CHAPTER 1

It was a cold Tuesday morning it felt like it was about to rain, the market place was beginning to become lively as traders poured into their stores to start a brand new day. Sounds of people talking soon filled the atmosphere, the daily ruckus of the day commenced as usual. It would have been quite a thing of shock to see how a day like this could get bad, as traders had brought out their stuff outside to sell leaving a space of about 3 feet between each other so as to allow buyers pass through. They sat under thatch roof, while their stores were made of concrete. One trader though, was late today, he usually never arrived late; He was always in the market by 7am sharp but it was now 8:30am

"Good morning" said a man now coming in from the left entrance.

"Good morning, Mr Ti....you're late today?" Said a trader who was seating in her store and was surrounded by pepper and tomatoes.

"Yes, I had some few things to do" he replied as he now stood in front of his store; which was made of steel as it was more of a storage house for vegetables than a store.

He paused realising the lock had been broken, his heart skipped a beat, he mustard up some courage and drew open the door and right there in front of him was a dead body resting on the wall, completely bled out. Before he could say a word a scream echoed from behind him which drew attention from traders and buyers alike as they troop in to the scene.

Few minutes later the whole market had been sealed off as traders were asked to go home.

"What's your name?" Asked a girl probably in her late 20's, she wore reading glasses and she had a face meant for a model only she was slim and seemed a bit moody. She wore a black suit and black shoes to match, she was also standing by two other men in the same dress code; one was in his 50's and had a large tummy, the other was almost her age but was complete hairless and had a stern face.

"Ti Austin" the man replied; he was dressed in a native attire that made him look fatter than he actually was he had a utility belt on his waist that is suppose to hold something but there was nothing there.

"When did you get to this market?" She asked.

"Around 8:30 ma" Ti replied.

"And the body was in your store?" She asked.

"Yes, ma"

"How did it get there?" She asked still writing something down on a notebook she held.

Ti paused not knowing how to respond and also realising the penalty for a wrong answer.

"Ma....I...I don't know" he said.

"I have some other questions for you but I can't remember them now, where do you live?" She asked.

"Baker's street, Ma" he replied.

She wrote something else then told him to leave. She looked around the now desolated market, it was now occupied by herself, her two associates, the now leaving Mr. Ti and 3 guys mapping out evidence round the crime scene.

"You think he knows something?" Asked the older man.

"If he does, he doesn't think it wise to say...but I think he's suspecting someone" she replied.

"Who?" Asked the bald guy.

"We'll soon find out. Get Sarah to track his phone and......" she stopped noticing something was amiss and then began walking to where the body still lay.

"Hey, who are you?!" she yelled to a man squatting and taking pictures of the body.

He stood up and turned toward her as he turned she could clearly see a scar that ran from his back neck up to the head but was covered by his hair. He wore a pair of glasses, which she guessed couldn't be medicated and had on a brown suit. He took one look at her at and sighed and was about turning back to the corpse when he heard.

"Harry? Is that you?"

He looked at the fat man walking toward his.

"Joshua, long time" he replied.

"Sir, who is this man?" she asked.

"This here is Agent Harry Fisher, the one I told you about...." Joshua said.

"....When did you get here?"

"Few minutes ago, thought I check out the scene" Harry replied.

"That's good, this is Lucy Kayo. I have put her in charge of this case and that's Eddy" he said pointing to the bald guy now walking towards them.

"I have heard about you, you are the Man who lived?" Eddy said stretching his right hand for a hand shake.

Harry looked at his arm and then back at his face

"Please don't say that around me" he said and he turned back to the corpse.

"Sir, I don't understand what he's doing at my crime scene" she whispered as she drew closer to Joshua.

"Relax Lucy, Harry's here to help....he once solve a case under 5 minutes" Joshua replied.

"Oohh yeah...well then am sure you have already learnt a lot from the body" she said addressing him.

He got up and turned towards her his face as though he had not fully woken up from a sleep.

"All I can get is that he was killed in here, the weapon had to be something small and it was just one stab...seeing that the stab didn't touch any vital organ, I can only assume that the weapon was poisoned and that he didn't bleed to death" he said as he brought out a note from a bag on his waist and scribbled something.

"What makes you assume he didn't bleed to death?" She asked

"There's an hospital not far from here, maybe my carpenter friends have me wrong but he would have made a run towards there rather than remain here" he replied as he zipped closed his bag.

"What if he had been held down till he bleed completely?" She asked.

"If I was the murderer, that would be stupid considering who this man his" he replied.

"Who is he?" Joshua asked.

"He's Joseph Mai, an Executive from district 2"

Everywhere went cold,the news seem to stop all activities at once

"Are you sure?" Eddy asked.

"No, am just blabbering out words from my mouth!" He said furious and began walking towards the next line of stores.

Harry's words seem to ring in everyone's ears, the sudden realization that one of the government head has just been killed

"All right everyone pack up everything quickly!" Lucy yelled. She turned in search of Harry but he was suddenly gone

"Hey, where's that guy?" She asked

"Don't worry about him, sometimes its best to let him be...he works better that way" Joshua replied.

"Are we really taking his word for it?" She asked.

"If you knew who he was, you won't ask that" Joshua replied.

They drove off after the body had been taking by the ambulance, Joshua drove while Eddy was in the back seat and Lucy beside him.

Her mind flew back and forth as she wondered who this Harry was and who would have killed an Executive.

"Good day all..." said Joshua. They were now back at HQ and he had assembled every agent for a brief meeting.

"....as you all know, there was a murder at the market just last night, the victim has been confirmed to be Joseph Mai" he said.

There was a roar of mumbles as everyone seem to acknowledge knowing who he was.

"Be that as it may, I believe I don't have to stress how important solving this case is, especially since we will be having an Organizer join us in this very district two weeks from now" he continued, just then Harry walked into the room quietly to avoid turning of heads.

"Ah, the man of the hour...." Joshua said seeing him walk in.

"....ladies and gentlemen, this here is Agent Harry Fisher. He is joining us from district 2" he finished just in time to hear light murmurs of "is that the Harry 'Potter' Fisher?". Harry stood by the door and leaned on the wall as he waved to them, his face hadn't changed its mood since the scene.

"I would have asked you all to introduce yourselves one at a time but that wouldn't be necessary." Harry said without even a tinny change of mood, not even a grin.

Joshua chuckled a bit and then said

"Please, try and assist him any way possible as he might tend to repeat questions frequently due to his amnesia"

Again their was another flash of murmur in the air as Joshua said amnesia.

"Alright then, let's get to work" Joshua said dispatching everyone.

He watched as some eager Agents went to greet and shake hands with an ever grumpy Harry who simply nodded at their every word.

"Amnesia?" Lucy said now standing behind Joshua.

He turned around to see who it was.

"Yes, due to a pretty bad accident he is stuck with one last memory, every event that happens today he will forget when he goes to sleep" he said.

"How come?" She asked.

"Heck, how should I know, am I a doctor?" He asked

"No I meant....."

"Sir...." Eddy cut in suddenly appearing from no where

".....we did a test on the body, Harry was right. He was stabbed with a poisoned dagger" he concluded.

"Any leads?" Lucy asked.

"Just one, Mrs Curtis Shey, she's a Pharmacist, no longer practicing" Eddy replied.

"What makes you think she's related to this case" Lucy asked.

"She was arrested 5 years ago when she killed her husband with the same compound found in Joseph, she was released due to lack of evidence" Eddy said.

"Go check her out, take Harry with you" Joshua said to Lucy.

"Ok" she replied and made as if to leave.

"Also.....take note of his every move, he may have already cracked this case and is just waiting for us to catch up" Joshua said.

"No offence Sir, but I think you're giving him too much credit" she said and then left.

"Alright you're coming with me" she said when she got to Harry.

"Where are we going?" He asked.

"You'll see" She said and pushed open the door next to him.

"If we're going to find someone, it's best we don't take the car" he said following her.

"Why not?" She asked.

"Criminals expect us so they look out for our car" he said. She stopped walking realizing he has a point.

"So what do you suggest?"

"We'll take a cab, also you need to take off the coat" he replied and walked pass her.

Twenty minutes later they were in front of an old bungalow; most of its glasses was shattered, there was no gates and it seemed pretty deserted. Harry knocked on the door and waited for a while.

"Yes, who is it?" Replied a voice from inside

"Agents, please open up" Lucy replied. Harry realizing what Lucy had said, turned round and started heading for the back exit, he made it in time to see an exiting old woman trying to make a run for it.

"Hold it right there ma'am" he said as he tucked his right arm in his coat.

"They're gonna kill me, please I don't wanna die....I...I didn't know she was planning to kill someone with it" she said almost in tears.

"Who, was it?" Harry asked.

"It....it...." She was stuttering when Lucy walked in and saw them.

"My daughter met her and she..she......"

It happen so fast Harry saw the moving projectile coming from the side of his right eye, he thought it was a black bird at first till it hit the woman. The arrow went straight in her heart she fell back due to the force of the impact and died instantaneously, Lucy dived down after the shot in an attempt to avoid any other incoming arrows. Harry turned to locate the direction of the shot, he saw an abandoned two storey building a few miles away and began running towards there. Lucy realising he had left decided to call for back up. Harry paced through the grass as he got closer to the fence that separated him from the building as he was about to leap over the wall when another arrow was fired and it passed his head, missing his ear by just 3mm.He leaned on the wall and took off his coat, taking out the dagger in his bag, he threw the coat up and it was instantly pin down to the ground by another arrow. Harry looked both side and saw there was a gate by the wall, he started running in that direction and stopped when he got close.

He knew the shooter would be expecting him but he didn't have another choice he had to get to the other side of the gate, taking a deep breath in, after counting to 5 he rolled through the space that was under the gate as he jumped back up another arrow stopped right in front of him.

He looked up and saw another coming, he jumped out of the way quick enough and continued running towards the building. More arrows kept coming his way but his eyes were fixed on the window it was coming from and hence was able to dodge them successfully, and was now close to the door when suddenly he heard a bike from behind him. He knew if he turned another arrow would be shot and if he continued running he may be killed by the approaching vehicle so he realized the only way was to make it to the safety of the building walls were the shooter couldn't get a shot. As he was just 2 feet from the wall he realized the biker was close enough and he turned to take a strike at the biker with his dagger, he missed and landed on the floor as he tripped with that turning slash but was now safely leaning on the wall of the building and the biker had also turned and fell off the bike in an attempt to dodge the hit. He landed on the floor and got up; he wore a helmet that covered his face so Harry couldn't see who it was, as the biker drew out a clean knife from his pocket he was taken down by his associate as two arrows ran into his chest.

Harry stood in shock

"What the hell just happened?" he wondered as he now ran up the stairs. As he landed on the Second floor he slowed his pace realising the shooter could be close by, that was when he saw a second staircase and it suddenly dawned on him. He was about to run down when he heard the starting of the bike engine, he made it down only to be greeted by dust and wind. The shooter had left and so was the bike leaving behind his dead friend.