The Satchmo P.I. - Living Amongst Monsters - Chapter 22

therneau (58)in #story • 7 years ago

The Search

Warning: Strong language

Miss McKay had been trying to reach The Ghost’s Shadow since mid-afternoon.

“Shit Joel, why aren’t you answering!” she swore out loud. Miss McKay tried to call him three times already however the line just kept ringing.

She was pacing up and down her office now. It was unlike Joel not to respond regularly. She’d been receiving updates by the hour, even if it was just him teasing her about how close it’s getting to that date of theirs now. It has been five hours without any word and this is the last day they have to find something on Captain Moss.

She decided to trace his motorcycle. Miss McKay noticed the motorcycle was on the outskirts of town, at the end of a road next to a large open field.

“What are you doing all the way out there?” she thought.

Miss McKay started bashing away at her PC. She checked on the trackers Joel had placed on the SPD’s vehicles. He had placed trackers on four of the vehicles. The one seemed to have been at the precinct all day. Another travelled through the lower parts of Satchmo, seemingly patrolling the area. The other two though.

“Shit” Miss McKay swore. They were in the vicinity where she saw The Ghosts Shadow’s motorcycle. Both the vehicles had since left the area though.

“What is going on here?” Miss McKay thought out loud.

Both the vehicles, after leaving the area, seemed to have been racing through the town. The one that took off first was being trailed by the other. A while later the first vehicle seemed to have driven off, away from the trailer and headed up towards the upper parts of town. The trailer had then slowed down, zigzagging across the streets, seemingly looking for the other vehicle.

“This looks like a car chase” Miss McKay whispered to herself. “Why would they be chasing each other?”

She started feeling uneasy. Something wasn’t right here, she knew it. Miss McKay decided to head out towards where she saw Joel’s motorcycle.

Earlier that day on route to where Stella was Catherine told Cameron that she won’t be able to go all the way with him. She saw that The Faceless Man was too close by and it would be too risky for her to get that close.

“Be careful Cameron” she said. “He is close and he always keeps the strongest of his troops with him.”

“I will” Cameron responded “but all I care about right now is getting Stella to safety. She is badly injured. I know it and I know you do too. She doesn’t have much time left.”

Catherine didn't respond and with that the two carried on in silence, quickly making their way towards Stella’s location.

They reached an open field and Catherine told him she can’t go any further. Without stopping or slowing down Cameron pushed forward, quickly making his way across. Within seconds, he was out of her sight.

Cameron reached the point where he thought Stella was however, he saw nothing. He looked around and knew this is where she’s supposed to be but where is Stella?

“Fuck!” Cameron shouted. “Stella!”

All he noticed was a gentle breeze blowing through the grass.

Then he heard something. A faint sound, barely audible over the breeze and distant rumbling as the waves kept crashing into the cliff face in the distance. He looked around again and started pacing around, searching for Stella.

He heard it again, this time slightly more audible, slightly clearer. “Help” the voice softly cried out.

“Stella!” Cameron shouted out again, then focused on trying to hear the voice.

At that moment he noticed some movement just a few steps ahead, as if the sand had been disrupted ever so slightly. Stella had been trying to push the manhole cover out of the way, however she was too weak.

Cameron quickly made his way over and started sweeping away at the sand where he saw the movement. His heart sunk into his stomach “Has she been buried?” he thought. Then he noticed the cover. As he pulled the cover away Cameron saw Stella, barely being able to hold onto the tiny ladder. She was covered in dirt, sweat and blood. She was only wearing a bra and pants and bits of cloth were dangling from her hands.

“Stella!” Cameron shouted as he gently cupped his hands under her arms and pulled her out from the pipe. Stella gave out a slight cry from the pain. She was so weak she could hardly scream anymore.

Cameron gently wrapped his arms behind her back and legs before picking her up. Tears welled up in his eyes as he looked down at Stella. She could hardly focus. Her lips had turned a pale blue, bruises covered her body and her breathing was harsh and raspy.

For a brief moment Stella seemed to have locked her eyes with Cameron’s. “They’re coming” she whispered.

“I know” Cameron said. With that he turned around and started heading back towards the road.

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hope777 (63) 7 years ago

Good writing, good suspense, I will have to make time to read the previous ones!

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therneau (58) 7 years ago

I'm glad you enjoyed it :) There are some recap sections if you don't have the time to read through all the chapters. Thanks for the comment. Much appreciated!

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albustan (42) 7 years ago

Good post

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therneau (58) 7 years ago

Hi there @albustan. A suggestion if I may. Comments such as "Good post" will not create the right impression within the community. You need to be more interactive with your comments. I upvoted your comment in the hopes that you will read my reply and work on improving commenting. Good luck to you :)

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