Corpses: A Short Story

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“Corpses? Someone is stealing corpses? What kind of sicko steals corpses? Fresh from the morgue too! How horrendous, do these people have any decency anymore?” Adam Sinclair, my, unfortunate, partner complained. “Yes, Adam, we’ve read the article how many times now? Five? And yet you still can’t wrap your head around the fact that people think a bit mad sometimes?” I spat out for the fifth time. “It’s not my fault people are crazy Piper; it might be a bit hard to grasp at first, especially since I’m new to this.” “Speaking of, we have a case to work, so let's start.” With a stubborn sigh and a murmured ‘fine’ he stood up and walked over to the files regarding the crime. “Why would they do it anyway?” “I don’t know… hopefully …show more content…

I scrunched up my nose and noticed Adam doing the same, giving a shared look we set off to the cooling room as we were already checked in. After reaching the cooling room where all the missing bodies’ empty compartments were, we went over to the morgue assistant’s desk for questioning. Her desk was fairly organized, everything looked to be in alphabetical order and color coded, a seemingly new laptop was placed next to her computer in what looks to be an intentional manner, everything seemed intentional and carefully planned out. “What are you doing here?” She frantically got up to call security when we pulled out our ID’s and with a blush she sat back down. “My apologizes, usually only workers are allowed entry to the bodies. Cameron William, morgue assistant." “It’s fine Ms. William, you’re only doing your job anyway, and we’re just looking for more information on the case. I'm detective Adam Sinclair and this is my partner, detective Piper White," Adam informed with a comforting smile. “So where were you the nights where each body had gone …show more content…

As he pulled it open, expecting empty space, I noticed that that wasn’t one of the victims. “Adam…” but I was too late, he opened it, and it wasn’t a pretty sight. "AHHH! Gross, gross, gross! Oh God, I'm about to barf..." He flinched at the body, which died from what looked to be multiple animal attacks. Its skin was covered in bruises and bite marks, even his ear was missing! He quickly closed the compartment and looked away as I gagged along with him. "I think I just threw up in my mouth." "That was a pleasant sight..." I joked half-heartedly, trying to ease the disgust that surrounded the air. I cleared my throat awkwardly, "Uh, let's see the actual crime now." I quickly opened the right drawer and looked away from Adam's still disgusted facial expression. "Yeah, we should start, they were in alphabetical order, right? The two bodies that went missing on day one both had last names starting with the letter 'A'. On the second night the two bodies that got stolen were both 'B' last names. And the two that went missing last night were both 'C', right?" "Yup, they go missing in pairs of two, by alphabetical order, and they all died healthy," I informed. "I guess our criminal is a neat

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