Detective Te Ao Krmendy and the Kparana's Agenda

The sky was a deep and foreboding blue, with not a cloud in sight. The sun was bright, too bright. It made the world look faded and stretched out. A lone figure sat on the hillside, staring up at the sky, watching the clouds roll by.

It had been a year since it happened. A year since she'd died. A year since he'd been shot in the chest by an unknown assailant who'd run away without a trace. He didn't know who did it or why they did it but he knew one thing for sure: someone was going to pay for his mistake. Someone was going to pay for taking her away from him.

He stood up and started walking down the hillside, towards the old house where it all began.

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It had been ten months since Detective Te Ao Krmendy had last seen her face. Ten months since he drove her home from work one night and she never made it through that door. He'd gone over every single detail of that day again and again in his mind; the car crash, the man with the gun, his own stupid mistake, but most of all he could never forget those final words she'd said to him before everything went black, "I love you."

Ten months of searching for clues had led him nowhere. Every lead he followed turned out to be another dead end; no new leads to follow, no new ideas to pursue. Nothing but dust and more dust. Ten months of nothing but failure after failure after failure until at last he thought there was nothing left to do except give up. But then he got a call from his boss: someone had been spotted lurking around the crime scene where she was killed three days ago. Someone who looked just like him; same clothes, same build and most importantly: same face! Now wasn't that a mystery worth solving? This is what he needed; something tangible -- something real -- something he could chase down without any hesitation or doubt about whether or not it was worth pursuing! Of course he took the case immediately! There was no way in hell that he would let anyone else solve this case before him! Not even if it cost him his job! Not even if it cost him his life! She meant too much to him! He couldn't let her go now that she was finally back! Not after everything they've been through together! Not after everything they've survived together! Not after everything they've experienced together...

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He reached the treeline and crouched down behind a large rock as quietly as humanly possible so as not to alert anyone inside -- anyone like himself -- that might be waiting for him inside there right now with a gun pointed right at his face right now because whoever this guy was... whoever this guy was... he knew exactly where this guy was going to go first before anyone else knew because this guy knew something no one else knew except for... except for...

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The door creaked open slowly and silently as Krmendy crept into that little house with only one thing on his mind: revenge for her murder. They had taken her from him once and now they were going to pay for their mistake when they tried to take her from him again: if they hadn't already done so this time around! But he wouldn't let them get away so easily like last time around but there's still no sign of them anywhere in here which means this guy is probably somewhere else because despite how many times he's replayed their relationship in his head again and again over the past ten months that one rule still applies: whatever happens happens and nothing can stop fate itself so instead of finding them he'll wait here just in case they show up instead because maybe then they'll see each other face-to-face finally like they're supposed to have done before all of this happened but where is everyone though? Is everyone dead already? Are they afraid? Are they hiding? Are they waiting? Or are they already dead?! It doesn't matter now anyway because wherever they are one thing remains true: whatever happens happens and nothing can stop fate itself so don't even try shooting me because I can't die yet until I've seen your face first hand so we can talk things through sensibly because you know what? I'm not really here to kill you either but I'm willing to make an exception if you were willing to show yourself first then we can talk things through sensibly otherwise I will have no choice but to do my job but please don't make me do that because we both know you are not supposed to be here at all so please show yourself before I have no other choice than shoot you first then ask questions later please don't make me do that because we both know you are not supposed to be here at all so please show yourself before I have no other choice than shoot you first then ask questions later please don't make me do that because we both know you are not supposed to be here at all so please show yourself before I have no other choice than shoot you first then ask questions later PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME DO THAT BECAUSE WE BOTH KNOW YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AT ALL SO PLEASE SHOW YOURSELF BEFORE I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE THAN SHOOT YOU FIRST THEN ASK QUESTIONS LATER BECAUSE WE BOTH KNOW YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AT ALL SO PLEASE SHOW YOURSELF BEFORE I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE THAN SHOOT YOU FIRST THEN ASK QUESTIONS LATER BECAUSE WE BOTH KNOW YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AT ALL SO PLEASE SHOW YOURSELF BEFORE I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE THAN SHOOT YOU FIRST THEN ASK QUESTIONS LATER BECAUSE WE BOTH KNOW YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AT ALL SO PLEASE SHOW YOURSELF BEFORE I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE THAN SHOOT YOU FIRST THEN ASK QUESTIONS LATER BECAUSE WE BOTH KNOW YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AT ALL SO PLEASE SHOW YOURSELF BEFORE I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE THAN SHOOT YOU FIRST THEN ASK QUESTIONS LATER BECAUSE WE BOTH KNOW YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AT ALL SO PLEASE SHOW YOURSELF BEFORE I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE THAN SHOOT YOU FIRST THEN ASK QUESTIONS LATER BECAUSE USBOTH KNOW YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AT ALL SO PLEASE SHOW YOURSELF BEFORE I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE THAN SHOOT YOU FIRST THEN ASK QUESTIONS LATER BECAUSE WE BOTH KNOW YOY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AT ALL SO PLEASSHOWYOURSELFBEFOREIHAVENOOTHERCHOICETOSHOOYOUFIRSTTHENASKQUESTIONSLATERBECAENDWEBOTHKNOWSYOUARENOTSUPPOSEBEHEREATALLSOPLEASESHOWYOURSELFAFTERICHAVENGOTNOKNOWLEDGEABOUTYOULLNEVERGETANYWHEREINTHISFRONTOFMEALONEBECAUSEWECANTALKTHINGSSENSIBLEYOUKNOWWHATIMGOINGTODOFIRSTBUTIT'SNOTMYFAULTIT'SNOTMYFAULTIT'SNOTMYFAULT..."