The police car stops in front of the two large glass doors of the New Scotland Yard. Gregory and Kendall exit the car and the two inspectors drive off nearly immediately. Kendal quickly jumps back with a scowl to avoid being splashed by kicked up mud.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WmyIH0qvd
"Rude!"284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3KVLQ2csV
"You know the morons can't help it." He chuckles getting the door. "Now come on."284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7PS6kbkvc
Kendall walks in, barely ducking under his arm. Like usual, the Met was crowded and busy. She follows as Gregory walks up to the receptionist.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvweddvB1Bs
"Hey Flora, Ian's in, right?" he asks.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9t9NHpULrh
"He's waiting in his office for you and Miss Bell." She nods, stapling a stack of papers.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAip9oygtF
"Alright, thanks." He nods, tapping the counter as he steps away. Kendall walks quickly to keep up. They turn and walk down a long hallway of offices before Greg stops and knocks on one.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnDNFG8WhM
"It's not locked," the police chief calls from inside.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlG97sUKvHu
Gregory opens the door and Kendall follows him in.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxSHKIierW
"Go ahead and take a seat. This isn't going to be one of those talk and run conversations," he says, turning from his computer.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcUuR0vMCu
"What did Greg do this time, Chief?" Kendall sighs.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡul42cz3oIf
Ian laughs, a deep baritone. "For once, not a thing."284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2A5q5qoMmh
"Told you so." He smirks, crossing his arms behind his head. "So what do you need, Ian?"284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wlHXeTyGX
Ian glances at his computer monitor before he stands from his desk. He is a sturdy, burly shaped man with short salt and pepper black hair. Tall, but still not as tall as Gregory. He gets the door. "I have a case for you, however let's walk and talk."284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6F3nGJuWV
"Make up your mind, ol' chap. First you want us to sit, now to walk?"284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡio4byGvucI
"You want the case or not, Harris?"284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6u0kmp5rda
"He wants the case, sir." Kendall sighs, getting up.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvt9eSAqRo
The chief nods and walks out. "You have heard about the riverside murders?"284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDovCMomNMy
"I've heard of a lot of murders, Ian, you're going to have to narrow that down."284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzqT9VaPrE
"The ones coming in from the Thames."284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6O1v0C7ao
"Ah yes, I have heard a thing or two about that one."284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDZSlSVlqE
Ian nods, and stands in front of the lift. "Fourth body was found early this morning right after the papers about the third went out." He pushes button. "I'll let the Dyes explain the way they were murdered. I'll meet you down there shortly, I need to find someone else first."284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWltTRQ1IZ
The lift opens with a ding and Kendall and Gregory step on. "We'll see you then, Ian." The door closes as the police chief walks away.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXnCrRTbJi
Kendall looks towards Gregory. "A fourth this morning? The criminal must be speeding up."284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSrcuvOITH
Greg nods slowly, looking at the lift door in thought. "I'm sure there is a further connection besides they each being dumped in the river. Setting only tells a part of the story, Kendall. But wherever they're being killed, it must be near the Thames."284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGroSqvETOe
"Maybe Daan or Amber will have more details..."284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXL8of9Pgi7
"Probably."284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoB6FP6ylbV
The lift opens with a ding and the two are met by a wall of blaring Eurodance music. Kendall covers her ears against the loudness as they step into the morgue.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUObX0FHMR5
"DR. DYE?" Gregory shouts. "HELLO?"284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5SftroN55
The music stops abruptly and the two doctors look sheepishly around the corner. "Ah! Mr. Harris and Ms. Bell, McIntosh sent you down, ja?" Dr. Amber Dye chuckles. She's a slender woman with long blonde hair held back with an orange bow as bright as her personality and bright blue eyes. "You'll have to excuse the music, Daan's singing could raise the dead, you have to blare it to drown him out."284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0EuZco0xQ
"Hoi!" Dr. Daan Dye frowns. He's also slender built with short blond hair with dark rimmed glasses framing his blue eyes. "I wouldn't say it would be too bad if it were though." He then grins.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEq7PwggcZh
"The chief said he'd be down here soon, too," Kendall says.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1aZDKiD9A
"I'm sure he will be eventually, but let's go ahead and get started, ja?"284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqYLfaLF6M
Amber taps his shoulder. "I'll finish up that homicide autopsy while you show them our friends."284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5J9IECkZTr
"Still think it's going to turn out as a suicide, Amber, but you do that. I enjoy my steak cooked medium when you see I'm right."284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmXfS2SzXp
"And I want lobster when you see that I am right after all. Now shoo! Show them the bodies, Liefje!" Amber swats at him before walking back to the other end of the room.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68G7KeMbiQ
Daan rolls his eyes before walking over to the wall of drawers. He unhooks a clipboard from the first drawer handle and flips back a few pages on it. "Okay let's see....Four." He pulls out that slab and moves to the next. "Six....seven....and ten."284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH79SMwc6tJ
On the metals slabs there are three men and one woman. Just looking at the surface, there is nothing very similar about the four to each other. One man is broad and fat and old, another is a black man of average height and build. The third man has a deep tan but bright red hair and freckles. The woman herself has a buzz cut and a long flower tattoo along her neck and arm.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdQ318KCjG
Gregory looks them over as Kendall pulls out her notepad and pen. "Care to tell us about the victims?"284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1S9cHKGyN
Daan pushes his glasses up. "They each were fairly simple murders." He gestures to the old man. "Theodore Harrelson, age sixty-eight. His throat was slit as you can see here." He points to it with a gloved hand. "And there's evidence that he was smothered while he was bleeding out." He moves to the black man. "Fletcher Vance, age thirty-three. His blood showed signs of being heavily intoxicated at the time of death, but there were also high traces of arsenic.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEQg43uq9J
"Victim three, Karl Moore, age twenty-one and an American. He also had his throat slit and another stab wound on his abdomen. Lastly, Janice Laurel, age forty. Blunt force trauma to her skull. The kind of imprint it left could have either been a club or perhaps the leg of a chair. She was this morning's new victim."284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgR4OXdRA24
Kendall nods as she takes notes. "Alright then, I'll grab Rufford and see if we can find out some more on their backgrounds." She clicks the pen closed and starts to walk away, but Gregory grabs her shoulder before she gets far.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uNHeGidP5
"Not yet, Kendall. I might need notes from when McIntosh gets his arse down here."284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlw5L5VFWAw
"Why do you need me to take notes? You have the better handwriting and always complain you can't read mine," she huffs.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiWpQLmA9W
Greg smirks with a half nod. "True, but I don't feel like taking them myself."284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU08Qp1e6wf
Kendall rolls her eyes and mumbles, "I'm not your secretary," as she takes out the pen once again.284Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzkWJD6Jsx
Daan clears his throat, gesturing towards the other side of the room. "Feel free to wait for the chief anywhere you want. I'm going to see how Amber's autopsy is proceeding." He then walks away.
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