Murder in the Academia

The Hangar

The Hangar

Raniel and Zero left the building, guided by Solangel and Hailey ahead of them on their way to the hangar.

- You miserable two face, how you dare to suspect of me? - Questioned Zero very annoyed at the Inspector.

- Of all the places where you could be it was a very unusual coincidence that you got to where the corpse was in seconds, I have the right to think that it was you. Even Inspector Javret suspected you until hours before his death.

- What do you mean?

- You were suspicious of Jarvet according to the Colonel. - Zero was surprised at what Inspector Cautillo told him. It was almost impossible to believe. - You'll see you appeared quickly near the corpse that night, both of you were roommates and probably had a secret. For your fortune, your girlfriend sister has said that you were together, and you were not near the Inspector's office at the time of his death. So you're innocent for now.

- How did you know that she is my girlfriend?

- You adjusted your uniform before addressing both of them, but you fixed your hair before speaking to her. That could be a sing of interest, then you made the comment that you still do not know her parents and by her look, I could understand that it was her the one you were attracted to. Finally, her sister does not know anything yet.

- Amazing! Yes, you are good.

- I know. - Said Raniel with a chuckle.

They walked around two miles to get to the hangar there was the mechanic. The winds were strong in the place, the dark clouds took over the heavens. Anyone could guess that the storm was approaching.

The Hangar was large and well organized. It was full of airplanes of the Academia each one with the name of its aeronaut on the left side. It was customary for the pilot to take to his base in the future his training aircraft which would be modified for combat by the mechanics once in his home station.

- Colin! - Solangel called while entering to the hangar.

- Lieutenant Fay, - A young man in a coverall all dirty salute the officer. - the airplanes have already been inspected and the machine guns greased. - Affirmed the mechanic in the hangar - Sub Liutent Knight, how are you? I heard they hit you with a hydraulic key number 15. - Zero just smiled without clearly knowing what to answer. Raniel was ahead of the step before he answered. Taking out the drawing of his jacket to question the young mechanic.

- Your Lieutenant has told me that maybe you can give me some information in reference to this drawing.

- I saw something quite similar a few days ago while towing the Colonel's airplane that fell into the water. You see, the Colonel likes to accelerate the airplane which makes the engine absorb even more water to provide speed. But that causes the liquid to run faster and the ship will eventually stop working.

- Yes, - Raniel said slowly - but where did you saw it?

- It was in the small harbor of the Harper Mansion

- Really?

- At first, we considered that it was a smuggler airship, my friend Wyatt has faced several of them and told me about their flying ships, but then I saw the flag of the Kingdom and thought it was some new model to defeat the smugglers.

- It wasn't strange to you? Didn't you question your superiors about it?

- No Inspector, there are things outside our range.

- You are right in that. (A new combat model? No, His Majesty has said on several occasions how much he detest aircrafts.) - Nothing else? Something out of the ordinary?

- The next morning me and my teammates found barrels of gunpowder floating in the waters, that we did inform. Since then, the Lieutenants and Sub Lieutenants patrol the skies in search of smuggler's ships or sea monsters. We came to believe that a ship sank but I don't know if there was any notice of ship wreck.

- What about the airship?

- It continues in the private port of the Count. It is his residence and his island. I think no one questions him much about what he does, besides is forbidden to wander around these areas.

(Gunpowder! Both the August 18 note and the uniform had traces of it. A mysterious airship, a date and barrels. Sounds like an attack, but who or where? Did Cadet Harper discover something and was assassinatedfor it? How did Jarvet found out of this airship?)

- What have they done with the barrels?

- We were left with several; others were taken by Count Harper to verify their origin. We do not use them at the moment; we do not know what to do with them. - Colin admitted.

(The Count took the barrels?)

- Is there any way you can take me to the residence of the Count without him knowing? - Raniel asks Zero.

- Only one among the forests

- Come on, I'm interested in seeing this airship.