Chapter 8- Early Morning Rush
"BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BE-"
Dana slammed her hand down on the 'off' button fiercely. She let out a frustrated yell and threw the covers over her head. She buried her head in the pillow and let out a stifled moan. She laid her head down for a few minutes and then suddenly remembered she wasn't alone in the hotel room. She quickly pulled the cover away and there Will was standing over her watching attentively. Obviously very amused. Her cheeks flushed.
"You alright?"
She looked up sheepishly, "Yea, im just not much of a morning person."
"I gathered as much. Would you like me to make some coffee?"
She smiled, "Yes, coffee. That would be wonderful. Thank you."
"No prob."
"Well, im going to take a shower I'll be out quickly." She stood up and sighed profoundly. She walked to the bathroom and locked the door behind her. She sat on the toilet and rested her head in her palms. 'I cant believe I just did that!' She thought her cheeks still burning with embarrassment. She sighed once more and stood up, and turned on the water. She undressed and ran her hand underneath the water, not surprisingly the water was not warm. 'Damn hotels.' she thought as she turned on the shower. She stepped in and shuddered against the cold letting out a surprised yelp.
She quickly finished and dressed in her charcoal colored skirt suit and silently cursed the person who invented pantyhose. After snagging the left leg she gave up and decided to just shave her legs and go pantyhose-less.
10 minutes later she was walking out the bathroom door and into the smell of coffee. She smiled and made herself a cup and walked over to a chair to sit. She noticed that Will was not in the room so she decided to go looking for him, if they were going to make it on time he would have to hurry and shower.
She searched for her Donna Karren pumps and finally found them next to her bed. She slipped them on and stepped out into the hallway. She walked outside deciding to check the car first and when she passed the front desk the same blonde was working. 'Must be on the graveyard shift.' She thought as she walked out the door. At 8:10 the humidity already hung in the air. She looked around for the car and found it empty. Frustrated she went back inside and started walking back to the room. As she passed the blonde called out to her.
"Looking for somebody?" The women asked with a apparent attitude.
"No, im not." She said coldly. "Thanks anyway." With that she kept walking up to her room. When she entered the room she heard the shower going and figured Will must have gone for ice or something. She looked over the case file while waiting for him to come out of the bathroom.
He emerged a few minutes later with nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist. He saw Dana and his face turned bright red. "I didn't think you were here. I forgot to bring clothes into the shower with me."
Dana could say nothing, she just sat there seemingly gawking. She finally stammered out, "Its…ok…I just…went to the…car." She bit her lower lip and finally tore her eyes away. She looked back down at the file in her hands. When she looked back up he was walking back into the shower, 'Oh my…wow.' She thought. 'Nice ass.'
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Will walked back into the bathroom in a daze. 'Idiot.' he told himself, 'you should've known she would come back.' He smiled, 'she was actually gawking wasn't she?' He laughed inwardly and continued to dress. When he came out of the shower again Dana was nowhere to be found, the case file laid lonely on the bed.
He was starting to become worried before he heard a muffled voice outside the room. 'She must be on the phone.' He walked over to the door and opened it, sure enough there was Dana leaning up against the wall chattering into her cell. She looked up and acknowledge him.
She laughed, "Yes mother."… "Uh-hmm."… "Yea, that's all." She smiled, "Mom I called to talk to dad."… "Not home? Where is he?"… "Mulder's, ok I see. Tell him I called."… "Goodbye mom."… "I don't care if you do. Go ahead."… "Goodbye."
She hung up, "Where did you go earlier?"
"Oh, went for a jog while you were showering. I hope I didn't worry you."
"It's ok. Are you almost ready? Its…" She glanced at her watch, "8:52."
"Just let me get my shoes."
She followed him into the hotel room and grabbed the file off her bed. Then they walked down to the lobby, Will looked at her for a moment and then asked, "Are you wanting to see if they have any separate rooms available?"
"I don't really mind Will, but it would be a bit easier to work if we shared the same room, and safer. Considering who I think this man is."
"Or women."
"Yea, or women. But I have this feeling that it's a man, I don't know why its strange. Maybe its an X-File."
Will laughed and pulled out the car keys. Dana snatched them quickly, "Im driving."
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They arrived at the Goose Creek PD 15 minutes later and before getting out the car the radio declared that the temperature was 89 and with the heat index it was 94.
"Wonderful." Dana breathed "That's what we need on a case, smoldering heat."
They showed their badges and were taken to Deputy Sheriff Lewis's office. Lewis was a tall man with short blonde hair cut marine style and pale blue eyes. On his desk was a picture of him, his wife, daughters and sons. Two of the girls were redheads, and the other girl and young boy were blonde, like their father. Dana assumed he had been remarried seeing as his wife's hair was darker than her own.
"You have a lovely family Mr. Lewis. How old are you children?"
"Just call me Lewis, the oldest girls are 14, twins. The taller redhead, Meagan and blonde, Lauren. Then the youngest girl Brooke, she's 11. Russell is 3. Do you have any children, Mrs. Dogett."
"Its Miss, and no. No children yet."
"Well, you can imagine that I want badly for this man or women to be caught. I wont feel safe having my children home alone with a crazy man on the loose."
"Lewis, this may be more complicated than you think. This case is much like one Agent Van de Kemp's parents worked, now the man involved in this case has been dead for a while. But im wondering if maybe this man had a child, every conceivable theory in my mind points to this."
"What's the with this man? What makes him so dangerous."
"You've heard of a contortionist? Men and women who can fit into almost any small space possible? Well, this man was that and more, way more. He could fit into something as tiny as a ventilation shaft."
"I find that hard to believe."
"It happened sir, to my mother. She was attacked by this man, he came into her apartment through the air duct. Its not a very large air duct either."
Lewis rubbed his temples, "Then your right, this is more complicated than I could've ever fathomed. You two have the full support of this PD, anything you need to find this person we will help. Just say the words. I have my best men working on this case, and I have no doubt in my mind that with you two we will find this man."
"I sure hope so." Dana said quietly.
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Chapter 9- The Crime Scene
The crime scene had been a bit more than expected, there were two very large puddles of dried blood on the hardwood floor, and the rancid smell of death still hung in the air. Will noticed Dana shudder upon entering.
Lewis explained the what the scene looked like when the couple was found, is gruesome detail. They listened cautiously, trying to see if there was anything unusual about their condition when found.
There was nothing.
They searched the house up and down, every room, from the kitchen to the hall closet. Will was about to give up when Dana looked at the window above the front door.
"I wonder if he got in through that, I mean if he did he would've had to find a way to open it, but I haven't found anything else. We should dust for prints."
They got one of the forensics workers to dust the window for prints and the women came back with two sets, obviously different, one looked like it belonged to a child and the other an adult.
"How would a child's prints get above the door? Their only child lives on the other coast and they were 62, there would be no reason for a child to come over."
"Did the have grandkids?"
Lewis answered, "Yeah, 5 year old girl. Anna. I can contact their son and see if they visited lately."
"Good. Lets run the prints through the system, most baby's prints and taken when their born nowadays, and then see if the other has a criminal record."
The forensics lady nods and leaves. Dana turns to Will, "I didn't find anything else. What about you? You find anything suspicious?"
"No, I checked all air vents, windows, even the attic, nothing."
"Great. Looks like we have nothing to do until we gets those prints." She turned to Lewis, "How long will that take?"
"Well, the lab is 15 minutes away. Maybe 45 minutes at most."
"Whose up for lunch?"
"I can't, one of my twins has a gymnastics thing. I have to go to it."
"Ok, is there anywhere good around here?"
"Um, there's a little mom and pop restaurant up the road, called Breck's. Good burgers."
Will and Dana thanked him and went in search of the restaurant.
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The restaurant was in a shopping center, and not very crowded, which was good since it was lunch hour. They were seated immediately, and to Dana's amusement the blonde bimbo from the hotel was apparently also a waitress. Try as she might she couldn't help herself, she laughed.
Will looked at her confused, "What?"
She shook her head for affect, "Nothing. Just thinking about something."
The blonde gave her a look and Dana raised her eyebrow, 'Like hell I'll be giving you a tip.' She thought as she sat down. She looked at the menu which was doing its job in hiding her large smile from Will and tried to find something to eat. She finally settled on a cheeseburger and coke.
When the waitress came back she looked at her nametag, she sighed when she saw the name, Heather Lewis. She gave Will a small look and then turned back to 'Heather'. "Excuse me, I don't want to pry, but are you related to Deputy Sheriff Lewis?"
She looked at her with an evil gaze, "Yes I am. He's my uncle. Why?"
"Oh, I was just wondering. Were on a case with him. Just a bit curious."
After another glare she took their orders and left.
"She doesn't like me." Dana huffed. "Oh well, no tip for her."
"Why do you say that?"
"What that she doesn't like me or I won't be giving her a tip?"
"That she doesn't like you."
"Do you think she does? She's been doing nothing but giving me dirty looks since we got here, if you haven't noticed she's the same person from the hotel."
Will laughed and sat back in his seat, "So about this case. Your convinced its some unknown relative of Tooms, im starting to think you could be right. But if you are that means were going to have to work our asses off. The original Tooms was a bastard to catch, from what I gather. After over 30 years, this guy/ or girl is going to be much harder."
"Well, I think with our references we'll be fine. If we get stumped we can just call your parents."
The waitress came with their food.
"I know, but if we call my mom might keep you on the phone for hours."
After hearing this the blonde huffed and walked away.
"Your right, she doesn't like you." Will said laughingly. "Better check your food, she might've spit in it."
"Will!"
"What?"
She did check, just to be sure and when she was confident that her food was still edible she took a bite. Halfway through the meal her cell phone chirped. About the same time the waitress came to check up on them and refill their drinks.
"Dogett." She said into the phone.
"Agent Dogett. We have a match on the prints. You might want to get down here."
"Which prints do you have a match for?"
"Both, I was right about it being the grandchild through. But I don't want to waste time talking, just get down here."
"Ok."
She hung up and looked a Will. "They got a match on the prints. Lewis wants us down there, immediately."
He looked at the waitress, "Can we have our check please?"
She left for a minute and then returned. Dana took out her wallet but Will put his hand up, "I got this one, you pay next time."
"Ok, lets just get going. I drive. You drove here."
"You better not get use to this you driving thing."
"To late."
He rolled his eyes and they left, leaving the waitress with a dumfounded look on her face.
Dana looked over her shoulder before leaving the restaurant and 'Heather' was once again glaring at her. Dana turned to Will, "She defiantly doesn't like me, its all your fault."
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"What? Why is it my fault?"
"She obviously likes you Will, or did you fail to see that?"
"No she doesn't. She doesn't even know me."
"She'll probably call her uncle and ask him all about you, she likes you Will weather you think so or not. And she probably doesn't like me because she thinks were together. Like I said its your fault."
"Why would she think that?"
"Well, we came in last night dressed up, talking about being at your parents house. Correct me if im wrong but most partners aren't that close to where they take each other to their parents house. And not in the dress I was wearing. You know your mom tried to set me up with Charlie's son. Ugh."
Will laughed, "You weren't interested?"
"Not in the slightest. I've taken on my parents quest…and your parents quest, so my life is my work. Im doomed to live alone forever."
"Yeah, but your parents didn't end up that way and neither did mine."
"Ok, well look at it this way. I'll either end up with you or alone."
Will chuckled, "What's so horrible about ending up with me?"
Dana (who was driving) didn't answer but instead chewed on her lip and looked out at the road, Will decided not to press this issue and call his parents, inform them on where the case was leading. He took his cell phone and dialed the number that he already memorized.
After three rings his father answered, "Mulder residence, Mulder speaking."
"Yea, dad. It's me. I've got some information on the case, thought I would call you."
"What do you know?"
"Well, not much but were on our way to find out. We went to the crime scene today and found some fingerprints on a window above the front door, sent them to the local crime lab to be analyzed. Were on our way there now to find out who they belong too. I'll call you tonight."
Dana pulled into the crime lab and Will said goodbye to his father. They got out of the car and walked inside. Lewis was waiting for them and showed them to a small room, empty save for the lady who had been at the crime scene earlier. They sat at a table and the women opened a file.
She gave Dana a piece of paper and spoke, "That's our match. Steven R. Taylor, Taylor's his mothers last name. His father is unknown. He's 33 years old, born on July 8th 1992. Lives nearby, 5 Briar Way."
Lewis's face turned pale, "That's right down the road from my house." He stood up and left the room, his cell phone in hand.
Dana looked at him with the likeliness of a ghost, her face pale just like Lewis's. "Will, its him. Look at this picture, they look exactly alike." She handed him the piece of paper. "Look. You saw his picture in the field report. They're identical."
Dana was right, they looked awfully alike. "We need to go to his house."
"You think he'll be there?"
"One can only hope."
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Chapter 10- Shocking Discovery
On the way to the house Dana looked at Will, "There's still something I don't understand. Tooms would only appear every 30 year, why is this guy doing this now?"
"Maybe its his first time."
"If he is following the path of Tooms, then he still has more people to kill."
"That's why we need to find him."
"I don't think he's going to be there. I mean its all over the news that the FBI is down here. Maybe he knows why. He would've left without a trace."
"But you could be wrong. He could be a normal guy, who cleans their windows."
Dana sighed, "I know this isn't much to go on. But we got a warrant."
"For a DNA sample."
"It's better than nothing. And if he is related to Tooms we could get another to search his house."
"But still if he is now, and he's not there we may never know."
Dana frowned and Will pulled into the house. They slowly stepped out of the vehicle and walked up to the front door. Dana knocked 3 times and stepped back, her mind buzzing with excitement and fear. The buzz only deepened when the door slowly creaked halfway open.
"Yes?" The man said from the other side, "Can I help you?"
Dana fumbled for her badge, "Uh, yes. Im Agent Dogett with the FBI, this is my partner Will. Can we come in?"
"Do you have a warrant."
'Yes, but its not the right kind.' She thought.
Will spoke, "Not a search warrant, but we do have a warrant for a DNA sample."
"And that would be collected how?"
"Mouth swab."
The man stepped outside and closed the door behind him, "May I see it?"
Will handed the warrant to him, he read it and handed it back, then looked at Dana. He gave her a evil smirk and she shuddered.
This man looked exactly like Eugene Tooms. It was eerie the resemblance, even for a father/son. She found herself scooting closer to Will for protection.
Will saw her do this and quickly took out the swab, "Open your mouth."
Taylor obeyed and Will quickly took the swab and gathered his sample.
"Thank you." He said and started to walk away. Dana followed his lead.
When they entered her car Dana looked over at him, "He looks exactly like him Will."
"Well we need to go back to the lab and get them to lab as soon as possible. Find out if he is who we think he is."
Wills cell phone rang. He picked it up and said, "William."
There was a pause and Will's eyes grew big. He hung up the phone and looked over at Dana.
"They found another body."
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A/N: Dun Dun Dun! I'll get the next chapter out as soon as possible, thanks for the reviews.
"BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BE-"
Dana slammed her hand down on the 'off' button fiercely. She let out a frustrated yell and threw the covers over her head. She buried her head in the pillow and let out a stifled moan. She laid her head down for a few minutes and then suddenly remembered she wasn't alone in the hotel room. She quickly pulled the cover away and there Will was standing over her watching attentively. Obviously very amused. Her cheeks flushed.
"You alright?"
She looked up sheepishly, "Yea, im just not much of a morning person."
"I gathered as much. Would you like me to make some coffee?"
She smiled, "Yes, coffee. That would be wonderful. Thank you."
"No prob."
"Well, im going to take a shower I'll be out quickly." She stood up and sighed profoundly. She walked to the bathroom and locked the door behind her. She sat on the toilet and rested her head in her palms. 'I cant believe I just did that!' She thought her cheeks still burning with embarrassment. She sighed once more and stood up, and turned on the water. She undressed and ran her hand underneath the water, not surprisingly the water was not warm. 'Damn hotels.' she thought as she turned on the shower. She stepped in and shuddered against the cold letting out a surprised yelp.
She quickly finished and dressed in her charcoal colored skirt suit and silently cursed the person who invented pantyhose. After snagging the left leg she gave up and decided to just shave her legs and go pantyhose-less.
10 minutes later she was walking out the bathroom door and into the smell of coffee. She smiled and made herself a cup and walked over to a chair to sit. She noticed that Will was not in the room so she decided to go looking for him, if they were going to make it on time he would have to hurry and shower.
She searched for her Donna Karren pumps and finally found them next to her bed. She slipped them on and stepped out into the hallway. She walked outside deciding to check the car first and when she passed the front desk the same blonde was working. 'Must be on the graveyard shift.' She thought as she walked out the door. At 8:10 the humidity already hung in the air. She looked around for the car and found it empty. Frustrated she went back inside and started walking back to the room. As she passed the blonde called out to her.
"Looking for somebody?" The women asked with a apparent attitude.
"No, im not." She said coldly. "Thanks anyway." With that she kept walking up to her room. When she entered the room she heard the shower going and figured Will must have gone for ice or something. She looked over the case file while waiting for him to come out of the bathroom.
He emerged a few minutes later with nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist. He saw Dana and his face turned bright red. "I didn't think you were here. I forgot to bring clothes into the shower with me."
Dana could say nothing, she just sat there seemingly gawking. She finally stammered out, "Its…ok…I just…went to the…car." She bit her lower lip and finally tore her eyes away. She looked back down at the file in her hands. When she looked back up he was walking back into the shower, 'Oh my…wow.' She thought. 'Nice ass.'
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Will walked back into the bathroom in a daze. 'Idiot.' he told himself, 'you should've known she would come back.' He smiled, 'she was actually gawking wasn't she?' He laughed inwardly and continued to dress. When he came out of the shower again Dana was nowhere to be found, the case file laid lonely on the bed.
He was starting to become worried before he heard a muffled voice outside the room. 'She must be on the phone.' He walked over to the door and opened it, sure enough there was Dana leaning up against the wall chattering into her cell. She looked up and acknowledge him.
She laughed, "Yes mother."… "Uh-hmm."… "Yea, that's all." She smiled, "Mom I called to talk to dad."… "Not home? Where is he?"… "Mulder's, ok I see. Tell him I called."… "Goodbye mom."… "I don't care if you do. Go ahead."… "Goodbye."
She hung up, "Where did you go earlier?"
"Oh, went for a jog while you were showering. I hope I didn't worry you."
"It's ok. Are you almost ready? Its…" She glanced at her watch, "8:52."
"Just let me get my shoes."
She followed him into the hotel room and grabbed the file off her bed. Then they walked down to the lobby, Will looked at her for a moment and then asked, "Are you wanting to see if they have any separate rooms available?"
"I don't really mind Will, but it would be a bit easier to work if we shared the same room, and safer. Considering who I think this man is."
"Or women."
"Yea, or women. But I have this feeling that it's a man, I don't know why its strange. Maybe its an X-File."
Will laughed and pulled out the car keys. Dana snatched them quickly, "Im driving."
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They arrived at the Goose Creek PD 15 minutes later and before getting out the car the radio declared that the temperature was 89 and with the heat index it was 94.
"Wonderful." Dana breathed "That's what we need on a case, smoldering heat."
They showed their badges and were taken to Deputy Sheriff Lewis's office. Lewis was a tall man with short blonde hair cut marine style and pale blue eyes. On his desk was a picture of him, his wife, daughters and sons. Two of the girls were redheads, and the other girl and young boy were blonde, like their father. Dana assumed he had been remarried seeing as his wife's hair was darker than her own.
"You have a lovely family Mr. Lewis. How old are you children?"
"Just call me Lewis, the oldest girls are 14, twins. The taller redhead, Meagan and blonde, Lauren. Then the youngest girl Brooke, she's 11. Russell is 3. Do you have any children, Mrs. Dogett."
"Its Miss, and no. No children yet."
"Well, you can imagine that I want badly for this man or women to be caught. I wont feel safe having my children home alone with a crazy man on the loose."
"Lewis, this may be more complicated than you think. This case is much like one Agent Van de Kemp's parents worked, now the man involved in this case has been dead for a while. But im wondering if maybe this man had a child, every conceivable theory in my mind points to this."
"What's the with this man? What makes him so dangerous."
"You've heard of a contortionist? Men and women who can fit into almost any small space possible? Well, this man was that and more, way more. He could fit into something as tiny as a ventilation shaft."
"I find that hard to believe."
"It happened sir, to my mother. She was attacked by this man, he came into her apartment through the air duct. Its not a very large air duct either."
Lewis rubbed his temples, "Then your right, this is more complicated than I could've ever fathomed. You two have the full support of this PD, anything you need to find this person we will help. Just say the words. I have my best men working on this case, and I have no doubt in my mind that with you two we will find this man."
"I sure hope so." Dana said quietly.
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Chapter 9- The Crime Scene
The crime scene had been a bit more than expected, there were two very large puddles of dried blood on the hardwood floor, and the rancid smell of death still hung in the air. Will noticed Dana shudder upon entering.
Lewis explained the what the scene looked like when the couple was found, is gruesome detail. They listened cautiously, trying to see if there was anything unusual about their condition when found.
There was nothing.
They searched the house up and down, every room, from the kitchen to the hall closet. Will was about to give up when Dana looked at the window above the front door.
"I wonder if he got in through that, I mean if he did he would've had to find a way to open it, but I haven't found anything else. We should dust for prints."
They got one of the forensics workers to dust the window for prints and the women came back with two sets, obviously different, one looked like it belonged to a child and the other an adult.
"How would a child's prints get above the door? Their only child lives on the other coast and they were 62, there would be no reason for a child to come over."
"Did the have grandkids?"
Lewis answered, "Yeah, 5 year old girl. Anna. I can contact their son and see if they visited lately."
"Good. Lets run the prints through the system, most baby's prints and taken when their born nowadays, and then see if the other has a criminal record."
The forensics lady nods and leaves. Dana turns to Will, "I didn't find anything else. What about you? You find anything suspicious?"
"No, I checked all air vents, windows, even the attic, nothing."
"Great. Looks like we have nothing to do until we gets those prints." She turned to Lewis, "How long will that take?"
"Well, the lab is 15 minutes away. Maybe 45 minutes at most."
"Whose up for lunch?"
"I can't, one of my twins has a gymnastics thing. I have to go to it."
"Ok, is there anywhere good around here?"
"Um, there's a little mom and pop restaurant up the road, called Breck's. Good burgers."
Will and Dana thanked him and went in search of the restaurant.
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The restaurant was in a shopping center, and not very crowded, which was good since it was lunch hour. They were seated immediately, and to Dana's amusement the blonde bimbo from the hotel was apparently also a waitress. Try as she might she couldn't help herself, she laughed.
Will looked at her confused, "What?"
She shook her head for affect, "Nothing. Just thinking about something."
The blonde gave her a look and Dana raised her eyebrow, 'Like hell I'll be giving you a tip.' She thought as she sat down. She looked at the menu which was doing its job in hiding her large smile from Will and tried to find something to eat. She finally settled on a cheeseburger and coke.
When the waitress came back she looked at her nametag, she sighed when she saw the name, Heather Lewis. She gave Will a small look and then turned back to 'Heather'. "Excuse me, I don't want to pry, but are you related to Deputy Sheriff Lewis?"
She looked at her with an evil gaze, "Yes I am. He's my uncle. Why?"
"Oh, I was just wondering. Were on a case with him. Just a bit curious."
After another glare she took their orders and left.
"She doesn't like me." Dana huffed. "Oh well, no tip for her."
"Why do you say that?"
"What that she doesn't like me or I won't be giving her a tip?"
"That she doesn't like you."
"Do you think she does? She's been doing nothing but giving me dirty looks since we got here, if you haven't noticed she's the same person from the hotel."
Will laughed and sat back in his seat, "So about this case. Your convinced its some unknown relative of Tooms, im starting to think you could be right. But if you are that means were going to have to work our asses off. The original Tooms was a bastard to catch, from what I gather. After over 30 years, this guy/ or girl is going to be much harder."
"Well, I think with our references we'll be fine. If we get stumped we can just call your parents."
The waitress came with their food.
"I know, but if we call my mom might keep you on the phone for hours."
After hearing this the blonde huffed and walked away.
"Your right, she doesn't like you." Will said laughingly. "Better check your food, she might've spit in it."
"Will!"
"What?"
She did check, just to be sure and when she was confident that her food was still edible she took a bite. Halfway through the meal her cell phone chirped. About the same time the waitress came to check up on them and refill their drinks.
"Dogett." She said into the phone.
"Agent Dogett. We have a match on the prints. You might want to get down here."
"Which prints do you have a match for?"
"Both, I was right about it being the grandchild through. But I don't want to waste time talking, just get down here."
"Ok."
She hung up and looked a Will. "They got a match on the prints. Lewis wants us down there, immediately."
He looked at the waitress, "Can we have our check please?"
She left for a minute and then returned. Dana took out her wallet but Will put his hand up, "I got this one, you pay next time."
"Ok, lets just get going. I drive. You drove here."
"You better not get use to this you driving thing."
"To late."
He rolled his eyes and they left, leaving the waitress with a dumfounded look on her face.
Dana looked over her shoulder before leaving the restaurant and 'Heather' was once again glaring at her. Dana turned to Will, "She defiantly doesn't like me, its all your fault."
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"What? Why is it my fault?"
"She obviously likes you Will, or did you fail to see that?"
"No she doesn't. She doesn't even know me."
"She'll probably call her uncle and ask him all about you, she likes you Will weather you think so or not. And she probably doesn't like me because she thinks were together. Like I said its your fault."
"Why would she think that?"
"Well, we came in last night dressed up, talking about being at your parents house. Correct me if im wrong but most partners aren't that close to where they take each other to their parents house. And not in the dress I was wearing. You know your mom tried to set me up with Charlie's son. Ugh."
Will laughed, "You weren't interested?"
"Not in the slightest. I've taken on my parents quest…and your parents quest, so my life is my work. Im doomed to live alone forever."
"Yeah, but your parents didn't end up that way and neither did mine."
"Ok, well look at it this way. I'll either end up with you or alone."
Will chuckled, "What's so horrible about ending up with me?"
Dana (who was driving) didn't answer but instead chewed on her lip and looked out at the road, Will decided not to press this issue and call his parents, inform them on where the case was leading. He took his cell phone and dialed the number that he already memorized.
After three rings his father answered, "Mulder residence, Mulder speaking."
"Yea, dad. It's me. I've got some information on the case, thought I would call you."
"What do you know?"
"Well, not much but were on our way to find out. We went to the crime scene today and found some fingerprints on a window above the front door, sent them to the local crime lab to be analyzed. Were on our way there now to find out who they belong too. I'll call you tonight."
Dana pulled into the crime lab and Will said goodbye to his father. They got out of the car and walked inside. Lewis was waiting for them and showed them to a small room, empty save for the lady who had been at the crime scene earlier. They sat at a table and the women opened a file.
She gave Dana a piece of paper and spoke, "That's our match. Steven R. Taylor, Taylor's his mothers last name. His father is unknown. He's 33 years old, born on July 8th 1992. Lives nearby, 5 Briar Way."
Lewis's face turned pale, "That's right down the road from my house." He stood up and left the room, his cell phone in hand.
Dana looked at him with the likeliness of a ghost, her face pale just like Lewis's. "Will, its him. Look at this picture, they look exactly alike." She handed him the piece of paper. "Look. You saw his picture in the field report. They're identical."
Dana was right, they looked awfully alike. "We need to go to his house."
"You think he'll be there?"
"One can only hope."
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Chapter 10- Shocking Discovery
On the way to the house Dana looked at Will, "There's still something I don't understand. Tooms would only appear every 30 year, why is this guy doing this now?"
"Maybe its his first time."
"If he is following the path of Tooms, then he still has more people to kill."
"That's why we need to find him."
"I don't think he's going to be there. I mean its all over the news that the FBI is down here. Maybe he knows why. He would've left without a trace."
"But you could be wrong. He could be a normal guy, who cleans their windows."
Dana sighed, "I know this isn't much to go on. But we got a warrant."
"For a DNA sample."
"It's better than nothing. And if he is related to Tooms we could get another to search his house."
"But still if he is now, and he's not there we may never know."
Dana frowned and Will pulled into the house. They slowly stepped out of the vehicle and walked up to the front door. Dana knocked 3 times and stepped back, her mind buzzing with excitement and fear. The buzz only deepened when the door slowly creaked halfway open.
"Yes?" The man said from the other side, "Can I help you?"
Dana fumbled for her badge, "Uh, yes. Im Agent Dogett with the FBI, this is my partner Will. Can we come in?"
"Do you have a warrant."
'Yes, but its not the right kind.' She thought.
Will spoke, "Not a search warrant, but we do have a warrant for a DNA sample."
"And that would be collected how?"
"Mouth swab."
The man stepped outside and closed the door behind him, "May I see it?"
Will handed the warrant to him, he read it and handed it back, then looked at Dana. He gave her a evil smirk and she shuddered.
This man looked exactly like Eugene Tooms. It was eerie the resemblance, even for a father/son. She found herself scooting closer to Will for protection.
Will saw her do this and quickly took out the swab, "Open your mouth."
Taylor obeyed and Will quickly took the swab and gathered his sample.
"Thank you." He said and started to walk away. Dana followed his lead.
When they entered her car Dana looked over at him, "He looks exactly like him Will."
"Well we need to go back to the lab and get them to lab as soon as possible. Find out if he is who we think he is."
Wills cell phone rang. He picked it up and said, "William."
There was a pause and Will's eyes grew big. He hung up the phone and looked over at Dana.
"They found another body."
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A/N: Dun Dun Dun! I'll get the next chapter out as soon as possible, thanks for the reviews.