Scapegoat Required

= Scapegoat Required = Posted by  Largehobbit

Posted: Mar 29, 2018, 10:55pm

August 20th - The Green Docks - Steamworks - Early Morning

Edward watched impassively as bodies were carried from the wreckage of the station. The line would be down for at least a week as repairs were made. The Council were furious of course and they were crying out for blood. He would have to find someone soon to feed to them, to keep their minds occupied while he carried out the real investigation. He considered his father for a moment, but no, old Eli was much too close to home, and besides he would not deny himself of that pleasure so soon to be within is grasp.

The Kellgorian girl was a possibility but he would not risk Eli having a cause to escape his fate. He considered her friend, the nameless woman from the Centrum, but it would take too long to discover her identity and the Council would not be patient. He followed out the web of intrigue to Emily Roezell, but no there would need to be at least a modicum of implied evidence and so far she was clean.

If only they had kept hold of the boy, the death of a government agent on the eve of a terrorist attack would be more than enough to justify and arrest. Of course the officer who let the boy go, now that had possibilities. Corruption in the city watch. A purge would be needed to remove the bad apples. It would have to do.

Edward watched as a train carriage was hoisted from the smouldering ruins by crane. His investigators were already all over the site looking for evidence and questioning anyone who might have seen anything of interest. He had also ordered a sweep of the Sprawl, he needed to cast the net wide here and strengthen his investigation of groups like the Red Crew. His office would be busy for the next few days.