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A/N: thank you to everyone who's read and especially to those people who've taken the time out to review this story. To Cerulean Crystal. Sion 0083, SJsilver, DC-Desperado and Zellycat thank you for your reviews. Special thanks as always to the two most incredible people I know to Alex and Hannah I owe you both so much. Ok so here we go onto chapter 2. Knight of the city. Again please read and review any thoughts or comments are greatly appreciated.
Knight of the city
Squall sped through the traffic as he made his way back to his apartment. With thoughts of his night fresh in his head he pressed down harder on the accelerator his anger threatening to boil over. Bloody idiots he thought to himself they have absolutely no idea who their dealing with. His mind was racing with a thousand different things at once but the clearest thought was that there was no way in hell he was giving this case over to bloody spooks. If those idiots downtown thought that Squall Leonheart would just go quietly into the night well then thy were in for a very big surprise.
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Earlier that night…..
He walked from the abandoned building convinced that his theory was right, the unmistakable smell of jasmine perfume still in his nostrils. Squall knew that no one would believe a woman would be behind this mayhem but he also knew when he was right.
"Sir" Nida shouted to him as he ran across to the other man.
"Sir, you've to report to headquarters immediately.
"Whatever" Squall said walking past the anxious man.
"But Sir this is a direct order from the Chief Of D'S" Nida shouted his voice betraying his own nervousness.
"Tell them I'll be there in five" Squall said as he walked to his mustang.
He smiled as he got in the black car, so the chief of detectives himself is calling for me, things are suddenly getting interesting he thought as he started the car and drove off.
"Very interesting" he said as he reached over to switch the radio on.
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Garden Heights police headquarters was a remarkable building, it looked more like a school than a police station but then again that may very well have been the intention of the builders. The black mustang roared past the front of the station, its lone occupant speeding along as was his norm. he turned the car swiftly as he drove to the back of the huge building. Stopping suddenly at the checkpoint the was as usual annoyed by the stupidity of the guard on duty.
"Going inside Detective Leonheart" the oafish guard asked.
"No actually I was on my way to Disneyland" Squall answered with a smile.
"Oh that's great make sure you go………..hey wait a second are you making fun of me" the guard asked realisation suddenly dawning on him.
"Why whatever gave you that idea" Squall said his smile having now turned into more of a smirk.
"Oh sorry sir, go right ahead" the guard said as he raised the barriers.
Squall never even bothered to look at the other man, he just pressed down hard and sped past. Parking as close to the elevator as he could, Squall turned off the engine and picked up his files. So lets see what Cid has to say, he thought as he got out of the car and walked to the elevator.
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Cid Kramer sat at his huge desk, looking at the two people in his office. Justice Department spooks he thought as he watched the two look through his files. The two spooks as he put it where dressed very oddly, well in his opinion anyway. The man wore a long beige overcoat, dark black jeans, a white shirt which was unbuttoned down to almost his navel and most surprisingly of all he topped this off with of all things a cowboy hat. The girl wore a stunningly small bright yellow dress, black cowboy boots and her hair was tied back by a white scrunchie. It annoyed the hell out of Cid that these two were here at all, let alone why they had come.
"You do understand, we want all the files Mr. Kramer" the man suddenly said as he looked over his shoulder.
"Yeah where are the files from this lionheart or whatever he's called" the girl suddenly added.
"Detective Leonheart will be here in a few minutes" Cid said angrily overly emphasising the word Leonheart.
"Lionheart, Leonheart whatever his name is, it doesn't matter we want those files Mr. Kramer" the cowboy added looking at the older man with a menacing look on his face.
Cid sat back in his chair and waited, Squall would be here very soon and Cid was actually looking forward to Squalls meeting with these two spooks. Yes that would be something to see he thought to himself as he sat back and smiled.
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Squall walked through the doors of the detective bureau and immediately his attention was perked by the amount of activity he saw. People were shuffling about in what to Squall's mind was an obvious attempt to look busy. Looking around the room he noticed that the blinds in the chief's office were drawn, something which never happened.
"Xu what the hell is going on" he asked the short dark-haired secretary.
"Spooks" she answered.
"OH hell" Squall said.
"Yeah two of them, there in with the chief" Xu said.
"What the hell are spooks doing here" Squall asked the clearly annoyed girl.
"There waiting for you" she said her annoyance not directed at Squall but rather at the two people in the office behind her.
"Well you'd better let Cid know I'm here then" Squall said.
"Sir, Detective Leonheart is here, shall I send him in" Xu said into the intercom on her desk.
"Well its about time, yes Xu right away" Cid answered.
"Yes sir" Xu said.
Squall walked past the annoyed girl and towards the chief's office.
Xu hoped Squall's well known temper wouldn't get the better of him although a part of her wouldn't really be too upset if it did.
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Squall walked into the chief's office without knocking and immediately thought someone had been playing a joke on him. The two people he had been told were spooks couldn't possibly be he thought as he looked at them. Spooks were well known for their strict adherence to details, one of these details being there almost religious zeal for their trademark black suits. The two people Squall was looking at however were dressed as far removed from this as possible.
"Detective Lionheart I presume" the short auburn haired girl said as he entered.
"Leonheart" Squall answered already not liking this girl.
"Oh forgive my partner detective, names aren't quite her strong suit" the man in the cowboy hat said winking at the girl.
"Speaking of which, who in the hell are you" Squall asked looking past the two spooks.
"Oh I'm sorry forgive my rudeness" the man said with a smile.
"I'm Special Agent Irvine Kinneas of the Justice Department and my partner is Special Agent Selphie Timmit" he said as he reached his hand.
"And what exactly is your business here" Squall asked making no attempt to shake the other mans hand.
"Please take a seat Detective" Irvine said his face showing no sign that he had just been snubbed.
"I'm fine standing" Squall said.
"Well Detective, these three unfortunate incidents in the last week involve some very important people who are well known to us in the Justice Department" Selphie said forcing Squall to look over to his right.
"And it's been decided at the highest level that it would be much more satisfactory if we at the Justice department took control of these cases" Irvine said forcing Squall to turn to his left.
"So as of now these cases are no longer under your jurisdiction" Selphie said.
"Like hell there not" Squall shouted annoyed not only by what they were saying but by the very fact that seemed to be taking turns saying it.
"I don't believe you understand the way things work Mr. Leonheart" Selphie said.
"That's Detective Leonheart, sweetheart and I understand things perfectly" Squall said.
"Now if you two will forgive me I have cases to solve" Squall said as he walked towards the door.
"Well I think your superior here may beg to differ" Irvine said nodding to the older man.
"Is that right sir" Squall asked.
"I'm sorry Squall it's out of my hands" Cid said.
"Very well then" Squall said turning towards the door.
"There's just one more thing Detective" Irvine said reaching out and placing his hand on Squall's shoulder.
"I don't care who you are or who you work for but you have two seconds to get your hand off me or your nights will suddenly become a whole lot less interesting" Squall said as he looked at the man with venom in his eyes.
"Your files detective, we want them all now" Selphie said as Irvine smiled and took his hand away.
"Whatever" Squall said walking from the room.
"Well isn't he a daisy" Irvine said winking to the girl.
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He handed over his files and waited until the two spooks had left before he stormed into the chief's office.
"What the fuck was that all about" he shouted to the other man.
"Calm down Leonheart" Cid said his own annoyance clear.
"Calm down, Calm down you say, what the hell just happened here" Squall said.
"Squall the Justice Department outrank even my powers and if they want to take over a case then there's not a damn thing I can do about it" Cid said.
"If you think that I'm just gonna allow these idiots to come in and take over my case well then you have another thing coming" Squall shouted as he stormed from the room.
Cid watched the other man go and didn't try to stop him, Squall could be difficult at the best of time but when his blood was boiling, well only a fool would get in his way. Cid Kramer was a lot of things but one thing he wasn't was a fool.
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Squall pulled his car into the garage of the apartment building, he stopped the engine and reached over to the files in the passenger seat. One thing he had always done was keep a copy of the cases he was working on and as he grabbed the files he was glad he had time to do these particular ones. If the Justice Department was so interested in these particular cases then obviously there was something here he wasn't supposed to find. He walked to the elevator and pressed the button to go up to his apartment, it had been a long night and he was starting to feel a little tired.
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The girl stood on the rooftop and watched as he walked into his bedroom, he looked like he had all the cares in the world on his shoulders. She watched as he took his shirt off and got into bed. He was asleep within seconds and as she looked she saw his face change from one full of worry to one she found incredibly beautiful. She longed for the peace that those features now showed, but she knew that peaceful sleep for her was still a long way away.