Cause Of Death - Flash From The Past Chapter 13.
A/N: Hey guys, am so sorry that this has took so long for me to update, I have been busy throughout the summer holidays with other things but also I have been getting things sorted for going back to college for my final year..Oh the joys. Also i re-wrote this chapter so many times, so hopefully it has come out okay. I just wanted to say how much I missed you guys and that I appreciate all of your support from each and everyone of you, so thank you! :D You guys are amazing and I have so much love for you all. Okay enough of me rambling on, here's Chapter 13 watch out there are hidden pieces of information! So Please enjoy! :D xx
Chapter 13. A Thousand Missing Pieces.
You are now Natara Williams.
You and 'Detective' Shepard both enter the crime lab, after finding out that you have a new lead on the 'Heartless' case. The feelings that you have towards Jamie and the worry you have for Mal, needs to be put to one side, because even under the circumstances you have a killer to find and not a lot of time before they will strike again.
You turn your attention over to Kai, who greets you with his usual goofy smirk. "What have you guys got for me." you ask politely, addressing him.
Kai stands up saluting you. "Well Agent Hottie Boom Bottie..." you roll your eyes, glaring at Kai instantly. "Kai don't even finish that sentence, firstly my name is Natara and secondly I only want to know about the case and nothing else ok..have you got that?." you scold sternly.
Kai tries avoiding eye contact with you, as he shifts uncomfortably. "Yes." he sighs before re-starting his original sentence.
"Right...Um...About the case, well the blood found in the first victims fingernails, that was contaminated. We were able to determine that not all of the blood was affected and that there was enough blood to use. This meaning we were able to get a clear reading from the sample taken. We found out from the results, that the blood belongs to a Mr Ben Grayson."
For the first time since the start of this case, you feel one step further, and that you are getting somewhere, finally after being at a dead end, a smile passes your lips feeling a sense of accomplishment.
To the side of you Detective Shepard, begins to tap a rhythmic beat with his hand, tapping it against the desk in nervousness of some sort, as his behaviour seems a little strange and distracted, ever since the name was mention.
"Have you got any information about this Mr Grayson?." Jamie pipes up eagerly.
Amy hands you some information, but to your surprise it not that much. You start to scan and skim through the piece of text. That's when you notice from the corner of your eye, that Jamie is quick to approach and is now stood looming over your shoulder reading the information also.
As you read though the short piece of information, you notice a few things from this, that instantly stand out. One of them things being mention is that Ben was admitted to the San Francisco Mental Intuition three years ago with a metal disorder. And the second thing is that there is not much about him. You try and scan back through the short piece of information that you were given, but other than that you don't know very much about this guy. No criminal offensives or even what his condition is, but also there is not much about his background or family to go on. It's like he is a ghost of the past and now he is suddenly appears on your radars.
You glance up from the piece of information, looking in Amy's direction. "Amy could you try and find anything about this guy's past, anything more that can tell us more about him. While me and Jamie will go and visit the hospital where he was admitted to, to see if we can obtain a copy of his records."
Amy nods to you both, as you and Jamie are about to exit. You smile at her before leaving. "Thanks again Amy." before leaving the crime lab and entering the precinct.
You and Jamie walk out crime lab and into the precinct still, all you can think about is how Jamie could betrayal you with his twisted lies, and now he could be the one who has put Mal's life in danger, you just prey to god that Mal is okay, but mostly that he is still alive.
You and Jamie enter your vehicle, as you drive: a stony cold atmosphere hangs over you. As you consternate on driving you can feel that Jamie is staring at you intensely, with his fists that are clenched tightly together and anger written deep within his face.
He doesn't say anything, instead he turns his attention to the information you were given about Ben Grayson from Amy. Ever since the name was mention he has been different in his usual self.
You glance up from the steering wheel to look at him. "Jamie, is everything ok?."
He seems to not hear you, as he begins to mumble under his breathe: like he is in a trance. "Jamie?." you call to him again, breaking him out of his thoughts.
He shakes his head and notices you looking at him. "Oh sorry Natara...I didn't realise you were talking. I was miles away."
You watch his eyes studying him, trying to profile him like any other criminal that you have done in the past, trying to figure out what he is thinking, how he is feelings and what is processing through his mind.
But this time he is so much harder to read than anyone else before, that there is so much damage been done and to cover it up he has build barriers to stop you from peeling your way through.
Before you know it, you arrive at your destination San Francisco's Mental Intuition. You pull your car up, as you park it up neatly, before the two of you exit your vehicle, and approaching the old weary run down building.
You both enter through a main set of double doors and into a large, spacious entrance area. You look around before seeing the front desk. The stingy smell of cleanser lingers in the air, as several patients in white stray jackets walk past you. Most of them with a zombie and lifeless look permanently taken form to their faces.
Even some have the evillest of looks with crazed bloodshot eyes, that just glare intensely, fixating on you, almost like their wanting to savagely rip you to shreds. And even the most calmnest of patients, feeling nothing at all that have no emotion...no nothing that walk past you. As they pass you like normal people that would pass you in the street.
You and Jamie approach the front desk where a middle age brunette hair woman is sat typing at her computer. She looks up from her computer to see you both stood there.
"Hello there, how may I help you."
"Hello, I am FBI Agent Natara Williams and this is my colleague, Detective Jamie Shepard with SFPD. We are currently investigating a murder case, and we are lead to believe that one of your recent patients could be responsible." you say, as you both flash her your badges.
She pauses for a brief moment, before she glances to Jamie, who she stares at, squinting her eyes at him. Before turning to you. "Oh, that's is just awful, I heard about it on news. Them poor people it just makes you think who could possibly do that to someone is just sickening to think about. If there is something I can do to help you catch this sicko I will."
Jamie in-front you. "Yes ma'ma there is, we were hoping that we could gain access to the records of one of you patients, that was released from here three days ago." he says smiling at her politely.
"Yes of course anything to help, may I ask the name of our patient that you are after."
"Ben Grayson."
"Could you excuse me for one moment." she says before leaving the room.
"Yeah of course." you respond politely.
Their is an awkward silence between you both, as you await for her to come back. Jamie's expression is so calm and composure, showing no emotion. He turns and looks at you like he is looking straight through you, he doesn't speak or smile. He just nods indicating that the woman is coming back into the room.
She appears into the room with a file in her hands, and the name on the top, reading Ben Grayson. You take the folder from her as you smile politely, you notice her gaze is still fixed onto Jamie.
"Excuse me Detective." she addresses.
He turns to face her, flashing her one of his dashing smiles. "Yes, ma'ma."
She narrows her eyes scrutinizing his features studying his physical appearance. "Do I know you?...You look very familiar Detective like I have seen you before, but I can't seem to put my figure on it."
Jamie just smiles shrugging it off. "No ma'am, I believe it's the first time I have met you, are you sure you're not confusing me with someone else. Maybe a famous celebrity?. " he charmingly suggests, gaining a small smile from the woman.
"Um..I guess so. You're probably right, how silly of me." uncertainly apparent in the tone of her voice, you find this extremely peculiar.
'What would make her think that she had met him before.' you ask yourself, questioning the thought.
He chuckles. "It is alright ma'am everyone makes mistakes, but don't worry about it...Thank you for your assistants to our case, we will keep in touch...Bye miss and do have a wonderful day." he glances at her, gaining her to giggle before she smiles. And he strolls away from the front desk.
Jamie eagerly starts walking towards the entrance of building, but doesn't leave completely. Before you turn to look at the woman.
"Oh one more thing miss. Did you ever notice anything different about Ben Grayson?. What was he like as a patient?"
She takes a moment to think about the question that you're asking, before answering. "I only met him once or twice and every time I did meet him, he was always so calm and collective, as he spoke and the way he acted, like he couldn't feel any emotion. But at the same time he was a charming guy. Every time I left the room I always felt a spine chilling sensation I would get after encountering with him."
You jot down the information, before for smiling at her. "Thank you so much for your help, we will stay in touch." you say bye to the woman and head to the exit towards the main set of double doors, by that time Jamie is already waiting outside of the building for you.
You are now Amy Chen.
Your fingers dart and glide across the keyboard in a rapid speed, typing furiously. Searching through several databases, looking for any information at all that you can find out about Ben Grayson. You try several different searches and each one leads you to a dead end.
"Okay Amy think. What am I missing here?." You sigh almost in defeat, before you have a sudden brainwave. "Got it." You exclaim.
You type in the only other option that you can think of, a few moments pass before the information appears on screen as you scroll down, picking out the vital pieces that are needed.
You are now Natara Williams.
You and Detective Shepard enter the station, making your way through the crowds of officers that swarm the precinct, making you way past them and down to the crime lab, as you carry a thick folder in your hands: which contains the information on your prime suspect Ben Grayson.
You enter the crime lab with Jamie close on your heels, as you find Amy scanning through information that is on her screen. She notices you both entering and looks up from her screen. You smile, as you notice her eyeing up the folder that you have placed firmly in your arms.
You smile politely, as she returns the gesture. "Looks like you two were successful." she chuckles.
"Yeah, we were am just hoping this will help us understand him better. Did you have much luck?."
Amy sighs. "Nope...but I did find something interesting out." your eyes widen with integument, as you step closer to Amy, whilst glancing out from the corner of your eye, noticing that Jamie's gaze intensifies.
Before you have chance to speak, he rudely interrupts you. "So what was this interesting piece of information you have got for us Amy." Jamie strides over confidently to her, whilst he maintains a gaze onto Amy deeply, looking into her love struck eyes. She giggles while her cheeks start to creep into a peachy pink blush, as she catches his gaze.
"Ahem." you cough interrupting them, breaking away the eye contact that they have on each other, knowing exactly what he's trying to do.
You know he was trying to charm his way out of it, like he did with the receptionist at the hospital, so that he could make Amy forget all about the important information that she found. You know for certain that their is a connection between him and the suspect the only problem is you don't what..
Amy shyly looks at you before resuming her conversion. "Sorry...Um, as I was saying I find out some information about our suspect that might take your interest."
You raise an intrigued eyebrow. "What information did you find out about him Amy?." you question intisapting the response.
She looks at the computor screen, before glancing back at you and Jamie. "Well according to the information that I could track down. It says that Ben Grayson's parents died when he was at a young age, after he turned twelve years old. Shortly after his parents death he was then put into several foster cares as teen. Then nothing, for a while before him popping up again for being referred to San Francisco Mental Intuition, in 2009, for a alleged attack on a young man. Before he once again disappears and nothing coming up under that name."
You rub your temples while in deep thought, thinking. There are several pieces that are missing, that you need to piece together. So many things you need to find out about him and his life, but so less to go on. Everything is a puzzle right now and the only thing stopping you from solving it is the vital pieces that are missing and him. You just hope it doesn't lead you to another dead end..
"Amy, is there any more information about what happened to his parents? Or their cause of death?."
Amy sighs and shakes her head. "No, am afraid not Natara, that all I could find."
You let a deflated sigh escape you lips, once again that feeling that you're back to square one. Jamie pats you softly on the shoulder, as he leans in whispering. "Don't give up Natara we will find him. He maybe closer than you think."
You nod, giving a slight smile to him, still that uncomfortable feeling of being so close to him is still present. You turn your attention back over to Amy. "Don't worry about it Amy you actually you've helped a lot, good work. I'll catch you guys later." Amy beams with happiness, as you smile to her and Kai before leaving.
You step out the room, still carrying the folder that is in your hands, Jamie is quick to follow you as you approach your desk. You lay everything about the case file onto your desk. Firstly you start by looking over the photographs of the two decreased victims, whilst also scanning through several pieces of notes that you have made on your suspect Ben Grayson, but also at the same time glancing over his file.
The clocks ticks in the background striking every minute, as more time keeps escaping you. The more you pounder further into thought, the more you begin to pace around mumbling to yourself. "Think...Natara think...What is the connection?."
Jamie reads through the folder which belongs to Ben Grayson as a picture of a young man, with dark short hair and brown intense sparkling eyes, falls to the ground. Jamie scrambles to pick it up in a hurry to stop you seeing it, but you've already have your foot on it stopping him from getting it.
He picks himself from the ground dusting himself off, as you pick the picture up pulling it closer to your eyes, studying the young man and his features carefully.
Jamie checks his watch, checking the time, before he once again starts reading from the file. "It says, Ben Grayson lived in New York as a young child, but then him and his parents transferred to San Francisco when he was at the age of seven, due to his father being with the royal air force. Before an accident occurring, and the death of both of his parents at the age twelve."
You look away from the picture setting it back down onto the desk, you take a moment to let the knew found knowledge sink in. "An accident?." you question a quizzical look formed onto your face.
"What kind of accident?."
Jamie coughs gently, clearing his dry throat. "Here's the problem, It doesn't say Natara."
Your eyes widen with surprise. "What do you mean it doesn't say, their must be something about what happened anything at all."
Jamie's just shakes his head, as he hands you the case file over. "Here have a look for yourself, but I'm telling you that you aren't going to find anything more. Sorry to say this but it looks like it's another dead end."
You scan over the file and to your disappointment he is right there is no further information about what happened to his parents or why they died. You let out a deflated sigh, knowing once again another incomplete and huge missing piece to your complex puzzle.
Jamie once again checks his watch, he notices that two hours have past since you and him left the crime lab, he approaches putting a confronting hand onto your shoulder. "Don't give up Natara we will catch him, but for now I think we should call it a day." he says patting your shoulder lightly.
You look around to see officers starting to exit the precinct, the room is just about clear. Before Jamie smiles, which gains your attention once again. "It getting late, am gonna head home, if you want I could give you a lift home...that is if you wanted." he offers politely, his tone is so calm and soothing like he is the same guy that you and Mal first met, when he joined the station and not the dark and mysterious guy from earlier on.
Determination of catching the killer tussles and wrestles with your mind. You turn to face him, staring straight into his mysterious and un-telling eyes. "I think am gonna stay here, and work more on the case. But thank you any ways. See you tomorrow Jamie." you fake a smile to him, as he returns the gesture back.
"Ok if you say so, and don't overwork yourself mind, and I'll see you tomorrow...Goodnight Natara." he grabs his coat and car keys before glancing at you one final time, he pivots turning and leaving the precinct.
You place the picture of your suspect Ben Grayson in the case file, clipping it to his piece of information, so that it can't get lost. You then watch Jamie leave and enter his vehicle. You wait till he is no longer in site before getting up from your chair.
You head over to his temporarily desk, before you start looking through his things, searching for anything that might lead you to Mal but also what he is hiding from you.
"They must be something here, anything that might help me find Mal."
You carry on your search by checking through his draws but to your disappoint their all locked, except one, as you get to your final draw that is situated on the bottom right hand side you notice it's slightly ajar. You pry it more open to reveal several newspaper articles, and by the looks of things old ones.
You begin to look through them, as you scan through the different newspapers clippings you notice they belong to the same story. Over and over again you read the same title.
'Hero Cop Risks His Life To Save Many People Lives from Bank Robbers.'
'Why would Jamie have old newspaper articles?.' you think out loud to yourself, you're confused to why he have them.
But nevertheless your carry on flipping through the small stack of clippings. That when your eyes stumble upon a picture. Your eyes widen as you examine the image closely it's a black and white picture and it's hard to make out, but what you can see from the picture, is off a young man, that has short well groomed hair and has a suit on.
That's when your eyes widen with horror and the realisation hits you like a tone of bricks that have came crashing down onto you.
The man in the picture is no-one other than...Mal.
To be continued...