I Almost Said I Love You-Chapter 4

Ozzy awoke nearly two hours later, groaning and rubbing his head before sitting up. Stretching, he winced again, deciding to go take a relaxing bath to sooth his back.

*the phone rang out loud for a few minutes, bt because Oz was in the shower, the answering machine took the call*

Ozzy had only just laid down in the bath tub, groaning when he heard the phone. "Ugh... it can wait..." he mumbled, closing his eyes and relaxing back.

*the answering machine took the call with Oz's perky voice "I aint at home, so ya knw wht to do. Peace out" before it beeped*

Chief: Hey, Jones. It's the Chief here. Just wanna knw how ur doing n all. Sorry abt u getting kicked out. I hate to say this, bt ur the best we have in the force, tho u tend to screw up sometimes. Well, I knw some ppl who can land u a job some plc else. It may not be immunity, bt at least it pays the bills. Call me if ur interested, aye? Well...bye

Ozzy blinked open his eyes, looking towards the door as he heard the message, frowning a little and shaking his head. "Nothing I want to be but in the immunity force..." he mumbled to himself before sinking under the water.

*another call came in, in which the answering machine took again. It was one of his old friends who worked somewhere near the PD*

Friend: Dude! Heard u got laid off! Tht's harsh, man. Wht did ya do this time? Hey, guess wht? There's been a huge massacre happened! It's someone u knw vry well: Mayor Phlegmming! Yeah! Totally! I dunno the details, bt man, his plc got trashed n HE got trashed too! I knw u aint a cop no more, bt thought u'd like to knw. Cya round!

Upon hearing that message, he sat up straight away, ignoring the pain as his eyes widened in shock. Phlegmming was attacked? He stumbled and quickly got out of the bath, he could relax later this was too big. Getting dressed as quickly as he could, he grabbed his things before running out of his apartment, getting into his car and driving to the Mayor's place.

*a huge crowd gathered round the mansion of Phlegmming, along with the press. Cops were trying to keep them at bay. Leah was among the crowd trying to get in to see the damage*

Ozzy frowned, his friend wasn't lying, but who could of done this to Phlegmming? Sneeking around, he took a back way in. He had to find some evidence to this as to who had done this.

*the immunity were ard taking evidence n photos. The whole mansion was in a mess. Quite a number of valuables were taken away, but other than tht, it was like a turbulence just hit. The mayor's body was torn into pieces in his own bedroom, bt the more horrifying thing was tht his head was gone, they couldnt find it anywhere*

Ozzy snuck around, frowning at all he could see. Why would anyone have done this? It wouldn't of been the germs... they basically thought he was helping them... and the cells of Frank wouldn't... so who? There had to be some clue as to who.

*no one seemed to recognize it, bt the way the mayor's body was torn apart was just like Thrax's signature MO*

Ozzy's eyes widened as he shook his head. No way, he wouldn't of... would he? But why?! Biting his lip, he quickly got out of there. he had to find that damned Virus!

Leah: *bumped into Oz wen she herself tried to find a way in* Oof! J...Jones??

Ozzy gasped out, damn it. "Leah, babe... uh... I have to go, sorry. I have something to do." he said, slipping around her, stealing a kiss from her cheek.

Leah: *surprised at the kiss on her cheek as she watched Oz leave, dumbfounded n confused as to wht just happened*

Ozzy quickly got back into his car and drove off, trying to find where Thrax would be hiding.

*the radio had nothing bt Mayor Phlegmming's death on, stating tht they would not rule out Colonic as a suspect because of the re-election*

Ozzy scowled and drove faster. It was no Colonic! Why couldn't they see!? "Damn it, where are you, you damned Virus!" he snapped

*his cell phone rang wen he was driving dwn the lane near the stomach*

Ozzy blinked and frowned, digging in his phone for his pocket. "This better be good, I'm busy..." he answered the phone with.

Chief: Jones, u there?

Ozzy blinked and frowned. "Oh, chief... sorry. What is it?" he asked, driving around, dodging cars.

Chief: U got a minute? Ur wanted dwn at the station. *his voice sounded a little sad*

Ozzy blinked and frowned lightly, nodding to himself. "Sure chief... I'll be right there..." he said before putting the phone down and changing his direction, heading to the PD

*at the PD, there were tons of reporters trying to get the Chief n the cops to make a statement since they were part of investigating the mayor's murders*

Chief: We cannot confirm nor deny any suspects at the moment... *sees Oz's car approaching* Tht'll be all. No more comments

Ozzy parked up and climbed out of the car, frowning a little as he managed to make his way through the crowd and into the department. "So chief... what's this about?"

Chief: Ur called in for questioning. It's much easier for me to call u rather than having a warrant to call u dwn here. So...if u pls? *gestures him towards the interrogation room*

Ozzy froze, his eye widening a little as he stepped back. "W-wha... what? Chief, you can't really think that I have anything to do with this!"

Chief: Sorry, kid. Bt u r listed as one of the suspects. Let's not make this any harder than it is

Ozzy shook his head and frowned, "Come on, seriously! Why me? How am I a suspect, I have nothing to do with him!"

Chief: We'll be asking the questions, Jones. Now pls, step into the interrogation room, or ur reli gonna look like u reli did it

Ozzy groaned and rubbed his face. "But chief. I KNOW who did it! And if you keep me here, I'll lose him! It's that Frank damned virus!"

Chief: *made a gesture n one of Oz's bulky colleagues held him by the bk of the neck to force him to sit dwn in the interrogation room* C'mon, ur still not obsessed abt tht weird theory, are u? Evn if it's true, u've already blasted him out of the Zit. Aside frm Colonic, who is his rival for the re-election, there leaves u because he fired u. Tht's pretty much of a motive

Ozzy's eyes widened as he was forced down before scowling and struggling around a little. "Nnngh... I thought I blasted him out that zit, but he survived it and he's still in Frank! He's the one that's done this!" he called out, almost looking desperate. "Why would I kill him because he fired me? There's no point! I would just try to get my job back, come on chief, this is rediculous!"

Chief: Well, do u have anything to bk up ur claim abt this? We cant go accusing ppl without evidence u knw, n we can't start off a panic without hard proof tht it is a virus' doing

Ozzy groaned. "I did have, but the virus melted my witness! There was Drips, too! And exam the body, it's proof there it was done by a virus!" he called out, slamming his hands on the table in front of him.

Chief: *rubbed his chin* Well, his body is on its way to the morgue to be autopsied, n we might have leads, bt in the meantime *opens the door to allow Oz to leave* dont leave town

Ozzy blinked, looking up before quickly getting to his feet and grumbling to himself. "I'll prove to you!" he huffed, walking out before leaving the station, even more annoyed than before as he climbed into his car.

Chief: *watches him leave, sighs, n shook his head* Keep a lookout on him, boys. Just in case

Ozzy grumbled and pulled out, driving off. He felt so stressed now. "I'm going back to my bath..." he grumbled to himself, driving off home.

Thrax: *having done whtever he needed to be done, perched again on his vantage point to spy on Oz, n caught him just in time watch him reach home n to the bathroom*

Ozzy grumbled as he pulled off his shirt, starting up the bath, glancing around before filling the tube with some bubbled that relaxed muscles and smelled good.

Thrax: *savoured the sight of seeing Oz naked before he submerged into the bath. Judging by the way he looked, he could guess tht the cell must've found out abt his "handiwork". Smiles deviously to himself*

Ozzy groaned softly as he sank into the bubbly water, his eyes closing as he sighed softly, wincing lightly as he laid back. "Damn virus... next time I see him... I'll kill him..."

Thrax: *thinks to himself* ~Good luck on tht, baby~ *he had everything planned to the last detail*

Ozzy sighed to himself, sinking deeper, slipping underwater for a moment. He couldn't believe everything was getting worse and worse for him!

Thrax: *his cell phone tht he just bought vibrated n he answered it* Yes...Mmhmm...Everything ready? Mm, good, cya then *takes one last look at Oz before gliding away*

Ozzy groaned softly, the relaxing scents and such calmed his muscles and drained him, causing him to fall asleep in the tub again.