Kingdom Lost - Episode 2 "Department 7"

[Tokiwong]

"Hi, you. Wow...thats great news, I thought it was gonna be like a few weeks, it was a pretty bad thing, it was really scarey, I mean, you wouldn't know it but from how you looked I didn't think you'd live and now here you are getting let out less then a day later."

"Relax, I am tougher then I look," he replies back.

"Look, I know you told me not to come by, that you didn't need anything. If mom is there, and you still don't want me to come by I wont, I just wanted to make sure you had a friendly face around, that, and if its mom, thats better, nobody ever took a shot at her." she says, sounding like she feels kind of guilty."

“Hey don’t blame yourself, it isn’t your fault. If anything your quick actions probably saved my life, yes I am admitting you helped me. Thanks baby sister, I really owe you one. But hopefully I don’t have to drag you from anything to repay you. I don’t need anything, and I am glad you called I feel almost loved,” he jokes.

“Yes mom, I am joking, you know I love my big sister,” he says to Mom, and then speaks back into the line, “Hey I am going to go, the doctors want to run some more scans on me and stuff. Talk to you soon, bye!”

The line goes dead.

Assuming she is getting ready to leave, she sees one of her neighbors Mr. Gringle, an older man pass. But she does a double take as she notices that his face is gray, and tusks just from his mouth as he tips his hat to her. He gives her his usual customary smile, “Morning Miss Chance,” he says as he makes his way to his vehicle. He goes about his business as usual, as she sees his wife who looks similar and two lovely children, who look like Mr. Gringle and his wife, making their way down to the minivan. It is an odd yet humbling sight, as the kids giggle and play and mother tries to keep them in line. The mother waves to Sakura and then ushers her kids.

 

[JimAde]

"Harvey wants all of us at Franky Joe's tomorrow at noon to talk business," he summarises the call.

"Works for me," Dexter says. "That chili cheese death thing you guys brought me was good. I need another one."

"That's a nifty trick," James says, impressed.

Dexter shrugs. "It's not hard if you have access to the phone company computers. They can block all that kind of information at the source. Would be handy..." he says dreamily.

 

[Shalimar]

Sakura hangs up the phone and smiles, relieved that Koga was doing well enough to get out of the hospital so soon, she looked at the clock and her smile widened, she wouldn't even be very late for work. The asian detective left her apartment, locking it up.

She gives a start when she notices her neighbors. "Mr. Gringle, you aren't human are you?" she asks curiously, "not that its bad not to be or anything, I just never noticed it before." she adds quickly, not wanting to offend.

 

[Tokiwong]

She gives a start when she notices her neighbors. "Mr. Gringle, you aren't human are you?" she asks curiously, "not that its bad not to be or anything, I just never noticed it before." she adds quickly, not wanting to offend.

Mr. Gringle just smiles, not really hearing her it seems and waves, as he pulls away in his vehicle. His wife and kids pull out soon after, and Sakura is all by her lonesome.

 

[Shalimar]

Sakura shrugs at Gringle's lack of hearing her, she could always talk to him later, he was only a door down after all. She waves to the family off... well, she wsn't really sure, maybe they were orcs or trolls or something, and followed their path, ending up at her bike. On goes her helmet and windbreaker, and within 10 minutes she slips into the parking lot. She locks up her bike and turns on the anti-theft system and heads into the office.

Sakura drops her helmet on her desk and joins everyone else to talk to Graham. "Koga is getting out of the hospital today so he didn't want me to go visit him. I can't get over how quickly he is healing, I mean, he almost bled to death or something before the paramedics got there."

 

[Tokiwong]

Sakura drops her helmet on her desk and joins everyone else to talk to Graham. "Koga is getting out of the hospital today so he didn't want me to go visit him. I can't get over how quickly he is healing, I mean, he almost bled to death or something before the paramedics got there."

Alicia nods, "Well it is a good thing he is getting better so quickly right? Doctors can do all kinds of cool stuff, right? Oh by the way, Harvey called I guess he wants to meet you all tomorrow at this place called Frank Joe's? At noon, yeah... at noon," she rattles off.

She turns on the TV and starts watching the local news, as the pretty weather lady comes on and starts to give the three day forecast. Alicia hums a song to herself as she watches the TV.

 

[Shalimar]

"Yea, its a very good thing, its just that I'm surprised on how fast it is. My brother is awfully lucky, maybe thats like his power or something, I get to be telekinetic, he heals fast, and mom, she does Telekinesis too. Oh well, I need to speak to Graham, I guess he's in his office right?" she asks Alicia, getting the receipt for the camera from her desk. She heads into Graham's office, and drops into a chair across from his desk.

"Good morning Graham. We finished off the Martin Case and we received payment, we even got the person he was cheating with to record a statement for the client talking about what happened, so it should be a straight shot to a Divorce, and he shouldn't really be able to contest. Oh, and I have a receipt for the Digital camera we needed to run the case, I believe Dex is using it on the current case as well." she tells Graham, handing him the receipt.

 

[Tokiwong]

"Good morning Graham. We finished off the Martin Case and we received payment, we even got the person he was cheating with to record a statement for the client talking about what happened, so it should be a straight shot to a Divorce, and he shouldn't really be able to contest. Oh, and I have a receipt for the Digital camera we needed to run the case, I believe Dex is using it on the current case as well." she tells Graham, handing him the receipt.

As Sakura walks in he tucks a picture frame into his desk and leans back. Graham listens nodding at the correct points and looks at the receipt. He finally replies, “sounds good, James had filled me in on those details and I looked over the folder this morning. Good work, drop the receipt with Alicia and she will get you the refund,” he finishes.

“I don’t have anything for you, but I am sure that James and Dexter could use your assistance with their current case,” he says with a slight nod. He adds with a sip from his mug, “going to be hiring a Selene Brown on a part time basis for now, the rest of the team seems to speak highly of her. I don’t want her to have to fill Dan’s shoes, but show her the ropes, bring her up to speed.”

 

[Festy_Dog]

James spots Sakura coming in, but waits till she's out of Graham's office to bother her with questions.

"Morning, how did last night's efforts go? Krista a worthwhile suspect?" he asks, somewhat optimistically.

 

[Shalimar]

"Your hiring Selene Huh?" she asks, puzzledly, "She can certanly take care of herself, and she did help us out with the Martin case, I just didn't know that this is something she wanted to do. If she wants to do it, cool, I guess, wait...you want me to teach her? I learned all this stuff from getting my Degree in Law Enforcement, I don't know how much of it I can just teach someone, but I can give it a shot I guess. She is helping us look into a few leads on those Pepperdine murders after all." Sakura says, trying to convinvce herself. She had thought she and Selene were going to be friends, well possibly coworkers with that hole Dept. 7 thing, but she still needed to see what was up with Dept. 7 first.

"Well, ok, she has class today, and we have a meeting with Department 7 and her tomorrow at lunch, is there anything you would like me to tell her before then, if she is gonna bee my partner or whatever?" she asks.