Chapter One: Bell

" Are you okay, Stan? "

" Yeah, Why "

" You so quiet these days, so unusual, and strange. "

" I'm fine, Why would you doubt me? "

" I don't know, maybe because I'm your friend. "

" Well, thank you for paying attention about me. "

" Ah, stop it, Stan... "

Well, she's shy now, don't know why.

I look around my office, yet I'm sleep in here last night for a duty.

Just a night guard.

" Hey, what time is it? "

" I-It's 9 o'cl-clock. "

Now she's said it stuttering.

Well, it's strange because she's usually very active.

I see the window, and she's right, the sun is still reaching the highest ground.

" I-I wanna go to the b-bathroom, Stan ? "

" Well, okay. "

She's left me now, and no one is here right now, except me.

I stand up, I'm look around again.

And then, I saw my office is so clean and tidy.

" What a day. "

Yet, it's because of Claude who has an OCD.

Which is maybe good for her.

Well, then look outside the windows.

" Still as quiet as yesterday. "

Nothing is seems to worry me a lot.

The people are doing their usual work, with an unknown kind of an face emotion.

I don't know, maybe because they doesn't have something to worry about.

" I hope, this quietness is immortal. "

That's because this is the real peaceness.

It's just happens harmonically silent.

Not like there is going to be a party or a carnaval, it's just a fake one.

" Stan, I'm return. "

" Ye-Yeah. "

I turn around, and seeing Claude back to her usual state.

" Oh, wait here Stan, I will make us a coffee for us. "

" Well, thank you, I guess. "

" Don't be silly, it's not been made yet. "

" Okay. "

Right now, I wanna watch her make a coffe, because I don't know how.

I saw her, and follow her, while she's looking so excited about it.

While I can see her, well making a coffee, her uniforms are still in a great conditions.

Not like me, who always wear it, even when I'm asleep or taking a break.

" Oh, and Stan, for our first case, I've left the evidence, maybe.... Well, it's on your table. "

" Oh really, okay, I will find out about that. "

As I hear it, I'm stopped.

Then I'm turn around, and seeing my table on the corner of the room, with a bell and a paper on it.

I still kinda hate it, because I can't find out, how did Claude make a coffee.

" My table right, not your. "

" Yep, you're right. "

I'm continue to approach my table.

After My table is right in front of my eyes.

I'm very interested to the bell.

" Um, Claude, is this bell is part of the case? "

" Yeah, sure, why you doubting it. "

" I don't know, maybe because it's a single bell. "

" Stop moaning, and solve it would you. "

She said it while she is cooking some coffe beans.

It's smell like a burnt cake.

But, it's smell more eccentric than the cake.

" Hmmm... what a smell, oh yeah, what's our case about? "

" Well, I don't know, Captain told me that, we need to solve this things, perhaps it would lead for something else. "

" That's it, we just need to solve this things. "

" Yep. "

She silent again, and now she's doing something that people called it a brewing.

I don't know, I tought only wine could do the brewing thing.

Well, anyway, I took the bell, and then I examine it.

" This bell is kinda strange you know. "

" What? What's strange about the bell? "

" Well I don't know, maybe it's more heavier and have a two marble on it. "

" Yep. "

That cold answer.

While I'm examinate it, I saw something inside the bell is looking shiny.

I think it's just a reflection from the light.

" Hey, something is inside the bell. "

" What is it Stan? "

" I don't know, it's look like a sand, but black and shiny at the same time. "

" Maybe it's a gun powder. "

" Maybe it is. "

She's said that while she's boiling a water, and put a coffee powder to the glass.

But, another anomaly of the bell is, something is connected, between a marble inside the bell and a light chain outside the bell.

" Hey! "

" What? You almost scared me. "

" Here's your coffee. "

" Well, thank you. "

" Anyway, found something strange? "

" I don't kn- "

As I said it, the bell is slip from my hand.

The bell is dropped, and then it rolling, while the door is opened.

It roll to the outside and then. BOOM!

" What the-... What just happened? "

" Damn it, Well, that bell is blown off outside. "

As soon as the bell blown, Me and Claude are going outside, seeing a mark of a blown bell, the mark is look like something that been blown by a dynamite.

As the bell is blown, some people got surprised, and saw the mark, curious and questioning about what's just happened.

They're so quiet like, it's their first time to see and hear something like that.

" Well, pedestrians, we're apologize for this incident, please keep mind your business and stay away from the evidence. "

As Claude saying that, many people are continuing to walk around and stop gathering, just to make sure it's not their business, as I saw 'em are pretty worry.

Claude is doing an officer thing, to clear the way out from any danger or any people, while I'm approaching those mark.

As that mark is in front of my eyes, I touch the burned mark with my glove, and then examine it.

" Well, what is it Stan? "

" Let's see, this mark is just like an ordinary burnt marks, you know, like a mark because a dynamite blown. "

" Is that bad? "

" I can guarantee you, that we're lucky as hell as we don't get blown by it, to be honest, it can kills us both. "

" Damn it, is this kinda trap? "

" I don't know, maybe not, because you got it from Captain right? "

" Sure, he give it to me hand by hand, and then he ordered me and you to solve this thing. "

" Well, my opinion is, maybe Captain is know about it, but he doesn't know what would've happen to the bell afterwards. "

" What should we do now? "

" I want you to keep the people away from it, except our officer friends, and I want you to tell Captain and other friends about this things. "

" Sure Stan, I'll do it rightaway. "

What a heavy day, so rough and so tough.

What can be more dangerous than this.

I look around, and I saw the Derchinan's resident very cooperative.

They stay away from the danger, and mind their business.

Well, even though some of 'em are still shaking about this incident.

" What a nice people to live with. "

But, my only question is, who is have a gun powder, or in this case, dynamite powder.

While it's prohibited.

All I can say would be.

" May the god be with us. "