Chapter 21- Clue
"Well?" Johnson asked as Brianne and Dakotah walked into the office.
After the other two detectives had left Capsule Corp., Johnson had conveniently avoided the questions that Dr. Briefs asked by saying that he had important business to attend to.
He had sat back at the office going over the more detailed list of injuries provided by Capsule Corp. for the few hours he had been waiting for his partners to return.
"We talked to the principle and one of his friends, a boy named Goku Kakarott." Dakotah provided.
"Only one?"
"Only needed one. Besides, the principle, Kozaku, said that the boy, however popular he may be, did not have many friends. If the Kakarott kid couldn't tell us something, no one else would have known."
"Hmph." Johnson acknowledged. "So what'd you find out?"
"The kid's last name, 'Ouji' was his mother's last name. That's why we couldn't find anything on him. We couldn't get the father's last name, but we got the kid's birthday."
"Well I guess that's good enough."
"Oh and another thing." Brianna added. "We think the kid that the kid was almost killed before. Don't know when, or by who, or anything else about it though."
"Why not?"
"The kid we questioned wouldn't tell us."
"What do you..."
"Johnson! I got records on the house!" Detective Kyle strode in waving a folder in the air.
Johnson turned to Brianna and Dakotah. "Go find the kid's real name." He said and turned back to Kyle.
"Look. You might find this interesting." Kyle opened the folder, laid it on the desk and pointed to the paper inside. "The house hasn't been owned for over twelve years. Whoever was in that house had no authorization."
"So..." Johnson waved his hand for Kyle to continue.
"Wait that's not the best part. Thirteen years ago last Tuesday, there was a person murdered in that house."
"And you think that has something to do with our case?"
"We man that did it was never found. This could be some strange serial killer thing that pops up every thirteen years."
"Highly unlikely. Though it could be possible. Who was the person that was killed?"
"A woman. The man that killed her was apparently her husband. Her name was Rachelle Senovitz, but her maiden name was Ouji."
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Bulma dropped her books off in her room and went off toward her dad's office.
Goku was supposed to come over later to visit Vegeta and she wanted to make sure it was okay for them to go in.
"Hi dad." She said as she entered the office.
Dr. Briefs, who had previously been hunched over a microchip, looked up at her. "Oh hello dear. How was your day?"
"Alright I guess. The whole school was talking about Vegeta and stuff. So.umm. How is he? Can we see him again?"
"Oh he's doing better, dear. And yes, you can see him."
"Okay daddy." Bulma kissed him on the cheek and walked happily out of the room.
Since, they did nothing at school today, she didn't have homework. Therefore, she would be able to do whatever she wanted. And being that it was Friday, she had the whole weekend free. The football game had been cancelled due to the situation, too.
Bulma walked to the Capsule Corp. front yard since she knew Goku would be arriving momentarily. Not even three minutes later, he pulled into her driveway and hopped out of the truck.
"Hey Bulma." He said cheerily as usual despite the circumstances. "Can we see him again?"
"Yeah. My dad said it was alright."
"Good. But I gotta make it quick. I'm supposed to take ChiChi to some fancy restaurant and I have to get all dressed up."
Bulma cocked an eyebrow but didn't comment. Instead, she said. "Well, come on then." and lead him into Capsule Corp.
"Wow, Bulma!" Goku exclaimed as they walked into the med bay "When you said he was better, you weren't kidding around!"
Bulma smiled, but for what reason, she wasn't sure.
"Do you think he can hear us?" Goku asked.
"I doubt it, but you can talk to him anyway." Bulma said, and then figuring that he would have wanted to be alone went to the Capsule Corp. living room to watch TV.
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"Johnson!" Dakotah strode into his office. Johnson had been going over some information on another case about a gang fight, but looked up from the work.
"You were right. We looked up the name 'Vegeta Senovitz' and came up with a shitload of stuff."
"Such as?"
"Thirteen years ago, the kid watched his mother be killed. His father was the one that killed her, and then he went after the kid. The father had tried to kill him too but somehow the he lived. The father was never found."
"So it is entirely possible that it was the father that tried to kill the kid...again." Johnson stated more than asked.
"Yes. The man's name is Thedrick Senovitz. Brianna is trying to find some information on him."
"Don't get ahead of yourself. That might not be our guy."
"What do you mean? He tried to kill him once, and we already know he's killed before, either way, he's gonna be seeing the inside of a cell for a long time."
"Yes, I do agree that this is the man that tried to kill him before, but we don't know if that's the one that tried to kill him this time. There might be some other crazed murderer runnin' around on our streets. We have no evidence to tell us who exactly it was. Either way, the only person that can tell us is the kid."
Dakotah sighed in exasperation. "Okay! We've already gone over this Johnson! The kid is half dead and floating in a fish tank!!!"
"Dakotah calm down." Johnson ordered. "I talked to Dr. Briefs and he said that the kid will be out in two days. All we have to do is wait until he wakes up."
"And do you know when that'll be?" Dokatah demanded but didn't give Johnson a chance to answer. "How do you know that IF he even wakes up, that he'll talk to us? We can't make him tell us anything! You're putting too much faith in the kid, Johnson, and you know it!!!"
Johnson sighed and put his faith in his hands. I know that, but what other choice do we have? We don't have any evidence to tell us who did it, even though we do know that his father tried it once. We don't have any witnesses either, so the kid's our only lead."
"Guys!" Brianna said as she came into the office. "We might have a lead."
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"So you said that you heard gunshots Tuesday around seven." Dakotah confirmed what the citizen had just told him.
"How many?"
"Only one...I think."
"Why are you waiting so long to report this?" Johnson butt in.
"Well gunfire is a usual occurrence around this part of town. I didn't think much of it until the people on the news said..."
"Did you see anyone?" Johnson butt in again.
"It was all dark, but I think I saw four people."
"Can you tell us exactly what happened?"
"Well I was watching TV and I heard the shot. Well, a gunfight is better than a soap any old day. So I ran to my window. It's that one up there." She pointed to an alley window on the third floor. "Well I looked down and there were these two guys that were holding this other guy. And..."
"Can you show us how he was being held?"
"Umm...Okay." She said and motioned for Johnson to kneel down on the ground.
Johnson rolled his eyes but obliged.
"Okay. There was one guy on this side and another on this side. The one in the middle was just kind of hanging there. Anyway, they just stood there for a while and this other guy walked up from over there." She pointed. "Well he came and hit the guy in the middle across the head. Then the other two guys picked him up and threw him in the trunk of a car that was parked right over there. Then they drove off and I went back to watch TV."
The detectives finished writing and looked up. "Well thank you for your time ma'am." Johnson said.
"No problem."
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Sorry about the EXTREMELY long wait, but I was kinda busy. 'Kinda' being the key word here. Mostly I was just too lazy. But I DID sometimes have things to do.
Please R/R