Hello, I'm really sorry that I haven't updated far an age, I've been planning to update but then I got my computer confiscated and then we went on holiday. I am very sorry for the delay and am begging you to review. Thank you yellowshiningstars for reviewing and to Nick Zoe 4ever for follow. Please, please, please let me know what you think and criticism is greatly appreciated especially as looking back on this chapter I'm not sure about it. Anyway I'm rambling now so here it is.

Alex

CHAPTER TWO

Thursday part two (2:30 am)

Nikki and Jack arrived at the scene just over half an hour later, they were a bit late only because they had stopped in order to get a coffee on the way there, otherwise they wouldn't even be able to wake up enough in order to do their job properly. It was one of those 24 hour services were they had stopped and because of the ungodly hour it meant they were able to get a decent cup of coffee in just a few minutes. As they walked towards the high rise office block that was 24 air street they could see the police men and women thought the window their must have been at least a dozen of them, this must be bad. In just a couple if seconds they had reached the double doors that would open up the crime scene to them and most probably a world of brutality of which they had not experienced in a while, but as they looked through the glass doors that lay before them they could see none of the blood they had expected to see.

The pair walked through the double door and the then be first office room on the left hearing the doors slam shut behind them. As they walked into the office they could see that this was one of those old fashioned offices were each desk was contained in its own little 3/4 height walls, very unlike the friendly open plan style many employers preferred today. Before to long one of the police men began to approach the presumably DI Thompson. He was tall with dark hair and an expressionless face, it was as though someone had come and wiped of any emotion form it. As he strode towards them with an air of importance he began to introduce himself to the pair.

"Hello i'm DI Thompson you must be Dr Alexander and Jack Hodgeson" he said shaking their hands one by one his grip was firm and reassuring although his voice was cold. "this is my assistant, DC Campbell, the body is this way." he continued pointing towards a young women in her twenties that stood behind him and then turning on his heels and leading the group down the main aisle between the walled desks.

The group continued to follow him until they reached the very end of the room and the very last pair of desks from the middle. DI Thompson turned his head towards the right Nikki and Jack following his line of sight it wasn't until then that they saw the monstrosity that was their. Now they could see why their was all those police gathered at the bottom of the room some of them looking rather peaky, it was a miracle that the Media hadn't yet discovered this and there wasn't a huge crowd of them gathered outside the door. This was defiantly going to be a high profile case, but right now the couldn't worry about the difficulties that would cause they had to worry about the difficulties the state of this body and also the nature of the scene would cause.

There were fingers in the pencil pot; an arm balanced on top of the computer screen; the head shaved free of hair was perched beside it. The torso had been ripped open the heart removed and now lay on the chair. Last but not least they had opened the draw and inside was the heart and the arm complete with a full hand and fingers, which meant that they had extra fingers in the pencil pot. The final sum, 11 fingers including the ones on the hand and also the thumb on the hand; 2 arms, a torso complete with all the organs despite the fact that the heart had been removed and placed in the crime scene separatly (they would have to check that the heart actually belonged to that torso but that was a different story), a head seemingly full intact apart from the lack of hair and also they had a hand. Despite all this they were still missing the whole of the bottom half of the body.

Back at the office
-(9:45) the post mortem

"When ever your ready Dr Alexander." DI Thompson voice broke the silence of the cutting room and viewing gallery. Jack, Clarissa, DC Campbell as well as Nikki and even Professor Chamberlain had stood staring at the body that lay on the cutting room table for around 15 minutes now to his great annoyance, this was wasting his time, this could have been another 15 minutes searching for leads but no they had to spend it staring in disbelief at a body, this was their job for gods sake. So when Nikki didn't reply his insistence only increased. "Dr Alexander" He said again his annoyance showing in his voice now, but once again Nikki didn't answer she just started looking in to cavity in the chest looking closely it was almost as though her whole head was buried inside. The onlookers started to exchange glances of confusion but it was jack who broke this new silence first.

"What are looking for in there, Gold?" Jack asked getting a warning glare from Clarissa.
"Ha-ha" replied Nikki rolling her eyes to herself although no one could see. For at least another two minutes she stayed in that position occasionally looking up and getting a knew piece of equipment whilst the onlookers just stood looking patiently. " I've found something" she then announced looking up a triumphant smile on her face " a piece of paper, it was in the place were the heart should have been but I could just see it."

" Does it say anything" Jack asked immediately regretting it, he had an idea that he wouldn't really want to know.

" I don't know it looks like Greek and unfortunately i don't speak or read Greek" Nikki answered holding up the piece of blood covered paper for everyone to see.

Η εκδίκηση είναι ένα πιάτο που τρώγεται κρύο.

" Looks like we looking for a Greek then or some weird language genius" Again he received a warning look from Clarissa and also Nikki. "Come on" He replied exasperatedly " whats wrong with saying that?"

Friday

"Nikki the fingerprint results and the fingers found in the pencil pot from the mangled John Doe" Jack said entering the room " Do you want the bad news or the bad news, first?"

" I think i'll have to go for the bad news" Nikki playing along with jacks antics.

" Well," Jack started "We haven't been able to identify any of the fingers but we ran them against each other and none of the matched one another, it looks like we are looking for five more victims"

"I'll contact DI Thompson, we need see all the missing persons reports for the last few months, I think we just might be looking for a serial killer."