"This all sounds like science fiction to me," Colorados admits. "B
ut I'm not about to question it. We Apache know well that there is more to life than meets the eye. I can only hope your NSA friends catch Santana before anyone else is injured."
***
The team returns to the hotel. After a quick meal and perhaps a little recreation, they all eventually go to bed, where they eventually drift off to a dreamless sleep.
It does not last long.
All are awoken by the ringing of a phone. It's just after 4 in the morning, so they've only been out around three hours. On the other end of the line is Colorados.
"
Get down here right now. The station was just attacked."
***
Reckless driving gets the team there within ten minutes. Officers cordon off the building, and the first press people are forming outisde the building. But the agents are let in without trouble, and Colorados meets them in the front. There are tears in his eyes.
"
Three deputies were on duty at the time of the attack, which we're estimating was around a half hour ago. All three are dead." He leads them inside.
At the front desk an officer leans back in the chair. He stares ahead blankly with lifeless eyes. His throat has been cut, and his scalp removed with some blade. Perceptive members of the team notice his sidearm is missing.
The sheriff leads them down the hall, past the briefing room and further into the station then they had previously been. A door is open, and it quickly becomes evident it is a bathroom. Another dead Apache officer sits on the toilet. His head is a mess, and it's obvious he has been shot at extreme close range. Blood pools a this feet and drips out into the hallway.
Next to the bathroom is a set of stairs. At the bottom of it are the doors to the morgue and the evidence lockers. Colorados heads towards the latter. Inside the room is a slumped over officer. He appears to have been shot in the chest at least three times and is now in a pool of his own blood. Like the others, his scalp has been removed.
The room itself is a mess. Lockers have been forced open, their contents all over the floor.
"
We have security tapes of the incident," says the sheriff. "I
t's Santana. I confirmed it with my own eyes. I'm willing to share them with you, but the basic summary is this; Santana made his way in around the back of the station. He snuck to the front and ambushed Keith- the front guard- from behind, slitting his throat and taking his gun and scalp for good measure. Then he headed towards the back. He stops for a moment, seeming to notice the bathroom light is on. Opening the door, he fires one shot point blank into Johnny." Colorados voice wavers, and he takes a moment to recover.
"
Finally he goes downstairs, enters the evidence room, and shots Richard. In all three cases none of my men were even able to draw their guns. Richard does not die right away. Santana watches him for a moment as he moves about in agony. He says something to him, but we don't have audio. Then he reaches down and removes the man's scalp while he is still alive.
"Finally, he goes to the evidence lockers and shots them open. He's casual at first in his searching, but soon it becomes more frustrated, and he starts to toss things around. After about five minutes he leaves the room, whereupon he does a quick search of the rest of the station. Apparently not finding whatever it is he's looking for, he leaves through the window he came in from."
"
I don't know what made him do this, if it was a virus or something else. But These men will be avenged. And right now, I don't give a damn if your government wants to throw me in jail for it. The murders tonight put this back in my jurisdiction. I'm going to begun a search of this whole reservation to find this sonofabitch and take him down. I know it is a lot to ask, but I hope I can count on your teams support. I'll evne offer your agency full credit for the take down. I just want him stopped."
OOC: Alright. 0/1d3 San roll for the horrid scene. These men were in the background, but your agents saw each of them throughout their time here, and so it's a bit disturbing that they're all suddenly now dead. I see Vanessa has two violence checks already; if she fails this roll and loses any more san without going insane she becomes adapted to it. I'll leave it up to you if this is a good development or not . |