Sam was still sitting in his office.
It's eight o'clock in the evening and his eyeball hasn't moved yet from staring at the whiteboard ever since, lifting his head when he sees Dakota appear at the door.
"Dax, why don't you just go home?"
Dakota approached and looked at some of the photos that Sam and the team had arranged on the board.
He just keeps being calm and quiet, as he used to be, just observing carefully with forehead furrowed deeply, sometimes Sam has a little doubt does this young man heard him or not.
Sam came out of his desk with a plastic bag filled with a piece of a letter in the package that Dakota had received.
"Do you recognize this handwriting? This letter was really addressed to you, I'm afraid that person might still be following your every step, you should be careful Dax, I haven't sent it to the lab because I want to know what you think about this"
Dakota glanced at the clear plastic in Sam's hand, the letter with a paper in light pink base colour, the words in the centre of the paper with the beautiful hand engraving.
"Nowadays few people use handwriting, so I rarely see people around me writing."
Sam took out the paper and handed it to Dakota, taking a closer look.
For a moment Dakota read the letter carefully, his eyes played behind the frameless glasses which still showed the shape of his eyes which were quite large and long, but after a while there was a burning sensation in his hands, hot and starting to sting.
"Ach"
He tossed the paper slipped from his hand, and in an instant, some of his fingers become red like it was burning, the pain he immediately felt.
"Akch"
"Dax, what happened?"
Sam widened his eyes when he saw the surface of Dax's right palm which was like a blister, he immediately pulled Dakota's hand closer to the sink.
"What's wrong? How come it become like this?"
Dakota endured the pain, somehow but the wound suddenly came just as he held the letter, a letter that was now lying on the floor.
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Very quiet white room.
Sam sat beside Dakota, a young pretty woman doctor bandaged Dakota's blistered palm.
"Don't forget to take the medicine to avoid infection, the wound is quite serious, don't take it lightly," said the young doctor, after that, she lifted her head, checking other parts in case she was missing something, she brushed Dakota's forehead hair and touch it.
"You don't have a fever, that's a good sign"
Dakota slightly avoided the doctor's touch, Sam sat beside him and seemed to understand why the young man looked uncomfortable around the young doctor, she really don't hesitate to touch him here and there.
They rush to the nearest ER and the girl happens to have her shift at that time.
"Heh, how can a dangerous chemical powder be in that paper without anyone knowing, I should have known this and checked it to the lab before handed to you, heh this meant the attack is really targeting you" Sam grumbled.
The young doctor sat herself down, she was about to grab Dakota's hand but once again the young man withdrew his hand quickly, the young man's face was cold as if he didn't even want to look at the doctor's eyes at all.
Dakota grabbed his jacket over the back chair and prepared to leave.
"Come on Sam, give me a ride home"
Sam immediately followed him, in an instant the young professor was heading to the door.
"Eh Dax wait!"
The young doctor, Katrin grabbed Sam's arm before he walked away.
"Sam don't forget about the medicine, make sure Dakota takes it okay"
Sam nodded
"Yeah sure, bye Doc"
Sam jogged through the door where Dakota disappeared earlier.
"Hey, Dax wait!"
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Sam followed Dakota, helping him down the lobby stairs to the parking area.
"Hey wait a minute"
Dakota slapped Sam's hand away, glaring at him.
"Sam I'm fine"
"Katrin said the drugs may contain sleeping effects, I'm afraid you'll suddenly fall, and that means I have to carry your heavy body, that's why I am concerned. And why you're so cold towards Katrin? You don't even let her touch you"
By the last stairs Dakota stopped, the drug might have already taken effect, his vision began to blur and his head get heavy. Sam came closer and supported him, this time he couldn't resist.
"Come on, I'll take you home, you're so stubborn"
"Heh, Katrin, she's the one who said didn't want to get involved in anything with me, she was the one who avoided me"
Dakota's words began to ramble, especially when he arrived in the soft seat of Sam's car, he immediately fell asleep.
"Hey, you both are the same,"
Sam reached out his hand to pull the seat belt for Dakota, his face when he was sleeping was indeed so cute, Sam put the neck pillow to support the young professor's head so he won't have any neck pain when he woke up later.
Sam grumbled as he started his vehicle, taking them out of the hospital parking area.
...
The rain fell hard, some leaving large puddles on the side of the road.
The streetlights that were lit gave only a limited view of the surrounding area, the street was already deserted by pedestrians because it was late at night.
A cold figure lay on the pavement, a young man, with a wound in his stomach area that continued to bleed even after he was no longer breathing.
Dakota was standing not far away, his whole body wet with rain and even cold to the point where he couldn't move. His right hand gripped his left arm, where his white long sleeve shirt had turned red from the blood that coming out from his wound, it had not stopped yet.
A young girl sitting huddled not far in front of the corpse, the young girl still holding a long bloody kitchen knife in her trembling hands, she couldn't move, just stuck in place unable to make any movement after she with all her might stabbed the young man's stomach who was now lying stiffly on the ground, his eyes still open wide as he saw his soul flying above him leaving his cold and lifeless body.
Only the sound of muttering could be heard, the girl with shoulder-length curls was like a shock, dropped by a knife whose blood was almost lost in the rain.
"No, it wasn't me, wasn't me" she was in shock, her eyes wide as she stared at the stiffened body in front of her. Pulled her legs and curled up, she was unable to cry, like all her tears may no longer be meaningful in the middle of the rain that's keep falling.
Sirens soon flashed in the area of the incident.
Several officers approached quickly past the Dakota and immediately approached the girl and restrained her.
"Dax!" Sam appeared among the cops who came, and ran quickly as he saw Dakota standing there, he checked on him who still stood rooted to the spot, his eyes staring blankly.
"Dax, Dakota!" He cried to wake up Dakota who instantly fell limp in his hands.
"Dax!"
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"Eckkh" his neck was pressed tightly, the two big hands were choking him as hard as he could, making him hard to breathe. Dakota tried to break off the hand but he couldn't, his strength was nothing compared to the big figure who sat on his chest and strangled him with both of his big hands. He was short of breath, no matter how hard he tried to draw his breath was running out, soon he might die, he thought. But... He opened his eyes wide and could only see the darkness around him, his breath was heavy, but at least he could breathe again, that was just a dream, it was his bed, his room. A dream, it was the same repeated dream that keeps stuck in his mind all this time, as if it was real, he could die from it, some kind of trauma, which is too much for him. As a psychiatrist, he could read the deepest thoughts of every first-class criminal's brain he had worked with but he missed the most important thing, once he even opened some free consultation sections at the social institutio
Rina handed a piece of report paper in front of Sam. "Then, what was the result?" Sam frowned after reading the test results on the paper which caused Dakota's hand to almost get burned. "Sulfur? Again?" Rina nodded. "Yes, the substance was neatly folded in a piece of paper and spread when Dakota read it, we've been keeping it in plastic so there's very little physical contact" Sam straightened up in his seat. "Well also because Dakota has a severe allergic reaction to some chemicals like this, so for him it will be more severe, I touched it too and didn't feel anything, the package sender seems to know Dakota so well, that he knows such details, this is very worrying" Rina pointed at Dakota's desk. "Is the wound really serious? Does he need someone to take care of him at home? Oh It's a pity he's alone in the apartment, he can't definitely cook with a hand like that, it seems like I have to go there and take care of him" Sam looked at Rina sharply. "Don't mess around, you'r
Claudia was depressed, and deeply obsessed with Dakota, she went mad when the young man said they were just a friend, but the girl want more than that. She goes crazy every time someone comes near Dakota and holds his hand, she was often getting into catfights because of the young man. The girl can't stand it anymore, up into one long night, she put sleeping pills on the young man's drink and took him out of town. There was no news for two days, until one day Dakota managed to contact her, saying that Claudia might be in trouble. Claudia killed a young man who she said was going to rape her and stabbed him dozens of times. What Dakota said was the exact opposite, he couldn't be lying if it was Claudia who killed the young man for trying to help Dakota escape. A young woman, who seemed delicate and helpless, but can kill without blinking, while everyone thought she was just a weak young girl. Although Dakota's testimony was doubted by some people including Katrin as her sister, the e
Along the path by the river."Stop!"Sam's screamed, he and Rina chased the suspect who fled when he saw the two heading to his boarding house.The man in dark grey and shabby clothes was running as fast as he could, he even not wearing any footwear. He run as fast as he could and knock over several people who are blocking his way.Sam with his long legs jumped over the pile of garbage and continued to chase the man who then threw himself into the river."Ach God damn it! Why do you have to go down to the river, these are new shoes and pants!"Sam stopped his running, he was panting, as well as the runaway suspect named Rus, he was panting and stopped catching up his breath, looking at Sam warily."Hoh hoh"Sam held out his hand."Come here, hurry! Get out or I'll shoot you in the leg!" Sam was furious, his face was red from being overly mad.Rina stopped, some uniformed officers had also followed them.Sam
Russ bit his nails again, cold sweat fell on his forehead, his legs continued to sway non-stop, his eyes glanced around the room until at Sam who stood with a sharp look at him, then at Dakota, what was he thinking, thought Sam who was getting wary, he stood closer when he saw Russ suddenly wake up and lunge at Dakota."Prang!!"His chair fell instantly on the floor, he tried to reach Dakota who he thought might be the weakest of all, almost grabbed Dakota's clothes if Sam didn't swiftly hold the man's body."God damn it!" With just a few movements Sam had the man's head flat on the table.Russ was still struggling to escape, Thomas asked Dakota to stand away while the other officers had entered and secured the man."Let go of me! Not me! I told you I lost my card! Why doesn't anyone believe me, ekch" his eyes widened at Dakota as if he wanted to swallow him, he continued to struggle while two uniformed officers had restrained him and led
"That Russ, not the culprit, he doesn't have that much courage" Sam frowned, Dakota's words have always had a point. "You think so? What makes you think that? He's a lunatic, unemployed, hopeless person, society trash, has no future, he'll do whatever he could to save him safe." Dakota nodded. "Yeah right, but by his nature he had absolutely no motive to kill the victim, especially at his former working place, he may be insane, and desperate, but he's not a person who thirsts for attention, judging by his very restless demeanour among the crowd, how he slurred to cover his fear, he might be crazy, but he's not that clever, the one that very important to that man were just money" Sam took a deep breath. "Heh I think so too, some evidence at his house suggests he may actually have sold his pass key, that person may know who the perpetrators are" Dakota nodded. "Yeah, it possible, and this Russ even though he's not that sm
Sam shook his head, according to Erwin who didn't want to be bothered he would get his address in a moment, the address where the live broadcast was, in a few seconds. "I got it!" Erwin exclaimed pressing the last button on his keyboard. Immediately Sam came out of Erwin's seating area. "Send it to my phone!" He rushed out, Ron's hand pointing at some of his men who had just entered the door. "Send some teams are there, tell others on the field to get to the location as soon as possible, let's move quickly!" Ron exclaimed and immediately left the room. ..... Sam met Rina in the parking area and immediately took her to his car. "Come on Rin!" Rina even just bought two cups of coffee from the nearest cafe and some snacks for their breakfast, it was only six-thirty, she wasn't late, right? She even hasn't drawn her eyebrow perfectly, But Sam was in a hurry, she missed the info since his cell phone just turned on an
Some students were horrified to see it, but not a few also immortalized it on their cell phone screens. "Wow, this is crazy" voices of disbelief to the full of horror could be heard everywhere. "It's that real human?" "Think so" "Oh my God" "Is it the medical schools lost their corpses?" "Do you think it's just a show from the Drama's club?" The crowd look disgusted but at the same time, they're curious. Dakota was still standing in front of the building, he looked around his surroundings, looking for a face that might be the culprit, there might be someone he didn't recognize there, though, he didn't know where to look because everyone could become the suspect at now. Someone behind the building seemed to be watching him, pointing his cellphone to take pictures and videos of Dakota face up and close, watching every facial movement of Dakota's expression which was actually quite flat. Dakota