I was challenged by a friend to write a Dexter story set in Australia, so here goes.
Dexter in Australia Blood and Flood!
Lieutenant LaGuerta's office Minami Metro PD 9.29am.
Maria LaGuerta sat at her desk gazing at a folder, a knock on the door caused her to look up, as she motioned with her hand to come in.
"You wanted to see me Lieutenant?"
"Yes Dexter please take a seat".
Glancing down at the folder momentarily LaGuerta took a deep breath before looking up at Dexter.
"Dexter how would you feel about a two week all expenses paid vacation to Australia?"
Looking at LaGuerta Dexter pondered what this was leading to, he knew she had always had the hots for him but so soon after Rita?
"OK Dexter when I said a vacation, it would also be Department business for four of those days, there is a seminar on Forensic techniques in Brisbane Australia and I would like you to attend as our Representative".
"I couldn't leave Harrison and he couldn't travel that far he's way too young for such a long flight, sorry Lieutenant, what about Mazuka he'd love it?"
"No Dexter Mazuka doesn't need a break you do, Debra will take care of Harrison, it's all arranged your flight leaves at 5.00pm. Go home pack and I will see you in two weeks, that's an order".
Getting up from his chair Dexter went back to his lab to grab his coat and bag, Vince Mazuka came in just as Dexter was getting to the door.
"You lucky bastard Dex, two weeks in Australia and all the women in Bikini's you can stalk".
"Department business Vince, not pleasure".
"I'm only kidding Dex, you just go and have some you time, you earned it bro".
"Thanks Vince I will see you later my friend".
27 hours 14 minutes from Miami to Brisbane Australia was a hell of a flight and as Dexter stood at the hotel reception checking in he felt seriously jet-lagged, still he had two days before the start of the seminar and time to recover from that long haul experience.
7am. And Dexter was heading for a walk to familiarize himself with the area, an hour before breakfast was served so he could see quite a bit of the area and get a feel for the place.
As he walked the built up streets of Brisbane he paused at the newspaper vendor and bought a local paper, it was the headline that caught his attention, "THIRD YOUNG WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE IN BATH".
As he read the story Dexter thought, "this can't be Trinity, I took care of Arthur Mitchell, perhaps it's a coincidence, no I don't believe in coincidences, Harry didn't either".
On the corner in front of him stood the figure of Harry, the figure only Dexter could see, he began to speak.
"Well Dex what do you think is it Trinity or is it a copycat".
"It can't be Trinity he's dead".
"Yes Dex and you made sure of that with the framing hammer".
"OK Harry it's not Trinity so who is it?"
"Look close to home Dex, remember most families have secrets". Dexter was going to speak but Harry was no longer there.
Three hours later.
Dexter was looking at the reports of the other suicides on his laptop, they had all occurred in the last month. He decided to call Mazuka to see if any of the Mitchell family had suddenly decided to go on vacation about a month ago.
Mazuka came back with the answer Dexter hadn't expected, Yes Jonah Mitchell had left for Australia he had decided to emigrate.
It ran through Dexter's mind, he had thought Jonah was such a mild mannered kid, there again everyone thought that Dexter was a mild mannered man, everyone except Doakes and latterly Quinn, and Doakes was dead and Quinn shouldn't be too much of a problem to fix.
Dexter began to research the movements of Jonah Mitchell to see if he was in the area when the suicides/murders occurred.
If Jonah was like his father then this vacation might have some perks after all.