Sirocco
01-01-2010, 11:46 PM
Detective Taka was not having a good day, or good week for that matter. It all started when he got his new partner, some greenhorn who fainted at the sight of a small cut, and was then placed on the crime scene investigator unit of the city’s police squadron. Then his new unit was called in to investigate a murder, in which his partner fainted once he saw the body, and landed on some of the evidence, destroying it and earning the two an ass-chewing by their chief. Now, here he was, driving to a new crime scene, at two in the morning, with his partner still trying to wake up.
“Hey boss, what did the investigators say when they called?” the partner yawned out, covering his mouth. Taka rolled his eyes, already annoyed at his partner for how slow he got up.
“Maybe if you’d been paying attention, I wouldn’t have to tell you.” He growled out, since his partner was there when the investigators who arrived at the scene called him to update him, “They said it was five people murdered in an alley, and we’d have to be there to see how they were killed.”
“Couldn’t they have told us over the phone?” the partner asked, wondering why the others didn’t say anything else. Taka blinked a couple of times, thinking of possible outcomes once they got there.
“All they said was we’d have to be there to believe it.” He finally answered, taking a turn and speeding off. The two didn’t say anything else till they saw a bunch of police cars and ambulances up ahead. Pulling over to the curb, Taka stopped the car and hopped out with his partner, putting on a coat while approaching one of the officers at the scene while his partner approached the alley, his face paling in the process.
“Sorry to call you here Taka. If it was a normal scene, I’d just call you while leaving the pussy out of it.” The officer greeted, one of many who felt sympathy for Taka due to his partner. Taka grinned lightly while waving at the officer.
“Thanks, but what do you mean by a ‘normal scene’?” Taka asked, a little confused at the remark. It was then he saw his partner run out of the alley and to the side, before kneeling down and vomiting, his eyes full of horror. Before Taka could yell at him, the officer placed his hand on Taka’s shoulder to stop him.
“In this case, your partner did just what about everyone else did. Come here and you’ll understand.” The officer said, motioning for Taka to follow him. Taka, for his part, was slightly confused and scared about what he was going to see. Following the officer, he knelt under some police tape and into the alley, noticing other officers from the unit whispering to one another, some whose faces were also pale, while others were comforting some who couldn’t turn around. Focusing his attention into the alley, Taka froze and could swear that someone had placed a solid piece of lead into his stomach. There, in the alley, were five bodies on the ground, obviously dead, but the worse part was the bodies were in such a state that identifying them would be almost next to impossible. One body looked like it was in an incinerator, all black and charred, but it was laying within a massive pool of blood. Another body was hung onto the wall of one of the buildings, a pipe impaling both its arms above its head while the skin looked like it was ripped off the body and thrown at its feet. A third body was the only one that was intact, minus the fact that the head was completely fried. The fourth and fifth were the worst of the bunch, with the two looking like someone had tried to tie the two into a knot and then melted the flesh together. Turning around, Taka stumbled out of the alley and sat on the ground, feeling himself wanting to throw up.
Nearby, a black limousine sat on the curb, the occupants watching the crime scene, one without an ounce of emotion on his face while the other looked slightly amused.
“You sure it’s wise to stay here?” the driver asked, his black hair tied into a ponytail that extended so far that it moved to the passenger’s seat while his storm-grey eyes gazed to the back. The passenger only smirked, his amethyst eyes glowing slightly while his purple hair gleamed in the street light.
“They’re focus is solely on the scene. They won’t notice us.” The passenger replied, focusing on the driver, “I thank you for your concern, but don’t worry too much dear friend.”
“So my question to you is why?” the driver asked, not one ounce of emotion appearing in his voice or face. The passenger only chuckled slightly before leaning on his right hand, an amused smirk on his face.
“The simple reason: I was bored.” The passenger replied, his eyes turning back to the mass of police, “As much as I want to continue watching this, I need to get some sleep for work, so let’s head back home.”
“As you wish.” The driver said, shifting the car into reverse and driving away, the two never looking back.
********
The city of Seiken was a metropolis popular for being a pivotal hub for numerous businesses of all kinds, ranging from agriculture to shipping. Here, many owners could come and get ideas on how to improve their business while keeping an eye on competition. Along with that, it also was home to many prestigious colleges whose studies focused on science and technology. It’s here, within the largest building in the city, that many business presidents come to try to build ties to others to improve their own, and where one company in particular is scheduled to meet with others whose businesses involve alternate energy sources.
“Where is that man?!” a fat businessman shouted, slamming his pudgy fist onto the table with seven other businessmen chuckling or shaking their heads.
“Calm down Mr. Jarek.” Another businessman said, his blond hair combed back while his green eyes shone with mirth at the other man’s outburst, “I do seem to recall that you yourself was late to a few business meetings as well.”
“That’s because I’m allowed to!” Jarek shouted back, a few strands of black hair falling over his face as he sat into his seat rather roughly, “Unlike this little punk, I actually own a respectable business.”
“A business that is plagued with investigations of bribery and other ‘questionable’ business practice.” Another man said, grinning at Jarek as he leaned back in his chair. Jarek turned to the man to shout at him, but the sound of the door opening silenced everyone in the room.
“I’m terribly sorry about being late. I wanted to be sure I had everything needed for this meeting.” A male’s voice said before two men entered the room. The first man had long black hair that extended to his ankles while his storm-grey eyes stared at everyone, making most of the men, Jarek included, shiver uncontrollably. Standing at six foot, the man held the door open for the second man, who entered with a gentle smile on his face as his amethyst eyes gazed on everyone at the table, his waist length hair held in a ponytail by a strand of wire. Taking his seat at the end of the table, the man placed a series of papers in front of him before propping his arms onto the table, “Thank you for your patience.”
“You arrogant piece of…” Jarek started before being interrupted by the man at the other end of the table.
“I hope this won’t be a repeat performance, Mister…” the man started before holding his hand out.
“Reuo Shire, but please, call me Reuo.” The man replied, his posture relaxed while the other man left the room. The others nodded their head while Jarek glared at him before the man that had pointed out Jarek’s problems leaned forward.
“Very well Mr. Reuo. Now, you mentioned a new energy generator your company created that can never run out of energy?” the man asked, his skepticism obvious in his voice. Reuo nodded his head before snapping his fingers, turning to the door.
“My good man, your doubt is obvious, and well founded.” Reuo started, watching as the man from before bring in a small cylinder with multiple wires extruding from it while the core of the cylinder showing. Inside, four rods ran parallel to one another with twelve other rods attached to the main four, “Many have claimed it, but have failed or tried to scam others. I, however, brought a smaller version of the generator here to demonstrate my claims. I hope you all have brought a drained laptop of some kind, as I had asked.” Reuo said, nodding his head to the man as he gently placed it on the table.
*******
“It seems that your demonstration did its purpose.” The man said, carrying a metal case while walking with Reuo at his side, with Reuo removing the small wire from his hair, letting it loose, the two walking in a large parking garage. The meeting had turned to his favor in a matter of minutes after the men from the meeting attached a laptop to the generator and it was activated. While describing the principles behind the new generator, Reuo took note of the looks of amazement and shock as they worked on their now charging laptops. He couldn’t help but chuckle as each one moved their focus from their laptops to the actual generator an hour into the meeting, taking in all the details while some were counting down the time it would take before the generator’s energy faded. At the end of it, which lasted ten hours with a lunch and dinner break, in which they all left the generator running with a representative watching the devise to ensure that it wasn’t a scam, everyone there had started to ask what deals Reuo would accept to get a larger generator within a major factory.
“Yes it did. I’m going to have to thank her for all she’s put into this. Also, ensure that the development team gets the bonus they were promised.” Reuo replied, removing the tie from his neck and undoing the first two buttons on his white shirt.
“She will be arriving tomorrow around one in the afternoon, give or take if the plane experiences delays.” The man said, earning a nod from Reuo. As the two approached a black limo, they didn’t notice seven men approach from behind, or how six of them held guns in their hands.
“Ensure she has a ride when she lands. Also, can you go and find Hikage for me? I need you two to complete a task for me.” Reuo said, earning a nod from the man.
“And for our problem?” the man asked, stopping with Reuo as the two turned around to face the men following them. Reuo crossed his arms as he saw Jarek behind six armed men.
“So you knew you were being followed.” Jarek said, grinning as his men aimed their guns at the two, “No matter. I’ll just kill you two here and have my men research that little generator of yours.” He said before snickering. Looking up, he noticed that Reuo was taking off his suit jacket while the other man gently placed the metal case onto the ground.
“Jin’ei, if you’ll be so kind…” Reuo said, folding his jacket over his left arm before picking up the metal case with the other. As he approached the limo, the man now identified as Jin’ei raised his right arm up at the group, his grey eyes glowing slightly, and chanted under his breath. Jarek’s expression turned from confusion to horror as his men, all at once, started to convulse before dropping to the ground, their bodies shriveling into skeletons.
“What the hell?!” Jarek shouted, taking a step back in fear as Jin’ei lowered his arm, the glow in his eyes fading while Reuo walked past him, cracking his neck while approaching Jarek.
“You know, I normally don’t take pleasure in killing a fat bastard like you,” Reuo started before gripping Jarek’s face and lifting him up into the air, “but I’ll make an exception for you.” He whispered before throwing Jarek into one of the many concrete pillars in the garage. Jarek let loose a shriek of pain as he impacted the floor, knowing that most of his ribs were broken from the contact, never noticing Reuo approach him until he stopped. Looking up, Jarek’s face contorted to a new level of fear as Reuo raised his right hand up before it was covered in a black energy. Reaching down, Reuo covered Jarek’s mouth with the hand, the energy entering Jarek’s body until all of it vanished. Nodding his head, Reuo removed his hand before walking up to Jin’ei, who turned and walked alongside him.
“You do realize that what you said was bullshit.” Jin’ei said, his eyes moving to Reuo who looked up at him before chuckling.
“Yeah, I know.” Reuo answered, stopping while Jin’ei opened the limo door for him. Stepping in, Reuo grabbed his jacket and the metal case before looking back at Jarek, who was staring at him with some confusion. Bringing his left hand up, he pointed his thumb down before running his whole hand across his throat. Watching Jarek through the window as the door closed, Reuo’s grin turned malicious as Jarek let loose a howl of pain before clutching his stomach while Jin’ei entered the driver’s side of the limo. The two watched as Jarek’s stomach started to bulge and extend out while blood poured from his mouth, his shouts of pain turning to gurgles. After a minute of contorting and expanding, Jarek’s stomach exploded, sending his entrails and blood out onto the garage floor before his body ignited in black fire. Reuo turned and relaxed in his seat before glancing up at Jin’ei, “Let’s go home.” He said, watching as Jin’ei nodded his head before turning the limo on and driving away.
“Hey boss, what did the investigators say when they called?” the partner yawned out, covering his mouth. Taka rolled his eyes, already annoyed at his partner for how slow he got up.
“Maybe if you’d been paying attention, I wouldn’t have to tell you.” He growled out, since his partner was there when the investigators who arrived at the scene called him to update him, “They said it was five people murdered in an alley, and we’d have to be there to see how they were killed.”
“Couldn’t they have told us over the phone?” the partner asked, wondering why the others didn’t say anything else. Taka blinked a couple of times, thinking of possible outcomes once they got there.
“All they said was we’d have to be there to believe it.” He finally answered, taking a turn and speeding off. The two didn’t say anything else till they saw a bunch of police cars and ambulances up ahead. Pulling over to the curb, Taka stopped the car and hopped out with his partner, putting on a coat while approaching one of the officers at the scene while his partner approached the alley, his face paling in the process.
“Sorry to call you here Taka. If it was a normal scene, I’d just call you while leaving the pussy out of it.” The officer greeted, one of many who felt sympathy for Taka due to his partner. Taka grinned lightly while waving at the officer.
“Thanks, but what do you mean by a ‘normal scene’?” Taka asked, a little confused at the remark. It was then he saw his partner run out of the alley and to the side, before kneeling down and vomiting, his eyes full of horror. Before Taka could yell at him, the officer placed his hand on Taka’s shoulder to stop him.
“In this case, your partner did just what about everyone else did. Come here and you’ll understand.” The officer said, motioning for Taka to follow him. Taka, for his part, was slightly confused and scared about what he was going to see. Following the officer, he knelt under some police tape and into the alley, noticing other officers from the unit whispering to one another, some whose faces were also pale, while others were comforting some who couldn’t turn around. Focusing his attention into the alley, Taka froze and could swear that someone had placed a solid piece of lead into his stomach. There, in the alley, were five bodies on the ground, obviously dead, but the worse part was the bodies were in such a state that identifying them would be almost next to impossible. One body looked like it was in an incinerator, all black and charred, but it was laying within a massive pool of blood. Another body was hung onto the wall of one of the buildings, a pipe impaling both its arms above its head while the skin looked like it was ripped off the body and thrown at its feet. A third body was the only one that was intact, minus the fact that the head was completely fried. The fourth and fifth were the worst of the bunch, with the two looking like someone had tried to tie the two into a knot and then melted the flesh together. Turning around, Taka stumbled out of the alley and sat on the ground, feeling himself wanting to throw up.
Nearby, a black limousine sat on the curb, the occupants watching the crime scene, one without an ounce of emotion on his face while the other looked slightly amused.
“You sure it’s wise to stay here?” the driver asked, his black hair tied into a ponytail that extended so far that it moved to the passenger’s seat while his storm-grey eyes gazed to the back. The passenger only smirked, his amethyst eyes glowing slightly while his purple hair gleamed in the street light.
“They’re focus is solely on the scene. They won’t notice us.” The passenger replied, focusing on the driver, “I thank you for your concern, but don’t worry too much dear friend.”
“So my question to you is why?” the driver asked, not one ounce of emotion appearing in his voice or face. The passenger only chuckled slightly before leaning on his right hand, an amused smirk on his face.
“The simple reason: I was bored.” The passenger replied, his eyes turning back to the mass of police, “As much as I want to continue watching this, I need to get some sleep for work, so let’s head back home.”
“As you wish.” The driver said, shifting the car into reverse and driving away, the two never looking back.
********
The city of Seiken was a metropolis popular for being a pivotal hub for numerous businesses of all kinds, ranging from agriculture to shipping. Here, many owners could come and get ideas on how to improve their business while keeping an eye on competition. Along with that, it also was home to many prestigious colleges whose studies focused on science and technology. It’s here, within the largest building in the city, that many business presidents come to try to build ties to others to improve their own, and where one company in particular is scheduled to meet with others whose businesses involve alternate energy sources.
“Where is that man?!” a fat businessman shouted, slamming his pudgy fist onto the table with seven other businessmen chuckling or shaking their heads.
“Calm down Mr. Jarek.” Another businessman said, his blond hair combed back while his green eyes shone with mirth at the other man’s outburst, “I do seem to recall that you yourself was late to a few business meetings as well.”
“That’s because I’m allowed to!” Jarek shouted back, a few strands of black hair falling over his face as he sat into his seat rather roughly, “Unlike this little punk, I actually own a respectable business.”
“A business that is plagued with investigations of bribery and other ‘questionable’ business practice.” Another man said, grinning at Jarek as he leaned back in his chair. Jarek turned to the man to shout at him, but the sound of the door opening silenced everyone in the room.
“I’m terribly sorry about being late. I wanted to be sure I had everything needed for this meeting.” A male’s voice said before two men entered the room. The first man had long black hair that extended to his ankles while his storm-grey eyes stared at everyone, making most of the men, Jarek included, shiver uncontrollably. Standing at six foot, the man held the door open for the second man, who entered with a gentle smile on his face as his amethyst eyes gazed on everyone at the table, his waist length hair held in a ponytail by a strand of wire. Taking his seat at the end of the table, the man placed a series of papers in front of him before propping his arms onto the table, “Thank you for your patience.”
“You arrogant piece of…” Jarek started before being interrupted by the man at the other end of the table.
“I hope this won’t be a repeat performance, Mister…” the man started before holding his hand out.
“Reuo Shire, but please, call me Reuo.” The man replied, his posture relaxed while the other man left the room. The others nodded their head while Jarek glared at him before the man that had pointed out Jarek’s problems leaned forward.
“Very well Mr. Reuo. Now, you mentioned a new energy generator your company created that can never run out of energy?” the man asked, his skepticism obvious in his voice. Reuo nodded his head before snapping his fingers, turning to the door.
“My good man, your doubt is obvious, and well founded.” Reuo started, watching as the man from before bring in a small cylinder with multiple wires extruding from it while the core of the cylinder showing. Inside, four rods ran parallel to one another with twelve other rods attached to the main four, “Many have claimed it, but have failed or tried to scam others. I, however, brought a smaller version of the generator here to demonstrate my claims. I hope you all have brought a drained laptop of some kind, as I had asked.” Reuo said, nodding his head to the man as he gently placed it on the table.
*******
“It seems that your demonstration did its purpose.” The man said, carrying a metal case while walking with Reuo at his side, with Reuo removing the small wire from his hair, letting it loose, the two walking in a large parking garage. The meeting had turned to his favor in a matter of minutes after the men from the meeting attached a laptop to the generator and it was activated. While describing the principles behind the new generator, Reuo took note of the looks of amazement and shock as they worked on their now charging laptops. He couldn’t help but chuckle as each one moved their focus from their laptops to the actual generator an hour into the meeting, taking in all the details while some were counting down the time it would take before the generator’s energy faded. At the end of it, which lasted ten hours with a lunch and dinner break, in which they all left the generator running with a representative watching the devise to ensure that it wasn’t a scam, everyone there had started to ask what deals Reuo would accept to get a larger generator within a major factory.
“Yes it did. I’m going to have to thank her for all she’s put into this. Also, ensure that the development team gets the bonus they were promised.” Reuo replied, removing the tie from his neck and undoing the first two buttons on his white shirt.
“She will be arriving tomorrow around one in the afternoon, give or take if the plane experiences delays.” The man said, earning a nod from Reuo. As the two approached a black limo, they didn’t notice seven men approach from behind, or how six of them held guns in their hands.
“Ensure she has a ride when she lands. Also, can you go and find Hikage for me? I need you two to complete a task for me.” Reuo said, earning a nod from the man.
“And for our problem?” the man asked, stopping with Reuo as the two turned around to face the men following them. Reuo crossed his arms as he saw Jarek behind six armed men.
“So you knew you were being followed.” Jarek said, grinning as his men aimed their guns at the two, “No matter. I’ll just kill you two here and have my men research that little generator of yours.” He said before snickering. Looking up, he noticed that Reuo was taking off his suit jacket while the other man gently placed the metal case onto the ground.
“Jin’ei, if you’ll be so kind…” Reuo said, folding his jacket over his left arm before picking up the metal case with the other. As he approached the limo, the man now identified as Jin’ei raised his right arm up at the group, his grey eyes glowing slightly, and chanted under his breath. Jarek’s expression turned from confusion to horror as his men, all at once, started to convulse before dropping to the ground, their bodies shriveling into skeletons.
“What the hell?!” Jarek shouted, taking a step back in fear as Jin’ei lowered his arm, the glow in his eyes fading while Reuo walked past him, cracking his neck while approaching Jarek.
“You know, I normally don’t take pleasure in killing a fat bastard like you,” Reuo started before gripping Jarek’s face and lifting him up into the air, “but I’ll make an exception for you.” He whispered before throwing Jarek into one of the many concrete pillars in the garage. Jarek let loose a shriek of pain as he impacted the floor, knowing that most of his ribs were broken from the contact, never noticing Reuo approach him until he stopped. Looking up, Jarek’s face contorted to a new level of fear as Reuo raised his right hand up before it was covered in a black energy. Reaching down, Reuo covered Jarek’s mouth with the hand, the energy entering Jarek’s body until all of it vanished. Nodding his head, Reuo removed his hand before walking up to Jin’ei, who turned and walked alongside him.
“You do realize that what you said was bullshit.” Jin’ei said, his eyes moving to Reuo who looked up at him before chuckling.
“Yeah, I know.” Reuo answered, stopping while Jin’ei opened the limo door for him. Stepping in, Reuo grabbed his jacket and the metal case before looking back at Jarek, who was staring at him with some confusion. Bringing his left hand up, he pointed his thumb down before running his whole hand across his throat. Watching Jarek through the window as the door closed, Reuo’s grin turned malicious as Jarek let loose a howl of pain before clutching his stomach while Jin’ei entered the driver’s side of the limo. The two watched as Jarek’s stomach started to bulge and extend out while blood poured from his mouth, his shouts of pain turning to gurgles. After a minute of contorting and expanding, Jarek’s stomach exploded, sending his entrails and blood out onto the garage floor before his body ignited in black fire. Reuo turned and relaxed in his seat before glancing up at Jin’ei, “Let’s go home.” He said, watching as Jin’ei nodded his head before turning the limo on and driving away.