Kevin (Prologue) part 2
#8 of Kevin
the 2nd part of the prologue i know it kind of short maybe i'll re-upload part 1 and 2 as a whole. feel free to tell me what you think of it
(Part two)
Back at the department, a gray fox was sitting behind his desk, that's with strewn case files and paperwork waiting to be filled out. Staring at his corkboard, trying in vain to find the connection behind the missing furs. That was the job of a detective, to find the truth and solve the case. This case seemed to lead to nowhere but a nasty pile of red goo on the ground with each missing fur. Also, the lack of evidence and disappointing results of the autopsy puzzled Daniel immensely.
First was a missing goat from the Middle East. Second was a cat from japan and lastly was a bear from Russia. All of them were foreigners who had come into the country and missed their returned flights. Their belongings were left untouched but, there was no struggle or body to tell a tale.
As of now, all he can deduce is that the missing furs have been murdered by something or someone by turning them into red messy goo. "The commissioner is not going to be pleased if another fur ends up the same way." He thought out loud.
He was startled as his office door burst open, "Hey Daniel!, There seems to be a trespassing at the old industrial area. Let's go!" Fang, his partner, turned to get the car started. "Give me a sec!" he called after the wolf. He hasty hosted his gun to his chest before throwing on his brown coat over himself as he ran after the wolf.
"So the commissioner is giving us grunt work now huh?" Daniel snickers "Probably it's because of the lack of progress in our current case..." The wolf grumbles as they got into Fang's black sedan.
After a 15 minute drive, they arrive at the place where there were signs of intrusion. Fang parked the car outside the gates close by the sidewalk. As they got out of the car, they spotted that the chain on the gate was cut into two. The duo drew their police revolvers and entered the compound.
Daniel took out his flashlight from his belt and clicked it on as he held it together with his pistol with Fang doing the same shortly. They swept the area commando style, watching each other's back as they moved across the warehouses maze of boxes and crates till they reached the epicenter of the warehouse, where there was a platform of scaffolding with a temp office build on top of it.
A broken binder manifesto was lying on the floor, it looked like it was recently thrown, as there were paw prints on the dusty cover. He shone his light in the office, taking note that the windows are not broken. "Someone was here recently," Daniel whispered to his partner as they made their way up the stairs to the office.
The fox placed his paw on the doorknob, as his partner prepared to rush in. They burst in, sweeping the room with their pistols raised. "Looks like whoever was here already left...", commented the wolf, "Or left someone behind..." Daniel was looking at the most adorable thing he has ever seen in his life: The head of a baby red panda, just peeking out of the collar of a T-shirt and jacket happily snoozing away.
The cub looked like he might have been two or three years old and had been abandoned in the warehouse to die. Daniel holstered his gun as he kneeled down to pick up the sleeping, naked cub. Cradling him in his arms, He never felt like this before, the kind of bliss a proud parent would feel. Breaking the silence "I'll go look around some more." his partner left the office to sweep the rest of the place.
Shifting the cub to his shoulder, making sure he doesn't fall off, Kevin instinctively cuddles the fox's neck, resting his chin over the shoulders and curling his tail around the fox's arm. Daniel smiles a little as he turns his attention to the pile of adult clothes the cub was found in and begins digging through its pockets.
Finding a black, leather wallet and a smartphone that is still operational. He looked inside the wallet, finding a pink colored identity card out of one of the pockets. "The Republic of Singapore?" Daniel looked at the photograph of the card and compared it with the cub, noticing some similar features like the white fluffy ears and that rusty fur tear line on both of his fluffy white cheeks that curves to the sides right below his eyes.
"That can't be right... How is this possible? How could this cub be the same adult on the card?!" These were the thoughts that raced through Daniel's mind. He had so many questions for this little cub, but that would have to wait until he awoke.