A dangerous gamble

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Word count: 4440 words minus bold notes.

All emotion in the room came to a halt, Ryuga stood tall, trying not to let the emotion get to him. Dashan on the other hand, his tears were already dripping from his eyes, biting at the skin on his lips. Tears started to swell in Y/n's eyes, looking over at Nile who had his head down. "No... it can't be true.. they can't be.. not Dalia.." Ryuga stepped to Y/n taking her hand in his, kissing her knuckles as he sat down next to her. "Unfortunately it is. Dalia had a faint pulse when we found her.. she unfortunately passed away on her way here. Dashan had mentioned that King told Hart that he was leaving Hades and taking Dalia with him. Do you know anything else about that?"

Y/n shook her head as the tears streamed down her face, dripping on to her hospital gown. "They got into an argument.. King was sick of the way Hart treated Dalia.. he wanted to save her from the abuse.. when they left King looked paranoid.. like he knew that something would happen to them if he left.. he ran out of there with her... Hart never said anything about them to me when we left the club." Ryuga nodded as he pulled out a notepad, writing down what he was told. Y/n sobbed into Niles shoulder as he held her close.

"Hart still doesn't know the news yet, we got in contact with Jack, Zeo, and Ryuto. They were away at the shore, they are on their way back now. We will keep you here until we see how Hart reacts, we want to get his side of what happened." Y/n looked over at Ryuga, her cheeks stained from her tears. "Can we see them?" Everyone looked at Y/n with wide confused eyes, Nile felt her forehead to make sure she wasn't delirious. "What?"

"See them.. get physical evidence and put this to rest.. if King attacked Hart.. then that would explain defensive wounds if King has any.. then we can match the wounds to Hart's injuries.. only thing is we have no explanation for Dalia.. why she's dead.." Ryuga looked at Dashan and Nile, who all seemed to agree on the same thought, looking at Y/n with her pleading eyes. "Fine, we can go see them.. it's a tough scene.. but if it'll bring closure and the truth before Hart can tell us.. then so be it."

Nile grabbed the wheel chair from the corner, helping Y/n gather her IV stand, wheeling her out of the room. All in the elevator they were brought down to the morgue. Dalia and King laying on the tables, being prepared for an autopsy. Y/n started to sob when she saw Dalia's lifeless body laying on the table, still in that beautiful blue dress she wore that night at the party. Y/n stood up, looking at Dalia as she rubbed her cheek softly, her skin was cold and stiff. Moving her hair out of the way, a flash of smeared blue lipstick caught her eye. "What the.. that's the same shade of blue lipstick that.. Jack wears.."

Dashan and Ryuga stepped closer, tilting Dalia's head to the side, seeing the blue lip mark on her temple. The strangle marks around her neck were prominent, they were deep purple and bloody, the scrapes around her neck looked like miniature slashes. Moving down her body, there was blood stains sealing from inside her dress, slices in the sides from what looked like stab wounds. Her wrists had bruises and burns, looking like she was restrained. "Y/n.. she has a wound to the back of her head." When they lifted Dalia, the deep gash wound to the back side of her head was enough to make Y/n vomit.

"She looks like she was held somewhere.. her hands and ankles have burn wounds on them.. where would she.. have been kept.." The men shook their head as they took pictures of the wounds she had. Y/n and Nile moved over to King, his eyes and lips were bloody. There was a gash in his lip, a cut to the right side of his temple. His shirt torn and messy, dried blood on the sleeves and around his collar. A prominent stab wound to the bottom of his waist, his skin torn apart. "I think this is what killed him.. he has no other prominent wounds."

Y/n picked up King's hands, faint cuts on his palms, flipping his hands over, his knuckles were cleans, no wounds whatsoever. "Hey guys... his knuckles are clean.. I don't think King was the one who attacked us. If anything his hands look like he was protecting himself from whoever hurt him.." Ryuga groaned as he looked at two of his people dead, seeing Dalia who was just an innocent young girl.. who's brother had risen to power after the death of their parents.. is now in the same position as Excalibur.