A/N: Thanks for all the reviews so far. I appreciate every single one of them. I hope to be putting up a new chapter everyday, except for weekends. I write the chapters while I a SUPPOSED to be paying attention in school, so I write one every weekday. Hope you enjoy this new chapter.

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"Hey, Tony, you done?" Kate asked, placing the camera and the sketches in the truck.

"Yeah, why?"

"Gibbs wants the victim's cover. She didn't have it when she was found, and if this one was done by the same guy then it's here somewhere."

Tony nodded and followed Kate towards the body.

Kate stopped about twenty feet from the body and said, "Okay, I'll take this side. You take that side of the victim. It's gotta be here somewhere."

Tony nodded again and headed off towards the right side of the body. He saw Gibbs and Ducky with the body and decided he wanted to see if this murder was like the first three. When he caught sight of the women's face his own went completely blank.

"Uh, Boss, she looks like-"

"We know, DiNozzo."

"Has she seen-"

"No. And she's not going to until it's absolutely necessary." Gibbs said, standing up. "We found this in the Lt.'s pocket."

Tony took the piece of paper Gibbs held out and read it.

Next time it will be the real person. And I'll make sure it won't be quick. I will make her suffer and live in pain until she begs me to end her life.

Tony handed it back to Gibbs, his face ashen, and said, "What are we gonna do?"

"We're gonna make sure this bastard doesn't come anywhere near her. She will never be totally alone."

"Uh, I don't mean to put a kink in your plan Boss, but she's gonna wanna know why we're acting weird."

"That's when she'll seethe body, Tony. She will understand once she sees then note and the body. Now go help find the cover." He dismissed him with a wave of the hand before turning back to Ducky.

Tony went back over to Kate. "You find anything?" Kate stood up from where she was kneeling and held up a metal string. "I think I found the murder weapon."

"What is it?"

"This is a classical guitar string; I'd say the 6th string because it's pretty thick. It would take a lot of strength to actually kill someone with this, but from the look of our victims, this is what killed them. And I can tell you they suffered, it wasn't quick."

"Was this found at any of the other crime scenes?" Tony questioned, placing the string in an evidence bag.

"No, either our guy is getting sloppy or he wanted us to find it."

Tony knew that the sick bastard wanted them to find it. It was probably his way of saying he was going to do something much worse to his next victim. And Tony was gonna do everything in his power not to let him get that chance.