It was a couple of week after they had come to Vegas because of the first murder, that another dead body showed up. Calleigh looked at the dead body, chained up and beaten to death. Only a worse to her this time as the body was hanging from the roof in hooks. A shiver run down her back, as this was to her just gruesome.

Who in their right mind would hang themselves from hooks? Burns and beatings was one thing, but hooks, it seemed like the killer had gone to the next level. For probably the first time in her life Calleigh had to go outside to gather herself, it was just horrible.

Horatio followed her outside out of concern and said, "You are not OK are you?"

"No, this time he has gone too far, if he used hooks now then what will we see at the next scene," she said.

"I don't think you want to know," he said, adding that he didn't think it was that unusual.

She of course knew that, but still, hooks, it mate her feel sick. She told him she would meet him back at the lab, he nodded, but instead of going there she went to her mistress saying, "Hooks."

"Yes, but it is not as common anymore," she said honest.

"Have you?" she asked.

"To be honest no, but I know people that have," she said.

"Can you please give me a list," she said.

"Of course, why is this worse to you as you seemed to like…" she stopped.

"One thing is burns and beatings of different kinds, another is hung from the roof like a slaughtered animal," she said with a sigh, at this point she was hiding in the other woman.

"Awwww sweetheart," said Heather, holding her closer, gently stroking her.

"How can anyone find pleasure in what I consider torture?" she asked.

"Says the one that wanted to be tied down and hurt to see what it was all about," Heather pointed out.

"Point taken, it does feel good, but there is a line between that and getting a meat hook through you," Calleigh argued.

"To you yes, but to some the extreme pain is the thrill, the more pain, the more they like it. It's what gives them release," said Heather.

"I just simply cannot grasp of all the aspect inside s-m," Calleigh said with a sigh.

"You know the main points, but the question it if he did what he just did, what's next?" said Heather with a sigh.

"That's my concern," said Calleigh.

"Do you know how he picks his victims?" she asked.

"They seem to be in the same age group and look almost the same," said Calleigh.

"Then wouldn't it be easier to find out if there was a dead girl in the past that looked like the victims, because then you may have your killer," said Heather.

"Thanks babe, I'll have to see you later," said Calleigh and gave her a soft kiss, before heading back at the lap.


Calleigh didn't know why it didn't occur to her to look at previous cases that were similar, as that was something she usually would do. But as soon as she got back to the lab she found Horatio and said, "Maybe we are going about it this the wrong way."

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"We have been focused on right now, what if the killer goes after these women as revenge for someone he lost earlier on?" she sad.

"It's not impossible, but how far back do we have to go?" he asked.

"I don't know, neither in what state," she said with a sigh.

"Newspapers, if it was something big it would have been in a newspaper," he said thoughtfully.

Again Calleigh started to wonder why she hadn't though about this before, but she just sighed as she picked up the phone and started to call the biggest papers in the biggest city's along with Horatio to get further.


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