For
Amber Duff this was like Deja vu, pulling up to the former residence of Charles Ofdensen, the estate of the Duke of Pyrettania, it had been vacant for years now, kept under guard but no one lived there and no one really wanted to. When the original investigation had happened Amber had led a team through searching the building and come up empty handed but that time had been about the genocide this time was about something else. Accompanying Amber was her sister
Sarah, computer bag slung over her shoulder, her presence might have seemed odd but trust was important in this situation. Stepping inside the house Amber closed the door and sighed "This hasn't changed." she said
"Where do we start?" Sarah said
"His personal rooms are all upstairs." Amber said "Start there."
"Computers?" Sarah asked
"Yep, he had some top notch security for those." Amber said "Remove the computer from the premises and the data got wiped."
"The word paranoid comes to mind." Sarah said
"Yes it does." Amber said as they headed up the stairs
"So what are we looking for this time?" Sarah asked
"Evidence." Amber said, Sarah raised an eyebrow "Assuming Charles has a plan to seize power it's been a long time in the making, they'll be traces."
"Of what?" Sarah asked
"His plan, network, anything." Amber said
Once they got into Charles's office area, Sarah sat herself down at the desk and started going through the computer while Amber went through the bookshelves,
"Didn't you do that the first time?" Sarah asked
"Yes." Amber said running a finger along the shelves containing diaries "But this time's a whole different game." she paused "Beatrice takes the throne in early 2004." she grabbed the 2004 diary off the shelf and started going through it "Charles is made Lord High Steward reasonably quickly, most of that year is spent on two things - the Constitution and Beatrice and Alexs's wedding... but nothing unusual."
"Try another year." Sarah said "You'll find something." Amber smiled, it took until the 2006 diary but she found something
"How about this?" Amber said "In 2006 Charles visited Seaforth."
"That's not in the Pyrena diary." Sarah said looking on the computer
"So an off book trip to Seaforth." Amber said
"Does it say who with?" Sarah asked
"A Doctor Lucas Cavanaugh." Amber said "Interesting. Let's see what other meetings he had that weren't official."
In Pyrena Emerson was hard at work, as much as he would like nothing more than to be throwing 100% of his focus on countering whatever Charles had in the works he still had business of state to deal with. He glanced up as Kayleigh walked in and handed him a cup of tea.
"Thanks." Emerson said
"There's something bugging me." Kayleigh said "We can prove that Beatrice was being drugged by Charles in 2017 prior to her arrest but..."
"Go on." Emerson said
"She was diagnosed with Parkinsons before transferring authority to Evanthe." Kayleigh said "And she wasn't on any medication in prison, so how does she test positive for Parkinsons after Charles is put in prison?"
"You think someone else picked up where Charles left off?" Emerson asked
"It makes sense." Kayleigh said
"Any guesses who?" Emerson said
"One" Kayleigh said putting a piece of paper in front of Emerson "Do I get him picked up?"
Emerson read the name and looked at Kayleigh "Do it." he said
It was about half an hour later that
Michelle Frost and
David Barker were parking up outside a picturesque country house, the pair had been flown down to Pyrena to provide extra security given the threat but here they were. "It's flat open ground behind if he runs." Michelle said "We catch him either way
"Let's hope so." David said as they got out of the car and walked up the path to the front door.
"So good cop or bad cop?" Michelle asked
"Let's do it by the book." David said taking a deep breath before hammering on the door "Junichiro Koizumi, we have a search warrant, come and open up please sir!"