Chapter 2

Lacey just finished sending Sami a text message saying that she just arrived in Washington, D.C. She was about to call him when a shiny black Cadillac Escalade arrived near at the front entrance of the airport. She shoved her cellphone inside the right front pocket of her beige trench coat when Stephanie McMahon, the current director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, stepped out of the vehicle. She looked professional and polished in her gray suit.

"You must be Doctor Lacey Callahan. I'm Stephanie McMahon, director of the FBI. Did you have a good flight?"

The older woman asked her as a greeting. Lacey nodded with a small smirk to be polite.

"Yes, ma'am."

"That's good to know. Are you ready to go and meet the notorious Misogynistic Madman?"

Lacey wasn't supposed to feel excited, but she felt that way. It's been months since she's dealt with a patient that wasn't a child. She nodded quickly.

"Yes, I am."

Lacey answered. She was surprised that she didn't express her excitement through the tone of her voice.

Stephanie and Lacey walked to the car. The driver opened the door of the backseat for the two women and he took Lacey's luggage so he could put it in the trunk of the car. When he was done, he got inside the car and started driving. Lacey noticed the other man sitting in the passenger seat. At first, she thought that he was the twin brother of the driver but then she realized how different they looked from one another: the driver was bald while the man sitting in the passenger seat had hair and a beard. She thought that they were twins because they were dressed in suits that looked similar.

"Ever been to D.C. before, Doctor Callahan?"

Stephanie asked Lacey as she watched the younger woman stare at the view through the window. Lacey tore her eyes off the scenery and shook her head.

"No, Miss McMahon. This is the first time I've been to D.C."

"I see. You can enjoy the city when you're not working. Speaking of work, here's everything we have on the criminal - personal information, information about his killings, everything you need to know about him. I could've sent this to you via e-mail but it's confidential."

Stephanie handed Lacey a thick yellow manila envelope. Lacey took it and put it on top of her lap. She opened it and took out the first sheet of paper. On it was the criminal's mug shots and personal information.

When Lacey read it, she found out more about who she was going to be talking to.

His name is Finn Bálor. He's from Ireland, and he's killed thirteen women in the United States alone and is tied to several unsolved murders outside of the country. He only admitted to murdering one of them and after observing the crime scene photos, the way each girl was killed was different but all were equally morbid. If he hadn't left traces of him at his last crime scene, they wouldn't have caught him because he didn't stick to any killing pattern.

Even though the crime scene photos were gory, Lacey found him and his crimes fascinating. She wanted to get inside his head and find out why he did what he did. She was so into what she was reading that she didn't realize that the vehicle had stopped.

"Doctor Callahan."

Lacey stopped reading and looked at Stephanie.

"Yes, Miss McMahon?"

"We've arrived at the prison."

Lacey looked around and they really were at the prison. It was much more orderly than she imagined, which made her feel relieved and secure. For a prison, it was neat and the paint on the gates and walls looked fresh. There were tons of security guards and the electricity on the barb wires were buzzing. She put everything back inside the envelope and placed it on the leather seat. She took a deep breath.

"Take me to him."

Author's note: Thank you all for the kind reviews that you've left for this story and especially for reading this. I promise you that the next chapters will be longer than this one and the first. Anyway, for those of you who are curious to see what Lacey looks like, look up Crystal Reed who's known for playing Allison Argent on the MTV show Teen Wolf. I originally had Emily Bett Rickards who plays Felicity Smoak in The CW TV show Arrow in mind but I figured that she's too young. And oh, if you wanna know how I came up with this story, here's how: when I first started writing this, the two main male characters were actually CM Punk and Dean Ambrose but then CM Punk left the WWE and I already have a Dean Ambrose story. I stopped writing this story until I remembered that I had it saved on my tablet and I really wanted to write a story featuring Sami Zayn and Finn Bálor since I've been watching WWE NXT a lot (which is much better than RAW by the way). Okay, that's all. I hope you're not thinking that the author's note is longer than the story, hahaha. Stay awesome, all of you!

Here are the songs that I've listened to while writing this story:

Digital Daggers - The Devil Within
of Verona - Dark in My Imagination
HIM - Right Here in My Arms
Nine Inch Nails - Closer

- C x