AUTHOR'S NOTE: This has nothing to do with my story but I just read the 7th FAKE and it was sooooooo good. Leo is a really cool character. So if you haven't read the 7th FAKE, READ IT!!!
Ryo and Dee walked out of the resturant at around 8:30 at night. "That was great!" Ryo said. He was smiling and at ease much to Dee's delight.
"Tell me about it. Anyway, it'll take awhile to get back to my house so do mind if I stay over night again?"
"Sure. Bikky is definitely home by now so just don't be too loud when he goes to bed. You have a habit of doing that…"
Dee scowled. "Do not!"
The pair arrived at Ryo's house within twenty minutes. As soon as Ryo opened the door, he knew something was wrong. But he didn't know what. Dee saw his face. "Dude, what's wrong?"
"I don't know. I just have this feeling… Bikky? Bikky?"
There was no answer. "BIKKY! IF YOU'RE HERE, ANSWER ME NOW!"
Still there was no answer. Ryo ran around to every room in his house to find no Bikky. "Is he there?" Dee asked when Ryo returned.
Ryo shook his head. He was so worried he looked like he was about to cry. "That molester…. murderer…." he nearly whispered, "God, if anything has happened to him…."
"Just calm down," Dee's face was serious. He put an arm around the other man's shoulder, "Think for a minute. He isn't spending the night at Carol's house or something, is he?"
Ryo shook his head. "I have to find him," he murmered under his breath.
He grabbed the jacket which he had hung up. "I'm going out. Stay here."
"Are you kidding me? I'm not about to let you go out there by yourself with some molester on the loose!" Dee grabbed his coat from where he had thrown it across the couch. "If you're going out, buddy, I'm coming with you."
Ryo didn't protest. If anything, a slight bit of relief showed on his face. "Alright, let's go, then."
The two cops slipped into night. Within five minutes they were on the main streets. "I hate to say this, but I think the alleyways are a better guess," Dee told Ryo, "After five years of being with the police force, I've learned the criminals don't like main streets."
"That's about all you've learned…" Ryo muttered under his breath.
They slipped into the first alleyway, they passed. Both men now had their hands on their guns. It was more instinct than anything else. Dee suddenly stopped and knelt on the ground, apparently looking at something. "What is it?" Ryo asked, kneeling beside him.
Dee pointed. It was a blood splatter. "Oh my god…" Ryo breathed.
He swayed and nearly fell over but Dee steadied him. "Easy, man… Look…"
He pointed. There was another blood splatter close by… followed by another… and another. "Follow it," Ryo said, faintly.
They didn't have to go very far. At the end of the alleyway, they saw a body. Ryo turned away. "Is it… him?"
Dee went over to the body. It was a young boy around Bikky age but it wasn't Bikky. "It's not him!" Dee called.
Ryo came over and looked down. "I guess I shouldn't be relieved because someone IS dead but I am…"
"I hate to admit it, but I am to."
Both of them looked at the body. "Another victum," Dee announced, quietly.
The boy couldn't have been older than twelve. He was completely naked and there were three bullet bloody bullet wounds in his chest. Dee frowned. "Look at this," he pointed to the boy's neck which had a dark red ring running around it.
"He was hung… but why the bullet wounds?"
"You've got me, there. I haven't a clue. Maybe he wouldn't die so the murderer shot him."
"But this is like the last victum. It doesn't seem as though both wouldn't die while being straggled. Perhaps there's a certain reason why the murderer shot him afterwards."
Both Dee and Ryo looked at each other. "So now, do we call the Berkley and everyone else and wait while they get over here or do we try to find Bikky?"
The answer came to them faster than the had expected. A small dark shape ran start into Dee. "What the hell?" Dee immeditely spun around, gun in hand, to find himself face to face with Bikky. "You!"
"Hehe. Can't get rid of me, can you, old guy? And do you mind pointing that gun somewhere other than my face?"
Dee's face turned red. "Call me old guy one more time and I'll…"
"Shut up!" Ryo pushed past Dee to see Bikky. "What happened? Are you alright?"
"I'll tell you later. I suggest running now."
"Why?"
"Because I just escaped. They will be after me."
"They? Bikky, what happened?"
"I'll tell you as soon as we're out of here."
"We're cops, you little brat. We don't run away. I'm sure 'they' aren't anything Ryo and I can't handle," Dee boasted.
"I'm going to call the chief," Ryo told both of them, "Whatever is going on, he should get a squad over here. If nothing else, we do have a body."
"Body?" Bikky looked confused.
Dee pointed to it. "Scared?"
"No." Bikky looked at the body with disgust. "Probably them."
"I'm calling the chief," Ryo said again, taking out his phone.
"No need. I'm here."
Dee, Ryo, and Bikky all looked up to see Berkley and Diana. "Berkley!" Dee exclaimed, "What the hell are you doing here?"
"Commissoner, to you, and I don't think that's any of you're business."
"It is if you're in a dark alleyway at ten at night. Not your usual path to home, I'm sure," Dee fumed.
"I came out here to check on a case. In case you haven't noticed, all of the recent victums have been found around this area."
Ryo looked at Bikky. "I think you should tell the commissoner, and all of us, what happened to you."
"Alright. So…"
CLIFF-HANGER!!! Evil laughter