Chapter 1 A new case
It always seemed to amuse Randy how much time could pass without him even acknowledging it, he hadn't paid much attention to time since her death, night only brought the horrible way she had perished. Flames licking her feet and burning her beautiful body until it was black. He had been given time off to grieve, but after only three days of missing her, he had decided to return to work. His boss didn't want him back so soon but soon changed his mind when he saw Randy, he was focused and more alert. Vince wouldn't tell the young man this to his face, but Raven being dead was possibly the best thing that had ever happened to Randy. When that girl was alive, Randy was all over the place and un-focused, everything slipped and slid out of control. Now that she had gone, Randy was more than ready to pay more attention to his job and to the living. Randy couldn't stop himself thinking of Raven however, he would never say it outloud but he had it inside him that Raven was alive, a body was recovered but he wasn't quite sure that it was her's. Until he could prove it, he wasn't gonna say a word.
"Dude were you even listening?"
Randy shook himself from Raven induced thoughts and back to John and whatever he was saying. "Sorry, what?"
"There's been an incident, we gotta go and check it out"
Randy sighed and pulled himself from the chair and followed John out to this brand new adventure.
Randy was back in his element now, a dead corpse and a brand new puzzle to figure out. Randy followed John through to the crime scene, the raw stench of blood hit his nostrils, murder was just another part of his job now, after all he had seen more bodies during his short time with Raven that he was now used to it. It was a natural occurance when Raven was concerned, shaking her away again he took in this newest scene. A dead woman slumped in her favourite chair and a nice hole in chest, the heart that was meant to keep her alive was sitting neatly on the table, cut in half.
"Damn creepy killers" John muttered looking around, unlike most killers he had come up against, this one hadn't left any clues to who he was, just what he wanted them to know. So far, it was all about the poor little woman slumped on her chair.
"Note from creepy killer" John passed it to Randy, those forensic gloves trapping his DNA from mixing, Randy took it the latex already annoying him. Randy buried his thoughts in a frown, Cheating on your husband of many years always results in a broken heart.
"What the fuck is that meant to mean?" Randy asked, mainly to himself. At least it explained why her heart was on the table in two peices.
"Where is the guy in charge!"
Randy kept his annoyed eye roll to himself as the victim's husband came storming through. "Sir we have to stand behind the line, this is a crime scene"
He didn't listen he came up to the two men, "I am Mickie's husband, James Storm. Do you have any idea who did this?"
Randy shot a look at John, subtly he shook his head, the man had just lost his wife, he didn't need to know that the Mickie James's he knew and loved had been having an affair. John took James aside and gave him the usual work over while Randy stuck to the crime scene.
It wasn't long after nine that Randy finally made it home, another new home that he had bought in a vain attempt to move on from Raven. After taking his shoes off he crawled to the computer and started his other important work, proving that Raven was alive, he knew she was out there somewhere, Randy always reasoned that if she were dead, then he wouldn't be alive either, because in his mind living without her wasn't living at all. Shuffling kept him distracted for a split second, his search for Raven halted for a second. Leaving it alone he went back to her, somewhere out there, she was waiting for him and he would find her, one way or another.
Morning light poked through his curtains and across his rugged face, prying his eyes open he could only see white and taste paper. Making himself wake up, a note fell to the floor. Scooping it up he let his eyes adjust so he could get the message.
You are now playing a game, there are four players, the caring uncle, the innocent psychopath, the deadly killer and the renegade cop. All four players have been informed and as of right now the game is on, four players, each one hiding a deep dark secret, will you be the next secret revealed Randal? Find your clues on the taken pawns to find out,
Happy hunting!
