Chapter 3: Getting No Where Fast
Once Phe returned to her penthouse she immediately went to her office and took out the small baggie from her pocket she set the baggie down on the table next to the microscope, she then grabbed a knife and cut out a tiny piece of the flesh to put on a petri dish and placed the dish on the microscope to examine the piece closer.
After close examination of the flesh Phe's testing proved to be inconclusive under the microscope so she took the rest of the flesh and put it into a scanner to be analyzed. The results soon came up on her computer and showed that no creature in the computer's database could have caused these murders. Phe sighed as all her tests were proving to be useless "shit, what the hell is this thing" she crossed her arms over her chest and started thinking of other ways to pursue this case.
As Phe continued thinking about the newly fifth victim and the four previous victims as well she suddenly got the idea to check her old book collection on demons. So she heads to her library and once there she begins to walk slowly down the shelves of books as she tries to find the right one to look through that might lead to some answers. Once she chose a book she took it to her reading desk and began to skim through the pages trying to match the flesh with the pictures of demons that were in the book.
Hours pass and a stack of books formed all around Phe as she was skimming through another book of demons and so far the only thing she accomplished was getting a headache from all the reading. She soon sat back in her chair and sighed tiredly as she rubbed her forehead "this is getting me no where" she said to herself as she closed the book and got up "I need a shower" as she heads to her bathroom she begins to unbutton her shirt and pull out the scrunchie that held her hair in a tight ponytail as she enters the bathroom she closes the door behind her "shower on" she said as she continues to get undressed while the shower automatically turns on and sets the perfect temperature for her. Phe steps into the shower and the door slides closed while she begins to wash her body. Phe stayed in the shower a good 20mins before she turned off the water and stepped out while she grabbed the towel that was on a rack on the wall next to the shower door, she wrapped the towel around her body as she went over to the sink and glided her hand across the mirror to wipe away the steam; she looked at herself in the mirror for a moment before she punched the glass as hard as she could in anger and disappointment at the fact that she couldn't find the monster that killed those girls "OW! Damn it!" she looked at her badly bleeding hand and then at the cracked mirror with an angry expression on her face as she looked at the cracked reflection staring back at her, she then looked back down at her hand as it slowly began to heal the wounds as the mirror did the same and now the mirror and her hand were completely unharmed and she now saw her perfect reflection staring back at her.
After Phe had left the bathroom she walked into her bedroom and went into her walk in closet as she began to search for Pajamas to wear for the night. She finally settled on a pair of white pajama pants and a white tank top that hugged her body nicely while the pants were baggy and covered almost all of her feet except for her toes. She left the closet and closed the doors behind her before she moved over to the bed and sat down "I guess whatever this thing is can wait till morning" she said taking a glance at the large window next to her that over looked her balcony and the city, she sighed and laid down in her bed and pulled the covers up to midriff as she made herself comfortable as she was settling in for what she hoped would be a good night's sleep, something she hasn't had in a long time.