Everyone was enjoying the zoo when John and Randy's cell phones went off. Bob looked at the guys and knew it was another killing.

"What's up guys?" He asked walking over to them. The others were getting lunch.

"Another killing only this time they killed a veteran too." John said to him.

"What?" Bob was shocked. Up until now only rookies were the target.

"They are changing their MO." Randy replied.

"Who are the victims?"

"Mike Mizanin and Justin Gabriel." John replied.

"Alright. Head there and keep me informed." Bob said as they walked back to where the others were.

"Babe, I have to go the case." John said to Kallie.

"Okay. Be safe and call me." She said to him.

"I will. Love you." He said kissing her and then kissing Henry. "Be good little man."

"Reagan, are you ready?" Randy asked. She was his partner.

"What about Max?" She asked.

"Don't worry, Reagan. I will take Max and Camryn home with me." Kallie said to her.

"Thanks sis." Randy replied kissing his daughter goodbye. "Be good for Aunt Kallie."

"K." Camryn replied.

John, Randy and Reagan headed out to the crime scene. Everyone else continued in the zoo. Bob was more worried now that a veteran was killed. The killer was raising the stakes. They had to figure out who this was.

"Dad, relax. Everything will be okay." Annie said to him as they walked the zoo.

"I hope so." He said watching the kids enjoy the petting zoo. He loved spending time with his family. His children and grandchildren were his life.

"It will be." Annie replied with a smile.

He smiled back at his oldest. He hoped that was so. This killer was dangerous. Not only were they killing the rookies and veterans, they were taunting the cops with the messages.

John, Randy and Reagan arrived at the scene and were met by Drew who had gotten there a few minutes earlier.

"What do we have?" John asked.

"Mike and Justin were shot once in the head from close range." Drew replied as they headed to where the bodies were.

"Killing a veteran raises the stakes." Randy replied as they looked at Mike and Justin's bodies. He picked up the note that had 'Tick, Tick' on it. "Another message."

John took the paper from Randy and read it. He sighed when he did. "We need to solve this. It has to be someone we know. He couldn't have gotten close to Mike otherwise."

"I don't know. Mike and John were on meal. It could have been someone they didn't' know. You know our guards are down during meal." Randy said as they continued to look at the scene.

"I know." John sighed. How many more of their friends had to die before they would get a break on who was doing this?

"Let's get back to the station and go through things again." Randy said placing a hand on his brother-in-law's shoulder.

With that, John, Randy, Reagan and Drew headed to the station to look over things again. There had to be something they were missing. Some clue that would tell them who this was.

"Alright, let's go over the victims." Randy said as he went to the dry erase board. "The first victim, Cody Rhodes. He had just started with the force. Second, Chris Masters. He had been on the force for a year. Jack Swagger was next. He had been on the force for three months. Dolph Ziggler, he was on the force for six months. Kelly Blank was next. She was on the force for three months also. Now, we have Justin Gabriel. He was on the force for five months. And then Mike, he was on the force for five years."

"Why kill a veteran now?" John asked as he looked over the files.

"I don't think he had a choice. He couldn't kill Justin without killing Mike." Reagan added.

"I don't know about that." Drew said. "He knew that rookies are partnered with veterans now. He had to know he would have to kill veterans if he couldn't get the rookies alone."

"He managed to get the others alone from their partners." John replied. "I think he is changing his MO. He now is going after veterans too."

"We have no idea who it is. The only thing we know is he is killing cops. Now, veterans and rookies." Randy sat down at his desk.

"He is very smart." Bob said walking in. He had been going over things also. He had left the zoo early to look over things. "He taunts us with the notes and now with killing Mike."

"I think it's someone we know." Jay said walking up. "We have to consider that possibility."

"Okay, let's say it's someone we know. How do we figure it?" John asked.

"There has to be a reason they are mainly going after rookies." Jay said writing it on the board. "The only veteran killed was Mike."

"Do you think they were after him?" Randy asked.

"I don't know maybe." Jay replied.

"Gentlemen and ladies, we still don't have enough to find who it is. I want everyone careful on each shift." Bob said getting up. "Continue to look at the evidence. We will find something."

The others watched as the commissioner left. They all wondered who would be next. They were no closer to finding the killer than before. All they knew was it was probably someone they knew but who.

The killer watched the house of the next target. They watched the wife go into the house with the baby and two other children. It was obvious that they had been to the zoo or somewhere like that. They watched hoping the cop who lived there would be home soon. They had only wanted to go after the cop to make a point not the family. But with what they had in mind, there might not be any choice in the matter.

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