(Part 2)
“What???? Why would I fake it?”officer in disbelief
“Well,if you look at the camera footage closely,you didn’t even engage the maneuver. Care to explain?”Valeria says
“The….suspect…grabbed my gun before I even started the maneuver.”
“Don’t lie to me,you clearly left the suspect to die.”
“ahhhh….yes,I wanted to kill him myself,but god gave me a way,so I faked it,these f**kers don’t deserve to live,”Officer fustratingly
“You let him escape by letting emotions take control of you,”Valeria angrily said.
“I didn’t expect him to fake the choking…….I…can’t…..”
“Anyway,I got my answers. You can go now,”Valeria says
The officer leaves the room with a sense of guilt on his face.
“You believe him?”Leon asks
“That look on his face backs his response,so I believe him,”Valeria says
“He didn’t help the investigation at all. We don’t know why or how the suspect escaped or went missing.”
“At least,we ruled out the possibility that no one helped him from our side.”
“That checks out…”
Suddenly, a small ringtone is heard coming from Leon’s pocket, and he takes out a device that looks like a small pager and says
“Valeria,can I take the day off?”Leon asks
“What’s the reason?”
“It’s related to my family.”
“Okay,you can go,”Valeria says
After about 30 minutes.
Ringing…
“Hello,who’s this?”Leon questions
“It’s Valeria. We received a tip about the suspect of Case 1.”
“Tip????. Ok, I will be there in 15 mins.”
“What about your family problem?”
“I can take care of it,no worries.”
Valeria gets in her unit and drives towards the tipoff location with two other units. They reached the location in 10 minutes. We see an abandoned warehouse of some sort, which looks like it’s on its last legs. Valeria and other officers enter the warehouse.
It had no lights,and it was pitch black. The officers started searching the warehouse. At the end of the warehouse, Valeria sees a symbol written on the wall,and it says “PR9” and we see women’s clothing ripped and burnt on the floor.
The forensic team is called in. Now,Leon arrives at the scene,and he asks,
“Valeria,did we find the suspect?”
“Nope,there were no people,just some torn clothes with a symbol on the wall.”
“Symbol??”
“Check for yourself.”
Leon goes inside and finds the symbol “PR9” and the clothes mentioned by Valeria. He then comes back and asks,
“Valeria,who gave this information?”
“It seems the owner of this warehouse heard some strange noises and went to check it,and found the clothes and called one of his officer friends.”
“Did you check the CCTV footage yet?”Leon asks
“This place was abandoned for more than 2 years,so there are no cameras.”
“So,in the end, we didn’t get any clues at all.”
“We have that symbol,right?”Valeria says
“Ok,I will start searching for that symbol,then,”Leon says
Leon and Valeria reach the station and find Officer John waiting in the office.
“Officer John,when did you arrive?”Leon asks
“About 5 minutes ago,”John says
“This is Detective Valeria. She is the one who called you here. Take a seat.”Leon says
“Officer John,I have some questions regarding the escape of the suspect related to rape,”Valeria says
“Yes,go ahead.”
“While transporting,did the suspect seem suspicious?”
“No,he just sat in the seat silently.”
“During the struggle,I heard some muffled dialogue. What was it?”Valeria asks
Officer John tells about the conversation.
“Get your hands off the wheel.”John yells
“I have to prove my worth to them. I am going to be saved,” the suspect says
“Last warning,or I am going to shoot you…
“This was the conversation during the struggle,”John says
“Suspect mentioned 'Them',did he tell anything more about 'Them'?”
“No,he only mentioned once.”
“Ok,you can go now,”Valeria says
Leon escorts the officer out. Then Valeria says
“Leon,did you find anything related to “PR9”?”
“No,but I am thinking it may be related to some sort of criminal organization.”
“Then,try checking on the dark web,”Valeria suggests
“Ok,Valeria, I will check it immediately,”Leon says
Next morning...
“Valeria,Valeria..I found something.”
“What is it?”
“There is a website named ‘PR9’,and there is no description about the website. If we join, then we may find more information.”
“What are you waiting for?”
“One more thing,the forensic report came in.”
“Keep it on the desk and update me when you have joined the website.”
Leon keeps the report on the desk and goes out. Valeria opens the report and finds that the clothes found at the scene are new and have not been worn by anyone, and the symbol, which was written in blood, belongs to the suspect in Case 1. There were no other DNA traces or evidence of other people.
Knocking..
“Come in.”
“Valeria,I joined it,but...”
“But,what?”
“Here,see this.”Leon shows the tab
It shows a message,
”What is a police officer doing here?. Anyway,it seems you have not proven your worth.”
“Access Denied”
“What a load of bull***t,”Valeria curses
“They have a larger network,and the proving your worth,they are talking about, might be related to escaping the police.”
“It seems so,what should we do now….”Valeria ponders
We hear a ringtone. Leon takes out the small pager-like device and asks.
“Valeria, can I go home for like 2 hours?”
“Is it related to your family again?”Valeria sighs
“Yes,and it’s not that serious.”
“What’s the issue?”Valeria questions
“I have an……..
Leon is interrupted by an officer,who is panting,and says
“Detective,we got a situation.”
“What happened?”Leon enquires
“We have a hostage situation; we need to hurry.”
Leon and Valeria rush to the parking lot and find other officers taking cover,and we hear yelling.
“Open the fu**ing garage door. Don’t test me.”
“Situation report,fast.”Valeria orders
“The Suspect took an officer hostage with the officer’s gun,and he demands to let him go, or otherwise he is gonna kill the officer. We have a negotiator on the way; we will try to negotiate with the suspect.”
We can see the officer is in his driver’s seat,and the suspect is pointing the gun at the back of the officer’s head from the back seat. Valeria whispers into Leon’s ear,and Leon leaves the parking lot.
The negotiator arrives and attempts to negotiate with him, but no result is achieved. Now, Valeria orders to let him go……..
“Leon,are you ready?”Valeria asks on the radio.
to be continued………