Chapter 4 – The Queens Watch Dog (2 months later)
Now talking about the past, is not my specialty, truth behold, I would rather forget the pain and torture of mine, but let me introduce you to Jaffa, now Jaffa is Hectors little sister, and Hector is another rich kid like me with a lot of pain and anguish in his life. Now Hector visited me a while back with his little sister, they were two very strange kids, both obsessed with Jaffa cakes, and with them they brought Isabelle their maid. Now there was a lot of animosity between Hector and Isabelle so much so that Isabelle wished to kill Hector. Now they came round to my manor, to help me conduct some market research on a new toy range, and it was Adams idea that we import Jaffa cakes from America to honour the guests desires, and we brought them to the great hall where there was a large selection of toys from the company Adam was there monitoring the progress whilst Isabelle was off somewhere or the other, when she came back with a single Jaffa cake on a plate. She then wafted it in front of Jaffa's face, Jaffa began to tear, you could see the pain in her eyes when Isabelle gave the Jaffa cake to Hector, she began to cry, the tears rolled down her face, Hector looked up from the plate and saw his little sister upset, he walked up to his little sister and she took the Jaffa cake, she smiled at him, hugged him and ate the treat, Isabelle let out a cry with pain that her plan had failed, a few moments later Jaffa fell to the ground. Hector was distraught, he blamed me for Jaffa's death, and Adam had to intervene to save me from an untimely end. And that was why Hector then made a contract with another demon called William, Isabelle stayed with them resound to change her ways. Now William, is strange as to the fact he is gay, and has a slight thing for Hector and the same applies in reverse.
William, whom I must admit, isn't the politest of people, picked up Hector and took him home, with Isabelle following a few paces behind. It was clear to me that William had other motives for his actions, the fact that he appeared at my home makes me wonder if there is a part of him that wants my soul, my soul which I have promised to Adam. But that was enough to raise Adams concerns, as to whether my life was truly in danger, whether it was the mortal actions of the humans who walk this fleeting planet, or whether it would be the desperate call of another demon, which would eventually bring my demise. But that was all he could worry about for now as we had to make our way to London. Well that and not knowing what state the manor we would return to leaving Rin, Riku and Shepard up to their own devises.
The city was crowded, all the nobility and their associates migrate on mass from the country every season to attend party after party, but for me that was no option, I had a job to do, by order of the Queen herself. That is the other side to my life, the secret that only a few are blessed to know. They call me the Queens Watch Dog, a role I voluntarily took, as my father did and his father before that. My job is to police the seedy criminal underworld that plagues London, but there are some conditions that the underworld has to abide by, and if those rules are broke then she sends me in to defuse the situation, that's what I was doing in London. The rules entail that no member of the Criminal Underworld, is to harm the citizens of the polite society, that is what has been the law here since my family took the job, we run the underworld, however we do not take responsibility for anything that the barbarians commit.
'Jack the Ripper', a serial prostitute, murder has been plaguing the city, receiving his name from the grotesque way the victims' bodies were hacked apart. Scotland Yard are failing to make any headway as to the identity of the blooded criminal, and this is where I made my 2nd appearance the Queens Watchdog. Jessica Lake the most powerful girl in all England, besides the Queen of course, I have been tasked with bringing Jack the Ripper to justice. But where to start, many things were running through my mind as to the criteria that we, that would be me and Adam, would have to use to refine our list of suspects, but thanks to an old acquaintance of mine, that help is always easier found than it is understood. My first point of call was the latest crime scene; the victims' were killed in Whitechapel, which at this time of day would be heaving with spectators so it would be best to take some other associates of mine in case I run into a spot of bother, now before making my way to the crime scene I went to my town house in the city, I had sent news ahead to my Aunt Rolandia and Pierre and Alphonse as well. As I walked into the town house I was greeted by someone unfamiliar, Rolandia told me that this was Klaus and that Klaus was her butler, well I must admit that it wasn't a shock, I mean look at me I'm 13 and I have a butler, let's just say that it a perk for the aristocracy and nobility of England. After we had made acquaintances with each other it was time to visit the crime scene. There was no problem with getting past the policemen whom were holding back the crowds at a 20 yard perimeter; Rolandia used her charming ways to flirt past them. It's nice to see that she still hasn't lost her charm, especially after her husband died, but getting past the police was easy, the next task was the detective and police commissioner of Scotland Yard. Now the Commissioner is someone whom really does not like me, since my father died there was no one to police the underworld so it got slightly out of control, whilst crime rates did increase, the Yard was catching more criminals, but that wasn't enough for Her Majesty. So when I returned on the scene, the Commissioner wasn't best pleased, the underworld crime rate began to diminish and the Yards success rate began to fall, so it is safe to say that I, Lady Jessica Lake am an 'Aristocrat of Evil', (branded by the Commissioner). Anyway I brought along the letter from the Queen as proof that I wasn't just poking my nose into other peoples' business, but still they would want to know the reasoning behind my involvement. As I approached the scene I was stopped by a young detective, this looked like it was his first case, and it most certainly wouldn't be his last.
"I want to see the victim's body", I told the young detective, whom told me his name was Dann. Now Dann was with disbelief when I told him that I was the Queens watchdog, so much so that he had to get his superior officer, the Commissioner himself. He did not look happy.
"Well Lady Lake, what an unpleasant surprise," he said in a harsh tone.
"Well Commissioner, it seems the Yards dogs can't find a scent to follow, and you know who sent me," I replied with some sarcasm in my voice and showing him the letter.
"All right, let's see the letter," he took the letter and began to read it out loud, "Dear Lady Lake, I am most troubled at the criminal activity which has been plaguing the city these past few months, I have sent you to bring down the culprit whom we have belief belongs to the underworld, but even if not I still wish for you to bring this killer to justice, I do not care very much as to who the criminal is, as long as the killings stop. Use this letter if the Yard fails to cooperate, and please let me know when the task has been completed, yours sincerely HRH Queen Victoria."
"Ok so now let's get down to business, I wish to see the crime scene"
The commissioner looked at Dann and then at me, "I am afraid that the body has already been removed for the protection of the public, I would advise that you seek other ways of finding information because we won't know the extent of what happened until forensics has been."
"Fine, then, Adam, let's go somewhere where we can get some better information" and with that we walked away from the scene.
"Commissioner who is that young lady" asked Dann after we had left the vicinity.
"That Dann, is Lady Jessica Lake, she is what is known as the Queens Watch Dog."
"The Queens Watch Dog" replied Dann rather confused.
"Yes, she is an Aristocrat of Evil; she has contacts in the criminal underworld of this city."
"So if she has contacts then why doesn't she bring them to justice?"
"Well she only does what the Queens asks her to do Dann."
"So she has only appeared today to carry out the orders of the Queen."
"Dann have you not just been listening to a word I have just said"
"I'm sorry commissioner, I'm really sorry.
We walked about half a mile away from Whitechapel to a funeral home run by a friend of mine. The Undertaker, now before you go thinking what kind of name is that, well he isn't human, and no he isn't demon, he is an intermediary between man and god, a grim reaper, he is, well was the only grim reaper that I had met, I will explain the other later, but he was a bit insane but he was a good source of information or so my father says, but has never met me so this would be the first. So anyway we walked into the store, where I was greeted by the undertaker, whom seemed to know me very well.
"Now, my Lady, there is no need for asking why you have come, let's just say that some of my most recent customers were, a bit broken."
"By broken, you mean that their bodies were hacked to pieces," Adam replied.
"Yes, yes indeed butler, you're quite the smart one, but I am afraid that that is all you're getting until I get some kind of payment"
"Look I have no time for childish games. I will tell you this; if you do not tell me, I shall use all my powers on this earth and in hell to make sure that you never work in this city again"
The Undertaker looked concerned, "fine I will tell you but I will need some sort of payment other than your threats, but that can wait. To be blunt about it, all the women had one organ perfectly excised from them, which is odd, this organ was the uterus," the room went cold, like am omen had just walked in, "all I can say is that this was the work of a doctor, but the tool he used to hack them to pieces is nothing that I have ever come across."
"Well thank-you Mr Undertaker, I shall be back with a suitable payment"
That night after we had returned to the town house and the rest has finally gone home I sat down with Adam and began to create a list of suspects, unbeknownst to me Adam had already created a list of doctors whom were in London and got there alibies whilst I was busy playing chess with Aunty, but the news that he had was sure to come as a shock to me.