In a distant future...
Jerry Caldwell had a sense of dread as she entered the wizarding household in the middle of muggle suburb. It was easy to blend in the muggle world due to inter agency cooperation and new training regime provided as a part of last Auror reforms. She waited at the doorstep and pushed open the door gently.
She gazed at the household inside before entering .
"Do you see anything interesting Agriph ?" She asked her partner.
Agriph Goodenough was a trainee Auror barely out of the academy. He couldn't be more excited at the prospect of getting a murder case as his first. His mates would be wicked jealous of him.
"Nothing out of the ordinary. It has the standard set of security cameras as all the other houses here. It seems the door was found unlocked by the first witness. I am yet to see the reason why this was referred to Aurors rather than muggle Police."
"I guess we are about to find out. Follow me and dont touch anything if it seems suspicious ."
Agriph followed Jerry through the living room and then up the stairs . It was eerily quiet. It could easily get unnoticed by someone with less experience or a muggle. The silence was unnatural and very finely modulated to avoid detection. Agriph tightened the grip on his wand as he saw Jerry take out her wand.
Jerry fired a Deletrius spell with a swift motion and suddenly there was influx of natural silence , as if a filter was removed.
"How did you know there was spell in place ? The standard detection spells couldn't find it."
"You learn these things. Whoever did this job is good."
Jerry had noticed this kind of finesse in similar cases before and even though she knew why they were here, she had hoped it was someone else or a copycat. Now she was sure it was the same person.
Jerry moved along the corridor on the first floor towards the bedroom. The bedroom door was ajar . She opened the door and walked in. It was a scene she had been made familiar with. It was a family of three who seemed sound asleep on a bed. A male and a female in early thirties and a kid in between them probably three or four years old.
Agriph was horrified to see the scene and the faint smell of decay was enough to make him gag.
"Eat this , it will help" Jerry offered him what looked like an Altoid. Agripg took one without question and his gag reaction subdued and felt a bit calm.
"It looks like a the whole family was AK'd. No sign of struggle or anything. Looks very cold blooded"
Agriph looked at Jerry after giving his assessment. He followed Jerry's gaze to the wall behind the bed. His eyes did not see anything peculiar , it was a simple wall by all accounts.
Jerry pointed her want at the wall and released a spell. The illusion was shattered and there it was. It took a moment for Agriph to realise what he was looking at. It made no sense.
It was the circle triangle and the lightning bolt in the middle of all.
Agriph saw that Jerry was unfazed. It seemed to him as if she was expecting it.
Jerry carefully examined the sign. It was branded in the stone neatly on the wall behind the bed, just above the headboard. Jerry was well aware of what sign symbolised. It was peculiar to her that why this killer was using this old insignia . She had already seen enough.
Jerry and Agriph walked out of the house together as another forensic team was entering to collect more samples. Jerry stood on the curb and gave one look at the house and then started walking away . Agriph followed and joined next to her. He had a enough question and didn't knew where to begin.
"What was that sign Aruor Caldwell ? And how did you know it was hidden and where it was hidden ? "
"Will you drop with it with Auror Caldwell, Jerry is just fine and you should brush up your Magical History if you don't know about that sign. "
Jerry was interrupted by her phone vibrating.
"Good morning boss. ...Yeah looks like it was the same person . I will let you know more by end of day." She put her phone back inside and looked around.
"I think we are at the correct spot. Meet me at the headquarters, you need to catch-up on what's going on. You should have studied up on the case files before you came. "
Jerry gave a weak smirk and then both of them disapparated to the Auror HQ.