Chapter 37: Desperately Searching for Her

Meanwhile at XXX Crime Investigation Office,

Team Alpha Cinco and Task Force Eagles were organizing their file reports when Erick received a call. It was the delivery man from where he ordered the food for Elle's dinner.

"Hello?"

"Hello, Sir. I am already at your place right now but no one is at home. Where should I put your order?" The delivery man asked Erick.

"Are you sure there was no one there?" Erick frown upon hearing the deliveryman.

"Yes, sir. I rang the doorbell so many times but no one responded," he replied.

"Just a minute, I will call her." Erick just held the current call then he dialed Elle's number.

An operator's voice could be heard from the other line "The number you are trying to call is currently busy. Please try again later." Then the busy dialed tone followed after the voice.

"Is she talking with someone? Why is it her number is busy?' Erick was puzzled. He called back the deliveryman.

"Sorry to make you wait, can you please try again to ring the doorbell? She might not hear it." Erick requested him, hoping that Elle would finally open the door.

"Sir, I think there is no one inside. There is still no answer." He said.

Erick felt uneasy now. 'Where is Jasmine?'

"Just leave the food at the door. Thank you." Erick hung up. He tried to dial again Elle's number, but to his disappointment, her phone was already unattended and he couldn't contact her.

He was now restless. He didn't know where's Elle and why is it he couldn't contact her.

Bryan noticed Erick's agitated expression.

'What's wrong with him?'

Bryan approached him "Hey Chief, why are you looking so troubled right now?"

"Jasmine left home. I couldn't contact her now. The delivery man was already there but she wasn't home.'' Erick said, concern evident in his voice.

"She might just leave to buy something outside," Bryan said that for him not to worry.

"I have to make sure that she is safe." After saying that Erick went to Captain Jason.

"Captain, there is an emergency at home. Sorry, but may I leave first?" he politely asked.

Noticing his serious expression, Captain Jason just nodded in agreement.

"Okay, you may go. Just leave it with us, we are just about to finish wrapping up the reports. Take care."

Captain Jason allowed him to leave so Erick didn't waste any more time and he went home rushing.

When he arrived, he saw the food which was delivered, at the front door. He picked it up and entered the house.

He searched for Elle but she was nowhere to be found. He checked the CCTV footage and he saw Elle leave the house hurriedly.

"Where did she go? It's nighttime already." Erick's brows furrowed into knots.

He checked his time. It had been two hours since Elle went out and she didn't return yet.

He didn't know where to find her. He tried to call her again but it failed to connect. He had no choice but to request Rose a favor.

"Rose, are you still at the office?" He asked her.

"Yes Chief, why?"

"Can you do me a favor?" Erick requested her.

Rose was puzzled "What is it Chief?"

"Could you locate the person having this cellphone number for me?" He gave her Elle's number

"Ok Chief. Just wait for a few minutes." A tapping sound of the keyboard could be heard in the other line. Rose started to search for Elle.

Erick was anxiously waiting. Then after a few minutes, Rose spoke up. "Chief sorry, I couldn't locate the number, the cellphone might be switched off."

"Ok Rose. Thank you for the effort." Erick deeply sighed and he hung up. Rose was left wondering, who might be the person Chief Inspector Lee is looking for just a while ago.

Erick decided to search at the nearby areas and the stores hoping that he could find her. He was now worried sick just thinking about what could have happened to Elle.

'What if something bad happened to her? What if the people who are looking for her found her?' These were the questions running into his mind right now.

Bryan also helped him in the search. He looked into the CCTV cameras' recording in City Z. He was able to access it at the headquarter. They were both thoroughly searching for Elle.

On the other hand, the girl that they were desperately looking for was observing from a distance the people who are trying to catch Charles.

Black Shadow and the other Skull Gang members couldn't still recover from the explosion that just happened a while ago. Even the other group who was hidden and silently watching the Skull Gang was shocked about what happened.

"Did the guy commit suicide? He'd rather die instead of being a captive of Skull Gang. Could that person be Catseye?" one of the Dark Knight members spoke up.

"Let's leave. We are not needed here anymore. Skull Gang should not find out that Dark Knight interfered with them from catching Catseye."

"They might suspect that we are involved in Jorge Arison's assassination if they see us here." the leader spoke and ordered the group to leave.

Unknown to them Elle saw them.

"So this is the other group who also tried to eliminate Charles."

"Wow, as I expected! They are members of Dark Knights. They really think that we are easy to handle. It seems like they forget who are they dealing with." Elle laughed but deep inside she was enraged.

When the group disappeared from her sight, she focused her attention back on Black Shadow and Skull Gang.

Black Shadow and the rest seemed that they already recovered from the impact of the explosion. Fortunately, they ran fast so they were able to avoid it. If they act a little late, they would surely die from that explosion.

They were careless. They didn't expect that Catseye has that trick. They forgot that she was a person they should never underestimate. One mistake and their lives would perish.

"Black Shadow do you think the guy we are chasing already escape or he died from the explosion? Is it a suicide?" a man asked him.

Black Shadow shook his head "I don't know. But one thing is for sure, Catseye brought us here intentionally. She was alive and what happened here is her doing."

"Let's go. We need to report it to James."

"Our boss would be unhappy with this. We lost many men tonight" one skull gang member shared his thought.

"We should find out who are those people who interfered with us. They seemed like they were also targeting Catseye. If not for them, we already catch Catseye's accomplice."

Frustration and fury could be seen in Black Shadow's eyes.