Killer Unknown

Chapter 29: Darn it

News broke all over the channels about the Disney Park shooting. It was all any reporter could talk about. Pictures of bodies and government vehicles were being flashed across the screen as the reporters spoke about the tragedy. Breaking news was no stranger to mass shootings and demanded change as they provided their report.

"Welcome to Breaking News, I'm Kerry Walsh and this is my co-host Maria Calloway. Tonight we bring you more bad news around the city. Disney Park experienced a mass shooting of innocent people, including one officer who was shot as he attempted to save his injured and afraid mother. We were told that officer's mother watched her son hit the floor after running toward her and crouched down in fear of causing her son's death. Witness said that she spotted a drone or what looked like a drone flying over the people and shooting at them. The witness would not comment further or come on the show to speak about these events. Once again people, the authorities are clueless. Stay home and protect yourselves," Kerry pleaded.

"You know what, I am sick of this! What is it going to take to bring these criminals to justice? They are hunting us like animals and we are at their mercy. I demand change and I call for justice. Too many lives were lost and for what, we still don't know who or what is doing this. Don't let these people die in vain, speak up! Come forward if you know something, please! We are scared to let our children out of the house; I call my family members almost every hour to make sure that they are okay. This is not right and we need the authorities to do something," Maria cried.

After the second anchors outburst, the broadcast went to commercial. Apparently, Maria was going off script and having a mental breakdown over the pressure of stopping the killings. No one could fault her, because she only said what everyone was thinking. However, it was clear that Kerry was mortified at Maria's inability to keep it professional. Meanwhile, Cathy and Aleandra returned to King to thank him for his hard work.

"Well done! I have to admit, I was sure that you were going to screw this up. Start working on the next device, I have more work to do," Aleandra briefly stated before leaving.

"You had me nervous too, I thought that I was about to lose you," Cathy said, moving closer to King.

"Lose me? You can't lose something that you don't have!" King snapped.

"Why are you still angry with me? Didn't I help you and am I not protecting you?" Cathy asked.

"If you have to ask, then you are as clueless as you look," King snarled.

"You can call me what you want, but I care for you deeply and I know you feel the same way about me."

Before King could crush Cathy's feelings, Aleandra and the lab coat guy rushed towards her. They were holding an iPod with a woman on the screen.

"How could this be?" Aleandra asked.

"What is this?" Cathy replied.

"It's Svetlana, she is not dead! This is the dark web auctioning her off on a live feed. They claim that they sent a decoy to see if she was still in danger and we walked right into their trap," Aleandra explained.

"The background needs a hacker; I could tell that she was photo shopped to make her look like she was in Africa. I don't know how or where she is, but that is definitely American soil," The man in the white lab coat stated.

"Let me see this!" Cathy exclaimed, snatching the IPod away from Aleandra.

Cathy began to work her magic. Her fingers moved over the keyboard as if it was a robot. No one said a word as she worked. She had a serious look of concentration all over her face, while Aleandra showed a state of panic. He was arguing with the lab coat guy in Russian, so King decided to push record on his laptop to translate later. No one was alarmed by his movements because he pretended to be working on his list of tasks. King placed the recording button in the drop box, making it harder to notice at first sight. After a few minutes, Cathy finally looked up and started talking.