Someone's POV
I am now looking at someone that we've been waiting for so long. I am observing every gesture that he makes.
I dialled some numbers and makes a call to someone. Its been a while since our last talked.
"Athena, his back" I directly said to someone whos on the phone.
"I can see him." As I heard her voice that can only makes me shiver in chills. My body went frozen too. I can even feel the intensity within her being.
"What are your plans Athena" I asked her with deep voice. I have my trust for her at everything that she do.
She utters her thoughts at me.
"Then, we'll just keep an eye at him" I replied while looking at the person I am referring to.
She ended the call after then.
"What happen to you Zeus?" I asked as if he could hear me.
Then I left.
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Kier's POV
I can hear the noise of the busy street of the town near my school. I am heading to the nearest town mall of this place. Eventhough the sun is high up in the sky I manage to walk in the street coz I am wearing a jacket with a hood and jeans to cover my skin. I don't even mind the heat that it could bring to me. .
After the event earlier the Head Master announced that we are free for todays class. And so I decided to go home right away. But while going out of the campus I have noticed that the other students have decided to stay at school, and some are just like me who decided to go home.
Then a few more walks I already saw the Town Mall. I am going to the mall because I am planning to bought my stocks in the apartment. And to have some cash on me, so I need to go at an ATM to withdraw.
I am now at the entrace of the building. I walk inside and felt the cold breeze of the aircon. Lots of people are in here, and there are also students walking around. I go to the escalator and goes up coz the Department store was there.
Right after I stepped on the floor of the department store I immediately grab a cart coz I know I would buy a lot of things. I walk around to get all the important things that I need. After some minutes my cart is almost full.
I then go to the cashier to settle my payments. There are first two carts before me. Most of the shoppers are students. I waited for a few minutes for my turn.
When my turn has come the lady in the cashier smiles at me and starts to punch my items. She is quite fast in dealing with my stuffs by the sound of beeping from machine. While on her back was a man whose assisting her in putting my items on the shopping bag.
"That would be a total of 1, 943, how would you like to pay, Sir?" She asked after dealing from my items. She smiles at me while waiting for my answer.
"Here" I present to her my ATM card. She then took it and swipe it on the machine.
The process went easy, then she let me have the receipt and the shopping bag that contains my items from shopping. It was two bags due to a lot of things that I bought.
I left the place and walk some more. I walked around the inside of the mall. It was quite big but not a much as huge from the malls in the city.
As I felt tiredness from my walk. I then go at a pizza house to have some snacks. I saw this place when i'm roaming around the mall. It's almost lunch time and my tummy is telling me to have some foods. I decided to go here coz i'm not on my mood to eat some rice.
I look for a seat and when I have found one I take it. After then I call the waiter to order. Then an immediate service crew walks towards me while holding a note pad to take my order.
"Good Day Sir, May I take your order?" she greeted me a with the full smile painted on her face.
"I want 2 slices of Beef Overload Pizza and a Pink Milk" she's takes note while I am saying my orders.
"I repeat, You orderred 2 Slices of Beef Overload pizza and a Pink Milk" She said while looking in me to confirm my order. She then left after the confirmation of my order by my nodding to her.
I am now waiting for my order to be serve. While waiting for it I look around the place. I have notice the ambiance here was very local. Mural paintings are all the places of the local land. The light bulbs are designed in a cage with plants on it.
There are some people whose taking some selfies, or being photographed by the service crews. The place have attracts the customers by its vibe.
When I'm looking around the place I then notice the 3 Girls at the right side of my table. I'm not declaring but they are looking at my direction.
They are all teenagers by their looks. One is wearing an off-shoulder cloth in a color of a mustard yellow partnered with a denim fitted skirt with a small slit in it. Beside her was a another girl with a simple faded blue shirt and a jeans, she even have a ponytailed hair. And the last one was in front of the first mentioned girl. Merong short hair na abot sa shoulder. She is wearing a blue jeans partnered with pastel orange shirt na nakatucked in.
"Excume me sir, here is your order" The waitress served my orders at the table. After that she then left me.
I started eating by having a bite at the slice of the pizza. I am enjoying my snacks. This how often I take my lunch or even dinner. I like western foods.
As I was eating I saw that the foods of the girls a while ago has also been served to them. They prepared to eat, the girl in the faded blue shirt took a wet wipes and use it as a sanitizer on her hand. While other girls are using some knife, spoons and fork. They talk before they start to dig up.
A few more minutes have passed and the whole scene went normal. I continue my foods and take a sip at my pink milk. When I'm doing my foods. The girl in mustard yellow shirt stood up and excuse herself to her friends. She walks to towards the restroom of the pizza house.
I observed those two girlswho were left at their table. They are still talking while having some taste of their foods.
After those observation I focused on my foods because the time is running and I need to finish my food.
Bite...
Another Bite...
Sip...
Then Bite...
Sip...
I'm about to take the last bite of my pizza wjen suddenly ....
"WAHHHH!!!!"
A scream that echoed all around the place from a girl was heard. With that, I made the people inside to convert their attention from where the sound from. Just like those other people, I then look at the direction where the scream came from and it was from those girls a while ago. The girl in the faded blue shirt, fall into the floor while trembling. I immediately stand and go to their location.
After a few seconds her body went frozen after the shock. By her actions she was trying to reach her neck. In which it means that the pain is coming from that location.
I immediately check her pulse and found out thar she is already dead.
"No one leaves this place! Call the police! NOW!!" I shouted.
A commotion happened right after those words from.me. The crew have closed the door immediately and tries to control the crowd inside. Some are shocked while others are frightened. But the crew manage to keep them calm.
Persons who are not part of the crime or somewhat maybe are gathered at the side of the place. They are not allowed to go near or leave the crime scene.
I come near to the lips of the victim and saw that it turned into a blueish color. By that, an immediate conclusion can say that the victim was being poisoned
I tried to smell it and my eyes got widen. It has a scent of almond... this is a sodium cyanide!!
I stood up and saw the whole position of the victim. And I have notice something with her.
I turned my attention at the things in their table, there are shakes, french fries, phones, a wipes and a pizza. I observe all of it. I smelled everything without touching it for investigation and safety purpose. But my sense is not serve me right. Thats why I wondered over my thoughts.
While the two primary suspects of the case is crying with each other. Maybe because of the shocked and some parts of act.
I walk towards them for some questions. I need some information to prove my deduction.
"I am Kier Demius, A student detective from my former school, What is the name of the victim? How Old? And what is your relationship to her" While throwing those words I let them see my Student Detective ID.
This Student Detective ID is my licence to do some investigations whenever i'm into an actual crime scene.
The girl who went to the bathroom.answered me.
"Hi I am Kaye the friend of the victim. She is Jane Vargas, 21 years old, our classmate and a best friend. " There are some tears on her eyes while saying those words from me. I can also see that she was shocked.
"Does both of you have been into some fights or something before this crime happens?" I asked her while directly looking at her eyes. She tried to not let any tears to flow in her eyes before answering.
"None, we're very close to each other since then. Partner in crime so I can do that to her" she explains to me.
I turned my gaze to the girl next to her. She is still crying under the hug of Kaye.
"Uhmm excuse me? How about you miss? What is your realation to the victim?" I asked to her.
" I am Jona, Sh-shes my best friend since we are still kids. And she is still my classmate until now." full of cracks in her voice. She's really trembling. I won't blame her because she saw that whole secario. I think she may have a trauma after this. Or maybe this is just an act.
"May pinag awayan ba kayo bago nitong nangyari?"
"Y-Yes, but not a big deal. A simple misunderstanding." she explained with the same tone.
"Thank you for cooperation" I said before turning my back.
After hearing those words, I change my sight and go to the crew who served their foods.
"Do have any relation or do you know the victim?" I directly asked
"No, I'm just a crew here" She said
"How long does it takes before you served their orders?" I added
"Not too long about 5 minutes, their orders are all present in the counter" she also answered my questions.
"Lastly, what have you observe when you serves their foods?" my words while looking at her eyes.
"Nothing strange at all but a few exchange of words to tease each other, then laugh" She lastly said.
I thank her for giving me her statements and observation.
Based on my observation from the crime scene and the statements and behaviors of the primary suspects I have now my deduction script for this case. But all I need is the whole evidence to prove me right.
The police then came at the scene. They immediately sealed the place. I then walked towards the mam who wears a police uniform topped with black jacket.
"Hi sir, I'm.." I'm about to introduce myself but the police man cuts me off.
"You are Mr. Kier Jairos Demius, from the Descartes High, a student detective back then. I am Inspector Robert Dele Vega. Head of the crime operation of this town, a friend of your mentor. " Then reached for a hand.
I accept his hands and we shakes our hand. I put my ID back to my pocket after the confirmation of me identity.
"What is the case here Kier?" He ask to me.
"It's a Soduim Cyanide , and the suspect was one of those girls." I pointed the friends and the service crew.
"Any lead to point the culprit?" she said while looking at his men whose taking some photos in the scene.
The other officers are in the process of the taking the details at the scene. They putted a white marks to copy the position of the victim. After all of those, they took the body and covered it it white cloth.
" Yes, should I start my show?" I said to Police Inspector Dela Vega.
But I whispered something to officers. And he motion his men to do the things that I mentioned to him.
I walk towards the suspects and start my little show. This is taking some of my time already.
"Even the most cleaver thief is not perfect to do his crime. And to think that you think that you have made this crime perfectly was a mistake. You forgot something, and that is the eye of someone who could see your crime."
These are the words that are coming out from my mouth.
I continued my story. "Never be too confident by the relation of every familiar things coz they have their own distinct features. This is now the time to surrender for your crime" I announce to crowd.
I can sense some tension from all the suspects except from the crew.
"Kaye" I utter
The girl who's hugging her went shocked by my announcement. She then looked at her friend.
And most of the people inside gasped due to my words. And I continued..
"You used her favorite wipes if not mistaken to execute your crime." I said directly to her.
The eyes of the girl I am referring to git widen about my conclusion.
"How?" I asked out of nowhere
I did not wait for nay response.
"Before you came here, your tool for killing the victim is already on set. And all you need to do is to wait. The moment that the your order have been served, you knew that your friend will immediately use her wipes to clean her hands. That wipes contains poison and that poison will get into her hands and she will you her hands to eat making it the passage for the crime to be done." I explained.
People are listening well about my whole show.
"Then you make the evidence vanish in a short period of time. You quickly go to the restroom to dispose the wipes that contains poison. But unfortunately I saw you by accident before you entered the restroom. You also knew that if you putted the evidence in the trash bin of the restroom it would take some time before it could be totally dispose by the crew. So you used the advantage of throwing it near the restroom so it can be covered by the other trans and be disposed immediately outside the whole crime scene." I stated the whole process of the culprit to do her crimes.
She is now crying from what she did. I don't know for what reason.
"Now to full confirm my accusation, Inspector can I now have the evidence?" I asked to Inspector Dela Vega.
Inspector come close to me and whispered something that makes my eyes got widen.
"Mr. Demius, the evidence is not in the trash bin or any trash bin of the place"
I immediately turned my head to him. I can't believe this. I am very sure that I saw that she disposed it in that particular trash bin.
"But I saw it, Sh..."
I am not yet done with my words when suddenly a voice was her in the room.
"Care to have this? To have your solid evidence?" All of us turned our sight in the direction of the girl who let those words.
She was the girl I am with in the elevator. She is also here and she's holding the wipes I am referring to with a gloves on.
"Zari, you're also here?" Mr. Dela Vega asked to the girl.
"Yes Uncle, and here this may help" She said with a smile while handling the evidence to the police.
Now I hate it, she took the highlight of the my show. How dare she is. She is really getting into my nerves.
First was in the elevator and now here in my show.
"Thank you Zari and more especially to you Mr. Demius, men arrest the girl" He said to us and mandate his officers.
"You!! Witch!! How dare you do this to Jane!!!" Said with full of anger from the other bestfriend of the victim.
"I'm Sorry, I just got really mad from what she have took from me. All of mine was being snatched from me because of her." Explained in full of pain.
"You're insane!! She is our best friend! What sould do you have in you!!!" Jona said in tears.
"I'm very sorry, It just that she took over my place. My place in school, my place in you, my place in Greg and even at my mom. Her existence have made my life miserable. I am tired of proving myself, I can't take the pressure anymore. I'm Sorry" She deeply asked for forgiveness.
"You go to jail!! You murderer!!!" Her bessfriend shouted at her.
Then the police took the girl out from the scene to putted into the police car. While the other girl is still crying. She cried a lot from what happened to them. Due to so much tears she then collapsed that's why she is rushed to the nearest health center.
We then packed our things up. The crew have let the other customers and cleaned the whole place.
"I'm impressed, Thank you for your help Mr. Marcos" inspector says as I closed the case.
"No problem inspector, I think i'm done here, so i'll go ahead then" I said to inspector.
"Excume? Can I have the bill?" I said to the crew who served my food.
She walked towards me.
"You bill is already paid Sir" She said to me and smiled.
"It's my way of gratitude Mr. Demius, and by the way, here is my calling card incase you might need it." He offers me a card. I took it and put it on mu pocket.
"Well thank you sir, I should go ahead" I should ho now Sir.
I then take my path towards the door. .
"An impresive work from the Top Student of CTE" The girl who interrupt my show said. She is standing before the door.
I face her with my bored look. She is wearing a jeans and a blouse in pastel color. It enable her to shine by the look.
"For what is your complements stand for?" I said with a straight eye contact with her.
"Well I hope you never fails to fill my expectation from you" she rebuttle
"Next time , don't mess with my game" I said and push the door and left her.
What I hate the most was to mess with my show...
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