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The next day Will and Kagome were taken to Hibbing, Minnesota as another body was found. A young girl with the same profile was stake to a Stag head. Just looking at it brought back bad memories for Kagome. How it looked was just like 'His' design. Will rubbed her hand with his thumb as he knew what she was feeling.
"The Stag head was reported stolen last night about a mile from here." Jack said
"Just the head?" Will asked
"Minneapolis Homicide's already made a statement." Jack said looking at the body. "They're calling him the Minnesota Shrike."
"Lovely." Kagome scoffed
"Like a bird?" Will asked
"Shrike's a perching bird. Impales mice and lizards on thorny branches and barbed wire." Jimmy Price explained "Rips their organs right out of their bodies, puts them in a little birdie bodies pantry, and eat them later."
"I can't tell whether it's sloppy or shrewd." Jack said
"No. I've seen the pictures. This is not the same man your looking for. This is someone else's design." Kagome said
"She's right. This man wanted her to be found this way." Will said getting closer to the body "It's petulant. I almost feel like he's mocking her. Or mocking us."
"So this is not our guy?" Jack asking more to Kagome than Will
"Whoever did this…has the same mind of design and image as the…"Dove". He's smarter and more artist and cautions than the one you're after." Kagome said
It took a lot of control to say 'His' code name without breaking down.
"Whoever tucked Elise Nichols into bed didn't paint this picture." Will added, agreeing with Kagome
"He took her lungs." Brian stated "I'm pretty sure she was alive when he cut them out."
Suddenly Kagome closed her eyes and visions enter her mind that had her shaking. Couldn't hear any more she turned around and walked away. Everything about this was too familiar and she didn't want to hear or see it again. It had been four years since it happened and she thought she could finally handle it but she couldn't. Not this close. She was so far into her own mind that she didn't hear or notice Will. When he placed a hand on her shoulder she tensed and quickly twisted his arm. Her eyes widen in sadness when she saw it was him.
"Oh Kami, Will, Baby, I'm sorry I didn't…" She said letting him go
"It's okay, it's okay." He shushed her and held her tight. "He's not here Kagome. He's still locked up. This isn't him." He whispered
"I always knew there were others like him out there. But to see the similarities they both have…I thought I could face it Will…but I don't think I can." She whispered
"I'll tell Jack okay. You don't have to come to the scenes until you're ready. I won't let him force you. I won't let him." Will said
He kissed her forehead and held on to her tight, worried that she'll break down if he let her go. She may be his safety line but he was hers. He suffered from getting to close into people with dark minds and she suffered being in the hands of a man with dark minds.
Once Jack said that they were done with the scene Will and Kagome left and headed to the motel. Kagome was still a little unease about the whole thing and Will could tell. He sat next to her on the bed and rubbed her back. She looked over her shoulder and smiled at him. Him smiled back and leaned in capturing her lips. She kissed him back and it turned into passion. Turning fully around and they help themselves take off their clothes. They both needed this. They need release from the stress that they had. He laid her down on the bed and started kissing down her body. Caressing and worshiped her body like a goddess she was to him. He laid kisses and bite marks on her thighs before he started licking her most sensitive spot. She moaned in bliss as he continued for a few minutes and then he thrusted two fingers inside of her. Her breath caught in throat as he curls his fingers, hitting a spot inside her.
"Oh Will…" She moaned "Will, please."
He started pumping his fingers inside her slower than usual and he knew that she hated it when he teased her, which is why he did it. She closed her eyes and fisted the sheets as she could feel herself coming close. Will seemed to sensed it too and took his fingers out which cause her to whine. That is until he hovered over her and entered inside her slowly before he started thrusting. During that they were lost in bliss in their own world.
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The next morning the two were wrapped into each other arms having a nice sleep until someone started knocking at their motel door. Will put on some pants so he could check on it since he knew Kagome wasn't a morning person especial when someone tries to wake up by force. He didn't want to face a cranky Kagome. He learned that the hard way and didn't want to risk it again. Though when he saw who it was a part of him wish that he did. It was Hannibal and it seems that he was joining them instead of Jack today. When he asked to come in Will asked for him to wait outside for a bit so he could wake up Kagome and get dress.
"Will, Honey, who is it?' Kagome asked as she started to wake up.
"Hannibal. Looks like he's joining us today." He said
Kagome groaned, not really wanting to deal with him right now. She knew very well that Jack might have mention her little melt down yesterday. So she got up and went to take a shower to wake herself up some more. By the time she was done she dried herself down and put on some blue jeans and a dark blue long sleeve V neck shirt. When she was done drying her hair and brushing it Kagome walked out and saw them eating breakfast.
"Morning Kagome. I brought you something to eat as well." Hannibal said
"Thank you." She said as she sat down in the middle but closer to Will
It smelled good and tasted good. But she had to admit that the meat tasted different from other meat she ate in the past, yet it was familiar at the same time. When Will was done he went to take a shower as well which left her allow with him and she could feel him staring at her.
"Jack told me what happened yesterday." He stated "Do you want to talk about it."
"You aren't my psychiatrist anymore Hannibal." She said
"Even so, I would like to think of us as friends." He said
He looked at her, reading her face. There were times when he could read Kagome like a book but when it comes to her personal life she becomes stone and puts on a mask. But looking at her now he knew what she was thinking.
"You saw Him didn't you." He stated "What did you see?"
"I saw her in his torcher room, just the same as I saw her. He was behind me, wrapping his arms around me, like he always does when he wants me to see his work. His expression of his love to me. His...Muse." She said as if it was lift a bitter taste to her mouth.
"The Dove." He said "How did you feel when you saw her like that?"
"Like I always did when I see his victims as his art work. Sad, angry more towards myself. Wishing I could have done more to saved them. But he's always ten steps ahead of me and they die." She said "I thought…it was behind me. That I was ready to face it, not let it control me."
"Its hard at time for wounds like these to heal. You may be ready physically but mentally…there may be some damage still." He said, then he reached out his hand and placed it on top of hers. "I may not be your psychologist anymore Kagome but I want you to know that I'm always here for you if you need to talk about it."
She tensed a little by the contact but eased up after a while. Though it would do well if he didn't rubbed his thumb over hers. So not to be rude she gave him a small fake smile and nod at him before returning to her breakfast. But the whole time she felt like she needed another shower or soaked her hand in holy water.
When they were ready they drove down to one of the construction places where Will believed that the killer works at. When they got there the whole time Hannibal couldn't stop smiling.
"What are you smiling at?" Will asked
"Peeking behind the curtain. I'm just curious of how the FBI goes about its business when it's not kicking in doors." Hannibal answered
"Aren't you lucky that we're not doing house-to-house interviews. We had found a little piece metal in Elise Nichols clothes. A shred from a pipe threader." Will explained
"There must be hundreds of construction sites all over Minnesota." Hannibal said
"Yes, but a certain kind of metal, certain kind of pipe, certain kind of pipe coatings. So we are checking all the construction sites that use that kind of pipe." Will explained
"What are we looking for?" Kagome asked
"At this stage, anything really. But mostly, anything peculiar." Will said and opened his door to get out.
She and Hannibal followed him and he stopped when he saw Kagome smiling at him and standing by her door.
"What?" He asked
"Have I ever told that I think it's sexy by the way that you think?" She said
He couldn't stop himself from smiling down at her and they both headed to the main office. None of them notice Hannibal clenching his jaw and clench his hands until they were white.
As they were looking through the files Kagome could over hear the secretary lady whispering on the phone. Gossiping, more likely. With her good hearing Kagome could hear every word she said. Boy, did she want to scoff and roll her eyes right now. After an half an hour of searching Will was able to fine the file that stand out. A Garret Jacob Hobbs. According to his files he only left a phone number, not an address and he was missing work for days at a time that match the adduction. So they took all the files that they had and put them in the car. Kagome help out putting the files in the car and looked over her shoulder when she heard something fell. Apparently Hannibal accidentally dropped a box of files by trying to squeeze it through the bars of the staircase to give it to the secretary. He went to pick it up but Will did instead and Hannibal just went back inside. So she went to help Will but the whole time she couldn't stop this feeling that he did that on purpose.
When Hannibal was inside he moved to the secretary desk and pulled a tissue from the tissue box that sat on the corner of the desk. He neatly folded the tissue into squares, he used the tissue to pick up the phone from its dock without leaving any trace of fingerprints on the phone. Then he used his other hand and bent his finger to use his knuckle to dial in the numbers that he remembered from the form Will had. Bringing the phone up to his ear as he listen to the phone ringing.
"Hello?" A young girl's voice answered
"May I speak to Mr. Garret Jacob Hobbs?" Hannibal asked in a low voice
"Just a second. Dad? It's for you." The girl said
"Who is it?" A man asked
"The caller ID said it is blocked." The girl said
Hannibal listened closely to the conversation before he heard the phone being handed over.
"Hello?" A man voice said
"Mr. Garret Jacob Hobbs?" Hannibal asked
"Yeah?" The man said
"You don't know me and I suspect we'll never meet. This is a courtesy call. Listen very carefully." Hannibal said "Are you listening?" Hannibal asked
"Yes." The man said
"They know." Hannibal said
When nothing else was said Hannibal pulled it away and placed it back on the dock. Tucking the tissue into his pocket and Hannibal couldn't help but grin a little before heading out.
Once they were done they headed off to the Hobbs house. The whole ride there Kagome has been having a bad feeling that something terrible was going to happen. When they reached the house she could sense a tainted soul inside which was male and two females with clean souls. Though the older one was fainting away and the youngest had a little taint in the middle and Kagome sensed that she was afraid. She quickly got out of the car and Will went after her calling her name. She barely made it to the door when it open and Garret shoved his wife at her. Kagome caught her and her throat was cut open which made her bleed a lot. After telling him that she got this Will hurried inside to stop Garret. Kagome wanted so badly to use her powers to save the woman but she had lost so much blood already that it would be too late either way. When the woman died she heard gun shots inside so Kagome hurried to help Will. She got there and Garret was on ground with ten shot wounds in his chest and Will was trying to save the young girls life. Seeing him shaking she knew he was losing it so she gently pushed him aside and tilted the girls' neck in an angle to stop the bleeding and wrapped her hand around the wound to put pressure. She saw Hannibal walking in all calm after everything that had just happened. She didn't like that. It was too familiar of Sesshomaru and the Dove. When she told Hannibal to get her a rag to help stop the bleeding she used a little of her powers to seal the wound without either of them noticing. Then once the cops and ambulance came she was going to let them take care of her. But the young girl grabbed her hand, looking and pleading at her to not go. So despite it she stayed with the girl the whole time along with Hannibal. The whole time she never left the girl sight, holding one hand as Hannibal held the other. When she finally saw Will she knew that this was eating him alive. So she held out her free hand and he took it. Then he brought her up so he could sit in the chair and placed her on his lap. They said nothing the whole time and that was alright with them. Kagome laid her head on his should and their hands were still intertwined with each other. She knew things going to change now and didn't know it was the better or the worse.
