Previously in Code: Fearless...
Once the mystery of the new truck was solved, I continue my patch towards the monitoring room, I have to make sure that the accident with the elevator was just a coincidence or if its linked once again to the killer, when I arrive to my destination I wait for a minute for the Agents to open the electronic lock, in that moment my cellphone rings for a while indicating that I had received a message, I pull out my cellphone to check the sender…
-Guty: 3 messages from Night Bird?
-Specialist: Agent Guty! Please, come in sir.
-Guty: Yeah, thanks
-Specialist: I suppose you are here to look at the elevator incident.
-Guty: Just so, I want to know if it was a coincidence or if it was something previously planned…
-Specialist: We have been checking the area and it was not tampered with all day, we will check on the recordings of the past days, but it will take us some time…
-Guty: Hmm… very well, any news about the autopsy from agents Carter and Milton?
-Specialist: The results will be ready in three days; do you need me to request they deliver them here?
-Guty: That won't be necessary, the deadline that the killer gave me expires in two days… the results will not be here on time.
-Specialist: …
-Guty: Alright… inform me as soon as you got something about that elevator, I will go back to the school.
-Specialist: Yes sir.
When I finished my business there, I go out of the building quietly, it is a shame that there was nothing in the recordings, but I refuse to believe that it is all mere coincidence…
-Guty: Whatever it is, this doesn't change the fact that students died today…
When I walk over to the school I feel small snowflakes falling on my face, this cold is the least thing I need right now, so I rush to get to the school before I am covered in snow…; when I am about to get into the building I find the principals secretary waiting for me at the door, it is the first time this ever happens…
-Secretary: Are you Guty?
-Guty: I am, can I help you?
-Secretary: The principal requests you to attend him in his office before the last class of the day, I think there is something important he wants to discuss with you.
-Guty: Hmm…, alright, tell him I'll be there.
-Secretary: Thank you.
I walk through the long halls of the school, bumping into the team of specialists that are securing the area of the accident and starting clean up labor, it is incredible how things continue normally after such a scene, as I supposed before I think all students are now used to this and that's what worries me the most…
-Guty: …
While I direct myself to my classroom I can't help but to notice a gaze at the accident scene, where I can see the team of specialists working hard to leave everything as if nothing had happened, then when I got to the classroom the bell signals the start of lunch time, unfortunately it is snowing outside so I will not be able to enjoy my lunch in the roof as usual, I think I will have to do so in the cafeteria…
-Guty: My only moment of joy in the day… ruined…
Without further drama I take my lunch out of my backpack and head over to the cafeteria where I find an empty table on the far corner of the room which I occupy in silence, after that I start enjoying my delicious burritos.
-Guty: Hmm… this place isn't so bad…
I look around the cafeteria, noticing that most of the students are eating lunch here, I have never been a fan of crowded places, but the Japanese do not make a lot of noise during lunch, most of them speak only at a level their own table can listen which makes this place a peaceful spot to eat…, where I am from people are louder and the noise the crowds make sometimes bugs me…
-Excuse me, you-you are Guty right…
-Guty: Hmm?
Without expecting it a girl approaches me and tries to speak with me, maybe it's another puppet of the killer that is trying to get information, which is why is best to not trust her…
-I am Reika… and I had always… wanted to speak with you…
The girl looks quite nervous maybe she will try something at any moment now, so I stay alert to any surprise attack, her acting is pretty bad, but I will play along and see how far she would go…
-Guty: I see… Pleasure to meet you Reika, would you like to sit down?>
-Reika: May I? Then I will gladly do it.
It is better to keep her close, that way my reaction time will be shorter, and I will be able to submit here before panic rises.
-Reika: What is that you are eating?
-Guty: Burritos… You don't know them?
-Reika: It is the first time I've seen one, is that foreign food?
-Guty: Mexican Food to be exact… Would you like some? Just bit it on the other side because I already took a bite on this one…
-Reika: No-no-no don't worry, I will bite it from the same side, so I don't mess it up.
She is a pretty weird girl…, she stayed there for the rest of the lunch break, and we talked about ordinary things, after talking to her I realize she is just a normal girl like any other, there seem to be no sign that she has been manipulated so I take the liberty to lower my guard a bit…
-Reika: You are kinder than I thought Guty… I have been a pleasant surprise…
For a brief instant I forgot about the whole killer business and an honest smile draws in my face.
-Guty: You think so? I am just being myself…
Without any reason her face turns red like a tomato, perhaps she is coming down with a fever or I said something upsetting…
-Reika: R-R-Really…?
I think Reika is quite weird, she stutters too much and plays a lot with her hair, maybe she has witnessed some gruesome scene and suffers some trauma…
-Reika: You know… I've been meaning to talk to you for a while now… but I could not find the courage to do it…
-Guty: Why?
-Reika: It's hard to explain…, but I have seen you spend quite a lot of time with the delegate… and well… I chose to keep my distance.
-Guty: You mean Akasha? She is a kind girl you have nothing to worry about.
-Reika: I think she is quite strange…
-Guty: Why do you think that?
-Reika: Well… I don't know… it's not easy to explain…
While Agent Guty lunched with his classmate, he did not know that his own security equipment was being used to observe him…
-Chess: Oh… Guty… you have spent so long fighting crime that you have lost your touch to know what happens in the head of a young woman…
The darkness of her room is lighted up by the light coming out of her monitor…
-Chess: That girl is melting in front of him, and the man has no clue… Hmm?
Focusing one of the cameras in the cafeteria I see a familiar face in the background from where Guty is talking to that girl…
-Chess: That's the girl from Guty's notes…
Apparently, Akasha is not very happy to see Guty eating with someone else, the inexpressive look on her face shows that completely, apparently all this time she has had him to herself, and she does not appreciate the competition…
-Chess: Hmm?
I look at my cellphone verifying that Guty hasn't read my messages yet. Damn it… if he continues like this, he could get shot…
-Chess: Let's see what the principal is up to…
Checking every camera that operates within the school I find something alarming… Where are the cameras that were recording inside the principal's office? I thought the school was completely covered by these, even in the bathrooms they have them, however, researching in depth I notice that the teachers offices, janitors and ever nursing do not have cameras installed…
-Chess: No way!
What kind of stupid specialists installed the cameras and why did they leave out all the teaching staff from camera surveillance… that rises the likelihood of a teacher being the one responsible for all the killings.
Meanwhile, when lunch time ends Guty goes back to his classroom…
-Guty: …
Now that I remember the principal asked me to go to his office before the end of term…, I wonder what troubles him now, maybe he found a lead about the killer and wants to notify me, once I discovered that the students in the school were being medicated, his attitude towards me has changed drastically, probably wants me to rule him out from being a suspect so he is doing everything he can to win back my trust…, unfortunately for him I am not someone who's trust can be earned, I can't be bought and no matter who it is, I will make the one responsible pay.
-Akasha: Hi Guty…, I didn't see you at lunch time…
-Guty: I am sorry Akasha, since it was snowing today, I decided to take lunch in the cafeteria.
-Akasha: Really?
-Guty: Yes, sorry for not letting you know.
-Akasha: It's ok…
Akasha remained silent for the rest of the way to the classroom, I think she is upset because it did not tell her I was going to eat lunch elsewhere.
-Guty: Tomorrow I will make sure to eat with you and bring you something to compensate for today.
-Akasha: Really? Then I will make sure you do it.
With her usual smile we go inside the classroom, to continue the day, the rest of the classes continued undisturbed, there was no other weird incident like the one of the elevator and time when by unexpectedly fast, it is almost time for me to meet the principal in his office so I will put away my things right now so I can leave before the bell rings…
-Teacher: Very well students, that's it for today. Don't forget to complete your homework and send it to my email this afternoon.
The bell rings marking the end of class, so I take my stuff and direct myself to the principal's office, I hope that he has information rearing the elevator…
Meanwhile, someone is observing Guty on the way to the principal's office through the surveillance cameras…
-Chess: Damn it Guty check your phone…
On the other hand, the principal was checking some papers on his desk when he looks at the time on the watch on his hand noticing that it is almost time, so he takes his phone and calls his secretary…
-Secretary: You called principal?
-Principal: Please take the food plates I had forgotten to ask.
-Secretary: Right away sir…
She picks up the plates to take them to the school kitchen, unfortunately she did not notice that one of the forks fell below the principal's desk…
-Principal: Ah… I'll do it without him noticing, I think it would be the best thing to do…
He opens one of his drawers verifying that the gun had the silencer well placed, then suddenly at heavy sense or nervousness invades his body making it difficult for him to breathe…
-Principal: Steady… or he will notice…
Meanwhile Guty arrives to the hallway where the principal's office is located…
-Guty: There it is, this time I will knock on the door, last time I startled him…
He walks up to the door and then his cellphone starts to ring…
-Chess: Come on, pick up… pick up…
He pulls out his phone from his pocket checking who is calling him…
-Guty; Night bird?
In that moment he answers the call….
-Chess: Get out of there, the principal is trying to kill you!
-Guty: Hmm? Hello? Hello…?
He pulls his cellphone away from his ear and checks the screen…
-Guty: I think my battery just died…
-Chess: Guty? Guty!
Without further delay he proceeds to knock on the door…
-Principal: Come in!
When I open up the door, I find the principal sitting down in his comfortable chair waiting for me, so I step inside and close the door behind me, then I take a seat in front of his desk, I can tell he is a bit agitated and his breath is falling short, I wonder if he is alright…
-Guty: Everything alright…?
-Principal: Yes, I was waiting for you, Agent.
-Guty: Yes…, your secretary told me you wanted to see me. How may I be of service?
-Principal: You see…
He quietly opens his drawer slowly pulling the gun out of it, then without Guty noticing he tries to position it below the desk and tries to aim at him…
-Principal: I found out… A couple of days ago you caught the janitor and that he was responsible for the murder of those students who died some days ago…
-Guty: That's correct… he was using a low profile and murdered the students from the shadows…
I notice the principal's skin starts to transpire and his breath is still at a kick rhythm…
-Guty: Where you close to the janitor?
-Principal: No, not at all…, it's just that despite the years… I never thought that he was the killer…
-Guty: It is true that the janitor murdered those students, but I don't think that he was the mastermind behind the murders in past years.
-Principal: I know…
-Guty: You know…?
-Principal: I know because I… know who the killer is…
-Guty: What?!
In that moment an enormous stain of blood falls on the principal's desk and a silent gunshot whistled within the room…
To be Continued...