It was 3 A.M. and they had yet to go to sleep. Antonio and Nicole just finished making love for the 7th time that night. Nicole was laying on top of Antonio while trying to catch their breathes.

"You know we have to get up early in the morning, I don't know why you always do this."

Nicole laughed and kissed Antonio.

"I didn't see you complaining not too long ago."

Antonio picked her up and rolled them over so that he was on top. As soon as he started kissing on her neck her phone rang. He groaned out loud and put all his weight on Nicole so she couldn't move. Nicole smiled.

"You know I have to get that."

"Come on Nic you can call whoever that is back later."

Nicole just gave Antonio one of her many looks and he got off of her, but not without some complaints.

"Scott," she answered her phone after she gave Antonio a quick peck on the lips.

"I'm on my way," was all Antonio heard before Nicole had got out of bed.

"What happened?" He asked curious as to why she was getting dressed so quickly.

"Another body was found."

Nicole and Antonio arrived on the scene together. Everybody knew they were a couple, so there was no point in trying to hide it anymore. They were at Clarke County Library in Berryville, Virginia. They had only been on this case for 12 hours and already there has been ten bodies found. Jess arrived on the scene right after Nicole and Antonio.

"Hi Guys," Jess said in an unusually chipper mood for 4:30 in the morning.

Nicole just walked away obliviously not in the mood to be friendly. Jess looked on kind of hurt. Even though her and Nicole have been friends and partners for awhile now she still couldn't get used to all of Nicole's mood. Antonio looked after Nicole then turned back around to see the look on Jess face.

"Don't take it personal," was all he offered to Jess "Let's get to work."

Antonio walked over to the dead body that was laying lifeless across some books with blood everywhere. You couldn't even tell that she was once alive. The murderer drained every ounce of blood out of her body. He cut her from the top of her head all the way to the bottom of her feet. She was only 19 years old. Nicole looked on in disgust. She knew there was some cruel people in this world, but this is the first time she ever saw something like this. One of the local police was trying to tell her what he had found, but Nicole was in a deep daze and couldn't hear a word he said. Luckily Jess was there to hear every detail. When the officer went away Jess couldn't resist the urge to ask Nicole what was going on.

"Nicole!" Jess yelled after Nicole didn't respond the first four times she called her name. Nicole looked at Jess and asked the silent question of when did she get there. Jess just shook her head.

"What's going on with you?"

"Jess how could we have let him strike again?"

AN: This is just the beginning. It is going to go slow for the first couple of chapters, but then it will pick up soon enough.