Disclaimer: I hope I found Proxi Blue's tone. This is bloody but I had to make sure you know what this Mutant is capable of and willing to do. Later more from it. Sob, poor Jesse… But that's a chapter for itself!
Chapter5: NewsEmma was sitting at the computer when Proxi Blue interrupted her solitaire game. The message started and just a few seconds later Adam heard her calling him all the way through the Sanctuary.
"Adam, look at that!"
The dismay in her voice alarmed Shalimar as well and both of them came running at once. Emma pointed shocked to the screen. "This is horrible!"
"At 2o'clock in the morning, a woman's body was found at the banks of the river just half a mile away from the docklands.
The woman was between 22 and 25years old and Puerto Rican origin. There was no sign of Mutation to be found.
Her eyes were stabbed by pieces of glass. Deep cuts, probably from a large hunters-knife, were set on her cheeks. The same knife was used to open her chest and cut out her heart before it was placed in her right hand.
The police commissioner announced that the murderer must be mentally ill. The way the woman was killed reminded of a ritual from the 16th century.
Blinding the eyes was supposed to stop men or woman from looking at someone else then their wedded husband or wife. It was used mostly for woman at this time.
Disfiguring the face was supposed to discriminate the whore from a honourable woman. Or mark the outlaw.
Cutting out the heart was simply a means to make sure the person is dead. Placing it in one hand could mean two different things.
The left hand meant the person was suspected to do any harm. At this time of age nobody needed a proof for lets say witchcraft, dishonourable behaviour or something similar. The word of a respected man was all the judge wanted to hear.
Was the heart placed in the right hand though, a clear proof was given.
The body of the woman was unclothed and marked with the word: Whore, written on her stomach. The blood used to it showed signs of an abnormal DNA. The Killer was a Mutant!
The Police announced that they already know where the woman lived. The place was full of blood and her ripped of clothes were found. The door showed no sign of forcing the way into the apartment. The victim knew her murderer."
The message was given and Proxi Blue disappeared from the screen, leaving Shalimar with spinning thoughts.
"Jesse met a Puerto Rican in a club last week. They spent a couple of hours together."
Emma looked up to her from the chair she was sitting in.
"I think more than one woman from Puerto Rico lives in this town. I doubt it was her."
"Emma is right Shalimar. The chances are very low that Jesse knew this woman."
Shalimar shook her head.
"I don't know, I have a bad feeling in my stomach. And usually I can trust my feelings!"
Adam smiled calming at the blond Mutant.
"We will show Jesse the report and he can tell us if he knows her. Until then you shouldn't worry!"
"Maybe you are right…" But she didn't sound convinced at all.
Tbc