[color=Gray]DR Stanton's Building - [color=YellowGreen]8:17PM[/color]

     [color=LightSteelBlue]"Thanks Russell. That's a good idea keeping everyone occupied. I'll talk to the police when they arrive before they can harass anyone from group, though I'm sure they'll definitely want to talk to Linda."[/color] she said as she turned to Russell. 

     She was genuinely glad that she had someone else to rely on in this situation. Russell's voice was rather reassuring to Serena, finally having caught her breath. She nodded and smiled at his words. She studied the room for a while before focusing on on the good Doctor's corpse. She knelt down, her boot and knee becoming lightly soiled by powdery substance, but it was necessary for her to examine the note. The paper was uncommon but without a proper analysis an identification couldn't be verified. [i]Communion Ends, disperse...[/i] The message seemed to imply that whoever was responsible for this would have an intimate knowledge of Dr. Stanton, and furthermore, the group. Serena felt a growing concern in her belly for the safety of the others. Could they be targeted in this as well, or possibly even the targets themselves? Her thoughts begin to spiral into descent in the most vexing of ways. Then there was [i]Linda[/i], the assistant. Her sole presence in a seemingly empty building with a murder scene as it's centerpiece? This too was odd, she thought. Some suspicions arose but she knew not to assume anything, and besides, she had chased the perp herself...
     She had not been extremely close with Dr. Stanton but she was having a hard time detaching herself from him in this moment. She rose to her feet, dusting her kneecap off, trying to expel as much of the sooty material from her jeans as possible. She shook of the grim feeling she was having. [i]Not now, Serena, gotta be strong for the rest of them for now,[/i] she thought to herself. She was trying to muster the necessary courage and backbone required to go through the motions of giving a statement. Something she was usually on the other side of. It was a bit later before the police would arrive, along with Russell's old partner Bill. Russell was quick to introduce them as to keep collateral damage imposed on the group to a minimum. Serena did her best to divulge whatever information she could to Russell's old partner, given her expertise in certain aspects she picked up from the scene, but it was still a short conversation.

     [color=LightSteelBlue]"Detective Henderson."[/color] she said [color=LightSteelBlue]"Lt. Gomez from the NYPD, technically I'm on leave..."[/color] 

     Serena spent a brief bit of time with the detective discussing a bit about her background, and the technicalities of her being on medical leave, and the incident that led to it and also mentions the delicate nature of the group and that she would appreciate it if they would do whatever they could to be as gentle as possible. She also made him aware that everyone might not give a statement and that was okay. She then described the scene as it had unfolded to them, as a group. She then began give her statement on the pursuit...

     [color=LightSteelBlue]"Yes, that's correct. I pursued the perp down the stairwell and lost visual about a block to the southeast on 89th street."[/color] she said [color=LightSteelBlue]"Nope, couldn't be sure exactly what he was wearing, just that it was all dark. Some kind of hoody I think, but I couldn't be sure."[/color]

     She answered him as honestly as she could. Details were always the hardest things to remember. She now had a newfound respect for those people she had taken statements from or questioned in the past. She could now see why they had such a hard time remembering what seemed like it should be an easy task. [i]It was not...[/i] She decided not to mention any suspicion of Linda to Bill, she would keep that to herself for now. She did mention to the detective that the entire building seemed vacant, and that there was no receptionist and that they hadn't seen another soul, save for the perp... and Linda. It wasn't her concern anyway. They would want to talk to Linda extensively anyway, being the only clinically sane one there. Anything on the odd would come out there, she supposed.[/color]