Chapter 14
? POV
I stared at the ceiling as I laid in an unfamiliar bed, in an unfamiliar room, next to my new target. She lay peacefully by me, sleeping soundly. Her blonde hair falling gently in soft curls behind her. Her tanned skin was warm to the touch as I ran my fingers along her lithe frame.
I sat up in bed and shook my head. She was beautiful, but she needed to go. I can't have someone like her roaming the streets. She needs to be dealt with. I got up out of bed and began putting my clothes back on. As I pulled my shirt over my head, I heard my target begin to stir. "You're leaving already, Rich." her voice was soft and smooth.
I put on my best fake smile before turning to her. She was looking up at me with her innocent, big, blue eyes. "You know I have to, Jade." I said. I walked over to the coat rack to grab my jacket and baseball cap and put them on. I quickly pat the pocket to make sure my ice pick was still there. I pulled out a pair of black leather gloves and put them on as well.
"Do you really have to? Jordan won't be back for a while."
I rolled my eyes in disgust. "I'm afraid so. I've got things I need to take care of." I slowly slid the ice pick out of my pocket.
"Can't you stay a bit longer? I don't want to be alone."
I slowly walked over to her side of the bed, keeping the ice pick out of her sight. "That can't happen."
She poked out her bottom lip ever so slightly as she pouted. Her pouting face made her look even more attractive than before in my opinion, which in turn, made me despise her even more. "Why not?" she whined.
I reached up and gently caressed her cheek with my free hand. I got closer to her until our lips were just inches apart. At the last moment, I moved and whispered in her ear. "Because I want nothing more to do with you." before she could get any other words out, I brought out the ice pick and quickly shoved the pointed end into her abdomen.
She looked up into my eyes, shock and pain very evident. "You-" I knew then and there that she realized who I was. I pulled the ice pick out and rammed it back in.
I pushed her back down onto the pillows and proceeded to repeat the same action over and over, relishing in her life essence pouring from her body and staining the sheets. Tears fell from her blue eyes and I just couldn't help, but laugh at her. She has the nerve to cry after what she's done. Pathetic. "You had someone that trusted you." I watched as her dying body quivered. "Someone that loved you." I punctured another hole in her worthless body. Blood poured from her mouth as she tried to breathe. "And you threw that all away." another wound from my pick. "I hope it was worth it." I stabbed her in the chest. Her mouth opened as she gagged and choked on her own blood.
Soon, her body stopped moving and her eye color began fading. Tearing the blood soaked ice pick from her flesh, I got up off the bed and stuffed the ice pick back in my pocket. I headed toward a window and climbed out to avoid any possible street cameras in the front of Jade's apartment.
I put away my leather gloves before pulling out my phone and making a call. "Hey." I said when the other person picked up. "It's done. Where are you?" I waited for an answer. "Okay, I'm on my way." I shoved my phone back in my pocket and made my way through the dark alleyway. Once I was close to the exit, I began looking for my ride.
A noise off to the side grabbed my attention. There was a stray dog digging through the trash. It must have caught a whiff of me because it pulled its head out of the garbage and began growling at me. It was sort of blocking my exit out of the alley. "Outta my way, you mangy mutt." it answered by growling and barking, bearing its sharp teeth at me.
I shook my head and began making my way out. The stray suddenly pounced, its teeth latching onto my arm. "AH! You son of a-" I effectively kicked the mutt away. It whimpered, shook its head and came back for more. This time it got a hold of my jacket as I turned to try and run. I tried to pull away, but the mutt held firm. When I did manage to get free, I heard the sound of my jacket ripping. Damn it. I had to go, I was wasting too much time. I cradled my arm close to my body, making sure I wasn't leaving behind a trail, as I ran out of the alley. I looked back to see the mutt had stopped following , but was still barking and growling.
I desperately looked for my ride as I attempted to at least slow the bleeding with what was remaining of my jacket. The black sedan was waiting for me just a little further up the street. I made it and quickly climbed inside stunned and out of breath. My arm was throbbing as the red fluids seeped through my jacket.
"What the hell happened to you?" my accomplice asked from the spot in the driver's seat.
"There's a dog in that alley back there. It attacked me." I opened up the glove compartment and pulled out some napkins to soak up some of the blood. "Really territorial."
"Jeez, we need to get that taken care of." my accomplice stated.
"No, I'll be fine. You gotta get in there and clean that mess up. Her fiance will be home soon."
"Alright, alright. Sit tight and don't die on me." my accomplice reached into the backseat for a spare towel. "Wrap this around your arm for now. At least slow down the bleeding."
"Fine, now go." I ordered.
My accomplice stepped out of the car, face covered by a large hat, grabbed all the cleaning items and headed toward the apartment.
I leaned back in my seat and winced. I kept pressure on my arm. At least things couldn't get much worse. The problem was dealt with and if the only thing I get out of it is a dog bite, then so be it.
Vanessa and Sierra stepped into the police station, searching for Michael. There were a lot of people milling about as everyone was kept busy. "Seems rough in here." Sierra mentioned.
"Yeah, seems like it." Vanessa said while scanning the station. "Come on, let's hurry this up. The others are waiting." she began to make her way to Mike's empty desk. His desk was generally tidy aside from a few piles of folders filled with paper work. Vanessa was tempted to look through it, but resisted.
They patiently waited when Mike's partner, Henry, showed up, looking confused at the two women. "Hello ladies, can I help you?"
"We're here to see Michael Evans. We're friends of his."
"Oh." he held out his hand for a handshake. "I'm Henry, his partner."
Vanessa shook his hand. "Oh yeah, Mike told me about you."
Henry eyed them. "Unfortunately, Michael is a bit busy." he stated vaguely.
"Do you happen to know when he'll be available? It's kind of important." Sierra asked.
"Sorry, I don't. This lady killer is keeping us all on our toes." he picked up a few files off Mike's desk.
Vanessa and Sierra looked at each other for a second before looking back to Henry. "Right, of course. Do you mind telling him to give us a call when he can?" Sierra asked innocently.
"Sure, no problem. What are your names?"
"I'm Vanessa and this is my sister Sierra." she introduced with a small smile.
"No problem, I'll let him know."
"We appreciate it." Sierra said as she and Vanessa walked away. Once they made it outside, they climbed the fire escape where everyone else was waiting.
"Well?" Raph asked.
"We'll have to wait and see. We couldn't get a hold of Mike so we asked his partner to have him call us." Sierra said as she easily caught her sword that Leo tossed to her.
"Hopefully, he'll get back to us soon." Vanessa took her tessen from Don's belt and sheathed them at her hip. "For now, let's get going."
"Right. We'll split up tonight." Leo ordered. "Sierra, Mikey, Paige and Takashi you're with me. We're checking out the east side. Raph, Mel, Don, Vanessa and RJ head west. We'll meet back here in a few hours." everyone nodded in agreement. "Vanessa, if Mike calls back, keep us updated."
"You got it." Vanessa said.
"Let's go already." Raph and RJ said at the same time. Father and son were getting antsy. They wanted to find some lowlifes and take them out. RJ moreso than his father. After what happened at Amber's house, he found it hard to hide his annoyance. Something his mother noticed immediately.
"Alright, alright we're going." Melanie said and their group took off.
Leo's group watched as Raph and the others left. "Shall we head out." Mikey said.
"Yes, let's." Sierra said. She looked over to her son who was crouched down by the edge of the building. "Come on T, we're going."
"Hold on," something had caught Takashi's attention. "Something's going on down there."
The adults followed him to the edge where a few police officers and Henry were exiting the station. "That's Mike's partner." Sierra said pointing to the bearded man. "He's on the Lady Killer case as well."
"I guess he's going solo for now." Paige added.
"If he's on the case too, then that means..." Leo started.
"We got a call from a woman's fiance." one of the officers explained. "He came home to find her dead."
"Same MO?"
"Yes sir."
"Looks like we've got another one." Paige said.
"Should we follow them?" Takashi asked.
Leo responded by pulling out a small device and throwing it at Henry's vehicle. It landed securely on the rim right before it took off. "Let's go."
Using a watch on his wrist he tracked Henry's car to the destination. "He's heading downtown."
They eventually came to a stop at an apartment building. Police swarmed the place. Police tape blocked off the entrance to the apartment. Henry was about to head inside when one of the officers stopped him.
"Sir, we found this in the alley next to the building." the officer held out a plastic bag with a cell phone inside. The cell had blood on it as well as a large crack on the screen. "Could be our guy's."
"Great," Henry took the phone and placed it in the bag that he was carrying. "I'll take it to the station, see if one of our tech guys can fix it. And have forensics check to see who's blood it belongs to. If we're lucky, it won't just be the victim's."
The officer nodded and headed off to scout around the area some more.
Henry finally stepped inside to get a look at the crime scene.
"Seems the Lady Killer finally got a little sloppy." Sierra said.
"Maybe Mike will actually have a breakthrough with this case." Paige mentioned.
"Come on, there's too many people here. We'll leave the rest to them." The Hamatos took off, leaving the police work to the experts.
Raph's group came to a stop at the sound of a commotion coming from the streets. They all looked over the edge of the building they were standing on to see. Purple Dragons running amok. Breaking windows of cars, spray painting buildings, some were robbing a store. It was a mess. Without missing a beat, they all hopped down to ground level. "I call the ones robbing the store." RJ said.
RJ quickly sprinted to the store as two of them came out carrying bags of money whatever else they could find in there. RJ roundhouse kicked the first one away and took the second one out with a high knee to the jaw.
RJ removed his daggers from their sheaths and prepared himself as two more exited the store. He blocked an attack from a dragon that held a metal pipe. RJ saw the dragon's buddy approach from the side, aiming for his weak spot with a knife.
Thinking quickly, RJ snatched the pipe wielding gang member by the collar and turned so the knife wielder would be aiming for his buddy's back instead. RJ decided that one of two things would happen, either he's going to hurt his friend or he would stop his pursuit. Luckily, the latter happened, the Purple Dragon momentarily froze in his spot giving RJ the opportunity to give a strong kick to the one he was holding. He toppled into the knife wielder and they fell to the ground in a heap.
A chain suddenly wrapped around his wrist and he turned to see another Purple Dragon at the other end. RJ planted his feet firmly on the ground, dropped his dagger and latched onto the chain. He pulled on the chain bringing the Purple Dragon closer to him. In one fluid motion, RJ hip tossed him and he landed on top of another dragon that was fighting his mother.
All the Purple Dragons were down at that point and everyone began rounding them up. "That was fun." RJ stated. "Let's go find more." before anyone could say anything to him, he made his way back to the rooftop.
"What's up with him?" Don asked.
"You noticed it too?" Melanie asked.
"Kinda hard to miss." Vanessa stated. "He seems a bit more aggressive than usual."
"Really?" Raph said, genuinely confused. "I didn't notice anything different."
Melanie rolled her eyes. "Of course you didn't."
RJ took a peek over the edge of the building where he was waiting. "Come on, let's go." he called down to them. Don and Vanessa climbed to the rooftop.
"Go get your son." Melanie teased.
"Oh, so he's just my son now?" Raph teased back.
"When he acts like you, yes." Melanie playfully stuck out her tongue at him and followed everyone else.
Raph thought for second. "He's not that much like me, is he?" he shook his head and met up with the rest of the group.
New chapter is finally up. I thought I'd give you a little bit of the killer's perspective because he is a big part of the story, but at the same time, I didn't want to reveal too much.
Let me know what you think.
