Title: A Gay Metropolis

By rockofmarduk

Summary: Tensions have been running high since a mysterious killer began killing gay Marduks and political businessmen whenever one of them ventured into one of the seedy gay clubs deep in zone 1. Duke Red and other powerful figures have plenty to worry about since there all in relationships they want kept from the public. Rock, angry that some of his own men were killed, goes undercover to try and flush out the killer and meets up with detective Shunsaku Ban and his nephew Kenichi working on the same case. As each person deals with his own love problems, hearts are broken, secrets are revealed, and promises are smashed, all leading up to the identity of the Marduk killer.

Couples to come: Rock+Kenichi/ Duke Red+Skunk/ Ban+Pero/ Ban+Duke Red/ Skunk+Lamp/ Boon+Lyon/ Nortalin+Ham Egg/ Atlas+Lamp/ more to come soon.

Chapter 5: Allies and Enemies: Part 3

Somewhere in the city...

The room was completely dark except for a lamp hanging from the top of the roof. A simple table sat in the middle of the room complete with a chair and a mysterious case lying on top. Just in front of the table a man was suspended from his wrists by rope and his ankles were tied to the floor. As the man regained conciseness, he tried to speak but discovered that he was gagged with a piece of cloth.

"Ah, I see you're awake. Took you long enough."

The man looked up at the sound of the other person's voice and saw another man appear from the shadows but he couldn't see his face because of the black mask that covered his face.

Approaching the table the masked man opened the case on the table and took out a long sharp blade that looked like a surgeon's knife. "You see I'm glad you're awake. It's no fun if the victims asleep when you start torturing them. You can't hear them scream."

The bounded man started struggling but it was no use, the ropes were to strong. He tried to cry for help but the gag wouldn't budge. The masked man reached up and grabbed the other mans face. Using his index finger he remove the gag from the man's mouth but still held on tight enough to stop him from crying out for help.

"Now then, don't forget to scream." The masked man grinned as he put the knife against the other mans face.

And the other man didn't! **

At the Metropolitan Police department...

"I'm really, really, really starting to dislike this guy!" Nortarlin shouted at the top of his lungs.

Hamegg cringed at the sound of Nortarlin's voice, not because he was afraid of it. Far from it, he just wished he'd lower the decimals down a bit that's all.

Hamegg was sitting in Nortarlin's office listening to him rant and rave for what seemed like hours, when it had only been half an hour since he arrived. At first he thought Nortarlin called him for this meeting wanting to talk about the Marduk killings, but instead it turned out he just wanted someone to yell at.

After showing Hamegg the letter he had received from the killer, Nortarlin started blaming him for not catching the killer and for being incompetent at his job. Hamegg sighed as he listen to the old windbag go on and on about anything and everything under the sun.

"Why the hell am I just sitting here and letting him continue making an ass of himself?" Hamegg wondered as he rested his chin on his hand. As much as he hated to admit it he actually liked watching the fat chief superintendent argue with himself. Hamegg began letting his mind wonder about Nortarlin's private life, like why he wasn't married yet? Did he have one to may bad relationships? Was he even interested in woman? And above all, why the hell did he care all of a sudden?

"Well what do you think?" A voice interrupted his thoughts.

Hamegg looked over and saw Nortarlin staring at him waiting for an answer to his unheard question. Hamegg shock his head getting out of his daydream. "Um I'm sorry, What was the question again?"

Nortarlin threw up his hands in frustration. "This is exactly what I'm talking about!" Nortarlin shouted angrily. "Nobody listens to me around here. If people would just listen once and a while we'd actually get some things done around here!"

Hamegg sighed as he rubbed his sore temples. "Nortarlin you have got to come down. Yelling isn't going to help matters or the killers next victim if we don't act soon..."

"Don't you think I know that!" Nortarlin shouted in Hamegg's face before stomping over to his window." "I'm just not sure what to do any more?" Nortarlin sighed looking out the window.

Hamegg knew Nortarlin needed a break before he wore himself down to a frazzle. Making his decision, Hamegg got up from his chair and walked over to where Nortarlin was standing. Not wanting to waste this chance or his growing feelings for the superintendent, he grabbed Nortarlin by the shoulders, wiped him around, pressed him against the window and kissed him straight on the lips.

At first Nortarlin wasn't sure how to react to this position. Push Hamegg away, punch him in the face, break away from the kiss and yell for help? No. Instead Nortarlin returned the kiss and rapped his arms around Hamegg's waist. Hamegg pulled themselves away from the window and laid Nortarlin on his desk.

Nortarlin looked up a Hamegg. " Is this your idea of getting me to come down?" He asked with a smirk.

Uh, uh, no talking when I'm on top." Hamegg grinned cheekily as he started taking off Nortarlin's pants. Nortarlin grinned back as he silently reached over for the belt around Hamegg's waist. **

A few minutes later...

Everything was now quite inside Nortarlin's office much to the rest of the police departments relief. And it was like that for the rest of the day, except for the occasional rocking noise from inside the office. **

Later at the Ziggurat tower...

Skunk made his way down the hall towards Duke Red's office, a worried look across his face. He wasn't entirely sure how Duke Red would react to the news.

"Well where about to find out now ain't we." Skunk muttered to himself as he reached Duke Red's magnificent door.

Opening the door he saw Duke Red working at his desk were he usually was. Either that or he'd be at his window looking out over the city. His city that is...

Skunk made a coughing sound to alert Duke Red to his presence. Duke Red looked up and beamed when he saw Skunk.

"Ah Skunk, it's good to see you," Duke Red said as he rose from his desk and approached him. "Though I must say it's a bit early in the day for you to be here... if you get my drift?" Duke Red smirked, his eyebrow raised suggestively.

Skunk, who would usually smile at this comment just, sighed. Instead he pulled out the letter from his pocket. "We have a bit of a problem." He said getting down to the nitty gritty.

A frown replaced Duke Red's smiling face as he stared at Skunk. "What kind of problem?" Duke Red asked with a hint of worry in his voice.

Skunk didn't answer him but instead simple handed him the letter to him to read. Duke Red took the letter, opened it and started reading it. When he was finished his face was just as pale as Skunk's usually was. He looked up at Skunk.

Skunk sighed again and shrugged. "I told you we had a problem." **

Meanwhile at the Metropolitan News paper...

The press room was buzzing has reporters ran back and forth trying to get their stories in the paper before it's release and their deadlines were do. One reporter in particular was sitting at his desk working on his assignment, which were the now famous Marduk killings. As he looked through all the paperwork on his desk something caught his eye. It was an envelope with no return address on it that wasn't here when he came in this morning. Curiously he opened the letter and read it. A minute later...

"HOLY SHIT! STOP THE PRESSES!!!!"

To be continued....

Next time on metropolis: Rock sits down with Kenichi and his uncle to find out what they know about the killer. Then the next body is found and the press goes hog wild.

Author comment: Sorry it took me so long to write the next chapter. I've had a bad case of writer's block on this one. Also I've been working on other stories that I'd like to get up sooner or later. And with my new job I've just started, I've had very little time to do much of the thing's I enjoy. Hopefully this won't happen again. See you soon!