Chapter 2: Demons Request.
"You have five minutes, before I trace your phone and find you… and finish what I should have done a long time ago…" I say quite calmly, even though I feel the rage building up inside.
"I understand your bitterness toward me and the league, but I would not be calling unless this was important." He says with some hesitation in his voice. "What do you mean, there is nothing that you need to tell me, I have been gone for a long time and I will not be returning" I say with aggravation in my voice.
"You will not be returning for me, but will you return for her?" He says with a hint of pride in his voice. "Who? Talia… she will not play your games, anymo…". "I'm not talking about my foolish child, I'm talking about your old subordinate… what was her name… Claire… no… Victoria… jog my memory detective, there has been too many people that have died to remember." He says with a mocking tone.
"Avis… her name was Avis" I spat out as I stand up and lean on my desk. "Ahh… yes Avis the most prolific failure to ever enter the league" he says as he starts to laugh. "You raised her since she was ten years old, and then you have her killed all because she wanted to have a normal life and leave the league!" I yell into the phone as my hand slams on the desk.
"How could she have had a normal life… Do you think I would really let her leave me and go to Gotham with you…? You still don't understand detective… she was mine. All along she was mine, she could never be yours." He says with a bored tone. "Why did you call" I say with as much venom as I can. "Well detective someone has stolen her body, and I want you to find it for me"
"What did you say…" I ask quietly. "Oh... didn't you know that we found her body two months after her little slip off the train in Austria. I'm sorry detective I thought you knew… Well, I will send you all the information my men have gathered, I hope you won't disappoint me… Goodbye."
I stand there with the receiver in my hand for a good five minutes before I put it back on the base. I turn around and look outside at the city I call home. "This could have been your home too." I say to the empty room. I grab my jacket off the back of my chair and reach for my keys, as I make my way across the room. I open the door and look over at Alice, she had regained a little bit of color but was still not looking very good. "Alice… cancel the rest of my meetings and reschedule my dinner with Miss Dale, after that is completed you may go home." I say as I'm walking to the elevator "y…yes sir!" she replies right before the elevator doors close.