"It's the same as last time" Nikki said into the phone as she stared at the body propped up in an armchair in front of her. The room smelt strongly of iron and there were flies buzzing around landing occasionally on the mass of flesh where the face and crotch of the victim had originally been. "They must have taken their time because there is a large amount of blood in this room" she added. Although Nikki was used to the blood and gore that her job brought to her everyday she had to hold back the urge to vomit and the smell of so much blood, she had never seen anything like it.

"Nikki are you okay?" came Leo's voice down the phone and Nikki coughed slightly and nodded even though Leo couldn't see.

"Yes" she choked out "Sorry it's just…" she didn't finish her sentence as Mays entered the room and stood in the doorway.

"Bloody hell" he whispered and brought his hand to his face to try, unsuccessfully, to block out the smell.

"I'll talk to you later" Nikki told Leo then hung up the phone "Same as last time" she added to Mays who only nodded, not taking his eyes off the deceased.

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"Okay so there's got to be some connection between the two men" Mays said to everyone who was gathered in the layout room for a case update "We've identified the first victim as a Janus Cartwright, fifty five" he read off a piece of paper in front of him "an accountant from Manchester who moved down here to set up his own business which collapsed a few years ago although it gave him a nice fund of over two million in his bank"

Harry let out a slow breath and shook his head.

"Seems money cant buy you everything, he's not going to take it with him"

"No criminal convictions, no children, has never been married" Mays continued monotonously.

"We're waiting on tox to come back on both bodies to see if any drugs were used to sedate them" Leo told the two detectives who nodded "I don't think the ropes were the only things used to sedate them because there is only slight damage where the ropes were used to bind the victims to the chairs. If they were fully conscious we would expect to see a lot more damage"

"Why?" Mays asked and Harry replied for Leo

"Detective if you were tied to a chair having your face and manhood cut off wouldn't you struggle?"

Mays didn't say anything but they could all see the answer in his eyes.

"Right" he nodded and turned to look back at Leo "Call me when the results come back" he then turned to Nikki "Can you do another face?"

Nikki nodded and folded her arms over her chest.

"I've already started"

"Good" Mays said and turned to Jennings who hadn't said a word "Anything you want to add?"

"No" Jennings shook his head then paused "Actually there is, what kind of weapon do you think is being used?"

"Something smooth" Harry replied "There's no jagged edges on the wounds"

"So…scalpel?" Jennings asked "In keeping with the idea that they have medical history?"

"Could be" Harry nodded "There are also hundreds of possibilities at this moment in time"

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"Why do you recon he is doing it?" Harry asked Nikki as they lay in bed together that evening, arms around each other.

"Or she" Nikki replied and Harry looked down at her

"You think a woman could have done that?"

"Well it seems very..personal doesn't it?" Nikki asked and propped herself up on her elbows so she was looking down at Harry "I mean cutting the face and penis off"

Harry just chuckled at this

"What?" Nikki asked, confused

"You said penis"

"Oh grow up Harry" Nikki laughed and hit him on the chest as she continued "No seriously, don't you think so?"

"Nikki women mostly use poison. I don't think any woman is capable to doing what we are seeing"

"Why not?" Nikki demanded "We are just as capable as men"

"I know" Harry sighed and reached up to place one hand on Nikki's cheek and stroked it gently with his thumb "But..it just seems…oh I don't know" he sighed and Nikki leant down to kiss him gently before returning to her original position "No case talk in bed" Harry added and grinned as Nikki rolled her eyes.

"You started it" Nikki mumbled and squealed loudly as Harry rolled them over and captured her lips in a searing kiss as he ran one hand down her side making her shiver slightly and allow him to deepen the kiss.

"There's something else I'm going to start" he mumbled into her neck as he kissed it "and I intend to finish it"

I had to get immature!Harry in there somewhere :P

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