Trust No One

Two men are standing next to Chris's unconscious body. They were discussing something when they hear someone scream behind them.

"Where is he?!"

Joker enragingly screams. He races towards the men before pushing them to the side revealing Chris's unconscious body. Joker was silent but his face spoke words with the sheer rage and animosity he showed on his face.

"It appears Dr.Mason did this."

One man hesitantly replies.

"From what we could gather from our men's body camera's it appears Dr.Mason is trying to help them. He shot both of them with a gun he stole from the armory and fled with the girl."

The man continued. Joker shifted his focus onto the man before grabbing him by his throat.

"You expect me to believe a mere scrawny doctor like him managed to steal a gun and shoot two of our men?!"

Joker squeezes the man's throat but before he lost consciousness the other man stepped in.

"He fooled us all sir. By the evidence, we collected he had this plan ready for a while now. He stole the gun weeks in advance and it appears that now he decided to make his move."

Joker calmed himself down and let go of the man's throat. The man falls to the ground gasping for air.

"Find him and bring him to me dead or alive otherwise it's your heads that will be brought to the table!!"

Joker storms off and the man helped his injured partner.

"Goddamn, you saved my ass there."

"Don't mention it. We should get going otherwise we'll be the ones being hunted."

The two men grab their things and leave.

Joker is walking back to his office when he starts talking to himself.

"You have some nerve. You were the few I put my faith into and this is how I'm repaid?! When I get my hands on you I'm going to rip you apart Mason Walker!!"

Detective Sho and his colleagues with their continued investigation have made some progress. They are narrowing down the possible locations of the children day by day and have found 1 sector however they made it too late. It was discovered that the sector they found was Sector 2 and it is believed that they can locate all the sectors soon.

Detective Sho is staring at multiple video recordings of the reports made by Joker since the experiments have started. Detective Maria comes over and gives him a cup of coffee. Detective Sho thanks her before continuing the video.

"Still watching those videos again?"

Detective Maria asked.

"Something just doesn't feel right. During the early days of the experiment, he was updating us daily yet now not only is he not updating us he also cut video of 4 of the kids."

Detective Sho replied. Detective Maria grabs a cup of coffee from the table and takes a sip before giving Detective Sho a possible explanation.

"Perhaps something happened with those kids that they don't want us to know about?"

Detective Sho sighs and leans back onto his chair.

"That part is obvious otherwise why else would they be the only ones whose camera footage was cut out."

Detective Sho takes the coffee and drinks some of it.

"Have you identified the 4 kids who were cut from the video?

Detective Maria asked.

Detective Sho stands up and goes to the table nearby and picked up some documents before handing them over to Detective Maria.

"I've identified them all. From all the kids we could identify in the experiment I took the ones that were taken off the video. From it, we have Chris Johnson, Emily Manchester, Jack Anderson, and Crystal Miller."

Detective Maria looked through all the documents before thanking Detective Sho.

"I also almost forgot to mention that we need to leave soon."

Maria added.

"Hmm? Go where?"

Detective Sho confusingly asks

"We're going to meet up with Adam. He says that he has something important he wants to discuss with us about the case."

Detective Sho was surprised but he quickly finished his coffee and packed his things.

"I wish you wouldn't say things at the last minute. Let's go."

Detective Maria grabbed her things and they left. They got into their car and started driving towards the police station that Adam worked in.

"When did he tell you to meet up?"

Detective Sho asked annoyed that he wasn't informed beforehand.

"It was 20 minutes ago if I'm not mistaken."

Detective Maria replied.

"Tsk, 20 minutes, and he still couldn't inform me beforehand?!"

"I guess he likes me more than you."

Maria jokingly replied.

"If that was the case it would be an honor to be hated by the chief of police."

Maria joking hits his arm.

"What kind of answer is that?"

They both laughed and continued their drive to the station.

When they arrived at the station they both walked in and were greeted by an officer.

"Are you by chance the detectives here to see Chief Adam?"

Detective Sho nodded and the officer led them to a room where Adam was waiting.

"Your finally here!"

Adam said.

Detective Sho and Maria sat down

"Unfortunately we would've been here earlier if you had told me beforehand."

Sho annoyed said.

"I informed Maria and asked her to inform you straight away. Did she not do so?"

Adam confused asked.

"I forgot okay! Can we get back on topic?"

Maria intervened.

Detective Sho looked back to Adam and asked what information he had on the case.

Adam expression changed to a serious one.

"I won't stall for much longer. I have reason to believe burgers are no longer delicious"

Maria and Sho were confused and surprised.

"you brought us here to talk about burgers?!"

Sho annoyed asked to which Adam replied.

"No, I brought you here to buy the burgers. Let's go."

Adam stood at the door and signaled for them to follow. Sho didn't want to go but noticed his face looked surprisingly serious for someone who wants to buy burgers. Sho grabbed his things and both of them followed him to a nearby burger shop.

While they were walking Adam looked around before moving closer to them and whispering

"I have reason to believe that there are people working for Joker purposely hiding information and are walking among us."

Detective Sho moves his face closer and whispered as well

"Then why are you whispering?"

Sho asked.

"It's because they're watching us right now."

Suddenly Sho and Maria realized that the crowd around them doesn't feel normal and the number of eyes on them is unnaturally high. Adam starts talking louder about burgers and their gazes seemed to subside for a bit.

Adam whispered again.

"We can't trust anyone and it seems some officers in my station are working for him. That's why I didn't say anything there because they could listen."

"What are we going to do?"

Maria asked.

"Get the burgers and go home immediately. I can't guarantee either of your safety so you must stay indoors and avoid the outside at all costs. Make sure you have weapons as well because now it could be us against a nation. It's a war we can't win but we can delay."

Adam whispered.

They reach the burger shop and Adam bought them all a burger before signaling them to leave. Before they do Adam slid a note into Sho's hand before whispering.

"You'll need this."

They walked to their car and drove back to their place.

Hi everyone it's been a while I won't be uploading as often cause I have my exams coming up. I will try to update the story however in the meantime I plan to redo the previous chapters. The story will remain the same however I just plan to change the writing style and try to fix up any loose ends. Thanks for reading and I hope you'll keep on doing so.