Hi, sorry for the delayed posting of this chapter. I've just gone back to uni and the work load has kept me busy :( I'' update the next chapter later on this week, promise :)

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Chapter Seven

"Can you tell us anything?" Raven asked the elderly woman. She was in tears, dabbing her eyes with a laced handkerchief.

"I just don't understand," she wept, "James has never done anything like this before. Why would he?"

"I don't know," Raven replied, "Do you have any idea where he might have gone?"

"My baby," the woman continued to weep, "Why would he do this to me?"

He got up and walked over to the police escort. "She's not going to tell us anything. Watch her, I'll be right back."

With SJ

SJ was looking over some gooey red liquid Kemp had brought back for her. After a few minutes she gave up. It was just too glucosy to work with. She sighed. Mustang was dead for sure. What if this was the clue to break the case.

She sighed again. She was running out of options and tests. She knew it was some sort of sugary product but how to narrow it down? As she tried to think, her memory suddenly kicked in.

"When in doubt, use your senses," she muttered to herself, reciting her tutor's advice. SJ picked up the glass slide and held it to her nose. She sniffed the liquid. It smelt of raspberries, just like the jam from the apartment did. That must be it. Raspberry jam. She got to her feet and rushed out of the room, down the corridor towards Kemp's board room.

"Raspberry Jam," she told Kemp who wrote it on the board. Kemp nodded at her and she left.

With Shaggy

Under the microscope he could see that the cloth was not the military uniform but some indigo coloured jeans. He was interested for a second. He went back over to the file box in the corner and pulled out the analysis on particles left at Fluffy's house. It was the same fibres.

He scraped the top of the cloth lightly and tested the particles on it. Soil, maize and manure. Shaggy looked around. He jumped up and rushed towards the board room. He opened the door and leant in.

"Denim. Traces of maize, soil and manure," he stated. Kemp jotted it down and nodded. Shaggy grinned and left the room.

With Techno

First of all of the film was easy to deal with. The crime scene hinted towards a struggle with wasn't surprising, but what was interesting was the dust that was found at the scene. The pictures told a story of how it happened but to Techno, the dust told him how it was going to end.

He ran the dust through the microscope for a few minutes before moving onto a bromine solution. He put a drop or two on it and waited.

"Bingo," he said. It was organic. The question now was what. There was only one thing. He took the slide from under this microscope and inhaled deeply. Within seconds he started to feel his eyes watering. It was hay.

He rushed into the lift and after a few floors he got out and ran towards the board room.

"Hay!" he yelled into the room. He waited for Kemp to jot it down before he left.

With Solo

Earth had a way of talking to a few people and Solo was one of them. While other members of her team their specialist knowledge came in handy every five minutes but when it came down the dirty stuff, Solo was the woman to ask.

There were several minerals in the soil: Potassium and Nitrogen most of all but there were traces of sandstone and other rocks. There was only one place in the region where there was soil like this and that was a small farming hamlet just outside the city.

Solo smirked as she walked down to the board room and opened the door.

"It points to Sheridan, a small hamlet outside Central. It's agricultural. Loads of nitrogen and potassium," Solo said. Kemp noted this down.

"Thanks, Solo," Kemp said. Now was the moment Solo loved. Kemp stepped back and sat on a stool in the centre of the room. SJ, Shaggy and Techno entered the room to watch also.

Kemp was just sat looking at all the information. She rubbed her chin.

Raspberry jam.

Indigo Denim.

Hay.

Potassium and Nitrogen.

Sheridan.

Manure, soil and maize.

Raspberries.

Horses.

Corn.

Denim.

Sheridan

Jam.

Fertilizers.

Sheridan.

Guilder is a veteran of Ishbal.

Uses a razor.

Hepatitis D.

She rubbed her eyes. She was missing something here.

"Saving someone's life means you have a bond forever. Sometimes we go for walks when that Colonel she works for gets a little too much for her. She likes to see the hills as the sun sets over the horizon."

Kemp jumped up.

"Raspberry Jam? Maize? Hay? Denim?" she said, "Hills."

"What?" Solo asked.

"Where did hills come from?" SJ asked.

"I have no idea," Solo replied. The two women glanced at each other before looking at Shaggy for more information. Shaggy was too intrigued to notice their glare.

"Come on Kemp," Techno muttered. He glanced at his watch then back at Kemp. "We have an hour. Come on. You can do it."

"Fluffy, Mustang, Sheridan, razor, jam," Kemp was saying to herself. She rubbed her eyes then her head. "Fluffy owes Ed money. Mustang is an alchemist. All three are military men."

"She's rambling to herself," Solo said.

"The apartment was clean. The dog was injured…" Kemp trailed off. She suddenly turned to face the group watching her. "When was the last time I went to Sheridan anyway?"

"What's that got to do with it anyway?" Solo asked, unimpressed at Kemp's random questioning.

"Sheridan… Hills… wait …" Kemp said. She quickly turned back to the board. "With the fertilizers, maize, hay and mud we're looking at a farm, right?"

"Could be," Shaggy piped up.

"Where does jam come from?" Kemp asked.

"A jam factory?" SJ suggested, shrugging.

"Sheridan," Kemp went on. She blinked a few times before she jumped in the air. "Hawkeye had the answer in her apartment."

"You've lost me," Solo said. Kemp shook her head.

"Sheridan Farm Tea Shop. It grows raspberries and makes it into jam and some sort of maize for bread, scones and cakes. Hawkeye had a bag in her apartment." Kemp explained, "Guilder also said she liked to walk in the hills where the shop is. They could have popped in every time they went out that way. Techno, call Raven. The rest of us will gear up."

"She never ceases to amaze me," Techno muttered as Solo walked past him.