Of Angels and Demons: A New Generation

Solving The Crime

As we continue to walk around the bank, I notice no body parts. "Lastis, did the local authorities or DAHC clean up the body parts?" I ask as I hear Lastis from another room yell back. "They could only recover a few bodies; the rest were completely unidentifiable. Mangled and torn apart, almost as though a wild pack of wolves got ahold of them." Lastis yells as I hear Moxi chuckle. "Correct me if I'm wrong, but the bodies that were identifiable were missing certain limbs, body parts, flesh, or something else?" Moxi asks as Lastis walks from around the corner. "That was in my document, not the one I showed you. How did you know that?" Lastis asks as I see Moxi smile. "Because I'm fairly sure that this wasn't a team attack. A group couldn't pull off some of the things that happened here unless they are just very well coordinated. Which I guess is possible, but highly unlikely. For starters, even though all the different cuts and rips in this room seem to come from different weapons, I'm sure it came from only one." Moxi says as he points to 3 different cuts in the tile. "As you can see, they each look different, but each is just a different level of force applied to add different features to the damaged area. If they were to swing harder, it would create this smoother section. If they simply dragged their sword with a little force to create this jagged cut. And for this rigid cut, that could easily result from stabbing at an angle in quick succession." Moxi says as he points around the room. "If you look closely, you'll see that it's the same cut pattern in the walls and pillar. I believe that this was done by one person, and I think we need to meet her." Moxi says as he looks at us. "Where is Rozaria?" Moxi asks as Lastis stares at him. "She's under protective services at the police station, under fear of being attacked again. She has a DAA representative guarding her." Lastis says as Moxi smiles. "Then let's just go to have a chat with her. Clarify a few details." Moxi says as Lastis sighs. "Fine, and if it turns out you're wrong, I have another idea for where they could have possibly gone." Lastis says as we walk outside. "So, do any of you know the way to the police station?" Attira asks as Lastis shakes his head. "I am not familiar with this city." Lastis replies as I sigh. "Then how about we ask directions?" I suggest as Attira and Moxi nod. Attira quickly runs up to a stranger and asks for directions. The man, no older than 22 from his appearance, blushes, then starts explaining how to get there. After a solid minute of explaining, she waves for us to follow her. As we run to her to follow her, I notice the man shooting us all a dirty look. "Hm." I grumble as I push it out of my mind. We follow Attira for several minutes before we see the police station a few blocks away. "Come on guys!" Moxi yells as he sprints full speed towards the police station. We quickly follow and burst through the front door to see quite a few scared expressions. "Where is Rozaria?" Moxi asks as a man walks from the back of the station walks out towards us. A man who looks to be only 16 years old. He has short silver hair with a full black attire. He has a medium length blade on his hip, and he has his hand pressed firmly against it, almost anticipating a fight. "What do you want with her?" He asks as Moxi smiles. "You don't seem like a DAA representative." Moxi says as they glare at each other. "My name is Orion Himigaya, and I am a DAA representative. Formerly, the leader of the hunters." Orion says as a slight chill blows through the room. "There are no open windows, and the door is closed. So, can I assume that was you issuing a challenge?" Moxi says, almost antagonizing Orion. As Orion's hand twitches slightly, Lastis steps forward and laughs nervously. "Please excuse my subordinate, he loves joking around in bad situations. We are only here to have a word with Rozaria about the incident. We are soldiers from the DAHC." Lastis says as Orion pulls his hand away from his sword. "Probably should have opened with that." He mumbles as he exhales deeply and motions his hand for us to follow him. He leads us back through the police station and into a room with a large holding cell. 2 small windows on the back wall and a few benches on the walls, for talking with the person in the holding cell I imagine. Inch thick steel bars and a large door separates us from an old lady wearing a well-worn dress. "Oh dear, who may these young people be?" The lady asks, a hint of fear in her trembling voice. "These are agents from the DAHC, they just needed to ask a few questions." Orion says, trying to calm her down. Lastis takes a step forward and gives a slight bow before starting to ask questions. I examine the walls as I hear her give her answers. "How many people attacked? I don't mean how many were in the building, I mean how many actually swung their weapons?" Lastis asks as she takes a shaky breath. "I saw 2 men attacking, the other 2 were going after the money in the vault." She says as I zone out for a bit staring out the window. "How were these people moving?" I hear Moxi asks as I quickly turn around. Moxi has an unusually confident smile on his face as the woman covers her mouth. "They didn't act like a team, they bickered and disagreed. They would stand over someone and argue over who was going to kill them." The lady says as Moxi sighs and starts to walk out the door. "So, I was right." I hear a voice say from the window behind me. I quickly fall back as I see Sinneth peeking into the building. "When did you get here!" I yell as he sighs and slides back down. "I was waiting here for you guys to get here."