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  2\chapter{The Last Case}
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  4Detective Luke Bavarious woke with a snort. Today was the day, the
  5case to end all cases. This case would be the biggest one he had
  6ever undertaken and the thought made him nauseous. It had to be
  7done, It will be done.
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 11He staggered off the urine stained mattress, his foot stepping in
 12something soft and rust coloured but he didn't care. He was
 13thirsty, but not thirsty for water, he walked over to his table and
 14grabbed the bottle of whiskey. He spun the top and swallowed the
 15horrid cocktail of whiskey and cigarette butts; he began to choke
 16but welcomed the sensation. It was good to feel something for
 17once.
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 21His bloodshot eye saw something glint under an old T-bone. He
 22picked it up and wiped off the grease. It was his badge. It read
 23``Detective''.
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 25``More like defective'' he muttered to himself and began
 26a horrible, scratchy giggle which began to get louder and louder,
 27like a washing machine in a dank, dirty laundrette. His laughter
 28stopped when he saw his reflection in the dusty mirror. What was
 29once a handsome chiselled face looked back at him with empty eyes
 30and a patchy beard like that of a rapist. He began to cry, the
 31tears ejected from his eyes like the cartridges from his berretta.
 32The berretta! He grabbed it, and put it to his head, pulling the
 33trigger. An empty click echoed through the empty room.
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 37``No, not yet. One last case. The Mad Cannibal is still out
 38there, eating children, I must stop him.''
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 42Ever since the incident in the alley, he was a changed man. He
 43wanted to die, and had been ready to, but then the Mad Cannibal
 44began his horrid campaign of terror and only him, Luke Bavarious,
 45could take him.
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 49Slipping on his stained trenchcoat, loading his Berettas and taking
 50another horrid swig of brown whiskey, he staggered out like a
 51scarecrow into the night. He knew where the cannibal was, he had
 52been following him for weeks to an old warehouse where he would
 53take his victims and begin the ghastly practice. The sky was dark,
 54and the rain ran down his face like the bloody tears of the
 55cannibals victims. Lightning flashed, followed by thunder but
 56Bavarious wasn't scared, he was ready.
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 60He crept up to the warehouse, and sure enough The Mad Cannibal was
 61there, towering over his latest victim, a young boy wearing a
 62hoodie and sweatpants. It was now or never. He kissed his Berettas
 63and dived head first through the glass window. He landed in a
 64shower of glass and blood, his eyes scanning the warehouse for the
 65horrid ghoul, but didn't see him. Suddenly a butchers knife
 66flew out of the darkness and struck his shoulder, colouring it with
 67an all too familiar rust. Out of the darkness, a figure emerged,
 68running towards him with a knife in each hand and murderous red
 69eyes. Suddenly he fell, the kid had tripped him up!
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 73``Thanks kid, now get outta here'' Bavarious growled,
 74spitting blood onto the floor.
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 76``But I can help mister, I want to help''
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 78``{\bf Get out}'' Bavarious snarled, raising his Berettas to scan the
 79darkness.
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 83Suddenly, a horrid scream filled the warehouse and the cannibal
 84rushed out of the darkness again. Bavarious fired his pistols with
 85lightning speed, his Berettas vomiting bullet casings. The first
 86shot hit the cannibal in the stomach and he instantly spewed a
 87mixture of blood and human fingers. The second ripped through his
 88eyes, puncturing them like grotesque bicycle tyres. He was still
 89coming though, and Bavarious needed to reload. With lightning speed
 90he replaced the spent magazines, but the ghoul was gone again.
 91Following the trail of blood he found the madman sitting behind
 92some crates. He was wheezing and giggling in a pool of vomit, blood
 93pouring out of his eyes like a horrid waterfall.
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 97``Im not going to arrest you'' Bavarious snarled,
 98``but I am going to kill you. Prepare to die you sick
 99bastard''
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103``Luke{\ldots}'' wheezed the rusty figure below.
104``You wouldn't kill your brother would
105you?''.
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109A lightning flash filled the room, and it was only then that
110Bavarious saw the face of the cannibal in front of him. It was his
111brother. An immense pressure of hatred and horror welled up inside
112him. He staggered back holding his stomach, his eyes bloating like
113a horrid fish. He howled upwards into the night, the vomit
114exploding from his tortured innards like a revolting fountain of
115misery. Behind him, The Mad Cannibal was gone.
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122\illustration{Part of Everything}{Luke, Down and Out}{art/Part_of_Everything-Luke_Down_and_Out.png}