"Okay slow down." Jody says. "Your not making any sense. A bogeyman?"
"That's what I heard. It was a child's voice. I kept hearing it over and over throughout the flashes." Patience explains.
"You saw a someone in a mask?"
"Yes."
Jody sighs and stands up.
"I'm not sure about a bogeyman but we do know that the victims were murdered and whoever done it obviously didn't want their face to be shown."
"I saw them die." Patience places her hands on her lap trying to stop them from trembling. "They both had such a...gruesome death. It was like watching a horror movie."
Jody puts her hand on the girl's shoulder.
"I'm sorry you had to see that. I really wish I can take it away."
" It's fine. I'm used to it now. These visions help. Grandma helped people. Now it's my turn. "
Jody nods and smiles.
"Indeed. Now I gotta head out. Check out the crime scene."
"May I come with you? I might get something. A feeling."
"Patience. You already seen... "
"I might get more. I said it didn't make sense. It came as images and flashes. I need more. Jody its okay. I can handle it."
The Sheriff sighs.
"Alright but if you need to stop let me know."
"I will."
Claire leans on the open door.
"Well? Was it linked to Kaia's killer?"
"No." Jody answers.
"Our kind of job?"
"Again no. Just a masked killer. Normal cop case."
Claire sighs clearly looking annoyed.
"Great."
"Claire why don't you just stay home today. Relax .Have the house to yourself."
Claire shakes her head and picks up her bag.
"No thanks. Can't stop. Kaia's killer is out there. Gotta look for leads. I'm not a sitting around type of girl. See ya."
The young hunter walks out. Jody closes the door not bothering to go after her.
Oh Claire
Jody turns to the two remaining girls.
"Girls get ready. Alex I'll drop you off at the hospital. Patience, you know where your going."
Both girls nod and get ready.
After dropping Alex off, Jody and Patience arrive at the house where the murders took place.
Jody switches off the engine and looks at her passenger.
"You sure you are alright to do this?"
"Yes." Patience answers.
Jody gets out of the car and greets her deputies. The Sheriff signals Patience to follow her into the house. The psychic gets out and follows the cops up the steps to the house.
"Bodies got taken to the morgue this morning." Jody tells the girl.
They step into the house. The deputies separate and go off into different rooms. The Sheriff stayed put keeping Patience close to her.
"Any of this look familiar?" Jody asks.
Patience looks round her eyebrows narrowed.
"No." Her hand goes on to the front door. A vision flashes across her eyes of Nora texting Brendan before answering the door to him. Patience removes her hand from the door and turns to the other woman. "Brendan wasn't suppose to be here. Nora was..." She closes her eyes thinking through the images. "Babysitting?"
Jody checks through the notes and nods.
"That's right."
Patience places her hand on the sofa. Again another vision comes through followed by the feeling of warmth and love.
"They were together. In a relationship." The psychic says.
"Oh I see. Girl inviting her boyfriend while babysitting." Jody shakes her head. "Teens still do that. Hmm."
"It was short. They got interrupted by a... " Patience again touches the sofa. "A noise but I don't know what. She went that way." Patience turns towards the stairs. She let's the energy pull her towards the bottom of the stairs. "She went to check on the child."
" She was found up there. " Joey says. The Sheriff walks upstairs and finds the spot where the victim got murdered. "You say you saw a knife. Right?"
"Yes. "
"Results did say Miss Sterling got slashed to the neck and stabbed. Mr Miller same thing but his was to the head."
"He got killed first." Patience says as she starts putting the images together. "I heard her calling for him but she didn't call him Brendan, she referred him as Bones."
"Bones? Does the kid think his part of a gang?" Jody makes notes. "I'll ask about that when I do interviews."
"I don't know. I know he didn't come. The... boy. He didn't either. He kept saying those words I told you."
"Bogeyman. Guess I'll be bringing that up to." Jody makes more notes impressed by the young psychic.
Patience looks at the spot where Nora was found.
"I know I can't interfere because it's a crime scene and there's blood but may I do something. "
"Umm like what?"
Patience hovers over the blood stained carpet. She pictures the masked killer's position in her mind. The psychic closes her eyes and raises her hand. She suddenly put herself in the killer's shoes. Consuming his energy that was present in the house.
"First the neck."
Her arm sweeps to the left.
"Then stabs to the chest."
She takes a deep breath.
" One."
She does a stabbing gesture.
"Two."
She does the same gesture .
"Three."
And again.
"Four."
And again.
Patience opens her eyes and steps back.
"Nora got slashed across the neck .She got stabbed four times. Brendan. You said it was a stab to the head so he only got stabbed once."
"How do you know?"
" I stood in the spot where the masked killer stood. As soon as I stepped on that spot, I felt rage. I don't know if the rage was aimed at her or someone else. But I definitely felt it. It was strong."
"Do you know who it is?"
"No. Just the mask and knife. There was also darkness. Whoever it was that killed these people, I have a feeling that the killer will strike again. This does not look like a one off kill. It's gonna keep going. I felt the urge to kill run through me when I stepped in that spot. There is something I do not understand. "
"What's that?"
" The boy lived. The killer knew the boy was here but decided to let him live. I don't know why. "
"Hmm. There could be a reason the kid was not killed. Reasons that I do not like to even think about at the moment. " Jody puts her notepad away. "I think I should go and do the interviews. Talk to both victim's families and Max Clark .That kid is our witness."
"I will come."
"Patience. You know the interviews is my job."
" I have to be there Jody. My gut is telling me I have be part of this case all the way. Please. Hearing the interviews will help me put together my visions. Make sense of it all. Find out what the killer's intentions are. Why they are doing this. Let me join you. "
Jody lowers her head knowing she shouldn't pull a girl who is new to her abilities into heavy cases like this. By the look of Patience's face she was not going to back down.
The Sheriff sighs.
"Fine but if you feel it gets too much for you, then stop. Don't think you have to do this because of me. Patience. I promise you I will not be mad. "
"I know you wouldn't be mad. I really want to solve this with you. "
Jody smiles.
"Becoming a team I see."
Patience laughs.
"Yeah."
The two of them go down stairs and back out of the house. They get into the car .
"Okay." Jody straightened the car mirror. "Ready? " she asked.
Patience nods. Jody places her hands on the steering wheel.
"Let's go and do some interviews."
