Hello everyone. I hope you have been enjoying this fic. Thank you for reading it and for the reviews. Hope all is well. Here is the next chapter.
Also, I do not own Endeavour or Pokemon or their characters.
This will be using ideas from the Pokemon Games, Anime, and some of my own ideas.
Most of the information comes from these two sites:
/pokedex/national
and
wiki/Main_Page
Summary:
Detective Endeavour Morse is probably the biggest mystery at Cowley Police Station. At least he is to his fellow police officers. He is an officer who prefers to keep quiet and not to have a Pokemon Battle when challenged. Many wonder about him, including his higher-ups.
First a Trainer, but then a Detective
Chapter Four
Time has gone by since the Team Battle and so have the cases. None have been horrible though, just the usual car theft and breaking and entering. At least that was until the strangulation of Evelyn Balfour, whose body was found in a boxcar at a rail yard. Along with the poisoning of Grace Madison, Morse had found a connection, which was opera.
With Thursday able to convince Bright to take Morse off general duties, the DC was on the case.
On a morning, Morse was parking the car in front of Thursday's house. At the door, he knocked and waited for a moment for the door to open, revealing Thursday's daughter, Joan. At her side were her Buneary and Teddiursa.
"Hello, uhhh, good morn…" started Morse.
"Daaaad," called out Joan, looking back into the house.
She turned back to look at Morse, who just stood there waiting.
"Well, don't stand on ceremony," said Joan.
"It's probably best if I wait in the car," told Morse.
"It's probably best if you just do as you're told," said Joan and with that, both of her Pokemon went up to Morse and began to push him into the house.
They went into the dining room, where Thursday's son, Sam, was having breakfast.
"You've come in, then. I'm impressed. Most of Pop's it takes at least six months," said Sam as Morse walked in. At Sam's feet was his Growlithe.
"That lump is my brother, Sam. Do you want a cuppa?" asked Joan.
"Uhhh, no, I'm fine. Thanks, Ms. Thursday," said Morse just as Thursday's wife, Win, walked in with her Leavanny right behind her.
"Ms. Thursday. She gets a lot of that down at the bank. Start calling her that at home, she'll start getting airs. That's Joan, love," told Win.
They continued to talk until Thursday was ready to leave and the two of them headed to the station. In Thursday's office, Bright introduced a Dr. Daniel Cronyn, a psychiatrist who specialized in the study of deranged murderers. Dr. Cronyn gave a profile to the police, telling them that the killer is highly intelligent and has complete absence of the notions of good and evil.
Hearing this, Morse tried to interview Grace Madison's nephew, Philip, but his sister will not allow it. However, Morse and Thursday found an address for a Ben Nimmo, who was a journalist that had an appointment with Grace Madison. They came upon an abandoned farmhouse and when Thursday flipped the switch on the fuse in the basement, a turntable started to play "Aida", Ramades' final aria, a song he sang before being entombed alive. With this knowledge, they found out that Ben Nimmo is just another victim.
With the arrival of Jakes, Strange, Bright, Cronyn, and other officers, they listen to the pathologist, Max DeBryn, as he described the manner of Ben Nimmo's death. Soon after, Jakes showed them a picture of Morse that was tacked up onto the wall that came from the Oxford Mail. They also found a score of a song that is known as "the list song", from "The Mikado".
This caused Dr. Cronyn to remember an old patient from Bellvue Sanatorium. A musical prodigy named Keith Miller who had killed his mother. He was from Oxford.
Because of a fire that destroyed Bellvue's records many years before and there was no department's file, the investigation into Keith Miller revealed nothing, but Morse found that the victims' names indicated the mnemonic device for the notes on the treble clef, at least on the lines. This told them that the next victim's name would start with a "D". At this time, a young girl named Debbie Snow was kidnapped, with only her shoe left behind.
From the Oxford Mail, Editor Dorothea Frazil received an orchestral score for the opera "Snow Maiden." She gave it to the police.
A message left in the shoe led Morse to the Bodleian Library and he found out that Keith Miller was now there. Pursuing him, Morse received a knife wound. A logic puzzle was soon found, a Bocardo syllogism. It took a while, but Morse soon realized that Bocardo was the name of the prison where martyrs were held before burned. The door to the prison was displayed in a church tower. At the church, they found a coffin containing little Debbie, unharmed.
Unfortunately, the next morning, both Philip and Faye Madison found the corpse of Dr. Daniel Cronyn at the doctor's office. His body was burned by acid beyond recognition. He was the killer's "D".
Later on, Dorothea Frazil gave the detectives new information from an old editor about a musical prodigy who killed his mother, but his name was not Keith Miller. It was Mason Gull.
At the station, Morse received a phone call that was broadcasting "Tosca" and soon figured out that Keith Miller was an anagram for "I'm the killer" and that Gull had killed the real Dr. Cronyn to steal his identity so that he could kill the people who were connected to his trial. Ben Nimmo and Evelyn Balfour's mother, Gertrude Tate, were witnesses for the prosecution and the judge was Grace Madison's husband. Knowing that the next victim's name began with an "F", he believed it to be Faye Madison, but when they found her alive at The Oxford Scholars Choral Association, Morse realized that it was not Faye Madison, but Fred Thursday.
Rushing to the rooftop where Gull had Thursday at knifepoint and was trying to force the DI to jump off. Morse tried to lunge at Gull to stop him, but was forced to back off when a beam of black and purple light almost hit him. This caused Morse to fall and land on his side.
Landing in front of Gull was a Zoroark, his Zoroark.
"We can't have you interrupting, Morse. Zoroark, use Night Slash," called out Gull.
Both of Zoroark's claws glowed crimson and he charged at Morse.
"Morse, get out of here," shouted Thursday, but they both knew that he would not be able to.
Morse watched as Zoroark was getting closer, but before the attack could reach him, a small blue orb of energy hit Zoroark, causing him to go flying away from the DC.
Thursday was confused as to what happened and he looked to Morse. To his surprised, the Inspector saw a Lucario helping Morse onto his feet. Gull seemed as surprised as him.
"Thanks, Lucario. You're a lifesaver," said Morse.
Dusting Morse off, Lucario said, "Lucario." He then turned to Gull and angrily said, "Lucario lucario lucario."
"He said that it was a bad idea of what you had Zoroark try to do to me," informed Morse.
"Well, it won't matter after we are done here. Zoroark, Night Slash on the Inspector here," ordered Gull, nodding at Thursday.
Before Thursday could pull out a Poke Ball, Zoroark was almost right in front of him.
"Morse quickly shouted, "Lucario."
In a blink of an eye, Lucario was standing in between Thursday and Zoroark and waved his arm in a slashing motion in Zoroark's direction, causing a blue light to appear and pushed Zoroark back.
"Zoroark, Focus Blast," shouted Gull.
"Use Aura Sphere, Lucario," ordered Morse.
Both Pokemon put their hands together and an energy sphere formed between them, Zoroark's was a yellow orb and Lucario's was a light blue. They soon fired both of the spheres, which caused a collision. A large amount of smoke formed between the two Pokemon.
"Lucario, Close Combat," commanded Morse.
"Lucario rushed into the smoke and quickly came through the other side, right at Zoroark. When he was right in front of Zoroark, Lucario repeatedly punched and kicked him at a rapid pace. With one last kick, Lucario sent Zoroark flying across the roof.
When Zoroark landed near the edge of the rook, he did not get back up.
But Lucario was not done. He went right up to Gull and knocked him down.
"Lucario lucario," said Lucario in a threatening manner, standing over Gull.
Walking over to Lucario and Gull, Morse said, "I think he's had enough, Lucario."
Looking away from Gull, Lucario turned to Morse and stared at him with a worried expression.
"I'm fine," assured Morse.
Moving from his spot, Thursday went up to the three of them and forced Gull to his feet. Morse helped restrain him with Lucario watching them close by. They soon saw Bright, Strange, Jakes, and some other uniformed officers coming towards them. They both took Gull and Zoroark away.
Once they left and it was only Morse, Thursday, and Lucario on the rooftop, Thursday asked, "Alright, Morse?"
Morse and Lucario turned to look at him and the DC nodded. Thursday did not believe him.
"Lucky that your Lucario came when he did. Has he been following you?" questioned Thursday, looking at Lucario and saw a black collar with a colorful round stone hanging from it around his neck.
"Probably, not sure. He always seems to know when I'm in trouble so he comes rushing to protect me. He's overprotective," told Morse and then said, "He probably started to follow me after I was injured."
"How would he have known?" questioned Thursday.
Morse looked at Lucario and then back at Thursday and said, "He just does."
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