Hey, TheHeartlessNukian
I began writing this fanfiction back in 2013, so it feels like the right time for me to continue it and tell you story about A's past. Beyond Birthday will be in this story too, you'll get to see how their friendship blossomed from childhood until B becomes the Serial Killer we all love and know. I'll be showing A's side of the story this time, who knows what will happen and I hope it makes some kind of sense.
I have issues with my writing skills sometimes, so if you don't like this fanfiction then don't read it. Bad reviews kill my creativity!
I updated this pretty quickly I think, but I'm on a roll and I guess that's a good thing lol This chapter is sad, I just hope it makes some sense and you will learn what happened to A's family. This chapter is very long, I kind of got carried away and I enjoyed writing it lol Thanks for the Reviews, Alerts and to the unknown people who read my story.
Chapter 4!
I had been lying on the king sized bed in the hotel's bedroom which seemed like hours to me now, I had tried to sleep but the images of my Sister covered in blood kept flashing into my mind, her screams and crying were edged into my memory. I wish I could have done something to save her, but I'm nothing but a useless child.
I rolled over onto my side and closed my eye tightly, my head was such a mess right now. My Sister must have been so frightened, I wish I could go back and do something to save her instead of running away like a coward. I slowly opened my eyes as some sunlight crept through a little gap in the orange coloured curtains, it must be the afternoon by now I thought to myself while I sat up in the bed.
I looked over at the bedroom's door when I heard a knock, I watched as the door slowly opened and a dim light crept into the bedroom. I saw Watari standing in the doorway, he was holding a tray of food in his hand. The smell of toast filled the room, I felt my stomach grumble loudly as he walked over to the bed. He stopped next to the bed and told me that he thought I would enjoy a light breakfast for my lunch, he then told me the term would be called brunch at this hour.
" Hopefully you managed to get some sleep, it's nearly 11:30am and L wishes to question you when you have eaten your brunch..." He smiled while he placed the tray of hot breakfast down on the bedside table and then picked my Sister's Rubik's cube up from the floor." We shall be waiting for you in the living room, please join us when you are ready..."
" I don't think I am that hungry..." I said.
" Nonsense my dear boy, I know young boys think with the stomach..." He said with a slight laugh. " Try and eat something for my sake, you need to keep up your strength so we can solve this case and get justice for your family..."
Watari held the Rubik's cube toward me and I took it from him, I then gave him a nodded of my head while I told him alright. He gave me a smile and walked over to the closed curtains, he then told me that some sunlight would do me some good while I ate my food. I flinched slightly as sunlight filled the room, after that Watari left the room and I took a look at what was on the tray he had left me on the bedside table.
There were eggs, bacon, toast and sausages. It was basically a full English breakfast, it smelt delicious. I felt guilty that I was hungry, but I needed to keep my strength up so I could help L out with the case. I hungrily ate the breakfast and quickly drank the glass of pure orange juice, my stomach felt so much better after I had finished the food. I got out of the bed and stretched my arms above my head, I was now ready to face the day.
I used the bathroom first before I left the hotel's bedroom, I thought I would relive myself and freshen up before I meet with L. I slowly opened the bedroom's door and peeped around it's door frame, the hotel's living room area was amazing. It looked so posh and clean, this guy must be loaded I thought to myself as I left the bedroom.
" I see that you are now awake, I've been waiting for you since the morning..." I heard L's voice say from the other side of the room. " I must say you come across quite lazy for someone who as a mind for puzzles, but they say an idle mind is devil's workshop. But I believe you possess no evil, please come and join me for some tea..."
I watched as L appeared from another room, he walked over to a white sofa chair and perched himself on it. I've got no idea what he meant by I possess no evil, but something tells me this guy is not right in the head. I closed the bedroom's door behind me and made my way over to him, hopefully I will be able to have a normal conversation with him while I stayed with him.
I sat down on the sofa near to his sofa chair and cupped my hands together while I looked at him, he was still wearing the same clothes from yesterday. His hair was still messy and it's making me wonder if he's even had a wash or even slept, the dark circles under his eyes told me he was a light sleeper. It wasn't long until Watari appear with a trolley, it had many desserts on it and sweets. He poured us both a teacup of tea and stood behind L's chair, he then gave me a kind smile as L began to speak with me.
"Aiden, I need to question you about the night your Mother and Sister were murdered..." Said L as he rested his finger tip against his bottom lip." But I need to you to be brave and lock away your emotions, this will be the key to our success. You have to keep your mind clear and your senses about yourself well I discuss the case with you, do you understand?"
" I guess..." I replied.
" On the 16th of October did you notice anything suspicious?" He asked.
" Well, I remember my dog Maxwell barking at the back gate before I went into my secret base for the night..." I replied quietly while I picked my teacup up from the coffee table. " He would normally come to me when I called his name, but he was acting oddly and he ignored all of my commands..."
" Interesting, I believe your dog may have been giving you a warning..." He said while his gaze turned to me. " They say animals can sense danger, he may have been warning you that The Midnight Slasher was on the other side of the gate..."
" I see..." I said.
" I believe that The Midnight Slasher may have been watching your house, yet I have my suspicions that he may have been watching each of his victim's homes before he struck..." He quietly said and picked his teacup up from the coffee table. " The Midnight Slasher chose its victims very carefully and made sure that he would remain unseen by your neighbours, but I am unsure about his motives. But I believe with your help Aiden I may gain some new insight to this case, your mind will still be fresh from yesterdays tragic events..."
" But how can I help you?" I asked. " I'm nothing but a useless kid..."
" A kid yes, but useless you are not to me. You're the only person to survive an encounter with The Midnight Slasher, this puts you in danger and it also makes you an assist to me ..." He replied while he got up from the sofa chair he had been sitting on and he then picked a photograph up from the coffee table." The Midnight Slasher is a dangerous serial killer, he must be stopped before other innocent people are slain by his unjust hands..."
" A serial killer?" I asked.
" Yes, eight people have been murdered in the past 3 weeks which now makes this person a serial killer..." He replied as he held the photograph towards me and put his thumb to his lips." Aiden, this is a photograph of the 3rd victim and I would like to ask you if you recognize this young woman in the photograph..."
I took a deep breath and took the photograph from his hand, I then carefully took a look at it. The young woman had bright green eyes, long wavy brown hair and she wore plain white dress with a silver cross necklace around her neck. I concentrated hard on the silver cross necklace, I had seen it somewhere before but I couldn't picture where it had been. My thoughts were interrupted by another photograph being placed on top of the one I had in my hand, I looked up at L and listened to him talking to me.
" This is the 5th victim of The Midnight Slasher, her name was Bethany Summers. She was a 19 years old student studying a degree in Childcare at Staffordshire University..." He said in a bored tone. " She was murdered on the 24th of September at her home after midnight just like your Mother and Sister. Her body was found in the bathroom by her 13 year old Brother next to the bathtub at 1:35pm, she must have been dead for hours before she was discovered..."
I chewed at my bottom lip as I turned my attention to the photograph of the young woman, she was wearing the same necklace like the other woman. I tried my best to try and think where I had seen that necklace before, but my memory was having trouble piecing everything together right now. I looked up at L from the photograph and watched him perch himself back on the sofa chair, he then put his thumb to his lips while he continued talking to me.
" She sustained 35 lacerations to her upper part of her torso, an artery was cut in her throat area which caused her death..." He said while his full gazed fell to me. "She was a very intelligent woman with a bright future ahead of her, she volunteered at a church called St. Chad's Church and ran a Sunday school after Sunday morning services..."
" St. Chad's Church!" I gasped.
That was it, that's where I had seen that silver cross necklace before what she was wearing in the photograph, she was mine and my Sister's Sunday School teacher. She was such a kind and funny person, she always had a smile for everyone. She even brought us homemade muffins and toffee at Christmas time, but it sadden me to know that her life was taken away from her so cruelly.
" Aiden, is there something wrong?" Asked L.
" I recognize the woman from the photograph now, she was a teacher at the Sunday School me and Sister use to go to while my Mum had tea with the parents of the other children who went to Sunday School with us..." I replied. " Father Theodore use to join the parents for afternoon tea while we attended the lessons, he would sometimes read us passages from the bible at Christmas for the children of the school..."
" I believe that you may have found a link between your family and Bethany Summers..." He said while he leaned forward and took another three photograph from the coffee table." Aiden, will you please take a look at these photographs of the three other victims of The Midnight Slasher and see if you recognize any of them in these photographs, I believe these murders may have a link with the church..."
I took the other three photographs from L's hand and looked at each of them in turn, the most sad part was that I knew them in person before they were murdered. The old woman in the first photograph I looked at was someone I once knew, she had white hair tied up into a bun with blue earrings and a silver cross necklace just like Miss Summers wore.
" I'm guessing from the sad expression on your face is that you recognize Nora Winters, she was the 2nd victim along with her husband James Arthur Winters whom was the 1st victim of The Midnight Slasher..." He said while he took one of the other photographs from my hand and held it up in front of my face." This is the 4th victim, her name was Grace Winters and as you may guess she's related to the Winters family. Grace Winters is the young Granddaughter of Nora and James Winters, she was murder because she disturbed the killer..."
I gave him a nod of my head as I looked at the girl in the photograph, she looked around my Sister's age. She had the most brightest blue eyes I had ever seen, the smile on her face told me that she was a happy soul. She also wore the same silver cross necklace as the other victims, it wasn't fair how he took so many innocent life's before their time.
" Aiden, may I ask if your Mother or your Sister had received any silver cross necklaces like that other victims in the last 3 weeks?" Asked L as he lowered the photograph from my view." I believe there is a 85% chance that there is a link between the church, the victims of The Midnight Slasher and the silver cross necklaces..."
I shrugged my shoulders at him while I slid from the sofa I had been sitting on, my mind was ready to explode. I'm a 8 year old boy involved is a murder case, I'm staying with a strange teenager and an older gentleman. This was like a endless nightmare, I wish my Mum and Sammy were here with me. I placed the photographs down on the coffee table, I then drank all of my tea and placed the empty teacup down on it's saucer on the table.
" My 85% chance just plummeted down to 70%, yet I believe the church of St. Chad's is still involved somehow with this case and I've even come to the conclusion that the Midnight Slasher may attend the church services on a Sunday..." He said as he placed the photograph he had been holding down on a pile of folders on the table and he then stepped down from the sofa chair." I need to investigate more into this church. Aiden, do you know if there is an evening services being held at the church this evening?"
" Yeah, they have services at 12pm and then at 6pm on Sundays..." I replied.
" Watari, we shall be attending church this evening with Aiden..." He said while he put his thumb to his lips and began to chew at his thumbnail." I believe that this maybe a good opportunity for the case, the trail is still fresh..."
I looked over at Watari and he said certainly while he gave him a nod of his head, he was such a loyal person to L. He then walked over to the trolley of desserts and cut slice of chocolate cake, he then placed it down on the table in front of the chair L had been sitting on. He even offered me a slice of cake and refused, I was still full from the big breakfast I had eaten not long ago.
" Watari, I believe Aiden will need a change of clothes for this evenings service..." Said L as he perched himself back on the sofa chair. " He would stick out like a sore thumb in the clothes he is wearing, the police department are not discrete when it comes to clothing..."
" I shall make some arrangements for Master Aiden, he will need some new clothes to wear if we plan to go to church this evening and maybe some other items he will need while he stays with us..." Smiled Watari.
" Yes, that sounds reasonable..." Said L.
I turned my attention to Watari and he told me he would try to find something that would suit me, I just gave him a smile and hoped he didn't buy anything horrible. He gave L a nod of his head before he made his way over to a hat stand near the hotel's room's main entrance, he then took his hat from a hat stand near the door and said goodbye to us.
" Would you care to join me for some more afternoon tea?" I heard L ask. " It would past the time while Watari is out, it would also give me the opportunely for me to question you more about the church service..."
I turned my full attention back to L and gave him a nod my head, I then sat back down on the sofa. I watched as he poured us both some fresh tea into our two empty teacups on the coffee table, he then placed the teapot back down on the table and took one sugar cube from a glass bowl near his pile of case file folders.
" Aiden, have you ever noticed anyone peculiar at the church services you have attended in the past?" He asked.
" Not really..." I replied.
" I see, this maybe a good opportunity for me to analysis people at the church service..." He said as he began to drop sugar cubes into his teacup." Aiden, can you think of anyone who attends the morning and evening services without fail on Sundays?"
I told him that I didn't know as my gaze fell to my bare feet with sighed, my mind was still fuzzy about everything. The only people I could think of who is there each Sunday without fail is Father Theodore, the flower arranger Mrs Smith and the church's organist Jack.
" Aiden..." I hear L say with a hint of boredom in his voice. " I am waiting for your answer, may I ask if you have fallen to sleep?"
" I can only think of three people from the top of my head, but one of them is a really old woman..." I replied as I looked up at him from my feet. " She wouldn't be able to hurt anyone, she's a nice and kind old lady..."
" Hmm, age is no matter... " He said as he picked his teacup from the coffee table and took a slurp of his tea." Please state their names and their roles at the church, it is important..."
" Well, there is Father John Theodore who is the vicar at St. Chad's Church..." I said while I crossed my arms and looked around the room. "Then there is Mrs Smith who is the flower arranger at the church and Jack who is the organist for the church. But Jack only plays on Sundays and Mondays, I think he works in between his church job..."
" Father John Theodore... " He said as he placed his teacup back down on the table and put his thumb to his lips." So Theodore is his surname and not his first name. I believe there maybe a chance of him becoming a suspect in this case..."
" But he's a vicar, he's a good and kind person..." I frowned.
" Sometimes the followers of god can stray from the path of righteousness..." He said.
I watched as he got up from the sofa chair, he then walked over to a window and put his hands into his jean pockets. I slid from the sofa and made my way over to him, I wanted to see what he was looking at through the window. I got onto my tiptoes as I peeped over the window sill and looked over the city of Stafford, it looked so very different from the hotel. It looked bigger and brighter from the window, I have never seen it from this view before even though I have lived in this town since I was born.
" Aiden, do you know Jack's surname?" He asked.
" No, I don't really know much about him..." I replied.
" I see..." He said with a slight smile as he looked down at me and placed his hand on my shoulder." I believe we may have found another suspect in this case, I believe with your help I will crack this case and bring The Midnight Slasher to Justice..."
I couldn't help but smile back at him, the word justice sounded good in my ears. That's what I wanted for my Mum, my Sister and the other innocent victims of The Midnight Slasher. He needed to be stopped before he destroyed any other people's life's and I will be the one who will standing in this way with L by my side.
