Where In The World Are The Killers?

Bad Medicine

"As much as I'd like to offer you a proper congratulations on dealing a crippling blow to SOMBRA in Kazakhstan, team, we've got to get straight to work here in India!" Chief Ripley says, standing at the head of the table, "as far as we can tell, SOMBRA has gone dormant since we disabled the satellite. We haven't detected any trace of recent activity! Meanwhile, New Delhi has been hit by a devastating earthquake. With a population of 20 million, a lot of people will need our help! It'll be your job, Adalet, to maintain the security and safety of the earthquake victims and rescue workers on-site."

"Understood, Chief!" Adalet responded.

"Rising Hope, a non-government organization specializing in disaster relief, is here to offer clean-up and recovery support. They could use your help too," she said while gesturing to the organization's logo on the screen behind her, "Adalet, I want you and Carmen to head out to the Taj Mahal, which was hit pretty hard. It's one of the country's most popular tourist destinations, so there'll be a lot to do!"

"As a reporter, I've had experiences with earthquakes, Adalet. It's going to be dangerous out there!" Carmen warns, "quakes of this magnitude can often cause aftershocks, so we'll need to stay sharp! I don't want you to fall into any crevices and get hurt!"

"Aw! You don't have to worry about me, Carmen!" Adalet smiles, "I've gotten myself out of worse situations than an earthquake! Let's head to the Taj Mahal and help get this disaster zone under control!"

Driving to the Taj Mahal was a mission in itself. While most of the debris had been removed from the road, the crater-sized potholes left behind from the earthquake made navigation much harder. But eventually, they reached the outskirts of the earthquake site with their wheels still attached. They walked the rest of the way to the Taj Mahal and gasped in shock at the damage the earthquake had caused.

They carefully walked through the broken garden staying as far away from the large crater as they could. As they reached the worst section, Adalet noticed a redheaded woman lying in the grass with her head almost hanging into the crater beside her. As she approached the woman, she saw a bloody foam seeping out of her mouth. Scanning the area, she spotted some torn paper floating in a puddle of what remained from the pond in front of the Taj Mahal and a cell phone on the opposite side of the crater.

"Wow, this really is a disaster zone, Adalet! It's awful to see the Taj Mahal in this condition, it was such a tranquil place the last time I was here!" Carmen sighs as her eyes gaze over the destroyed wonder of the world.

"Was there a dead body here when you last visited?" Adalet inquired, kneeling by the dead woman's head.

"What?! You found a dead body?!" she cried, whipping around to where her partner was, "Jack was right, we can't take you anywhere!"

"Yeah, yeah, I know," she waved the comment off, "this woman clearly didn't die because of the earthquake. See that blood-tinged foam around her mouth?"

"You're right," she agrees, "and she's wearing a name tag. Her name is Donna Sandover. Look, she was working with Rising Hope! That's the organization that's been assisting the disaster victims!"

"The woman on this cell phone screen looks like the victim," Adalet remarks, opening a small portal below the device for it to fall into. She proceeded to open a second portal beside her and reached inside to grab the cell phone, "it must be hers!"

"Do you think Loki can unlock it?" Carmen asked.

"Oh yeah, it'll be unlocked in a flash!" She replied, reaching down to pick up the pieces of the last clues, "this looks like a torn photo!"

"Tourists take thousands of pictures at the Taj Mahal, but they don't normally tear them up," she comments, "nice catch, Adalet, let's piece it back together! We came to India to protect the disaster victims, but it looks like we've got a murder on our hands! Let's find the killer!"