John was walking down the street, it was nighttime around 3am, and he was entering a bar, the floor was clean and wooden and the walls were brick with no wallpaper just old fashioned, but there were old wanted posters here and there of people who were and still are legends of this city. John would walk by and wouldn't even bat an eye at them, he sits at the bar on a stool and a surprisingly pretty woman walks to him from the otherwise of the bar. "So mista detective what would ya like hm?" She spoke with her weird accent, she had bright hair that was as Red as fire and her skin was pale as snow dotted with freckles, her eyes were fake as well and were cybernetic that actively scanned everyone in the room, she wore a fancy waitress suit with clicking heels. "Ugh... Hay Vanny, I'll take some liquid cocain in a shot glass"
This girl talked alot and John honestly didn't like her, as hot as she was she spoke too much, he watches her add 1/2 ounce of Jägermeister then grabbed a bottle of 151-Proof Rum adding a ounce to the shot glass then grabbed abit of peppermint schnapps dust and puts it in the shot gently then slid it alittle to him.
John enjoyed this drink abit and places 10$ on the counter and she puts it in the register, he takes a sip before looking around the room, this building had no windows, as well as had low lighting so it's abit demand, with trails of cigarette smoke here and there, plus not alot of people so normally there is little to no trouble in this place, so he does not have to show his badge or anything... just him and some nobody's...
Vanny then places a missing poster on the bar, it was a woman. John looks up and plainly said with no care or mercy for her feelings "not interested... I'm off duty" She looks at him and knew he'd say that, she gave a light smirk "heh yeah yeah mista detective! Except I'm payin ya to do other, if you find her ya get paid 300$ plane and simple ya?" She said calmly, John thought before downing the rest of his glass. "Fine, but if she's dead don't kick me from the bar got it... now tell me her last location and how long it's been" He said slightly annoyed by this job but 300 dollars sounded nice to him, he stood up and watched her pass a note to him "it's been 10 hours, and I don't know the girl just a friends friend I guess you can say mista detective, now its all in the note, be quick~"
He groans at her for trying to be flirty and walks out of the bar and tosses the paper after reading it, the target is a emo girl who's style is like she is from the early 2000's, she's skinny and her color is black and blue. She was last seen on fuku street and a van took her, John Goro the detective follows her tail... it took a hour to get there by car but he found the van trail, it was leaking oil and some break fluid... he follows it in his car but the trail was short by 1 mile, the vans trail went into a alleyway and disappeared... John parks the car and stepped out and checks the alleyway, there was no hidden entrance because this is where the van crashed...? He saw a hub cap and a license plate on the ground and took the plate, he follows the trail to find the van opened and empty...
"Hmmm, so because of the leaky break fluid they must have crashed, then went on foot... whoever this girl is they wanted her bad. This better be worth it" He said in a angry tone that sounded slightly bored but showed a hint of interest in his eyes. He walks back to the van and checked the license plate in the police data base and found a match. It took abit to drive over and checks the windows, Kenny Mac, a rapist and murderer known for kidnapping and petty crimes. This girl was in serious danger, the windows were boarded up with sheet metal and the door was locked... he checked around the building gun drawn and found a open door...
John slowly crept in and looked away and saw her, she was on the floor and had cried herself to sleep, her kidnapper was in another room watching TV and eating fried chicken... both rooms had alot of trash in them and the lights were broken, gray paint peels from the walls and the floors were moldy carpet. John slowly crept over and grabs the girl and she quickly woke up, she was crying already but John quickly shushed her... "shut up..." He whispered as he slowly but surely drags her out the door and into the dark night, he had made it to the alleyway when...
A bottle got smashed onto the ground and he turned around, the fat basterd Kenny Mac was standing right there and clearly fuming in rage! He was ugly like a pig and fat, just about the example of obese, he was bolding and filthy too and clearly does not shower. He was holding a large shotgun that took 8 gage shells "FUCK YOU!" He yelled loudly before firing and hitting John straight in the chest, John couldn't react fast enough before he was thrown by the blast into his police car, the door dents in and glass Flys...
He coughs blood as he slowly watches him approach the girl... he closes his eyes and felt the steering pain of the shot...No blast.
"BHAHAHA! fucking dumb bitch! Thought you could get away hmm?" He bellows as he drops the gun and grabs the woman's shirt and rips it open and tore off her bra, she trys to scream but can't because of the tape on her mouth, this fat ugly man was about to rape her and she didn't have the power to stop it... the sun starts to rise as the Man takes off his belt and rips at her pants to shreds until, She saw a shadow a slime one, as the sun rises she sees something before hearing a loud click, followed by a exstreamly loud gunshot, blood washes over her as the fat man's blood rained on her and his body quickly fell to the ground, the figure was a man, John was alive! He stumbles over weezing and coughing up blood as he grabs her arm and shot the rope to free her arms, the gun was almost louder then that shotgun as her ears ringed like bells...
She was shocked that he was alive and was still crying as he falls to the ground again, he could barly breath... she tore the tape from her mouth and said something but, John couldn't hear her, it all started fading to black as his breathing had gotten slower.
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John then heard...
Beeping? More beeping, he opens his eyes slowly to see the bright lights of a hospital room and gently looks around, his gun was next to him about 5 feet away on a table and his body is bandaged up and he saw that girl sleeping right on his arm. She must have driven John here after he had classes, she was sorta a sweet thing, yet this was a vip area of the hospital, he rests easy, if he didn't wear his vest he would have been killed! But luckily it was just all of his ribs were broken and one of the ribs just happened to have punctured his lungs, it still hurts to breath but he is alive.
Later he got the reward via mail in the hospital and was allowed leave for 3 months, apparently that emo girl was a big wigs daughter. John was able to recover but took another month off just in case, plus all damages are gone since he got the expensive treatment. The food wasn't half bad.
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Toyo City
Mystery / Thrillera short story, where a detective is given a new case... this is ment to be my try at making short storys, with a somewhat futuristic theme.