CHAPTER ELEVEN.
Drake and Bill walked down the street silently; Bill with a look of guilt on his face, Drake still angry from the spill in the lab. Finally, Bill broke the silence and said "So how did you get this lead?"
After a few minutes Drake hesitantly spoke and said, "Fu had a few connections all over the city, He decided to show them the video and see if anyone knew anything about it. Finally we got a tip from an old friend of his. Whoever this person is, they said to meet them in this parking lot over here." He pointed to a three story parking garage that they just walked in front of.
They went inside, Drake pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and said.
"Says were supposed to meet this person on level C. In the space in the back."
They then walked up to the top story that is the last one before they hit the roof. They walked to the end of the lot where they saw a figure standing in a dim space. The figure then stepped out and they saw that it was a woman wearing a plain pink dress. Judging by her face they could tell that she was at least part elfin. She then spoke.
"Did you come alone?"
They both nodded.
Drake was the first one to speak.
"We were told you knew
something about that security footage that we found. We were only
able to see part of it and we don't know one of the people in the
recording.
"Let me guess, you want to know who would ever cast that spell on the later Mr. Long?" Drake then replied,
"we weren't sure if you knew exactly who, but we hoped you knew at least something about what happened on that building that night."
The woman then answered, "First of all I can't tell you straight out who it was. He has me on a very short leash unfortunately. And he knows that I found out about this event. But I will explain to you how this sort of thing happened. The woman then continued, "Imagine, if you will, a man, who, due to his success is respected in both the magical and non magical community. Unfortunately, many of his assets were gained through illegal and immoral use. But luckily, there was no law enforcement who could have found out about the inner workings of the company. But in one year a newly appointed protector, so to speak, discovers a few of his exploits, and because of that, his business takes a serious blow. Not only that but he could in a few years time risk incarceration. And so, the only way to clear his record would be to destroy the name of this protector to the point where he is more hated than himself. Possibly even sentenced to the fullest extent of the law and rubbed out permanently.
The woman then finished and reached into her pocket. "Make sure you keep this hidden, my employer believes I had all of these destroyed, he didn't know I was able to save one. She then handed him a small disk and said, "this upgrade should be able to decode the last few portions of the security footage.
A few hours later back at the precinct. Drake inserted the disk into the computer. He played the footage again, this time he saw Jake being hit with a beam of light. At that point the light fell upon the face of a dark figure. Fu then walked up and said, "What do you got there." He looked at the screen and the face in the video. Of Course! He then said to Drake. "Now we go in for the Kill"
