The Marauder Murders

by Kyria Thanatos

The BAU are investigating a string of murders that are occurring across the nation. Each murder scene leaves behind a clue - what all these mean leave the team stumped though. It's obvious they are all connected, but how? Luckily they have an agent by the name Neville Longbottom to help them solve this case! (not that they know that yet)

5. Number One - T

February 14th 2009 - New York

The soulful sounds of The Drifters break the silence in a small room on the tenth floor. In the center of the sitting room, a young woman is tied to a chair. The rustle of plastic permeates through the music as she starts to struggle against the bonds; the chair sits a top a plastic cover.

Her mouth has been taped shut to muffle any screams that might escape her and the ropes tying her arms and legs are cutting into her circulation. The young woman is suitably terrified and is fairly certain she won't be making it out of there alive.

"This magic moment so different and so new..."

Humming joins in here as a dark figure approaches the woman. The man, the woman is assuming judging by the build, is dressed fully in black, a balaclava over his face. A pair of dark shades cover his eyes and over everything he is draped in a clear plastic coat. On his feet are some shoe protectors and he's wearing disposable gloves. No skin to be seen.

The figure leans in slowly, his face a hairs breadth away from hers "This magic moment. While your lips are close to mine, will last forever. Forever, 'til the end of time"

At the first line, he plunges a knife deep into the woman's stomach, twisting it a little as it digs deeper into her flesh. With the last line "till the end of time" he yanks the blade out only to swipe it deeply across her neck to ensure the woman is no more. A slight gurgling noise could be heard as she starts to choke on her own blood. The body twitches a few times only to come to a stop suddenly as she draws her last breath.

The killer makes his way out of the hotel with a duffel bag over his shoulder and with a final murmur under his breath "Oh, magic moment"

Meanwhile, housekeeping gets no answer when she knocks on the door of a tenth floor room. Making her way inside after unlocking the door with her master keycard she sees living being inside. When she goes to check the linen cupboard off to the side, a scream could be heard by the whole floor.

On the floor of the cupboard is the body of a young woman still tied up, a lightning bolt carved under her eye and the letter "T" marked in blood on the wall. A lone remote control airplane sits innocently on one of the shelves above.