Chapter 2: The Wolf & the Hunter

-November, 2010-

Envy kicked down the door to the rundown apartment. He made himself comfortable on the couch which was ruined. He couldn't help but laugh at what had happened on this special night.

"HAHA! THAT LOOK! I DON'T THINK I CAN GET OVER THAT LITTLE FACE!"

He kicked his legs in the air as he continued to laugh, he was soon in tears from his own laughter.

"YUP! THAT LITTLE FACE, IT'S FOREVER STUCK IN MY HEAD! HAHA! MAN, HE SHOULD'VE SEEN HIMSELF! HIS FACE WAS JUST TOO DAMN PRICELESS!"

Pretty soon his laughter began to fade and he finally caught his breath. He looked around the rundown place, his smile soon faded, and he had a stern look. Envy got himself up from the couch, and went to get himself some dinner.

Deep down under that sadistic look, he at times actually felt lonesome. He had no one to talk to, he had no friends whatsoever, not even a family, that is, if he had one to begin with.

However, because the whole world rejected his kind, he in turn, rejected the humans.

If they hated him, then he would hate them. If they killed, then he would kill. And if some enjoyed watching others in misery & fear… Than he would too.

In other words, it was poison that had now coursed through his body, however he had enjoyed it.

He enjoyed the taste of the bittersweet fruit he had plucked from a tree he had picked for himself. He didn't care what others thought of his decision, he made the choice himself, so why should he care? He doesn't need anyone, he only needed himself.

"Why do I always feel this emptiness than?"

He heard the bell, and he pulled his dinner out of microwave. He walked over to the coffee table and turned on the television and just sat there watching a movie known as The Lovely Bones. while he ate the his dinner.

He couldn't help but still have that empty feeling in him. He didn't know why but no matter what he did, he just couldn't get rid of the emptiness.

He pretty soon heard the sound of children outside; He looked through a nearby window from where he sat. He looked out and he saw a family of four down there on the sidewalk, just laughing whatever joke that the father had for them.

Envy let out a scoff and just went back to watching TV.

"They're just dumb humans, why the hell should I care anyway..."


-The Next Day-

"You forgot to clean your room again? Honestly you need to quit living like a pig."

"Big brother! Welcome home!"

"Be safe okay."

"Do whatever the hell you want. Just don't come crying to me if you end up dead."

Envy slowly opened his eyes and let out moan after seeing the dreams once again.

"Damn… Again… I really hate seeing them." He sat up on the couch and fixed his hair. He realized that he had left the TV on, and saw that it was playing the news that had obviously said, "Breaking News".

The reporter had announced the news for today.

"This just in, a man has been found murdered at 10 o'clock this morning. Police states that he died around 11:30 p.m last night. Witnesses state that they saw a young man possibly a man in his 20s, was seen running from where the man was killed, police had said that they will do whatever they can to put this person behind bars."

Envy let out a chuckle, "Good luck with that."

The reporter continued.

"We have just received the identification of the man. The man that was killed is or was a member of the U.S Naval. And we have just received information that N.C.I.S has arrived at the scene."

The young teenager was surprised to see what he just heard. "So I killed a U.S Naval Officer, and got N.C.I.S involved?" Envy asked himself. He smiled and he started to laugh.

"I like the sound of that, I can't wait to see how this turns out." Envy said, with his sadistic smile.


-Crime Scene-

Gibbs team had just gotten a call from a local store clerk, that a Naval Officer was murdered. They managed to get past the press and onto the scene of the crime.

"The man's name is Caleb Sanchez." The agent named Ziva reported, "He served in the Navy for about five years now."

"What about the killer?" The head of the team named Gibbs asked. A senior agent named DiNozzo had replied to Gibbs, "I talked to the witnesses, they said that they saw him run down a couple of blocks, McGee is checking it out now."

Gibbs then turned to the his two medical examiners, Dr. Mallard or Ducky as his friends like to call him, and his assistant Jimmy Palmer. "Do we have a cause of death?" Gibbs asked.

The examiner Ducky replied, "Well there's not much to look at here Jethro. It would appear that the killer had simply silited the poor mans throat and in turn he had died instantly."

"I got that part figured out. How about the time of death?"

"The time of death would be about 12 hours ago."

"Is that all you were able to figure out?"

"Good grief, Jethro I've barely met the deceased. Mr. Palmer, help me get him into the van."

"Of course Dr. Mallard." Jimmy had said. With that they moved the body on to the stretcher. Another agent who was named McGee had gotten back to Gibbs. "Boss!" He said, as he approached the elder man, "I just finished talking to the suspects, they said that they didn't get a good look at the guy but they think that it's a teenager."

Gibbs was surprised to hear this from McGee. "A teenager? Are you sure?"

"You don't really have to ask about that do you?"

The team turned to see a young lady in who had short black hair up to her shoulders, and dark green eyes. She wore a blue dress that reached her knees, with a white vest hoodie. She had wore black and white knee socks and black boots that had covered her ankles.

"Alice." Gibbs said.

"Gibbs." the young woman named Alice had said to him. She walked over to the team, and the team stood there dumbfounded. "Where have you been?" Tony asked the girl named Alice, "In London, trying to get myself comfortable there."

Ziva asked, "How's that going for you?"

"It's going good so far. It's nice not to feel, well caged like an animal." Alice simply replied. Jimmy went beside McGee, "Um, who is that woman?"

"Oh, that's Alice Liddell." McGee whispered, "She was a former patient at an asylum that has been shut down for some time. When she was staying here in America, we helped her prove her innocence of a crime she didn't do. Every now & then the director calls for her help, but only for special cases."

"What kind of special cases?" Palmer had asked. However no answer came from McGee.

Alice walked over to the body which was now put on the stretcher. "So you managed to find another body?" Alice said. "Another body?" Ziva asked, "What are you talking about?"

Alice had then explained.

"I went to talk to Fornell before I came here. He said that the victims that he had found. Each of the victims had died a different death, one after another, however there was only one thing that they had in common. Each of the victims had died instantly, which means that the man your looking for knows the average humans weak points."

Gibbs had asked, "Are you saying that you know who the killer is?"

"I do know but at the same time I don't know." Alice replied.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean to say the killer has worn many faces."

"Care to give me the name?"

"Well, I've been told that he has given himself the name Envy. No one has seen who he really looks like, all they know is that he wears the face of others to hide himself from the public."

"So in other words, this guy has… You know, talent?" Tony had asked. "Of course that's what I'm saying." Alice said, "As you could probably tell, the person you're looking for is obviously a shape-shifter, a deadly weapon I should say."

"A shape-shifter huh?" McGee said, "That's going to make things more difficult."

"Indeed it is." Alice said, "But don't worry, with me on the case I'm sure you'll be able to catch him."


-Downtown-

Envy jumped down from the building and right into the alleyway. He looked at the crowd ahead, and he just let out his usual smile.

"Now, than I wonder who should be my next victim?"

Before he could walk into the crowd he saw beside him a child and an elderly man begging for food. Envy turned to them and saw that they were in need of something to eat.

The child, and a little girl looked up at Envy with eyes of sadness. He looked in a bag of fruit that he had stole from the supermarket, and looked back at them.

He then let out a sigh, and walked over to them, surprising the two. "Here you go." Envy said to them as he held the bag out in front of them, "It's fresh off the market." The little girl took the bag from him, "Thank you mister." "Bless your heart." The elder man said.

Envy just turned away from them and said, "Just stay out of trouble."

With that he walked away from them and into the crowd.

"Tch… I don't know why I have to keep taking pity on these people… They're just humans… They're nothing but insects…"

Envy than a man in his thirties who was just losing himself over to alcohol, and he looked like he enjoyed it. Envy could clearly see, that he was a naval officer.

"Well, well… Since I killed that navy guy, I might as well keep my victims the same."

He turned and walked away, thinking of a perfect way, to kill the man.

-End of Chapter 2: The Wolf & the Hunter-