' "Please spare my life, I beg of you. Please don't kill me."
Lian's mother grabbed the guys' right leg pleadingly and the guy looked at her disgust creasing his facial features.
He bent down and grabbed the lady by her hair causing her to let out a painful yelp," Filthy trash like you should know their place."
He forcefully threw her down and her entire body shook with fear. He raised his gun and fired. The loud sobs slowly quieted down as the dead body fell limply to the ground and he kicked it. He smirked and walked out of the house…'
Lian slowly opened his eyes and sat up. He stretched his hands above his head and looked around his shabby room. He let out a low sigh, got down from the bed and headed to the bathroom. The water flowed down his pastel hair, trailed down his cheeks and down his body. After a quick bath, he put on ordinary clothes, tied his gun holder to his waist, slid an extra bullet magazine into his pocket and walked out. The walk to the police station was short and he directly walked into his office.
"Morning Lian."
"Morning," he replied without lifting his gaze from the case files.
"Still searching for the killer?"
He slowly nodded his head and Tyler placed a cup of coffee in front of him. Lian froze and looked at him brows furrowed in confusion.
"What? Coffee's good for you," he said and Lian turned to the files.
"Thanks but no thanks, you can drink it yourself."
Tyler slammed his hands over the desk and Lian looked at him," Do you think I poisoned it?"
"Whether you poisoned it or not doesn't have anything to do with me," he said his tone indicating finality.
Tyler scoffed and angrily stormed out of the office nearly knocking down Rin.
"OUT OF MY WAY!"
"What's his problem?" she asked taking a seat on Lian's desk," here for you."
Her long cherry red hair fell over her shoulder and onto the case files spread across the table as she placed the cup on the desk and Lian looked at her.
"Rin. Your hair."
"Sorry, it has gotten a bit long don't you think?" she asked tying it up messingly," better?"
Lian nodded his head in gratitude," Thanks."
He took a sip from the cup and Rin picked a file from the pile before her and skimmed through it.
"Your mother's case?"
"Mmh," he replied and Rin closed the file placing it back on the desk.
"Didn't the police close this case already? Something about it being an accident?"
"They did but I know that wasn't the truth, my mum was murdered. Nothing about her death was an 'accident' as the police so claim it to be."
"So you're going to try and find the guy who killed her?"
"I swore to avenge her and bring her murderer to justice and I plan on fulfilling it."
"Just don't push yourself too hard, if you ever need any help, you know where to find me."
Lian nodded and opened the fourth file. Rin looked at him and sighed. She got down from the desk, pat Lian's shoulder and walked out softly closing the door behind her. After finding no useful clues in the files before him, Lian groaned and leaned back on the chair looking at the white ceiling.
"Why can't I find anything? This is so annoyingly frustrating!"
He closed his eyes and took in deep breathes to clear his mind and to calm down. He looked away from the ceiling once his office door slammed open.
"Lian, boss is calling for you."
"Understood. And would you mind being gentle next time? Maybe a knock on the door?"
"My apologies sir."
He sighed and waved a dismissive hand. He then stood up and headed to the boss' office. On the second knock, he walked into the lavish office.
"You made it Lian. Please…"
He indicated for him to sit and he did so without a word. The boss rested his head on his crossed hands and eyed Lian causing his body to tense up almost immediately. The boss had a habit of calling people into his office for two reasons; one was to end the person's career and two was to promote the person.
"Did I do something wrong?" he asked and the boss' eyes softened a bit.
"Of course not. You are one of my best employee."
Some of the tension on Lian's shoulders dissipated at this and the boss cleared his throat.
"So, let's get to the main reason as to why I called you here."
The seriousness in his tone made Lian flinch a bit but he didn't show it.
"So ever heard of the group called 'THE B MAFIA?'
"Yes. My mother used to tell me stories about them, why?"
"It has been brought to my concern that that group is behind some killings your mother included."
At the mention of this, he sat up right listening keenly.
"My mother? But… they are the good guys, they would never kill innocents."
"We are all humans Lian, sometimes we can't simply suppress our desires to kill. You understand what I mean right? Believe me, I have your best interests at heart."
"Of course sir, what should I do."
The boss nodded amused by this and Lian clenched his hands into fists under the table.
"Back to the work at hand, I am assigning you to infiltrate them and report to me what you find."
"You want me to go and spy on them?"
"Yes. You should find solid evidence of their sinful acts so that we may bring them to justice… you believe in justice don't you?"
The boss knew how important solving his mother's case was for him and he also knew that if there were any leads as to her murderer, Lian wouldn't hesitate to take the case.
Lian nodded and stood up," You can leave that to me."
The boss nodded his head in satisfaction," You may leave."
Lian walked out of the office and immediately bumped into Rin.
"Why were you called into boss' office so early in the morning? Are you getting fired? Should I start looking for a new friend?"
Lian chuckled and flicked her forehead," What do you mean by fired? Am the best officer around, who'd want to fire me?"
Rin slowly rubbed the place he hit her, her lips pouted," You're awfully confident about your tenth grade performance huh?"
"Tenth grade?"
"That aside if he didn't call you in his office to fire you, are you getting promoted?"
"What! No!"
"You do know those are the two things the boss would call to say right? Besides, weren't you bragging about how ' capable' you are just now?"
"Of course I do. And no I wasn't bragging and for why I was called, the boss just assigned me a mission."