Dark Side of Wonderland

Mika

Halo Ten: Mika:

The next kill came the day Mikado and Kiyomi escaped from the basement of what was once Chou Mori.

Madam Ai was found murdered in her shop around seven in the morning. Her sister and apprentice weren't expecting the sight they saw when they unlocked the door and turned on the light.

A thousand needles were stabbed into each of Ai's eyes. It looked like her eyelids were held back to do it. Ai's neck was twisted to the side of violently that it broke. Her tongue was cut out of her mouth and nailed to the wall. The tarot card for death was scattered around willy-nilly. Her crystals were hung from the ceiling and splattered with blood.

Nakamura looked down at the body and shook his head.

"Sorcery," he said to himself. This disturbed him. The DK was picking up the pace with her kills. However, Nakamura had bigger problems to worry about.

The police department was looking for who leaked the information about the crime scenes. It had to be someone on the inside.

Nakamura looked around. There was a crowd of people gathered around behind the tape. If any of them whipped out their phones to take pictures he was going to rip it out of their hand and chuck it across the room.

"Anybody who looks like they could be a fan of you-know-who?" the CSI asked.

"The Dante Killer?" Nakamura asked. "I wouldn't put it past them." He turned down to the body.

"What do we have here?" the detective asked.

"Kobi Ai, AKA, Madam Ai," the CSI said. "Local psychic in the area. Her sister was the one who called it in." He turned and looked at Nakamura.

"Looks like she didn't see this coming," he said. The detective sneered at him.

"Really?" he asked. The detective wrinkled his nose. The CSI shrugged.

"I'm sorry, I couldn't help it," he said.

"Whatever," she muttered. "Finish up processing the scene."

"Yes sir," the CSI said. Nakamura sighed and shook his head. He looked out at the crowd of people again. The DK fans could be anywhere. He waved them off.

"Go on! Getting going! There's nothing to see here!" he shouted. "Get going!" The people gradually walked away. Nakamura dropped his head back and sighed. He needed an edge to get ahead of the killer. Suddenly, his phone rang.

"Yeah?" he asked. Nakamura looked around as he listened to the voice talk on and on over the other line. A stern look came over his face.

"Is that so?" he asked. "I'll be right there." The detective hung up his phone and turned back to the crime scene. The CSI were now bagging up the body.

"I'm heading out to the convenience store. Anybody need anything?" Mika asked.

"No," Saori said.

"I'm good," Yukio said. The rest of the people said the same thing.

"Okay," Mika said. "I'll be back!"

"[Be careful!]" Celty said with her shadows. The girl bowed and headed out the door. Mika had been going between Michiko and Celty and Shinra's apartment. No one had seen Mikado for three days now. They filed a police report but they still had no luck at all.

"Don't worry, we will find him," Mika assured Anri. She believes what she is saying. Mika already knows what is going to happen. She's one of the few pawns in the game who still has all of their memories. The girl already knew what was coming next.