"Welcome Detective Jackall" Leo stepped into the office of District Attorney Linus Roache. It was mundane and full of the usual nick nacks. Leo was sweating pools, Kramer was in poor health and he needed him alive. Childton had made it very clear that time was not on his side. John Kramer the man whose gift had been life was dying rapidly. Leo didn't particularly care for Roache one way or the other. He was by the books for the most part and steady tempered. The two shared a professional relationship but they were never frequent collaborators. Roache was the man Jackal needed though now more than ever. Roache alone had the power to revoke Kramer's power of attorney and place him back on life support until the conclusion of this investigation.

"I understand this was a matter of urgency but getting John Kramer back on life support simply cannot be done overnight."

"Overnight? I need it within the next few hours."

"You see I'm sorry that just isn't a possibility." Leo cooled himself down and swallowed his anger.

"Is there any other opition I can take? I need Kramer."

"Do you really? He's provided all he can about this new Jigsaw." Leo rubbed his face, staying stil in his seat was becoming an all most unbearable chore.

"I really don't think he has. Kramer is playing around."

"Let me ask you something Detective, is he? I know something about the case, hell I was the man who prosecuted Kramer. He would want to see this scenario through if he truly had a sizeable stake in this."

"Well isn't the point of having a successor that the games just keep on going?"

"You see it really doesn't seem like that is the case, at least from my experience on dealing with Jigsaw. Sure the early games started off with Kramer looking for broken people and putting them in isolated traps but over time they became overly elaborate with interwoven fates. Kramer will not put people in games for the sake of putting them in games, there is all ways a grand finale that connects the pieces together." Leo breathed out a bit.

"You could work in homicide. God knows we need people now, Todd is out there in that mad man's trap."

"Mad? You see that's the thing that gets me about Kramer, he wasn't mad. Everything made perfect sense in his twisted versions of the games. There was all ways an outlet for escape, and he all ways chose to tell the truth. They wouldn't learn their lessons if the situation was too complicated. I guess that's the best advice I can give." Leo's phone rang.

"We have the location of Todd's phone, 31st and Oak drive."

"What's there Lt?"

"Nothing, but an empty lot."

"Jigsaw probably threw it out the window. I'll see if I can dig it up. Thanks."

"Detective, Your welcome to take the transcripts of the talks I had with Kramer."

"What Roache? You talked with Kramer? That doesn't make sense you were prosecuting the case against him."

"Kramer represented himself for the most part. It was only toward the end that I demanded he be given a lawyer."

"Demanded?"

"Well I just didn't like talking to him, I offered him several plea deals but he wouldn't take them. He continued to try to get into my head asking me things about my past. He touched upon sore spots did his homework. There wouldn't be a jury in this great country that wouldn't find him guilty and I think he knew that but the process fascinated Kramer."

"Well I have to go but here's my card, you call me with developments on getting him back on life support."

"Will do, hopefully we can find some justice."