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The team came back down, Ilandra
and Ovi laying on stretchers, but conscious and looking okay. Rookie came
behind them. His young face worried, the green of his eyes darkened by
tension and his short black hair ruffled. When he saw Raven and Merxes he
stopped and asked:
"Did we get him?"
"No, she got away, but we know who she is now."
"She?"
"You weren't with us on that case, but a little over two years ago
IRS was hired to investigate a series of thefts in hospitals. Ivana
Rickall, one of the nurses, stole drugs and medical supplies and sold them
through a third party. She confessed and got two years. Apparently she's
out and back in business." Raven said.
"But this is more profitable." Merxes said.
"And more thought out. She's not working alone." Raven noted and
turned around grabbing his set of keys. "They won't try anything else
tonight, not with the prototype gone… If you two go to the hospital to
see how things are with Ovi and Ilandra, then I'll stay here the rest of
the night."
"Ok." Rookie said while Merxes shook his head and started:
"but.."
"They need you to report what happened." Raven said, terminating
the conversation.
Merxes shrugged and let himself be dragged out by Ryan. Outside he turned
toward the younger member and said: "Don't you know he's going to look
for clues?"
"Of course. But I also know he works better on his own. Besides
Ilandra and Ovi need us too. I don't know what happened in the
lobby."
"He could have gone and left the clues to me." Merxes said.
"You're not half as good as he is when it comes to clues."
Merxes shut up and stepped into the minivan they had come with. "I'm
driving." He said.
Ryan smiled and got in too, turning on the police scanner to find out to
which hospital their partners had been taken.
Raven locked the doors after Rookie and Merxes had left and turned down
the lights. He climbed the stairs and felt a strange feeling as he saw the
bomb. It was gsimple but very effective and well put together.
Raven didn't linger long. Instead of walking in the ruined hallway, he
went even higher and stepped out on the roof. No clues were left for the
human eye. But that wasn't the only pair Raven could count on. He changed
into his raven-form and watched closer. The deep cold black of his eyes
not missing a thing.
The Raven flew around the building, looking at every angle, investigating
every nook and cranny. And finally he found it. A clue that was all he
could have hoped for. A smudge of dirt on the roof, some moss that was
imprinted beyond human sight. A word.
"SOLIT."
Raven flew back to the roof and changed back. He knew enough. Solit was a
construction company. He had never heard anything incriminating about the
place, but it was a start. Raven walked down and placed himself behind the
lobby desk again. He reached under the desk and found what he was looking
for, the yellow pages.
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