Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-4199666-20150816065155

'''A/N: This is set a few days after Dia went missing. It's part 3 or 4 of a series of unfortunate events.'''

There’s a silent air in the room. Marcus and Nick are both passing glances back and forth at each other, both of them too stubborn to change their mind. Shandee sits in between the two of them, asking if either one of them is going to actually speak to the other. There’s no answer, just more silence from the two of them. Ever since Dia went missing, they’d had the same argument every day. Marcus insisted that they needed to do whatever they could in their power to get her back, while Nick remained convinced that Dia was already dead and they were just using the hopes of finding her as bait, which Marcus was falling for. Still, Marcus refused to believe the latter, and he desperately wanted to prove his brother wrong. He still wanted Dia to be alright.

Suddenly, the silence is cut off by a knocking at the door. Marcus does a slight headcount. Damian’s in the hospital, Shandee and Nick are with him. His mind immediately races to Dia, but Nick is more cautious, standing behind Marcus as he races to open the door. In front of it, a thin woman wearing a button up blouse and dress pants. Her hair is done up in a ponytail and on her waist, she’s got a gun on her holster. “Marcus Watson?” she asks, looking up at Marcus. He nods and she continues. “I’m Detective Shay Rivera. I just have a few questions about your girlfriend, Dia Sanchez. Can I come in?”

Marcus is about to invite her in when Nick quickly cuts him off. “He can’t talk to you at the moment.” Nick abruptly cuts her off as he steps forward to close the door on her. Marcus quickly stops him and steps outside where the detective is.

“Do you know where Dia is?” Marcus asks. His voice is coated with worry and hope that maybe she has some good news.

“I’ve been put on this case. I’d really appreciate if you could help me out here.”

There’s silence for a moment. Marcus can almost feel Nick glaring at him from behind the door. “Uh… sure.” Marcus hesitates. “Whatever you need.”

“Do you mind?” she asks, gesturing towards the door. “I’d rather we do this inside.”

“Sure.” Marcus says as he opens the door. He knows that Nick won’t be happy with him, but he still wants to find her.

She sits down on the couch and gets out her notepad and pen right away. She starts asking questions – asking how he knew Dia, if she had any enemies, asking if she ever talked about running away. Marcus keeps answering her questions until he gets caught up on one.

“Do you know anyone who would want to hurt her?”

She continues to explain that most attackers usually know their victims already. Marcus just shakes his head, because he knows he can’t tell her about Rita. He doesn’t even know if that’s her real name for starters. Nick refused to speak to Shay, and Shandee just said that she had nothing to do with Dia, which was mostly true. They’d only spoken a few times, after all. After all her questions, Shay hands Marcus a card. She asks him to promise that he’ll call her if anything comes up, and he does. He thanks her for trying, and then she leaves. Marcus is left with just the card and Nick’s glaring eyes looking over at him, shaking his head.

“I’m sorry I ignored you,” Marcus defends himself. “I just want to find Dia.”

“I don’t like cops. I don’t like them in my house.” Nick walks over to a shelf where he noticed Shay lingering before and he finds a small microphone. He throws it over to Marcus. “Call your detective friend and tell her she left something here.”

Marcus catches it and stands up. “Maybe she just figured someone was hiding something from her.”

Nick shakes his head. “Maybe I just don’t like cops and that’s that,” he says, ending the conversation. “I’m going out. I’ve got stuff to do.”

Shandee looks over at Marcus from where she’s standing next to Nick. She wants to tell Nick he’s being too harsh on Marcus, but she also knew how it felt having a cop in their house. She had her fair share of encounters with cops, and she definitely tried to avoid those as much as she could. She finally speaks up, softly telling Marcus that she hopes they can find Dia.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I’m gonna go see Damian then. See how he’s doing.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Whatever,” Nick says. “Get rid of that mic too.”

<p class="MsoNormal">Marcus just shrugs and stands up, grabbing his phone off the coffee table. He walks out the front, slamming the door shut behind him. Part of him wants to go back and take Bandit with him just to be safe, but he doesn’t want to go back in there. He starts walking to Damian’s place, taking care to make sure no one could follow him. When he’s about halfway there, he decides to throw the microphone into some alleyway dumpster. He continues on his way to Damian’s place, hoping and praying that those same people who hurt Damian aren’t out looking for him.

<p class="MsoNormal">Meanwhile at home, Shandee decides that she’s had enough of holding her tongue when it came to Dia. At first she’s just cold to Nick, ignoring him. “What’s wrong?” he asks.

<p class="MsoNormal">Shandee just rolls her eyes. “What’s wrong?” she laughs. “Your brother’s girlfriend just got kidnapped, and you’re being a cunt to him.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“I’m being realistic,” he shouts back.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Yeah, well if this is how you treat missing people, I’d hate to see what you did if I went missing.”

<p class="MsoNormal">That last statement seems to shut Nick up for a moment. He considers letting his pride down and apologising to Marcus, but he knows that would work better in person. All he can mumble out is an “I’m sorry,” to Shandee.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Marcus didn’t tell that cop we were here,” she continues. “Dia has a family too, unlike the rest of us. I’m willing to bet they probably want their daughter or sister or whatever back. You’d do the same for your family.”

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