"Let me go you pig!" roared the heavy-set man Ken was shoving towards the cluster of police cars. Mal, Ken and a small fleet of a few other officers had set out to where the hikers had been, stumbling upon a single very large building. They had driven most of the way, parking about a mile outside a wildlife reserve just outside of San Francisco. From there they had, much to Mal displeasure, separated and hiked around the area. Mal had located the large building with guards manning it a few hours ago, and had called for backup. Most of the others had met him about a half a mile away from the building, going in as a surprise. Together they had rounded up five guards, but knew several people had gotten away. A few people had hiked back and managed to squeeze that cars through the trees and back to them. Anna Wills and a few other had gone inside to look for clues about the whereabouts of the shooter or who he was being shot at.
"Guys? You might want to see this!" Anna called from the depths of the house. Mal followed her voice into the building, going through several rooms before she found where she was. She was standing in a glass-pained room, a small one. It was a miniature version of the first trophy room of Genevieve's they had found.
"Ah, hell…" Mal muttered "How many trophy rooms could this woman possibly have?".
"Do you think it's really her? Genevieve?" Anna asked. Mal didn't say anything, but gave her a look that obviously said: who-else-would-have-a-creepy-trophy-room-full-of-mutilated-body-parts?'. She studied what was behind the glass, finding it was much more crowed and dusty behind the window. Most of the objects were similar to what was in the first house, very similar. The word 'storage' came immediately to mind.
"Looks like we found everything that Genevieve didn't think was good enough to go on the fridge" said Mal. "Must be everything she didn't deem good enough to be displayed". He walked across the room, back out to the main room that was directly connected to the outside. Then he saw it, shoved in the corner and forgotten. He bent down and examined it, resisting the urge to pick it up so he didn't get his fingerprints on it for when Amy or Kai got here. It was a card, one that one would use to open a hotel room. Bending closer, he saw the number on the card was the same as Natara's room number. It was also from the same hotel. 'She's been here' he though. Suddenly he stormed out, where Ken was just about to shove the heavy-set man from earlier in a car. "Wait!" Mal said loudly across to him. Ken looked up, but Mal had already crossed the distance to him and had pinned the man up against the car. "There was a woman here earlier, where is she?" he asked harshly.
"What are you talkin' about?" he asked back.
"There was a woman here earlier. Tall, brown hair, dark eyes. Where is she?".
"Man…I don't know…".
"Yes you do know! You kidnapped her you son of a-".
"Mal!" said Ken, interrupting. "What in earth makes you think Natara's been here?".
Mal pointed for a second back to the building. "Her freaking room key is in there! How else could it have ended up here?". He turned his attention back to the man, grabbing him roughly by the collar. "What did you do to her?".
"Nothing! I swear!".
"I swear to God, if you hurt her…".
"Last time I saw that chick was after she threw a freaking weight from the clock at me!". He pushed Mal's hands away and pulled his collar down a little, revealing a large and dark bruise just below his collar bone. "Then she ran towards the woods and Jared was chasing her near the cliff! Came back a half and hour later, and the girl wasn't with him! Said she jumped over the edge!".
"And where is 'Jared' now?" Mal asked angrily.
"Left me behind, he did! He and most of the others went about two miles south of here, probably on Genevieve's helicopter by now!". For a second he looked like wished he hadn't said this, but it was to late. The damage had been done. Mal let the man go, and Ken opened the squad car and pushed him in.
"We need to get a search party, now. It's too late to chase after Genevieve, but we need to find Natara before it gets dark. It's supposed to get really cold tonight. If she hasn't found shelter, she could die out here".