This is a new idea I am kicking around. This is a character from something else I am working on.
The
Body
As
murders go, it was not the worse. The body was cold, limbs a bit twisted as if
falling in motion as an attempt to get away. It would have been processed by
the locals, except for the fact a member of The Authority had been present. The
officer was on loan for a particular reason, what was considered a lack of
performance at the last incident. Called an incident because things were
lacking normalcy, feathers, everywhere. A lack of a body but lots of blood,
fluids scattered throughout a suite of five rooms. The Authority had been there
before anyone else could arrive and this particular officer had contaminated
the scene and neglected to wear booties. But the worse offence was a tissue
which had fallen out of the pocket of the officer, it was covered in his own
body fluids, snot from his nose, complete with a nose hair. Allergies will get
you all the time.
Agent
Accent of The Authority was not pleased.
She was currently investigating a quite puzzling case with overtones of
the abnormal. But what is one more puzzle? She examined her booties carefully
and pointily glared at the slightly trembling Authority officer on assignment
to a normal branch of duty. Another officer moved the tape baring entrance so
she could enter. Her eyes flickered over
the scene, the normal police, emergency workers had been removed and her own
team was in place including the disgraced Authority officer. Agent Accent
stifled a sigh, he was her problem now.
The
victim had been a woman with augmented body parts, not overly done but rather a
way to hide what would have had shown clearly, if you knew what you were
looking for. Agent Accent sniffled the
air but only smelt the tang of red blood, the emptying of bowels, and beneath
was a floral tone, hard to distinguish from the more potent scents. She walked
carefully about the body, noting the palm of the left hand turned outward as if
it was a final attempt at warding off what was coming. Agent Accent wanted to
close her eyes and look more deeply at what might be lingering, a ghost, a
glimmer, an essence but first, a look at what had triggered needing her
presence and the team from The Authority.
The trembling,
disgraced officer now assigned to this case came forward at her beckoning.
“Show me.” Agent Accent was referring to the starred marker on the floor and
next to wall nearing the front door. A discolored spot was on both. The young
officer licked his lips and lead her carefully to the possible evidence, a clue
perhaps to what might have done this. What, not who? The spots on both the floor and wall were
maybe body fluids from an unnoticed nick or cut on the perpetrator.
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