Chapter 2 – He's eliminated him from the inquiries
The Spanish Chainsaw Massacre
Chapter 2: He's Eliminated him from the enquiries
Authors note: Please read and review I know my grammar is terrible but bear with me I hope you like the latest instalment
Ash night 10: Don't worry she'll meet her maker soon enough
Tom was taking the shortcut home after spending all day at his girlfriends, he was going to take his car but he'd had a couple of drinks and being the law abiding citizen he was, he decided to walk home and pick up his car in the morning.
As he was strolling across the field he stopped dead in his tracks he thought he could hear screaming in the distance. He started running to what he thought the source of the screams was then he saw something even stranger a bright flash lit up the sky like lightning, as he drew closer the screams grew weaker which was surely a bad sign. As he got closer he stopped he could hear nothing. No he could hear a faint whimpering although it could also be someone breathing heavily. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his Cigarette lighter it was one of those posh ones that can be lit anywhere a birthday present from Ashley a year ago. He flicked it open and it sparked into life, it illuminated a small area it wasn't much but hopefully it would be sufficient he glanced around and attempted to trace the whimpering, as he moved closer to its source he saw something that sent shivers down his spine there was a fresh, gooey and thick trail of blood like someone who had been seriously injured had crawled or been dragged he followed the trail to its end and saw a body lying face down on the ground. Tom swallowed hard and bent down to check the pulse, weak but it was definitely there the whimpering noise confirmed that this poor person was still alive. Tom slowly turned the figure over and was shocked to see her face; it was Jill Valentine, Regina's sister. Tom had known Regina since he was seven and still hung out with her a lot, even today and although he didn't know her Sister as well as he knew her he still called Jill a friend.
"Jill, Jill can you hear me?"
Jill lazily opened her eyes although she didn't have the strength to express it she was happier than she had ever been: someone had found her and what's more it was someone she knew.
"T..T…Tom?"
"Yes its Tom try not to talk"
Tom pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and dialled 999.
"Hello 999 emergency how can I help you?"
"Yes this is Tom Woods I need an ambulance at the field behind Puerto's road I've found someone they've been brutally attacked"
"Okay Tom I've dispatched the ambulance can the victim walk?"
"No one of her feet has been hacked off"
"Oh my god"
"Yeah my thoughts exactly I think I can carry her to the roadside though"
"No don't do that could do more harm than good do you have a torch or something you can signal the ambulance with?"
"I've got my lighter"
"That should be sufficient, how's the woman doing"
"She's pretty bad there's a lot of blood and she's got a gaping hole through her chest"
"Try and cover the wounds with something and keep her attention on you"
"How do I do that?"
"Just talk to her"
Tom took his jacket off and laid it over Jill's chest.
"Jill are you still with me don't try to talk just blink twice for yes"
Jill blinked twice
"Good I dread to think what Regina would do to me if I lost you"
Jill smiled.
Chris had decided to leave the hospital as Claire had been given some sedatives, he was heading for the police station he arrived at the station about 10 minutes after leaving the hospital, as he reached the station he parked up and went straight to Wesker's office. Chris knocked on the door before entering.
"Come in"
Chris opened the door and walked into Wesker's office Wesker was sat behind his desk as usual but the chair opposite him was occupied.
"Ah Chris you're here at last to be frank with you I expected you over 3 hours ago still never mind your here now, oh and this will be your partner on this case Leon Kennedy"
Leon turned round and stretched his hand out Chris took it and shook it.
"You can call me Leon"
"And you can call me Chris"
Leon sat back down while Chris lent forward and picked up one of the many files lying on the desk.
"So what's the scoop any clues as to the killers ID?"
"None yet all we can tell you is he may be seven feet tall, owns a chainsaw and has a very twisted mind"
"Well I'll view the case properly tomorrow but right now I'm going home to get some sleep"
"Sleep doesn't sound like such a bad idea"
Just then Wesker's phone rang he picked it up without a moments hesitation.
"Albert Wesker Chief of Police"
There was a moments silence while Wesker listened to the phone suddenly Wesker's face formed a scowl before saying
"Thanks for telling me I'll send them over right away"
Wesker put the phone down and looked up.
"Chris, Leon there's been another attack a young girl she's alive but in a bad way they've taken her to the hospital she's in intensive care"
"Right lets roll"
"Right behind you Chris"
The pair darted out the room before Wesker could say another word. Wesker sighed and leaned back in his chair and muttered to himself.
"Chris is gonna be pissed"
Regina was bored of watching late night TV there was never anything good on she was just contemplating going to bed when her Mother burst into the room.
"Regina its Jill she's been attacked by that lunatic"
"What do you mean?"
"That mad man who killed the College student last night with the chainsaw he got Jill about half an hour ago"
"That's not possible she's away this weekend with Chris"
"No Chris heard about the attack on Claire and came back he's only been in town about an hour"
"Is she Okay?"
"Well she's alive but she's in hospital"
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's get going"
The drive to the hospital was filled with Silence neither Regina nor her Mother said a word until they reached the reception desk of the hospital.
"How can I help you?"
"Yes I'm Mrs Valentine I'm here to see my Daughter Jill"
"Oh yes the attack victim I'll have a nurse take you there immediately. Joyce can you take these two to see the attack victim?"
A nurse walked up to Regina and her mother and escorted them to the Intensive Care ward; they walked through the doors and were met by a Dr.
"Dr. these two ladies are here to see Ms Jill Valentine"
"Thank you nurse, ladies if you would please walk this way, your Daughter was very lucky if the ambulance had taken any longer she wouldn't have made it"
"So she's going to be alright?"
"Well she's stable at the moment"
"You didn't answer my question Dr is she going to be alright?"
"I don't want to give an answer and get your hopes up"
"Can we see her?"
"Not yet but you should be able to soon"
"Who called the ambulance I want to personally thank the person who called the ambulance"
"Oh him well he was the one who told us who the young girl was and where to contact you he said he knew you, his name was Tom Woods I think"
"Tom saved her where is he?"
"Oh he's just through here"
The Dr led them two women through a set of double doors and through to a room labelled Intensive care, as soon as he opened the door Regina saw Tom sat on a chair with his hands in his knees looking worried but what was really startling were his sleeves and jacket, they were covered with dried blood. As the pair entered the room Tom looked up.
"Hey guys"
"Oh Tom thank you so much for finding my daughter"
Mrs Valentine pulled Tom into a crushing hug. After a few seconds she let go and Tom turned away.
"Please Mrs Valentine don't treat me like a hero I just did what anyone would have done in my position"
"Don't be so modest you saved her life"
"Yeah Tom if you hadn't found her I'd have lost my sister"
"It was only by pure luck I found her anyway and besides she'll never walk again"
"Nonsense lad if she pulls through this they can do wonderful things with prosthetics these days"
With those parting words the Dr spun round and walked out the room.
"What did he mean by that Tom?"
"Well when I found Jill she'd lost a lot of blood in fact I wasn't even sure if she was still alive but worst of all she'd lost a foot"
"What do you mean lost a foot?"
"Well her foot had been sawn clean off and it was gone, nowhere in the area"
"Oh my god"
"That miserable cowardly Bastard"
At that moment approaching footsteps and voices alerted everyone to the door of the room.
"The family and the boy who found the girl are all in here officers"
The Doctor opened the door and Leon and Chris walked in.
"What the hell are you guys all doing here?"
"Chris you mean to say you don't know?"
"Know what? Listen what's going on here?"
"Jill's been attacked"
"WHAT!"
"I'm sorry am I missing something here who's Jill?"
Chris fell to whose knees and let out a primal roar.
"I shouldn't have let her walk home it was stupid of me I was just so worried about Claire being alright I didn't give Jill a second thought, how could I have been so stupid"
Chris started slamming his fist on the floor when suddenly he stood up and marched towards the door.
"Chris where you going?"
"I'm gonna catch that scumbag and teach him a lesson"
"And how do you plan on doing that and anyway you've no idea who your looking for"
Leon grabbed Chris's shoulder and Chris stopped turned back round and sat down.
"I can see this is a family affair I'll come back in the morning and get some statements"
Leon walked to the front desk of the hospital and stopped he was just about to leave when he lost his nerve and called a cab.
The next morning Wesker was in super early he intended to aid in this investigation any way he could, so he started running through the evidence again trying to make sense of it all. He went down to the lab and tried to see what the lab boys could pull up from the knife that struck Claire nothing aside from the blood it was next to useless. At about eight Leon strolled in with a cup of coffee and went to see Wesker.
"Morning chief you could have told us who the victim was before you sent us out there Chris went nuts"
"I tried to tell you but you ran off before I could speak"
"Ah well no sense pointing the finger even if you had told us it wouldn't have changed much except maybe I would have done the driving"
"I checked in with the lab boys over that knife we got nothing"
"Damn it, well I'm going back to the hospital in about an hour and try and get some statements"
Leon went over to his desk and noticed a parcel on it the label read: Detective Kennedy nothing more nothing less. Although it was unusual Leon pulled out his knife and slit the tape on the box and opened it up to get the shock of his life there in the middle of a pile of ice was a hand, a dismembered hand with a watch still attached to the wrist stump. Leon looked away in disgust he took a deep breath and picked up the phone.
"Wesker I got a parcel this morning that I think you need to take a look at"
"Why what's in it?"
"A hand"
"WHAT!"
"It's a hand I think it's that kids hand from the other night"
"Don't touch it I'll send the lab boys up to get it"
"Right"
Leon put the phone down and lent back in his chair. About half an hour later the Labs report had come back and Leon was in Wesker's office.
"Leon the reports back"
"What already?"
"Yeah it was fast because we got nothing from it aside from confirming it as Vickers missing hand there's nothing new to report except one thing"
"What's that?"
"In the bottom of the box was a letter addressed to you it was typed and the paper was clean but you may want to take a look at it anyway"
Wesker pulled a folded sheet of paper from a file on his desk and passed it to Leon. Leon took the letter and opened it
Dear Leon,
Let's play detectives; can you see through the mask and find my true face? As each day passes more will be slaughtered. The next death will occur at midnight, good luck.
Signed, Salvadore
Leon put the paper down and looked up at Wesker.
"Looks like we got until midnight to find this psycho"
"Right lets move I'll put down a curfew tonight from 9o'clock you head to the hospital and pick up Chris and some statements"
"Right oh has the girl's survival been given to the media yet?"
"No I've kept them in the dark at the moment"
"Good keep it that way"
"You know that won't hold"
"Try anyway and find out anything you can on this Salvadore guy"
Leon got up and walked out of Wesker's office, as he approached the front doors of the station he saw something he really didn't want to see there were a news camera and a woman giving a report on the lawn of the police station.
"Oh crap"
Leon quickly contemplated how he was going to get past without being seen, because he knew as well as anyone that the press would not only know he was in charge of the investigation but he also was a pushover when it came to the press. Leon took a deep breath and marched out the doors.
"….And after this brutal attack the public want to know were this madman will strike next, Oh I can see Detective Kennedy the man in charge of the investigation I'm going to try and have a talk with him"
Ada gestured for her camera man to follow her as she ran up to Leon.
"Detective were does the police stand in this investigation?"
"We have no official comment at this time"
"What about you do you think you can catch this madman?"
"Ummmmmm No further comment"
Leon broke into a run and tried to get to his car but Ada caught on and beat him to his car door.
"Detective what about the murder that occurred last night? Do you have any fresh leads?"
Leon rolled over the bonnet of his car and tumbled with the keys trying to open the door.
"I have no comment lady"
"But is it not true that the police have called in a specialist to aid with this increasingly desperate situation?"
Leon opened the car door and slammed it shut he then put the keys in the ignition and drove off. Ada looked as the car drove off.
"What do we do now?"
"We follow him, come on"
Ada and her camera man ran to there van and sped after Leon.
Only Tom had left the waiting room of the hospital since last night and that was just to get a change of clothes and have a wash, but no one had said anything for several hours and the only time anyone moved was when they heard footsteps but they were either someone walking past or the Doctor popping in to say there was no change. Footsteps began approaching the room everyone looked up except for Mrs Valentine who had fallen asleep a few hours ago. The door opened and Leon walked in. everyone looked away again accept for Chris who stood up.
"Hi guys still no change?"
"No"
"Listen I need to speak to Chris in private for a minute"
"I'm not leaving here"
"Okay then I suppose I can say it in front of every one"
Leon sat down in one of the vacant chairs in the room.
"I got a rather disturbing parcel first thing this morning"
"What do you mean disturbing?"
"Well it had that kids missing hand in it"
"What?"
"That kid we found 2 days ago his hand was mailed to me this morning"
"This guy is making it personal"
"Your not kidding this letter also came with it"
Leon hands the letter over to Chris and leans back in the chair; Chris scans the letter his expression darkening until finally he screws up the letter and throws it across the room.
"We got to stop this psychopath before he strikes again"
"Listen don't worry we've already made some preparations there will be a 9 o'clock curfew tonight and Wesker's coupling together everything we have but I need to take witness statements"
"Right I'm in"
"But what about you're Girlfriend?"
"Jill will be fine and I need to uphold my duty as a Cop so know one else suffers the same fate"
"Right I'll take the statements you go home and get washed and changed and we'll meet back at the station in an hour"
"Right, Regina look after Jill for me"
"Okay Chris good luck and don't get killed now"
Chris stood up and walked out the door once his footsteps had died away Leon turned to Tom.
"You are Thomas Woods are you not?"
"Yes Sir"
"Well then I need to know exactly what happened"
Later that day at about 6o'clock nothing had changed with Jill's condition and things were starting to get desperate the clock was against them. Leon was in his office shuffling through all the statements trying to work out something or perhaps a pattern to try and find out were Salvador would strike next. The only fresh evidence that had come to light was the fact that Salvador means Saviour in English but it didn't really help with the case at all. Chris was organising the buddy system for the police who would be patrolling tonight and Wesker was at his desk marking out the patrol roots of the officers tonight. An officer walked into Wesker's office.
"Sir we just got this left at the front desk"
"Thanks Jones"
Wesker took a folded sheet of paper from the young officer's hands and opened it up.
Officer,
I believe I have some information on the killings that have occurred I can't come to the station in case 'he' sees me. I'll tell you all at 11:30 tonight come to the entrance of Warehouse 36 on the industrial estate please come alone.
Wesker put the letter down and lent back in his chair. It could be a trap but it could a key piece of evidence lying right under our nose. Wesker paused for a moment longer and decided I can't let this pass us by.
And so at 11:00 Wesker left the station to find this mysterious person he had told know one in case they tried to follow him he hadn't even told Leon and Chris who were busy staking out the Residential district watching for anyone breaking curfew. As Wesker drove up to the Warehouses he wondered if this informant would show up at all or weather they had been able to break curfew or not, Wesker had decided to take this witness with him to give a statement at the station. Wesker pulled up at the warehouse at 11:40 hoping he wasn't too late Wesker hopped out of his car and ran towards the entrance there pinned to the door was a note.
Officer I'm waiting inside.
Wesker ripped the note off the door and walked inside the warehouse and there in the centre of the warehouse was a single light on and what looked like a young woman was standing in the centre of the room with her back to Wesker.
"Excuse me Ms?"
Wesker approached the young woman.
"Umm Ms?"
Wesker grabbed the girls shoulder and she fell over it was a manikin wearing a raincoat and a blonde wig.
"What the…."
Just then Wesker heard someone running up behind him and the revving of a chainsaw. Wesker turned around and saw it, and it was the last thing he ever saw.
The next morning all the cops had retreated back to the station, Leon and Chris were thinking themselves as a bit of a hero as no one had been killed, Leon went to get some coffee while Chris went to use the phone to call the hospital as he went to his desk he saw a parcel along with the rest of the days mail, he punched in the number of the hospital and while the call was connecting he opened up the parcel and was met with the same disgusted horror that Leon had experienced the day before for inside the parcel nestled in a cushion of ice was Jill's foot still wearing a sock and shoe. Nestled inside the sock was a note that Chris gingerly pulled out, it read.
Dear Chris,
Sorry about your girlfriend she was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I bet you think your big heroes after last night but don't count your blessings yet I am a person of my word I did exactly as I said I would right under your nose maybe you should get in gear and stop me.
Salvador.
"Hello Puergos Hospital"
"Umm I'm sorry I gotta go"
Chris slammed the phone down just as Leon was coming back with a mug of coffee.
"What's up Man?"
"This is up"
Chris gestured at the open parcel and thrust the letter into Leon's hand; Leon paused for a moment to read it.
"Oh God, Quick confirm that every officer checked in this morning"
Chris was on the phone.
"Way ahead of you"
Leon walked into Wesker's office to apprise him of the situation.
"Wesker we got a situation here, Wesker…."
Leon glanced around the office then walked out the office and shouted at the top of his voice.
"ANY ONE SEEN WESKER?"
There was a general murmur of no except one officer who said.
"I gave him a note yesterday then he slipped out the station at about 11o'clock last night while I was watching the doors"
Chris and Leon exchanged looks for a second before Leon went back into the office searching for this elusive piece of paper, Chris joined him and they began tearing Wesker's office apart they didn't have to do it for long as they pulled up Wesker's file in the middle of the desk and a piece of paper fell out, Leon grabbed it.
"Chris I got something he went to the Warehouse district last night"
"Let's roll"
The pair sprinted out the police station and ran straight into Ada and her camera man.
"Out of my way lady"
Chris shoved her out the way and dived into his car with Leon in hot pursuit.
"Come on you fool were not going to lose them again get the van"
Leon and Chris sped down the road towards the warehouse district but unbeknownst to them Ada's van was following right behind them within five minutes they arrived at the entrance to Warehouse 36 they leaped out the car and ran through the doorway and saw a single light on in the centre of the warehouse and underneath that light was a corpse Chris and Leon ran up to it and got the shock of their lives not only was the corpse wearing the clothes Wesker was wearing the previous night but the corpse was headless.
"Oh my god"
"This guy is sick"
Ada and her camera man were crouching behind some crates filming the whole scene laid before them.
"We better make sure it is Wesker"
"And how do you propose we do that?"
"Well we'll check his wallet for starters then we'll call in the meat wagon"
As Chris flipped over the body he saw the note nailed to Wesker's chest: Too Late suckers.
Later on that day after the body had been taken away the police decided to change their approach of the investigation they began investigating any Chainsaw sold in the area within the last six months while this was going on a young man approached the police station.
Carlos was not having a good day the chief of police in this town of Puergo's had called his chief and requested Carlos's help specifically as Carlos had solved a serial killing a few years ago Carlos was not happy because what no one knew is that when he solved those murders the killer turned out to be an old friend of his that he had to kill so this was why he was not happy. Carlos approached the front desk it was unoccupied.
"Umm hello?"
A cop walked through the door behind the desk with a stack of papers in her arms.
"Yes how can I help you?"
"Yes I'm Oliveira, Carlos Oliveira I believe I'm expected"
The woman shuffled through her papers before looking up at Carlos.
"I'm sorry you're not on any of my forms"
"Oh, well than can you call up your chief Wesker, he requested me specifically"
"Ah well there might be a problem there"
"What is your chief out to lunch or something?"
"Umm no I'm not the one to talk to about the chief I'll have to talk to my superiors about this"
She picked up a phone and punched in a number she waited for a few seconds before someone picked up.
"Chris is that you?... I've got a man here to see the chief…. No he doesn't know should I let him in?... Okay right away"
She put the phone down, stood up and opened the counter for Carlos.
"Someone can see you know if you'll follow me"
"What do you mean 'someone' why can't I see the chief?"
"Like I said I can't tell you"
"Whatever lead the way"
The woman led Carlos through the police station and up to a door labelled, Albert Wesker Chief of Police. The woman glanced at Carlos and knocked on the door after a couple of seconds.
"Yes come in"
The woman opened the door and stepped back to allow Carlos to enter after he was in she closed the door and went about her business. Inside the office Carlos saw two officers at either side of a desk each poring over a file after a few seconds they looked round and stared Carlos straight in the face before one of them said.
"You're here to see Wesker?"
"Yes"
"Well I'm afraid your 24 hours too late"
"What do you mean?"
"You tell us why your hear and we'll answer your question"
"Wesker called my chief I'm the specialist sent here to help with the inquiries"
Chris glanced through some papers on the desk "ah yes it says here would you be Carlos?"
"Yeah that's me"
"Well Carlos as I said your 24 hours too late, Wesker was murdered by our killer yesterday"
"Oh"
"But don't worry as acting chiefs we'll let you hang around"
"How gracious of you"
There was a pause for a moment before Leon decided to break the ice.
"That's Chris and I'm Leon we're in charge of the investigation hence why the department has adopted us as temp chief's"
"Right well is it okay if I start right away?"
"Sure all the case details are around this office somewhere and if you're looking for somewhere more private mine and Leon's offices are empty right now"
Just then someone opened the door it was a young cop.
"Umm guys you might want to check out Channel 27 they have something your not gonna like"
Chris looked puzzled for a minute while Leon fished for the remote to the TV in the office and flicked it over to the news report on channel 27
"And if you've just joined us our main headline today there has been another brutal murder in the small town of Puergo's this time it was the chief of police himself Albert Wesker (A picture of Wesker appeared beside the news readers head) and now we go to our on site reporter Ada Wong"
"Thank you Jim yes I was surprised myself to discover how serious this situation was becoming the killer is becoming bolder by the second the chief of police where will these killings end the officers in charge of the investigation Detectives Kennedy and Redfield have so far proved incapable of doing anything but perhaps the blood of their chief on their hands will change their attitude"
The TV starts showing an edited version of the warehouse footage with Chris and Leon leaning over the body examining it this is followed by a close up of the note pinned to Wesker's chest, the feed dies as Leon turns off the TV.
"That bitch"
"Couldn't have put it better myself"
Carlos stood there with an impartial expression on his face before saying.
"Rule number one in a murder investigation never let the press within ten miles of a crime scene"
"You make it sound like we allowed her to follow us"
"Listen I'm not trying to pick holes but you should have left someone guarding the door"
"Alright two things one we were in a hurry and two that warehouse has more entrances than a door alone"
Carlos shrugged and walked out the room after the other officer had left Leon turned to Chris.
"You don't like him do you?"
"How perceptive of you"
"Are we gonna keep him around?"
"Well Wesker personally requested him so he must be good for something yeah I think we will keep him around"
Leon and Chris returned to sifting through there papers. A few hours later an officer knocked at the door.
Leon looked round and said "Come in"
A young woman walked in and said "We may have something a guy bought a chainsaw 4 days ago some old logger called Jack Krauser our file says he's very strong and at just over 6 feet tall he could well be our man"
"Right you got the address"
"Of course I have"
"Right Leon you take that Carlos guy and go check it out I'll stay here and wait for further revelations"
Leon nodded and stood up then went to his office were he knew Carlos was he stepped and noticed that Carlos had made himself right at home and had even gone to the trouble of removing Leon's name plaque and replacing it with his own.
"Don't people around here knock" Carlos said before Leon even stepped fully in
"Well under normal circumstances but a murder inquiry isn't normal circumstances"
"Well after that illuminating note what do you want?"
"We got a lead on a possible suspect I'm going there and Chris says you can make yourself useful by coming with"
"I'll get my coat"
On the way to Krauser's cabin Leon filled Carlos in on the theories but nothing unprofessional was said during the trip as soon as they arrived they hopped out the car and Leon knocked on the cabin door.
"Mr Krauser it's the police we have some questions about the chainsaw you purchased recently"
There was a long silence.
"Urr Mr Krauser"
Another pause until Carlos started sniffing at the air around him.
"What is that god awful stench?"
Leon sniffed round before he paled.
"That's the stench of decay"
They both glanced at each other before drawing there guns and kicking the door Leon leaped round the door and stopped lowering his gun he shouted.
"Hey Carlos you better come take a look at this"
Carlos rushed in, then he too lowered his gun for the scene laid before them was horrific Jack Krauser was sat in an arm chair with a chainsaw sticking out the top of his head and a note was pinned to his chest as with Wesker it read:
I thought I'd help you with your suspect elimination, Salvador.
The two stood there for a moment before Leon said,
"Well he's eliminated him from the inquiries"
Next time on The Spanish Chainsaw Massacre Leon and Salvador have a business meeting Jill wakes from her coma and another two victim's drop.
