"Secure every document."
"No piece of evidence leaves this room without being catalogued."
"Record formal statements from every witness present."
"Photograph the conference room before anything else is moved."
"And escort Mrs. Elena Navarro to the detention wing."
He paused briefly before adding,
"She is to remain in custody pending the approval of formal criminal charges."
"Yes, Commander."
The officers immediately dispersed throughout the room, each carrying out their assigned responsibilities with renewed urgency.
As investigators carefully gathered the scattered evidence and the metallic sound of handcuffs echoed faintly somewhere beyond the conference room, an uncomfortable realization gradually settled over everyone present.
The violence inside the conference room had finally come to an end.
The legal battle that would follow...
...was only beginning.
The realization settled heavily over the conference room.
The violence had finally come to an end.
