Panic Room

Chapter 11: 'Friend of an Enemy'

This was definitely not ideal.

Sitting in the backseat of a police car, Leona grumbled. She felt like a common criminal! And she was nothing of the sort.

"Can someone pleaseeee explain to me what's going on? What about my missing older brother?"

"Sorry miss, but we were given direct instructions. We'll be there shortly." The officer driving said, glancing back at Leona before turning her attention back to the road ahead.

Leona internally screamed, sliding back into her seat. Hours of already making up a fake case for Juno, and now of course she was getting dragged into his mess. This was not what was supposed to happen.

The rest of the drive was quiet, the two officers in the front talking quietly while Leona stared out the window, irritated at the situation.

Eventually, they pulled up to a huge mansion. Leona instantly recognized it as the Rosales mansion.

"What had that dumbass done..." She muttered as the officer driving turned off the car, stepping out.

After a few minutes, Leona was inside the mansion. She of course had never been inside one and was more or less disappointed.

"It's like a giant house. Thats boring." She pouted, hearing voices from nearby.

She glanced around a nearby corner, seeing three police officers all crowded around a certain area, though she could hear faint voices from the door they stood next to.

"Miss! I need you to remain over here with officer Crystal and I." The first officer said quite loudly, quickly directing Leona back over to where the front entrance was.

It was another few boring minutes later, when she noticed her old acquaintance Jay walk out from a corridor, with who she knew to be Detective Harris in front.

"Oh my fuck." She said, grinning slightly as she realized the amount of trouble Juno must've gotten himself in this time.

"Hi, Leona Bower I presume?" Kira questioned, walking up to Leona and holding her hand out, a serious expression on her face.

Leona nodded, taking her hand and shaking it quickly.

"Yep! Detective Harris right? I've seen you around town! You're a real smarty pants solving all those cases for everyone!"

"Oh, Detective Kira is fine. And thank you for the flattery, but we have a serious case at hand. I'm afraid we're going to have to interrogate you on a few subjects." Kira said, pulling her hand away and crossing her arms behind her back.

Leona's grin faded. An interrogation? Oh god.

But as soon as it faded, she was smiling again.

"Well sure! Anything to help out someone as smart as you Detective Kira!" She copied her movements, crossing her arms behind her back and straightening out her posture.

Kira studied her for a moment, she felt something was off, but she wasn't sure what exactly.

"Perfect. I have a few quick things to take care of before we start however, is there-"

"Actually I really gotta go piss! You know where the bathrooms are?" She asked, Kira looking more confused now.

"Yeah, sure. Officer Sachhi can escort you there-"

"Oh no thanks I know how to use the bathroom myself!"

And on that note, Leona walked away, glancing around the mansion.

Officer Crystal and Sachhi quickly went to follow her, but Kira stopped them.

"It's fine, there are officers all around the mansion. She's not our biggest priority right now." Kira said, both girls hesitating before backing down and nodding.

Leona was skipping around, avoiding officers as best as she could for the time being. She had a feeling she would have enough time to spend with them later.

She found herself back over where the other three police officers were, quickly moving away as she saw Detective Kira walking up to them all.

"Where's the goddamn bathroomsss? A girls gotta go when a girls gotta go!" Leona said, talking to herself, a little annoyed she was still wandering around.

She heard quick footsteps, turning around just in time to see a short girl with a dark purple dress stop suddenly.

"Oh, who are you?" She asked, fear seeing in her voice slightly as she took a few steps back.

Leona squinted her eyes slightly, feeling as if she knew the strangely purple girl.

"OHHHHHHH your Claire! Claireeeeeeeeee, uh what's your last name?"

"You still didn't tell me your name?" Claire said, now glaring at her and placing a hand on her hip.

Leona's eyes flashed darkly, just as Officer Sachhi ran up.

"Claire, you need to wait for an officer to escort you. Were in a state of emergency right now after all." Sachhi said sharply, Claire pointing at Leona.

"Who's she? She doesn't have an officer with her either!" Claire practically whined, Leona scrunching up her nose.

"Unlike YOU I'm not a possible threat!" She stated, twirling around happily as Claire blinked at her rapidly.

"I'm not a 'possible threat'! I didn't do anything!" Claire shouted, Sachhi grabbing her arm, pulling her away.

"Come on, Detective Kira will handle you two. Leona, you come with me too. Both of you can use the bathroom later if still needed."

Leona shrugged, walking over to Sachhi and Claire, who again took a step back, but looked more angry than fearful now.

Leona quickly decided she did not like this singer, pouting a little as they were both forced back to the main area, where there were a few more people waiting.

One of them she quickly saw to be Juno, who merely sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose when he saw Leona walk up with Officer Sachhi.

"Juno, I presume you know Leona here?" Kira said, crossing her arms to which Juno looked up at her.

"Unfortunately, I do."

Kira nodded, turning back to face Leona, Officer Sachhi pulling Claire over near where Ari was.

"Right, this is how this will work then. Leona we'll interrogate you next, followed by you, Juno. This will all work smoothly as long as everyone cooperates. Understood?"

Leona shrugged again, nodding a bit.

"Yeah sure! I don't really care!" She told Kira, who just stared at her for a second too long.

"Right, Officer Sachhi take these three back to where they should be," Kira paused, shooting a nasty look at the three officers who were left to watch over the suspects, which resulted in a drunk Juno.

"And get Juno a lot of water, we need to try and make him more sober, though make sure to write this down so we can pick it up later."

Officer Sachhi nodded, quickly ushering the suspects away from the area.

"Officer Crystal, I want you to come with me. Just in case anything happens."

It was hardly noticeable, but Leona saw Kira glance at her briefly.

She just grinned.

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