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Message no. 1
From: Paul J. Adam Shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: Dead Bodies
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 17:26:37 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Smiley
>>>>>[We just found a houseful of corpses. Four, to be precise. Two of
them were killed in the act of raping a streetwalker they'd picked up that
evening. Dead-bang DNA, hair and fibre match to the Redding case.

Looks like someone took care of the issue for us. Smells like a
shadowrunner hit. Vengeance job, maybe, or maybe something else. I'm
not pushing it - we got bad guys who are now dead guys

You'd hardly believe who we ID'd the guys as... get this, they were Aztlan
Leopard Guardsmen. AWOL for a couple of years, allegedly. So now, we've
got Feds and State Department and you-name-it all over the place trying
to handle the case. Suits me fine - I get to close my case and that's all I
wanted.

You might want to let Redding know the news.]<<<<<
-- Julianne <17:26:53/07-01-60>
Message no. 2
From: WildSmashr@***.com WildSmashr@***.com
Subject: Dead Bodies
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 19:15:41 EDT
*****PRIVATE: Julianne
>>>>>[Leopard Guards you say? Curious. Where exactly were they found?
I'd
like to confirm, for myself, that this is indeed the end. Not saying I don't
trust you or your colleagues, but I'd like to see if this site has the same
astral flavor that I associated with Janine Redding.

Thanks for you time. If you need a helping brain and another pair of eyes,
let me know.]<<<<<
--Smiley<15:38:05/7-1-60>


*****PRIVATE: John Redding
>>>>>[Mr. Redding, it looks as if you will no longer be requiring my
services. While I still need to confirm some facts, it appears that those
responsible for your tragedy have found death themselves. Found shot
themselves, then burned. Apparently these monsters were AWOL Aztlan Leopard
Guards.

As I said, I will need to confirm some facts before I officially close out
this foul business, but I wanted to let you know as soon as I recieved the
information myself.]<<<<<
--Smiley<15:42:52/7-1-60>
Message no. 3
From: Paul J. Adam Shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: Dead Bodies
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 01:05:00 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Smiley
>>>>>[Exact location was >>Tacoma address<<. The bodies are in
the
freezer at Sister Elizabeth Memorial Hospital. You want to double-check, I
figure I can sneak you in there to be sure.

The crime scene? Talk to Andy rather than me, the race you're running is
to look at the apartment before the landlord plasters over the bullet holes,
shampoos the carpet and claims the previous occupant "relocated to
Singapore". Andy's better at that game than I am, that's why I married
him. If you hustle, you can get in there, don't worry about going through
SLand.


I'm pretty damn sure someone snuffed the killers. I'd hazard that it was
Barrens Mob (who knows which?) rather than anything to do with Redding
- it costs to find joytoys cute enough to be good earners, even in the
Barrens, and if you snuff enough of them you'll make yourself a target.
Redding was looking for who and then deciding what to do, someone else
already decided to whack that crew.


But to be honest, I could give a damn. A couple of nasty scumbags caught
a bad case of Death. Too bad. Turns out they're AWOL Leopard Guard.
Not my problem. They might be tied to twenty-odd rape-and-murder
cases in Puyallup and Redmond? I'm under orders not to ask about drek
like that.

All I know is, I got some stiffs that used to be bad guys, who are now
dead guys. I'm under _orders_ not to ask questions. I just close the case
with a fricking smile.

Payback's a motherfucker.

If I've learned nothing else on Homicide, I learned that one fact.]<<<<<
-- Julianne <01-03:28/07-02-60>
Message no. 4
From: Paul J. Adam Shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: Dead Bodies
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 01:16:38 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Smiley
>>>>>[The men who killed Jan are dead?


I'm not sure how I feel about that.

Don't get me wrong. I'd happily have paid to have them killed. If I thought
I could do it, I'd have killed them myself. I just feel... cheated.



Hell with it. No fault on your behalf. And I appreciate your honesty. These
are the dead guys in Tacoma? The ones that got a Fed team in from DC?
And you're still saying you 'need to confirm'?

Hell with it.
+++++include credit transfer: outstanding balance

I figure you earned it. Turns out you didn't, I can hurt you, but I don't
wanna go there. Won't bring Janine back. Won't matter.


I'm fifty-three years old, Smiley. Got a sperm count down in single digits
now, even if I had anyone to use it on, which I don't. Not since Rabinda
left.

Janine was all I had for a chance at immortality. And those scumbags
killed her. And someone else killed them. And what the frag did I do to
help?

Some heroic warrior, some protector of his clan, I make...


Thanks for doing what you could, Smiley.]<<<<<
-- John Redding <01:15:32/07-02-60>
Flightpath Matrix Services
Message no. 5
From: WildSmashr@***.com WildSmashr@***.com
Subject: Dead Bodies
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 15:12:06 EDT
*****PRIVATE: John Redding
>>>>>[Mr. Redding, I knew you might have mixed feelings regarding the way
the
situation turned out. I don't say resolved because there are still some
questions left unanswered.

I've gone and double-checked the information passed onto me by my contacts.
The information I presented to you previously appears to be on target.

There's really nothing I can say or do that will ease the pain. Empathy at
the this point might even seem hollow. And I so I will leave that to those
that know you better.

If I happen across anything else in this matter, I'll make sure to forward it
to you.]<<<<<
--Smiley<13:05:42/7-5-60>
Message no. 6
From: WildSmashr@***.com WildSmashr@***.com
Subject: Dead Bodies
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 15:25:50 EDT
*****PRIVATE: Julianne Hart
>>>>>[Thanks for the assistance. And thank Andy for me, I got to the scene

just as the first bullethole was being plastered over. I'm not sure I'm
happy about these monsters being found dead; it's robbed Redding of a chance
for revenge, for a quicker closure. Perhaps it's better this way though. As
long as the monsters are dead I suppose.

I'm not sure I share your opinion regarding a Barrens Mob, or even one of the
local gangs. If it was them, why didn't they take the girl back with them?
If they went to reclaim her that is. If it was another group, why didn't
they take her as a new "recruit"?

My own suspicion is that this was a loophole being closed; it has the same
stench as some corporate clean-ups I've had to clean up after. Who was
closing what loophole and why remains to be answered of course.

The only lead I can think of at this juncture is this. Is anyone from that
Leopard Guard detachment still unaccounted for? If the hitters strike again
we have that avenue opened to us. I also find it very odd that one of them
apparently suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound. What was left of his
aura had a certain...depression, sadness, ennui, hopelessness, something of
that flavor to it. It was too weak and too vague, but there was something of
that flavor.

I'm afraid that while one chapter has been closed, it is far from the end of
the novel.

Regardless, if you need outside assistance, official or otherwise, you have
my LTG and e-mail. And thanks again.]<<<<<
--Smiley<13:55:42/7-5-60>
Message no. 7
From: Paul J. Adam Shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: Dead Bodies
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 18:26:35 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Smiley
>>>>>[You could be right about the loophole. The girl worked for the Slam
Smashers, a two-bit gang down in north Redmond. They certainly don't
have the talent for this. It doesn't sound like Redding. And anyone after
payback for a dead joygirl would certainly have snatched Delightful.

How many more Leopards might be out there? How the hell should I know?
My guess is that they're survivors from the Five Eyes Motel massacre, but
InterPol won't release the files, and all I've got is rumour. Maybe they fell
to fighting among themselves.

About the only clue I can offer you is that there was one shooter. Male,
white, human. Dark clothes. The girl wasn't really looking much. He and
Mr Suicide had a conversation, which she wasn't really listening to.

She can't remember the name he gave, but it was long. He had a "funny
accent", we narrowed it down to southern British. He also said he was
Army, London Something-or-other.

Feel free to look, if you're curious. If I went hunting, I'd have to arrest
him when I found out who he was.]<<<<<
-- Julianne <18:26:43/07-06-60>
Message no. 8
From: Paul J. Adam Shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: Dead Bodies
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 23:46:51 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Smiley
>>>>>[I wish I could have ordered those guys killed.

I wish I could have killed them myself.

They're dead. They won't kill again.

That's all I could really hope to get, isn't it? Doesn't really matter who or
why, just that they killed Janine and that they're dead.

Let me be honest, Smiley - the Star were fricking useless. I found one,
count her carefully, still just one, cop who seemed to give a damn. The
rest? Slope those shoulders and walk away. Too much work to investigate.

You looked. You found. You at least let me know who killed Janine and
that someone killed them.

She's still dead. But it's better than nothing. All I can get.]<<<<<
-- John Redding <22:41:05/07-07-60>
Flightpath Matrix Services
Message no. 9
From: Paul J. Adam Shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: Dead Bodies
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 17:26:37 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Smiley
>>>>>[We just found a houseful of corpses. Four, to be precise. Two of
them were killed in the act of raping a streetwalker they'd picked up that
evening. Dead-bang DNA, hair and fibre match to the Redding case.

Looks like someone took care of the issue for us. Smells like a
shadowrunner hit. Vengeance job, maybe, or maybe something else. I'm
not pushing it - we got bad guys who are now dead guys

You'd hardly believe who we ID'd the guys as... get this, they were Aztlan
Leopard Guardsmen. AWOL for a couple of years, allegedly. So now, we've
got Feds and State Department and you-name-it all over the place trying
to handle the case. Suits me fine - I get to close my case and that's all I
wanted.

You might want to let Redding know the news.]<<<<<
-- Julianne <17:26:53/07-01-60>
Message no. 10
From: WildSmashr@***.com WildSmashr@***.com
Subject: Dead Bodies
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 19:15:41 EDT
*****PRIVATE: Julianne
>>>>>[Leopard Guards you say? Curious. Where exactly were they found?
I'd
like to confirm, for myself, that this is indeed the end. Not saying I don't
trust you or your colleagues, but I'd like to see if this site has the same
astral flavor that I associated with Janine Redding.

Thanks for you time. If you need a helping brain and another pair of eyes,
let me know.]<<<<<
--Smiley<15:38:05/7-1-60>


*****PRIVATE: John Redding
>>>>>[Mr. Redding, it looks as if you will no longer be requiring my
services. While I still need to confirm some facts, it appears that those
responsible for your tragedy have found death themselves. Found shot
themselves, then burned. Apparently these monsters were AWOL Aztlan Leopard
Guards.

As I said, I will need to confirm some facts before I officially close out
this foul business, but I wanted to let you know as soon as I recieved the
information myself.]<<<<<
--Smiley<15:42:52/7-1-60>
Message no. 11
From: Paul J. Adam Shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: Dead Bodies
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 01:05:00 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Smiley
>>>>>[Exact location was >>Tacoma address<<. The bodies are in
the
freezer at Sister Elizabeth Memorial Hospital. You want to double-check, I
figure I can sneak you in there to be sure.

The crime scene? Talk to Andy rather than me, the race you're running is
to look at the apartment before the landlord plasters over the bullet holes,
shampoos the carpet and claims the previous occupant "relocated to
Singapore". Andy's better at that game than I am, that's why I married
him. If you hustle, you can get in there, don't worry about going through
SLand.


I'm pretty damn sure someone snuffed the killers. I'd hazard that it was
Barrens Mob (who knows which?) rather than anything to do with Redding
- it costs to find joytoys cute enough to be good earners, even in the
Barrens, and if you snuff enough of them you'll make yourself a target.
Redding was looking for who and then deciding what to do, someone else
already decided to whack that crew.


But to be honest, I could give a damn. A couple of nasty scumbags caught
a bad case of Death. Too bad. Turns out they're AWOL Leopard Guard.
Not my problem. They might be tied to twenty-odd rape-and-murder
cases in Puyallup and Redmond? I'm under orders not to ask about drek
like that.

All I know is, I got some stiffs that used to be bad guys, who are now
dead guys. I'm under _orders_ not to ask questions. I just close the case
with a fricking smile.

Payback's a motherfucker.

If I've learned nothing else on Homicide, I learned that one fact.]<<<<<
-- Julianne <01-03:28/07-02-60>
Message no. 12
From: Paul J. Adam Shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: Dead Bodies
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 01:16:38 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Smiley
>>>>>[The men who killed Jan are dead?


I'm not sure how I feel about that.

Don't get me wrong. I'd happily have paid to have them killed. If I thought
I could do it, I'd have killed them myself. I just feel... cheated.



Hell with it. No fault on your behalf. And I appreciate your honesty. These
are the dead guys in Tacoma? The ones that got a Fed team in from DC?
And you're still saying you 'need to confirm'?

Hell with it.
+++++include credit transfer: outstanding balance

I figure you earned it. Turns out you didn't, I can hurt you, but I don't
wanna go there. Won't bring Janine back. Won't matter.


I'm fifty-three years old, Smiley. Got a sperm count down in single digits
now, even if I had anyone to use it on, which I don't. Not since Rabinda
left.

Janine was all I had for a chance at immortality. And those scumbags
killed her. And someone else killed them. And what the frag did I do to
help?

Some heroic warrior, some protector of his clan, I make...


Thanks for doing what you could, Smiley.]<<<<<
-- John Redding <01:15:32/07-02-60>
Flightpath Matrix Services
Message no. 13
From: WildSmashr@***.com WildSmashr@***.com
Subject: Dead Bodies
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 15:12:06 EDT
*****PRIVATE: John Redding
>>>>>[Mr. Redding, I knew you might have mixed feelings regarding the way
the
situation turned out. I don't say resolved because there are still some
questions left unanswered.

I've gone and double-checked the information passed onto me by my contacts.
The information I presented to you previously appears to be on target.

There's really nothing I can say or do that will ease the pain. Empathy at
the this point might even seem hollow. And I so I will leave that to those
that know you better.

If I happen across anything else in this matter, I'll make sure to forward it
to you.]<<<<<
--Smiley<13:05:42/7-5-60>
Message no. 14
From: WildSmashr@***.com WildSmashr@***.com
Subject: Dead Bodies
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 15:25:50 EDT
*****PRIVATE: Julianne Hart
>>>>>[Thanks for the assistance. And thank Andy for me, I got to the scene

just as the first bullethole was being plastered over. I'm not sure I'm
happy about these monsters being found dead; it's robbed Redding of a chance
for revenge, for a quicker closure. Perhaps it's better this way though. As
long as the monsters are dead I suppose.

I'm not sure I share your opinion regarding a Barrens Mob, or even one of the
local gangs. If it was them, why didn't they take the girl back with them?
If they went to reclaim her that is. If it was another group, why didn't
they take her as a new "recruit"?

My own suspicion is that this was a loophole being closed; it has the same
stench as some corporate clean-ups I've had to clean up after. Who was
closing what loophole and why remains to be answered of course.

The only lead I can think of at this juncture is this. Is anyone from that
Leopard Guard detachment still unaccounted for? If the hitters strike again
we have that avenue opened to us. I also find it very odd that one of them
apparently suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound. What was left of his
aura had a certain...depression, sadness, ennui, hopelessness, something of
that flavor to it. It was too weak and too vague, but there was something of
that flavor.

I'm afraid that while one chapter has been closed, it is far from the end of
the novel.

Regardless, if you need outside assistance, official or otherwise, you have
my LTG and e-mail. And thanks again.]<<<<<
--Smiley<13:55:42/7-5-60>
Message no. 15
From: Paul J. Adam Shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: Dead Bodies
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 18:26:35 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Smiley
>>>>>[You could be right about the loophole. The girl worked for the Slam
Smashers, a two-bit gang down in north Redmond. They certainly don't
have the talent for this. It doesn't sound like Redding. And anyone after
payback for a dead joygirl would certainly have snatched Delightful.

How many more Leopards might be out there? How the hell should I know?
My guess is that they're survivors from the Five Eyes Motel massacre, but
InterPol won't release the files, and all I've got is rumour. Maybe they fell
to fighting among themselves.

About the only clue I can offer you is that there was one shooter. Male,
white, human. Dark clothes. The girl wasn't really looking much. He and
Mr Suicide had a conversation, which she wasn't really listening to.

She can't remember the name he gave, but it was long. He had a "funny
accent", we narrowed it down to southern British. He also said he was
Army, London Something-or-other.

Feel free to look, if you're curious. If I went hunting, I'd have to arrest
him when I found out who he was.]<<<<<
-- Julianne <18:26:43/07-06-60>
Message no. 16
From: Paul J. Adam Shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: Dead Bodies
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 23:46:51 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Smiley
>>>>>[I wish I could have ordered those guys killed.

I wish I could have killed them myself.

They're dead. They won't kill again.

That's all I could really hope to get, isn't it? Doesn't really matter who or
why, just that they killed Janine and that they're dead.

Let me be honest, Smiley - the Star were fricking useless. I found one,
count her carefully, still just one, cop who seemed to give a damn. The
rest? Slope those shoulders and walk away. Too much work to investigate.

You looked. You found. You at least let me know who killed Janine and
that someone killed them.

She's still dead. But it's better than nothing. All I can get.]<<<<<
-- John Redding <22:41:05/07-07-60>
Flightpath Matrix Services

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