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"What have we got?" Lisbon's voice cut through the cold morning air as she, Cho and Jane approached their latest crime scene where Rigsby was already getting the basics.
"It's him again," he replied. Normally, the team would take this reply as meaning it was a Red John case, but they had slightly bigger problems.
"Great," Lisbon replied miserably. She was tired from the early case and hadn't gotten a decent nights sleep in weeks, and now she had the new case add to her list. "So what's he decided to do this time?"
The location of their latest crime scene was a rundown children's playground. There wasn't much left, just a set of old rusty swings, one of which was broken and an extremely unstable looking wooden climbing frame that looked like it could collapse if the tiniest insect landed on it. The murder scene however, was located on a crooked roundabout that lingered in the corner of the playground, normally untouched by any living thing, with the exception of today.
"Well, it's completely different from his last kill. Infact, if he hadn't left his signature then we probably would've thought it was a separate case." Rigsby motioned with his hand for them to come over and take a proper look. "Looks like he hauled his victim through the park until he reached the roundabout, strapped him in and set up this device," he pointed to some weird-looking machinery positioned infront of the body. It consisted of a shotgun and what looked like the pedalling mechanism of a bicycle.
"It looks like it was triggered by that bit of wire," Cho informed them, bending down to inspect the wire's path. "By the looks of our vic's toe and the thin red line around it, it was attatched to his toe and when he woke and started moving, his pulled the wire which set off the device that shot him." Cho then retreated from the lifeless corpse infront of him.
The body itself, didn't look as though it had been harmed very much. The arms were tied behind the victim to the roundabout handles, refraining his from moving. There were no bruises or cuts that indicated torture, so this was a quick kidnap-and-kill scenario, nothing like their previous case. There was a minor injury that looked like it had been inflicted before the shot in the shape of a 'X' that had clearly been caused by a hot iron rod because it had also been used in the previous killing. The only major and frankly quite obvious damage to the body other than that was the giant hole that had been shot through his chest by the shotgun.
"I don't get it." Lisbon's eyes were darting frantically between the body and the surrounding scene. "This doesn't fit the pattern of his previous kill. There's no similarities between the two victims other than they're both male and the kills are completely different. He seems to just be killing random people."
She was beginning to get frustrated. Nothing added up. The victims, the murders, the crime scenes, nothing. Normally they would have something to go on. Just one tiny slither of evidence was normally all they needed, but if this was going to be like their last case, which they hadn't actually solved yet, she knew they were going to hit a dead-end very soon.
It was at this point that she realised Jane had said nothing since they got there. She turned to face him, only to see hisface looking puzzled, as if he was trying to figure something out. Something, she hoped, that would give them a lead.
"You okay?" she asked him. He looked up to face her but said nothing. "You've been quiet ever since we got here."
He looked down to the body, then behind him and turned back to face Lisbon, unsure whether to voice his thoughts.
"Does this seems a little familiar to you?" he asked her honestly. She looked surprised by his question and knoew she couldn't answer it so she just shook her head. Jane then directed his question to Cho and Rigsby. "What about you two, does all this seem familiar to you guys?" He pointed towards the body.
"Not really," they both chimed. They looked at Jane quizically, trying to figure out why he had asked them and what he was thinking, but it was useless. Jane was so good at concealing himself that it was always impossible to tell what he was thinking.
"Well?" Lisbon asked Jane, "does it seem familiar to you?"
He paused for a moment, as if planning his next line but then proceded to reply. "I normally have a lot of free time on my hands when I'm not doing this job, so I spend a lot of it watching television and films." He stopped to read the teams confused expressions. They still weren't seeing it. He continued. "I've seen a lot of horror films during my free time, and the last two crime scenes just seem too familiar. Have any of you seen the Saw films?"
By this time, his three coworkers were completely lost. Cho and Rigsby just shook their heads to answer his question, whilst Lisbon was just staring at him like he was losing his mind.
"What the hell does that have to do with all this?" she asked, obviously growing increasingly frustrated with Jane's random questions and the fact that it was a freezing cold day and they had to spend the start of it outside in a manky old playground.
"So you have seen them?" Jane replied, completely ignoring her previous question. Lisbon had finally given in and just decided to answer his stupid questions.
"Yes, I've seen the first half of the first film but I had to turn it off when we got a case a few years back."
"So you didn't see how it ends?"
"No I didn't and seriously what has this got to do with the damn case!" Her frustration was clearly visable now.
" The first film ended with Dr Gordon having to cut off his own foot and crawl to get help." He replied quickly, as Lisbon looked like she was about th punch him square in the face. "His foot was left in the shackle next to the small handsaw he was given to do the job. And what was found at the first crime scene? A foot in a shackle, a handsaw and the body about 50 ft away from the limb with clear signs that he had been crawling."
"I'm with you so far, so the first killing is similar to one in a film, but what has that got to do with this murder that was obviously committed by the same guy?" Lisbon's mind was slowly processing the information that Jane was feeding it. "Oh don't tell me there's a scene like this in there?" She was really hoping that wasn't going to be his next reply.
"In the sixth film, there's a scene where 6 people are strapped to a roundabout that rotates. When it stops on one of them, a shotgun with a mechanism very similar to that one over there triggers and shoots the person infront of it. Obviously there's only one body here but the whole thing is almost an exact replica of the film."
By this time, everyone had managed to understand what Jane was trying to tell them.
"So we've got a killer who's recreating murders from the Saw films?" Rigsby asked him.
"I'm not sure, it might not be just the Saw films. It could just be horror films in general, but obviously ones that involve murder and possibly torture judging by the basic look of the Saw films. He left a signature, like in the films, but a lot of murderers in films leave signatures."
"Great, so you're telling me that we might be dealing with a killer who is trying to replicate murders from horror films and not even any specific series of films, just any ones he likes?" Lisbon directed towards Jane.
Jane nodded.
"Well that's just bloody fantastic isn't it. We don't know who this guy is, he hasn't got a pattern so he could just kill anyone randomly and he could choose a scene from one of God knows how many horror films in the entire bloody universe!" She ended with throwing her hands up in the air looking defeated and proceded back towards their CBI van. "Jane, you come with me. Cho, Rigsby, you guys finish up here and then try and find out where he was dragged from and if there are any CCTV cameras near by. Oh, and can someone please try and find out who the hell he is? Thankyou"
Cho and Rigsby nodded and Jane followed Lisbon over to the van.
Once inside, Lisbon started it up and started driving back to the CBI HQ. She was tense from being extremely pissed off about their almost impossible case, not o mention the one before and now it turned out that they were definately linked. The tought made her grip the steering wheel harder. Jan noticed and decided to comment.
"You seem awfully tense today Lisbon," he commented calmly. " You know too much stress is bad for you."
The only reply he got was a quick glare from his fiesty boss who immediately returned her eyes back to the road.
"I'm stressed because we have got an impossible case, 2 murders to solve, it's freezing and I haven't slept properly in weeks." Shit, she thought. Too much information. Now he's gonna pester me about my sleeping habits. Way-to-go Lisbon.
She waited for the interrogation, but it never came. Jane must have realised that it was probably safer just to ask her later when she wasn't in sucha bad moos and when she wasn't the one controlling the car, which if she lost control for trying to punch him straight in the face, would surely kill them both.
The journey continued in silence.
After a few minutes, they finally arrived back at the CBI HQ, where Jane and Lisbon both headed towards Hightower's office.
This should be a fun one to explain to the boss, she inwardly thought to herself. She knew Hightower wouldn't like this one, but atleast she had Jane, Hightower's 'Golden Boy' for support. And she knew she was definately going to need it.
Thanks to anyone who read my first chapter, will try and update soon and PLEASE REVIEW! :) That way I know what you guys want or what you think of it so far :)