Chapter 3:
As soon as their captor had left the room Eric turned his attention back to Horatio, "H, what's going on. The last thing I remember was walking out to my car after hanging out with a friend". Eric looked around the room again and it finally dawned on him the layout the 3 of them were in sitting in.
By the look on Eric's face he could tell that Eric finally realized who was holding them captive. "Eric, I think we are part of a very sick game, and the one behind all of this is someone who has been eluding us for the past 2 months. Somehow he has managed to abduct the three of us and has brought us here to play his game. I have not been able to get free and I would assume he has you tied up pretty much the same way". Horatio looked away from Eric for a moment to check on Ryan, but resumed his gaze on Eric, "The only way I can think of getting out of here alive is to stall him and not give him what he wants. Eric, I need you to think about the past cases. Can you think of anything that might help us?"
Three weeks ago –
"Hi Eric, I heard we may have finally caught a break in the case". Calleigh was looking hopeful as she asked the question. She was really hoping this new evidence would help them identify the killer.
Eric looked up from his paperwork and smiled, "Hey Calleigh, I ran the DNA trace we found on the chair and it didn't match any of the victims, so there's a good chance it came from our killer. One of the victims remembered the killer banging his hand on the chair hard enough to leave a mark. CODIS came up empty though". He put his pen down and slouched in his chair looking exhausted. They had all been putting in long hours to try and find anything that could be linked back to the killer, but this guy was either too good of just lucky.
One fact they did know was that he was very good at covering up his tracks. They were starting to wonder if this killer had a criminal investigation back ground because he seemed to know exactly what evidence to get rid off before leaving the area. But this was all just circumstantial evidence and it was not enough to go on. They also thought the killer was putting in quality time getting to know the victims before he would abduct them. All of the victims said the killer knew a lot of details about them. Eric had speculated that maybe the victims knew who the killer was somehow, but they hadn't been able to come up with anything. They also couldn't find any links between the victims.
They had all been excited to find some DNA that might belong to the killer, but when CODIS didn't turn up with anything Eric wondered if they were ever going to solve this crime.
Calleigh seemed to sense what Eric was thinking, "did you run the sample in the law enforcement DNA data base? If our theory of the killer having some sort of criminal investigation background was correct he might show up in there".
Eric stood back up and grabbed his paperwork, "I thought of that too, but there was no match found there either. I think we can rule out anyone employed in law enforcement. I am going to go over the other evidence we got from the last crime scene again, there has got to be something we missed. If he whacked his hand on the chair as hard as we were told, he may have left DNA on something else in the room". Eric looked away from Calleigh and started walking toward the door.
Calleigh followed Eric to the door. She knew how he felt. There had been 3 separate cases now and they were no closer to identifying the killer then when they first started. People in the Miami area were starting to get worried about who would be next. They thought the police were not doing enough to find this killer and the news paper articles and new reports didn't help. They made lots of speculations on the cases, but all this did was feed the fear in the people of Miami. The papers had even dubbed the serial killer with the name 'Triangle Killer' since there were always 3 people who were brought together in one room and their bound positions formed a triangle. As both Calleigh and Eric came out the room Calleigh said "I think I'm going to have another look at the victim's backgrounds. There has to be a link somehow". With that being said, Calleigh walked down the hall while Eric went the opposite way.
Present Situation –
As Horatio and Eric were discussing one of the past investigations, they were distracted from their conversation by a sound coming in Ryan's direction. Horatio turned his head toward Ryan, "Mr. Wolfe, I need you to wake up and look at me, I need to know you're ok"
Ryan looked up to where he heard Horatio's voice but he looked very dazed and confused. "Where are we H". He turned and then looked over at Eric with an even more confused look on his face. "Eric, what are we doing here and why are we all tied up?" His words were a little slurred; he was not fully awake yet and was therefore unable to fully comprehend what he was looking at.
Horatio was a little concerned for Ryan. He had been unconscious for a longer period of time then Eric had and he was not coming around as quickly as Eric did. It could be that Ryan was the last one to be abducted and therefore it would have been natural for him to wake up last, or it could be that the killer had used a different method to subdue him. Either way he hoped that neither of his CSI had been harmed to badly. "Mr. Wolfe, look at me please and tell me if you're alright".
Ryan looked over at Horatio again and even though he still seemed confused he was able to answer him, "I'm ok H, my head hurts a lot but otherwise I think I am ok". At this point he tested his bound hands and gave up right away as it seemed to make his head hurt more.
Before another word could be uttered the door opened and the Triangle Killer walked in. He went and stood in the middle of the 3 chairs. "Well, I see that Mr. Wolfe has finally decided to join the game. Let the game truly begin then".
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