Criminal Case: Grimsborough

Chapter 21: The Secret Experiments-Part 2

After Ramirez told them about Rachel's message that was left to them a few days ago, Jones angrily said to him, "Of course we want to listen to Rachel's message Ramirez! Even if it's a few days old, it could help us explain who injected her with that mysterious drug!"

Ramirez then started to break out into a sweat and told Marie calmly that she can listen to it while Jones calms down. After he said that Marie hit the message button and Rachel's voice said, "Hello Marie, it's Rachel. I'm sorry for telling you goodbye on such short notice, but I'm investigating a huge story implicating the army and I think I may be becoming a bit paranoid. But I know you're scared something bad is going to happen to me cause I have the same feeling too. In case I die from investigating this story, please keep investigating my case for me. I've left you a more detail video message on my tablet in my office at the news station.

"I can't risk giving you the password, but I'm sure a pro officer like you won't have any problems hacking into it. One more thing before I end this call, I'm convinced the company behind all of this is Greene PharmaCorp but I can't prove it's them just yet. I'm counting on you old friend and I'm sorry to do this to you." And after that the message ended.

Marie then grabbed her brown trench coat off of the back of her chair and put it on over her white sweater and said in a determined voice, "Come on David! Let's go search Ray's office for that tablet and if this Greene PharmaCorp s really behind this, then we better go and talk to Alden directly!"

The first place they decided to go to was the news station and get Rachel's tablet. Once they got there, Marie found the tablet and she started to hack it to open it. Soon, she found the right password and the tablet opened to the home screen. Marie then opened the video app and she pressed on Rachel's video message and once she hit play, Rachel's image said to her, "Marie, if you're watching this, it means I'm no longer of this world and presumably it was my investigation that got me killed. I've been investigating the development of an illegal serum that transforms men into vile killing machines and it's always against their will! Lately, I've been talking to an ex-military soldier named Drake Ribbs and he's the only living proof that the serum has secretly been tested on humans!

"But talking to Drake isn't easy cause there's a side-effect of the serum that's making him more and more violent. I have to admit, even I'm scared of him sometimes. This serum has already ruined thousands of lives and I'm begging you Marie, you have to stop it before even more people are killed!"

As soon as the video was finished, the two officers looked at each other and Jones said, "By the sound of her voice, even Rachel was beginning to realize that Drake was becoming dangerous! I think it's time we checked on him again!"

Once they met with Drake Ribbs again, Marie approached him cautiously and said to him, "Mr. Ribbs, I understand that you're angry about your changes."

"Well why wouldn't I be angry?! One minute I'm the best soldier in General Marsh's unit and the next minute I've become Frankenstein's monster! The general promised me that I'd become even better, even stronger than I already was. But when I woke up looking like this, he kicked me out of the army. I can't even find a good job anymore. I bought myself a Doberman so I could try and get a job as a night watchman, but they said I'm even too scary for that.

"Life wouldn't be too bad if only I could hold my sweet Rachel again, but she's gone off to a better place and maybe I should follow her," Drake explained to them in a sad tone.

Marie placed a kind hand on the man's arm and said to him, "Don't give up on your life Mr. Ribbs. Rachel wouldn't want you to do that. Besides, if you bought yourself a dog, I think they would be the most sad. What name did you give your dog?"