Author's Note: After having an evil angina, I'm healthy again and back with my fic ^^ Sorry it took so long to continue! Now, have fun *smile*
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Cloud van Dyk
Later that day, Tifa wanted to ask Cloud for an appointment, concerning the note she had found in the actual case. Much to her dismay, her boss was nowhere to be found.
"Where the heck is he?" the brunette growled while she walked back to her desk.
"What is it, are you missing him?" Scott teased, and Tifa glared at him.
"Stop that, moron!" she scolded, and Scott laughed.
"Oh, come on, Tifa. We all know that you have the hots for him." He informed her. Tifa blushed deeply.
"I have not!" she lied, but Scott just shrugged.
"Nevermind, Tifa. It will do him good to have a girlfriend." Tifa just sighed and walked away, holding her head. Due to that, she didn't see where she went – and bumped into Cloud, who had just entered the office and was reading one of the files of the actual case. Startled, Tifa looked up.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" she apologized when she saw into whom she had walked.
"Nevermind." Cloud replied. "I want to see you in my office in twenty minutes, Tifa." Tifa nodded, and Cloud walked off, closing the door behind him. Tifa turned around and looked at Scott, fire in her eyes.
"Not a single word." She said before returning to her desk, leaving Scott laughing in his fist.
Twenty minutes later, Tifa entered Clouds office, only to find him at his desk, cleaning his gun. When Tifa closed the door, he looked up.
"There you are. Sit down, please." He smiled. Tifa smiled back and took a seat, waiting until Cloud had finished the cleaning procedure. When he was done, the inspector put the gun back into the shoulder holster he used and looked at Tifa before he started to speak:
"The note you found in the file will be very helpful, Tifa." Tifa blushed, happy about the accolade. "According to it", Cloud spoke on, "the rapist and killer we are looking for is the same person who…murdered my wife." The last words were spoken in a softer tone, and Tifa gave her boss a pitiful look. Cloud straightened up and talked on, his voice stronger again.
"Anyway, we have to find him. And I think we have a new suspect." He handed Tifa a piece of paper, and she read it out loud.
"Derek Vessel, Woodrow-Street 21." She looked up from the paper and asked: "He's the suspect?" Cloud nodded.
"Tifa, we'll go and check on him in one hour. I want you to wear a bullet proof vest, Vessel is considered to be dangerous and armed. He was imprisoned for five years, for raping and killing numerous young girls." Cloud informed Tifa about the suspect. "Right after he was set free again, our killings started." Tifa nodded, thinking about the information she had just received.
"Now, go into the clothes chamber and get yourself a bullet proof vest." Cloud commanded. "Oh, and please take one for me, too. Here's my size." He handed her another sheet with his cloth size written on it, and Tifa nodded.
"No problem. See you in one hour then?" Cloud smiled and replied:
"Yeah. In one hour, in the garage. Car number 27." Tifa nodded again and left her bosses office, heading over to the elevator to get the bullet proof vests.
One hour later, Tifa stood in the garage, waiting for Cloud. The dark place made her feel uncomfortable, and she remembered the attack on her boss with a shudder. Suddenly, heavy footsteps could be heard, and Tifa was relieved that Cloud finally showed up. Her relief turned into fear when she saw that it wasn't Cloud who came walking up to her. Instead of the blonde haired inspector, a tall, muscled man approached her, with dark hair and a wild beard that made him look rather dangerous. "Hey, sweetie." The man now spoke, grinning at Tifa. "Wanna have some fun with me?" "No, thanks." Tifa answered coldly. The man grinned again. "Oh, come on, honey. Derek will show you what a real man can do!"
"Derek?" Tifa thought to herself, frightened. "He's the suspect!" She slowly reached for her gun, then pulled it out with a motion as quick as lightning.
"Don't move!" the brunette yelled, but Vessel just grinned. And suddenly, his fist lashed out, knocking the gun from the shocked Tifa's hand. Tifa took a step back and prepared to fight, and right afterwards Derek launched forward to attack her.