By the time Kai arrived at the club, he found Jemma comforting an almost hysterical blond haired male. Next to the male was Alexander who attempted to get answers but could only get a few whimpers. Nathan did his damn hardest to keep Jemma behind the bar as it looked as though she was about to attack the Inspector at any moment. The half-Japanese smiled widely and signaled Kai to join them at the bar. The Russian did without a word. "I...just can't believe....." The blond never finished his sentence before erupting into another fit of tears. Alexander rubbed his forehead.
"Believe it Mister Gaincarlo." Alexander ignored the glare sent his way by Jemma. "Now when was the last time you saw him?" Enrique hic-upped a little before taking a deep breath. He downed the drink of water that Nathan had given him moments before hand.
"Last Friday. We were making plans to meet with the others to tell them...." Enrique paused. Jemma continued to rub his back, whispering that everything was alright before her friend could speak again. Alexander waited silently. "....to tell them.....we're dating." Alexander coughed to cover up his reaction as Nathan and Kai merely stood stone faced. Jemma, however, was never any good at being tactful. She grabbed her friend by the shoulders and swung him round to face her.
"You what!"
Enrique stared at her. Alexander held out a hand to stop Jemma from shaking his witness. Kai did nothing but roll his eyes as Nathan shook his head. Trust Jemma. "You and Oliver were dating? Why didn't you tell us? How long? What happened? You have to tell me every last little detail or by god help me I'll beat it out of you!" Jemma almost yelled causing a look of shock to pass of Alexander's face. Before he could say anything, Enrique let a small chuckle escape his lips as he quickly wiped his eyes.
"We....we were going too. Tonight." Enrique looked at his hands which were now folded on his lap. "We started dating two weeks. Oliver didn't want anyone to know at first....thought we'd lose you all as friends. I knew you wouldn't care, knew you wouldn't mind but I respected his wishes. He called last Friday, said he wanted a small group to know. We agreed that Robert and Johnny should know before deciding to tell you guys as well." Enrique smiled sadly. "I just don't want to believe he's gone." he whispered.
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Kai watched as Alexander left before being closely followed by Enrique. In the background he heard Jemma chuckled a little to herself. "Would you bloody believe it? Those two were a match made in heaven, I swear." she giggled. Kai turned slowly to face Jemma who sat at the bar.
"You could have been a bit more tactful." Kai pointed out bluntly. Jemma shrugged a little. Jemma had never been tactful and Kai knew this all too well. However, the Russian guessed it was in her nature and decided to drop the subject. The Russian sat himself down next to Jemma as Nathan drummed his fingers on the polished wood. For now the club was cold and silent. Kai shivered despite himself.
"So what brings you here besides the murder?"
Nathan raised an eyebrow as he glanced over to Kai. Jemma nodded along to the question and turned to face Kai. The Russian shrugged. "No real reason. Did the police find anything?" he inquired. Jemma snorted a little.
"Like they heck! That inspector asshole wasted too much time being a homophobic dick--" Nathan's glare forced Jemma to shut her mouth before she composed herself. Kai hid his smirk. "Sorry Nathan-kun. Got a bit carried away there." Kai coughed a little to gain his friend's attention.
"I have a theory."
Nathan raised an eyebrow once more as Jemma lent closer to Kai. "I don't think the killer from 10 years ago is really the one who killed Mariam and Oliver." Kai found himself sighing when Nathan and Jemma looked at each other. Clearly they hadn't thought too hard on the subject. "Remember the news report. The killer from 10 years ago left his victims in the toilets of the pub. Now all of a sudden he leaves them in the dumpster?"
Nathan nodded his head. "You have a point." Jemma nodded her head before stopping. A thoughtful look was craved onto her face as she placed a finger to her lower lip. Nathan noticed the change in his friend. "Jemma-chan?"
"What if....What if the killer worked at the pub? If he worked at the bar ro something like that, then he would have the keys to get in. Since this is a completely different lay-out to the pub then he would have no choice but to dump his victims in a different place." Jemma blushed as the two males stared at her. She scratched the back of her head. "Just a thought." Jemma muttered to herself.
Nathan nodded his head. "Sounds likely. It would be easier for the killer to dump the victims in the toilet if he worked here. Good thing he doesn't." Kai glanced over to the door before looking back at his friends.
"I heard one of them talking about Oliver. Said he'd been dead for two days." Kai glanced over to his friends. Jemma nodded her, inspecting her nails for dirt. Grabbing a random beer-mat she used one side to get a large clump out from under her thumb nail.
"Yeah we heard. Nathan-kun reckons that's why our fuse box was messed with. Anything to get us out near the dumpster to check." She placed the beer-mat down. "It's just sheer dumb luck that I had to take the trash out as well."
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Kai rubbed his eyes before taking another sip of his coffee. It was late, felt like midnight to the Russian, but Kai found he couldn't sleep. There was just too much swirling around in his mind. Picking up a print out of the paper report on Tala's death, Kai found himself frowning again. Such a shame. He thought bitterly. The Russian had to admit that Tala was good-looking.
Kai let the print out flutter to the coffee table before lying flat out on the sofa. He needed to know just what happened.
"That's insane! You're worrying over a ghost. Just forget about him. There's nothing you can do for him now." Kai sleepily scolded himself. Kai felt his eye-lids drop before finally falling asleep. What he didn't see was a shadowy figure in the corner of his apartment.
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He was pleased with himself. Very damn pleased.
Kai now finally knew who he was, forcing him to remember his name. Tala. He let the name rolled round his mind. So that's my name.
Tala moved silently from the corner and sat at the edge of the sofa. "Thank you Kai Hiwatari. I know finally remember my name." Tala smiled a little. "Don't give up. Too many people will die at this monster's hand."
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"Ahhhhhhhhhhh! I don't understand!"
Nathan glanced over to Jemma who clutched at her hair. "What's there to understand?" he inquired. The pair of them sat in the living room watching a film. Usually Jemma was pretty good with catching up with the plot but this one had escaped her.
"I told you we should have watched Shinobi. I would have understood it better." Jemma pouted getting comfortable on the sofa. "What the hell made you chose C-C-Casshern anyway?" Nathan shrugged, reaching to grab a handful of popcorn.
"We're only into the first couple of minutes. You wait. The action will kick in and you'll forget about being confused." Nathan replied. Jemma stuck her tongue out. Nathan flipped her off before the pair returned to the film.
The silence was a little un-nerving.
"I'm worried about Kai-kun." Jemma suddenly announced. Nathan nodded his head thoughtfully. Kai had never been one to worry over anything but recently…
"I'm sure he'll snap out of it. After all this is Kai we're talking about." Jemma's giggles stopped Nathan from speaking. When ever Jemma giggled like that it usually meant bad things.
"Yeah. Mister I only attract psychos and stalkers. Jemma continued to giggle to herself. Nathan cracked a smile and continued to watch the film.
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