A Detective Story

Chapter 1:The Assignment

I came into the office around 5:00A.M., and I was on my first cup of Joe.  It was coming down pretty hard, rain was even louder than Louie's TV.  Lights kept flickering so you'd be in darkness for about two minutes after every five minutes of light.  Wasn't much to look at though, just me and three other guys sitting at desks in a room with only one window, and a crappy 70's TV. Wall paper peeling and some awful smell coming from Rickie's desk.  Kirby came in and handed me a case file, and was out of the room not a minute later.  I looked at it, murder victim, fifth one of its kind.  Arteries in the arms stabbed.  Eyes burned out of the sockets.  And the piece of resitance for this guy, the stomach cut open and absent of any organs.  I closed it, grabbed my trench coat, hat, and my joe.  After that I was out the door.  I'm detective Ben Conners and this is my story.


Just a story I'm doin' for the fun of it
-John