Songs: "Warlord" by Mick Gordon and "Spinal's Komplete Dynamic Theme"
Chapter Four: Spinal
"A 'scream' is always just that - a noise and not music."
- Carl Jung
Once security personnel had arrived to guard the body, Dieter and Lawrence went into the building through the back entrance.
* * *
Dieter scanned the changing room.
"Mister Carnegie!" He called.
"Mister Carnegie!" Lawrence repeated.
Illuminated by several white overhead fluorescent lights were several columns and rows of lockers and benches. Despite the clean white tiled floors, the wooden benches, the white sterile walls, and the distinctive smell of aerosol fresheners, the place still smelled like BO. Moving along the mid section of various rows of lockers and benches, the duo continued their search until they noticed two peculiar and puzzling deformities to this largely unmarked room - a five foot wide hole that was six or so feet deep with debris littered across the tiles and an overhead lamp that swung noisily and flickered repeatedly.
"What the fuck happened here?" Dieter puzzled as he kneeled down to examine the hole.
"An exploded gas pipe, perhaps?" Lawrence suggested.
Dieter gave him a doubtful look. "Really? Without taking down the rest of the building and without us noticing?" the bodyguard said as he went back to examining the curiosity. "No, Larry. Besides, there's no scorch marks here, nor do I smell gas."
Still, it did look like something erupted out and damaged one of the overhead lights.
Dieter picked up his radio.
* * *
Konrad heard the radio beep. "Ja?" he said into the speaker.
"Dieter here. Lawrence and I are at one of the changing rooms. There's something weird over here."
The aristocrat was about to ask him to clarify when he saw a silhouette of someone standing at fighters' alley opposite of Eagle's.
"About bloody time!" Konrad said aloud, then changed channels. "Control room, do you read?"
"Yes Baron."
"Carnegie's arrived. Start the intro."
* * *
"Baron? Baron, are you there?"
Dieter was about to repeat when he heard the announcer.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Max Carnegie has entered the building!"
The bodyguard sighed.
"Well, looks like the show will go on," he said irritably. "And we missed our opportunity to meet the champ."
"We'll get another chance after the show, Dieter," Lawrence said as he clapped him on the shoulder. "Besides, we should check around and make sure there aren't any other holes."
Dieter nodded. "Good idea."
The duo wandered along the rows of lockers, checking the walls, floors and ceilings when Lawrence slipped.
"Fuck!" He yelled as he hit the floor hard.
"Lawrence!" Dieter cried as he bent down. "Are you okay?"
His associate groaned. "Yeah, I'm fine," he said as Dieter pulled him up to his feet.
"Aw fuck," the latter swore. "I need you to sit back down, Larry."
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