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Heimlich VonVictor
Heimlich VonVictor
Vigilante

Oct-24-2009 18:47

October 24, 1938- Heimlich VonVIctor felt a chill run down his spine. Autumn always had that effect on him. He looked up at the multitude of colors adorning the trees and placed his hands in his coat pockets. The pungent aroma in the air told him that, somewhere, leaves were being burnt. He took a deep breath and looked down, to the place he had visited as many times as he could in the past two years. The cold hard stone hadn’t changed a bit, and never would. It would always be a testament to the man resting under it.

RICHARD CAMBRIDGE
FEBRUARY 10, 1892-
JUNE 15, 1936
“Justice for all. Above all else.”

He took a deep sigh. He never left anything behind, nor did he suspect that Richard would want anything left for him. He leaned down and placed his hand on the stone, “I’m doing alright Richard. Eric and I started up another agency. We’re doing it right this time, and Sergei is getting better at English every day. He’s even solving cases now; you wouldn’t believe how well he’s doing.”

“Excuse me, detective VonVictor?” a voice called behind him

Heim whirled around to find himself face to face with a young uniformed officer, “What do you want?” he demanded, “Can’t you see I’m in a cemetery?”

“Yes sir,” he responded, “and I’m terribly sorry to disturb you, but I’ve been asked to fetch you right away, it’s a matter of life and death!”

Heimlich let out a sigh, and leaned down to touch the stone again, “It never ends Richard, it never ends. I have to go now, but I’ll be back real soon.”

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Heimlich VonVictor
Heimlich VonVictor
Vigilante

Dec-13-2009 11:14

Heimlich brought the steaming cup of tea to his lips and took a small sip. He looked down at the newspaper article in his lap and leaned over to write something in his notebook.

"Fascinating," he said to no on in particular, "evidentally the Eye of God is thought to have a healing effect by returning the body to it's previously unmarred state." He chuckled to himself wondering if Barnes ever had an unmarred state. It was hard to picture him without his huge gut, greasy skin, and oily unkempt hair.

Just then there was a knock at the door. Who could be calling on him at this hour? It was nearly 1 am! Heimlich put his newspapers and tea down on the endtable and drew his revolver from the holster. He walked over to the door and threw it open. Standing on his steps was Joseph, supported by Molly and Marc.

"Don't shoot!" Molly shouted, "He's already been shot once tonight!

"Shot?" Heimlich exclaimed, "My God what happened?"

"No time for that now!" Marc insisted, "We can explain everything later!"

Heimlich beckoned for them to enter.

******

"Eric attacked?" Heimlich asked as he worked the tweezers into Joseph's wound, "What happened?"

"He was kidnapped," Joseph replied wincing, "but Vulkie rescued him! Oh God! The whiskey!"

Molly rushed forward, shoved the bottle in his mouth, and tipped it back. Joseph began waving his free arm for a few seconds before coughing and Molly pulled the bottle away.

"Molly!" Marc yelled, "You're trying to dull the pain, not get him drunk!"

"I'm just trying to help!" Molly snapped back.

Just then, Heimlich pulled the bullet free and the blood began to flow, Marc pressed a rag against the wound to absorb the blood, and Molly slowly tipped the whiskey bottle back in Zeo's mouth to give him a little drink.

Zeo smiled. "Just like old times right Heimlich?" he asked.

Heimlich nodded. "Yes indeed," he replied, "I'll be heading to the museum tomorrow. You're welcome to stay here tonight."

Heimlich VonVictor
Heimlich VonVictor
Vigilante

Dec-13-2009 11:26

The next morning Heimlich walked into the kitchen to make himself a cup of tea, only to find Molly sitting at his table drinking a cup already.

She smiled at him. "It took forever for me to get Pierce to agree to leave without me, but I did it." she said.

"How are you feeling today?" Heimlich asked as he poured the remaining water from the kettle into his cup.

"I'm alright," Molly responded, "but I'd really like to know why everyone is trying to kill us. Joseph and Marc are still sleeping."

"Why not come with me then?" Heimlich asked, "You can help me search the museum for clues."

Molly nodded. "Now that sounds like the best idea I've heard in a while."

******

When they arrived at the museum, they could tell something was wrong. Police were everwhere; far too many for a simple robbery. Heimlich pulled his car over and they both jumped out and ran towards the museum. They were stopped just outside the perimeter by a uniformed officer.

"Hold it!" the officer snapped, "You're not going anywhere! This area is off limits."

Heimlich pulled out his PI License. "Heimlich VonVictor, private investigator and detective. I've been retained to investigate the robbery. This is my associate Molly Maltese."

The officer shook his head, "I'm sorry, but it's beyond robbery now, and I can't let anyone in."

"What's happened?" Molly demanded, "You can't bar us entrance. You're hindering an investigation!"

The police officer glared at them. "Go home and listen to the radio if you want to know!" he ordered, "If you don't leave right now I'll arrest you both for trespassing."

Heimlich looked at Molly, nodded, and the two returned to the car. Driving home in silence, Heimlich kept his foot on the gas. He wouldn't stop for anything. Something had happened and it was of vital importance to his case.

Heimlich VonVictor
Heimlich VonVictor
Vigilante

Dec-13-2009 11:55

The two burst into Heimlich's apartment, slammed the door shut, and ran over to the radio. Heimlich flipped it on, began to tune it to the news, but found that every station was broadcasting the same feed.

"If you're just joining us today, we are told that an important development was found in the Graham Barnes case this morning." the news anchor's voice crackled over the radio, "We are now going live to the steps of City Hall where Robbery Captain William Steele is about to make a statement."

There was a moment of silence before the familiar voice of Captain Steele invaded his house. "We have been actively searching for daytime security guard John Kincaid, who has not been seen since The Eye of God was stolen. I am sad to report that this morning, at 7:34 am, detectives located Mr. Kincaid's body inside of a sarcophagus in the Egyptian exhibit. His keys were missing, and inside the sarcophagus, detectives discovered a small card with the symbol of The Order of Socrates on it. Upon further examination, a hair belonging to Graham Barnes was discovered stuck to the card, along with a thread from his uniform under Mr. Kincaid's fingernails. As there is no current robbery captain, I will continue to supervise this investigation with both robbery and homicide detectives. Thank you."

Heimlich looked at Molly. "This makes no sense! Why would Barnes take the keys from Kincaid? He had his own! And we know Barnes isn't in the Order of Socrates!"

The radio crackled again, "We now understand that Philadelphia assistant district attorney Albert VonVictor, the prosecutor on this case, is about to make a statement."

"Good morning," his brother's voice said, "in light of the evidence uncovered by Captain Steele's investigation, I will be amending the indictment against Mr. Barnes to include a charge of murder in the first degree. On behalf of the people of New York, I will be entering notice of intent to seek the death penalty in this case. Thank you."

Heimlich VonVictor
Heimlich VonVictor
Vigilante

Dec-13-2009 11:59

The announcer began to talk, but Heimlich's mind was a blur. The death penalty? Barnes certainly wouldn't have done this! There was no proof of it!

He ran and picked up the phone and began to dial his office, when he realized that Eric was in the hospital and Sergei was with him. He quickly dialed the first few digits of Vulkie's number, but put down the phone. If she had really gone to save him, it was a huge step for them. Plus they were probably stressed as it was. He decided to let Charlie, Vulkie, Eric, and Sergei be.

Just then Zeo and Marc came into the room looking extremely tired. "What's going on?" Marc asked, "What's all the commotion?"

Molly sighed, "It would seem that the game plan has changed."

Heimlich VonVictor
Heimlich VonVictor
Vigilante

Dec-13-2009 12:20

((That should have said "there is no current homicide captain" not robbery captain))

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Dec-13-2009 12:31

***29th October***

"RIIIINNNG" the doorbell went. "COMING!" Vulkie yelled,as she pulled the last "extensions" out of her hair. Vulkie wanted to try a new look, with an extension. But it didn't work out.

As Vulkie opened the door, she saw a lady standing at the porch. "Is this Detective Vulkie's apartment?" the woman asked, a bit hesitating.

"It is.. How can I help you?" Vulkie said, while rubbing one eye.

"Well.... I wanted to talk with you about a certain Mr. Marvington..." the lady said. Vulkie swallowed when she heard "Mr. Marvington".

"Ehmmm.... Alright, come in..." Vulkie said,with a bit of hesitance in her voice. The lady walked in. "Boy,she looks gorgeous" Vulkie said in her thoughts, judging how Eric's taste was.

"I couldn't help, but overhear what you said yesterday... when you were in Eric's room..." the lady said. "Oh? How come?" Vulkie asked, but the woman immediately changed subject.

"My name is Serena Edwards. I've been employed to.... well, get someone with valuable information..." Serena said.

At the word of valuable, a pain crossed in Vulkie's hart. "He's been of valuable information to us...." Vulkie remembered.

"So, what you meant to say, you "get" people to talk about some stuff that is valuable for your "employers"?" Vulkie asked, watching Serena's expression. It was like a brick hit her face.

"So you know..." Serena began, and Vulkie immediately nodded. "I know..." Vulkie replied and Serena burst into tears.

"I didn't mean to let it go this way... Not with Eric... He told me this story about how you two broke up.... but I had to seduce and drug him... otherwise, my employers were going to kill me.... which they are now obviously planning, since I told you...." Serena said.

Just then, the phone began to rang. "Just a minute Serena, it may be important" Vulkie said, as she went to the phone.

"Vulkie here..." Vulkie said, waiting for a reply. Vulkie heard Joseph on the other line...

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Dec-13-2009 12:37

"Vulkie, it's me, Joseph. I want you to remember that today is that meeting. We're all at Heim's place... Can you come and meet us?" Joseph asked and Vulkie thought for a moment.

"Joseph,I have a guest here. As soon as she leaves, I'll make sure to come over to your place..." Vulkie replied and as she watched out of the window, she saw three black buicks pulling up in the street. Men came out, with tommy guns.

"My god... THEY'RE HERE!' Vulkie yelled and she dropped the phone and immediately duck for cover, as the bullets began to spray. "Serena, get DOWN!" Vulkie yelled and Serena fell to the floor, still alive thanks to Vulkie.

Bullets shattered the windows, came through the wooden planks and the front door was "nicely decorated" with two O's and a S

"Serena,FOLLOW ME!" Vulkie yelled, as she pulled out her gun and made her way to the back door. Serena immediately followed Vulkie. Vulkie carefully opened the back door, but immediate gunfire was heard and the door was shot up...

"Serena,take this gun! Fire some shots... I'm going to the kitchen, which overlooks the alley. Maybe I can kill that son of a..." Vulkie said and gave Serena a gun and went to the kitchen.

Vulkie carefully "crawled" to the window, looked out of it and saw the guy. Vulkie aimed... and she got a hit. The guy fell down from the firestairs and was immediately dead.

Vulkie made her way back to the back door and Serena was still alive. "Let me take that from you dear... It's better that I use it.." Vulkie said and she reloaded the old pistol from her dad...

"There's a car,at the end of this alley. It's mine. What I want you to do, is stay behind me and follow my orders. I know a safe place..." Vulkie said, thinking of Heimlich's house....

"We go.... NOW!" Vulkie yelled, as she burst the back door open and aimed at what moved...

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Dec-13-2009 12:45

Vulkie ran to the car, without any trouble. Serena followed Vulkie quickly and watched as Vulkie fumbled with the keys.

"Sorry dear, I'm a bit nervous. Getting old, you see..." Vulkie said. Just then, a man shouted : "Oi, they're here!'. Vulkie aimed, shot the man and opened the passenger's seat. "Ladies first" Vulkie said, with a smile and jumped from the passenger's seat to the driver's seat. Serena quickly stepped in at the passenger's seat.

Just then,more Order of Socrates members came around the corner and aimed. Vulkie started the car, put it in R (reverse) and drove backwards,out of the street. The Order of Socrates members fired with their tommyguns, destroying the wind shield. "HEAD DOWN!" Vulkie yelled and pushed Serena's head down, while she kept her own head just above to see where she could overwatch everything. Vulkie made a sharp turn, out of the street, put the car in D (drive) and went off.

"Pfieuw, we barely made that one out alive..." Vulkie said and Serena shivered. "Now calm down darling, it's going to be..." Vulkie began, but just then, the three black buicks screeched after her.

"Alright..." Vulkie gritted through her teeth and pushed the pedal to the metal.

"First, we've got to lose these guys... And I just know how to do that..." Vulkie said, driving through a busy crossover point.

The lights turned red, but Vulkie didn't stop. She closed her eyes for a few moments and hoped that they would make it out alive...

As Vulkie manoeuvred the car through the "crossover", Vulkie and Serena made it out alive. 2 buicks didn't. One still followed them.

"Serena, take my gun again... Aim at the driver... Do as I tell you so... Don't be SCARED!" Vulkie said, hoping that that would encourage Serena to fire.

"Here goes nothing..." Serena said and she fired out of her window, towards the driver.

One shot... two shots... three shots... four shots.... five shots... six shots....

"Out of ammo!" Serena said, looking at Vulkie...

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Dec-13-2009 12:54

"Don't worry darling, I'm an excellent driver..." Vulkie said, once more pushing the gas pedal down to the metal. The engine roared and roared with excitement. Serena looked out of the back window, seeing that one of the Order's member was dead.. "At least I got one... But not the driver..." Serena said, with a big smile on her face.

"Excellent... You're a good shot for a rookie..." Vulkie said and looked a few seconds in her rear mirror.

Vulkie saw an Order member pulling a tommy gun out of the window and firing bullets. The back windshield smashed into ten thousand pieces. Well, it seemed like ten thousand pieces.

"Serena, HEAD DOWN!" Vulkie yelled and Serena did so. Vulkie made a sharp turn to the right and went an immediate left,into an alley. The black buick rushed by them.

"Get out of the car. We're going for a walk. It's not far, five minutes from here..." Vulkie said, getting out of the car and pushing a piece of cloth in the car's gas entrance and litting it.

Serena ran out of the car,together with Vulkie. Vulkie looked at her watch, as they were walking. "It should blow up any moment.... now..." Vulkie murmered and an immediate BANG satisfied her.

"Ask a friend of mine, he can explain..." Vulkie said, pulling out a small book of her bag and writing something down.

"What's that?" Serena said, looking and pointing at the book. "It's my car book. I keep track of how many cars I got rid off and if I need to buy a new one..." Vulkie said and pushed the book back in her bag.

***Heimlich's house...***

It was a while since Vulkie was here for the last time... "2 years.... It has been 2 years since I've been here..." Vulkie murmered and walked up the stairs with Serena. Serena rang the doorbell.

Marc opened the door, looking astonished. "You... You're alive..." Marc said, hugging Vulkie. "You know me Marc,I never die out on these occasions..." Vulkie said, with a big smile on her face.

Just then, Heimlich came towards the three...

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Dec-13-2009 13:00

"Oh... It's you.... Hello there..." Heimlich said, bluntly.

"That's the only thing you can say? Oh, It's you, Hello there?" Vulkie said angered. "My apartment has just been decorated, the two of us barely made it out alive and you can only say that?!" Vulkie yelled at Heim and tried to punch him.

Heimlich immediately dodged the punch and Marc held Vulkie back.

"Easy there Vulkie! Heim doesn't understand yet... He hasn't been in contact with you lately, hasn't he?' Marc asked and Vulkie angrily gritted through her teeth : "YES!"

"Marc, let them in... It's dangerous out there for them now..." Joseph said, walking at them... Joseph had some kind of mitella for his left arm and smiled.

"So, who's your friend?" Joseph asked, while Vulkie and Serena made themselves into the living room.

"First, a glass of whiskey please... And Serena, what do you want?" Vulkie said and asked, looking at Serena.

"Also some whiskey please..." Serena said polite and Marc smiled.

"She's Eric's friend" Vulkie whispered to Marc and his face began to turn. Vulkie knew Marc more then two days to know him.

"Everyone, take a seat please..." Heimlich said and Joseph and Molly came in with the drinks.

"Hereby, the meeting has been opened... rather earlier then I had planned.." Heimlich said and he began to speak after taking a sip from his whiskey...

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