Episode 2: The Wolf of New York

[MaxwellCharlie]

Anatsasiya smiled ever so slightly at the fact that things seemed to be moving smoothly, she was finally about to make this guy pay for every... single... drop... of... blood... spilled... as a result of his crimes. Unfortunately, things turned south quite quickly as she did not expect a net to come from out of nowhere to come from one of that eccentric duo. She had no time before she was tangled up by it, as the net wrapped itself around her, not helping the fact that her arm was still sore, which began constricting her like a viper surrounding its prey and caused more pain in the arm. Anastasiya's eyes were still locked onto the Manglers, her eyes having a very wrathful glare to them as well as being cold. She struggled in vain as she then heard the all too familiar blare of police sirens... It was too late now, true justice could not be served now, he was simply going to go off to jail and then it would be decided later whether he should live for his crimes or not, that was IF he was even charged with murder. Maybe she should be happy that he gets some form of punishment? No, that was blasphemy to her, the only way she could truly give out real justice was by she or Eddie putting an end to his life right then and there, a life for a life... Vengeance for those who suffered so much by his hand... Having to resort to turning into an animal to go after those with black cards... Anastasiya was given insult to injury, as she watched the eccentric couple fly off on a jetpack? She could honestly careless, they obstructed retribution and justice from being struck down on the Mangler, and for that, she could never forgive nor would she ever forget. Anastasiya was grimly reminded of an emotion she hadn't felt in a while... Helplessness... Mark was approaching her and said "Well done," A job well done? Pfft, he didn't understand where she was coming from and her true intent... That was far from a job well done in her books... And time slowed down, as he worked on untangling her out, subconsciously she worked in helping him do so, but consciously... She saw herself as that 12-year-old girl who just witnessed her father shot right before the sun came down, and the emotions of helplessness, and fear etched in her mind... No, she wasn't afraid of the Mangler or the situation that just occurred, her 12-year-old self is feeling fear because of the hours that seemed like years after the shooting...


April 16, 2000 around 8:15 PM A couple hours after the shooting at the Ferris Wheel.


The blonde little girl's eyes were red and bloodshot from all the tears that were shed, in the battle of her eyes between the warm glistening that would accompany the cold look of her eyes, lost out and the cold won. Her gunmetal blue eyes were cold and grim with all sense of warmth extinguished and systematically executed, like a Russian winter. It didn't take a medical expert to tell her and her dearest mother that there was no way they could save her father... Right now the only solace that could be found right now was her mother and daughter as one cuddled against one another on the bed, even then they were both so distraught with grief and sadness that even this couldn't truly solve it. Her mother was slowly stroking her daughters light blonde hair, her mother while feeling the same as her daughter, also seemed to have her senses heightened, her mother's defensive senses were on high alert and were prepared for anything to protect her 12 year old daughter. All the while she was giving off her compassionate motherly side, outside of their home Russian police were assigned outside her house as a security detail to protect them in case the Mafia targeted the rest of the family. The two were aimlessly watching a children's program on the TV, none of them truly paying attention to what was going on it. Mostly they were just stuck thinking about the day and what it meant for their futures... But now without any words, her mother brought her arm up from the bed and grabbed for the remote, ending the TV's purpose as it slowly cut to black. Both mother and daughter then just looked each other in their eyes, sharing the same pain and suffering through it, it pained her mother to see her daughter like that... It's something no child should ever face. Then without saying a word really, they both acknowledged the next couple of moments, and just like that her daughter rested her head against her mother's lap and her mother began beautifully singing a lullaby to her anguished daughter... The words flowed like the river Volga and served its purpose to slowly and peacefully put her child to sleep. "Ustalyye igrushki spyat, poetomu knigi. Odeyala i podushki zhdut detey. Dazhe skazki idet v postel', chtoby vy mogli mechtat' ob etom v nochnoye vremya. Zakroyte glaza, Bayu-zaliv... V skazke mozhno pokatat'sya na lune i skakat' na polnoy skorosti nad radugoy, podruzhit'sya s nebol'shim kolichestvom slona i poymat' pero zhar-ptitsy Zakroyte glaza, Bayu-zaliv. .. Bayu-zaliv, vse lyudi dolzhny spat' po nocham Bayu-zaliv, zavtra budet novyy den'. My poluchili ochen' ustal segodnya, skazhem, kazhdomu cheloveku "Spokoynoy nochi", poyti spat' Bayu-zaliv..." (Tired toys are sleeping, so are books. Blankets and pillows are waiting for kids. Even fairy tales goes to bed, so you could dream of it at night. Close your eyes, Bayu-bay... In the tale, you can ride the moon and to gallop at full speed over the rainbow, make friends with a little elephant and catch a feather of the Firebird  Close your eyes, Bayu-bay... Bayu-bay, all people should sleep at night Bayu-bay, tomorrow is a new day. We got very tired today, let's say to everyone "Good night", go to sleep Bayu-bay...) And just like that, they both fell asleep...


Later that night


Something didn't seem right, surprisingly the blonde girl noticed this first. She heard noises outside, it seemed like people were getting into car's and were now driving off. The girl needed to know what was going on so ever so slowly, not wanting to disturb her mother she creeped up carefully to one of the curtain windows. Now it seemed new car's were arriving, they were black vans, hard to see in the dark, but at this rate the girl's cold vigilant eyes were prepared for anything really. That's when she saw something that concerned her deeply, the men that got out were not uniformed nor did they look like the police types. Her heart racing she felt as if she had seconds to decide what to do next, she then remembered her mother. She then rushed up to her and shook her more violently and urgently than she ever had before. Her voice was in a yell for a low voice, it had urgency and desperation written all over it. "Mama prosypayutsya seychas! Chto-to ne kazhetsya pravil'nym snaruzhi! Mne ne nravitsya to, chto proiskhodit!" (Mom wake up now! Something doesn't seem right outside! I don't like what's going on!) Her mom, did groggily get up at a much slower pace than the girl would have liked. The mother rubbed her eyes and asked. "Ey, chto proiskhodit snaruzhi, chto yest' u vas bespokoit?" (Hey, what's going on outside that's got you concerned?) The blonde girl continued to go on with the urgency that they had to do something right now. "Yest' chernyye furgony! I lyudi s oruzhiyem, i oni ne pokhozhi na politsiyu!" (There are black vans! And men with guns and they don't look like police!) That's when the mother suddenly became more in tune and alert, she kept her head down and peered out the window, and her eyes widened. These men were lined up, like a firing squad and her mother knew all too well what this meant. She instantly bearhugged her daughter and began moving to the edge of the bedroom, and just as she did that, a voice from the group of men called out that sent chills down both of their spines. "Russkaya mafiya posylayet privyet!" (The Russian Mafia sends their regards!) And suddenly all hell seemingly broke loose on their home as the sounds of gunshots filled the once quiet night, all sent with absolute malice as each and every bullet that tore through their home in every direction was sent in the hopes of killing them. And visibily her mother had actually become angry and cynical with distrust as she realized why they arrived with no problems. "Chertova politsiya slishkom chertovski korrumpirovany, chto oni dazhe ne tsenyat zhizn' sem'i nad poluchat' bystryy rubl'! Chertov bespolezno..." (The goddamn police are too damn corrupt that they don't even value the life of a family over getting a quick ruble! Fucking useless...) The little girl right now was absolutely fearing for her life, a dark grim voice in her told her that they should both die to be reunited with their father again. And for a little second she believed that to be the way, but then she remembered that life was worth living and shrugged that horrible thought out of her head, she and her mom were going to live. Now with dead seriousness in her voice her mother spoke to her daughter giving her commands as to what to do. "Slushay ya sozhaleyu, chto ya proklyat, kak eto, no poslushayte pryamo seychas. Mne nuzhno, chtoby dobrat'sya do vashey komnaty bystro, i sobrat' absolyutno nichego, chto ne slishkom velik, chto vy khotite sokhranit', vy dolzhny prinyat' chto-nibud' tsennoye. Vy dolzhny takzhe zakhvatit' lyubyye rubley u vas yest' v vashey komnate. Ty ponimayesh' menya?" (Listen I am sorry I cursed like that, but listen right now. I need you to get to your room quickly, and gather absolutely anything that is not too big that you want to keep, you must take anything of value. You need to also grab any rubles you have in your room. Do you understand me?) Her daughter nodded furiously her grim cold gunmetal blue eyes showing determination to do so. "Khorosho, teper' idi i udachi." (Good, now go and good luck.) The girl and mother both letting go of their conjoined warmth to let each other go, both praying and hoping to God that this wouldn't be the last time they felt each other's warmth. The girl then ran straight to her room adrenaline pushing her forward, seemingly dodging bullets that ever so missed her left and right and above. The girl then had to think quickly, what was so important worth keeping besides her small amount of Rubles. She went to grab at a family picture with her father and her mother together, she also grabbed her prized Russian nesting dolls that was given to her by her babushka. She also grabbed various other assortments of valued possensions and her small amount of Rubles, before running back to her mother's room. Her mother seemed done carrying the stuff she wanted to keep, putting them in bags, while the girl had them stashed in her backpack. They then once another hailfire of bullets stopped as the men reloaded, they began to move at a semi-fast pace trying to keep quiet, they were going to sneak through the back to reach their car in the garage and then drive off. They were both vigilant and careful, the little girl more so, as she calculated and analyzed her surroundings, they both were disgusted at the snickers and things they were saying. "Dumayu, chto my ubili dvukh sukas uzhe? My ne poluchili uslyshat' tak mnogo, kak vizg!" (Think we killed the two bitches already? We didn't get to hear so much as a squeal!) Another one said "Koeffitsiyenty togda my ne ubivali nikogo iz nikh... Oni ne mogut pryatat'sya vechno zdes'..." (Odds are then we didn't kill anyone of them... They can't hide forever in here...) As it seemed there were a couple close calls, but the two finally made it to the car, that's when they bolted to open and close the doors, and then start the engine and get the hell out of there, as they did this the hitmen finally caught notice and began shooting at the car. "Ne pozvolyayte im uyti!" (Don't let them get away!) But they're efforts were in vain as their car drove off. They both were panting heavily and deeply sighed as they got out with their lives and the adrenaline left them. The fear though had not subsided as their next stop was the airport they were getting out of Russia... The little girl though harbored such a revenge and grudge against these men though, and wished they would all die... All die for what they did to their father and tried to do to her. The experience hardened her and made her cold and cynical, she knew life would never be the same again...


Back in the present day.


Anastasiya still feeling some helplessness finally slipped out of the net, she began rolling her shoulder from her left arm which was her less dominant arm that did not hold the whip. With a grim expression planted on her face with her cold gunmetal blue eyes  she faced Mark and answered his question to what she believed would be the answer. "I don't know, but that eccentric duo that escaped on the jetpack seemed pretty set on defending him... But they seemed to not have knowledge that he was the Mangler."

Mike starts to walk away, but realizes that he completely forgot about Anastasiya. He pulls out his phone and dials up Ana. He didn't wand to enter the restaurant, not after what happened. He starts walking back home, after she didn't pick up. He carried the small cat, who contently fell asleep. He remembers the cats back at the restaurant and calls PETA. He explains to the best of his knowledge what happened, and the people over at PETA assure him that the cats will be taken care of. He enters his house and heads upstairs, cat in his arms. He sets the cat down on the sofa and gives the little animal a bowl that he fills with his chicken stew. He looks at the cat and smiles. He goes over to the window and looks through his fancy, multi-thousand dollar telescope. He looks at the sky and swears he sees some person with a jet pack flying across the city, but he decides that that is absurd. He tries to call Ana one last time. No response. But this time he leaves a voice message. "Hello Ana! Are you ok? I saw what happened today at the restaurant and I got worried 'bout you! Remember, if there is anything I can do to help, then let me know! Please respond when you can. Also, I called PETA to take care of the cats- were did they come from anyway? Well, I'm tired, it's late, I have to rest. Call me whenever you can!" He then hangs up. He looks at the little cat eating the stew, and smiles again. "I'd keep ya, if a blacksmiths shop were a safe place for cats. You'll like m' cousin, he's great." He crawls into bed and falls asleep.

 

[Eagleye415]

Eddie easily waded through the police officers and other personnel. This had been a bust and that made him uneasy. He felt a rustle in his coat and stopped. Eddie held it open and a kitten popped its head out. What the hell? How didn't I notice this? Eddie reached into his coat and pulled the kitten out by the scruff of its neck. He held up in front of him where it gave him an innocent face and yowled softly. Eddie shook his head and let go of it, dropping it to the ground. But, the kitten skillfully landed on its feet and jumped up attaching itself to his leg. "Damned cat. Go away." Eddie reached for it again, but it took the opportunity to scramble up his arm and jump on to his head. He let out a deep sigh then quickly grabbed the cat off of his head. Eddie was at a loss of what to do with the cat. An officer started to walk up to him as if he wanted to ask him question and he took the opportunity to fling the cat into the officer's arms. Eddie walked casually through the cops before spotting Iron's 'kid'. "Hamilton. Nice to see you."  He didn't notice the familiar fur ball creeping up behind him.


@IamNotLoki

 

[The Omen of Death]

7 minutes ago, Eagleye415 said:



Eddie easily waded through the police officers and other personnel. This had been a bust and that made him uneasy. He felt a rustle in his coat and stopped. Eddie held it open and a kitten popped its head out. What the hell? How didn't I notice this? Eddie reached into his coat and pulled the kitten out by the scruff of its neck. He held up in front of him where it gave him an innocent face and yowled softly. Eddie shook his head and let go of it, dropping it to the ground. But, the kitten skillfully landed on its feet and jumped up attaching itself to his leg. "Damned cat. Go away." Eddie reached for it again, but it took the opportunity to scramble up his arm and jump on to his head. He let out a deep sigh then quickly grabbed the cat off of his head. Eddie was at a loss of what to do with the cat. An officer started to walk up to him as if he wanted to ask him question and he took the opportunity to fling the cat into the officer's arms. Eddie walked casually through the cops before spotting Iron's 'kid'. "Hamilton. Nice to see you."  He didn't notice the familiar fur ball creeping up behind him.


@IamNotLoki




 

Anastasiya was awaiting Mark's response when he saw a familiar face through the crowd, it was Eddie. She shrugged her shoulders with her usual cold look in her eyes, and said, "Well, they got him..." Then analyzing what was going on she couldn't help but notice the cat creeping up to him, and chuckled a little bit, sort of out of place for the moment and said. "Uh, I think you got a cat problem, it seems to like to creep up on you like that." Looking around she happened to see some more hanging out in the background and now she was trying to ponder what the hell caused that. She rubbed the back of her head and now surprised asked. "Ok, so what happened with all the god damn cats? What did someone just happen to drop a whole shit ton of catnip over there?"

 

[doneanddusted]

He notices the young girl and smiles. "It's perfectly alright!" He takes the small cat and says "My cousin has been wanting a cat, so I very much appreciate the gesture!" He looks at the little girl and says, "You are a very good person, and I appreciate your kindness." He looks at the little cat and says, "Don't worry, you'll have a wonderful home!"

Eddie easily waded through the police officers and other personnel. This had been a bust and that made him uneasy. He felt a rustle in his coat and stopped. Eddie held it open and a kitten popped its head out. What the hell? How didn't I notice this? Eddie reached into his coat and pulled the kitten out by the scruff of its neck. He held up in front of him where it gave him an innocent face and yowled softly. Eddie shook his head and let go of it, dropping it to the ground. But, the kitten skillfully landed on its feet and jumped up attaching itself to his leg. "Damned cat. Go away." Eddie reached for it again, but it took the opportunity to scramble up his arm and jump on to his head. He let out a deep sigh then quickly grabbed the cat off of his head. Eddie was at a loss of what to do with the cat. An officer started to walk up to him as if he wanted to ask him question and he took the opportunity to fling the cat into the officer's arms. Eddie walked casually through the cops before spotting Iron's 'kid'. "Hamilton. Nice to see you."  He didn't notice the familiar fur ball creeping up behind him.


@IamNotLoki

Home. Sunni's smile faded. Sunni had a home. She had one, and now it was gone, along with her parents and perhaps her normal life. The girl quietly made her way to the policemen, her cheerful demeanor gone. A little body bumped against the back of her foot. Sunni looked down. Another kitty. The animal looked up at her with big eyes.


Awww....


The girl picked it up, smiling a bit, before continuing on. She was going to keep this cat. The two would both be homeless and family-less. Sunni sort of laid her eyes on a young man who seemed rather... stern? He was upset with an adorable kitty. The girl quietly watched as the man fussed with the kitten and then shoved it into Mr. Hamilton's arms.

 

[Eagleye415]

Anastasiya was awaiting Mark's response when he saw a familiar face through the crowd, it was Eddie. She shrugged her shoulders with her usual cold look in her eyes, and said, "Well, they got him..." Then analyzing what was going on she couldn't help but notice the cat creeping up to him, and chuckled a little bit, sort of out of place for the moment and said. "Uh, I think you got a cat problem, it seems to like to creep up on you like that." Looking around she happened to see some more hanging out in the background and now she was trying to ponder what the hell caused that. She rubbed the back of her head and now surprised asked. "Ok, so what happened with all the god damn cats? What did someone just happen to drop a whole shit ton of catnip over there?"

Eddie turned around the cat jumped on to his leg. He tried to swipe at it, but it used his arm to scramble higher. The kitten disappeared into his jacket and settled back in his pocket. Eddie was gonna reach for it only to decide better of it and let it go for now. "Damn it,," He let out a sigh and turned to Anastasiya. "Yeah this one doesn't seem to want to go away. Also, those two idiots are responsible for this. They used the black card to summon all of these cats."

 

[The Omen of Death]

Eddie turned around the cat jumped on to his leg. He tried to swipe at it, but it used his arm to scramble higher. The kitten disappeared into his jacket and settled back in his pocket. Eddie was gonna reach for it only to decide better of it and let it go for now. "Damn it,," He let out a sigh and turned to Anastasiya. "Yeah this one doesn't seem to want to go away. Also, those two idiots are responsible for this. They used the black card to summon all of these cats."

Anastasiya did feel slightly better with the fact of the clingy cats but overall, she looked a little visibly grimly annoyed with the situation as a whole. The feeling of helplessness still washing over her over letting a murderer like the Mangler walk away without true retribution dealt out. She was the epitome of multiple emotions at once, but seemed to for the most part hold her composure. Until a cat seemed to now decided to cling to her boot, she sighed. Now it was going to be a pain in the ass to get it off her and stop it from trying to stay with her, but for now she could bear with it. And joked self-depreciatingly smiling ever so slightly at it. "And I thought I was the complete opposite of something or someone anyone would want to approach."

 

[MaxwellCharlie]

Mike wakes up, as he has trouble sleeping. He just can't get what happened earlier out of his mind. He decided to take the cat & bring it to his cousin. He grabs the cat and brings it into his somewhat old car. He drives to his cousin and drops the cat off with him. His cousin thanks him and instantly falls in love with the cat. As Maraav drove back, he noticed that it was a little too late to go back to bed. In fact, it was early morning. So when he returned, he decided to head to stay downstairs at his shop. Who knew, maybe he would get an early morning order. He grabbed his hammer and a piece of steel, along with forging tongs. He stuck the steel into his furnace and started to turn it around. After a moment he pulls it out and starts hammering.

 

[IamNotLoki]

Eddie easily waded through the police officers and other personnel. This had been a bust and that made him uneasy. He felt a rustle in his coat and stopped. Eddie held it open and a kitten popped its head out. What the hell? How didn't I notice this? Eddie reached into his coat and pulled the kitten out by the scruff of its neck. He held up in front of him where it gave him an innocent face and yowled softly. Eddie shook his head and let go of it, dropping it to the ground. But, the kitten skillfully landed on its feet and jumped up attaching itself to his leg. "Damned cat. Go away." Eddie reached for it again, but it took the opportunity to scramble up his arm and jump on to his head. He let out a deep sigh then quickly grabbed the cat off of his head. Eddie was at a loss of what to do with the cat. An officer started to walk up to him as if he wanted to ask him question and he took the opportunity to fling the cat into the officer's arms. Eddie walked casually through the cops before spotting Iron's 'kid'. "Hamilton. Nice to see you."  He didn't notice the familiar fur ball creeping up behind him.


@IamNotLoki

Mark led the suspect into a special police car ;reinforced with steel so he couldn't break out using a Black card.  "This is going to be a pain in the ass to prove in court..."  He sighed.  He noticed Eddie introducing himself.  "Oh... I know you.  You are Eddie Burrows.  You used to be a cop right?"  He shook Eddie's hand.  "My name is Mark Hamilton, nice to finally meet you in person.  "I actually went to Lionsgate Mall after I watched the media cover a report that the mangler came through the mall.  I went and requested to see the surveillance footage of that date.  and saw a familiar face in it that appeared to be mirroring the Mangler in both posture and injuries.  I have arrested Ralph Redman before, he has been arrested for grand theft auto, armed robbery, and even attempted murder.  I would say he was a bad egg even before all the mangler things started happening... I wouldn't have figured out that he's the Mangler though..."  Mark explained.


"Well we have him now... If we're right, the Mangler should stop the killings once we have Mr. Redman in custody.  I appreciate your help Mr. Burrows..."  

 

[IamNotLoki]

Meanwhile at the NYPD Police Station.


"I... I have a lead, I have a lead on the mangler...."  A  woman wearing a flannel shirt and black slacks quietly told officer Maggie who looked up at her through piles of paperwork.  "W-what!?  THE MANGLER!?"  Maggie sat up with excitement as she looked at the black haired woman.  "We... gotta call Detective Hamilton!  He's in charge of the investigation!"  Maggie said excitedly.  The woman looked around nervously as if trying to see if she's being watched. "N-no... I'm sorry..."  She slipped a piece of paper under Maggie's file.  "I... I don't have any leads after all.  I must have daydreamed... sorry..."  The woman said before leaving.  Maggie watched her as she exited the station.

 

[AllQuiet]

Jennifer sighs, shaking her head. "Great. So, that hospitalized cop gave me no leads, trying to investigate into it on my own got me no leads, and...I've pretty much gotten nowhere." She mutters, parking her car in her driveway. "So I've got absolutely no idea how to find this Mangler guy. Great. Now I've got a few choices, either keep wasting time trying to find the Mangler without any leads, or give up...unless..." Jennifer sits in her car, thinking for a moment. "I think that I was there when the attack happened on the guy. Granted...I didn't look inside, and as such didn't really see what happened, but... I saw something go out the side of the apartment...probably through a window...and take to the rooftops...hrm...That's not much of a lead though, and I'm probably wasting my time, but, maybe..." Jennifer heads into her house, heading right up to her room and grabbing her laptop. "Let's see...ok, so the apartment was...there..." She mutters, pulling the apartment's address on google maps. "Ok, doubt that...whatever that was could have gone too far going rooftop to rooftop, so I just need to see if there are any locations of interest within about...erm...ten or so miles of that apartment." She mumbles to herself. "Let's see...other than the mall...I dunno, I don't see anything else. Alright Jennifer, think, if you were a serial killer, what would you want to do to avoid being caught, well, other than not leaving behind any evidence of your killings... Find a crowd and blend in. After all, even if someone saw you, if you manage to make your way into a crowd, the chances of them catching you are slim. So, a mall actually kinda makes since as a place to go after a killing when I think about it... Not bad deductive reasoning for someone who's not a detective." She says to herself, nodding. "Ok, let's see...if The Mangler went into the mall he would probably have gotten caught on the security cameras, at some point. So, I'd just need to look for someone suspicious coming out of absolutely nowhere into the mall... Sounds easy, but, how am I going to get access to the mall's security tapes? I can't think of a single legal way to do it... I'd probably have to do it illegally. Go invisible, break into the security room, knock out whatever guard there is... well, it's not heroic, but...it's a feasible idea, maybe, sort of." She mutters, shrugging. "And, if I'm right, bam, maybe I'll find a lead. Although...something's worrying me... If that Irons guy knew about those Black Cards, it probably means that there are other people who do too... I should probably keep my card with me, that way if someone sees me either going invisible or, well, ending up no longer invisible, even if they can figure out who I am and find my address and happen to know about the black card thing, they can't just break in and find the card, meaning I could just repeatedly deny any claims about having it." She mumbles to herself. "Ok, so I've got a plan of action, now I just need to execute it... Welp, no better time than the present." She mutters, grabbing the black card and closing her laptop, shoving it under her bed. She headed back out to her car and headed for the mall she'd seen on google maps earlier.

 

[Eagleye415]

Mark led the suspect into a special police car ;reinforced with steel so he couldn't break out using a Black card.  "This is going to be a pain in the ass to prove in court..."  He sighed.  He noticed Eddie introducing himself.  "Oh... I know you.  You are Eddie Burrows.  You used to be a cop right?"  He shook Eddie's hand.  "My name is Mark Hamilton, nice to finally meet you in person.  "I actually went to Lionsgate Mall after I watched the media cover a report that the mangler came through the mall.  I went and requested to see the surveillance footage of that date.  and saw a familiar face in it that appeared to be mirroring the Mangler in both posture and injuries.  I have arrested Ralph Redman before, he has been arrested for grand theft auto, armed robbery, and even attempted murder.  I would say he was a bad egg even before all the mangler things started happening... I wouldn't have figured out that he's the Mangler though..."  Mark explained.


"Well we have him now... If we're right, the Mangler should stop the killings once we have Mr. Redman in custody.  I appreciate your help Mr. Burrows..."  

"I am Eddie Burrows. I'm a private investigator now." Eddie said casually though his relationship with the police had become a bit antagonistic with time. "Let me ask you, Mark. Would you be able to get me in the passenger seat of the Mangler's car? I won't shoot him or anything like that. Consider it a little bit of extra insurance if anything goes wrong." Internally, all of the charges felt off to Eddie. He felt something fishy. That was a lot of prior charges and just attempted murder? Something was off. (Hopefully)

 

[The Omen of Death]

2 minutes ago, Eagleye415 said:



"I am Eddie Burrows. I'm a private investigator now." Eddie said casually though his relationship with the police had become a bit antagonistic with time. "Let me ask you, Mark. Would you be able to get me in the passenger seat of the Mangler's car? I won't shoot him or anything like that. Consider it a little bit of extra insurance if anything goes wrong." Internally, all of the charges felt off to Eddie. He felt something fishy. That was a lot of prior charges and just attempted murder? Something was off. (Hopefully)




 

Anastasiya was listening for a moment, and the point that Eddie brought up was quite correct, they would probably need someone to help keep an eye on the Mangler. She then brought up to Mark, "If you're going to bring him along as well, you're going to want to have me tagging along here, I am a black card holder, holder of the Nemesis card, I seemed to prove capable of taking him on. And if you're not careful, you could end up wasting lives."

 

[doneanddusted]

Anastasiya was listening for a moment, and the point that Eddie brought up was quite correct, they would probably need someone to help keep an eye on the Mangler. She then brought up to Mark, "If you're going to bring him along as well, you're going to want to have me tagging along here, I am a black card holder, holder of the Nemesis card, I seemed to prove capable of taking him on. And if you're not careful, you could end up wasting lives."

Sunni listened quietly. The man and Ms. Ana wanted to go in the car with the arrested man, going on about who they were and what not. Adults seemed to always have the need to say their status. Sunni sighed. Did Sunni want to tag along with the adults? She was torn about this. If the man was actually the Mangler, then he would murder everyone and Sunni would be dead. Sunni didn't want to die being torn up in pieces. On the other hand, she didn't want to run back to police station. It was a lot of work, running that far that fast. There also seemed to something off with what Mark said. She felt that his record seemed to resemble a normal, desperate homeless man too much. It wasn't like a serial murderer's. Sunni frowned. She was surrounded by people smarter than her. Better to keep her mouth shut.


"Well um... I'll run back to the police station." She said this as if asking if she could actually run back or not.

 

[IamNotLoki]

"I am Eddie Burrows. I'm a private investigator now." Eddie said casually though his relationship with the police had become a bit antagonistic with time. "Let me ask you, Mark. Would you be able to get me in the passenger seat of the Mangler's car? I won't shoot him or anything like that. Consider it a little bit of extra insurance if anything goes wrong." Internally, all of the charges felt off to Eddie. He felt something fishy. That was a lot of prior charges and just attempted murder? Something was off. (Hopefully)

Mark flinched a bit at Eddie's plan.  "Um... not sure if that's a good idea bud.  Yeah legally I can't allow someone not authorized to hitch a ride with our suspect.  Not only is it to protect you from him... but it's also to protect him from you.  He still have rights to privacy..."  Mark explained.  "Same goes for you..."  He told Ana.  "You guys helped out a lot, don't get me wrong... but it's over now... we got this.  This needs to be resolved properly through the full extent of the law..."  Mark explained before entering the police car.  "Thank you for your efforts... we got this from here..."  

 

[Eagleye415]

Mark flinched a bit at Eddie's plan.  "Um... not sure if that's a good idea bud.  Yeah legally I can't allow someone not authorized to hitch a ride with our suspect.  Not only is it to protect you from him... but it's also to protect him from you.  He still have rights to privacy..."  Mark explained.  "Same goes for you..."  He told Ana.  "You guys helped out a lot, don't get me wrong... but it's over now... we got this.  This needs to be resolved properly through the full extent of the law..."  Mark explained before entering the police car.  "Thank you for your efforts... we got this from here..."  

"Mark. Rethink this. If he does manage to break out and ends up killing again.." Eddie said leaving the sentence unfinished. He certainly wasn't blaming the young officer for playing by the rules. But, he did think that sometimes they needed to be bended. "I'm a former cop. I know how this all is gonna go down for him. Just let me be there to make sure that nothing goes wrong." 

 

[MaxwellCharlie]

After a while of hammering, he realized that it really was too early for anyone to show up. He knew it was safe. His blacksmiths hammer starts to glow red hot, then white hot. He looks at the now cooled metal and starts hammering. The heat from his hammer starts getting transferred to the metal. ~CLANG~ ~CLANG~ ~CLANG~ After a moment he stops and lets his masterpiece cool. "It will make a beautiful ring." He says. He looks out the window down the street. "It's kinda scary to know that my shop is only a block from the restaurant." He shutters slightly. "Maybe I'd better go see if it's cleared up and reopened." He starts walking towards it.

 

[The Omen of Death]

Mark flinched a bit at Eddie's plan.  "Um... not sure if that's a good idea bud.  Yeah legally I can't allow someone not authorized to hitch a ride with our suspect.  Not only is it to protect you from him... but it's also to protect him from you.  He still have rights to privacy..."  Mark explained.  "Same goes for you..."  He told Ana.  "You guys helped out a lot, don't get me wrong... but it's over now... we got this.  This needs to be resolved properly through the full extent of the law..."  Mark explained before entering the police car.  "Thank you for your efforts... we got this from here..."  

Anastasiya scoffed internally at Mark, gets rights of privacy and a bunch of other special treatment for murdering multiple innocent people. The thought of it disgusted her, muttering in Russian quietly. "Yedinstvennoye, chto zasluzhivayet Mangler smert' za to, chto on sdelal, ne etu fignyu forma spravedlivosti i vozmezdii... On otkazalsya ot svoikh prav, kogda on ubil kogo-to..." (The only thing the mangler deserves is death for what he has done, not this bullshit form of justice and retribution... He relinquished his rights when he killed someone...) hearing Mark speak as to how they had the situation handled from here actually had her scoff annoyingly aloud which she meant to keep silent. She then muttered directly about him and the police in Russian irritatedly. "Vy imeyete situatsiyu pod kontrolem moyey zadnitse, vy ne znayete, chto vy imeyete delo s zdes' vy grebanyy pridurok..." (You have the situation under control my ass, you don't know what you're dealing with here you fucking moron...) she just sighed and shook her head in disapproval. That's when her mind suddenly drifted off to dark thoughts about hoping the Mangler would change form and tear himself out of the car and kill some cops so that she or Eddie could finally put an end to the Mangler's life. Internally that's what she would want to do because that's only way she felt true justice could be served. But she then tuned the thought out because she thought about the possibility that if the Mangler was charged with 1st degree murder, he would possibly eventually be executed for it. Even with the other possibilities it kept her dark thoughts away although she still wished the Mangler dead. But she came up with an idea, it would mean moving quickly but with not too much distance to be covered it was possible. She then brought herself close enough to whisper into Eddies ear without making it seem uncomfortable and told him. "Listen I have an idea, but we would have to move quickly. Before or when the Mangler starts moving out, if we can possibly get back to my bike in time, we could begin to tail the Manglers police car, and if the Mangler attempts an escape we can move quickly to intercept and finally put an end to him. I am going to try to do that, if you want in then we better get moving.

 

[IamNotLoki]

"Mark. Rethink this. If he does manage to break out and ends up killing again.." Eddie said leaving the sentence unfinished. He certainly wasn't blaming the young officer for playing by the rules. But, he did think that sometimes they needed to be bended. "I'm a former cop. I know how this all is gonna go down for him. Just let me be there to make sure that nothing goes wrong." 

Mark shook his head.  "I don't think you remember how police protocol works Mr. Burrows.  In America, everyone is innocent until proven guilty.  Let me ask you.  Besides the video footage, what evidence do you have that point to Ralph Redman as the mangler?   If he does go berserk in the car, and you do 'deal with him''.... how will you prove in court that he is the mangler and and what you did was necessary? I understand all the good intentions you two have, but letting you violate this man's rights just because of your conviction is against the American way.  It's almost dictatorial.  Until I can prove his guilt, I cannot allow you to touch him..."  Mark stood adamant.  "You can't touch him as long as the laws of this state protect his rights..."  Mark said simply.  "But I appreciate your help, we'll take care of everything from here..."

 

[The Omen of Death]

7 hours ago, IamNotLoki said:



Mark shook his head.  "I don't think you remember how police protocol works Mr. Burrows.  In America, everyone is innocent until proven guilty.  Let me ask you.  Besides the video footage, what evidence do you have that point to Ralph Redman as the mangler?   If he does go berserk in the car, and you do 'deal with him''.... how will you prove in court that he is the mangler and and what you did was necessary? I understand all the good intentions you two have, but letting you violate this man's rights just because of your conviction is against the American way.  It's almost dictatorial.  Until I can prove his guilt, I cannot allow you to touch him..."  Mark stood adamant.  "You can't touch him as long as the laws of this state protect his rights..."  Mark said simply.  "But I appreciate your help, we'll take care of everything from here..."




 






 






 






 






 






 

Anastasiya still irritated at the system. Stated in an almost matter of fact tone, "I can already tell you right now, the fact is that Nemesis is telling me all of those murders on top of his head, and I still feel empowered around him. Which is powered by the need for retribution and vengeance, for unpunished crimes. Also the matter of the fact that besides the video footage, 1. With the strength from my empowerment, and with my whip, I was able to take his arm off when he tried blocking it. Also when I was lead here from the blood trail, as we entered he recognized me and said "She's after me!" even though I have not seen this person in my life, in his human form. Until now, only someone like the Mangler would recognize me and cower in fear." That's when her mind began to think about why he would cower in fear like that, and not change into his wolf form. That's when she came upon a likely theory. "My theory as to why he wouldn't have changed is either 1. His shapeshifting has a cooldown or it could be that in front of the two goofballs who protected him he didn't want them to know of his ability and possibly his identity." But then she gave quite the serious glance at him, the almost permanent cold look still in her eyes. "Also, especially with me having the knowledge I have now of him. You cannot let him go free under any circumstances, and I don't know how the card's work 100% and if this would do anything, but if you find a black card on him you need to take it from him. It's his source of changing form and the sooner that's done if he has it on him, the less likely you can anticipate a wolfman changing in your car like its a full moon inside your car.."

 

[IamNotLoki]

Anastasiya still irritated at the system. Stated in an almost matter of fact tone, "I can already tell you right now, the fact is that Nemesis is telling me all of those murders on top of his head, and I still feel empowered around him. Which is powered by the need for retribution and vengeance, for unpunished crimes. Also the matter of the fact that besides the video footage, 1. With the strength from my empowerment, and with my whip, I was able to take his arm off when he tried blocking it. Also when I was lead here from the blood trail, as we entered he recognized me and said "She's after me!" even though I have not seen this person in my life, in his human form. Until now, only someone like the Mangler would recognize me and cower in fear." That's when her mind began to think about why he would cower in fear like that, and not change into his wolf form. That's when she came upon a likely theory. "My theory as to why he wouldn't have changed is either 1. His shapeshifting has a cooldown or it could be that in front of the two goofballs who protected him he didn't want them to know of his ability and possibly his identity." But then she gave quite the serious glance at him, the almost permanent cold look still in her eyes. "Also, especially with me having the knowledge I have now of him. You cannot let him go free under any circumstances, and I don't know how the card's work 100% and if this would do anything, but if you find a black card on him you need to take it from him. It's his source of changing form and the sooner that's done if he has it on him, the less likely you can anticipate a wolfman changing in your car like its a full moon inside your car.."

"What you say might be true... but I simply cannot have you violate our suspect's rights.  Doing so will make us just as bad as a totalitarian government, and you know this.  I agree he is dangerous. this is why we line that car with steel.  We also equipped our drivers with heavy armor so that nothing bad happens.  we have taken every precaution to make sure he does not escape, even if he does use his powers..."  Mark sighed about Ana's stubbornness.  "Miss Ananastasiya, do you know how most criminals go free?  The easiest way for criminals to walk free is when the police make stupid legal mistakes.  Their lawyers can slap down a lawsuit and claim the evidence has been rigged against their client.  Doing whatever we want is convenient, true... but doeing whatever we want is dangerous... if I allow you to go with him in the car, do you know what the media will say?  Do you know what the courts will say?  Do you think the judge will even look at the evidence when he knows I had a violent vigilante sit with a suspect?  What's our evidence anyways?  Your testimony?  The testimony of the woman who attacked him?  You are out of line, Ms. Ananastasiya... if you keep pursuing this route, I will have no choice but to arrest you for interfering with an NYPD investigation..."  Mark grit his teeth.  

 

[The Omen of Death]

"What you say might be true... but I simply cannot have you violate our suspect's rights.  Doing so will make us just as bad as a totalitarian government, and you know this.  I agree he is dangerous. this is why we line that car with steel.  We also equipped our drivers with heavy armor so that nothing bad happens.  we have taken every precaution to make sure he does not escape, even if he does use his powers..."  Mark sighed about Ana's stubbornness.  "Miss Ananastasiya, do you know how most criminals go free?  The easiest way for criminals to walk free is when the police make stupid legal mistakes.  Their lawyers can slap down a lawsuit and claim the evidence has been rigged against their client.  Doing whatever we want is convenient, true... but doeing whatever we want is dangerous... if I allow you to go with him in the car, do you know what the media will say?  Do you know what the courts will say?  Do you think the judge will even look at the evidence when he knows I had a violent vigilante sit with a suspect?  What's our evidence anyways?  Your testimony?  The testimony of the woman who attacked him?  You are out of line, Ms. Ananastasiya... if you keep pursuing this route, I will have no choice but to arrest you for interfering with an NYPD investigation..."  Mark grit his teeth.  

Anastasiya was just getting more and more irritated listening to him speak. But he did have a point that there was not a lot of feasible evidence. Yet the irritating part was the fact that after this the Mangler could be set loose once more to kill others. At this point although, she knew it would be useless dragging this on further, she knew when and how to pick fights and this argument was a losing battle for her. So for now she had to make a tactical retreat and backdown on that, although she knew how she would make sure everything went smoothly and that she could immediately respond in case he attempted to break loose. So she seemingly began storming off, but stopped and turned back to Eddie and whispered quickly "If you want, you can follow me to my bike or get your car or whatever and if we are quick enough we can at least follow the police car and make sure nothing goes wrong, and if something does we can respond quickly. But I am not going to wait for you to decide so it's now or never." She then glanced back at Mark with her cold gunmetal blue eyes. And stated with calm but noticeable vigor and emotional conviction, "I just hope you know that if he goes free and he kills someone else, his blood will be on your hands for enabling him the opportunity to continue." She then began walking off on the verge of speed walking but at a pace that didn't look like she was in a hurry for anything. As she walked she checked her phones stopwatch, she looked back to the Mangler and saw that the time said one hour 59 minutes and 55 seconds. She tried activating it, no luck... She tried it at 57 seconds... nothing. She tried one more time as it hit 2 hours. And it worked as she once more became translucent to herself. So she figured out it has a 2 hour cool down, she took a deep mental note of that fact as she put it away stopped the timer and continued to walk off, feeling herself get less empowered as she neared the exit to the restaurant.

 

[doneanddusted]

Anastasiya was just getting more and more irritated listening to him speak. But he did have a point that there was not a lot of feasible evidence. Yet the irritating part was the fact that after this the Mangler could be set loose once more to kill others. At this point although, she knew it would be useless dragging this on further, she knew when and how to pick fights and this argument was a losing battle for her. So for now she had to make a tactical retreat and backdown on that, although she knew how she would make sure everything went smoothly and that she could immediately respond in case he attempted to break loose. So she seemingly began storming off, but stopped and turned back to Eddie and whispered quickly "If you want, you can follow me to my bike or get your car or whatever and if we are quick enough we can at least follow the police car and make sure nothing goes wrong, and if something does we can respond quickly. But I am not going to wait for you to decide so it's now or never." She then glanced back at Mark with her cold gunmetal blue eyes. And stated with calm but noticeable vigor and emotional conviction, "I just hope you know that if he goes free and he kills someone else, his blood will be on your hands for enabling him the opportunity to continue." She then began walking off on the verge of speed walking but at a pace that didn't look like she was in a hurry for anything. As she walked she checked her phones stopwatch, she looked back to the Mangler and saw that the time said one hour 59 minutes and 55 seconds. She tried activating it, no luck... She tried it at 57 seconds... nothing. She tried one more time as it hit 2 hours. And it worked as she once more became translucent to herself. So she figured out it has a 2 hour cool down, she took a deep mental note of that fact as she put it away stopped the timer and continued to walk off, feeling herself get less empowered as she neared the exit to the restaurant.

Sunni continued watching Mr. Hamilton and Ms. Ana debate. Ms. Ana then walked away to leave, and that was when Sunni panicked. If the woman was to see her, Sunni would probably get chewed out for witnessing it all. That wouldn't be pleasant, and Sunni hated getting yelled at. If Sunni were to run, the woman would still see her and probably assume she had drugs or something (like the last woman she ran from). Sunni looked around and, upon noticing a large trash can, dashed behind it to conceal herself. 

 

[Eagleye415]

Anastasiya was just getting more and more irritated listening to him speak. But he did have a point that there was not a lot of feasible evidence. Yet the irritating part was the fact that after this the Mangler could be set loose once more to kill others. At this point although, she knew it would be useless dragging this on further, she knew when and how to pick fights and this argument was a losing battle for her. So for now she had to make a tactical retreat and backdown on that, although she knew how she would make sure everything went smoothly and that she could immediately respond in case he attempted to break loose. So she seemingly began storming off, but stopped and turned back to Eddie and whispered quickly "If you want, you can follow me to my bike or get your car or whatever and if we are quick enough we can at least follow the police car and make sure nothing goes wrong, and if something does we can respond quickly. But I am not going to wait for you to decide so it's now or never." She then glanced back at Mark with her cold gunmetal blue eyes. And stated with calm but noticeable vigor and emotional conviction, "I just hope you know that if he goes free and he kills someone else, his blood will be on your hands for enabling him the opportunity to continue." She then began walking off on the verge of speed walking but at a pace that didn't look like she was in a hurry for anything. As she walked she checked her phones stopwatch, she looked back to the Mangler and saw that the time said one hour 59 minutes and 55 seconds. She tried activating it, no luck... She tried it at 57 seconds... nothing. She tried one more time as it hit 2 hours. And it worked as she once more became translucent to herself. So she figured out it has a 2 hour cool down, she took a deep mental note of that fact as she put it away stopped the timer and continued to walk off, feeling herself get less empowered as she neared the exit to the restaurant.

Eddie listened to the whole debate with interest. These black cards certainly were interesting. He drummed his fingers lightly on his arm and began to walk away. There was nothing more to say. "Keep in contact Mr. Hamilton. Seems there's still a case to be had." Eddie turned up the collar of his jacket and spotted the kid from earlier as he walked by a trash can. "Kid!? Why are you here? Did you follow us? Who's watching you?"

 

[doneanddusted]

Eddie listened to the whole debate with interest. These black cards certainly were interesting. He drummed his fingers lightly on his arm and began to walk away. There was nothing more to say. "Keep in contact Mr. Hamilton. Seems there's still a case to be had." Eddie turned up the collar of his jacket and spotted the kid from earlier as he walked by a trash can. "Kid!? Why are you here? Did you follow us? Who's watching you?"

The girl sat down and closed her eyes, letting out a sigh of relief. And then Eddie surprised her with a "Kid!?" Sunni screamed and jumped (if one could do that while sitting) into the trashcan, causing it to fall over. Shit. Sunni then mentally slapped herself for mentally cursing. Eddie seemed pretty angry when he asked what she was doing here, if she followed them, and who was watching her. She was going to tell the truth, but then she decided not to. Instead, Sunni looked up at Eddie with impassive face and said, "I came here because I wanted to. No, I didn't follow you. Nobody's really watching me." She stood up and put the trashcan back in place. The man was much taller than she was, and seemed much more stronger. That kind of intimidated Sunni, and her arms were ready to block her face if Eddie was to slap her. 

 

[IamNotLoki]

Mark Hamilton led the caravan of police vehicles up the street and towards a high security prison.  Because of the suspect's dangerous reputation, special provisions have been made beforehand to make sure he does not escape the prison.  Because the suspect has not yet seen trial, he is to be held in police custody temporarily and is to be moved to a maximum security prison later on if found guilty.  Mark ordered two heavily armored cops to open the door of the armored vehicle holding Ralph Redman.  The cops roughly pulled the man out and equipped his face with a mask so that he couldn't bite anyone.  They also placed heavier restraints on his body.  "Alright Mr. Redman, were going to hold you here for a while... I'm going to need you to answer a few questions..."  Mark said as the cops pushed the suspect into the prison doors.