GH 2018 presents Elizabeth Webber; #029

"Errand of Mercy"

Boulder Colorado Zoo…

The Cats and Dogs animal show was about to start, so Jake and Aiden as well as other children were down by the stage looking at some of the animals being present by the trainers before the show started. They both seemed very interested, as Elizabeth kept an eye on them from the seats in the arena.

Grayson, sitting next to Liz, explained the phone call he had just received from Janet Dawes, his daughter's (KariAnn) case worker with the California Childs Protection Services.

He explained how Police were called to the trailer where KariAnn lived with her mother, Shyera, and Brad Polk. Brad had been found on KariAnn's bed, stabbed with a pair of scissors to his gut.

Brad was still alive, but could still die, at which point KariAnn's current charge of assault would be upgraded to a possible murder charge.

"Wait a minute," Liz said angrily to Grayson, "what was he doing on her bed?"

Grayson nodded his head.

"I asked Janet the same question. Brad told the cops," Grayson replied with his own anger, "that she stabbed him for no reason." He took a breath, and looked down at the stage area where Aiden and Jake were. "I don't want to ruin their day, so," Grayson continued, "since you drove us all here in your jeep, I've called a cab and I'm going straight to the airport."

Not understanding why he was going to the airport, Liz reached out and put her hand on his.

"Where are you going to go?" Liz asked. "This happened last night, so who knows where she could possibly be by now?"

Grayson gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, and stood up and looked down at her, and then smiled.

"My daughter and I have always had an emergency contingency plan," Grayson said, with a devious tone in his voice. "That girl is a survivor. And trust me, I know where she is."

Liz stood up.

"Let me take the boys home," Liz said anxiously, "And I'll come with you. We're supposed to be the Dynamic Duo; remember?"

Grayson shook his head.

"Thanks," Grayson said, "but like I said, I don't want to ruin this day for your boys. And," He added, "When I meet up with KariAnn, I'm not taking her back to that hell hole until I find out what really happened. Please tell the boys I'm sorry I had to leave, and you," Grayson added as he put his Lion King mask over Liz's face, "you have fun too."

And with that, Grayson Wayne made his way out of the arena, on his way to the airport and then on to the ` prearranged rendezvous he and his daughter had secretly made between them.


Boulder Colorado;

High Peaks Elementary School

The next day…

It was lunch time, and as usual, Aiden was sitting with two of his friends on one side of the lunch square, where as Jake sat with a dozen other kids on the other side of the square. As usual he was one of the more popular of the bunch, something he really enjoyed.

The bell rang, and soon the kids began to filter back into the school. Jake was at his locker getting his history book, when one of his friends he sat with at lunch, Tommy Kerns, tapped him on the shoulder.

Jake thought Tommy was cool, but he didn't really know him that much. All he knew of him was that he always, even on sunny days, wore a long sleeve shirt to school.

"Hey," Tommy said to him, "after school, some of us are going to the park to play some soccer; want to go?"

Jake thought for a moment. It was one of those days where his mom would be picking him and Aiden up from school.

"Sure," Jake finally replied, knowing that Bryce was out sick today, and having nothing else to do, "let me check with my mom when she comes to pick me and my brother up from school. I'm sure she'll be okay with it."

"Cool," Tommy said.

And then Jake headed off to class. Tommy, however, went over to his own locker and opened it up.

He reached into his locker to grab his science lab book. And as he did, his sleeve got caught on his folder, and was momentarily raised above his wrist; revealing a small swastika on the underside of his arm.


Boulder Colorado Police Department; the BULL PIT

Detective Crimson (Adele) Noble sat at her desk and took it all in; the sights and the sounds. One week ago she had been walking the beat as a uniformed police officer, which she had done since the age of 23 years old.

But on Friday of last week, one day after her 30th birthday, she had passed the detective's exam, with the second highest score; thirty-five officers had taken the test, only the top two were promoted.

She had been raised in Portland Oregon, but had moved to Boulder Colorado on a whim and went to college while also entering the Boulder Colorado police academy. She had always been drawn to law enforcement, to the chagrin of her very arrogant mother.

But Crimson's father had done very well for himself in law enforcement. And since she had always thought of herself as a daddy's girl; being a tom boy, beating up boys, and having a wild streak, she decided to follow in his footsteps.

"Hey," a strong woman's voice said, bringing Crimson out of her moment of reflection on her life.

Crimson turned to face the voice, already knowing who it belonged too; Captain Evelyn Beam. Captain Beam was African-American, and twice Crimson's age (60) and she was just as brash as Crimson was, if not more.

"Detective Noble," Captain Beam said, as she came over to Crimson's desk, "I think it's time for you to do some real work; are you ready?"

The bull pit, which was where the detectives sat at their desks while working cases, had twelve desks. So what that meant was that there were twelve detectives covering the Boulder Colorado and the surrounding areas.

Being that she was one of two new detectives, her desk as at the very front. And unlike most of the other desks, her desk was nice and neat. But that was mostly due to the fact that she didn't have any case files.

Just like in high school, and college, all the so called cool kids sat in the back of the classrooms. It was the same in the adult world too, so, that was why Crimson's desk was in the front. She wasn't cool…yet!

"Yes Captain," Crimson replied. "I'm ready."

Captain Beam tilted her head to the left, a sure sign she wasn't impressed with the response. It was something the other dicks (detectives) had warned Crimson about.

"Detective Noble," Captain Beam began with, "I highly doubt you're ready for your own case, so, I'm going to pair you up with Detective Quint Meeks over there."

Captain Beam pointed to one of the desks in the very back of the bull pit and it was a mess, with folders and papers scattered everywhere. And sitting behind the desk, with a dingy Denver Bronco baseball hat pulled down over his eyes, and snoring, was Detective Quint (Dominic Cooper) Meeks.

Crimson gulped and nodded her head. Her dad, William Noble, had warned her that becoming detective meant playing ball in a male dominated world. But Crimson, being the tom boy she was, was ready to play.

"Yes Captain," Crimson said, as she stood up and took the file that Captain Beam held out for her. "Thank you for this opportunity," Crimson added, and then she headed for Detective Quint's desk.

As Crimson neared Quint's desk, she looked at the name at the top of the missing person's file the Captain had handed her; it was a man named Garth Landru.

Continued…

This issue featured;

Rebecca Herbst as Elizabeth Webber

Joshua Jackson as Grayson Wayne

Hudson West as Jake Spencer

Introducing…

Blayne Smith as Tommy Kerns

Adele as Detective Crimson Noble

Dominic Cooper as Detective Quint Meeks