Tortured Trust

15

Cartoonz pov (ya weren't expectin that now aye)
I looked over the video survalence once more. I sighed in frustration when nothing new came up. I'd managed to narrow it down to two males. One had longish messy brown hair and squared glasses while the other had shorter spiked golden hair. Both appeared suspicious but not at the same time.

"You all assume! I'm safe here in my room! Unless I try to start again! I don't want to be the one the battles always choose! 'cause inside I realize that I'm the one confused!" Delirious sang at the top of his lungs as he skipped into my office. I let out a groan and looked at him with a glare.

"I don't know what's worth fighting for! Or why I have to scream! I don't know why I instigate! And say what I don't mean! I don't know how I got this way! I know it's not alright! So I'm breaking the habit! I'm breaking the habit tonight!" He continued to sing, ignoring my look.

"CAN YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP!?" I yelled. He only smirked and let out his psychotic laugh.

"I could but, I found something," he said with a hum, rocking slightly on his heels. My eyes widened and I jumped to my feet.

"What? What did you find?" I asked frantically. He chuckled and skipped up to my computer, opening several other security cameras as he tracked the one of the men as I had. I watched as he lost sight of him like I had but paused the surveillance anyway.

"See," He said, pointing to the background of the image. I squinted at the screen, seeing the second male walking by in the distance. "They were going the same way and if you follow their direction it leads to the outskirts of town where an abandoned  warehouse is. They are both probably hiding there and are linked to Jack's case as well as Cry's. One was the make that tortured Jack while the other Cry and hid out together when it turned to shit. Ken was just a distraction so if they got caught he could take the blame."

"Jon, I never thought I'd say this but. You are a genius. A fucking beautiful genius," I said with a broad smile. I saw his blush that showed around the edges of his mask as he turned away from me.

"Sh-shut up!," he mumbled but I could tell he was smiling.

"Come on. Let's go show this to Vanoss," I said proudly. Delirious just nodded and followed me out the room. When we reached the chief and our best friends office I knocked on the door, opening it before receiving a reply. Vanoss gave me a half glare for entering without permission but I shrugged it off with a smile.

"You're never gonna guess what Delirious found," I said excited. Evan's expression changed and his eyes fell onto Delirious' hockey mask with curiosity.

"What have you found Del?" Vanoss asked softly through his strong chief voice. Even though Evan was our friend he still had a job to do and had to make sure everyone knew his role. There's things me and Delirious wouldn't even do around him while any of us were in uniform but inside and away from public, we were the best of friends.

"Well, I ah. I tracked the guy with long messy hair and found the other guy in the background of a security camera the first guy disappeared in and tracked them to this warehouse outside of town and ah. I think they're both working together and Sean's case is tied in with Ryan's and that each man tortured the two separately and ran together. They might ah, they might be friends," Delirious stuttered out, feeling nervous that all the attention was now on him.

Delirious was fine talking to us about every day things, his stutter only slightly affecting his speech but at work when he was on the spot his stutter became worse and sometimes you couldn't even understand what he was saying. But we never thought any less of him because of it. He was still a good friend and a great partner to work with.

"Hmm. Show me," Vanoss said in thought. Delirious stepped forward and pulled up the exact security camera he'd show me and zoomed in on the man with golden spiked hair, his face slightly covered by the dark shadows but still visible.

"Delirious. I think you're right. We need to call in Sean and Ryan and ask them if these two men are the people who tortured them. Cartoonz, can you do that please and Delirious... go get something to eat if you want. You look a little tired and hungry," Vanoss said, concern only now reaching his voice.

He was right, Delirious did look a lot skinnier than usual and his skin was more pale. But he waved Vanoss off and lifted his mask, his vibrant blue eyes twinkling with joy.  I could look at them all day but that makes him uncomfortable. Everyone always looked at his eyes and he didn't like the stares. It's why he first started wearing his mask.

"Nah I'm good. Mini invited me to a game night at his house this afternoon and I don't want to feel full when I go. He has the best food there. And I'll catch up on sleep tomorrow when I have my week off. Sleep, food and video games, best way to spend it," He said like a little kid.

"Hey! Why aren't we invited to this game night?" Evan said with a fake pout.

"You don't have a week off afterwards. You have work, I don't," Delirious said as if he was the boss, pulling his mask back down and backing out of the room. However, he backed into the door, that was closed, and let out a small yelp. We all laughed before he left the room properly and I went to call the hospital.