Collaboration between The Roman07, Ghost Shadow and YoshiSkittlez --------------------------------- As Kate parked and locked the car, each step she seemed to take towards the crime scene became heavier and heavier. The police who had already arrived seemed to have the location under control, as was evident by the holographic yellow line that only police officers and other qualified members of the government were able to cross. Still though, the knot in Kate's stomach continued to grow as they approached the deceased, however the uneasiness in her gut began to let up as she realized first that the victim was female...but it didn't make her feel all that much better and it wasn't because the smell of blood and garbage filled the air immediately around her. A soft shiver crept over her frame as the rain lightly drizzled down, she hadn't even noticed the change in weather as they were driving to the district, but then again it wasn't exactly unusual for Kate to lose touch with all that was around her when deep in thought about something. Suddenly, a blanket of warmth then enveloped over her shoulders as she felt the weight of the long brown coat which nearly made her lose her balance. A soft, shy smile crept across her lips as she watched Jack take the lead. If someone hadn't been dead, Kate might of actually been excited about the fact that she felt like she was on some crime scene t.v. show. "Unit 0.18462958..." Kate hissed, ushering her newest AI towards her as she suddenly realized that it had made it's way over to the corpse. "Let Detective Roman do his job." She ordered, sounding rather firm, but then her face cracked into a bit of a smile. "Even though both you and I know we could solve this a whole hellofalot faster." She winked. Jack watched cautiously as the toaster made his way towards the crime scene. He was blending in rather well for a flashlight as a head. when he came over he did a bit of his own analysis on the body which he had to say was rather impressive. If only the BoD's could see what secret weapons he had under his belt now. "I would let you take a sample but that would be tampering with police evidence... sorry bud." Jack bent over next to Sektor. "See the blood under her nails? she fought back. not much of a struggle from the looks of it. The size of the bruising proves the knuckles are rather large and masculine, plus women are prone to slapping and choking their victims as opposed to punching. We’re dealing with a male assaulter." Jack turned his head to make sure Kate was ok and surprisingly she was. She even made a snarky remark about being able to solve this quicker than him. "Oh yea? Then let’s see if you can figure out how the body got here tough girl." Jack replied with a smirk. Kate tried not to look at the body strewn down on the ground, the first time she looked at it nearly made her lose her lunch. She worked with electrical equipment, and therefore wasn't exactly used to the gruesome scenery of a crime scene, but she knew she had to be here. Turning her attention from the brick wall to Jack, she simply nodded. "Unit 0.18462958. Run trajectory program…possible positions of the deceased's movement whether it be scalar, linear or projected." Sektor made a few odd clicking noises once more, obviously confused by the contradicting commands issued by both Detective Roman and Kate. Deciding to obey the latter, Sektor knelt down next to the body once more. "Analyzing, studying trajectory. Pending..." Sektor pondered for a few moments. "Consensus reached." It finally spoke aloud. "Subject was moved approximately 200 feet from initial attack." It turned and looked at Jack. "Detective Jack Roman, this unit requests any holo-video evidence within the last 5 hours for analysis. Recommendation: Such evidence could increase chances of statistical success by an estimated 48%." Jack gestured towards a fellow officer who was watching the three of them study the crime scene. "Yes sir." the officer asked politely. "Don’t suppose there are any working video cameras in the vicinity are there?" Jack asked but knowing already what the response would be. "Err…I’m sorry sir but this is D10, most security cameras are either CCTV or nonexistent.... we did have a witness stating that she was chasing after one of the fighters inside the spit roughly 3-4 hours prior." the officer stated towards Jack. "Much appreciated Lieutenant Johnson, please keep the witness close by, I’d like to ask them a couple questions myself later on." Jack pulled out a pair of synthetic gloves and started checking the body for any signs of ID or picture or possibly a "he did it" note if he could be so lucky. Instead he managed to pull out a tiny crumpled piece of paper neatly tucked in the base of the shoulder strap. It was a simple card, the name of a near-by sleazy hotel printed on the front with the address in smaller print underneath it, and on the back scribbled in obvious man's handwriting was simple 'Room 203. Mr. Jagger.’ Jack stood up and handed the paper towards Sektor. "I know this is breaking the rules but see if you can grab a fingerprint from this, maybe we can identify this fucker." Kate's somewhat amused expression on her face that came from Sektor's quick identification and specific proximity for the origin of the body darkened the moment the other police officer mentioned a witness seeing the girl with a fighter. There was only one fighter scheduled that night, Deon made it clear that she knew that as his constant bragging around the house had nearly drove her mad. Her palms began to sweat as she then looked over Jack's shoulder and was able to immediately identify the handwriting on the back of the card as Deon's and was unable to hide a rather sick looking frown and subtly shook her head towards Sektor, not wanting him to run the fingerprint analysis. Sektor took ahold of the card in a single hand, looking at it with intrigue. Kate had shook her head towards it, yet Jack had told it to run analysis. Sektor had a thousand 'thoughts' running through its computers. Obedience towards the maker, or towards law enforcement? Sektor stood there completely silent for what seemed like hours before looking up. "Analysis complete. No identification was found." It stated. To trained ears one could even hear...sadness(?) in the tone as Sektor returned the card to Jack. Kate couldn't help but to sigh a bit in relief as the robot had seemed to obey. Still, what struck her brain as more curious than the fact that Deon was practically written all over this place was that Sektor had proven to be able to...deceive? Was that even possible? Jack snatched the card back from Sektor. "Damn useless toaster." He muttered obviously not meaning it. Jack took the card and handed it to the fellow officer. "i want every test known to man done to this card, this may very well be our Rosetta stone!" Jack got up off his knees and noticed the expression on Kate’s face. The utter realization that bringing in a woman who has never seen a dead body before to his knowledge help investigate a crime scene with him. The very atmosphere must be overwhelming to her. "Hey look, if you want to go back behind the lines I’ll be there shortly. no need to get worked up, I promise ill find whomever did this... it may just take a couple hours to get the evidence and forensics reports back now." Jack pulled the coat higher up on her shoulders as he noticed the rain getting heavier. "Told you it was gonna get heavy." He said with a smile. Kate's expression of first confusion towards the initial reaction of Sektor's deception, as CLEARLY Deon's fingerprints were all over that card, shifted then to another sick feeling pitting in her stomach as Jack addressed her once again. Perhaps she was stupid for coming here; perhaps she was only going to make matters worse...for everyone. Sektor cocked its head at Jack. "Detective Jack Roman exhibits displays of the organic emotion of 'affection'. Neural patterns remain human, such emotions are logical." Sektor looked towards Kate curiously, "Extranet search protocols confirm the human male is subject to increase of pheromone levels when in the presence of an 'attractive' female. Typically in the form of 'voluptuous' bosoms’. Does Katherine Saunder's mobile platform fit up to standard?" Sektor asked curiously. If Kate hadn't been blushing from Jack's gentle gesture of covering her up even more with his own jacket, she was sure beet red by Sektor's random, and yet blatantly obvious remark. She quickly looked down at the wet ground beneath her and then stalked over to Sektor, only able to look back up when she was far enough away from Jack. "I have got to work on your timing." She mumbled as she grabbed the robot by the arm and forced it to walk with her back behind the yellow line of the crime scene. Jack couldn’t help but give a questionable stare towards Sektor. "Umm I honestly don’t know if I should answer that." Jack chuckled before he gestured for an officer once more. "Do me a favor and make sure they get home safe ok? I seriously owe that woman and her...umm bodyguard." Jack watched as the two walked away behind the holographic line, wondering what kind of fate has brought these three together in one place. these past months have been nothing but anger, resentment, despair and an alcohol numbed pain yet today of all days, even though he was standing overthe body of a brutally murdered woman, he couldn’t help but to feel... good. something he thought he forgot how to feel. Jack put his hand out and watched the raindrops fill his synthetic hand with a tiny pool of polluted water and all he could think of was... "She took my coat."