64 Curiosity Caught the Cats 2 (2/2)
When they came near the small crowd they could hear people muttering, \”Who is she?\”
\”I don't know, perhaps she lives in the building.\”
\”Did anyone call an ambulance?\”
\”Yeah they just did, it's five minutes away?\”
\”Someone should probably call the police too.\”
\”Who the heck would do this to a person?\”
As Frank came to the front of the crowd he saw a female figure on the ground in front of them. She was lying in a growing pool of blood.
Her back was exposed showing several deep stab wounds across it.
Frank immediately took out his police badge and said, \”Move aside all of you, I'm an officer!\”
The crowd automatically separated.
\”Everyone move away from the scene! Has anyone touched anything?\”
People shook their heads, mumbling no.
Frank moved towards the bleeding figure, pressing his finger to her neck, he could still feel a pulse, although very weak.
He moved her hair away from her face to see if she was still conscious. When he saw her face he immediately gasped.
\”Qi Zhou!\”
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From a distance Max watched, he giggled at the scene. \”This all happened to her because she messed with someone who is close to the Gatekeeper, but now she's doing it again to protect herself. Is she smart or is she crazy?\” he laughed out loud as he faded into the shadows.
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FLAME STAR FORTRESS
Mao Lu stroked the silver ring on his finger. He wanted to take it off and see how Chàng Bo was doing.
He pressed his fingers against his lips and blushed as he remembered the kiss they had shared. Just the memory made him want to scream like a teenage girl.
He was so happy he could walk on the moon, yet at the same time he felt sad, \”It hasn't even been that long yet I already miss him.\”
\”But I can't take off the ring, I need to train and become stronger. And to do that I need no distractions.\”
His eyes burned with determination, \”I won't take of this ring until I've completed the Wielding stage\” he vowed.
During his internal monologue, Argenti had walked up to him, watching him mumble to himself.
\”What are you doing?\”
Mao Lu jumped back in surprise and laughed in embarrassment, \”Sorry, I was just talking to myself. It's a bad habit, I know.\”
\”I see… Well your training chamber is ready, I will teach you in there and you will practice with no interruptions.\” Argenti said as she looked at Mao Lu's Gates, who was hovering near his shoulder.
Gates understood what she meant when she said \”No interruptions\”.
\”I will not intrude in on Mao Lu's training. Actually I wanted permission from Mao Lu to take some time off. I haven't met up with the other Gates in a while. So I thought it would be appropriate to do so now.\”
Mao Lu stared at Gates, all kinds of thoughts racing through his head, until he made his decision.
Telepathically he told Gates \”I trust you since you're my Gates. Promise me that you'll be careful around the other ones, if you notice anything strange, please come back to me straight away and tell me.\”
If Gates could frown it would have, \”Notice anything strange? Like what exactly, what's going on?\” Gates asked.
\”It's just that I and the other Gatekeepers believe some Gates may be compromised and dangerous. I trust you so I'm sure you're not one of them, that's why I'm telling you to be careful and keep a lookout.\”
Gates digested this information and was pleased by the trust Mao Lu had in it. \”I'll report to you straight away if anything occurs.\” Gates replied before flying away.
Argenti had no idea about the mental conversation that had just occurred between Mao Lu and Gates.
When Gates flew away she simply said, \”Good, now that it's gone we can be certain we're not being spied on. Come let's begin our training.\”
Mao Lu nodded as he obediently followed her into a chamber of white flames.
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TIANANMEN HOSPITAL
\”Frank!\” Lin Yang ran up to Frank and the rest who were outside the Operating room.
Lin Yang was in her uniform, and walking beside her was another officer in uniform named Yuanji Lyu.
\”We've come to interview you about the case.\” Lin Yang said.
Yuanji nodded at Frank, Frank nodded back.
\”These are…?\” Yuanji Lyu pointed at Fei Bing Bing and the rest.
\”My friends, we were coming back from a little outing when we came across the scene.\” Frank replied.
Yuanji gazed at all of them, \”Do they know the victim as well?\”
\”Only slightly through me.\”
\”Then we'll interview them later.\” Yuanji said curtly, \”First come with us.\”
Frank went into a little room with them. Lin Yang felt a bit bad about interviewing Frank when he was probably worried about his girlfriend, but it was procedure for this type of case. They had to get information from all parties involved.
\”This must be a shitty Christmas eve for you.\” Lin Yang began.
Frank agreed, \”Yeah I haven't had one like it before, but hey at least I'm not working like you.\”
Lin Yang groaned, \”Don't remind me, I wanted to spend the holiday with my boyfriend but since I'm not a Christian I have no reason to be taking time off apparently.\”
Yuanji Lyu coughed, \”Enough with the small talk.\” He said bluntly.
\”Ah yes, let's get to it.\” Lin Yang agreed.