《Killer Bay》Death is Not Our End
Advertisement
"Ahmet! Are you ready?!" Adalet yelled up the stairs, "we'll miss the flight if we don't leave right now!"
"Coming!" Ahmet called down as he rushed out of his room, the handle of his rolling suitcase in one hand, his stuffed wolf, Sirius, in the other.
"Alright, let's go!" she says ushering Ahmet and the dogs out of the cabin and locking it up behind them.
The four of them all piled into the back of their taxi and the driver pulled out onto the road. The ride to the airport was smooth and silent, Adalet and Ahmet just watched as the scenery changed around them as they drew closer and closer to the airport. When they arrived, they thanked the driver and unloaded their suitcases.
As the small family was walking through security, Adalet spotted some familiar people ahead of them. Frank and Andrea were standing at the end of the line, the senior detective seemed to be in a heated argument with the airport worker about something. The chief eventually just grabbed him by the arm and dragged him off to where a larger group was waiting. Adalet and Ahmet quickly moved through the security line and made their way over to the group.
The group was made up of all of Adalet's teammates plus some family. There was Yann with his wife Jessica and their kids, Lily and James. Ramirez was beside them telling the children some stories with the same animation he would use to his own. Amy, Hannah, and Russell stood off to the side not far away with Roxie telling them about her latest corpse, the rookie officer was looking a little green. Lastly, Andrea and Frank stood in front of them and smiled when they saw Adalet and Ahmet approach.
"What are you doing here?" inquired Adalet confused as to why each of them had luggage with them.
"Well, I decided the team needed a break from the city," Andrea replied, "and that you could you some support for your husband's funeral."
"So you guys are all coming to Grimsborough?!" she exclaimed.
"Yup!" Amy beamed, "I looked it up and it sounds amazing!"
"If a murder a day is your definition of amazing, I'm not going to any party you plan!" Adalet teased, "but you're not wrong, it is a nice place to visit."
"If only I could have brought my flask with me," Frank sighed, "flying makes me queasy!"
"Which is why I had Yann pick you up some medication," Andrea told him, "and why I made sure security confiscated your flask!"
"Don't worry, Frank!" Roxie laughed at their flight was called, "it's only a six-hour flight to Grimsborough!"
Advertisement
"Only?!" Frank cried.
Time-skip through the flight because the last time I was on a plane was when I was four so I don't remember anything about flying...
"If Russell says one more thing to me about psychology to me, I will strangle him!" Frank vowed.
"At least you weren't the one sitting next to the screaming baby!" Roxie complained pulling the earplugs out of her ears, "that kid has a set of lungs on them!"
"The good thing is we're here now," Yann says not fazed by the flight in the least, "so, do we call cabs for all of us or?"
"Actually," Ramirez spoke up, "I think our rides are right over there!"
The Pacific Bay police team turned to where the PI was pointing. Standing off to the side of the airport was a pair of men, one with brown hair and a blue dress shirt plus a tie, the other with longer hair and a grey hoodie with a pair of headphones. When the pair saw the group watching them, their face broke out into matching grins and they ran over.
"Adalet! Ramirez!" Jones yelled, "it's good to see you guys!"
"Jones!" Adalet grinned as her old partner hugged her, "I didn't think I'd miss seeing your ugly mug so quickly!"
He punched her in the arm, "the same goes for you, Grimsborough's been boring without you!"
"Yeah!" Alex chimed in, "we haven't even been sent a new Chief yet!"
"There's still no Chief?!" Adalet exclaimed, "what about a Mayor?"
"We have one of those," he replied, "Martha obviously stepped up, but according to the news our new Chief should be here soon."
"Where are the others?" Ramirez asks.
"Cathy is waiting for us at the hotel where you guys are staying," Jones answers, "Grace needed to go help Luke with something for his class at the University, so she might not make it for supper, so she asked me to tell you that's she's sorry."
"It's alright, I understand," Adalet responds, "what about Nathan, Valentina, and the kids?"
"Valentina and the kids are going to meet us at the studio," he replies, "she planning a big dinner to welcome you all to town!"
"You're going to love my wife's cooking!" Ramirez boasted to the others, "she has a talent for it!"
"I'm already hungry!" Frank laughed, "the faster we leave, the faster we get to eat!"
Everyone grabbed their suitcases and followed the Grimsborough men out of the airport. They led the team to the two large vans parked outside and they split into two parts. Jones took Andrea, Frank, Roxie, Ramirez, Adalet, Ahmet and the dogs, while Alex would be taking Yann, Jessica, Lily, James, Amy, and Russell. They would first be brought to the hotel and once they were settled in, they would head over to the studio for supper.
Advertisement
Another time-skip...
"Hey Jones," Adalet says as she and her old partner watched the others enjoying themselves at Valeneina's studio, "you never told me where Nathan was."
"Oh, ah..." Jones looked highly uncomfortable, "you see, the thing is... I don't know."
She raised an eyebrow, "you don't know?"
"Yeah," he replied, "about two weeks ago, Avi called me saying that he'd got home from school and Nathan wasn't there. I found a note from him saying he had to go away for a while and to take care of Avi."
"Do you know where he went?" she asks growing concerned.
He shook his head, "I searched the whole town all night trying to find him, but no one knows where he went... or why."
"I'll have a look around tomorrow, after Fili's funeral," she said petting Dean's head.
"I never got to tell you that I'm sorry," he says, "I know how much Fili meant to you."
She sighed, "it's not his death that's hard, it's the fact that I can't bury him that is."
He cocked his head in a 'huh' action.
"He was killed in an explosion," Adalet explained, "but when the MI6 went to retrieve his remains, the only thing they could find was a bloody room."
"A bloody room?" Jones echoed, "what do you mean?"
"I was able to read some of the official report regarding his last mission. Apparently, he was over in Australia when he was captured by the people he was spying on. He sent out a distress signal but by the time MI6 arrived..." she took a shaky breath, "I saw a picture of the room they think he was kept in... The walls, the floor, the ceiling... They were all painted in his blood..."
He pales, "oh God... There's no way someone could survive that much blood loss, even someone as big as Fili."
"I know," she sighed, "I just wish I knew what they did with his body..."
He pulls his old partner into a side hug, "I'm sure where ever he is now, he's at peace."
She returns the hug, "yeah, I think so too..."
Lats time-skip, I promise...
The mood was sombre as the people dressed in black stared at the casket in front of them. The large oak box was draped with the flag of Ireland, the honour guard which was made up of Fili's six closest coworkers from MI6 bent down to pick it up by the edges.
John, Quinn, James, Adalet and Ahmet stood closest to the casket as the firing party fired off three volleys. Once the last round had been fired, the burglar began playing "Traps" and the honour guard started folding the flag. As the last note faded away, one of the agents took the folded flag and presented it to Adalet. The captain gave a nod of thanks and held the flag close to her chest, a weight settling into her heart as the casket was slowly lowered into the ground.
James placed a hand on his sister-in-law's shoulder, "Fili's probably beating himself up there for breaking his promise."
Adalet gave a sad laugh, "probably... but it is good to see you again, James."
"Same to you, Adalet," he smiled, "I bet Jones already told you how boring this city has been since you left."
"He did!" she chuckled, "I've only be gone less than three months! It can't be that boring..."
John chuckled, "they mean the murders have gone down, after the Crimson Order was arrested the number of murders seemed to get cut in half!"
"Really?" Adalet questioned.
"Yes," Quinn answered, "it's remarkable, really."
"And the best part is-!" Cathy was cut off by her cell phone ringing, she flushed, "sorry, I could have sworn I had put it on silent... Just let me... Hello?"
"Is this the police?!" a loud male voice could be heard shouting from the speaker.
Cathy ripped the phone away from her ear, "yes?"
"Good, it's Charles Parker!" the voice continued still yelling, "I'm at my greenhouse, and I just found a body!"
"What?!" Jones cried taking the phone, "Mr. Parker, you found a body?!"
"Yes!" they could still hear Charles, "I just came in to check my plants, and I found a body bleeding into my flower beds!! You better send someone over here right now!"
"Understood," he replied, "we'll have someone over there shortly."
"Well," Grace says as Jones ended the call, "looks like the murders are back!"
"Yeah," Jones handed Cathy her phone, "well, looks like we have a case!"
"Hey, Adalet do you want to work on it?!" Alex offered excitedly, "it'll be just like old times!"
"Well..." Adalet thought about, "why not! Want to help me, Frank?"
"You want me to work on my vacation?!" Frank cried, "jeez Adalet, you must have been one hard Chief!"
"Frank," Andrea said.
He gulped, "but not as hard as Andrea, let's change out of these threads first, Adalet, then we can get to work!"
Advertisement
All Stats Random
Un-reality, the greatest game in the century just launched and Chris starts to play it. He wants to change his circumstances, which are through no fault of his own. But fate doesn't let it be that simple. He gets a hidden unique class, but that class has a special ability, one that randomizes all his stats whenever it wants? What? The world truly can't be fair to him. Not even in a game. Now he has to figure out a way to make this odd quirk of his class work. When he smiles, the world loves him.When he laughs, the world fears him. (and that was my stab at trying to imitate those chinese synopses) Regular chapters, once or twice per week. On the weekends usually. I will finish this novel, be it takes 1 year or 2. It will get a proper ending. Afterall, the ending is paramount. Also, the readers might feel rewarded if they look closely while reading. I try to be quite mindful and put in interesting details or things that would come into play later. And, personally i think that reviews on this site might as well be pointless. Unless you know the reviewer and think that you share his views. Your thoughts on a particular thing (like a novel) can differ from others. So, do give it a try before arbitrarily deciding. This is my try to perfect the 'master of all/everything' type of MC, inside a proper, realistic VR world, from a game design perspective and immersion and no convenient 'convert gold to irl currency' button. It is going to be a game first of all. Not a fantasy world overloaden with status screens and skills you can't possibly keep track of. A game with all of the real world aspects to it. Not a cheap fantasy world with shoehorned in stats.
8 154Grimjack the Eviscerator Saves Christmas
Grimjack the Eviscerator never really cared for Christmas, but with the horde weakened from a recent attack by the Stridian Armada, he has no choice but to go to Santa Claus for help. He arrives at the North Pole to find that he can't turn in the Christmas wish granted to him by the Bajorin Alliance because Santa has gone missing! So, he reluctantly teams up with an unlikely group of heroes to try and save Christmas before the Torellians can harness the sadness of a year without presents and finish off the horde. Will Grimjack learn the true meaning of Christmas, or will his blood stained heart stay hardened to the truth hidden behind all the presents and decorations?
8 208Blood Limit
This time I've gone ahead and chosen my very own bloodline limit. With it, how could I possibly fail. the thing that stand in the path I forge shall soon fall away for its time for my own grand appearance as The MC! ~Arc 1 chapter 1-19 ~Arc 2 chapter 20- ?" ------_________------- (Disclaimer : Ok ill be brief and say I don't own naruto at all if you readers notice things from other shows or whatever I'm not the creator nor claim to be. ) But I am absolute owner of my other novel which isn't s fanfict. ~~ ~ This is only a Naruto fanfiction, if I add any thing it will be only from anime - maybe games and nothing else. If I add things from other anime it will be seen here. -Naruto (world, abilities, characters) -Fantasy (Swamp, Elf, zombie, modern day, 'pending..') - ~synopsis in/complete editing~
8 168What the Green Bird Sees
On a lovely tree with vibrant leaves that welcome the dawning spring, sits a little green bird. Like all of the humans it watches, the small creature is just as ordinary yet just as unique. Some days, it spreads its viridescent wings to survey a rooftop. Other days, it puffs up its fluffy feathers and takes a nap. What lives has the little bird flown by? What stories has it witnessed? This is the tale of the little green bird's adventures, its journey through the skies. This fiction updates every day, with each new story involving a word with a beautiful meaning. Cover art credits to lx!
8 210A Hero, Down To My Bones! (A Skeleton Isekai Story)
One day, a hero awoke, and he was nothing but bones. But he was a hero nonetheless! A man is brought into a new world of fantastical dread. Dark forces are amassing by the will of old, wicked Gods who mean to destroy the many tribes and clans of Humanity and lead the world into their own ideal states of ruin. But a Hero wouldn't stand for that, even if he was nothing but bones! But can a random skeleton from a dungeon really be a hero? There's no choice but to try! [participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]
8 873 Twin Demonic Brothers || MXTX Crossover AU
an crossover au of what if...Hua Cheng, also known as Crimson Rain Flower Sought, just happened to bump into someone in black and red, hair tied in ponytail as he took a walk at somewhere alone, waiting for his beloved highness, The Flower Crown Martial God, Xie Lian to finish his job at Heavenly Realm. He sensed the said latter's soul was not belong to that body, but somehow his mind, more like a memory, triggered him that it reminded him that the said latter 'was' one of his family... Brother?He tired to shake off his mind by helping the latter. As that latter looked up, that hit him. No wonder why he still want his highness call him 'San Lang', he actually has a brother! He knew his made-up story was something else as he just said it out of his mind without him realising. The soul's appearance was indeed look familiar to his. This is indeed his biogical family.Yes, an crossover au of Luo BingHe, being the oldest twin, Wei WuXian, the middle twin and Hua Cheng, the youngest twin!All the characters are not mine, all the characters belong Mo Xiang Tong Xiu! (making ocs in the future just incase) Art belongs to do6skun (i forgot which platfrom, pls forgive this lowly author) a/n:yes, this is my very first fanfic and hope you guys dont mind my grammar and the mistake :). this fanfic is inspired by Waffle_Lulu-chen :)and yes the very main ship here are bingqiu, wangxian and hualian as i barely ship the other (especially like fengqing and xicheng but i actually love beefleaf). will put tw on top of any chapter and may contain disturbing. and no smut bc, just bc.[ started : 31st Jan ] [ ended : 17th Feb ]
8 86