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Back at the scene, Ramoos met with two of the investigators. "Clues? Prints? Anything? We got a couple of dead kids here. Not to mention an atrocity." Gill, the senior investigator, responded, "Well, we think we found some footprints, but they are very eroded. We found some traces of a white powder. Possibly a narcotic." "Where is it?, asked Ramoos. "Its in forensics." "I guess the results aren't in..." said Ramoos. Gill's cell rang just then. "Gill, uh-huh, yeah, thanks." "Its positive, detective". "They're writing their findings right now." "What is it?", inquired Ramoos. "They just said its bad and its nasty. They said to come on down."

Ramoos turned and left immediately for the lab. Ramoos went to the lab and found the chemist as soon as he arrived. "Whoa, hey, heard you're hot for this one." "I heard it was bad and nasty. What is that?" "It looks like a mixture, it tested positive for cocaine and methamphetamine and one more possible substance". "What's the third thing in the mix?" "We don't know yet, we don't have enough sample to make positive tests. We're doing further analysis." "Does it match anything in the remains?" "It appears to be the same junk. We can't be sure if they came from the same source yet."

Ramoos, "Have you i.d.'d this before?" "Well, we're checking our notes and logs and databases. Its odd, we don't seem to have a record of this one." "So its a new source? A new dealer in town?" "Possibly, or it could be some local like those pricks who mixed fentanyl and heroin a year or so ago, caused all those deaths. We don't know yet? You got any ideas?"

Ramoos was taken aback. Usually, Roger, the chemist didn't take that much interest in drug cases. "Why do you ask?" "This could be a significant danger to the community. The third substance in the mix, it looks like it could, well, a poison or toxin of some kind. It just has to be dangerous. Whoever is making this shit is some kind of prick. He - or she - or whoever they are - should get the lethal injection. I know its kind of premature. But, I looked at the prelims and I didn't like 'em."

Then, Ramoos's conversation with Glick just kicked in. "Hey, Glick, the ME said something about puffer fish and the poisonous shit they got inside of them." "It sounds impossible...how they could get their hands on such shit is difficult to imagine. But, we'll definitely check it out."