Turnabout Abduction, Part 7

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September 14

Blackgate High School

3:15 PM

Lily Shield

 Aidan began to speak a moment later, and I bit down on my lip to keep from voicing how nervous I was about all of this. "You see, the victim is known to have been involved with criminal activity. That's why he had so many false identities. It took us a while to learn more about him because of his previous ties with unfavorable figures. He gets money from unexpected sources, and there's no way of saying what he exactly does for a living. If you ask me, he's probably gotten all of the money that he has on hand through committing crimes for specific clients who pay him after he succeeds in carrying out their orders," he continued. 

"That's not a good thing at all," Sky remarked, rubbing at the back of his head as he chuckled nervously. I could tell that 'not a good thing' was the understatement of this century, but I chose not to call him out on it. Instead, I simply waited as he kept talking. "If he was really involved with such unfavorable activity, then why did he come to the school? It's not as if he would have much reason to come into this area. A school doesn't have much of anything to be noted by a criminal."

"We've been trying to figure out the reasoning behind that too, but let's just say that we believe that he was sent here by a client," Aidan went on. "We aren't sure of who would have wanted him to come to the school, but it seems pretty clear to me that the person responsible wanted him to get something done in this area."

"There has to be evidence left behind of his association with this patron. If they contacted one another through the internet, there's got to be proof that they met up. From there, we can meet up with the person that contacted him, and then we can ask what they had him do. I mean, they can fight back all they want, but it's still worth a shot in my opinion," Victoria pointed out. 

"We're doing our best. Detective Umber is still trying to figure out what's going on there, but we haven't found any evidence to show who was behind all of this," Aidan sighed with a shake of his head. "As soon as we figure out who told him to do all of this, we're going to tell you. This is a very important fact to keep in mind where this case is concerned, and I don't think that we'll be able to find the truth behind what happened until we can unravel all of that."

"I see," I murmured, closing my eyes slowly. If I was being perfectly honest, all of this talk about the crimes that the victim had committed was rather familiar to me. In fact, it sounded just like the incident with Cormous from the year before. Well, I call him Cormous, but there was something else going on there. 

In truth, Cormous had wound up being an assassin who was in contact with the infamous Emsthorpe family. He had been sent our way to try and learn more about Oracle, but he was found out before he could accomplish such. Nevada actually wound up keeping him from causing any further problems by lashing out before he could complete his goal. He had nearly been caught by Prosecutor Luis Cruz, and that was when Nevada showed up. 

I didn't want to think that something similar was happening here, but it most certainly seemed possible. I shook my head at the thought and glanced over to Victoria. She had noticed that I was lost in thought, and I got the feeling that she was thinking the same thing that I was. "Reminds me of Cormous," Victoria said softly, just to confirm my thoughts on the matter. 

Sky tilted his head to the side slightly, and I remembered that he hadn't been part of the agency as of the time that Cormous first appeared and started causing problems. "He was part of our agency for a while, but he wound up betraying us. We learned that he was an assassin working for the Emsthorpe family. I'm sure that you've heard of them because of how notable they are in causing issues within the legal system," Victoria began to explain, jumping onto the words before I could force my lips to form them. 

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