A new chapter! yay! Took me a while but writer's block is hitting me so hard :( I'll be posting once every two weeks since I'm also short on time and have another story I that needs updates as well xD Anyway, enjoy as usual! And let me know what you think :)
In a small hour, the alley was closed off and several officers were investigating the area. Only Norito and Guren had remained of the group. Shinya was in charge of bringing the girls home. "What a way to end our night out…." Norito muttered as he instructed an officer to analyse the blood.
"I don't get it. What would they want with her? And they were pretty reckless, leaving a shell behind." The detectives stayed at the crime scene for a few hours before returning home, feeling defeated.
"We'll find her. We have to." Norito said, clenching his fist.
"Yeah. Alive I hope."
"Don't say that Guren."
"Sorry."
"Finally awake huh." Misato found herself in a small room with bright TL-light. The person who had just talked to her had blue hair. That's odd. The only person I knew with that colour is….
"Lacus!"
"Oops, you recognized me." The man replied as he stung a needle in Misato's arm.
"H-Hey! What are you-" Lacus sighed and tapped a button on a remote control. "Nggghhh!" An electric current shot through Misato's body, originating from her neck.
"Please stop talking, you'll only make this harder for me. You're just here for your blood. No hard feelings whatsoever." Misato tugged at her restraints and tried to free herself from the chair that kept her from moving. Her wrists underarm were strapped to the chair and she felt something around her neck. It must be the device that he controls with that remote…. I feel like a dog.
"What time is it?"
"I suppose I could answer that. It's 6 o'clock in the morning." 6 o'clock…. That means I've been out for about 8 hours. I went out for a smoke around 22:00 and brought here in 8 hours. You can't knock out a person for 8 hours unless they used some kind of sedative afterwards. If I can presume they threw me in the trunk and the average sedative works for about 4-5 hours. So maybe it was a three hour drive from that bar to this place? An electric current, lower this time, ran through Misato's body.
"Ngg…. What the hell?! I didn't do anything?!"
"Sorry, you looked really weird. Thought you got a fit or something."
"Well just use that remote a few more times and that fit will come naturally asshole!"
"Haven't lost that foul mouth I see. Ah well. I'll be back when that bag is full." He looked at the tube that slowly drained blood from the brown haired woman.
"Why me.."
"Your blood is rare. O negative. Just 1% of the Asian population has it. You're one of them. You're red cells can be donated to everyone in the world. And if you've read the newspaper you know blood is worth a lot of money right now." I'm here just for money…. Why is it always about money? I'm reduced to livestock. Misato tugged at her restraints again. These damn restraints!
Guren checked in at 5:00 in the morning. "Hey Guren. You're early today."
"I could say the same to you Norito…. And Mito." The three of them sighed.
"I've already received some witness reports who claim to have seen a suspicious car." Mito started.
"I've got the analysis results." Norito added.
"Tell me what you've got."
"The cigarette contained Misato's fingerprint like you suspected. The blood we found might've been from her as well but we cannot say for sure. Blood group is O negative. Only 1% of the population in Japan, no Asia has it. So that might be a clue."
"How so?" Mito asked Norito.
"I don't know yet. I mean, the blood is rare and that might be a motive."
"And the shell?" Guren asked.
"It's a 0.4 kaliber bullet shell. Presumably from a Walther PPQ which are made in Germany."
"Finger prints?"
"None. But we cross referenced owners of a Walther PPQ and have some possible addresses to check."
"Then let's get to it." Guren said.
"Hold your horses Guren. It's 5 in the morning remember. Let's do some more research first."
"Oh yeah… of course."
"Here you go." Lacus handed Misato a cup.
"What's that."
"Your reward. Orange-juice."
"How am I supposed to take it from you huh?!" Misato replied, tugging at her restraints.
"Not my problem." Lacus said as he put the cup with a straw in her left hand. "I'll be back tomorrow. If you need to go to the bathroom, push the button on the remote next to you. Someone will come for you." As soon as Lacus left, Misato pushed the button. After a few minutes, an unknown man walked it and loosened the straps. Misato was able to get out of the chair. She stood up and wanted to run over to the door, but her sight got blurry. "Ugh…" Misato took her head in her hands. "I need a smoke.." But her coat was gone.
"You've got 5 minutes woman."
Guren ringed the bell. Mito and Norito had both gone to the other addresses. Guren ringed the bell a couple more times. He was getting impatient. "HPD! Open up!"
"Yeah I'm on the toilet! Gimme a sec!" A man shouted. Guren sighed. A few minutes later a man opened the door. He looked like he was in his mid-forties and was slightly balding. He had brown hair and looked tired. "What do you want cop." He asked a little annoyed.
"I'm here regarding your gun permit. Can I come in? I want to get this over with as soon as possible."
"Fine by me." Guren stepped inside and looked around.
"Where do you store your gun?"
"In my bedroom, right beside my bed. No burglar will ever steal from me." The man said proud. Great. Another stupid citizen. I don't know who allows these permits but I could punch that person right now. Guren checked the papers and the gun the man had on fingerprints.
"Okay. I've got everything I need. Thanks for the co-operation mister. You'll hear from me."
"No problem." The black haired man quickly left the house and made his way to Misato's house to search for clues. "Crowley? Yeah it's me. One of the cops came here and analysed the decoy. Everything should go according to plan."
"That's good."
The day went by quietly as Misato's house was clean and no clues were found. Mito and Norito hadn't found anything unusual and all of them had to await the test results from the visited addresses. The Chief had send everyone home at 17:00 because some of them were overworking themselves. "Tch." Guren sipped some of his whiskey.
"You should stop drinking so much Guren." Norito sighed as he shifted on the black haired man's couch.
"I should but I won't." Guren replied sitting down next to his friend.
"I hope she's okay." The blond haired man muttered.
"Yeah, I'm sure she is."
"Good morning!" Misato opened her eyes and looked directly at Lacus his face.
"What the-" She had trouble remembering where she was and what had happened. She was back in the chair again.
"I heard you were causing trouble." Lacus started.
"I did?" The blue haired man snickered.
"What's so funny asshole?!" Misato shouted, tugging at her restraints.
"We just gave you some pills to calm you down and all. But now you're awake again and raging like a bull seeing a matador."
"I would pierce you if I had horns." Misato replied and glared at him.
"Ah well. Good news is, you're getting a roommate!"
"A roommate?"
"Yeah, he has the same blood type as you, so why not put you guys in the same room?"
"….."
"You're doing great by the way. That's bag number two."
"Is this a game to you?" Misato spat.
"Of course not. But I always look at things from the bright side you know." Lacus replied, his mood unchanged.
"Great. Now fuck off please. I've seen enough of your face." Misato continued, waiting for him to leave.
"Okay okay. See you tomorrow."
"The test results are in." Mito said as she was looking through the files.
"Show us." Guren demanded and Mito raised her eyebrow.
"Easy there. I got them so I get to look at them first." She scanned the papers as quickly as possible. "I think you need to re-visit that address of yours Guren. The fingerprints found on the gun don't match with the owner's."
"Hmmm. I'll go check it out."
"And there's a report from one of the officers who found some interesting stuff at Misato's house."
"I thought that that house was clean?" Norito replied a little surprised.
"Yeah I thought so as well, but someone found an illegal gun and there were wires in her house and clothes she wore to the office."
"Are you serious?!" Both Guren en Norito exclaimed.
"The real question is, was she aware of it? If that's the case, she might be forced to work for the Brotherhood of a Thousand Nights." Mito suggested.
"It doesn't have to be the Brotherhood." Guren replied.
"True. But there's a chance."
"But if she wasn't aware of it, it could mean she's kidnapped by the one who placed the wires." Norito said, crossing his arms.
"Also true."
"Alright, hold these thoughts. I'm going to that annoying guy again." Guren stood up and grabbed his coat. He gritted his teeth as he walked out. This situation turned for the worse. Guren's intuition told him something was off. A police officer like her should've been aware of those wires. But if she's really forced to work for the Brotherhood I'm wondering what they want from her. Or she's just that dense…
