Cases of the Abyss

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1st Segment - Take the old for the new?

“Attention is a tendency humans desire and throughout

this desire jealousy or anger spring on, maybe

that is why a sinners’ thoughts tend to be deluded by

the agony of their enragement.”

- Kai Blackwell -

Dean: Carsen!... Carsen!

James: Yes?

Dean: Did you hear what I said?

James: Umm… I don’t know anything about this case?

Dean: No, I asked if you were alright?

James proceeds to keep staring at the corpse…

Dean: “Sighs”, Sean what do we have here.

Sean: Jennifer White 38 year old attorney was shot with a 38 caliber. You can clearly see the bullet went through her forehead and the blood was smeared all over the kitchen floor.

Dean: Was she shot while seated?

Sean: Yes, but what’s interesting about this is that the chair you were seated in has 4 scratches on the edges of the seat.

Dean: She must’ve been stressed about something before she was shot.

Sean: So you're saying she used her nails to scratch the chair?

Dean: yeah

James: The door was unlocked, so we can suspect she had a rough night, her purse was left at the table as soon as she got here. There is no possible way any attorney would forget to lock their door if defending a criminal.

Sean: Well there is also her phone, she dialed 911 as soon as she passed away.

Dean: What did this shooter want?

James Walks away from the scene…

Dean: James where are y-. Sean do me a favor and send the rest of the evidence to my desk

Sean: Right.

Dean: Where the hell do you think you’re going?

James: Where do you think? I’m going back to my apartment.

Dean: I thought we would revise the entire evidence together.

James: You’re a grown ass man Wellstone. Do it yourself!

James lies and heads to the cemetery…

James: Why did you leave me? Helen…

Dean goes back to the LAPD…

Dean: “Sighs”, I can’t believe I have to cover for that idiot again.

Synthia: He left you again?

Dean: I honestly don’t know what I’m going to do with that guy.

Synthia: Give him sometime, you out of all people should know how much he is grieving.

Dean: Yeah… I suppose.

Synthia: Anyways here are all the files on the murder of Jennifer White.

James comes in…

Dean: Hey, you’re back so soon?

James: “sighs”, yeah.

Dean: You went to go see her didn’t you?

James looks down giving no response to Dean’s question…

Dean: James I’m seriously worried for you man, if you keep this up the captain will leave you out of the case, you have to stay focused.

James laughs arrogantly…

James: Man it is so easy for someone like you to make a dumbass response like that.

Dean: WHAT?

James: Maybe if your wife was taken from you, you’d actually know what it feels like to wake up and look at hell. Oh… wait, you aren’t married.

Synthia: Oh my gosh he's drunk!

Dean: I’m just trying to help you man. You come half drunk in almost every crime scene and show no respect towards others. YOU NEED TO COOL IT!

James: Maybe if you’d stop getting on my ass and let me do my damn job I’d be more relaxed.

Dean: Wow, you just love being the prick of all pricks don’t ya?

James and Dean stand up face to face full of anger…

Synthia: Someone call the captain!

James: I’m warning you Dean, BACK OFF!

Dean: OR WHAT?

Captain Wagner: WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?

James proceeds to throw a jab right at Dean’s face…

Captain Wagner: CARSEN, MY OFFICE NOW!

Synthia: Dean are you alright?

Dean: Yeah… I’ve taken worse.

James enters Captain Wagner’s office…

Captain Wagner: You mind telling me what the hell is your problem?

James: Sorry sir I think I’ve said enough.

Captain Wagner: “Sigh”, I told you from the beginning to take personal days off, Helen wouldn’t have wanted this kind of behavior from y-.

James: DON’T YOU FUCKING MENTION MY WIFE!

Captain Wagner: Watch your tone Carsen or-.

James: OR WHAT YOU’LL FIRE?... Don’t bother, I'll resign myself.

Captain Wagner: Carsen wait.

James stops himself for a second…

Captain Wagner: Do you have any idea of what you are doing?

James: Honestly Jeff. No. no I don’t. But that’s just life isn’t we wake one day, excited to be with your loved ones the next day you carry the weight of the world.

James resigns from the lAPD with a cold stare at his partner Dean…

Two days later…

Kai: “Yawning”

Bryce: How many hours of sleep did you get last night?

Kai: uhh… I don’t know 4-5 maybe.

Bryce: I told you to stop playing videogames in the middle of the night. It worsens your insomnia.

Kai: Who are you My therapist? You know I function better during late nights. I can’t help but to be a night owl.

Bryce: I suppose you’re right, now that we’ve been promoted to division 1 we are going to need your deductions skills to their maximum.

Kai falls asleep in the passenger seat…

Bryce: This is our start to- Kai? “Sighs”, He fell asleep again. Idiot.

Kai and Bryce are promoted to Division 1 of the LAPD after the downfall of James Carsen…

Story by: Kaynner Martin-Soriano

-The Greatest detective story ever told-