Research During Rest

 On his way to the bathroom, he hears Julia talking to her mother.

 - When can you pick us up from the club, Mom?

 They were in the kitchen talking, sitting on chairs while they made their morning meal, her mother in casual clothes, as she hadn't gotten ready for work yet.

 - Well, about that, I think I can pick you up from the club around four in the afternoon, I think you're old enough to know what not to do in these places.

 Julia gets excited and says.

 - Thanks, Mom!

 Then she changes the tone of her voice to more serious, but not loud, when she hears the bathroom door close.

 - My child, do you know why Lucas is acting like this?

 She becomes just as serious and replies.

 - I still don't know why, but maybe it's because he's had a mental trigger, because Ana told me that at school he got scared out of his wits looking at the window.

 His mother thinks about it.

 "But what could it be? He would never tell us something like that, even if I told him to."

 But she comments after a moment's thought.

 - A psychologist or psychiatrist won't help, after all, we've been trying this alternative for ten years and it hasn't had any effect, we have to get him to talk, otherwise we won't be able to solve this once and for all.

 Julia is a little frustrated by this situation and continues.

 - Yes, but he's too clever to find out, so a simple plan won't be enough.

 Her mother becomes confident and comments, a little proudly.

 - He might be smart enough to do it, but remember that I'm not a police detective for nothing, and especially not about my children, and when I want to know, it's only a matter of time before I find out.

 Just as she was about to continue, her cell phone rang.

 - Sorry, I have to take this.

 - No problem, in the meantime I'll think of an idea of how to do it.

 Just as she's about to answer the call, she replies.

 - Thank you, child, it'll only take a moment.

 Then she says to her cell phone.

 Hello? What is it this time Augusto?

 After hearing what he had to say, she exclaimed in surprise.

 - What? Do you have a record of why they went there?!

 She hears the answer and says, still surprised at what she's just heard.

 - Do the media know about this?

 Then she hears.

 - Look, I only found out because of the media.

 So she went to the bookcase in the living room to get the remote control and turned it on, and put on the news and came across a report about two civil policemen found dead on the side of the road that goes to the eastern part of the city.

 - How could this have happened?

 Julia is horrified to see the bodies with their entrails hanging out, with large intestines, and the journalist, trying not to vomit, says

 - The authorities still don't know the cause of death of the civil police officers, but they confirmed that the last time they were seen was when they left the police station to go to a location to attend to a report of an attempted murder in the eastern part of the city, after which they were incommunicado for more than four hours and then a local resident accidentally found the bodies of the officers here on the side of the road this morning.

 Unable to believe her eyes, she thinks.

 "Who did this?"

 So the journalist continues.

 - But the question remains: who is responsible for these murders?

 Lucas's mother rushes into the police station, after which she realizes that it is apparently empty.

 "Where is everybody?"

 As she walked further into the place, she saw a room and immediately went into it. As she entered, she came across a meeting being held by the deputy, those present were sitting on wooden or office chairs, it wasn't a very big meeting room.

 In this way, realizing that he was late, he says.

 - I'm sorry I'm late, I had to take my children to a recreational club.

 The delegate, a white man, not very strong, with the look of a leader, who was standing on a mini stage, paperwork in hand, looked at her and said in his not too thick voice.

 - No problem, we were waiting for you to start the meeting, if you took any longer then I'd have to start without you.

 She immediately sat down on a wooden chair near the mini stage, everyone including her was dressed in their respective uniforms, and as soon as she sat down, the delegate began to speak.

 - Well, I've called this extraordinary meeting, because as I'm sure you're all aware, police officer Gustavo and police officer Alberto were found dead on the side of the road, so take a look at their bodies.

 The projector is turned on and then it goes to the corner of the stage, because there is a screen behind it, and the images are horrifying, they were almost all the same as those shown by the media, but there were two who managed to keep it confidential.

 - But pay attention to these two who are about to appear, I know it's hard to see our longtime colleagues like this, but this is going to be our starting point for this investigation.

 Many vehemently hold back their tears and sobs of sadness, some don't hold back and end up doing it in an almost whispering tone, the delegate himself is holding back, but he presses the button on the small control that controls the projector, and reveals something surprising.

 - If everyone here knows the assumption I'm about to make, then just keep quiet and those who don't, raise your hands.

 The image shows that in their guts there were some pieces of metal and cloth, as if they were trying to perform organ replacement surgery.

 And the next one was that the other one had been partially robotized, but something went wrong and ended up killing him.

 No one raised a hand.

 This terrifying silence is interrupted when the deputy speaks.

 - Well, if everyone already knows, then start reading the files... From Peculiar Case Thirteen, but.... Know that perhaps we will all never be the same after this case.

 She thinks as she hears this.

 "So let's see if the legend is true, the problem is that there is a shortage of files, the legend says that the past team almost managed to solve it, but... something went wrong and everything went down the drain, this included everyone's psyches, but two managed to recover and were able to continue working, .... They were police officer Gustavo and police officer Alberto."

 The Delegate concluded the meeting by saying.

 - So let's get to work, I've called everyone here so that they already know the basic situation of the investigation and can be integrated into the case now or later on, not everyone is going to take part in this investigation, even though I wanted it to be that way, but there are still other issues and cases to resolve, so I have the names of those who are going to take part in this case.

 He then went on to give the names of twenty agents, among whom was Lucas's mother.

 - Detective Emily.

 When she heard her name, she thought.

 "I'll finally have access to those files, only I wish it wasn't for a reason like that."

 Meanwhile, at the club.

 The sound of water being thrown away on impact.

 It was Lucas who had jumped into a large swimming pool, the recreational club, consequently splashing water everywhere, he was wearing shorts when he did this, when he puts his head up he sees Ana and Julia in bikinis, and Yuri like him, but with a different design and color from his shorts, in which he shouts.

 - A and Lucas! 

 They were already in the pool and went over to him, as they had moved away so there was no risk of him falling in with them, there weren't many people in the place, there was also an area to get wet before entering it, the place was a large air-conditioned swimming gym.

 There's also a large open-air swimming pool outside, but due to the low temperatures, this pool is closed and there's no water in it at the moment, to prevent the proliferation of Dengue Mosquitoes.

 Ana says cheerfully.

 - Hey, let's see who swims faster, since there's hardly anyone in the pool.

 Julia answers her by going to the edge of the pool, as it's rectangular in shape.

 - Okay, I'll go to the edge so we can get started.

 Yuri does the same.

 - Well, if you want to compete, I won't turn you down, but I'll tell you straight away that I can swim pretty fast.

 Lucas thinks to himself.

 "I'm not much for this sort of thing, but at least the shadows haven't appeared so far, and I don't feel like I'm being watched."

 Then Julia looks behind her and sees him standing there thinking.

 - Lucas! Come on! Don't you want to join in?!

 He immediately stops thinking.

 - Yes, I will, I was just thinking about it.

 - So don't just stand there! Come on!

 And so they all went to the edge of the pool, but when Lucas got there, in the blink of an eye he saw all of them standing there, torn apart, screaming in agony, and the place in ruins.

 They soon realize it and go over to him, worried and curious.

 - What is it, Lucas? - Julia asks.

 He calms down and replies.

 - It's nothing.

 Yuri comes up to him and says frankly.

 - Really, tell us what it was.

 He just ignores it and goes to the edge of the pool, commenting. 

 - It was nothing, guys, I just remembered that day.

 Lucas had just broken the mood of joy in the air at the moment, which soon returned after a period of melancholy.

 But before the competition began, Julia said to Lucas in a comforting tone.

 - Don't worry about it, it wasn't your fault, you don't have to blame yourself for something that wasn't your fault.

 Ana interrupts them.

 - I know that day was complicated, but if you keep blaming yourself for it, you're not going to enjoy life.

 And then Yuri appears.

 - We're all here to help you.

 Lucas replies as he positions himself to start the competition.

 - It's nothing, I'm fine.

 A great deal of concern spreads among the three of them, especially Julia, who looks at him for a moment, before also positioning herself to compete.

 "I'm not going to let you do something crazy to yourself, he has to realize that it wasn't his fault that it happened."

 After that, the four of them got into position, Ana was about to say something, but the pool security guard, who was also wearing shorts and carrying a communicator, had left it at his post, he's a strong man, but he didn't go up to him to reprimand them.

 - Wait a minute, let me say that.

 - Thank you, sir.

 That'll give her a better position.

 - Now I can position myself better for this.

 He then shouts.

 - Get ready!

 Everyone gets ready to jump into the pool.

 Then the security guard shouts.

 - Now!

 They jump into the pool and the competition begins.

 They jump into the pool, Yuri starts at the front, but just past him is Julia, who swims seriously, and behind them is Lucas, who is trying to catch up.

 "So they think they're athletes, huh?"

 Also at a considerable distance was Ana, who was trying hard to catch up.

 "They're very fast!"

 Then Yuri was almost at the end.

 "Yeah! Victory is mine!

 Until his peripheral vision saw that Julia was right next to him.

 "What?!"

 She was swimming fast, her movements matching his.

 "I won't let you!"

 He sped up even more, so Lucas swam normally.

 "The way they are now, even if I tried, I won't catch them, they're already getting there, so I'll just exercise with this, after all, it's been a long time since I swam."

 Ana, on the other hand, was getting close to Lucas with a lot of effort, after all, she knew the basics of swimming, and hoped that this little competition wouldn't be anything serious.

 "I didn't expect them to take it so seriously."

 And the winner was Yuri, who narrowly missed out, at which point the security guard who had run over to the other side as soon as the start of the competition was shouted at.

 - You win!

 Yuri comes out of the pool confident and smiling, raising his arms to indicate his victory.

 - That was a close one! Even though swimming isn't my thing, the experience I've had in the past still counts.

 Julia then climbs out of the pool and says confidently to Yuri.

 - É... You won this time.

 But she goes up to him and says.

 - But remember, it's now thirteen to nine for me.

 He smiles and says.

 - That's right, I'm still going to beat you, I just need to start training again.

 She smiles and speaks frankly.

 - No, you won't, I won't let that happen.

 However, at that very moment, Lucas had just reached the finish line and came out of the pool, asking.

 - Who won this time?

 Yuri immediately bursts with pride and points to himself.

 - I finally managed to beat your sister.

 He asks in turn.

 - After how many defeats?

 He tries to change the subject.

 - Ah, it doesn't matter.

 When she hears this, she interrupts by saying.

 - There were three.

 Yuri says a little sulkily.

 - I didn't have to remember that.

 Then she looks at him with a proud look on her face.

 - But sometimes that's necessary, hehe.

 After this conversation, Lucas looks back and sees that Ana has just arrived at the end.

 "Just arrived?"

 She said as she got out of the pool.

 - Wow, I didn't even remember how fast you were at swimming.

 Yuri smiles when he hears this.

 - Yeah, we're just like that, maybe it's genetic.

 But Julia comments.

 - But you had to join a swimming club to be able to do that.

 He immediately hits back.

 - You had to do it too, don't even try to say that only I had to do it, at least I've left, but you're still there.

 Seeing that they would be arguing, Lucas left.

 "I don't need to see them arguing about swimming."

 Ana thought quickly.

 "Let me think, .... I know how to end this."

 So she says.

 - Hey! How about a game of volleyball now?

 They stop arguing, but Lucas keeps walking.

 - I'll be right there.

 Julia is also going with an expression of wanting to compete more, while Yuri is doing the same thing.

 - Now I'm not going to lose at volleyball.

 Upon hearing this, Yuri spoke confidently.

 - So let's see!

 Seeing that they've calmed down, Ana thinks relievedly.

 "Well, at least they've calmed down."