@ Her Awesome Holiness: Maybe I should consider
I'll even dedicate the chapter to you too
Something like the following:
Airi walks into her house and realizes all the lights were off and the front door open. Pulling out her revolver she prepared herself for any unwelcomed guest. Looking left and right, Airi heard a sound coming from Risa's room as she crept closer and closer to her sister's room. Pants were heard as Airi's mind went in a whirlwind as to whether the illegal entrant has her sister hostage as Airi stretched her hand and quietly placed it over the door knob. Slowly in her mind, she counted to three before opening the door at full force and pointing her gun in front of her only to have her eyes pop out at the scene in front of her.
Something like this??? I'll think about it
Chapter 31Date: March 27
Time: 11:15 pmGen walked into their base thinking that the rest of the team were off doing their own thing. She had been feeling pain from the wound all day but ignored it putting on a strong front so as to not cause suspicion. When she reached the living room area she slowly lowered herself down on the couch, clutching her side wound
“You should have told us if you were feeling pain” Gen turned to the owner of the voice “you don’t have to keep it to yourself, you know it makes Sexy worry even more about you, do I need to tell Model???”
“Whiz, I didn’t think anyone was here and please don’t, you know how much of a ruckus they’ll make if the rest of the team knows.”
“I was hoping you’d come back at a decent hour because I think we need to change the bandages on you” Whiz lifted a tray with disinfectant, gauze and bandages
“We want to help” in walked Sexy and Ace
“Guys, I don’t need that much help, why don’t you guys go have fun, Whiz is here”
Sexy and Ace walked over to Gen and crouched down in front of her “I couldn’t!!!! I’m not feeling it, not when I was worried about you. I….I didn’t get to thank you properly” Sexy’s eyes began to be teary
“Yeah Gen, I…I’m sorry!!! I shouldn’t have made you promise to use your life to protect Sexy I…I”
Gen wiped Sexy’s tears with one hand and clutched on Ace’s shoulder with the other “Shhhh! Guys I would’ve done it regardless. You’re my team, my companions, I don’t and wouldn’t want to see any of you hurt” Gen looked up at Whiz “That goes for you, Swift, Pint and Model too”
“Please let us help you change your bandages, it’s the least we could do and…and we wouldn’t want to see you hurt either” pleaded Sexy and Ace
Gen smiled and nodded her head slightly in defeat, knowing perfectly well it was 3 against 1 in this discussion “Well Gen come let’s get you lying on a bed first” instructed Whiz, walking to one of the rooms, tray in hand
Gen tried to get up from her spot, but pain shot through her body causing her to flop back down with a small groan “Argh!”
Ace and Sexy turned to see Gen clutching her side wound, beads of sweat beginning to form on her forehead “Gen!” They rushed to her side but Gen put her hand out to stop them
“I’m alright just got up too fast. Let’s get this clear though, no one informs Com of anything that goes on nor is anyone to let this slip out in the open. We have enough trouble as it is, I don’t need Com’s involvement in all this unnecessary stuff otherwise we’ll all be out of a job” Gen waited for everyone to nod before slowly getting up from the couch and walking in the direction where Whiz was waiting, Ace and Sexy walking steadily behind in case Gen collapses. Gen lowered herself on the bed and lied on her stomach while Ace and Sexy lifted part of her shirt to where the back wound was. They cut the bandages and removed them aside for Whiz to take off the gauze patch
“Gen this is going to sting” Whiz took a cotton swab dipped in disinfectant and started cleaning the wound. At contact, Gen winced “the would will take long to heal so we have to clean it everyday” No response “Gen do you hear me?” Again no response, the trio looked at Gen eyes closed “Gen???”
“Look!” Ace pointed to a part on the bed, painted in red
“Move her hand” instructed Whiz, Ace moved the limphand from the side wound, blood had seeped through the gauze patch and was slowly flowing down “Shit! The wound is open! Ace get the transfusion device, Sexy help me get something to keep the flow from running” Whiz continued to clean the back wound and then patch Gen up, while Ace attached the device to Gen’s arm and Sexy holding a cloth on Gen’s side wound. “Okay help me turn her so that she’s on her side” they turned Gen’s body carefully in case the back wound opens up. With Ace keeping Gen’s body still on her side, Whiz and Sexy cleaned up the wound and patched Gen up before wrapping bandages around Gen’s body. When everything was finished they let out a sigh of relief.
“How is she?” the trio turned to the door to see Swift rushing in
“One of her wounds opend up but we just finished patching her” responded Whiz looking at Gen’s sleeping figure “Gen strongly suggests that we all keep this hush hush from anyone including Com, I think Gen’s been getting the rap from Com or something”
Swift walked closer to the bed, “you guys go clean up and rest, I’ll look after her tonight” pushing them to sleep, but not before taking one last glance at Gen’s regulated breathing
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Date: March 28
Time: 5:30 pm ~CLAP CLAP~ “Guys I just came back from Yoshizawa-san office, Ken has not pressed charges at the shootout incident so she suggests we leave it” announced a displeased Airi
“So what do you want to do with the forensics report?”
“I’ll take it for now” Yurina passed Airi the file, in which Airi opened and scanned.
‘Three of the blood samples match Ken and his wounded men, but one doesn’t match them which means someone else was in there! Why didn’t Ken or anyone mention this other person? What are they hiding?’“Airin…Airin…AIRIN!!!!”
“Eh?!”
“What are you thinking?”
“Nothing Miya, nothing. So anyways back to the deceased, Ikeda Hiroto’s case…where can we go from here?”
“To be honest Airin, I think we are at a dead end because unless we can prove the time when Ken’s men paid Ikeda a visit, we can’t move on and get them to confess anything”
Airi rubbed the bridge between her eyes and let out a heavy, long, sigh “Okay go home guys, we’ll debrief tomorrow” The group left in good spirit, it’s been awhile since they’ve left at a decent hour. When everyone left, with the exception of Miyabi “Miya, I want us to do an investigation of our own”
“On what? And why?”
“The forensics report says there was a fourth person, blood samples were analyzed concluding it to be someone other than Ken and his men. I think Ken is hiding something so I want to do a 24 hr surveillance on Ken”
“But he isn’t pressing charges”
“I know but I have a funny feeling about it all, do you recall that day when we first found him wounded, he was hollering about finding someone and that he will kill that same someone. I want to look at the video surveillance cameras at the hotel”
“Seems like you’ve got an idea who” Airi pulled out a file from her cabinet and gave it to Miyabi “Again? Airin are you sure you’re not just infactuated by her pretty face?”
“Look we’ll know once we see the surveillance videos, if she is the fourth person, then I want to know who she is and what happened in that room to cause a shootout”
“What makes you think she’ll know?”
“Why was she missing from the room when we arrived? Why would she run? She’s been shot for god sakes! A normal person wouldn’t have left with a bullet wound, they would seek medical attention”
“Maybe…maybe she is an illegal immigrant?”
“Even so, we can’t determine that without a name and face right? I suggest we start checking up on this mystery woman. It’s weird how Ikeda’s case and Ken’s attack both included a mystery women. Also check all hospitals for anyone admitted for bullet wounds, female”
“Can we start tomorrow?” Miyabi looked at her watch
Airi looked at Miyabi checking her watch ever few minutes “Fine, I’ll cover you while you investigate”
“What do you mean? You’re not going to let the others in on this?” Airi shook her head “Does the commissioner know about this?” again Airi shook her head “WHAT?!”
“Miya, you have to understand that the less they know, they will be safe, the commissioner has already ordered for us to withdraw, the only way we can make a case out of it is if we prove that there is something to make it a case”
“And what about me?” Miyabi glared at Airi
“Relax!! If anything happens, I will take full responsibility, you can say that it was under my orders and you didn’t want to go against superiors” Airi responded nonchantedly
“I am not worried about my career Airin, I…I am worried about YOU. Risa-oneesan and I are worried about YOU. It’s like ever since the breakup, you’ve seemed off” Miyabi looked away from Airi towards her feet, she didn’t want to tell her the truth but she felt that if she didn’t things would escalate.
“Nothing is wrong Miya!!! I am okay from the breakup!!!” Airi shot back
“Well you obviously haven’t been showing that to us” Miyabi flared “you’re obsessed with work, obsessed with this pretty face and…I don’t want to admit it but I am beginning to doubt your judgment. You’re putting your career on the line for a gut feeling!!! Going against commissioner orders is going to get you sacked!!!” Miyabi left after that leaving Airi to think things through
‘Am I? Am I really obsessed and going overboard because of Rii-chan? I know that something is off though!!!! I just know it is!!!I…I need a run, yeah, maybe a jog will help…maybe a jog with Yajima-san will help…it seems like just her being there can make me think better’ Airi picked up her phone and dialled for Maimi
~yakusoku wa toku ni shinai wa watashi wa zutto matterareru shi~ “Moshi moshi Yajima desu”
“Yajima-san! Airi desu”
“Oh! Suzuki-san, what’s up?”
“I was wondering if you feel up for a run?”
“What’s wrong?”
“N-nothing, I…I just felt like a run and instantly who else can I call but someone who likes to jog” Airi lied hoping she was believable, she never was a good liar
“Sure, why don’t you stop off at my office first”
‘Yes she bought it!’ “Great! I’ll see you in 10” ~CLICK~
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“Yajima-san, you have a visitor”
“Is it the same girl as before?” Maimi responded through the intercom
“Yes ma’am”
“Let her in” releasing the intercom, Maimi continued to look through her files, from time to time she would click on something on her computer ~KNOCK KNOCK~ “Come in”
“Hey!” Maimi looked up to see Airi and smiled
“Hey, have a seat”
“I thought we were going to run?”
“Have a seat first” Airi took a spot on the couch thinking that Maimi might have to finish something first but to her surprise she watched Maimi get up from her seat and pushed a chair in front of her. “What’s on your mind?”
“Huh?! Nothing, just anticipating that jog”
“Suzuki-san, I’ll be frank with you, I saw through your lie so let’s not insult my intelligence. Talk to me” Airi smiled awkwardly at getting caught so soon by a person she barely knew. “Something is obviously bothering you because don’t you forget I am the one that taught you to jog in order to clear your mind”
“Hehe…I forgot about that…” Maimi looked at Airi, using her eyes to urge Airi to spill her heart out “If…if you’re busy it’s okay, I…I could…”
Maimi reached over and patted Airi’s hand “No Suzuki-san, you need to vent and I’m ready to listen. Keeping everything inside you won’t help you”
Airi had an internal debate in her head
‘Should I tell her? I mean I don’t want her to think I’m some sort of obsessive freak or weak…but I need to vent and surely I will be arguing with Miya if I talk to her. Ane is out of the question if Miya says they are worried and definitely not Rii-chan. I guess it doesn’t hurt’ “I…I don’t know what’s wrong with me”
Maimi did a double take at the comment “I’m sorry say that again?”
“I mean Miya said some things that I’m concerned about”
“Well what did she say?”
“Miya feels that I haven’t gotten over Rii-chan and because of it, it has affected my performance at work”
“Well what do you think?”
“I…I honestly don’t know because the points Miya made seem valid an dI couldn’t even argue because even I didn’t know”
“What have you done or said to make her feel that way?”
“She said that I’ve been overworking, stressing, getting obsessed over a gut feeling”
“Oh? Have you been overworking, stressed and obsessed?” Maimi got up slowly and went to the coffee maker, putting in a packet of coffee and water
“I don’t think so, we’ve been overworking because of a case that may be linked to another”
“Well that sounds normal, I’m no detective but I think there has to be a reason you feel that way”
“I have a reason but it seems like it makes Miya see me as obsessive”
“Do you mind telling me why she would see it as obsessive?” Maimi asked as she was waiting for the coffee to brew
“Because like I’ve said, a gut feeling on a point that may not be related between the 2”
“Hmmm that does sound like the 2 cases don’t relate then, I mean if this gut feeling is based on 2 different things, then it’s hard to convince anyone Suzuki-san”
“I don’t know how to explain it but I just know that something is weird because 2 mysterious points show up”
“Mysterious points?”
“Yeah in both cases 2 mystery woman were last seem with the people we are checking up on”
~CLANK~ “Itai~~!!!!”
“Yajima-san, are you okay?” Airi got up and headed towards Maimi
“Yeah, the handle of this mug broke spilling the coffee on me” Maimi turned and showed Airi the said handle and other half lying on the table, with wet spots on Maimi’s shirt and skirt. Airi helped Maimi wipe down the contents “Suzuki-san, I’m going to change out of these clothes do you mind holding your thoughts?” Maimi walked to her drawer and pulled out a bag before walking to her bathroom. When Maimi walked out, Airi had cleaned the table and had set 2 mugs on the coffee table near the couch “Thank you Suzuki-san, you didn’t have to clean it”
“It’s okay, didn’t want coffee to spill onto your floor” Airi sat back in her spot after washing her hands, while Maimi sat in her chair across
“Back to what you were saying , do the mystery woman look alike or something?”
“Well no, but they just happen to pop up in these 2 cases, no information, nothing and then disappear too”
“I see, so you’re gut feeling is based on this?” Airi nodded her head slowly “Well we so unalike aren’t we Suzuki-san” Airi looked at Maimi confused at the statement “Here you are overanalyzing your cases, not letting anything go whereas I was underanalysing things, absently letting things go” Maimi chuckled
“Er…something on YOUR mind?”
“Nothing big I guess but I too had a splat with Saki like you did with Natsuyaki-san. Funny how those 2 are going out now eh?” Maimi chuckled again “I had a project that I thought meant something to me not because it’s a business deal but the people I am presenting to. Saki stopped me from presenting today because she saw something wrong and told me where to look too but I don’t know why but I missed it and even a weaker colleague was able to point out the wrong” Maimi shook her head in shame
“Who were these people to you? Why did Shimizu-san catch it and not yourself?”
“Like Natsuyaki-san, Saki said I was blinded, blinded by the presence of these people that I could’ve signed a deal that I’d regret”
“But why would you have an argument with Shimizu-san then? I mean couldn’t you guys have talked it out as opposed to arguing?”
“I thought Saki was just being bitter because…let’s just say she’s not too fond of these people”
“Why? Shimizu-san doesn’t look like the kind of person to not get along with anyone. She has a friendly and comfortable aura, a little flirty with Miya, but overall a good attitude and personality”
“She usually is but…she has her reasons, reasons I was hoping she’ll overlook and drop. You know how the saying goes something like, ‘what’s done is done, no point in changing the past’?” Airi nodded “Well it applies here. The people I was having this project for was someone I never thought I’d meet again nor did I think of the impact they have on me now. The client’s heir is my ex-girlfriend”
“Ex-girlfriend? Why would Shimizu-san hold a grudge against your ex-girlfriend? Because of simple breakup?”
Maimi shook her head, “Apparently it wasn’t that simple to Saki”
“How did you guys breakup?”
“It might be better to tell you how we first me” Maimi smiled thinking back “I remember when I first set my eyes on her…”
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