The library seemed a little too quiet. Kai managed to count about 10 people milling around the aisle of the library. Jemma had disappeared a few minutes before and neither Kai nor Nathan could find her. "Found her?" Nathan inquired as the pair met in front of the main desk. The woman behind the desk eyed them closely.

"Oi! Over here!"

The males turned to see Jemma waving at them from a set of stairs. She grinned and motioned for them to follow. Kai had never seen what was beyond the stairs at the library as he knew it was always restricted. Nathan grabbed his arm and dragged the Russian to Jemma. "So?"

Jemma grinned again and nodded her head. "Just for us. I told you I could."

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The second area of the library was empty. The only person in the area was a nervous looking lad with huge glasses. He watched as Jemma led Nathan and Kai in and waved her arms around. "Here we go. This place houses loads of newspaper articles. Most of the time, a lot of college and university students come here." Jemma explained.

"So who's the guy that owes you a favour?" Kai asked. Jemma smiled, spun on her heel and pointed to the nervous lad.

"Kenny. These are my friends. We won't be long. Promise." The British girl smiled sweetly, clasping her hands together as if she was about to pray. Kenny blushed bright red.

"O-O-Okay Jemma."

Jemma led Kai to a computer that Nathan was currently logging onto. The computer hummed a little to itself. Kai lent closer to her ear. "A bit too geeky for you ain't he?" Kai smirked with a quick nod in the direction of Kenny. Jemma swung round and artfully punched the slightly smaller Russian in the arm.

"Hey! Like I said, I ain't the whore in this operation here, Nathan is!" Jemma took a deep breath. "Actually He was about to get mugged outside the club one night and I saved his ass. Started to grovel; saying he was in debt to me." Jemma shrugged and sat down next to Nathan. The half-Japanese male glanced over to Kai.

"So where do you wanna start?"

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Inspector Alexander Maxim sighed and drained the last dribbles of his coffee. Spread across his desk were numerous photos. Some of them dated back as far as 10 years ago. The only recent photos were of Mariam. Alexander picked up one photo.

"So where are you now you sick son-of-a-bitch?" he whispered to himself. The photo he held showed the corpse of a red haired male, slumped in one of the toilet stalls. The only blood seen was around his neck. Alexandra set the photo down and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Inspector!"

Alexander's head shot up. "What is it?" he hissed. The young officer at the door of his office gulped to himself but stood fast.

"We've just found something. One of the CSI's found a roll of film in the victim's jacket pocket. We're having them developed as we speak." He informed. A rare smile broke out on Alexander's face as he shot up.

"Finally! Maybe we're lucky and he slipped up." Alexander smiled and dashed down to the labs followed by the young officer.

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"I think I found something!"

Kai and Nathan wheeled their chairs over to Jemma who quickly scanned a news article on the computer screen. "What's it say?" Nathan questioned, leaning on his best friend's shoulder. Jemma cleared her throat and began to read out-loud but her words did not reach Kai. He scanned the writing silently.

"Another murder has been reported down at The Snow-white stag pub. This brings the body-count to a terrible double figure. The 10th victim was found in one of the stalls of the male toilets.

This is the gruesome calling card of a killer known as The Snow-white killer. So far his victims have been both male and female. Police are baffled by the motive and the lack of clues.

The pub has been in the middle of one of the biggest murder investigations in all of Russia. When commented about the police's attempts of bringing the killer in, Inspector Alexander Maxim refused to comment.

The 10th victim is only know as Red as all traces of his I.D have been removed. The male, a Russian male, was found by cleaners in the early hours of the morning. The most telling factors of this unknown male is his bright red hair and ice blue eyes."

Kai frowned. Red hair? Ice Blue eyes? It couldn't be, could it? Kai wondered. "Is there any more information on this Red?" Kai inquired. Jemma nodded her head.

"The issue dated 2 weeks after this report. Hang on." Jemma scanned the report silently before pointing to a photo. "The victim was identified as Tala Ivanov by a group of friends who reported him missing. The youngest victim at 19." Jemma informed.

Kai continued to stare at the photo. Everything made sense to him now. The spirit…No, Tala….was trying to point him to the killer. Tala was trying bring the killer to justice. He only wanted Kai to help. Nathan raised an eyebrow at Kai's spaced out look before glancing back at Jemma. "Anything on the fire?"

Jemma scanned through article after article quickly before giving out a squeaking. "Found it!"

"Fire-fighters were called to tackle a blaze last night at The Snow-white stag pub. The fire raged on into the early hours of morning as police and fire-fighters tried to clear the area.

The pub has spent the last few months in the middle of a murder investigation. The currant owner of the pub had already put the pub up for sale before the fire.

Police are treating it as arson but it is unclear whether or not they are linking it to the murders."

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Alexander narrowly missed the cleaner as she mopped a small patch of floor. He skilfully dodged the wet floor signs and arrived at his target. The young lab tech glanced up. "Alex. What, may I ask, brings you down here?" he asked with a grin.

"Hello Ray. I've come to see the photos from Mariam Akira." Alexander cocked his head to one side when Ray turned away. "Ray? Is something wrong?"

A small sigh broke the silence. "They're not something you should see Alexander." Another pause. "How old is your daughter?" Alexander frowned. What kind of question was that?

"22. Why?"

"Around the same age as the victim." Ray shook his head and turned back to look at Alexander. "All the more reason as to why I'm not going to show you. Let me put it this way. I've had four staff members in pieces. One female fled the office in tears, another fainted. One male threw up and another…well lets just say the stuff that came out of his mouth would have made a sailor turn crimson."

Alexander's mouth fell open. "That bad, huh?"

"Worst then bad." Alexander nodded his head and turned to go. "Oh and Alex!" He turned back.

"Hmm?

"Just thought I'd tell you. None of the other victims had a roll of film on them." Alex stared at Ray in confusion. "I sent a team down to gather the clothes they wour at the time of the murder. We searched every inch of those clothes. No rolls of film, no photos, nothing." Ray informed. Alexander ran a hand through his hair.

"In the pictures…where there any signs of the killer?" Alexander felt his heart sink when Ray shook his head. "Thanks Ray." The lab tech watched Alexander head back to his office. A sigh escaped Ray's lips.


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