The dark reflection

My dark reflection

As the day had set in downtown Flarecity, an unidentified, badly treated corpse was found in the subway station by a cleaner. According to reports, the cleaner was attracted to platform 4 by an uninviting and decaying smell of a corpse. The autopsy claims that this person was tortured and was struck on the arms several times by a strong solid, like a baseball bat. He had died a week ago and his legs were separated from his body. Also, turns out that he was an alcoholic. His demise is clearly artificial. The cops tried their best to find that killer, all in vain. So, they hired a professional investigator along with me and Scott, since we are trainee investigators, in secret to keep controversies out. She was Ally Mc' Cooper, a lady known as the "Lady with a lot of brain and guts". The next day, Ally had arrived at the subway station, dressed casually. It is offensive for an investigator to dress up like that, but this case being held a secret, it was better. She visited platform 4 first, and wrote down something in her notepad. Thanks to the cops who banned public from this subway, or else, it would kinda look awkward that a freelancer is being protected by cops. She roamed around that platform alone for a solid 5 hours. Even she ate her lunch over there. After lunch, she gave us three things that she found in that 5 hour quest. It was a steel ring, a watch and an empty pill box. Turns out that it was pills for schizophrenics, for them to remember stuff. The watch had no traces of fingerprints. The same applies to the ring. It had a catchy design, an ancient dragon. By dusk, the cops had left, leaving me and Scott behind. The lieutenant whispered softly to me that I should keep an eye on that lady, as he felt that she was kinda weird. I was staring at the sunset, while finally, Ally called me in. I didn't know where did Scott go, maybe, in a coffee shop. I was about to ask her about her findings, but she asked me whether I can drop her home. It was kinda surprising, but still, I agreed to drop her off. Turns out that she is temporarily staying in a hotel nearby Park City Complex. It was 11 pm, when she had decided to leave. I was taking a rat nap till that time, in the waiting room. She had such a loud voice, that I heard she, yelling out my name. By 1 am, I dropped her off and left home, completely forgetting about Scott. The next morning, I received a call from the lieutenant to immediately report to his office. It was still early dawn. When I reached his office, I received a great shock. Scott had gone missing. I told everything that happened yesterday. He could not believe what I told him. Even I could not. Because, he received a call from Scott himself by 11 pm, saying that he was going to drop that lady off. Also, Scott even sent him a selfie with me and the lady by 1 am, where I was smiling actively. Even the lady was not looking pretty tired as she had yesterday. The subway clock was also captured, which said 1 am. I fell into an extreme shock. I still remember dropping the lady off in her hotel. For some reason, I really wanted to check on that lady. After getting permitted, I rushed towards the hotel. When I reached the hotel, I ran to the reception and asked about the lady, but it was an another shock. No such lady had checked in. For a moment, I felt like I was struck in a time slip. What was happening to me felt so unrealistic. As I drove across a lonely street, it had started to pour. I then stopped by a shade and stood there, but I felt that someone familiar was standing right behind me. Out of my curiosity, I turned back, to find that I was standing right in front of a huge and tall building. The door was open, which urged me to visit inside. As I stepped in, I saw that this was the hotel that I dropped the lady off. The reception was empty. All of a sudden, I heard loud thuds across the stairway. It shook me to the bottom of my core. I took shelter under the reception counter and was breathing as slowly and quietly as I can. But after a few minutes, the thuds had stopped. With a lot of fear and anxiety, I rose up to the counter with a knife in my hands. And that was when I was scared to hell. I saw a man resting on the counter. It felt as if he was waiting for me to come out. In the front, I saw the lady, dead. She was severely tortured. I sprung into action, and stabbed him on the neck. But when he fell down, I discovered that it was Scott. And by then, I passed out. Sometime later, I found myself in a room, arrested.  I started crying. He then explained that I was responsible for all the three murders. I had killed that passerby. I killed Scott and Ally Mc' Cooper. He told me a horrifying truth that I am a schizophrenic patient. He also gave me an opportunity, to accept that I was guilty and he would explain my mental health condition in the court. I decided to accept. That night, I was thrown into a cell. I dreamt of the next morning. Myself getting admitted into a mental asylum. Just when I was about to fall asleep, I once again heard that loud thud. The wall was forcibly being broken by someone from the outside. And it was broken. The person was wearing a black hoodie and a mime mask. The person took my hand and pulled me outside. We were going in a bike. I was not able to resist the person helping me escape. She took me to the same building. And that was when, she revealed herself. She looked alike me. I was took aback for moments. She then told me everything. She was a professional non- profit looking killer. She found that I bore her likeness and also was mentally unstable as she followed me in Facebook and tracked my weaknesses within a week. And she used me to kill her enemies. That guy was her previous boss, who had attempted to kill her previously, so, she killed him without leaving any trace behind. Also that night, Scott and Ally came to know about this. They first mistook that I was the killer, but she spoiled it for me. When I was asleep, she had took that selfie for no reason, leading them to understand that it was not me. Scott had spot me fast asleep, confirming that I was not the killer. Scott managed to distract her, by taking her to the nearby cafe. At 1 am, I left her in the wrong hotel. Ally was trying to call me, but before even she recognized that she is in a wrong place, This lady snatched her away.
On that day, she was responsible for killing them. She killed Ally and made me to kill Scott. When I had passed out, she turned the evidences against me. She just wanted to use me for her further missions, so she had saved me. I had called the police before entering the building and they were already here. They also heard everything. I saw them arresting her. For now, I am under good medication and the doctors say that I may recover soon.
Thank you.