Strangetown: chapter 26.5 (Truth)

[strangetomato]

Warnings: None.



Chapter 26.5

Truth



Detective Jack Luxel lifted a book from the shelf.




After his meeting with their client that morning, he had poured through the files again, leading him to what appeared to be another dead end. It was frustrating, but he was not content to give up.

There was one detail that had caught his attention: a reference to alien abduction in the genealogy of one of the suspects. It was something that he was already quite familiar with, but one could never be too well read on the subject.




The records on alien abductions told an interesting story. The increased frequency of these occurances pointed to a growing urgency on the part of the aliens.

It was as if they were racing against time.

The records mentioned his own grandfather's abduction, in Riverblossom Hills. He had moved to Sim City shortly after it had happened, and Jack had been born there too. Jack's own family tree revealed just how linked he was to this story. He was a part of that whole thing, as much as it weighed on him at times. He was marked by it.

There had been very few abductions in Pleasantview in recent memory, but there had been a number of them, and that was significant. There had been some sightings, here and there, but not nearly as many as in that little town on the Road to Nowhere. West of there, through the desert.

Strangetown... was that where his answer lay hidden?




As he worked, he was joined by his partner, Zelda. Knowing that Jack did not like to be disturbed while he was in the middle of something, she quietly selected a volume of her own, and joined him in his research.

Hours passed.




"C'mon, Jack. That's enough for now, don't you think?" Zelda rose to her feet.

"But I'm so close to a breakthrough. I can feel it."

"Suit yourself, then. I'm going to make us a lunch."

"Okay."

When he didn't move, she sighed, but smiled. That was how he was. When Jack put his mind to something, there was no way to pull him from it until he achieved his goal.




He would not rest until he discovered the truth about Bella Goth.








A/N: Thank you to pixelcurious and jessicus for the wonderful sims.

 

Comments

[showercapfrog.livejournal.com]

Ack! So teased now!

Also, I am so frustrated that you seem to have seen into my head, taken my story idea and made it good with your writing :P I hate all you people with your psychic knowledge of my half-formed ideas!

At first I thought Jack was Frances...but I guess it's because they're both hot men with similar hairstyles.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Were you planning to write something about Bella too? You should still go for it! There is (way) more than one way to tell a story. I'm sure you'll put your own twist on it, even if we're working with a similar concept. I know what you mean about someone seeming to steal a brain cell from you, though... it's eerie at times.

I'm following what I've gathered as the likely answer to the "what happened to Bella" question, given the clues and facts left in Pleasantview, but I've added some extra details to make the connection to Strangetown a little more concrete. You'll see. Bella got herself caught up in the middle of some very bad news. She's lucky she can't remember anything.

It's probably Jack's pale skin and black hair. It's the same colouring that the Worthingtons have. They're both hot, I agree.