The 8th Day ~ Version 2.0

A/N: For a little bit...it's over.

Epilogue
8:00 a.m.; Makurazaki, Japan

The early moring sun winked down on the bustling scene that was taking place down below. Black body bags were filled and taken to the van. Forensic scientists crouched down beside the blood-stained ground as they collected blood samples and searched for clues.

"Oi [1], Takumi, come over here and look at this."

A slim young man looked up at the call. "Nani [2]? I have enough to deal with over here. Someone made a good mess of this guy here, Ichiro."

"You really have to take a look at this."

"With a sigh, Takumi came over and peered around. "Is that what I think it is?"

"Footsteps. It looks like we have a witness somewhere." Ichiro sighed. "There's always more work when you think you're done. I'm going to go get some forms and send some rookies down to see if anyone saw anything."

Takumi watched as Ichiro stalked off muttering to himself before he went off into the trees. 'Now let's see if our little friend decided to do anything interesting.' Takumi frowned as he moved aside the low branches. 'This may be what we need to get into those Triad gangs. We already have a problem with them and that new drug. We don't even have it on file or record.' He paused, sniffing the air as the wind changed.

"I think we have a body instead of a witness. That's the smell of a decay."

With a sigh, he pushed aside a few more branches to find himself in a clearing. A horrific sight greeeted his eyes as he looked around and absorbed what he saw. The green was interspersed with splashes of red, gleaming dully in the sunlight. Flies swarmed around the carcass and white maggots dug their way in and out of the bright red flesh. Takumi gazed down at the pieces that lay strewn around the fringe, the rough bone ends a startling white encircling the deep burgundy of marrow. Finally his eyes made it to the center before he took an involuntary step back and fled to the main investigation site. There in the middle of the clearing lay a head, the sightless eye sockets staring up at the sky. And written in blood on the grass were the words of 'Eight days more shall come for you all.'

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Note
[1] Oi - Japanese for 'hey'
[2] Nani - Japanese for 'what'


Furor: NOW I AM DONE!!!!!!! ^^