Stories tagged “investigation”
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The realm of sorrow
At the heart of the precinct lies the proving rooms of doom; the crime labs. At the heart of the heart, Matt Samson is working hurriedly to process the evidence. Ding! As a form of humour to detatch from the job, Matt had set up the alert to sound like...
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Just Like Dancing
I crouch down on the balls of my feet and look at the body. What a piece of art. Naked, bloody, left arm almost emancipated from the shoulder. It’s ten at night, the corpse relaxes, illuminated by the dimness of the street light above. Highway ro...
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The Envelope Pt 2
Rainford might have uttered some words of thanks if he didn’t want to break the heels off her shoes more. He couldn’t say he hated her; she was risking her neck for him and she had some strong qualities about her that he wished his old part...
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Train Wreck
It was a terrible mess that was made that fateful snowy morning in November. The track was laid waste, rails twisted and torn asunder. Flat cars and box cars were scattered like tenpins hither and yon. The tank engine lay on its side in the cold, its f...
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Detective Part 1
Hoodie, ballcap, untucked shirt tails, and a shifty demeanor. Chief Detective Akai nodded silently to himself. This was not the guy. He was just a cheap criminal. Still, while wielding the broom, might as well sweep out the cobwebs, too. The radio in h...
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Detective Part 2
The man that exited the 4-Runner wore a long trench coat, reaching all the way down to his matte black boots and brushing the wet pavement. Not much else could be seen in the dark, the majority of his face was obstructed by a tall collar, but there was...
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Untraceable
It is quite a feat to remove a memory from someone’s mind. My teacher had stressed the importance of preventing one from forming in the first place. Now I could slip in and out of large gatherings unnoticed, or with a little effort, I could pass ...
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Nothing to Report, Unless... (Temp Title)
Sweeping around the second time, Franz carefully piloted his Wasp through the floating debris of what had used to be a freighter. Whatever had caught the caught the transport had made a damned mess. The only thing to salvage here was the steel, and gen...