The Altered Investigation Force, more commonly referred to as White Rose, was one of the most well known police forces. Gary had seen them mentioned multiple times on the news and for more reasons than one, but the main reason why they stood out was due to their force being made up entirely of Altereds.
'I might outrun a normal human, but I doubt it will work on an Altered. If I try anything that might seem beyond what a human could do, they'll think I'm an Altered person and will investigate how I became one.' Gary thought.
Sadie Nimper and Frank Hue had both been watching the apartment building for a while now. They were currently supposed to be working on a different case. Earlier this week, in what they assumed to be a gang trade gone wrong, three bodies had been uncovered that appear to have been killed by an Altered.
The reason why they were staking out Billy's apartment was due to the condition of their respective corpses. They seemed to be killed in a similar way, making them believe that it might also be due to an Altered. They had yet to determine whether it was the same killer as in their case, or another unreported Altered who had gone rogue.
“I'm just a curious teenager. It's not everyday that Slough is on the news. I sorta came here to see what all the fuss was about. It just seemed like a cool idea to be where all the action was. Now that I say it out loud, I don't actually know what I was expecting.” Gary tried to explain, praying that they would take him for just a dumb teenager.
“So what if you're a teenager. The suspect shouldn't be that much older than you. Come on, now that you know who we are, just spill the beans and tell us what you know!” Sandie aggressively demanded.
“Hey, hey, you're strongly implying something there. Just because both of them are teenagers doesn't mean they know each other, right?'' Frank tried to calm his partner down. It was obvious to Gary that the two of them were playing a little game of Good Cop - Bad Cop, not that he would dare to call them out on it.
“However, if you don't mind us asking, what's with the hood? If you really wanted to check things out, why would you try to sneak away after seeing the reporters?” Frank asked with a friendly smile, as if to hide the fact that he was calling the high schooler out on his contradiction.
Since Frank was the Good Cop, Gary quickly grasped that he would be his answer to get out of his mess. His 'just a dumb teenager' act seemed to have failed, but he was sure there was one way to convince them. He looked around left and right, before he slowly then pulled down his hood revealing his bright green hair.
“I… I had my hair done recently. However, the result turned out far brighter than I wanted. Once I saw the reporters I got scared that I could get interviewed. It's already bad enough that my friends were teasing me in school about it, but if my current appearance gets shown on TV… yeah, I would never live it down.”
“I swear, I was only her because I was curious. Me and that Billy guy, we don't even go to the same school. First time I ever heard about him was on TV.” Gary claimed, making a 'Scout's honor' sign, even though he had never been part of them.
“Wh“ Before Steven could finish his sentence, he felt Gary's hand grab the side of his head, only to slam it with great force into the side of the wall. Letting go of his head Steven's body slid down on the floor.
“Shut the f*ck up.” Gary said.
Chapter end
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