This chapter is dedicated to Laura V... who alway,s prompts me into trying something new...
unbeta'd all mistakes and there are probably many, are soley mine...
*previously*
No sooner than the pot of coffee was made and half drank the phone's shrill ringing caught the occupants attention...
'Special Agent Teresa Lisbon'...
'Agent Lisbon'. 'Sorry to bother you on your rare day off, but i need you to look at an urgent case that had just come across my desk a few hours ago'
'Yes ma,m i can be there within an hour'
'Bring Jane too , please Lisbon'...'we,ll need his expertise on this as well as your's'...
with that Hightower hung up...
Lisbon looked at Jane and sighed..
'Well. so much for a few carefree day's Patrick'...'duty calls'...
Chapter 3: The Body.
She could really try and scream all she liked.
No one would hear her at all.
Her blood dripped onto the worn, old concrete floor, making patterns as it made it,s way across the room...
she tried to speak but the gag in her mouth was making it hard for her to do so...
Terrified, wide eyes looked upon her captours, silently asking why?
The hooded man just walked slowly towards the girl and his mouth gave way to a maniacal laugh that erupted around the cold, damp underground vault...
she knew then, she was never going to get out of this alive!
The state issued SUV,s pulled up outside of the prestigious St:Ignatious catholic boarding school ...
Jane exited the vehicle first, eyes wandering up and down at the huge monstrosity of the school...
He blew out a *phew* as Lisbon came to stand next to him and ask him was he ok?
''You ok Jane?'' '' you seem a little over awed''...
''Overawed am i Teresa?'' ''It,s just that such a huge magnificent building and all it,s used for is pubescent teens to learn about life in general''. ''why such pomp and circumstance, and why exactly is it named after a spanish knight?''
Lisbon rolled her eyes and moved forward explaining to her team were to group and were and who to meet...
''pomp and circustance my ass'' she thought laughingly..she shook her head at her partners antic,s.
''wait a minute'' her brain screamed '' since when do i refer to Jane as my partner?''...
She took a deep sigh and moved forward to convene with the local P.D...she had more pressing matters to attend to right now than arguing with her brain!
The local P.D inspector was a very tall broad, shouldered man with piercing blue eyes...
he exstended his large hand as a courtsy to Agent Lisbon and addressed her accordingly..
''Thank you for coming on such short notice Agent''. ''It,s a little out of our league what we found here so, i hope you don,t mind and all, but we figured you guys are the best at what you do so...''
''Not at all Inspector Stoker, afterall we are on the same page right?''
''Yes ma,m we are''..
''so what can you tell me inspector ,of the surrounding events that took place here''
''well we have interviewed few of Chloe's friends and so far, all they have to say was, she was not in her dorm on tuesday night for lights out.''
''she had no music practice schedualed that day for after hours so, we assume she was meeting someone and since fratrenising with the boys is a serious offence here, one would assume she was elsewere''
''Ok then. time of death?''
''T.O.D reported at around 11pm lastnight''...''the body was found in the library, right at the back of the stacks, in the occult section of the room, but that does not convince us that it is in any way connected to this murder''...
''I,ll leave that theory to my consultant Inspector Stoker, he has a highly unusual and rather unorthadox methods, but aslo has very high results and i can sssure you, we will find out who did this and why''...
Lisbon turned to face Cho, who had been at her side observing the inspector while he was briefing Lisbon...
''Boss''...
''Cho. you come with me and Jane please, we need to check the library''...
A huge sweeping staircase led them to the entrance of the front of the hallway and were met by the School's Dean, a Mr M. MountJoy...
''Agent Lisbon, i presume?'' ''I am Morgan MountJoy, Dean here at St;Ignatious, may i exstend our gratitude as to you and your team arriving here so quickly. we need minimal fuss, or the governors will want to close the school down whilst the investigation is ongoing''...he stressed...
''We have had numerous phone calls off anxious parents all morning asking if there child is safe to board here or not''..
''I understand Mr MountJoy and the safety of the pupils and staff are paramount but i must also stress that the murderer of 15 yr old Chloe Watkins is still at large, and that and that alone is our main responsibility''
''I agree Agent, but you must also understand our situation too. we rely on gifts made by very wealthy business men to help to keep this school up and running as it has high maintanence costs''...
Lisbon made her exscuses and eyeballed Jane & Cho to follow her, downstairs to the library section of the school...
Down and down they went, the air taking on a crisp, damp smell...
Jane made a face at Lisbon and she just rolled her eyes...
The entrance to the library was magnificent. it truly was a beautiful building. shame it has been abused by a rather grisly murder...
The body of 15yr old Chloe watkins lay covered with white coroners sheet...
Jane was the first to go over to her cold, blue body. He took a deep breath and pulled back the covering...
Strangulation ligatures covered her throat, and around her wrists rope burns and several cuts were evident.
Jane's face mirrored angst and dismay as to why a 15yr old girl would have had to suffer like this by anyones hands...
Lisbon put her hand on Jane's shoulder as a sign of comfort. she knew only too well how upset he got around female victims, especially if they were blonde children/women...
Cho moved forward and began to put on sugical gloves and to check under the fingernails of the deceased,s body and around her neck area also...
Evidence bags were bagged and tied and logged and soon they gave the go ahead for Chloe Watkins body to be removed...
Jane let out a shuddering breath and took a moment to compose himelf before he turned to face his colleagues...
''she wasn,t murderd in this room''...''she was brought here after the event, already dead, so that she would be found quite easily''...'' but why ?''
TBC
