Before The Disaster

**Before The Disaster** is the thirty-ninth case of Criminal Case: Across Europe. This is the fourth case in Hungary. It is situated in Pécs, Hungary.

* Previous Case: Love Is Fatal
* Next Case: End Of The Evil
* Partner: Hilda Spitznagel

## Plot

The team arrived in Pécs to investigate The Italian Mafia's hideout, before they arrived in Pécs. The EPO managed to find out the hideout, the player and Hilda investigated the hideout, and found out various plans of the mafia, and it also involved the hooded figure, with whom we had an encounter earlier, the plan was to destroy Budapest soon. Worried on this, we then proceed to find more plans of the mafia. While we were investigating the crime scene, we hear a really familiar scream from outside of the hideout, we immediately rush to the backyard of the hideout, only to find Valentin standing there and was extremely shocked, we then discover the body of Angelika, and she was covered in blood, that she wasn't even recognisable, extremely shocked that someone murdered her dreadfully, and we couldn't believe it that Angelika was killed. We send the body for autopsy, before losing time. We then proceeded to interrogate Valentin, he was extremely heartbroken, it was obvious from the look of his face, he then gets furious and says whoever killed Angelika, will pay, and he will her killer dreadfully, we tell him to calm down, byte he says that he won't because the mafia has ruined his life, first his brother was killed by the mafia, then Anthony was manipulated and hypnotised by the mafia, and now Angelika is dead, his life is ruined, and he swore to kill every mafia member, in order to take revenge of his siblings and ex. We then leave him alone to calm down, we then decide to interrogate Meinard about Angelika, since he was the last person, who was with Angelika before her death. We then interrogate Meinard about Angelika, he is extremely shocked, and says that this news struck him like flash, he couldn't believe someone had the audacity to kill Angelika, he tells us that he just went somewhere else, but then when he returned back Angelika was killed. After the interrogation, Hilda plans to sit down for a bit, because investigating Angelika's murder is hard, and she was also worried about Brad. Meanwhile, Silas comes in the office, and tells us that Brad called him earlier, and told him that Tristan managed to survive the gunshots, but he is still unconscious, Hilda was glad that Tristan managed to survive the gunshots, because Brad would be heartbroken, if he didn't. Silas said that he's going to hospital for sometime, if we need any help he'll come back. We then proceeded to find more clues, and found out that Angelika send a message to Emmeline, in which stated to surprise Valentin, we interrogate Emmeline about the message. She was extremely heartbroken on Angelika's death, she explains us that Angelika noticed that Valentin was going through a lot of depression, and Angelika planned to send him and Emmeline to a holiday, and that's why they were making a plan to surprise him. The autopsy results revealed out that Angelika was killed by a sharp weapon, specifically a spear. At the precinct, we were discussing details, we received a call from the hooded figure who threaten to decapitate us.

Mid-investigation, we receive a call from the hooded figure, who threaten to kill us, Hilda curses them and says that they are insecure little dicks, who seek attention, and slams her phone. We then receive a call from Emilie who tells us that Liesbeth and Alistair have escaped, and they're probably in Pécs, Hilda was furious that how they managed to escape. We then proceed to find Liesbeth, since Angelika's murder was linked to her, we then find Liesbeth in the hideout, laughing hysterically. We then handcuff her and grab her to the station, before she violates the law. We interrogate Liesbeth about Angelika's murder. She starts laughing and says that Angelika was an obstacle which needed to be eliminated, and whoever killer her should be awarded, because they killed the biggest obstacle in their way. Hilda gets angry and punches Liesbeth with force, which is enough to make Liesbeth bleed, and throws a Scottish insult at her. After the interrogation, Hilda starts yelling that she'll kill Liesbeth, because she is getting off her nerves, and she'll kill her dreadfully that her every ancestor would recount. Jázmin then comes in, and calms down Hilda, and says that Liesbeth's crimes and sins are uncountable, but we should focus on destroying the mafia rather than killing the members. After that, we then proceed to found Alistair, because he was also part of the mafia, and he might have to do something with the murder. We then find and interrogate him about Angelika, he starts laughing and says that bitch has been eliminated and there is no one to stop them, he then smirks and says that he always wanted to ruin the Warners, that's why he hypnotised Anthony, and forced him to cheat on Valentin, and then at certain times, Anthony's hypnotism used to break, and Alistair said that if Anthony didn't obey the order, he would kill Valentin dreadfully, and with the fear of that, Anthony pursued to commit crimes with them, only to save Valentin from the cruelty of the mafia, and once he told about this to Angelika, then Angelika decided to kill them, but was never successful. After Alistair's interrogation, Hilda was disgusted that how they manipulated Anthony and then when he told about this to Angelika, they decided to kill both of them. After his interrogation, we get a call from Silas, who tells us that Tristan is still unconscious, and Brad is still beside him, Hilda says that Silas should look over both of them, because she didn't want them to get into any type of bloody war with the mafia. After it, we found out that Angelika had send a angry message to Emmeline, in which she stated that she was suspicious of her. We then interrogate Emmeline, she explains us that Angelika thought Emmeline was to controlling, and was betraying them, but Emmeline said she would never turn her back on the EPD, Angelika was extremely depressed those days, which caused her to be suspicious of many people. At the precinct, we were discussing details, we received another call from the hooded figure, who tells us that Silas, Tristan and Brad would be dead by evening.

Mid-investigation, the hooded figure calls us and says that he'll kill Silas, Brad and Tristan before evening, and we should take this as a sign never to mess up with the mafia. Hilda started panicking and slammed the phone and cursed the hooded figure and called them "mangled fud". She then proceeds to call Silas, and she warns them about the hooded figure is onto them, and he should take Brad and Tristan to save place, Silas says that he'll manage to escape somewhere, but we should take care of Alexandra and Silvan, if anything happens to him. After the call was finished, Alexandra then approaches us and says she needs Silas here, but we tell her that he is currently busy, she tells us that Silvan won't sleep, and she needs his help. Hilda then says that she'll help Silvan fall asleep. After that, we found out that Liesbeth had some sort of grudge on Angelika, we interrogate her about that grudge. During her interrogation, she sighs and says that back in 2014, Angelika and her family visited the Netherlands, and one day, she and her family happened to eat in a restaurant, and Liesbeth was there too, and while she was eating, Angelika tripped accidentally dropped her spaghetti on Liesbeth's dress. This incident caused Liesbeth to enrage, and she stood up and started slapping and beating Angelika, however Valentin came in clutch and apologised for that, she then said that the dress was really important and precious to her, because it was gifted to her by her late father on her 18th birthday, and Angelika ruined it, and ever since then, she developed a grudge on her, and today her death makes her cheerful. After the interrogation, we were worried about Silas, Brad and Tristan. Emmeline then approaches us, her clothes were worn out, we ask her what happened, she says that she was attacked by the hooded figure, we then ask her about the appearance, she says that the hooded figure wears a red cloak, that's what she remembers. In the end, we had enough evidence to incriminate Liesbeth Anderiesen, for the murder. Upon admitting, she starts laughing hysterically and confesses that she indeed killed Angelika, because she had to be eliminated, she says that ever since the EPO was formed, the mafia was deteriorating and everyone was falling like flies, and the one who was to blame was Valentin and Angelika, and they always wanted to track and kill them both, and for that she and the hooded figure devised a plan to kidnap and hypnotise Anthony, and after they had hypnotised him, they ordered him to commit many crimes, and then eventually kill Francesco because he had to be eliminated. Once, Anthony's hypnotism went away, he threaten to report about this to the police, but they forced him, and if he didn't they would kill Valentin, and to protect him, he agreed on committing crimes, and then he told about to Angelika, when she figured about this, she devised a plan to kill Anthony and Angelika, but Anthony's accidental death was legendary, and then she and the hooded figure decided to kill Angelika, so it could weaken the EPO, and they can eventually kill everyone. After the confession, Hilda took out a knife, and threw at Liesbeth, but she managed to tackle it and ran away.

After Liesbeth escaped the premises, Valentin then runs behind her, Hilda later follows them both, but both of them disappeared in speed. Hilda then comes back and says that she couldn't believe that Liesbeth killed Angelika, and the hooded figure was also involved in this. She exclaims and says that the hooded figure is the real leader of the mafia, and we have to unmask them before losing anytime. Alexandra approaches us, she was crying. We ask her about the matter, she explains us that she has been calling Silas for a while, and he isn't picking up his phone, we got extremely worried and Hilda appointed Emilie and Callum to look for Silas, Brad and Tristan. Hilda also appointed Meinard and Adorjan to look for Valentin, because without them, there was no way the mafia could be defeated. Hilda later decided to find Liesbeth and Alistair, she then gathers Emmeline, Mariana and Jázmin to find them, but since Alexandra was also with them, she then decided to leave Emmeline with Alexandra, she sighs and says that she needed to rest, and she's not taking part in this war anyway. After the three departure, Valentin suddenly barged into the department, his hands and clothes were covered in blood, Emmeline panics and asks him, how did he got this blood, Valentin then explains that he and Liesbeth got into a fight, which later turned violent, he said that he managed to give enough scars and bruises to Liesbeth, that was enough to direct her to hospital. Emmeline then takes him in the lab for stitching him. We then receive a call from Hilda, who says that Emmeline and Valentin, immediately should arrive at the mafia hideout, because the mafia is planning to bomb the department, Alexandra panics and she immediately enlightens Valentin and Emmeline about that situation, Valentin then asks Alexandra and Emmeline to come with him, however Emmeline disagrees and explains that she wants to spend some time alone, and she'll consider to stay at her residence, Valentin then kisses on her forehead and requests her to remain safe from the mafia. After Valentin and Alexandra departure, Emmeline also makes her way to her residence.

After arriving at the hideout, Hilda is glad that they managed to make it alive, she tells us that Silas, Brad and Tristan haven't been found yet, Alexandra then starts crying and says that her life is ruined, Hilda then calms her down and takes her to a safe place, because Alexandra was with Silvan and she couldn't risk her life. Valentin then gathers everyone around him and orders everyone to disperse around the hideout, so they can began shooting on the mafia and eventually kill them. After waiting for a lot of time, Liesbeth, Alistair and the hooded figure arrived at the hideout, Valentin then yells "Action" and everyone started shooting, Alistair, Liesbeth and the hooded figure. The hooded figure raises there hand and Liesbeth and Alistair start shooting the EPO, Valentin shoots Liesbeth in the chest, but she managed to tackle the bullet, and she shoots Valentin in the leg, which hits him but he was wearing bulletproof trousers which saved him. The Hooded Figure proceeds to knockout Callum and Adorjan, after that, Emilie aims her sniper at the hooded figure, but the hooded figure throws chilli powder at Emilie's eyes, and they kicked her and knocked her her. Hilda kept shooting Alistair, however his bulletproof vests saved him, Liesbeth then grabbed Jázmin and Mariana and knocked out both of them and then the hooded figure ordered Liesbeth and Alistair to set the bomb, after hearing this Valentin orders them to escape from the hideout immediately, Alistair then runs to the door of the hideout and closes it and along with Liesbeth escapes from the hideout, we then hear Alexandra's screams, we immediately run to her, she was crying, she tells us that the hooded figure snatched Silvan and escaped. Valentin then yells and gets furious that the mafia is getting out of his nerves, Hilda tells us that the bomb is about to explode in 10 mins, and if it exploded, it will kill every single of us. Valentin then tries to find a exit, we later found out a door, Valentin then calls Hilda and both of them start to destroy the door, we managed to break the door and everyone escaped from there, we then hear Silas, he says that he managed to escape, but Brad and Tristan are still missing, minutes after, the bomb explodes, which destroys the hideout. Valentin then sighs and says that they can't do anything, we immediately rush Jázmin, Mariana, Callum, Adorjan and Emilie to hospital. Valentin along with Hilda visits Emmeline's residence, after reaching there, Emmeline was sitting there waiting for us, she tells us that the hooded figure came by and handed this voice recorder to her, we then start it and we hear someone talking in Scouse accent, we immediately realised it was Brad, and he was shouting on the hooded figure, and threaten to kill them after they tried to hurt Tristan, we then hear nothing. We were extremely worried, and wanted to track down the location. Silas then calls us and tells us that the mafia is heading towards Budapest, and are about to blow it in midnight. We got extremely worried, because if mafia is successful to destroy Budapest, this will cause a continental war. Valentin then announces that everyone is heading to Budapest, before losing anytime, because the safety of Europe is in their hands.

## Suspects

Valentin Warner

Victim's Brother

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect eats olives
* The Suspect enjoys swimming.
* The Suspect is fit.

Suspect's Appearance:

* The Suspect wears blue.

Meinard Sven

EPO Member

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect eats olives
* The Suspect enjoys swimming.
* The Suspect is fit.

Emmeline Castaignède

Partner

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect eats olives
* The Suspect is fit.

Liesbeth Anderiesen

Mafia Leader

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect eats olives.
* The Suspect enjoys swimming.
* The Suspect is fit.

Suspect's Appearance:

* The Suspect wears blue.

Alistair Chisholm

Mafia Leader

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect enjoys swimming.
* The Suspect is fit.

Suspect's Appearance:

* The Suspect wears blue.

## Killer's Profile

* The Killer eats olives.
* The Killer enjoys swimming.
* The Killer is fit.
* The Killer is over 25.
* The Killer wears blue.