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Chapter Nine: The Suspect
"Jake Lucas or also known as Christopher Cavanaugh's fingerprint was on the murder weapon from Kayla Gibbs' case and the CCTV caught his face while making out with the same vic. Not to mention that he did had an affair with another victim, Mia Ayazawa. I knew he was a dirty man from the very start. The fucker even had the guts to change his name!" Raditz summarized their findings to Vegeta as they walked over to Lucas' house. The police started circling the area as Vegeta walked over the door; in courtesy, he knocked on the door. "Jake Lucas, West City Police Department, open up!" He said loudly but was met with silence. He then step backward and give the door a kick. Three police swarmed inside and searched for the suspect and Vegeta and Raditz followed behind them. The living room was a mess; bottles and papers were strewn everywhere.
Vegeta walked over to one of the paper and picked it up. He showed it to Raditz, "This just confirmed the doctor's theory." The paper consists of the nine gates of hell. An officer called them over and the two hurriedly walk over to the room. To the officer's horror, the room was colored red and not only that but one part of the wall consists of pictures of the different victims; from all of the angles were posted on the wall. Besides the pictures were diagram of the nine gates of hell with red markings. Vegeta would bet anything that it was blood.
"That fucker," Raditz muttered in rage. Vegeta could only glare at the wall. He will make sure that this fucker end up dead or in jail.
"The area is clear, captain." An officer reported. Vegeta and Raditz looked at one another. Fury was visible on the face of the two detective's faces.
"Raditz, go and get more information from his neighbors." He ordered and fished out his phone. He dialed Kakarot's number and after three rings, the said detective answered.
"Hey, Vegeta, how did it go?" The cheery voice of his comrade makes him sick sometimes.
"He's not here. Call his number and track him down by his phone."
"Sure do," a moment of silence and Vegeta can hear fingers typing on the keyboard and the click of the mouse. "Ha, found him. This guy's an idiot. You shouldn't trust some unknown number especially if you're on a run. You know, I remember the first suspect that we've-"
"The location, Kakarot," He said and sighed exasperatedly. He walked out of the house and waited in front of his car for Raditz.
"Oh right! Woah, he's fifty-six kilometer away from you guys. I'll send to you the exact location." The detective said.
"Good and Kakarot, check if there's a missing person with the exact description of our victims in the past."
"Roger that," he said and hung up. He went outside and saw Raditz walking up to him.
"The neighbors said that the last time they saw him was two weeks ago." He reported.
"Huh, around the time Ayazawa was murdered. Kakarot just found his location. Divide your men, one group will stay here and analyze the vicinity. The other will go with us." He instructed, Raditz nodded and went to order his men. He motioned for Raditz to get inside which the latter did.
"Where to, boss?"
"To the bastard's hell hole,"
Sixty-two kilometers from the Crime Lab 4:45 pm
"We're looking for someone named Jake Lucas," Raditz said to the receptionist with a charming smile on his face. But despite how charming Raditz was the girl raised an eyebrow and frowned at the two men.
"I'm sorry, sir, but we're not allowed to give information about our client, if there were Jake Lucas in here." The receptionist said. Vegeta smirked and pulled out his badge. The girl's eyes widen and started typing on her computer. A moment later, the girl shook her head. "There's no Jake Lucas here."
"How about Christopher Cavanaugh," Raditz said grinning stupidly at the receptionist which the latter pointedly ignored. She began typing on her computer and shook her head once again.
"He used alias." Vegeta muttered and then fished out a picture of Jake Lucas. "Do you recognize this guy?" The receptionist nodded frantically.
"Y-Yes, he's been coming here often times. His name is Jake Douglas," The receptionist said and type on her computer. "He's in room 316"
"Raditz, stay here and interrogate this girl about our victims." Raditz nodded and Vegeta instructed his men to follow him; gun on hand.
He turned to another hallway where the room was located. The lights were flickering on and off just like in scary movies and the temperature dropped. Vegeta almost shivered as they surround the door.
"WCPD, open up." One of the officers said but no reply came. Vegeta ordered everyone to stay back as he kicks the door open. Police swarmed the area. Jake Lucas went outside his bedroom only dressed in his boxers with his hands up.
"Woah, woah, woah! What did I do this time?" He asked Vegeta who raised an eyebrow at him.
"You're under arrest for multiple murders, Lucas." He said, "Cuff him up, boys."
Crime Lab – Interrogation Room
"You know what's weird?" Vegeta said as he sat in front of the suspect. "You, having three names. Jake Lucas, Jake Douglas and – "
"Look, I don't care what you think but I didn't do anything. And three names? I only used Jake Douglas so I can keep my fans out!" He seethed. Vegeta raised an eyebrow.
"Boy, you don't want to get me mad, trust me." Vegeta said and glared menacingly at the now frightened suspect. "Admit it; you killed those girls to revive someone!"
"What… are you talking about, you wacko?!" Jake said in a confused tone. "Look, ugh, you've got the wrong guy! I've never killed anybody!"
Vegeta opened his folder and showed the figure of nine gates of hell. "This is what you're trying to do. This is a forbidden alchemy. You're trying to revive the dead by sacrificing nine lives!"
"I don't know anything about allergy-"
"Alchemy."
"Alchemy! Come on, man, is this some kind of a joke?" He asked in exasperated tone. "Look, swab me, get my DNA, anything! I'm innocent."
"We don't need to. We found your fingerprints on the murder weapon of Kayla Gibbs."
"Who?"
"Keep denying all you want, you're still going to jail." Vegeta said and stood up. Jake huffed and crossed his arms on his chest.
"I need a lawyer."
"Yes, you do," He said and closed the door with a bang and sat on one of the benches outside the IR. He sat there for a minute contemplating the reaction of his suspect. Clearly, the guy was confused. 'He's caught now,' He thought. 'There's no way I'm going to let the bastard roam around again,' he seethed and clenched his hands into fist. A pair of shoes appeared in front of him.
He looked up to see Raditz's grim face. "Doc just called. We have a problem."
Crime Lab – Lab Tech Room
"What's the problem now, woman." Vegeta said as soon as he and Raditz entered. Bulma swiveled her chair and stood up. Krillin, who was looking nervous, was poking his fingers next to the doctor.
"I believe that Jake Lucas was framed." Bulma said and typed something on the system before both of them could retort or blame Krillin. She showed them the figure of the print found in the bat and enlarged it to its maximum.
"What do you notice about the print?" She asked; Vegeta and Raditz raised their eyebrows and studied the figure on the doctor's laptop.
"It… has a cute dent?" Raditz tried and shrugged. Vegeta sighed and rolled his eyes while Bulma raised an eyebrow.
"Uh, besides that," she said and stared at Vegeta's concentrated face.
He stared and studied it and was almost getting irritated when he found it. "It has no pores."
"Exactly." Bulma said. "Only professional killers can do this. Jake Lucas is not our suspect here. He was being framed from the very start." She said and stared at Vegeta warily.
"What about the DNA testing? Didn't it match to Jake Lucas?" Raditz asked and Bulma swiped another folder on her desk.
"No, it did not belong to Jake Lucas. It belongs to Christopher Cavanaugh." She said as she passed the folder to Vegeta who read it quickly.
"I asked Turles to do a background check on the two of them and we found out that they are twins." Bulma said and passed another folder containing the birth certificate of the two. "Jake's real name is Jake Lucas Cavanaugh."
"Shit! You mean while we're busy interrogating Lucas, the killer was roaming the city? Probably killing his last victim?!" Vegeta yelled and threw the folder on the desk earning a flinched from the others.
"Vegeta…" Bulma tried to calm the detective down and placed her hand on his shoulder when he slapped her hand away. Bulma's eyes widened and touched the hand he slapped. It sting.
"Stop touching me! Stop assuming or even think that everything is alright because it's not! And what are you two doing here?! Get back to work!" Raditz and Krillin scurried out but Vegeta stopped Raditz. "Where are you going?"
"Leaving, sir."
"I did not tell you to leave." He said and pointedly glared at Bulma's widened eyes. Hurt flashed on her eyes before it was replaced by anger. She grabbed her folders and exited the room. Vegeta sighed and covered his face with his hand.
"Tell Kakarot to come by my office." He ordered and sat at one of the chairs. Raditz nodded and left the lab.
"Hey, Bulma!" Kakarot greeted but she ignored him and kept walking. Tears were threatening to fall down but she kept it in bay. 'What the hell is his problem?'
She kept walking and walking until she realized that she was already out of the building. She sighed and put a hand on her cheek. She noticed the gray clouds and closed her eyes. 'It's going to rain, great.' She thought and walked away from the building. Fifteen minutes break won't hurt anybody.
She kept walking until she noticed she was inside the park. She looked around and noticed that the park was deserted. Harsh wind blew her hair and she hugged herself. She forgot to put on her coat.
She sat on one of the benches and glared at the statue of Hercules.
"I hate you, Vegeta." She muttered and now let her tears ran freely on her cheeks. "I hated you then and I hated you now." She growled and threw a rock on Hercules' statue. "Chichi was wrong!" She yelled now in frustration. "I didn't like you nor will I ever! I hated you! You're a heartless son of a bitch!" She panted. It was a good thing that there were no people in the vicinity. 'Though it felt so good.' She said and closed her eyes as harsh wind blew her face and tears away.
"My, my, such hatred you possess." A dark voice said behind her. Bulma opened her eyes and turned around quickly. Her eyes grew wide. "But it's such a shame you possess blue hair but we'll do something about that later."
Bulma stood up and fished her gun only to groan inwardly when she realized she left it inside her office.
"What do you want?" Bulma demanded. The man grinned devilishly and before she realized, she was pinned down on the ground. She tried to scream and fight but the man was too big. It didn't help that it started to rain down hard.
"Now, now, save you energy for later." He said and before she could scream for help, he put a discomforting strangle on her neck. It was not to kill her only to block her airway and make her faint. Before she passed out she heard him say, "After all, you're the last one I need to complete the circle."
Crime Lab – Vegeta's Office
He was reading the reports of one of his men when Nappa entered the office holding two folders. He looked from left to right before he settled on Vegeta.
"Hey, Vegeta, have you seen the doctor?" He asked. Vegeta raised an eyebrow at him.
"She's in the morgue, idiot. There are a lot of victims tonight." Vegeta said and turned around once again on the report he was reading. He heard shuffling but he ignored it. At the mention of the doctor, Vegeta suddenly felt guilty. He did not mean to snap at her like that.
"The thing is, she's not in the morgue or in her office or even in the Lab Tech Room." Nappa said and that made Vegeta snapped his head up.
"What?" and before Nappa could answer, Turles ran in a little bit out of breath.
"Has anybody seen Dr. Briefs?" He asked as he panted for breath.
"She's not here, why?" Nappa said and Turles sighed exasperatedly.
"The morgue's in chaos. Her idiotic assistants are not handling things down there properly. Why hire those guys, anyway?" Turles ranted and huffed. He raised an eyebrow when Nappa's face showed amusement and confusion while Vegeta's showed panic and fear.
"Is… everything okay?" Turles asked Vegeta. "Uh maybe you should call your brother to handle things on the morgue for a while?" He said.
"You call him." Vegeta ordered and turned to Nappa. "Ask everyone in the building if they saw the doctor. Hell, go ask the night shift and the day shift too!" Kakarot entered the office carrying a folder too.
"Bulma? I saw her a while ago. She went outside the building. She was in a hurry." He said and scratched his head. "She looked like she was about to cry. Oh, I better follow her." Kakarot made an attempt to exit but Vegeta stopped him and fished out his phone. He dialed her number and it went straight to voicemail.
"Maybe she went out for a walk or something." Kakarot offered. Nappa and Turles shrugged at his suggestion.
"When did you see her leave?" He asked and Goku scratched his head again and seems to be thinking.
"About two hours ago."
"What?!" Vegeta yelled and exited the room. The three men were trailing behind him.
"Maybe she went out to have a break."
"Then shouldn't she be back by now?" Nappa asked. "And besides, the canteen is just at the end of building. Why did she have to go out?"
"Fuck." Vegeta muttered.
Author's Note: Dun dun dun! What will happen to Bulma? And yay, Vegeta's brother is coming to town! Stay tuned everyone. But if you want to see the next chapter, then please review! Hihi Xx
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