Lightspeed: Drug Detectives

Chapter 44 (Finale): Back To School

Hello, everyone! It's your girl Ariel Axilas, and welcome to the final chapter of my second novel, "Lightspeed: Drug Detectives"! Man....how the hell did we even get this far? It feels like just yesterday that I received that phone call from James asking me to investigate the Celestial Syndicate.....how time flies, am I right? It's a real bitch every now and then.

Last time, Erica, Marle, Herman, and I finally put on a proper funeral for the late Isabela Acosta after she was denied an official and respectful send-off for the longest time.....after Erica and I shared a brief and private chat about Isabela's troubled life, of course. All four of us had at least a few words to say—even Marle, who didn't really know her all that much—before Herman kicked Isabela's pyre out to the ocean and Marle burned it with an expertly aimed arrow.

The chapter ended with the four of us bringing our adventure in the Dominican Republic to a close and getting our stuff ready for the return trip.....and somehow, I find myself needing to emphasize that my ass and my you-know-what are off-limits when it comes to the places where one can make physical contact with me. They need to in order to take advantage of my super speed, but I just figured I'd make that clear once again since they probably wouldn't have taken the hint otherwise. At any rate, another adventure has been wrapped up.....and Isabela's soul can finally rest in peace after a life of trouble and suffering.

This time, the work week begins once more, and Erica and I find ourselves back at MIT again. And.....my life's adventure comes to its conclusion for the time being, at least until the author thinks of a third novel idea for me.

It's been so much fun getting to hang out with y'all again.....it really has. I'm gonna miss every single one of you, I swear to God. But there's no time to waste.....the Finale of my second novel is upon us.

Just sit back, relax, and read for yourself.

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-The Next Day-

-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States-

Hey, everyone! Ariel Axilas a.k.a. Lightspeed here, and man, does it feel good to be back in the good old U.S. of A! I'm currently walking out of my metallurgy class into the outer hallway, with the intent on sitting on one of the benches in the area and waiting for my best friend Erica Shields to get out of her own class; she should ideally be getting out in about ten minutes.....but that's assuming that her professor didn't make the class stay overtime again because of a longer-than-usual presentation.

I've decided to step out of my comfort zone and try something different with my long and dark box braids; instead of having them done up in a bun like at the beginning of the weekend or having them down and loose like they were at my birthday party and during the entire Celestial Syndicate investigation, they're now all in a single low-hanging ponytail that extends quite a bit down my back. And, of course, my dark skin and piercing silver irises with dark pupils still make me as discernible as ever.

Today, I've chosen to wear a bright and vibrant yellow jumpsuit with a sleeveless top portion and decently wide legs that flare out slightly towards the bottom. I initially thought to try orange as the color instead of yellow, but I didn't want to risk looking like a fucking prisoner, so I decided against it. My shoes are a pair of white sneakers—but you probably won't be able to see them under the long flared pant legs—and I'm also wearing several gold bracelets on my left arm that all differ in design.