The girl and her canine companion were woken up from their peaceful slumber by the loud screeching of brakes that can be heard for miles from the freight train's brakes. The girl rubbed the sleep from her eyes and stretched, which her canine companion, Aru, did the same.
"Guess we are here" she yawned, still tired and, still stiff from sleeping in a rocking, old and really cold freight car. Aru yawned and stretched some more, her reply to the girl's statement. She chuckled, but was cut off short when the loud crunching of footsteps and gravel could be heard through the metal walls of the car. The girl narrowed her eyes at the door and slowly got up, signaling for her partner to do the same. Both dog and girl crept quietly to the down and stopped, just in front of it. She kneeled down and whispered into Aru's ear, "When the door opens, bark really loud to startle the guy and jump on him, then we make a break for it and hide somewhere. Then we will go to phase 2, got it?"
Aru growled softly, showing that she understood what she had to do. Both girl and dog waited for the door to open, the nerves tense and the stomachs twisting from uneasiness. Finally the crunching of footsteps stopped in front of the door and the door groaned as it was opened. The girl grabbed onto the door and flung it open, much to the surprise of the employee of the train stop and yelled, "Now!"
Aru jumped into action and bark as loudly as she could, scaring the poor man half to death and scaring him the other half when the large half Siberian husky and half wolf jumped at him and knocked him down to the ground and started running. The girl followed her canine companion, running as fast as she could-which was pretty fast for someone of her age- and disappeared among the other freight trains station there. The man gasped with bug-eyes, his mind reeling from the event that had just happened seconds ago. When his heart rate finally calmed down, he was surrounded by his coworkers, worried that something had happened to him.
"Are you OK?" one asked
"I think so…" he replied "But do you know what?"
"What?" Another asked
"I think..." he gulped and looked into the bright blue sky of the early Chicago morning, "I think its time I went on vacation"
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"Fraser, for the hundredth time. I don't care about some old Inuit saying. How the hell is some old Inuit saying by an old man that ate raw seal going to help me out with this case?" asked Ray Vecchio, his temper rising as he shoot the question to his partner that sat across from him
"If you would only give it a chance, Ray. The advice could help you break this case wide open along with your other cases as well" replied his partner, Constable Benton Fraser, calmly and not fazed by Ray's growing temper at all
Ray just scowled at him and signed, "Fine, let me hear this advice that 'could help me break this case wide open along with my other cases'"
"Well…" started Fraser, causing Ray to roll his eyes, "There are two pieces of advice"
"Why am I not surprise" mumbled Ray as he shifted his gaze to the other police members of the CPD, Chicago Police Department, hard at work on paperwork from cases or on the phone talking and not having to listen to a Mountie talk about old people advice on solving cases
"The second one I forgot but it had something to do with not trusting a man who doesn't blink" said Fraser, causing Ray to slam his head into his desk, which was covered with numerous case files so it didn't hurt.
"Are you OK, Ray?" Fraser asked, concerned with his partner's stranger behavior
"I'm fine Fraser, what was the first piece of advice?" he groaned, his head feeling like it was going to spilt in two
"The first piece of advice was to never pay so much attention to the scene of the crime, for if you do, you miss other pieces of evidence that is not at the scene of the crime" said Fraser smiling, seeming pleased by the piece of advice for some reason.
"Really?" asked Ray sarcastily "Now that is some really good advice, you know what Fraser?"
"What?" asked Fraser, not detecting the sarcasm in Ray's voice
"Next time there is a murder or some crime scene that I am called to, I will follow that advice, k?" smiled Ray, the sarcasm only half there.
Fraser smiled but his smile was replaced by a look of confusion when he heard laughter coming from what seemed to come from behind him to his left.
"What do you two want?" asked Ray, his tone revealing his annoyance and his temper flaring up.
"Nothing" replied Detective Jack "Uey" Huey
"Just finding it hard to believe that you need help solving a case" said Detective Louis "Luey" Gardino, the sarcasm ringing through his reply with a big smile plastered onto his face
"Oh really?" Ray shoot back, the sarcasm thick in his reply
"Yeah, really. But hey, at least now you might actually solve a case this time" was Detective Gardino reply, the smile still plastered on his face
"That's it!" cried Ray as he stood up and walked towards Louis, "You want to settle this, cause I can do that, unlike you 'Luey'"
'Luey's smile disappeared as he stood up and walked towards Ray, "That's fine by me, Vecchio"
"Hey come on that enough" said Detective Huey as he got up and put himself between Ray and Louis
"I agree" agreed Fraser as he got up and went opposite of Detective Huey, "We should be working together towards a common goal inside of fighting"
Before Ray, Louis, Jack or Fraser could say another word; a loud voice boomed in the office, "That's enough". All 4 of them turned and faced the scowling glare of Lieutenant Harding Welsh.
"That is enough" he repeated in a softer voice, only had wanting to get their attention, "I need all 4 of you in my office, now" and with that, he turned and walked back into his office and closed his door with a slam!
The 4 men looked at each other and walked towards the door and opened it, with Detective Jack Huey and Louis Gardino entering first and Ray and Fraser following right behind them. As Fraser closed the door with a quiet click, the fireworks went off.
"It wasn't my fault sir" started Ray "'Luey' couldn't keep his trap shut and work so he decide to bother me when I was on my way to finding break in the case I'm working on"
"Don't try to blame this on e, Vecchio" retorted Louis, "I just find it pathetic that you can't solve even one case without your 'Mountie friend'"
"Don't you start on Fraser because-"started Ray but was cut off by Lieutenant Harding Welsh
"That is enough" he yelled, causing them to jump, "You're giving me headache and that's not the reason why I called you 3…" pausing to look at Fraser who returned the gaze with a smile, "why I called the 4 of you in here is because I have a big case that needs some 'special attention' to"
"So…what is the case sir?" asked Ray, who seemed quiet puzzled
"It's a missing person case-"started Lt. Welsh but was cut off by Detective Gardino
"I already have a missing person case why do you need my help?" asked Detective Gardino, his face and tone revealing his disbelief
"It's a missing person case about a teenage girl from Canada who has quiet the family history" finished Lt. Welsh, ignoring Detective Gardino
"Why don't you give it to Vecchio and the Mountie?" asked Detective Gardino again, "They are the ones who specialize in Canadian cases/ Canadian-related cases"
"May I ask a question sir?" asked Fraser
Lt. Welsh, ignoring Detective Gardino-much to his displeasure-turned to face Fraser, nodded his head and replied, "Go ahead"
"Am I ask who the missing person is?" asked Fraser, who seemed to be interested in the case
"I believe the teenager's name is…Riley Savannah Kempster" replied Lt. Welsh as he looked at the file and back at Fraser and was surprised by the look of awe of his face, "Fraser?"
"Riley Savannah Kempster" said Fraser who seemed in a daze, he shook his head and asked, "Are you sure that is the name of the missing person who's case we are to be working on sir?"
"Yes, I got the fax from some top law enforcement agency in Canada" he replied, still a bit uneasy from the turn of events, "They want our best on this case A.S.A.P and they won't take anything less for some reason"
"You know her, Fraser?" asked Ray who was looking at his partner with a look of disbelief and a bit of worry on his face
"Yes, of course I know her" replied Fraser with a smile, "Her family is quite famous…well among the RCMP and Forest Rangers for sure"
"Really?" asked Detective Gardino disbelief written completely across his face
"Indeed, the Kempster's are pretty much the founding fathers of the RCMP and Miss. Kempster's mother, the Halkett's, are the founding fathers of the Forest Rangers. They set the basic rules, regulations, and made the first uniforms that the RCMP and Forest Rangers which evolved to the ones that all in the service wear today" finished Fraser, a smile beaming on his face and having all 3 detectives and a lieutenant gapping at him with eyes wide and mouths open.
"Wow…" said Ray
"That is…" started Detective Huey
"Really something" finished Detective Gardino
"I know" said Fraser "The Kempster's are famous for being excellent trackers and was even said to be able to track a man by the marks his shadow left on the snow and the Halkett's were unbelievable runners, able to run over extreme rough terrain of the Forest with ease and excellent climbers that people said that they were part monkey. Now imagine, both of those strong and one-of-a-kind bloodlines merging into one person and that person being Riley Savannah Kempster. At the age of ten, her physical strength was greater than any other ten year old by 2 times and her reflexives are so good that they are almost animal-like"
Again, the room was stunned into silence, both by Fraser's enthuses energy and the new found knowledge of their missing person, who is no ordinary missing person. The silence was broken by the phone ringing, snapping everyone-except Fraser-from their state of wonder.
"Hello? Yes, that's me. I see…when…hm…where…is that so? I have the detectives in my office now, the ones who are going to be working on the case…yes, yes, I understand" and with that, Lt. Welsh hang up the phone and looked at the 3 detective plus 1 Mountie and said, "That was the Canadian Burrow, they received a call from the owner of the freight train station on the outskirts of town. They hand found a teenage girl in one of the car who had what was describe by one of the employees, as a 'very large snarling wolf', but before they could catch her, she disappeared" said Lt. Welsh, his tone serious
"What does that have that have to do with our case? "Asked Ray, but was silenced by the hand of Lt. Welsh
"They reported this to the Canadian Burrow, when the employee who saw the girl and 'wolf' went downtown to file the papers and saw the picture of Miss. Riley; he identify the illegal immigrant from Canada as her." Finished Lt. Welsh
"So that means that…" started Ray and faltered when he saw the serious look that Lt. Welsh had
"That's right Vecchio" replied Lt. Welsh "Our missing person, Miss. Riley Savannah Kempster, is in Chicago"