The Limmie Daylights/Chapter 3

The Limmie Daylights

Chapter 3

The trip to Alderaan was quick and uneventful. Upon their arrival, the four MI5 operatives were greeted by the management staff at Aldera Stadium. Blix Lago was the head man there. A tall, thin, bald Human. Blix lead the agents through the Stadium as they questioned him.

"Do you know of anyone who may have disliked Agnew?" Shasta Moonreaper asked him. "Did he have any enemies?"

"No," Blix responded. "He was generally pretty well-liked. I'm not aware of any conflicts he had with the rest of the staff."

"What about the players?" Jace Bont added.

"No," Blix said again. "I know some of our players have had some trouble with the law. Many athletes and celebrities do. That fame and money can go to their head. But we have never had any trouble with disagreements or anything within our own organization."

As they rounded the corner, Europa saw the giant Alderaan Daylights team logo painted on the wall ahead of them. She cracked a little smile.

"When was the last time anyone saw Agnew?" Pandolfo questioned.

"Almost a week ago," Blix said. "He was making his rounds, checking a few last minute things before locking up for the night. But he never clocked out from his shift. No one heard from him again."

"I'm sure you've got security cameras everywhere, right?" Bont asked.

"Of course. We've been through them and haven't found anything."

Europa said, "We'll have to check that out for ourselves."

"Certainly," Blix said.

"And where can we find the team?" Pandolfo said.

"Practicing on the field," Blix said as they walked under the archway where the team logo was painted. They were now looking out at the interior of the stadium.

The players were out on the field with the coaching staff, running drills. The stadium was enormous. The bowl-shape was lined with rows upon rows of seats. The stadium seated well over 100,000 beings. Europa had been to some pro limmie games, but she was always in the seats, never down on the field. It was quite a sight to see. She imagined the seats filled to capacity, 100,000 screaming fans, a championship game down to it's final minutes, the score tied...

Blix lead Pandolfo to the security room to sift through the loads of video footage while the other three agents spent time questioning the stadium's staff and players. After hours of questioning different beings, Jace Bont spoke to Hakan Loob, a Right Half Back for the Daylights. He was a young Chiss male who was one of those players whose "fame and money" went to his head.

Just the way Loob was sitting in the chair was enough to show Bont that he had a bit of an attitude. Maybe an ego problem. Bont said, "I understand you've been arrested a couple times."

Loob said, "Yeah. Some drunken bar fights. But that's all it was. I know what you're thinking, and I didn't kill that maintenance guy. I've got a bit of a temper and I've been in fights before, but I would never kill anyone."

Before Bont could say another word, Loob continued. "Although I wouldn't be surprised if it was one of the Chiefs guys."

"Chiefs?" Bont asked.

"You really don't know limmie, do you?" Loob said to him, shaking his head. "We're playing the Chandrila Chiefs in the championship game here next week. They're the worst goons of them all. Even worse than us. Those Hanson brothers are maniacs." Loob realized he had to explain further because this guy questioning him didn't have a clue about Federal League Limmie. "The Chiefs are known for just pummelling their opposing team. Whoever they play usually comes away with an injured player. So with the Chiefs tough, physical play and our team's criminal history...some people are calling this championship game a 'bloodbath'. I'm saying I wouldn't be surprised if the Chiefs were behind the killing, just to make us look bad."

"A rivalry gone too far?" Bont commented.

"Could be," Loob said, shrugging his shoulders.

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Later in the afternoon, the four agents met again in one of the offices. Shasta and Europa couldn't seem to come up with any leads, and Pandolfo hadn't found anything in the video footage yet.

"Some of the players seem to think this Chiefs team is behind the murder," Bont said.

"They're playing the Chiefs next week," Europa added. "It's the championship game."

"So I guess that means we're gonna interrogate a whole different team now?" Shasta asked, bored with this talking. She wanted action. She was itching to fire a blaster at something.

"That's our only lead at this point," Bont responded.

"Where are the Chiefs now?" Pandolfo asked.

"Probably practicing at their home field on Chandrila," Europa said. "War Memorial Stadium in Hanna City."

"Alright," Bont started. "Pandolfo, you stay here and do some more digging. Agnew never clocked out from his shift, so he was either kidnapped or killed right here at the stadium. There's gotta be some evidence somewhere."

"You got it," Pandolfo said.

"The three of us will head for Chandrila."

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