Chapter 1
6:35 AM
When I first lost my life, all I could think of was getting my memories back.
Now, I have them back, and I still don't know anything.
It's almost ironic.
The first thing I noticed when I got to the prison was that nothing seemed to have changed. The same guards were there, sitting in the same spots. Bailey seemed to be exhausted for some reason, and the other guard was still making no headway with his house of cards. It seems these two were destined to work together even despite the fact that this place wasn't "special" anymore.
Anyway, that wasn't really important. I had to get to the cells, to see if Yomiel was actually here.
Luckily, the phone number for the internal extension was unchanged, so I went straight through and arrived on the upper walkway of the cells. Once again, things didn't seem to have changed much, other than the fact that there were now different prisoners in the cells. I guess whatever they did caused them to end up here, though I still didn't think those cells looked very comfortable. I looked around trying to find Yomiel...
(Damn.)Yomiel was nowhere to be seen. Now what?
I decided to go back to the office and see if I could find anything out. Unfortunately, Bailey didn't have any memos I could send across the room, and I couldn't read any of the paperwork on his desk. I was just about to give up, when Bailey suddenly turned his chair around and started talking to his colleague.
I'm telling you! I have a bad feeling about this!
The other guard stopped trying to decide where to place his next card and turned around.
You always have a bad feeling about something, Bailey. That's why nobody comes up here.
Bailey threw himself back into his chair screaming, turned in a circle, and jumped up.
What's that supposed to mean!?
... I mean, I know what the words mean. That's now that I'm asking.
That was just my way of expressing indignation, putting it in the form of a question.
(This is all starting to sound pretty familiar.) Trust me, nothing is going to happen.
You're sure?
Sure I'm sure. Now stop panicking and sit still.
Bailey sat down uncomfortably, and the other guard turned his chair around and went back to his "work".
... Maybe you're right... We did have that tearful reunion a while ago, after all...
You mean with Yomiel?
(!) Ten years... I never thought he'd have to spend the full amount of time in jail, with what he did in the end.
They probably had good reasons for why they did it.
Actually, I heard he requested it himself.
Eh?
... Well, it doesn't matter now. He's gone. Into the wide world with that bird of his.
With that, he went back to shuffling his deck of cards. Bailey turned around and went back to work.
Meanwhile, I was in a bit of a pickle.
(So, Yomiel has already been released, huh?) (Lucky for him, I guess, but what am I going to do now?)The answer to that question came almost as soon as I'd thought it. The phone on Bailey's desk started ringing, and when Bailey took it off the hook, I saw that the other end was connected to what looked like the park.
Hello, this is-
On the other side of the phone was the detective with the cap – Rindge, I think his name was. He cut Bailey off.
Officer Bailey? Get the prisoners out of there!
Wait... Detective Rindge? What's going-
I don't have time to explain! Just get the prisoners to safety!
Wait...
Safety?Rindge hung up, and the connection was gone. Confused, Bailey put the phone down. On the other side of the room, the other guard turned around.
What was that?
I don't know... He told me to get the prisoners out of here.
What? He's not our boss. He can't order us to do that!
I don't know, he sounded pretty tense...
I think we should take the prisoners somewhere safe anyway. You know, out of precaution.
We're in a building specifically designed to hold criminals! How much "safer" are they going to get?
...
After some thinking, Bailey got up from his chair, walked to the door, and left the room.
... Damnit!
The other guard got out of his chair as well and ran after Bailey, his house of cards collapsing behind him.
(What was that all about?) (Something big just happened, that's for sure. I should probably go and see what's going on at the park.)The number from the park I had was different from the one detective Rindge had called from, and when I got there, I saw why; the phone the detective had used was a different one from the one I knew. This seemed to be another section of the park, somewhere away from the Temsik meteorite.
Detective Rindge was standing not too far away, shouting at some policemen. To the left somewhere, I could hear a voice that seemed to be coming from the Blue Detective talking to someone on the radio.
-get your men to the bridge! Maybe we can still settle things there!
Rindge looked at the skyline visible over the top of the trees.
Maybe we can still stop this...
Something was clearly going on... From the left, the Blue Detective rushed over to Rindge.
How are things over at your end?!
I called the prison, but I don't know if they'll actually do something...
Damnit! What a time for Inspector Cabanela to go missing!
I perked up.
!
(Cabanela's missing?) Anyway! What did the Chief say?
He and his men just got to the power plant, but-
With that, he stopped. His face went whiter than Cabanela's coat as he stared at something in the distance. Detective Rindge turned around to see what he was looking at.
Then everything went black.