Thread: Case Closed: Case of the Shrinking Detectives

No one stopped Anthony from running off. The Inspector was busy finishing up the fishermans rights, the other officers on the scene were taking care of the tipped narcotics and bagging new evidence, and Eli was untangling himself from the wire. As for what he didnt know hed felt a small prick, like a tiny rock or a bug hitting him in the forehead, but when he rubbed it to see if he had a bite, there was nothing. He didnt worry about it. Eli did raise an eyebrow in question as his friend fled though. Getting sick at a crime scene? Really? This wasnt even a gory one and the taller teenage genius held his guts better then even some of the coroners Eli had met. It was a point of pride for him by what the brunette could gauge, and part of why they were friends. The third time theyd met over a murder had been messy. The corpse had been there for several days and had bloated. The smell had made Eli gag, but a handkerchief with lemon cured that. Otherwise hed been able to hold his lunch down. Not as effortlessly as Anthony seemed to be able to, but still apparently his fortitude impressed his soon to be friend. Apparently a stomach of steel was a rare thing when dealing with peoples bodies. Eli didnt understand WHY. It was just there. Meat and matter and atoms that used to be someone, but they were gone and the body was just there. Hed expected something more primal to rise up inside him at the sight of a dead body, but he found that he was actually rather disappointed with the effect. Still. Anthony normally didnt get sick and he looked pretty ashen all of a sudden when he ran out of the area. Maybe he should check on hi A shadow fell over him. Hey J.J, he greeted over his shoulder to the inspector. The Inspectors eye twitched, but really, they were brothers. The younger man wasnt going to call the other by his status if he could avoid it. His brother didnt need any more ego stroking then he already got. So did you ask him? About staying at his place, J.Jonas asked absently. The perp was in the car, everything was closing up. Now it was time to start thinking about other things. Like his fiance returning from her study trip in Europe. Eli sighed and rolled his eyes. Hed completely forgotten the siren as he called her would be visiting for at least a week or two while she looked for her own apartment. He didnt call her that for nice reasons. The walls were rice paper thin and he really didnt need to hear the both of them doing THAT every damn night. The brothers had argued for a while over it, but Jonas stood strong that it was his damn house and he could have banshee screaming loud sex and keep his younger brother up all night if he wanted to. If he wanted sleep, he could couch surf his friends for awhile. This apparently included asking if he could surf on Anthonys couch, though it had not been Elis idea. Still, his older brother had been correct when hed surmised who better to ask to stay with, the guy had his own damn house almost all to himself. You know he might say no, Eli pointed out, short temper from little sleep coming back now that the edge from going on a case was wearing off. He could feel the edges of a headache rumbling in to. Great. Pfff, yeah right. He lives there practically alone. Im sure hell be jumping with joy that someone wants to give his weird uppity ass company. Especially someone hes seen to bless with his attention, J. Jonas did get to become an inspector in his own merit along with luck and kissing the right hands, so even he could notice how choosy the genius teenager was of those he let closer around him. It still baffled him why his little brother Eli of all people had made his way in there, but then the brunette always seemed to attract the weirdest kinds of people for friends. Or dates. Or seating partners. Or anyone actually. Honestly if you wanted to find the weirdest person in the room, just stick Eli in the center and see who decided to get friendly first. That thought in mind completely explained his friendship with Anthony though. Well, at least to the Inspector. Eli had a lot of other thoughts about it, but in depth conversations between the two siblings wasnt a strong point, so they would never hash that out. Instead the young man frowned at the blond Inspector and bit back a rude reply. Fine, Ill go ask, but dont just assume things man. Anthony probably has lots of stuff to do and might not want to play host as much as you think he would, was the testy answer as he began to walk away towards the bathrooms. Bleh, why was he starting to feel dizzy? Damn, he should go back to sleep soon, his insomnia the past few nights must be catching up with him. Oh god. That headache was showing signs of being the beginning of a nice bitchy migraine. The lights in the station were starting to drill in to his eyes. he doesnt Ill be here for another fifteen minutes. J. Jonas called after him, though he already expected to be going home alone. He had no idea this would be the last time hed see his baby brother for a long while, or how much danger he was in. Eli on the other hand pushed his way in to the mens bathroom, feeling a welling in his chest that made him worried he was getting heart burn on top of it all. Fuck. Maybe Anthony had some gaviscon or Tylenol or somethi Anthony? He didnt hear or see anyone at first. Then he spotted the cuff of the other teens jacket on the floor, peaking out of a stall. That was that was weird. Anthony? You alright man? You looked like you were about to puugghh.. ow Oh yes, his head was starting to spin beautiful violent circles in his head. Crap was there a contaminant in the station? He didnt think hed been close enough to get a whiff of anything from the container at least. If he was feeling this bad, then how was his friend feeling? Shit. Eli was thankful that the stall door wasnt locked as he pushed it in, banging it off the stall wall with his panic. There was a pooling of clothes, easily recognizable as what his friend had been wearing, but the person in them some much younger teenage punk. Shorter, slighter of frame but sort of kind of recognizable. What..? Confusion only lasted a second. A single heart beat, and the next felt like it burst. A screaming pain filled explosion in his chest. The last thing Eli got out was a strangled whisper for help before everything became kaleidoscope and went black. No one heard anything. Instead there were just two still, unconscious bodies lying on the bathroom floor. No one would be coming in for several hours. Hopefully they would be able to wake up on their own. If not..