Chapter 115 - Black Murder

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The apartment was swamped with agents investigating the crime scene.

Peter squats in front of Natasha's body wearing a white hand glove, he assesses the body tilting his head to the side, a hand checking the claw marks on her neck slashing her throat, his eyes sadden, he may not have known her much but she was an agent, one of them and she was brought down unjustly, the killer spared no move to make her get away, his actions present on her body showed the sign of him really kin on killing her no matter what, this was animalistic and raw like she was mauled to death, while she tried to get away.

With shaky hands, he closed her eyes, hoping she would at least have a peaceful sleep after such an unjust death. His eyes drift to her neck, further studying it, he notices a red thing line around her, he blinks puzzled.

"Pete!"

He turns at the sound of his name.

"Find anything?" Jesse asked.

"A Claw did it," he said facing the body back.

"But I can't tell if it's a Claw Walker or a ghoul, so hard to figure out" he sighs looking around.

"There are no signs of a break-in or anything, the windows still intact, I mean it's like a ghost walked in here, whoever did this made sure no prints were left or any sign of him here," He said rising to his feet.

"This is a murder mystery" he adds facing her.

"We have to find the killer, no matter how I didn't really like her, she doesn't deserve to die like this," she said as her eyes drifted to Johnny seated on a couch, his face buried in his hands, he was shaking, Jesse could tell from here, from what she heard, they were pretty close, like a brother and sister, inseparable.

"For his sake," Jesse said with sad eyes as it lands on Peter's back.

"We have to find the killer.

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Section Five

Ghoul Investigators Headquarter (GIH) 

Thirtieth Floor 

Chase slams his hands on Barbra's glass desk, pissed, his eyes burning in fury.

"Did you really have to go that far?!" he hissed pissed, his face red in anger.

"I didn't have a choice" she states calmly.

He seriously hated when she does that, acting all calm when all hell was about to break loose.

"You didn't have a choice but to kill her huh?"

"She sniffed Lorna out, it wasn't time and it wasn't supposed to be like that, it's a game Chase and she was not a player!" she states.

"That's why you went as far as killing her like an animal?" he hissed on top of his lungs, thankfully her office was soundproof, not that he gave a damn, cause right now all he saw was red.

"I strangled her, the rest was a precaution, it was necessary" she shrugs.

Chase scoffs at the woman's words, acting like she didn't just kill one of her own and dismantle her body like a Claw did it.

"Are you even human?" Chase said sternly.

She smirks.

"Sweetheart, you should have known by now I'm not, every action, every choice, Every next step to make humanity prosper against this monster's, I take it"

"Does it mean losing your humanity in the process?".

"Chase, you're losing your humanity too, you're playing this very game too, this particular game is an inhuman one, we're both damn for hell"

"Well I'm not far gone as you are, I'm not the one housing a ghoul in the agency" he spats.

Barbra froze at his words.

"Yes I know Steve isn't just Steve... He's Steve O'Brien, Liam's father isn't he? You fucking made me believe he was dead, but he has always been right under our noses".

"You should know, despite him being a ghoul he's the one who made this possible, his expertise is what brought us this far".

"THAT'S BULLSHIT" Chase shouts.

Barbra scowled.

"I'm very aware of what's he capable of, I have seen it, what I don't get is why him?" Chase said sternly.

Barbra slowly rises to her feet, her palms on the desk.

"Because Chase, Steve isn't just a scientist, what he does, no other scientist or doctor is capable of, we both know that and what exactly he did to his own son".

"So you made a deal with the devil?"

She smirks broadly.

"Sweetheart, he made a deal with the devil," she said in amusement.

"How much do you trust him, for all we know he could just be using you," Chase said puzzled.

"Enough Chase, I trust enough," she said firmly.

"Come lemme show you something, keeping things away from you is now overrated" she adds walking towards her door.

"You mean secrets," he said.

She halts.

"I don't even know if I can trust you, I didn't make a deal with the devil".

She turns to him.

"Oh but you didn't, seek out the devil for help" she shrugs.

"You and I both know we have the same goal, to make this city free of monsters, free of flesh-eaters, you want to make the city safe for Rex, the poor boy has been through so many traumatic incidents that could take him years to recover from, and there's poor Renee, unable to forget her poor husband Max," she said in amusement.

He gulps hard.

"A charming man and a devoted husband, taken away, by the black ghoul. And there's Nicole" she ticks her tongue in pity.

Chase's fist clenched hard almost drawing blood, as the memories that haunt his dreams resurface.

"A dear friend was taken, by the black ghoul, and you think him saving hundreds of people from that train will change his nature? " she reasons.

"We both saw it, we both saw what he's capable of, he's growing stronger and dangerous, more fiercest and bloodthirsty", all the while saying this she took steps towards him until she was standing right in front of him.

"We have the power to stop him," she said placing her hand on his shoulder, his eyes met her cold ones.

"And Lorna is the key".