20XX/10/03 - Morning
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With a solemn expression he looked down on the young woman’s corpse that lay in front of him. Her clothes were tethered and stained with blood from the at least a dozen cuts her body had sustained. It had once been an elegant outfit, business like, classy - but without seeming prude. Maybe she had worked in an office, but not the ordinary, boring kind. One that had its employees not only sit behind a desk and receive calls but had them deal with other people or had them go out in the open too. Her style of dress and make-up suggested she had needed to present herself but without losing respect or credibility. Had she been a sales-person? Or maybe she had been a-
“Leon! Any suggestions on this one yet?”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSp18FjYCr
“Urgh…” A pained grunt came from the man in the blue police uniform as his superior hit his shoulder with more force than had been necessary. He quickly pushed the object he had held in his hand into the pocket of his jacket before addressing the detective.201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6edOZinpI
“Well, she most likely got murdered.” 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDK7iE4aYj
“Wow, astute observation. But I could have deduced that myself without bringing in my best man.”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKvKJJZxpz
“Best ma- Joseph, you know I’m nothing more than a small fly officer.” 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsc7cNAbxYu
Leon’s words drew a laugh from the older man. “Still with the humble approach, huh? You’ve brought men down that were way scarier than our little scissors fetishist here. And yet, here you are, still in that lowly officer’s get up.” 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24W4UoclG0
The dark blonde pulled on his collar to give his neck a little breather from the restrain it posted. “Yeah, well… You know I’d never see myself in a position like yours. Way too much responsibility. And all those rules you gotta follow-“201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziJpc9Kfs0
“The rules that apply to officers just as much as to detectives?”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoj4Dk475Sv
“Heh… Yeah, well, as a detective everyone actually keeps their eyes on you though, to make sure you actually follow them.”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVFmAnPMyT
“And that hinders you in your work.”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMdrE03x41
“Hmm, let’s say some rules don’t exactly encourage getting any results.”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Fj1tSphZb
“Hahahahah! Ever the free spirit, eh?” The detective slapped his broad hand on his shoulder again, drawing another strained sound from the other man. “Well, alright. I’ll leave you alone with our beauty here for a while. I’m afraid I gotta say a few words to our friends from the news or they might get some naughty ideas like stepping over the tape. But do me a favor: Don’t pull any of your reckless stunts while I’m not looking. Do ya hear me?”
With a nod Leon watched his superior stalk off. Feeling a little exhausted from the conversation, he let out a sigh before turning back towards the corpse. That’s when his blue eyes caught sight of a woman sneaking around behind the broad stone pillars that supported the abandoned building. He scoffed to himself in disbelief.201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡss8pscCoSf
“Hey, Miss! This is a crime scene.” He called out.201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0Cuv4ILiQ
The brunette flinched in surprise at being caught red-handed and her head turned into the direction his voice had come from. She nervously wiped her hands on her blue pair of jeans before giving him a charming smile. “Heh, yeah, well. I know.” She shouted, trying hard to sound nonchalant. 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeXHX0dLck
“Oh? Well, great, if you know, then what are you doing here?”
Seemingly deeming his question as an invitation to come closer she stepped towards him, as she rummaged inside her pockets. Leon raised an eyebrow as she pulled out a notepad before hurriedly stuffing it back with a frustrated groan. Then he understood.201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQjEDz5Qf3
“Ahhh, I see. You’re a journalist!” he exclaimed with a strange newfound energy. 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9fTa7V361
“What? Uhm, yeah-“ 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdWOvsHs9V
“Well, why didn’t you say so earlier! Step up, step up!” 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrhvgR21ZK
The woman looked at him confused as Leon walked up beside her and placed his hand on her back, gently pushing her towards the corpse. “Let’s see, let’s see~” With an enthusiastic smile on his lips he crouched down. “So, as you can see our victim, god bless her, is blonde. She is, excuse me, was rather young. No wrinkles there. She also had a rather pretty face. A shame she died, really.” 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGDbXahT3c
“Uhm, why are you telling me this?”
“Oh, right, right. That’s obviously not what you’re interested in. You can see all that with your own eyes after all. How stupid of me.” Leon proceeded to point towards the several cuts that slowly were beginning to turn a copper color as the blood had started to dry a while ago. “See these? You can only see like six or seven of them from this side, but if you turn her over, there are at least another eight more of them. They’re also rather inconsistent. Some are quite deep while others barely scratch the surface of the skin. It also seems like our culprit didn’t really target any of the vital organs – well, he hid some of them, but not with precision. It’s more like they managed a few lucky strikes. Anyways- Shouldn’t you be writing all that down?”
The woman in front of him stared at him, seemingly at a loss for words. She blinked a few times before speaking in a deadpan voice. 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24bqWzWRwK
“…Are you an idiot?”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTrQVi2fWf
“E-excuse me?” he retorted, surprised as he got up again. 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoxaO4xNWF
“I’m a journalist.” 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgNwbKH3MO
“Yes.” 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlBGK9nTc3
“And you’re a cop.” 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJ86yTEVLZ
“Well, I’m an officer to be precise, but yeah I guess. So?” 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YVRNMb0M1
“You shouldn’t be telling me all this!”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVi0jICgIM
“…Oh.”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRimJnuIDh
“Oh? OH???” The woman exclaimed in disbelief. “You’re with the police and here you are, handing me what I’m pretty sure is undisclosed information, on a silver platter. Just like this. I can’t believe this.” She ran a hand over her face, visibly upset.
A chuckle escaped Leon’s lips before he looked at her with a smile. “Well, shouldn’t you be happy with that? With all that info you should be able to write a bomb of an article.” 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8AcVwBRHq
“A bom- I can’t write anything from that!” 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYs2U1qN7Y
He raised an eyebrow in confusion at her sudden outburst. “Why not?”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTKcbVsQiF
“Because I need a credible source. And you sure aren’t one. What do you think I’m supposed to write? According to the most incompetent member of the whole police forcethe victim was too pretty to die? Yeah, hard pass.” 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhK9OZq1X76
Her words drew another chuckle from Leon. “You’re a weird one, Miss Glaze. Most reporters would dance with joy at getting information like that as easily as you just now.”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbOQeicY2E
“Well, excuuuse me, I’m not a reporter. I’m a journalist and I have my pride. I’m not with the tabloids. I only write credible articles, with credible facts from credible sources and- Wait. How do you know my name?”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogWNZvn6qL
“Hm? Oh, I read it on your ID. Elizabeth Glaze.” 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOI6te81cgT
“My ID- !?“ Suddenly she gasped and started to rummage her pockets again. However, it seemed like the object she was searching for wasn’t inside them. Clearly frustrated, her brows furrowed. “Where-“201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0isRTwNiy
“Looking for this?”
Her eyes darted up and were met with a dark blue leather wallet that was being dangled in front of her. Leon smiled at the angry woman as she snatched it out of his hand. Her irritation seemed to grow by the minute. “Did you steal my wallet?”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaVHGjD3sz
“I prefer borrowing. Don’t worry, I didn’t take any of your money.” He commented as Miss Glaze thoroughly checked every pocket for any missing content. 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0YLivzUin
“Just needed to know who I have in front of me before I spill all the good stuff, you know?” He chuckled.
Having deduced that indeed nothing seemed to be missing, she angrily snapped the wallet shut before stuffing it deeply into the pocket of her coat. “You know, I could just walk over there and tell your superior that his lackey’s got sticky fingers. I’m sure he doesn’t exactly appreciate thieves.”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRo1Bi6Krv
“Ooooh, is that a threat?” He retorted in an amused tone suggesting that he wasn’t at all bothered by the apparent consequences. “I’m pretty sure that threatening the police isn’t a good idea, Miss Glaze. Especially since it’ll be your word against mine. And since there’s nothing missing-” A low growl came from the woman but Leon just shrugged.
“When did you even grab it?”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NqD1RolmA
“Oh, earlier when I pushed you towards the victim. I slipped it from your pocket.” 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzf7wW2uHbg
“You slipped it from my pocket?” He nodded. “Do you always push your hand down the pockets of women you meet? That’s really creepy, you know? Not only are you a thief, but a pervert too, huh.”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HuqRwHQ6K
Leon stared at her in quiet disbelief. He had been called a lot of things during his years in the force. But a pervert? That was certainly something new. Taking his silence as a sign of her finally getting the upper hand in the conversation, Miss Glaze’s lips curled up into a sly smirk. “Cat got your tongue? Can’t say anything because it’s true, huh.” 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhq5zbzxZR
He scoffed before shaking his head at her. “No, I, I was just taken momentarily aback. Because, you know, for someone who is unauthorizedly trespassing on a crime scene you’re quite presumptuous. I could have you arrested right here, if I wanted to.”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyE6MzesLwG
“Oh, that’s rich. First you tell me all this and now you wanna put me in a cell to hide your incompetence. Way to go, officer.” 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6w8ygImyu
“Well, what can I say? I'm fickle.” 201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5NXPxcReP
“Yeah? Well, and I’m outta here. Bye.”
Without waiting for him to answer Miss Glaze sidestepped him and strode toward the crime tape behind which a crowd of reporters had gathered. They were pushing each other, fighting for a spot in the front row. Hoping of being the first to ask their questions and get a good picture. They were like a swarm of piranhas, ready to chomp down any small bit of information that was being thrown to them. All for the next big scoop. Their time on the front page. The woman with the dark brown hair would soon rejoin their rows. Leon shook his head at the sight. He didn’t intend to let the woman disappear without her answering his questions. And so, he took off. “Miss Glaze! Wait!” he screamed, but when she turned around to see him running after her, instead of stopping in her tracks, she darted off in a run herself. It might have been weird, but at that moment Leon started laughing. The prospect of a good old chase filled him with a kind of excitement. After all, it was one of the things he could do best.
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So stand up, stand up (Just gotta keep on running)201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOrq3ndUnt
Wake up, wake up (Just tell me how I can)201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1utS4jorlq
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Against The Current - The Beginning (ONE OK ROCK Cover)
