It was a few days after the plane attack.
The news coverage finally died down, allowing police to fully investigate the scene. The evidence suggesting Mark was alive was piling up higher and higher...
Tired from a hard day at work, Inspector Gray sat down on the couch, and turned on the TV. His little 6-year old son quickly waddled into the room and jumped into his lap. Gray smiled wearily, and stared stroking his son's hair.
"More coverage on the recent crime wave," the woman on the TV said. Gray's eyebrows turned up in interest.
Ever since the plane attack, criminals have been stealing, assaulting, and kidnapping everywhere. When Gray first learned of the issue, he thought the police force would have their hands full for a long time.
That was not the case.
Gray was recently informed of a strange man wearing a black shirt that said, "In Mourning", with his whole right side of his face bandaged and his arms covered in black spots was walking in front of criminals, and effectively disabling them. However, he seemed to disappear very quickly once he had stopped the criminal.
The news broadcast talked about the strange man, calling him a "hero" for stopping criminals here and there. However, one of the men on the news broadcast commented on the fact that this man only stopped certain crimes, and not others.
The TV then showed a map of the city, with dots signifying locations where this man interefered with crime. In the western part of town, there were for dots, neatly placed such that if connected, they would make a rectangle. "Or a C," Gray thought wearily.
The central part of town wore three dots. At this point, the little kid, who had been oddly silent all this time, pointed at the screen and said, "Dad, doesn't this look like an upside-down V?" Gray looked at his son for a second, then said, "Looks like an A to me."
"Wait...A? C...A..." Gray's eyes quickly turned to the eastern part of town, which wore three dots. The positions of the dots were such that if connected, they would make a triangle. "Or a...L!" Gray's mind quickly put this together. "CAL!"
He rushed over to the phone, and dialed the police station. "I know this may sound strange, but get me into contact with the California Police, now!"