Author note: Who has been eagrly awaiting this chapter?
Here we go, this chapter is very long compare to others as a special christmas gift! Merry Christmas everybody!
Back at the station
"Fingerprints on the hairpin do indeed belong to a Janet Wright. Congratulations Spencer" he grumbly admitted, flaunting the chart in his hand before passing it to his partner Lucinda who studied it intensely.
"So what do we know about this woman?" Lucinda asked.
"She's deceased for starters" Juliet answered helpfully.
Lassiter looked at her for a second, like she had grown a second head and continued to answer his partner.
"She's 38, married to a Jacob Wright. Good relationship with her husband and they had a child called Susan, who went missing nearly four months ago now"
"Well let's speak to the husband. See where that gets us" Lucinda began, "and perhaps he can delve into how his daughter went missing"
Lassiter nodded. "Good idea"
"Actually…" began Shawn. "She's not the only one deceased"
"What?" Lucinda replied absently.
"I spoke to Janet AND Susan earlier" he stressed. "Susan said she was killed by this woman"
"Yeah. Very helpful and vague Mr Spencer. I think we can do without a psychic in our investigation" Lucinda declared sending an evil smile in Shawn's direction.
"Come Carlton" she announced before strutting away.
Lassiter seemed to hesitate.
"The report is on your desk if you wanted a look, I made you a copy." Juliet murmured quietly.
Lassiter looked at her for a second and gave the smallest of nods. Not wanting to go against his partner but he simply could not overlook this lead, from however unusual the source.
On his way out of the station he slipped by his desk and grabbed the report before going into a small jog to catch his partner up.
"I knew he believed me" Shawn laughed.
"Well Gus did punch him in the stomach." Juliet reminded him.
"True true. "Shawn admitted.
"So let's go over this. Here's the report from what the computer came up with on Janet and Susan Wright"
Shawn scanned the document. According to this Susan wasn't dead, just officially missing. Reported by her father.
"This can't be right. When I asked Janet why she killed herself she said 'my husband had passed on a few months back'"
"You sure?" Juliet asked.
"Of course I am Jules. I have an eidetic memory remember."
Juliet looked at him in surprise, "You do?"
"Yeah"
"Must be hard" Juliet considered.
"You have no idea" Shawn smiled sadly.
"Anyway" began Juliet, unsubtly changing the subject. "If the husband is dead the Luce and Lassiter will have no one to meet an-"
"Luce?" Shawn asked remembering back to the conversation
"I died in a fire…." The man recounted painfully. "My wife Luce, she…" he blinked.
"What happened Mark?" Shawn asked.
"I…. I don't even know." He sobbed. "I remember the feeling of my skin burning" he spat, "and the bright orange flames that flicked in my face" he burst in to tears.
Shawn put his arm around his shoulder and patted him gently.
"It's ok" he murmured softly.
"What?" Juliet asked as she noticed Shawn's hand raised to his head in concentration.
"That other guy, you know I said there were three. He was called Mark, and he had a wife called Luce…"
"You think…"
"Dunno. Could be coincidence probably" Shawn reasoned.
"Well, Luce did have a husband, it's in her file and she has only been working at the station a few months. Transferred from Los Angeles."
"And yet she's already going out with Lassie? That's low…."
"What?" she asked shocked. "Who told you that?
"I'm psychic remember. I had a rather unpleasant vision that I would rather not talk about" Shawn shuddered remembering.
"But… are you sure?" Juliet asked in disbelief. "Lassiter and Lucinda?"
Shawn grimaced, "Yes, I am definitely sure. The images are engraved into my brain"
"Lassiter and Lucinda are going out?" a voice said from around the corner.
Shawn turned to see how it was that had spoken.
It was Mark. Mark Powell.
"Mark" Shawn said inclining his head.
"Lassiter and Lucinda are going out" He repeated in a dazed kind of shock.
"She's your wife, isn't she" Shawn guessed.
"That cheating little-"
"Whoa Mark, calm down" Shawn said whilst gesturing for him to breath in and out deeply.
Juliet watched in wonder and a little in panic as objects began rising from desks and seemingly buzzing in mid-air. A small crowed started to gather and Juliet didn't shoo them, just watched in wonder.
"Come on buddy, calm down" Shawn pronounced slowly putting an arm around Mark.
It seemed to be working as slowly but surely, the objects began returning to their rightful places. Well most of them did, others just fell on the floor with a clatter. The lead in those pencils would be forever broken.
"What the hell was that?" someone said.
"Nothing. Get back to work please" Juliet instructed and the small crowed dispersed with knowing looks on their faces.
"I can't believe she…" Mark started, with a defeated expression on his face.
"Moved on so quickly?" Shawn guessed.
Mark nodded with a conflicted expression.
"You want me to pass on a message?" Shawn asked delicately.
Mark nodded determinedly.
"Yes. Tell her she's a hypocritical little bitch!" he shouted before storming off in to the darkness.
"Will do" Shawn whispered moments after she left.
"Mark? The ghost you saw earlier….. Is Lucinda's husband." Juliet said to herself.
"No, was her husband" Shawn corrected. "And she might be in for some severe haunting….. He's not too happy that she has cheated on him"
"I see"
"So what do we do now?" Shawn asked.
"Let's go back to the crime scene" Juliet instructed.
Shawn nodded and followed her out of the station.
At the crime scene
Shawn examined everything in the supermarket with a fine eye. The only things he could see that were out of place was tomato ketchup in with the wine from where someone had refused to return it to its original place.
A small sound of ruffling lead Shawn round the corner of the shop and into the bakery section of the supermarket. Following the store round he proceeded through the metal doors where they made the bread. The room was full of new machinery, still sparkling silver and a tiny wine cellar in the corner. The machinery was off but there was one green light. Shawn looked up to his left and found him staring into the face of a security camera that seemed to be still on.
"Jules!" Shawn yelled. Juliet ran towards the sound of Shawn's voice.
"What is it?" She asked as she approached him in the doorway.
"A camera" Shawn said with a small smile on his face.
"And a hidden door too" Juliet replied surprised as she noticed the wine cellar.
"Is that not a wine cellar Jules? Where they keep the spare wine"
"No a wine cellar is slightly larger and anyway, they don't need to store their wine. They have it imported" Gus interrupted.
"As helpful as always Gus" Shawn reminded him.
"Gus? He's here?" Juliet asked curiously.
"He was just telling me how this shop has their wine imported and so there is no purpose for that door" Shawn relayed to Juliet.
Juliet raised an eyebrow.
"Good job Shawn" she told him whilst drawing here gun in anticipation.
"Follow me" she whispered.
Shawn hesitantly followed her through the small door. She counted down on her fingers from three and then burst into the room.
Shawn almost gagged. The smell in the room was horrendous to say the least. Juliet drew her sleeve against her nose. Shawn scanned the room hesitantly blocking his nose with his fingers.
The room was small, rectangular and made of concrete with a few pictures hanging on the wall. At the side was a wall made up of lots of expensive looking computing equipment, which seemed to be unoperational. The smell of blood filled the room but Shawn couldn't see anybody.
Blood filled most of the room, splattered all over the floor and on the wall. It was truly disgusting. Shawn gulped.
"You Ok? You've gone a bit pale" Juliet asked concerned, putting her weapon back in its harness.
Shawn nodded eyes wide.
"I'm never gonna forget this…. Gonna have nightmares for years" he shuddered.
"Do you want to wait outside?" Juliet asked concerned.
Shawn seriously considered it. "It's ok. Let's get this system working"
Juliet marched over towards the computers first. She examined them several moments.
"We've got no hope. It's a D.D Pro. These are only available for super rich people…" she looked at Shawn.
"It doesn't even have an on button" She declared throwing her hands up in despair.
Shawn smiled slightly. "I got this"
Juliet looked at him strangely for a second before sighing and moving away.
"I'll call Lassiter. They need to know about the blood" Juliet said leaving Shawn to his own devices.
Shawn nodded to show he understood as she left before examining the system.
"Maybe it's voice activated?" Gus suggested.
"Or maybe... There's an activation pad" Shawn said crouching on his knee and smiling when he found the slight bump on the surface.
"Right…." Shawn said to Gus. "Let's see what's on this baby".
"Shawn? Hey, you got it working!" Juliet exclaimed, "How did you know how to turn it on?"
"I've used the system before" Shawn said absently, missing Juliet's shocked face.
The computer held nothing special on it. Just security camera footage that guarded the room they were in and the bakery section of the store. The only person in the footage was the manager of the store. A Mr Richard Townsend… Shawn could tell from the name badge that Juliet couldn't make out.
By the time they had left it was getting dark and the light of the store automatically switched themselves off.
"I'll update Lassiter and get him to locate the store manager" Juliet announced before walking away, she looked back and said,
"I'll see you tomorrow" with a smile, before turning her back and walking away.
Shawn was left in the dark for a few moments and just as he was about to leave part of the room lit up. Shawn turned to investigate, and in the remains of broken pieces of food laid a mobile phone. Shawn grinned with a feeling of success. It was covered in broken pieces of strawberries and banana's and so Shawn wiped it furiously with his sleeve, groaning when he realised that will have stained his shirt. Examining the phone, he found it to be the same model as his own and he put it in his pocket with his and made his way out of the store and passed the security tape. That is when he noticed her.
A young woman hiding in the darkness of the shadows. She dashed for the store and ran inside.
Shawn made chase quick and paused hesitantly at the entrance to the store when he noticed the girl was on her knees crying, sobbing reaching towards Buzz as if he were this untouchable gift which she just couldn't have.
"Maggey?" Shawn asked, guessing at her identity. (A/N. Maggey is pronounced Maggie)
The girl spun round, shocked out of her skin.
"I…-I" she started.
"What are you doing here?" Shawn asked.
"How do you know who I am?" she asked.
"I'm Shawn Spencer. I've seen you around the station." He explained.
"The psychic?" she asked, eyes wide.
Shawn just nodded.
"Do you know what happened?" she asked.
Instead of answering, Shawn replied with a question of his own.
"How do you know Buzz?"
She blinked. "He's my… was my boy friend" . She tore her eyes away from the body.
"I'm sorry" she sniffed. "I had to know if he was dead… I should have stayed! I should have died with him!" before running out of the store.
Shawn quickly followed but in the dead of the night could not find her, resigning to this fact. Shawn made his way back to his apartment.
Upon arriving he took out both his and the phone he found on the table, along with his wallet and keys, got into bed and fell asleep, constantly thinking of what Maggey had said. Was she there the night of the murder?
It would have to wait until morning.
Author note: WOW! What a long chapter. Hope this makes you happpy for christmas!
Merry Christmas everybody.
Side note: i know i said i would replace the last author note. but i haven't figured out how to do that yet because my computer is going weird. So i thought i would post this now and not make you wait until tomorrow.
Hey, just in case you guys forgot... PLEASE REVIEW! I mean... i did just gift you guys with another chapter that is twice as long as the others... soo... you know... whatever!
See you soon with another chapter!
( Also Thanks so much to Alia-Inverse for her suggestion which i will be using! hehe. hence the name Maggey. I can only hope as you know what will eventually happen you won't find it too boring. Don't worry i will spice it up!)
Also, did anyone else watch Merlin? Did anyone else think that it was a dissapointment. I won't give away any spoilers just incase anyone missed it but i will say i cried... a lot. (PS:i didn't mean that as a rhetorical question. please review and tell me what you though or send me a PM)