Chapter 6: The hunt
After exiting the diner, Kiryu and Ghidorah were driving to "Andrew Ryan Hospital", a strange place to start their investigation, but Kiryu knows exactly what to do. "So why are we going to Andrew Ryan Hospital?" Ghidorah asked as he notices the path that they were taking. "We're looking for Lt Vasquez of the city police department. Last I heard out of the precint is that he was investigating the Townley case until some goons jumped him. He narrowly escaped with his life and now is in the hospital recuperating." Kiryu explains as he drive along the road, passing through the busy streets. "Ah, and he knows something about the late district attorney that might be useful to us. Got it." Ghidorah exclaimed as he put on a smoke. Eventually they arrived at the hospital, where the staff were being busied with rushing people in and out of the hospital or the various rooms to their respective operations. That latest case of emergency was pedestrian caught in a mob's crossfire, his body was littered with bullet holes of a Tommy Gun. "Mob's latest victim?" Ghidorah asked as they go to an elevator. "Yep, you know it, I know it. The mob run the town. Anybody who doesn't pay them enough or own them a debt, well, god help that poor bastard." Kiryu said as he presses the button for the elevator to up to the fith floor. When they reached the fith floor they exited the elevator and went into the the recupirating room for Lt Vasquez.
In there Lt Vasquez was on his bed looking over some notes of his work. When he noticed Kiryu walks in, "Well looky here, so what makes you suddenly drop in to visit? Running low on guys to chew on at the precinct?" Vasquez sarcastically greeted Kiryu, Vasquez wasn't the social type, he was a grumpy, cynical, and all around pessimist. "Drop the Broadway stage audition Vasquez. You're not happy to know that at least there's someone in this god for saken town remembers your name?" Kiryu remarked Vasquez's greetings and sit down next to the inspector, Ghidorah then came into the room locking the door and make sure that their visit is safe from prying eyes of the goons. "So what can do for you detective metal head? Lately I've been hearing that you're staying with some mob boss out of town." Vasquez was always quick on the news, he knows that Kiryu has been doing something shady with an Scilian crime family. "Where I stay isn't your concern? Why? Because it at least doesn't put you in the hospital with head trauma. I heard that you were working on the Townley case before some goons jumped on you right?" Kiryu readied his pen and notebook, the metallic dinosaur sat down next to the inspector. "You got that right. I was working on the Townley case when goons from the Castagella family want to shut me up." Kiryu crossed out the first question on the notebook, he then proceeds onto the next question. "What did you find in your investigation?" Vasquez lighted up a cigar and smoke then answer Kiryu's question but he was still clueless about the purpose of Kiryu's visit. "Well what do you want to know about it? The boys from the forensic said that the clothing on the victim's body had been dyed by the Henderson Coloration Shop. Looks kinda faulty, and I'm not talking about the coloration. The Chemical for the coloration was poisonous and guess what it came from an undocumented supplier. It's untested and it's dangerous for coloration, so I would say that's what killed her."
Kiryu remembers that at the night Elizabeth died, he came over to her corpse and found the sense of chemical substance on her dead body, coloration chemical that were faulty. "Do you happens to know where did she dye her cloth?" Kiryu asked his final question to the inspector. Vasquez then pull out a piece of paper from his pillow to Kiryu, when the metallic monster look at the paper he knows what that turns out to be, "It's a receipt from the Henderson Coloration Service. 45C Bohan Drive." Kiryu read and memorize the address. "Yep, that's right. That's your best shot at finding whatever you're looking for. Now do me a favor and get down there and bark them up." Kiryu and Ghidorah were then forced to leave the grumpy Vasquez alone and go to the Coloration Service. "Some partner you have there." Ghidorah made a sarcastic comment about Vasquez. "Who says anything about him being my partner?" Kiryu remarked at Ghidorah and they both exit the hospital and back on the road. "So Kiryu, what do you think we're going to find in there? Something tells me that we're going to have to use "Special Negotiation" with the guys in there." Ghidorah said as he lock and loaded his MP40 SMG. "I would say that we're going to blow their heads up as soon as we ask them to meet their boss. But let's just leave the guns for last resort. I'll go in first, you're going to be in the back. When you hear the gun fire you're weapons free for the whole place."
They eventually got to the coloration plant that supplies the chemical compoud for various shops in town, Kiryu and Ghidorah hop off the car and told Ghidorah to wait outside while Kiryu was going in alone to question the plant manager. The cybernetic dinosaur asked a worker there who was unloading the latest shipment of chemical substance. "Where can I find the plant manager office?" said Kiryu into the worker's ear, he then pointed Kiryu to an office on the far side of the plant. "Second Floor, far side of the plant." Kiryu came to the manager office where inside, the manager was talking on the phone with someone else, when he saw Kiryu, he hastily put down the phone and greet the detective. "Hello detective. Jim Jones, manager of the Henderson Coloration Chemical Plant, what can I do for you?" The manager greeted Kiryu and offer the detective a box of cigar. "Cigar?" Kiryu simply shake his head and refuses the offer. "Anyway, what brings you here sir?" Jim Jones asked Kiryu, the dino then sat down in front of the manager, his pistol was ready under the table. "I'm here to know about your business with the Five Families. Namely, don Louie Castagella." The manager was getting nervous when he heard Kiryu was here to snoop around their business. "Well all I can say is that there is nothing here that holds your interest, sir. Rest assure that we have nothing to do with Castagella." Jones nervously replied to Kiryu as he began to reach his hand under the table to his Tommy Gun. Kiryu realised that he had reached the jackpot. He got his finger right in the pussy trigger of Castagella's empire. "One last thing, I really think that you should get your life insurance from don Carlino." Kiryu then pull the trigger of his M1911 and killed the manager right away before he can use his Tommy Gun on Kiryu. Ghidorah heard the gunshots and quickly grab his MP40 SMG from the trunk of the car and lock and loaded right away.
As for Kiryu, he was looking through the letters, transaction reports from the bank, then there was a piece of paper that got his attention, it was an order from Castagella stating that they were going to bribe the police to make sure that they don't investigate Elizabeth's death and dispose of her daughter along with Kiryu. "Just the thing I need, it's been a pleasure doing business with you." As soon as Kiryu left the manager, goons of Castagella were already at him from all sides, forcing him to take cover behind some crates. Kiryu returns fire with his Tommy Gun at a bunch of goons on the opposite catwalk. Ghidorah then smash down the entrance to the factory, he ran in and fight his way to Kiryu. "Miss me?" Ghidorah shouted from across the room. "Just get me out of here damn it!" Kiryu ran towards the stairway when a thug shot the inflameable barrels nearby and it brought the catwalk down on the ground. Kiryu fell down hard on his back, before he can even have a chance to move, the catwalk and metal beams fell down on him. Ghidorah saw Kiryu was struggling on the ground as the flame began to burn harder and harder, the golden dragon ran to his dino friend and lifted the debris with all his might. Kiryu crawls out of the debris but his legs were battered, broken and unusable. "Agh! My...leg...I...can't...move! You're going to have to carry me." Kiryu was painfully tried to get up but eventually it was Ghidorah who must carried him out to the car while the factory was burning down behind them. "Wait until Anna hear about your feet." Ghidorah put Kiryu into the car then drive back to the don Carlino's humble abdode.