The Monster in the Sky. Klance AU

Chapter 14: The Lion Spaceship

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it! :D

"Apparently McClain has gone missing again," Bentley explained to the Captain to update him on the status of the investigation. "His father spoke to us and said his wife was now claiming to have seen a giant spaceship take her son."

"Interesting..." The Captain leaned forward as a scowl spread across his features. "What do you think of that?"

"I'm not sure, Captain. The murderer or kidnapper might have grown suspicious that McClain would hand them in so could have taken him again."

"But what about his mother?"

"I think she's afraid. Her son has been kidnapped for the second time and there's no way she is in the right state of mind."

"So she could have imagined it too?"

"Potentially but I'll have to investigate it even further. It does seem bizarre that they both reported about a blue lion but there's no way there's any fact behind it. Aliens just don't exist, do they Sir?"

The Captain nodded so Bentley pulled himself onto his feet. He turned to leave but stopped when the Captain spoke up again. "You're doing a good job, P.C Bentley. I think you can get to the bottom of this."

"Me too. Every day I think we get a little bit closer to uncovering the truth."

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After receiving the news that McClain's mother also reported seeing the same large spaceship that McClain had described, Bentley knew that he had to see her. By the time he made it to the McClain's family household, he was shaking from excitement. He knew the end of the case was near and finding out what truly happened the day of Henry Griffin's disappearance would make him famous in his precinct. He also had a slight inkling of hope that the Captain would give him the raise he desperately needed with a young baby at home.

"My baby's gone," McClain's mum sobbed into her hands, her entire body shaking. She was sat beside her husband who was rubbing her arm, opposite Bentley. Between them was a recording device that had started recording just moments previously. "I saw him leave... why didn't we believe him, Antonio?" Bentley leaned forward, noting the mother's hysteria. It was highly likely that she was able to imagine things when her son was going through a harrowing and traumatic experience. The stress on the parents was substantial and neither had sought out any external help that would allow them to cope. It appeared that their son was the priority. The father didn't seem as distraught as the mother as he was focusing more on comforting his wife as opposed to showing his own emotion.

"What do you mean?" McClain's dad asked, placing a gentle hand onto his wife's knee. "You have to tell the policeman exactly what you saw... and tell him the truth."

"I'm telling you," McClain's mum wiped away her tears with her fists as her breath hitched. She sounded like she was on the verge of having a panic attack whilst her husband was biting his bottom lip and holding back tears. "I saw that lion machine thing Lance had been talking about..." She hung her head as an attempt to hide the tears trailing down her cheeks. Her husband retracted his arm whilst his face scrunched up in disappointment.

"Stop this... I thought we decided that Lance was making it up."

"I saw it. It came from the sky and it took him away. I know what I saw." Despite the peculiarity of what she was talking about, McClain's mum did seem certain with her words. The police officer scribbled something down in his flip notebook, keeping a straight face the whole time, so he didn't give his emotions away.

"We know this is difficult but please, describe it for us." The policeman ordered. Lance's mum looked up and made eye contact with the same man that Lance had talked to and that alone was enough to trigger another sob from her. The sound was harrowing as it shook through the room.

"It- It was massive... It was blue too which is funny because it's Lance's favourite colour," Lance's mum swallowed to compose herself again. After, she leaned across the table and murmured, "I don't know how else to describe it other than as a large, lion spaceship."

"And you're 100% sure that was what you saw? It wasn't a trick of the light or-"

"I definitely saw it." There wasn't much of a point to argue with Lance's mum as her voice was stuck in a monotone that basically screamed don't question it!

The case did keep getting all the more interesting. By that point, Bentley was fully engrossed in each of the people involved and he was determined to get to the bottom of it. He doodled a little picture of a lion in the corner of the page with an angry expression on its face before writing lion spaceship next to it with multiple question marks.