Chapter Two
Kate lead Daniel under the police tape and into the main hallway of the seedy apartment building. The wallpaper was peeling, the sound of the plumbing humming could be heard, and the place smelled of sweat and now blood.
"I still don't understand why the FBI is involved in this case Kate. You haven't given me much information to go on here." Said Daniel, looking around the appartment builting hallway as cops and FBI agents stood around talking to tenants and gathering information.
"This isn't something I can just tell you Daniel. You have to see it for yourself." Kate said cryptically as they made their way to the apartment in question. Kate opened the door to the appartment and even Daniel was impressed by the sight within.
Inside the small room, it looked as though a tornado had touched down and had strewn and broken almost everything inside the room. Glass and furniture were everywhere, clothing was ripped and torn, and blood coated almost every surface, including the ceiling. Daniel entered cautiously, trying not to step in any of the blood for risk of damaging evidence.
"Oh wow." Daniel said taken aback at the shear amount of wreckage and blood in the house. "This is...quite impressive. Are you sure that the victim is the tennant who lived here?" He asked Kate, turning slightly to face her as he put on his glasses.
"Almost positive. Joycean has been missing for two days and the blood is two days old. Once we do a DNA test we should be sure of it." Kate paused and took a small step into the room, also very careful of the blood. "Joycean had a record a mile long. Apparently she was diagnosed Bipolar seeking treatment in the area as well treatment for her addiction to methamphetamine and alcohol. However she had a bit of past in gangs and violence. She was the former girlfriend of a member of the Bloody 66."
"So you think that a gang member with a grudge did this?" Daniel asked as he examined the patterns of blood spatter.
"We're not sure." Said Kate with a sigh. "Joycean was also a member of a Bipolar support group at the local mental health clinic. I was going to go interview her doctor and see if we could get an interview with the group as well."
Daniel only grunted his reply, as he continued to examine the crime scene. After carefully looking at the breakage he stood and took off his glasses. "There is something wrong with this picture." He said carefully.
"Tell me about it." She said looking around the room. "There is no way that the owner of this blood is alive. What's more, there is no body, no sign that there even was a body."
"Obviously if Joycean is dead, then she didn't die here. This feels more like a warning than a crime scene." Said Daniel. He looked over at Kate and gave her a serious look. "Let's go talk to her psychiatrist."
Daniel and Kate sat in the waiting room of the mental health clinic, Daniel in his usual defensive mode, pensive and hugging his briefcase, and Kate sitting patiently, watching him think.
"I don't understand why you think Joycean's death had anything to do with her mental health. It's more likely that this is-is revenge for some past grudge against her." Said Daniel suddenly, his thoughts bursting out. Kate gave him an exasperated look.
"I'm just trying to look at every angle Daniel. As far as we know, all of the gang members Joycean could have been involved with are either dead, or in prison. I'm just trying to get to the bottom of this, and this was the best place to start." Kate said, meeting Daniel's eyes. For a moment, the two were suspended in time, their eyes staring into one another.
"Hello, Dr. Pierce? Agent Moretti?" Asked a voice right in front of them. Daniel and Kate broke their tense contact and as they stood, Daniel could not help but feel a sense of loss. "I'm Elena Johnson, Joycean's psychiatrist. Shall we talk in my office?"
Daniel and Kate were led to a cosy, but well furnished office down several hallways. Daniel took a seat in front of the desk alongside Kate.
"Now," Said Doctor Johnson as she took a seat. "How can I help you?"
"Doctor Johnson, were you informed of Joycean Roan's disapearance?" Asked Kate, getting into her causal interrogation mode.
"No, I didn't know that Joycean was missing. Our next appointment isn't for another week. Do you know if she's alright?" Asked the Doctor, looking seriously concerned.
"As of right now we do not know her wereabouts. We would just like to ask you a few questions about her condition as long as it doesn't violate her confidentiality agreement. Is that alright?"
"Yes of course. I'll help in any way I can."
Daniel hung up his scarf on the rack by his front door and sighed. The interview with Joycean's doctor had been relatively uneventful. Kate had asked many generic questions about Joycean's stability, and treatment. Doctor Johnson had been able to reply to most of them, and had given Daniel no insights into the health of the victim. She was progressing well, taking her medication, and had been very active in the group therapy. The only few questions of interest to Daniel, was towards the end of the interview.
"How did Joycean get along with the other patients in the group?" Kate had asked. Daniel had sat up a little straighter at that question.
"Joy was very social, and seemed to get along with almost everyone in the group." Doctor Johnson had answered very simply.
"Almost everyone?" Kate had asked, leaning a little forward.
"Well, for obvious reasons I can not disclose their name, but Joycean seemed to dislike one of the other patients, and they seemed to dislike her. They were always at odds with each other in every session." The Doctor said, thinking to herself a little. "However I don't think that they would do anything to harm her. They were simply on opposite viewpoints when it came to almost everything."
Daniel took off his coat as he relived the memory and shook his head a little. Something didn't quite fit, he was sure of it.
"LEWICKI!" Daniel shouted as he entered his study. When there was no response, he stuck his head in the kitchen, expecting to find Lewicki there cleaning, or cooking dinner. The room was dark and empty. Daniel, yelled again, up the stairs. Still no response. Daniel was startting to get seriously worried when the front door opened and in walked Lewicki. His face was drawn, and he looked stressed and tired.
"Lewiki?" Daniel asked as he began to hang up his coat. Lewiki jumped, and spun around, fear on his face. When he saw that is was Daniel he breathed a sigh of relief.
"You scared me Doc." He said, and continued to hang up his coat. Daniel was baffled by his appearance. He looked disheveled, as though he had been running or worse. He had dark circles under his eyes, and simply walked past Daniel without saying a word. He turned on the lights to the kitchen, and Daniel followed.
"Lewicki, what is going on with you?!" Asked Daniel as Lewicki began to gather up the materials to make dinner.
"W-what are you talking about Doc. I'm fine." He said nervously.
"Lewicki you were silent as the grave in class this morning, and now you come home late, look like a mess, and jump at the slightest sound!" Daniel said. To prove his point, Daniel smacked his hand on the counter and Lewicki jumped, spinning around to look him. Lewicki's eyes grew dark, and Daniel could tell he was shutting down.
"Doc, what I do is none of your business. As long as I cook, clean, and show up for class what does it matter what I do? Now stay out of it!" Lewiki snapped, and slamming a frying pan down on the stove and stalking off to his room.
"Now that was suspicious." Said Natalie, appearing to his right. Daniel glanced at her and nodded his head.
"Tell me about it! I have never seen Lewicki behave like that. Even when he was mad at me. Something is going on here." Daniel ran his hand through his hair, and paced around his study. "What do you think is wrong with hi..." Daniel drifted off as suddenly Natalie was gone, and in her stead was a young fourteen year old boy with dark skin wearing baggy clothes.
"Of course something is wrong with him, man. The real question is, 'can you handle it?'"
A Note from the Author: Hey, thank you to everyone who is following this story. Also thank you to everyone who has read the first two chapters. This is my first Fan-fic EVER, so give me a review and tell me what you think of it so far!
