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 7: Waking Together
Next Morning..
The sun rouse slowly into the sky and started lighting up the dark bedroom. But Rock took no notice of this as he slept soundly in a bed that was defiantly not his own. It wasn't until streams of sunlight began pouring in through the window that Rock final started to stir.
Rubbing the sleep out of his deep blue eyes, Rock glanced around the room wondering where the heck he was? It was then that he noticed an arm rapped around his middle holding him tightly.
"(Yawn), good morning Rock. Have a nice sleep?"
Rock yelp and nearly jumped out of bed as he turned around to face Kenichi who was laying right beside him the whole time.
"Oh, it's you." Rock sighed with relief.
Kenichi placed his hand over his mouth and giggled. "Of course it's me, who else would it be?"
Rock blushed at this comment. To be frank, Rock had no idea who he been expecting to see, but he was glad it was Kenichi. For some strange reason it felt kind of nice to wake up and find someone holding him in a warm embrace. At first it felt kind of awkward to be climbing into another person's bed, especially another boy's bed. But as Rock snuggled into the covers and Kenichi snuggled up next to him he felt for the first time safe and happy. He liked that feeling.
"Huh, Rock your blushing again." Kenchi said breaking through his thoughts.
Rock stifled a gasp and tried to think of a good lie to tell him why he was blushing. But before he could respond there was a knock at Kenichi's door.
"Come in." Kenichi said.
It was Shunsaku Ban who came in through the door. "O'boy, saved by the detective again." Rock thought.
It was then that he noticed that Ban had a scowl on his face. For a second Rock thought it was because he and Kenichi were sleeping in the same bed and that he didn't approve. Instead Ban held up a newspaper in front of Rock's face.
"You ain't gonna like this Rock. Looks like our killer has decided to come out of his shell and advertise his appearance to the whole city. Look what's in today's paper." Rock took the paper from Shunsaku and began to read with Kenichi looking over his shoulder.
To my adoring public,
As you may know by now a man dubbed the "MARDUK KILLER" by the always nosey press, has been going around killing the innocent Marduks that happen to wander across his path. Well guess what?
I'M THE SICK'O THAT YOUR LOOKING FOR!
Miss me. I'm sure you did and I'm sure you miss all of those corpses I left behind me? Oh don't worry, there will be more of them soon. Now I guess your all wondering why I'm doing this, why all this mask and mystery?
Well you see I like to kill... men of course.
Gay Men.
That's right ladies and gentlemen, and anything in between. All of the Marduk's I killed were young gay men and the police knew about it! And that's not all. I'm not even close to being finished yet. I now plan on killing not only gay Marduk's, but also any of you gay rich bastards at the top. Don't worry it will be slow and quite painful.
Have a nice day!
Signed the Marduk Killer
"Oh Shit!" Rock gasped as he dropped the paper. Jumping out of bed he grabbed his Marduk uniform and quickly slipped it on.
Kenichi picked up the paper that Rock dropped and stared at it shaking his head. "This is terrible." He said sadly.
"Yea I know." Rock said as he finished dressing. "Look I'm going down to the police station and then to the Marduk hall. I'd like you guys to come with me and help me out. I think I'm going to need it."
"Ok Rock, just give me a minute to get dressed and I'll be with you guys in a minute." Kenichi said smiling as he headed into the bathroom with a stack of clothes under his arm.
Rock smiled after Kenichi as he closed the bathroom door. He liked the way Kenichi smiled. Turning back to Shunsaku he noticed that the detective was still frowning.
"Something else is wrong isn't it?" Rock said worried.
"I'm afraid there is Rock." Shunsaku sighed. "I saw on the news this morning that another body has been found in an ally about a block from here. Bet yea that he's behind it too."
Rock groaned as he rubbed his aching temples. "It's going to be a long day."
**
About an hour later Rock, Kenichi, and Detective Ban found themselves in front of the body of their newest victim which was covered by a white sheet to keep nosey reporters from seeing it and from getting a juice picture. The cause of death based on the coroner's examination: strangulation. The man had also been beaten, raped, cut, and believed by the police to have been strangled repeatedly. Either Rock or Ban had to look at each other to confirm their suspicions. This was definitely their guy's handy work.
At first the police won't let them through because they didn't have clearance. But when Rock stepped up they immediately stepped aside. No one dared mess with a Marduk especially his or her leader.
Pero the detective robot met up with them when they had arrived at the crime scene. "The victim's name is or was Harold Peters." Pero explained as they stood in front of the body. "He was an investment banker at the metropolitan bank. Nothing more about him except that he's got a wife and two daughters who have just been informed of his death."
"There's something you're not telling us Pero?" Shunsaku said in his gruff sounding voice. "Come on spit it out!"
"We found out from a few reliable sources that Mr. Peters spent a lot of time down in Zone 1. In the Red Light district to be exact." Pero said.
"What's the Red Light district?" Kenichi asked Rock looking confused.
"The Red Light district is a section of zone 1 where prostitutes and other lowlife's live and unfortunately breath. Sometimes members of high society, usually men between twenty and fifty years of age go down there to lose themselves and forget their troubles of their everyday lives." Rock explained as Kenichi nodded his head.
"Well now, I think we now know the motive for him killing this guy." Skunsaku grumbled. "This Peter's guy was gay. I mean why else would a man with a good job and a family go to such a horrible place? Two to one he met the killer on one of his nightly visit's and he picked him as his newest victim."
"I think it's time we visit the police station and talk to chief superintendent Nortarlin." Rock said and he started to move away from the crime scene. Kenichi, Pero, and Shunsaku followed him.
"But we already tried to talk to Nortarlin when we first got to Metropolis about the case." Kenichi said as he caught up to Rock. "But he wouldn't listen to us."
"He'll listen to me." Rock said confidently as they continued on. However, none of them saw a figure watching them from the shadows.
**
To be continued...
Next time on metropolis: Rock and friends visit Nortarlin and then head to the marduk hall before heading to zone 1, while Lamp also heads to zone 1. Uh oh what's he up too?
Note from author: Now just so that you know I won't be able to update until either Monday or Tuesday at least. I'm going to be working on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and I won't find the time. Don't worry I'll be back soon.
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 7: Waking Together
Next Morning..
The sun rouse slowly into the sky and started lighting up the dark bedroom. But Rock took no notice of this as he slept soundly in a bed that was defiantly not his own. It wasn't until streams of sunlight began pouring in through the window that Rock final started to stir.
Rubbing the sleep out of his deep blue eyes, Rock glanced around the room wondering where the heck he was? It was then that he noticed an arm rapped around his middle holding him tightly.
"(Yawn), good morning Rock. Have a nice sleep?"
Rock yelp and nearly jumped out of bed as he turned around to face Kenichi who was laying right beside him the whole time.
"Oh, it's you." Rock sighed with relief.
Kenichi placed his hand over his mouth and giggled. "Of course it's me, who else would it be?"
Rock blushed at this comment. To be frank, Rock had no idea who he been expecting to see, but he was glad it was Kenichi. For some strange reason it felt kind of nice to wake up and find someone holding him in a warm embrace. At first it felt kind of awkward to be climbing into another person's bed, especially another boy's bed. But as Rock snuggled into the covers and Kenichi snuggled up next to him he felt for the first time safe and happy. He liked that feeling.
"Huh, Rock your blushing again." Kenchi said breaking through his thoughts.
Rock stifled a gasp and tried to think of a good lie to tell him why he was blushing. But before he could respond there was a knock at Kenichi's door.
"Come in." Kenichi said.
It was Shunsaku Ban who came in through the door. "O'boy, saved by the detective again." Rock thought.
It was then that he noticed that Ban had a scowl on his face. For a second Rock thought it was because he and Kenichi were sleeping in the same bed and that he didn't approve. Instead Ban held up a newspaper in front of Rock's face.
"You ain't gonna like this Rock. Looks like our killer has decided to come out of his shell and advertise his appearance to the whole city. Look what's in today's paper." Rock took the paper from Shunsaku and began to read with Kenichi looking over his shoulder.
To my adoring public,
As you may know by now a man dubbed the "MARDUK KILLER" by the always nosey press, has been going around killing the innocent Marduks that happen to wander across his path. Well guess what?
I'M THE SICK'O THAT YOUR LOOKING FOR!
Miss me. I'm sure you did and I'm sure you miss all of those corpses I left behind me? Oh don't worry, there will be more of them soon. Now I guess your all wondering why I'm doing this, why all this mask and mystery?
Well you see I like to kill... men of course.
Gay Men.
That's right ladies and gentlemen, and anything in between. All of the Marduk's I killed were young gay men and the police knew about it! And that's not all. I'm not even close to being finished yet. I now plan on killing not only gay Marduk's, but also any of you gay rich bastards at the top. Don't worry it will be slow and quite painful.
Have a nice day!
Signed the Marduk Killer
"Oh Shit!" Rock gasped as he dropped the paper. Jumping out of bed he grabbed his Marduk uniform and quickly slipped it on.
Kenichi picked up the paper that Rock dropped and stared at it shaking his head. "This is terrible." He said sadly.
"Yea I know." Rock said as he finished dressing. "Look I'm going down to the police station and then to the Marduk hall. I'd like you guys to come with me and help me out. I think I'm going to need it."
"Ok Rock, just give me a minute to get dressed and I'll be with you guys in a minute." Kenichi said smiling as he headed into the bathroom with a stack of clothes under his arm.
Rock smiled after Kenichi as he closed the bathroom door. He liked the way Kenichi smiled. Turning back to Shunsaku he noticed that the detective was still frowning.
"Something else is wrong isn't it?" Rock said worried.
"I'm afraid there is Rock." Shunsaku sighed. "I saw on the news this morning that another body has been found in an ally about a block from here. Bet yea that he's behind it too."
Rock groaned as he rubbed his aching temples. "It's going to be a long day."
**
About an hour later Rock, Kenichi, and Detective Ban found themselves in front of the body of their newest victim which was covered by a white sheet to keep nosey reporters from seeing it and from getting a juice picture. The cause of death based on the coroner's examination: strangulation. The man had also been beaten, raped, cut, and believed by the police to have been strangled repeatedly. Either Rock or Ban had to look at each other to confirm their suspicions. This was definitely their guy's handy work.
At first the police won't let them through because they didn't have clearance. But when Rock stepped up they immediately stepped aside. No one dared mess with a Marduk especially his or her leader.
Pero the detective robot met up with them when they had arrived at the crime scene. "The victim's name is or was Harold Peters." Pero explained as they stood in front of the body. "He was an investment banker at the metropolitan bank. Nothing more about him except that he's got a wife and two daughters who have just been informed of his death."
"There's something you're not telling us Pero?" Shunsaku said in his gruff sounding voice. "Come on spit it out!"
"We found out from a few reliable sources that Mr. Peters spent a lot of time down in Zone 1. In the Red Light district to be exact." Pero said.
"What's the Red Light district?" Kenichi asked Rock looking confused.
"The Red Light district is a section of zone 1 where prostitutes and other lowlife's live and unfortunately breath. Sometimes members of high society, usually men between twenty and fifty years of age go down there to lose themselves and forget their troubles of their everyday lives." Rock explained as Kenichi nodded his head.
"Well now, I think we now know the motive for him killing this guy." Skunsaku grumbled. "This Peter's guy was gay. I mean why else would a man with a good job and a family go to such a horrible place? Two to one he met the killer on one of his nightly visit's and he picked him as his newest victim."
"I think it's time we visit the police station and talk to chief superintendent Nortarlin." Rock said and he started to move away from the crime scene. Kenichi, Pero, and Shunsaku followed him.
"But we already tried to talk to Nortarlin when we first got to Metropolis about the case." Kenichi said as he caught up to Rock. "But he wouldn't listen to us."
"He'll listen to me." Rock said confidently as they continued on. However, none of them saw a figure watching them from the shadows.
**
To be continued...
Next time on metropolis: Rock and friends visit Nortarlin and then head to the marduk hall before heading to zone 1, while Lamp also heads to zone 1. Uh oh what's he up too?
Note from author: Now just so that you know I won't be able to update until either Monday or Tuesday at least. I'm going to be working on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and I won't find the time. Don't worry I'll be back soon.
