Creative Writing: Chief Bisbee's Perfection

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PERFECTION

Earth - 2256

I’m running late again. This time for sure Chief Bisbee is going to reboot my ass or worse. I know that the moment I walk through those precinct doors he’s going to yell, “Detective AI Franklin in my office now!” The Chief sounds mighty unhappy. He only uses my full name and title when I royally screw up. This really doesn’t happen as often as you might think. At least that’s what I keep telling myself.

“Yes Chief Bisbee, how did I screw up this time?”

“Franklin, you’ve done nothing to piss me off, yet. This is coming from the higher-ups who want a very old unsolved case closed. And I just want them off my back, capeesh.” When the Chief gets angry, his face turns redder than a baboon’s ass, or is it the other way around? “But Chief, I already have sixty unsolved murders on my desk.” The Chief now has a shit eating grin on his face. Should I worry? …show more content…

From there on the name kind of stuck. Perfection is roughly 4.3 light years from Earth, that makes this a twenty-year jaunt across the galaxy. Good thing Friday and me don’t sleep or eat or breathe or have a life. I’m starting to think now that Chief Bisbee assigned me to this case just to get me as far away from him as possible.

“Friday, be a sweetheart and bring up the J.R. Holmes

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