

I shrugged "Well It fits in place at the moment and it's all we have so yeah."

Rachel printed some papers off and headed to the board. She pinned up two pictures next to the picture of Ryan. One was of a woman with black hair and navy eyes like Ryan's and the other was of a woman with red hair and bright emerald green eyes.

I stared at the red heads photo deducing by her looks she was the youngest sibling, Kori. Then I moved to my gaze to the older sister Kom. Questions raced through my mind but the one that kept coming back was 'why would someone want them dead?'

Two Weeks Later

So the Ryan Anders case got pushed to the back burner for now. With so little to go on and no new information or leads we kind of hit a dead end. We had tried to get ahold of Kori and Kom but no luck. We also tried to travel down a few other roads but again nothing.

On top of that there seemed to have been a crime spree in the weeks following the homicide so our attention was diverted a bit. There wasn't anything to alarming just a ton of little crimes that needed to be sorted.

Part of me almost wondered if whoever was the culprit of the Anders case orchestrated the crimes to distract us. But like every other part of the case, we didn't know! Its so frustrating; its even got Rachel pissed and completely clueless which rarely happens on cases.

Currently we were finishing up the paperwork on one of the cases we were dealing with. Rachel was at her desk and I was at mine. We were working in silence until there was a knock at the door.

I looked at Rachel who seemed to ignore the knock then looked at the door "Come on in."

Wally stuck his head in "Hey guys."

Rachel groaned and I smiled, Rachel and Wally didn't really get along that well. Garfield was one goofball thing but Wally according to her was just ridiculous.

"What's up Wal?"

He came in "Just dropping off another case for you guys to work on."

I took the folder he was holding "Aren't you suppose to be on patrol?"

He shook his head "I haven't been on patrol since I found that guy in the warehouse district."

I scrunched up my eyebrows "Really? Must have really gotten to you."

He nodded "Yeah um I know its kind of wimpy but that kind of death is something that belongs in horror movies."

I shrugged.

"So do you guys I am guessing have that case long done, who did it and why?"

Rachel finally truly acknowledged his presence "Actually no it's still open and it's frustrating the hell out of me so if you say a word you will regret that you have a mouth."

He raised his hands in surrender "Ill keep my mouth shut. But that really surprises me though you two normally have cases done really quickly."

I nodded "I know."

Wally sighed, "Well let me know if you need anything, ill see what I can do." With that he left.

Two Months later

Wally argued into our office grinning like an idiot "Guys! So I checking in with an old dealer that we use to get our fun powder from when we were teens Dick and turns out he recognized the name Kom!"

I stared at him in disbelief, for both the fact that he just said that we use to do drugs and that there might actually be a breakthrough on the Anders case.

Rachel swiveled to glare at him "And?"

"And! She lives in Gotham at the moment, she has also been back on drugs for three months which…"

I finished his sentence "Is around the time Ryan died. Wally you are brilliant! Rachel how about a trip to Gotham?"

Rachel shrugged "Sure, but how exactly are you going to find her?"

I smiled "CEO assistant, Bruce is having a ball soon and all of the elite which includes CEOs will be there and the guy is an idiot if he doesn't bring his assistant because everyone knows that deals can be made at any time during on of Bruce's party's!"

Rachel deadpanned "A ball, really?"

I smiled and looked at Wally then looked back to Rachel at the same time we both chimed "Rachel's Got to wear a dress!" We cracked up laughing and Rachel rolled her eyes "You two are children."

Wally and I finished our laughing and settled down. So a ball, its been a while. This should be interesting.

To Be Continued…

Authors Note: I am So excited for the next chapter! So excited! I keep imagining Rachel's dress for the ball please review I love the feedback, thanks for reading!