Survive the Night

**Survive the Night** is the twenty-fifth case of Criminal Case: Across Europe. This is the last case in Scotland. It is situated in Edinburgh, Scotland.

* Previous Case: A Night to Remember
* Next Case: Route To Death (in Spain)
* Partner: Emmeline Castaignède

## Plot

The team arrived in Edinburgh to save the chief. The moment they arrived at Edinburgh, the team was captured by Francesco's bodyguards, and had arrested more than half of the team, leaving Emmeline, Silas , Alexandra and Jázmin behind only. Silas tried to save the team, however the bodyguards told them, that they have arrested the team for conspiring against Francesco, suddenly a maid came to the bodyguard and informed him that Francesco isn't responding from his room, because the door is locked. Emmeline and the player decided to investigate to find out the reason behind it. The duo broke into Francesco's room, there was blood everywhere, they found the headless body of Francesco. The duo was extremely shocked that someone have killed Francesco, before they could get him. With that, the duo was also worried about the chief and the Warner Siblings. The duo send the body for autopsy. While the duo was investigating, Anthony De Bruyn barged into the room, he was terrified, he accused the duo for the murder. However, they were shocked to know Anthony was their at the party, the duo debriefed him, he confessed that when he was informed about this glorious party, he looked forward to visit it, because he always admired Francesco due to his clever mind, and for that he started neglecting Valentin, upon hearing this, Emmeline got furious, however it was enough for now. The duo figured out that Maria Antonia Russo was conveying a speech marking Francesco's demise. One of the guest stood up and yelled "Saor Alba", which meant "Free Scotland" in English, since Francesco was the largest opposer of Scottish independence, and his death would increase chances of independence. After Maria's speech, the duo decided to interrogate her, during her confession, she was extremely desolated on Francesco's death, his death was a huge loss for the mafia, however Maria promised that if the duo investigated the murder, she will release the team. After her interrogation, the duo was approached by Bernard Artley, he was really glad that the duo managed to prevent his execution, however he was only thinking about himself, and wasn't caring about the chief or the Warner Siblings. They got suspicious on him. The autopsy results revealed out he was beheaded by an sharp weapon. At the precinct, the duo was discussing murder details, Alexandra barged into the office, and was terrified, she told the duo that Silas was bleeding excessively.

Mid-investigation, Alexandra informed the duo that Silas was shot by someone and is bleeding excessively. The duo arrived in his lab, and he was bleeding, they took him to a nearby hospital, and had appointed Alexandra to look after him. After arriving back at Francesco's mansion for investigation, the duo found out that the chief was celebrating on Francesco's demise, the duo felt that really weird, and decided to interrogate the chief. During his interrogation, he was acting really uncanny and they got suspicious on him, the chief confessed that Francesco's death is really celebrating, because he made his life hell, when we informed him about Silas' condition, Alistair acted coldly. After the interrogation, the duo got suspicious on the chief. The duo later found out that Rab McCulloch is setting up a team that would demand for Scottish independence. They decided to interrogate him, he confessed that with Francesco's death, they can have high demand for independence activists, and they can plan a referendum for the independence, because Scottish Parliament has ordered some activists. The duo later investigated the ground of the mansion, they found out a report of Maria, which mentioned her being pregnant, the duo was startled, we interrogate Maria, she revealed out that she was pregnant with Francesco's second child, due to the "master" prohibiting them to have any relation, they kept their relationship secret, because if it was publicised, that would meant the destruction of the mafia's reputation, and it will be a total havoc, so they decided to keep their sexual relationship private. The duo was still worried about the Warner Siblings however they were informed that there is no sign of them in Scotland. At the precinct, the duo was devastated because the team was imprisoned, we received a message from "master", who said that if we don't cease this investigation, they will execute the team at dawn.

Mid-investigation, we received a very threatening message from the master, who had prohibited us to investigate, and if we investigated, they will execute our team. Although it was threatening, but we still needed to cease this investigation, we ask about Silas to Alexandra, she is panicking and tells us that he bleed excessively and he needs blood, but the blood banks don't have Silas' blood group available, and if we can't arrange proper blood he will die, we later found out that chief was trying to make agreements between the mafia to cease the services of European Police Department, we get startled, we decided to interrogate the chief, the chief says that the Italian mafia has lend the department's reputation to deteriorate, if they will keep on interfering in the mafia, the department would lose all it's prominence, and due to protecting the department he wanted to cease the department from services. We were really worried about Silas and Francesco's death means the mafia will have a new leader, and they will have a leader ceremony following Francesco's funeral. At the end, the duo had enough evidence to incriminate Anthony De Bruyn for the murder, upon admitting, Anthony revealed that Francesco was a traitor, however the duo was shocked, he said that he, Francesco, Constantin Allard and Matthias Hoffman had started a group under the name of "Adlerreiter" which promoted violence in Europe, it was so carry out criminal activities around Europe, this group rose to prominence, however ever since Francesco started the mafia, he payed more attention to the mafia, and this weakened the gang, although he was living a comfortable life in England, until the mafia started operating in England, and Anthony started participating in criminal activities again, since Constantin and Matthias were already imprisoned, Anthony was the only gang member to roam around freely. Francesco later started neglecting Anthony, and since then Anthony started hunting him down, and today he confronted Francesco about it, and then out of anger he killed Francesco.

Judge Catalina sentenced him to life imprisonment. In the AI, after the investigation was over, we interrogate Maria, and request her to free the team, however she broke her promise, and laughed because she was selected as the leader of the mafia, and she is ordering the execution of the team, however she was knocked out by Brad, and it saved a lot of time for the team to escape, while the team was escaping, the guards shot Brad, he started bleeding and they took him to nearby hospital, and as a coincidence it was the same hospital where Silas was. The duo arrived back at the station, they were still worried about the Warner Siblings. We then decide to interrogate Anthony, he reveals out that it was easier for him to seduce Valentin into the party, because he thought he was still in love with him, Emmeline became furious, and asked where he is currently, however Anthony repudiated to tell her. We received a news from the hospital that Silas' condition is awful, and he has some hours to live. We got worried, however during the team is worried about Silas, Bernard barges into the police station and shoots Hilda in the chest, and escapes. We take Hilda to the hospital, however we ask to Bernard why he shot Hilda, he laughed hysterically and revealed that he was the founder of the Italian mafia, and thus the team's traitor, he told that Maria and him are planning to kill all the team, so their terror could never cease. Emmeline pointed the gun at Bernard, however he escaped the department. We take Hilda to the hospital, after it we decide to track the location where Warner siblings are, we managed to track them, and they were being currently taken to Spain. The duo informed about this to the chief, we receive a news from the hospital that Silas survived his wounds, however Brad and Hilda's situation is still critical. However, as the investigation was wrapped up in Scotland, the chief decided that we're heading to Spain.

## Suspects

Anthony De Bruyn

Party Guest

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect eats mashed potatoes.
* The Suspect supports Scottish independence.
* The Suspect is multilingual.

Maria Antonia Russo

Mafia Female Leader

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect eats mashed potatoes.
* The Suspect is multilingual.

Bernard Artley

Profiler

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect eats mashed potatoes.
* The Suspect supports Scottish independence.
* The Suspect is multilingual.

Alistair Chisholm

Chief

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect eats mashed potatoes.
* The Suspect supports Scottish independence.

Rab McCulloch

Undercover Spy

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect eats mashed potatoes.
* The Suspect supports Scottish independence.
* The Killer is multilingual.

## Killer's Profile:

* The Killer eats mashed potatoes.
* The Killer supports Scottish independence.
* The Killer is multilingual.
* The Killer has brown eyes.
* The Killer is a male.