Domino City Confidential 6

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Chapter six – The Sight Towel massacre

Ryou had just got the call, and was speeding down to the sight towel coffee shop, prepared to prove himself as a detective. He pulled up in the driveway to spot a single police officer standing on the pavement, with a mug of coffee in hand.

"Lieutenant McRyouson." He said as Ryou stepped out of his car. "I stopped for coffee to find the cashier dead, gun in hand. There's possibly more dB's, but none I could –"

"Tiddleson." Ryou said quizzically, "Where did you get that coffee?"

Officer Tiddleson paused for a moment, and then said, "Er, what was that that?"

"Would you care to explain why it has 'Sight Towel coffee shop' written in big bold letters on the front?"

"Erm, come again?" said Tiddleson looking away.

"Just make sure no-one comes in. Understand?"

"Yes sir." Said Tiddleson straightening up.

Ryou pushed open the front door with a cloth, and started to look around. As Tiddleson had said, there was the dead body of the cashier behind the counter, shot once through the stomach. Ryou looked to his left to see a blood smear on the wall and an upturned chair by it. There was a trail of blood leading to a door at the back of the shop.

Avoiding the blood drops, Ryou made his way up to the door that had a man's toilet sign hanging on it. Not knowing what he was going to find Ryou eventually pushed open the door. Six dead bodies lay there, some on top of the others, like rag dolls tossed aside. There was blood everywhere, on the walls, the toilets, the floor. Ryou didn't know what to say he just stood staring until police showed up.

He met Captain Pegasus out the front of the shop, where he was talking to the press.

"Pegasus, I took the call. This case is mine."

Pegasus looked at Ryou and smiled. "You don't want it lad, and you cant have it."

"But I took the call," Ryou pressed.

"It's mine. But I'll make you my second in command. You can handle the interrogations. How does that sound?"

Before Ryou could answer, Tiddleson turned up with more news. "I hate to interrupt, but we've got an ID on one of the victims. It's Joey Wheeler."

Ryou turned a shocked face to Pegasus, who matched it in equal surprise.

Two hours later…

"I wanna know what happened McRyouson. Now!"

Bakura had arrived at the hospital to see his ex partner being carted into the autopsy room. This was about the time that from across the room Ryou had said, "What a way to avoid jail time."

"I said now McRyouson." Said Bakura threateningly.

"Well forensics has confirmed that three men held up a coffee shop. The register was open and empty when we arrived. The cashier had drawn a handgun, so they killed him. Then they dragged everyone into the men's room and killed them to. A total of five men and two woman dead."

Bakura bowed his head. He wouldn't have liked Joey if he had not been his partner, but after seven years of knowing and working with him, it would take some time to get used to him not being around.

"Lieutenant, we're ready with that Sight Towel ID."

Ryou made his way into the identification room closely followed by Bakura. There was an elderly woman already in there, obviously to identify the red haired woman that lay on the pathologist's table.

"Mrs. Lefturns, is this your daughter?"

Bakura's gasp of recognition caused Ryou to stare at him and say, "What?" Bakura ignored him and approached the glass window. It was the woman from the back of the car. The one who was sitting next to the man named Mr. Von Schrauder, who looked beaten up.

"Yes." Said Mrs. Lefturns. "That's my Suzie." She started to cry, and ran out of the room.

"Kind of looks like Rita Hayworth doesn't she?" said Ryou, to a nod from the pathologist.

Bakura would have smacked Ryou up something fierce if it had not been for the fact that he ha just had a sudden thought. That night he met the pink guy, the woman that looked like Veronica Lake stepped into a car with a woman who looked the splitting image of Rita Hayworth? Very amusing indeed.