Chapter X- A school's day
It was still raining out there. And a car stopped in a car park of a secondary school.
Wolf went out of the car. Seeing that it was raining.
"Good thing that I brought my coat." Thought he. But still, he has something more important to do.
When he went into the school entrance, the janitor in the reception center beside the door, asked him:
"I'm sorry, sir. But if you wanted to visit..."
"I'm private detector Wolf O'Donnell. I have been hired by the victims of the lover's killer case and I wanted to ask the victim in this school a few questions."
"Yes. And your ident-"
"My identity card," Wolf said. As he took out his identity card.
The card said: Wolf O'Donnell. Identity number: T5468347(1)
"Mr. O'Donnell. Then who do you want to meet?"
"Ms. Connor, please. Jane Connor. She is the 4th victim of the killer."
"Alright. I'll ask. Oh, Mr. O'Donnell, can you please wait in front of the Ms. Connor's common room whilst I call her out?"
"Alright. I'll go there."
When Wolf waited in front of Jane's common room, he noticed that there was a window. He walked up to it. And gazed at the rain.
"Oh. The rain. Always in Autumn."
Wolf waited for a while. But there was no response. In this school, every teacher has his or her own common room.
A woman came out. at the height of standing up 5 feet.
"How can I help you? Sire? Or should I say, people who sprinkle salt on my wound?"
"I'm Mr. Wolf O'Donnell. A PI working for the lover's killer case. I'm here to ask you a few questions. Mind if I ask you?"
"You never understand! You think it's so easy to understand a woman having her boyfriend died? Please use your mind to think about this, mister!"
Wolf was a bit provoked by her words. But did not trigger his anger.
"If so, then can you please tell me anything about it, or anything related to it, if you don't want to remember anything about it, then you can give them to me so that you will not have the thing to remember!" Wolf knew that this is not the way, but he still tried.
However, this had made that lady mad.
"Do you know what state had brought me since the man died and I was in big trouble? You think that you can tell me to do something for you then walks away just because he is a PI?"
"I said..."
There was suddenly a loud sound from the reception out there, plus a few gunshots.
"What's happening?" Thought Wolf. As he walked out to take a glimpse.
There were some figures that are in a burglar mask.
"A robbery!" Wolf thought.
He then went for cover. Just behind the trophy cabinet that he did not even realize that it was. He just wanted to find for cover.
"Jane Connor, you think that you can escape your debts? After you had played cards like that? You don't know that you are bad at blackjack so you lose lots of money by gambling!"
"So Ms. Connor tries to release her anxiety and stress by gambling. Not a good idea. At least for these guys packed with assault rifles trying to get their money back." Wolf thought. As he took his handgun out. Being a Private Investigator, a handgun is always needed for circumstances in case of anything happens.
"You, go there and see if anyone's in there!"
Then one of the gang members went into the school's main wing from the reception center.
Wolf then used the rear staircase to infiltrate to the lone member. Where the member stopped at the 4th floor and took a bunch of form 4 students as hostages.
"Get down, everybody!" Said that gang member in a robber's mask. Not noticing Wolf was at a corner outside looking at everything happen.
"Boss is here to take his money back. Do you know anyone who is..."
Suddenly the man stopped talking. And fell down onto the ground. It was a headshot from Wolf's pistol.
"Good that I always brought one. With silencers for the weapons."
Wolf then went to the classroom. And calmed down the students.
"There, there. There's nothing to be afraid of. I am no robber but a PI. Just pretend that nothing happened, and I did not come here, OK?"
The students nodded their heads. Mixed in species and sex. And Wolf took the rifle which was supposed to be in the robber's hands.
Wolf instantly knew the gun was using a Mauser 7.92x57mm bullet. For he looked inside the magazine and only Mauser bullets have a distinctive shape like that.
"Hmm, another Sturmgewehr. These guys are from the Earth Federation. Got to put a silencer on this rifle."
Wolf then engaged the gang members with his new rifle. And ran to the common room of Ms. Connor. Wanting to wipe them out instantly, he wanted to use the flash he always brought in his jacket in case of any situation that he needed to be tactical.
However, when he used the snake cam he also brought in his jacket, he saw that Ms Connor was then taken hostage inside her common room by the gang leader. Holding a gun right towards her head. Talking to a camera. The camera is not connected to anything, so Wolf is sure that no one would try to broadcast it to television or anything related to it.
However, he seemed to be off-guard. As there is a man who used the grip of his gun and hit Wolf in the head.
"Uhh..." Wolf felt light headed. And fainted right away.
When he woke up again he saw Ms. Connor right beside him.
"God knows what will happen now." Said she.
"Sh. Quiet. The more noisy you are, the more attention you will draw. I know how to get out of here. But we will need a few things to help out. Said Wolf. As he ripped open the rope that was tying his hands.
"How'd you..."
Wolf then took a device and put it into her ear, then went to the same position he once were, tied himself, and kneeled down again.
Ms. Connor's face was quite unimpressed until there was a voice in her ears.
"Ms. Connor, can you hear me?"
Ms. Connor then thought, "Yeah, who can't."
"Good. This is actually a telepathy system. We need to be cooperative and quick to get things done."
"So...what do you think we should do?"
"First, try to wait for the guards to get out of this room. I'll engage the gangsters. You can find for cover. Do not fight. It is you they wanted. So you must be covered well."
Just then, sirens were heard outside of the school door. And so the gangster who was guarding them went away.
"OK. Coast is clear." Said Wolf. As he broke open the rope which he tied himself and Ms. Connor's rope. He took out his handgun, put on the silencer, and told Jane: "Get cover behind the table."
"Wait, will you be OK?"
"Is it the time to say that I will not?"
"OK. Take care."
When Wolf walked out, there are sounds of gunshots, and everything was a mess. Probably the police were trying to fight the gangsters.
Wolf then took cover in a corner where he is close to the gangsters but remained unseen, turning off the telepathy system.
"Time to take some headshots, shall we?"
Wolf then got out of cover. And shot a couple of heads. He was afraid that he alerted someone at the same zone. But he did not.
The gangster's numbers were continuing to decrease as the police forces are more and greater. Even the reserve elite marines from the Earth Federation had gone in too. Snipers headshot-ing every bad guy.
Soon that the leader who has been hiding popped out from his cover after every single henchman were neutralized. He leaped himself towards Wolf and executed a tactical takedown.
Wolf then did not frown. But grinned.
"Looks like my CQC training can finally have some proper use."
The gangster then threw him a punch. And said:
"I don't know what you're talking about, but you must die! You killed all my..."
Wolf did not move much. Only lifted the man's arm up a little. But the enemy already lost his balance. And fell straight on the ground.
After that, Wolf executed a combat roll and tied the man hands whilst being on him. Swiftly.
"There. This will teach you from doing stupid things like bringing guns to get back other people's debts."
When the man wanted to answer, Wolf gave him a nasty smack at the back.
"This is for one of your henchmen who knocked me down using his gun."
The gangster leader fainted. The police then came in, took the man away and thanked Wolf for what he had done.
"We checked the security feed. Thank you so much for your intellect that you had held for doing such bravery and valor things."
"It's my duty."
"Um, excuse me, uh, thank you very much. I...actually have a laptop which won't turn on. And some hearts made of paper inside. Take them. I may not revenge for my lover, but, you may."
"Thank you so much. Ms. Connor. You can go back to your daily routine after the police ask you a couple of questions."
The rain stopped. And sunlight shone in for the first time. The clouds vanished, it was evening already. And the sun, like a ball of fire, burned the sky into a crimson red.