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The girl was running as fast as she could through the dark streets of a small village. Out of breath and sure that she wasn't being followed, she stopped in an alley way for a short rest. She had only ever heard of him in newspapers; the biggest serial killer in London. Within the past ten years he has killed over 5000 people and they all died extremely gruesome deaths. And now, the girl's fiancé was the next victim, and she was probably next, for no one has ever escaped him. But that didn't stop her from running; she would run forever if it could keep her alive, unfortunately it couldn't bring back her husband.
It happened quite sudden, she looked at something in a shop window for only a moment, the next thing she knew, her fiancé was gone, she heard strange muffled sounds around the corner, and when she turned to look, her whole world tipped upside down. Above the corpse of her husband stood a man whose hands were dripping with the fresh blood of her lover. Too horrified to even scream, she just ran. Now she was standing alone in an alley crying and feeling sick. Suddenly she was pushed to the ground. The man that killed her fiancé was now holding her to the ground, with a knife in his bloody hands. She couldn't see his face; it was covered by the shadows.
She spoke quietly, "why are you doing this? What is it going to get you?"
His face came into view and the girl could now see it clearly; although covered in blood and dirt, he was quite young, couldn't be more than seventeen years old. "It's not getting me anything. But it is making me feel better about myself." Suddenly, she felt pain all over her body. Almost as if she was getting a thousand paper cuts at once. That was all she could remember before her consciousness started fading away.
"So, the mission I have today is a relatively simple one," Komui told Lavi and I, "all you have to do is go to a small town near here and get rid of a few akuma; mostly level ones and a few level twos. There's a small chance that there might be innocence. I would like for you to investigate that. Len-Lee will be accompanying you on your mission. Any questions?"
"Um, yes." I told Komui.
"What is it?"
"If it's only a few akuma we have to get rid of, then why are we going in such a large group? Especially if the chances that there might be innocence are so low."
"Well the akuma and innocence aren't the only things you'll be investigating."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm not sure if it's the same in your world, but here we have a pact with the police in nearby towns; they help us by locating possible innocence and we help them with difficult cases or when they're short on a few hands. So in other words it's a case you'll be investigating a case as well. Any other questions?" Lavi's hand shot up, "yes Lavi?"
"Do you have any idea what it is we'll be investigating?"
"Yes, just check the newspaper," Komui handed Lavi the newspaper he was reading, "it's on the front page."
MASSACRE STRIKES AGAIN!
Early, yesterday morning, there were two bodies found by local residents of a small town. The police have investigated, and reached a conclusion that the killer was none other than Massacre; one of the biggest serial killers in London, with over 5000 victims within the past ten years.
All of Massacre's victims die the same gruesome death; thousands of cuts all over the victim's body and a severely injured left hand. The two victims were revealed to have been engaged with each other and that their wedding was meant to be in one week's time. The local police are now currently investigating, hoping that this time, the Massacre case will finally be solved and that the murderer will be put to justice.
"Over 5000 victims? Just how much can one person kill?" Lavi exclaimed, shocked at what he just read. Well, apparently one person can kill a lot of people. "And how can no one solve this case? Surely they would hear the victims screams!"
"I'm assuming that you don't have this particular case where you're from. No one hears the victim because he apparently blocks their windpipe," Komui answered Lavi's question. "But then that just makes people question why they don't suffocate. Any other questions? …No? Okay then! Off you go and remember to have fun! Oh yes, I almost forgot, when you get off the train look for an officer!" We left the room and started making our way to the train station.
On our way we notice that Len looked really excited, I don't know why though. "Um, you're really excited…" I told Len.
"That's because it's my first mission." Len answered rather cheerfully. "I've been with the Order for a while, but not as an exorcist. I was a finder. I only recently became an exorcist when they found out that I was the accommodator for the Dark Boots. I'm really excited because I actually get to fight and destroy akuma now. Is this your first mission as well?" Lavi and I shook our heads, "so that means you've been on missions before! What's it like?"
"Well, on my first mission I refused to actually take the innocence before something specific was done. Because of that, the mission took way longer than it should have."
"And what happened after your mission? You know, when you got back home."
"I nearly died again…"
"Why?"
"Sir Komlin…" Just thinking about Sir Komlin gave me chills, and I'm sure I saw Lavi shiver as well.
"What the heck is Sir Komlin?"
The boy couldn't do anything. His mother lay dead beside him; a bloody mess. Towering over him stood his mother's killer. He knew he was next, but he couldn't do anything about it. The killer had a knife and he was way bigger than the boy. The boy burst out in tears; he was about to die on his birthday.
'Why?' Thought the boy, 'why would he kill mummy? Why would he kill me? We didn't do anything to him…'
"Shut up and stop crying. Just accept the fact that you're about to die and you can't do anything about it." Said the killer to the boy.
"B-but why? It's my birthday…"
He gave a grin, "Then how about I start cutting up your cake?" The boy felt a sharp pain on his stomach, he was about to scream, but he couldn't for some reason. "Oh look! The icing sugar is red and slimy! Just hold on, I'll give you a slice of cake right now!" The killer stuck his hand inside the boy's open stomach and then yanked it out again, holding something in his hand. Once again the boy wanted to scream, but he couldn't, he couldn't even breathe. The killer held the object in his hand in front of the boy's face. "Happy birthday to you! Happy birthd," and then the boy was gone from this cruel world.
I remember this train station! This was the town where I met Officer Moore! Come to think of it, I haven't seen her since then. "So who exactly is it we're looking for?" Len asked.
"We're looking for a cop." Lavi told Len.
Len pointed to a young female officer with brown hair and round glasses. "Would that be her?" What a coincidence, it's Officer Moore.
"Yes, I'm sure that's her. I met her once, not in this world though. It was before I became an exorcist." I told Len and Lavi. We walked over to her and introduced ourselves. "Um hello, we're exorcists from the Black Order."
"And so you are!" She said, then she looked at me for a while. "Um, have I met you before? You look very familiar…"
"Yes! I mean no!"
Lavi was looking at Officer Moore, not in any particular way. But I knew where this was going anyway. "STRIKE!" Yep, I knew it.
"Well, we should get going to the station, we'll start investigating immediately if it alright with you three."
"That's perfectly fine Miss… Sorry, I don't quite catch your name?" Lavi seemed pretty excited.
"My, what a charming young man, I'm Moore Hesse, and you three are?"
"Lavi! Miss Hesse!"
"Len-Lee Lee… Yes I know! Three L's, five E's and two Lee's!"
"Allen Walker, nice to meet you!" When she heard my name she looked rather shocked. "Is there something wrong?"
She started examining my face up close. "Freaky!"
"What's freaky?"
"There has to be something behind this… I'll tell you when we get to the station. Follow me."
What was that?
'Take a guess.'
'I thought I told you to be quiet?'
'Well you're no fun…'
"Alright, we're here, and look who else is here! He just started working here even though he's just sixteen." Moore walked over to a boy about our age. He had reddish-brown hair and grey eyes. He wore a police uniform. "Hello, guess what? The exorcists are here, I'll introduce you." She walked over to us and the boy followed. "Okay guys, now this is a little weird but; meet Allen Walker. Say hi, don't be shy…"
The boy held out his hand, "um, hi! It's a pleasure to meet you guys! Um, what are your names?"
"I'm Lavi…"
"Len-Lee Lee…"
"… A-Allen Walker…"
"Wow! We have the same name!"
"And he even looks similar to you as well…" Moore pointed out, "see? Just the scar and the hair that's different…Freaky huh? Almost like you're twins! Now back to the case, any news?"
Allen got out some papers, "two more bodies have been found. According to the results, it was a middle age woman and a small child. The woman seems to have died from suffocation. She had cuts all over her body and her left arm was… torn apart… only the bone was left… And the child… died from…" Allen looked as if he was about to throw up.
"Let me read it." He gladly handed Moore the papers. "The child died from and injury to his lower abdomen. Apparently his lower abdomen was cut open and his kidney was removed. He still had cuts all over his body but none of them were fatal. His left arm was severed. Are you boys okay? You all look like you're about to throw up." Suddenly Len-Lee fainted, and I had to sit down in order to take in what I had just heard. Allen was doing the same. Lavi on the other hand just had a confused expression on his slightly green face. "I think we should continue this tomorrow… How about you go home for now?"
And just like that, we all left as soon as we could.
Sorry for the shortness of this chapter, I'll try to make the next one longer
And if you find this gruesome, then good, that's what I was aiming for, if not, then I have to work on making it as gruesome as words will allow.
Thank you for reading :P