The shadows that left their mark part 3

Alex PV's

"I'm not planning a crime, I'm planning blackmail."

Nadine Memphis. "Oh yeah! Now blackmail is no longer a crime.

When did this happen, I think I'm lost in time!"

Bob Lee. "Um... I think I missed the part where you explain to me how I'm going to get out of jail."

"I haven't gotten to that part yet, relax.

I will use the files prepared by the father to prove that Fulcrom is real and with that, I will make my demands.

Get it now?"

Nadine Memphis. "But will it work?"

Bob Lee. "Of course, these people may not fear death, but they certainly fear losing power.

They're going to lose a lot if this evidence comes to light!"

Nadine Memphis, "Um...Didn't your father die almost twenty years ago?"

Bob Lee, "Yeah, there's almost that."

Nadine Memphis. "So, do they still fear evidence of crimes that happened nearly forty years ago?"

"Good question, Nadine!

They don't fear being held accountable for these crimes, what they fear is the repercussions.

The people on Fulcrom are influential, but at the time the crimes were recorded, not so much.

Since then, they certainly haven't been clean.

If these crimes are allowed to see sunlight, your enemies will investigate the other crimes, and if that happens, they are finished."

Nadine Memphis. "I see, forty years ago, Fulcrom wasn't as dangerous as it is now and the more time passes, the more dangerous it becomes."

Bob Lee. "Then I'm safe!

Alright, what do I have to do?"

"That's right, Nadine!

If we get some evidence from these guys, they'll think Fulcrom is in our possession and won't risk it.

But failure and success depend on what the old man left behind."

Nadine Memphis. "Okay, where are we going?"

I got up from my chair, looked at Bob Lee and Nadine with a smile, and walked towards the door. "Where do you think a police officer keeps his investigations?"

Bob Lee, "In the precinct evidence room?"

Nadine Memphis. "Some secret, easily accessible location?"

"Nadine is right, but Bob Lee is not completely wrong.

The old man most certainly hid it in a safe and easily accessible place which is also where he kept his cases..."

Bob Lee interrupted me with an exclamation. "He put the evidence in the cases he was investigating!"

I stopped at the entrance to the interrogation room and said. "Finally, I thought you were smarter, Bob Lee!

I was disappointed!"

Nadine Memphis. "Where are Mr. Earl Swagger's latest cases?"

"Where do you think cases go after they're filed?"

Bob Lee. "The archive center?"

"That's right, our next stop is Texas County Cold Cases!"

Nadine Memphis. "I hate to cut into the happy mood but I have to know, how dangerous is this Alan Fitch?"

"Bob Lee, please share what you know about Alan Fitch with Nadine."

Bob Lee, "Right!

As far as I know, Alan Fitch joined the army as a marine at eighteen.

Since then, his rise has been meteoric and he retired at forty.

Three years after retiring he got the position of instructor at the camp, in just ten years Alan Fitch got the chair of the director, where he stayed until his seventies.

After retiring he fell into obscurity until now."

Nadine Memphis. "Wow, we're pissing off a dangerous crowd!"

"Alright, it's time for you to get rid of the control of fate!"

(A/N: Pass your POWER STONES or Bob Lee will eat your arms!)