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Chapter 3

Jack could feel his heart pounding in his chest as he parked his truck outside Sam's house. He got out of the car and noticed Daniels car was already here which meant that he and no doubt Janet were already with Sam. Sam had called him fifteen minutes ago and told him that someone had broken into her house. He had got out of bed immediately and dressed in record time.

"Sorry sir you can't come through here" A police officer said as he approached the police line which was now cordoning of the house and garden.

"I'm Colonel Jack O'Neill, I'm here to see Sam, she knows I'm here"

"Oh of course she said that you would be coming, they're all around the back of the house"

"Thanks"

Jack quickly made his way around the house and found Sam sitting on the back porch with Daniel and Janet, There were also two police officers standing close by.

"Jack" Sam said as she saw him walk around the corner. She stood up and walked over to him and he pulled her close as she wrapped her arms around him. She was shaking slightly, he could tell she was trying to control it but wasn't quite being successful. That worried him more than anything else, Sam was one of the strongest people he had ever known and she wasn't easily shook up. She hadn't given him any details about the break in on the phone but he knew something must have really upset her.

"Are you okay?" He said pulling back so he could see her face.

"I'm fine" she said quietly and the two of them walked back over to where Daniel and Janet were sitting. He sat down next to her, making sure to keep an arm around her at all times.

"What happened?"

Sam shook her head, she really didn't feel like explaining this again. She had already gone through it twice, once with the police and again with Daniel and Janet. She couldn't believe how much this had frightened her. Daniel apparently understood and explained it for her.

"She heard a noise and it woke her up, she didn't hear anything else so she grabbed her gun and went downstairs. When she turned the light on there was no one there but there was red heart spray painted on the wall"

That must be what upset her, someone broke into her house and left a red heart on the wall. He'd be scared to.

"What do we know"

"Not a lot, the police haven't said much. We were still awake when she called us so it only took us a few minutes to get here. The police had only just arrived and they pretty much just put us out here and left them two to watch us" Daniel said and he gestured to the two police officers standing close by.

"Do we know how he got in?"

"Window, he cut a hole in it and then reached his arm through to unlock it"

"Great, please tell me he cut his arm open and left us a blood trail to follow" Jack said.

"No such luck, in fact from what we can tell, their really isn't much evidence at all, they're all over the red heart he spray painted on the wall though, I think there's something else going on, something they're not telling us" Daniel said.

"Samantha Carter" They all looked over to where a man and a woman both dressed in suits were standing. They walked over to them as the man pulled an ID out of his pocket. "Agent Andrews, this is my partner Agent Mathews, FBI"

Jack suddenly felt Sam's body go stiff "FBI?"

"Yes sir, I'm afraid I have some disturbing news. We believe the person that broke into your house is James McAdams"

"How would you know that?"

"James McAdams is the Red Heart Killer" Agent Andrews said as he and his partner sat down.

"Never heard of him"

"You wouldn't have. Details of his crimes have been kept quiet and because they haven't occurred more than once in the same state we have been able to keep the media from catching on. You see McAdams was a colonel in the air force, did you ever meet him?"

"No"

"Well he was dishonourably discharged five years ago when he assaulted another officer. Though he never went to jail it ended his career. He was also involved in a lot of Black Ops during his time in the military. He started killing about six months later.

"How many people has he killed?"

"Eleven, all young women about you're age"

Jack looked down at Sam as her face visibly drained of all its colour. He then looked over to Daniel who looked like Jack felt and finally to Janet who was looking as pale as Sam.

"I don't see how this connects to someone breaking into my house and spray painting a red heart on the wall"

"He doesn't just kill these women, he hunts them and terrorises them. He picks out a victim and follows her home, he then breaks into their house and paints a red heart on the wall and then leaves. This is his way of marking his victims and daring the authorities to stop him. It's a game to him you see. His victims will go into hiding and he follows them and hunts them down. He terrorises them making sure they know he knows where they are. He leaves red hearts everywhere as his way of saying 'I'm still here, I found you'. He's been known to terrorise his victims for weeks sometimes months before he actually kidnaps them.

"Then he spends days continuing to terrorise them but this time face to face, all the while daring the authorities to stop him, sometimes he even leaves a clue as to where he's keeping them. Then he strangles them and by this time the victims are too week to offer any resistance. He never gives them any food, he gives them a little water but only enough so they don't die. Up until he strangles them he doesn't really seem to use much physical violence, though he does seem to beat them a little"

Everyone was silent, too stunned and horrified to speak.

"Have you ever stopped him?" Janet asked finally breaking the silence.

"No" It was Agent Mathews who was talking to them now, she hadn't said a word since she had got there, leaving Agent Andrews to explain the killer to them "We've tried but we've never stopped him. Most of the victims were in the witness protection programme but like we said he hunts them down. He finds them no matter where we put them or how often we move them. We've also never been able to decipher his clues in time. If we don't find them before he kills them he leaves their bodies somewhere they can be found. We think that's his way of gloating, that we didn't find them in time"

"We can put you in the witness protection programme" Agent Andrews said standing up "But we should do that now"

"You said he finds them in witness protection anyway"

"It's better than nothing"

"No" Sam said quietly "I'll go and stay on base, we have better security"

"I'm not sure even you're security will be enough"

"It's better than nothing"

"If that's what you want, take this, it has my number on" he said handing her a card and turning to walk away with his partner close by his side.

"I'll just get some things" Sam said walking inside her house. Jack nodded to Daniel and Janet and went into the house after her. He found her in her bedroom packing a few things into a small bag.

"Sam" he said quietly as he saw her trembling hands.

"I'm fine Jack" she answered as he moved to stand next to her.

"No you're not"

Sam stopped what she was doing and turned to look at him. "I get shot at by evil aliens everyday and I don't even flinch. Someone was in my house, in my house Jack and that scares me more than all the times I've had to fight the Goa'uld. Now I find out it's some psycho who hunts down and kills women for a game".

"It's okay" he said as he pulled her into his embrace and held her tightly. "It's okay to be scared, I'm scared too"

"Thank you" She said as she finally pulled back and resumed packing her things "Let's just get out of here"

TBC