Loaded Away Short Story

Faded Away

It was going to be a cold winter this year, the summer went by fast and now it was halfway through the fall, the woods seemed to get darker and darker each winter. In the middle of these woods was a small town in Kyoto, Japan. The town had been peaceful until one day a young boy went missing when he was in his house sleeping. The parents claimed that they had seen him in his bed sleeping, but when they woke up he was gone there was no trace of him. Me and my partner Tim Woods had been on a case of missing children the first victim of the missing people was a boy around the age of 10 he had been missing for two years. The kid made it to the detectives office. The kid said, “Java! Detective Java! We have found a body by

“Really?” I said slowly, “ Do you think it could possibly be one of the missing people?” Xavier said quickly, “Yes! Come on! Now hurry, I'll show you where the body is.” “Alright, just let me gather my belongings” I said calmly. I gathered the paperwork and files for the missing people. I allowed Dr. Woods’ son show me the way to the child’s dead body.

When we arrived to the crime scene I looked around to find Dr.Woods standing near the body, almost paralized looking at the rotting corpse. “So… Is it the missing boy from two years ago?”, Dr. Woods said nervously. “It is him… Can you tell your wife to get your son and go back to your guys campsite while you stay here and help me examine the body and look for clues?” I asked Dr. Woods. The doctor turned to his son, “Well, Xavier, you heard the detective go on with your mom back home.” Xavier listened to his father and walked with his mom back to camp. “Can you take the body to do an examination, while I look around for clues?” I asked Dr. Woods. I examined the area and looked around for any clues, but there were no footprints or any evidence of anyone being there other than Dr. Woods and his

I continued on home walking at a faster pace and everything went black. I opened my eyes and I was in a cold dark cave no light in sight besides the moonlight from the mouth of the cave, I was my hands were tied along with my legs. I tried to get out of the rope when I heard a strange familiar voice. “Ah… you're finally awake” someone said in the mouth of the cave. The person was wearing a dark cloak and was holding a torch with butchering instruments in the other hand his face still remained unknown but his voice was very familiar. “Well it's time to get to work we don't have much time” the mysterious person took off the hoodie and I can now see his face in the fire light and he walked forward and lit up the whole cave. The mysterious person was my partner Tim Woods. “Tim what are you doing here and where am I what is the purpose of this” I said angrily,” What are we doing in this cave and why am I tied up”. “well you see I needed you and the others to be apart of my sacrifices...it will all finally come together once my final sacrifice is all done I will the world under my control and no one will be able to stop me, not one pathetic soul on this earth will be able to kill me” Tim said with a