CLASH

Suspects

Andrew looked at the personal assistant through the two-way mirror of the interrogation room….

She looked calm and confident, but a hint of uneasiness present on her….

That’s weird…. Thought Andrew, especially while she has a well-known lawyer that sits next to her….

He groans but can do nothing but then opened the door of the room, bringing a laptop which he booted after he sits at the opposite side of the table….

“Miss Jones…” He started, calling the assistant with her last name… “Can you tell us your whereabouts at the time of interest…?”

Samantha looked at the lawyer who nods at her….

“I’m with Pastor that day, I’m busy scheduling his itinerary for that day….”

“Do you have any siblings? Or Twins…?’ Asked Andrew that makes Samanta raises her eyebrows….

“I have two brothers, nor twins…” She said….

“Then can you explain this…?” Andrew said, turning the laptop towards the two…

Andrew study her expression, and though she tries so hard to keep her composure, he can see the surprise in her….

The CCTV at the hallway was clearly shows her knocking and entering John’s apartment…

“So, can you tell me your whereabouts during that time….” Asked Andrew for the second time….

“And I told you once again…. I am with the pastor during that time….” She answered firmly….

“The evidence shows otherwise, Miss Jones…” Pressed Andrew, trying to break the assistant….

“Yes, you are correct…. The evidence says otherwise indeed…” said the lawyer who then produced a tablet and put it in front of Andrew and pushed the play button….

Impossible...! Thought Andrew, and yet, he clearly sees at the CCTV footage, both from the hallway, and the elevator that the assistant was there, moving to the penthouse where the pastor lives….

Something is definitely wrong…. This has to be fabricated….

“You may ask your team to check for the authenticity of this footage, in case you think that we, somehow, tampered the footage…. Just ask for that subpoena first….” Said the lawyer, as if he already knows what was inside Andrew’s mind….

Andrew groans in despair as the two people leaves the interrogation room….

And he suddenly realizes his mistake…

Damned it…. Now what should I do with the man…? He thought about Bryan he already placed under custody….

Rubbing his hurting forehead, he then decided to make a visit to Bryan….

****

Bryan sat silently on his bunkbed, ignoring the voices outside his cell, with his head wanders…

Hope that you are okay, Ma…. I do really hope that your faith pays off….

I will get that bastard to pay, Ma…. Somehow, I will make him pay… He thought as his sad feelings about his late mother turned to anger and rage towards his father….

He was still wandering when suddenly a clear voice filled his head…

You will make him pay, Bryan…. I’ll make sure that you will….

Bryan heads shots up and his body straightened, looking around the cell which obviously empty…

“Bryan…. You have visitor….” Said an officer opening the cell door and escorted the man to an interview room, with both wrists handcuffed in front of him….

Just as they reached the hectic lobby of the station, one detainee tries to get free from the officers, and out of his belt he pulled a folded knife and stab an officer on the neck…

Blood spurts out the open wound as the officer fell on the floor while the other officers detained the man….

Go…. Go to the man, put the pressure on his wound…. Said the voice that makes Bryan rushed to the wounded officer that obviously in shock and panic….

Bryan never realizes the officers that tried to pulled him off the wounded officer, he just pressed the wound….

Say…. Say…. Said the voice….

What should I say…? Asked Bryan, hand still pressing the wound…

With the power of the Morning Star…. Heal….

The officers held him tightly as they finally able to pull Bryan away from the wounded officer who looked at him in fear and disbelief….

And when medic team tries to look at the wound….

Impossible….

Where’s the wound….?

The medic tries to looked for the wound around the neck of the officer, but the neck was as good as it was before….

Not even a single scratch visible on that officer’s neck….

Everybody present was surprised and looked towards Bryan who as confused as they are….

And then he saw Andrew whose eyes wide like it wanted to pop out from it sockets….

He himself? He cannot, but if he asks about the darkness, it might be possible….

The statement from the pastor echoed in his mind….

Is it possible….?

He tries to grasp the marvel before his eyes when the officer sat on the floor, still in shock, keep wiping the wound that no longer exist, even when he escorted out by confused medical team to the ambulance for further examination…

Bryan put his head down as he was escorted to the interview room, he feels uncomfortable to hear whispers, and the looks from the people at the station, look of fear, shock, disbelief, but also the look of awe, blessed, and marvel….

“Get back to work!” Shout the chief of the station that makes all people reluctantly back to their work….

****

Both men sit in silence for quite a while inside the interview room….

Bryan still confused for what was happening…. He couldn’t believe that saying that name heals the man, and yet the blood that still in his hand prove that it did happened….

And Andrew still tries to process the event….

Is it really dark force…? Or he actually can heal….?

But then he saw something that might unravel the mystery surrounds the death of his late partner, and the security guard at the stadium….

With that power, can he alter someone faces and do his bidding….? But why go such length just to see his father…? And what about John…. He didn’t even know about that….

And then he realizes his first thought that both Bryan and Samantha somehow collaborated to do the action….

They should have connected somehow…. He thought, thinking that it might be Samantha who did all the killing…

But how, and mostly, what and why….? Did they both have something against the pastor…? He might be…. But her….?

Thinking of those things makes his head hurt, but then again, he had to continue with this interview in hopping that somehow, he could get answers through this madness…

“Can you explain what just happened, Bryan….?” He asked, starting the interview….

“Don’t answer that question, Bryan….”

Both men looked with surprise as Luc entered the interview room….