Gangster jay

Chapter 1

"Clang,clang,clang" *Sounds of clashing metals filled the air.

The blacksmith halted his hands on his work, directing his attention toward the sound. 

 "She must be awake this time! 'Spoke a voice hoarsely with a creepy smile.

"Where...where am I?" Muttering, a figure sleeping on the cold floor slowly sat up, as she adjusted her view to the light of her surroundings.  

 Everywhere was dark and it was hard to make out anything. She freaked out and tried to stand up only to see she was caged.

She panicked and shook the caged trying to open it but her effort seems fruitless as the door did not even budge

    "Help! Somebody help!"All she got was an echo of her own voice.

"Stop screaming no body will come" a tired voice rang out in the quiet isolated place.

"Huh?" She turned to her left side and saw someone else

The person turned on the small kerosine lamp by her side and she could make out  where they are now.

   They are both inside different cages and what was even more frightening was the fact that they are both in red dress,red heels and their hair was tied the same way.

  They almost looked alike,they are both petite,fair,brown hair and most importantly they are pretty, like very very pretty.

 "Where is this?" She can't help but ask.

"I don't know either," the other lady replied.

  "Why are we in the same cloth?''she asked again,her eyeball was white and fear was written all over her.

 The other lady on other hand was calm,she has been there for a while so she knows what and what not to do.

    "I can't answer that,maybe you should ask him" 

"Who?" 

Their gaze met and they kept staring at each other for a while.

Their eyes revealed all what they were feeling

One looked very terrified while the other looked lifeless as she had given up on life.

 "Tap,tap,tap" The sound of footstep made them break their gaze

"He's here,you can ask him" The lifeless one shifted into more comfortable position and close her eyes 

"Tap,tap,tap" the footstep continued while she can't help but be more afraid but she gritted her teeth 

'I need to see who it is'

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Jay POV

   My head hurts

Shit I shouldn't have taken this mission if I know this is a suicide mission.

"Fuck you!" I yelled out and the bastard still continued hitting my head with the plank.

  The pain was getting unbearable,but I was helpless. I can't fight back.

'Fuck Diego it was all his fault' I thought within me,the bastard stopped hitting me for a while.

 "He's still breathing finish him" I heard Diego ordered 

"Bastard even if I die I will come for you,believe me I will" I shouted and paused to continue but my eyes widened in shock as the iron rod met my head.

 I felt as if my brain exploded,before I could scream out darkness already consume me

"Achoo" I sneezed 

Wait, I sneezed? Aren't I dead?

I opened my eyes and was shocked to see where I am 

It looked like a police station,police were moving up and down and everywhere was in chaos.

They kept receiving call here and there

I sat in a daze. How come I am here? Or did the police arrest us but my head

I touched my head no pain nothing,I felt ok.that not right,I was hit with an iron rod I should be in…..

"Jay this isn't the time to daydream, set the whiteboard and get me marker" a sweet feminine voice ordered.

 I turned to her and gasp in bewilderment

"What?" She asked irritated

"You are gorgeous" I can't help but snuck in a deep breath,she looked really sexy in her police uniform,her hair was let down and she was holding her cap,her sharp glare,straight nose,red lips,and that her body damn! gosh she's  breathtaking. I was so immersed in my thoughts that I didn't notice how silent the office had become.

 "You crazy bastard!" She screamed and lifted her sexy leg

"Bang" I fell off my chair,I wasn't expecting the kick

Shit she's one strong woman,her kick was accurate as if

"What was that for?" I whined

  "You son of a bitch" she rushed me but was stopped by her colleague.

 "Jay have you gone mad,how can you talk to a team leader like that?" One of the police men snapped at me.

 "What team leader?" I was confused.

"Did you hit your head?our team leader of course" He half yelled

 'Team leader? What are they….'

I froze in shock,that looks like me,my pupil contrasted 

 I saw myself in the glass,I crawled to the front of the glass and continued checking myself out.

 It was me without a tattoo, I don't know I looked this good without a tattoo,but why am I in a police uniform?

"Ahhhhh!" I screamed and held my head,it was pounding me,it felt as if a thousand ants were crawling on my brain even the iron rod on hurt this much.

"Ahhh!" I shouted again

"Jay?"

"Jay!" The officers called with concern

Tears clouded my eyes,and breathing became hard and forced,my head was still banging me.

Just when I thought I was on the verge of collapsing 

The pain suddenly stopped.

As soon as it stopped, a wave of memories washed over me.

 I pant and was trying to catch my breath.

'So this is it' I thought 

I'm no longer gangster Jay but police officer Jay.

 I am now in a new body,same name, same face but different person.

"Jay" everyone gathered around me they were already worried 

"I'm fine" I slowly raise up

"Jay, are you sure?" the one called Drake asked.

I nodded,and patted my uniform

"Let me get the whiteboard and marker" i said to team leader

I can't believe I almost got this woman annoyed. According to Jay's memory,she's the ice queen of the criminal department. She cracked 5 cases in 5 months, that's how she got promoted to team leader.

She's a newbie but got promoted even before most of us here. 

"Ariel" I whispered her name

I sighed this Jay is useless, he isn't completely useless though after all he helped find a few dogs,and cats.

  But he never really cracks any cases nor is he smart.

I wish I could also crack cases but I'm just a gangster.

 I got the board and marker then place it in where it to be used 

All the officers gathered around the board as Ariel started writing on it.

She was fast and fluent.

I yawned,I was bored,the case looked impossible to solve

 Case of the women in red

From Jay's memories

This case has been giving them a hard time for the past 4 months.

   

  The women will suddenly disappear for 7 days and by the time they are found,they have already given up their ghost.The most challenging thing is they are also in red and red heels.

   I watched keenly as Ariel's hand move and my brain starting working 

Everything she wrote I can make out one or two clues from it.

  I widened my eyes in surprise, everything she wrote bit by bit I can tell how they were killed,what happened, and I can even picture their faces without seeing their pics.

    I blinked my eyes,I had no idea how I could make everything out,I just had this gut feeling and I know I'm right.

   

   "This is it" Ariel dropped the marker and pinged their pics and just as I thought they looked exactly as I pictured.

  "I can't believe we can't find any clue for the past four months" Ariel lamentation 

I can't believe they can't find the clue right in front of us.

   "Who got any clue or saw any loophole?" Ariel asked us all,she must have ran out of ideas why she decided to ask us.

  "I think I got it" I wasted no time and spoke up

"You?" One of the police laughed 

I frowned from my memories. He's Frank. He really gave the real Jay a hard time.

 But I don't have time for his jokes right now.

  "Let's hear what he got to say" Ariel shut him up

 I concentrated on the board 

"If you look at these women well,they had a lot in common,if you check well,they looked really stunning like very beau….."

 " Is that the clue?" Frank chuckled 

 "Just shut up" I fired at him and he stared at me with bewilderment.

 I continued, "Their boobs…."

"Jay" Ariel called in a warning tone

"Their boobs size is the same" I added 

 Ariel creased her brow but her eyes lit up when she checked their personal information

"That right,continue Jay" she urged me

 "Their height,body weight is different with just 2 or 3 kg,same shape of face,if you noticed they all have oval face,brown hair and they are all fair,that should be their similarity,that must be what attracted the Murderer" I finished my analysis

 "Oh my God Jay, I never saw this I worked endlessly and still miss this clue" Ariel was a bit sad

"Team leader, what was the method of killing?" I asked to be sure if i'm correct.

 "Strangulation" she answered

"We were fooled "

"What?" Ariel looked puzzled

"The victims were strangled or should I say they are already dead before he strangle them just to direct our attention to something else" 

I shaked my head. The Murderer is really tricky. I wouldn't have known if not for how I can picture everything like I was in the criminal mind.

  "Then what was the method?"

   "Poison,they die of poison,it is slow poison though, they only die 7 days after taking it" I added and saw Ariel pale.

 The rest of my colleagues were just staring at me,mouth open.

"He must have enjoyed watching them die slowly and when they finally die he strangles them" I broke in cold sweat after I finished. Even I that was explaining was scared not to talk of the ones hearing it.

 Ariel was sweating and finally opened her mouth after a while

"How did you know all this?" It came out as a whisper but I can hear her since the office was eerily silent

 "Instinct,it just my instinct" 

"How can we act on instinct? We need to be clear…."

 "Call the forensic, tell them to check if there's any poison in the victims bodies" Ariel cut Frank off.

   It take the forensic about 2 hours to be done

 "Ring ring" the office telephone rang and Ariel quickly rushed towards it

 "Yes criminal department 2"

  She paused for the other person to speak

"So what was the result?" She did not take time in asking

 The person on the other end said something and I saw as how she froze

She turned to me,she looked thunderstruck.

She dropped the call and went quiet for a while.

Everyone waited for her to talk

She sighed and sat down

"Jay is right,it poison all along" she announced

 "What?" 

What the fuck?"

"He was correct?" 

 I smirked as the office fell in chaos

 'There comes the criminal lord' I grinned