Chapter 11: Back to the Case
2nd of January 2016
Everyone was back at the office after the celebrations in December.
Many people had congratulated both Luke and Alaika with their engagement and all female agents had seen Alaika's engagement ring.
Alaika sat behind her desk as she saw a silver envelope. She looked around her, seeing no one that could have laid it on her desk. Alaika opened the envelope, finding two old letters from her brother Wedge to Syal.
30th of March, 2012
From: Wedge Jagged Antilles
To: Syal Mackenzie Antilles
Dear Syal,
It's hard to believe Alaika ran away, yet I saw it coming years ago before I married Iella. I only hope our sister is safe, and when she's safe, I just want her to contact us just to let us know she's okay and unharmed.
I have to keep faith in her, she's very strong for someone who has been beaten all her life since her parents knew she was having black hair. No one ever became older than 9 years old, yet Alaika kept fighting, now she's 22. She's the oldest blackhead, and I can be very proud to her that she didn't give up on living. I only ask myself what kept her living, many kill themselves because of the humiliation every time.
Love & kisses,
Your brother Wedge
26th of July, 2012
From: Wedge Jagged Antilles
To: Syal Mackenzie Antilles
Dear Syal,
It has been 3 months since Alaika ran away, I can't get her out of my head! I keep asking if I should warn the police or something, but they'll just bring her back to us and that is just what she fled for. Should I otherwise try to contact this new Police Task Force? This NFSBI Agency? I don't even know what kind of federal agents they are, but they sound pretty powerful according to my boss, Anakin Skywalker. He told to us all that his son works there and that this son of him is becoming more of a man each day.
Please reply.
Love & kisses,
Your brother Wedge
There was also a note in the envelope, which was written in Syal's hand script. It was attached to the photo of a new born baby.
Alaika hadn't heard from Syal since she was brought to a safe house somewhere in Florida, close to the bureaus of other federal agencies. She read the note.
Dear sister,
I'm very sorry I never told you about my pregnancy. You see, Father didn't like it that I bore Giddean's son, so he wanted to 'clean' me of his 'filthy' seed and all, you get his problem. So I was forced to have sex, but not just with any male, I had to have sex with our brother! This son I bore is his, Gideon Antilles.
Before I forget to mention, Wedge misses you dearly. I know he is an U.S. Marshall under the lead of Commander Skywalker, the father of your Director. They might plan on telling him where you are since they probably know his sorrow. It's the best you tell him yourself so he doesn't go look for you.
Greetings,
Syal
Alaika looked up from the letter, seeing Ezra coming in. "Hey Ezra!" she greeted him.
"Oh, hey Alaika." Ezra said.
"Do you know where that report about the death Senators is?" Alaika asked.
"It's in Kanan's desk, why do you ask?" Ezra asked.
Alaika walked immediately to Kanan's desk. "Because my 'Father' really got too far with his Supremacy Movement this time." she replied and took out the report. "I'm gonna reopen this case."
"Can I help?" Ezra asked.
"Of course you can. Search everything around the web about the Movement and be sure Zeb and Kanan will be informed about the reopening." Alaika replied.
"It shall be done." Ezra said, sitting down behind his desk and started searching immediately.
Alaika flipped through the report, reading certain pieces of text. Her brains needed a refreshment of the case since they hadn't been on it since last year's May.
"Two murdered Senators… metallic weapon… blunt head force trauma…" Alaika whispered to herself. "Metallic weapons where you can create a killing head force trauma with… sounds like anything that an assassin of the Supremacy Movement would use to…" she stopped, her eyes darting over the pictures on her desk. She saw the wedding picture of her brother with Iella Wessiri.
Iella Wessiri was one of the most feared Supremacy Movement assassins, Alaika knew Wedge was forced to marry her.
Alaika's eyes wided. Iella was an expert on the area of those weapons, maybe she kept a list of it…
Alaika quickly stood up and grabbed her stuff.
"Alaika, what are you going to do?" Ezra asked.
"Going to find out about the murder weapon." Alaika replied as she walked to the elevator.
Ezra came immediately after her, running into the elevator before it closed. "Wherever you're going now, I'm going with you." he said.
"Well, I might need your help…" Alaika said as the elevator closed.
Alaika and Ezra arrived at the address of Wedge Antilles when it was close to nightfall.
No lights were on.
Both reached out with the Force to search for life forms in the house.
"It's clear." Ezra said.
"Indeed. Now, let's do it before anyone sees us." Alaika said and did a Force Jump, jumping upon the roof. Via an open window she climbed inside, ending up in eighter Syal's or Myri's bedroom. Alaika went into the hallway, checking behind every door if she could find eighter the master bedroom or any office that could be Iella's. She searched the whole floor, finally finding Iella's office.
Alaika knew it was Iella's since there were metallic weapons stalled out in a closet of glass like they were trophies, her brother would have a more military like office. She walked closer to the closet, seeing all kinds of weapons like daggers, poison darts, whips, knives and things with many spikes.
One of those spiky things missed some points and Alaika saw something red on another point.
'Presumably blood.' Alaika thought as she took a picture with her NFSBI-camera Ezra had given to her on their way here. When the picture was saved, she went back to the window she had comen through and left everything like it was when she had entered the house. She jumped off the roof, using the Force to minimalize the pressure on her feet when she landed.
"Did you find anything?" Ezra asked.
"Better take a look at this." Alaika replied as she gave him the camera and looked around to be sure no one had seen them.
"The points of some of the spikes are missing…" Ezra commented, stopped, and looked at Alaika with a worried and shocked face.
"We need to tell Kanan and Luke straight away." Alaika said, stepping in the car.
Ezra also did and immediately picked up the phone to call Kanan.
As Alaika drove away, Kanan replied on the phone. His hologram appeared on the dashboard.
"Ezra? Why do you call?" Kanan asked.
"Kanan, I reopened the case of the murdered Senators, and I think I found the murder weapon." Alaika replied.
"I've send you a mail about it." Ezra said.
"Have you informed the Director as well?" Kanan asked.
"Not yet, we were about to do that." Alaika said and called Luke as well.
Luke's hologram also appeared when he picked up. "What's it?" he asked.
"I reopened the case of the murdered Senators, I think I found the murder weapon." Alaika replied for the second time.
"Where did you find it?" Luke asked.
"Well, I found it at my brother's house." Alaika replied. "In the office of my sister-in-law Iella Wessiri. She's one of the Supremacy Movement warriors who are 'allowed' to own these kind of weapons in the village."
"Good work Alaika. Thanks to you, justice will do good once again." Kanan said.
"I'll call the police in Jefferson, would you two please go back to the house so the weapon won't be removed?" Luke asked.
"Yes sir." Alaika and Ezra replied.
Alaika turned the car around in a very sharp turn on two wheels, but they made it.
Ezra shut down the phone lines.
They waited by the house, even after the police had arrived.
Wedge Antilles arrived at his house, only to see police cars with their blue flashing lights on, white-red striped police tape on his house and a black SUV. He got out of his Mercedes immediately. "What's going on?" he asked one of the police agents.
"This is your house?" a male police agent asked.
"Yes… what happened?" Wedge asked and looked at his house to see a pair of federal agents. Wedge knew it were federal agents because of the suits they were wearing.
"There was a weapon found in your house that could have been used by the murder of Senator Tendau Bendon of Ithor and Senator Giddean Danu of Kuat." the agent replied.
"Where was it found?" Wedge asked.
"You should ask that to NFSBI Agent Antilles." the agent replied. "Agent Antilles!"
Wedge's eyes wided. NFSBI… it sounded very familiar to him, wasn't that the task force his Commander was always talking about? That his son was leading the task force?
The female federal agent came towards them.
Now his sight was clear, this Agent Antilles was his baby sister Alaika!
Alaika saw his expression immediately. "Hey Wedge… I'm sorry that we have to meet like this." she sadly said.
"You became an NFSBI Agent?" Wedge asked.
"Should we leave you alone?" one of the police agents asked.
"This man is my brother, he isn't dangerous. You can leave." Alaika replied.
The agents all nodded and left them alone.
"I indeed became an NFSBI Agent." Alaika said.
Wedge checked her out, suddenly seeing a round metal thing hanging on his sister's belt. "What's that?" he asked and pointed at the think.
When Alaika unclasped the round metal thing, Wedge realized what it was.
"This is my weapon." Alaika said, holding up her lightsaber.
"You're a JEDI." Wedge said, neither shocked or surprised.
"You're not surprised." Alaika said.
"You were always stronger than anyone else. I knew there was something about you that was different than by all those other children, and now I know you have the Force, the reason of you being strong is explainable." Wedge told.
"I'm glad you approve." Alaika said, smiling at her brother.
"Is there anything else I should know of?" Wedge asked, smiling back.
Alaika bit her lip. "Well, there is something you should know…" she said. "…I'm going to get married."
"WHAT!?"
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