Title: No Rest For The Wiccans
Rating: M
Summary: When teens that practice Wicca are found dead it is up to Tony and Carol to figure out what the killers sick motives are. Of course they get a little help from Rowan Gant. Wire in the blood, Rowan Gant Investigations Crossover.
Disclaimer: I don't own Carol, Tony, or any of the authors blood and gore. I don't even own M.R Sellars characters. I just like to take them out and play with them.
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To WriterApprentice: Great review and I'm still working on this story.
To prothalla: I will be beginning that with this chapter but I didn't want people to say that I was moving too fast. Sorry about that I hope that this chapter makes you smile. Thanks for your review.
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Chapter 5
Carol pulled up in-front of the University and got out. The whole case really angered her. Why would anyone burn someone at the stake and what was the whole thing with the mother. Normal, morning, parents would forgive what their child did and wish for the murderer to be brought to justice. But not Sally's mother. She acted like they had ruined her vision of her perfect daughter. She just hoped that Tony would be able to help her figure something out.
Carol found Tony hitting the pop (I don't know what they call soda over there) machine. He was rattling it and then shaking it.
"Bloody machine," Tony snapped. "Took my damn money…again."
Carol snickered which was loud enough for Tony to hear.
"Carol didn't see you there," Tony said.
"Well I wouldn't see me either if I was having a conversation with a machine," Carol joked.
Tony said nothing but grabbed his blue, plastic, bag. He always carried it around and Carol wondered when he would trade it in for something better.
"Did you get my message?" she asked.
"Yes," Tony answered. "And I would like to see the crime scene."
"Sure and we'll stop by and get you something to drink."
"As long as it doesn't come from the machine," Tony told her.
Carol smirked.
Carol bought Tony his promised drink and then they headed for the crime scene. As Carol drove she filled him in on what she couldn't tell him on his machine. She saw him listening and then when she was finished she slightly turned to him.
"So what do you think?"
"Well he defiantly has issues," Tony said. "But it's more that he sees this girl as committing a crime against God. Burning was supposed to cleanse the soul of the devil. It was also suppose to be a taste of where they would be going after they had died. It's also a god awful way to die, but fun for the whole family back then."
"That's sick," Carol commented. "And the necklace?"
"The killer wanted people to know her crime and the pentacle is the best way to show that," Tony answered. "Of course not a lot of people know that the pentacle was the first symbol worn by the Jewish and Christian communities, well before they adopted the symbols that they use today. The Jewish communities got it from Babylon and the Christians used it to represent the five wounds of Christ."
"Learn something new every day," Carol commented. "But what I want to know is how the killer knew that she practiced."
"Watched her, probably," Tony answered. "Most of your modern day covens work outdoors. They like to be close to nature unlike in the states where they work indoors. Not a lot of woods over there."
"So the killer watched them and then figured that Sally was the one that must die," Carol said.
"Yes, so what position was she in the coven?" Tony asked.
"Oh High Priestess," Carol answered. "Sorry for not mentioning that in the message."
Tony nodded but didn't say anything to her remark.
"Kill the High Priestess and then wait for the next one to take her place," Tony said. "Of course he might go after another member of the coven and leave her for last."
"Okay, so what about what was used to kill her," Carol said. "Because she was already dead when she was burned."
"I'm going to have to do some research on that," Tony told her. "But I will find out something."
"That would be great," Carol said and then they pulled off. "Here we go."
They got out and Tony followed Carol through the dense growth of bushes and trees. Finally they found the spot, which still showed signs of police working and of death. Carol saw Tony covering his mouth with his coat.
"So this is where she died," Tony mumbled.
"Yes," Carol answered. "So what do you get?"
That question sent him into the usual tirade, which Carol was use to. As he worked Carol knew that he was coming up with the profile that would help them capture the killer.
"Carol, he's done this before," Tony finally told her. "He is use to this kind of killing."
"Age," Carol asked.
"Not sure," Tony answered. "But what I'm sure about is that he has killed before. He also has a lot of anger towards people that practice Witchcraft, thinks that it's his job to cleanse the world of them. He will kill again, if he hasn't already. He's very-."
He broke off as Carol's phone rang.
"Jordan here," Carol said. "What, where, we'll be there."
And she closed her phone.
"Well it seems that you were right about him killing again," Carol told him. "Sally's mother is dead."
"That's strange," Tony said.
"Come on," Carol said. "We can continue this on the way."
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Paula got the call as she dropped Rowan and Felicity off at their hotel room. As Kevin told her about the crime scene she wondered if she should bring Rowan.
"Should I bring him?" Paula finally asked.
"Yes," Kevin replied.
"Will do," Paula said and hung up.
She went up to their room where Felicity was sound asleep. Rowan took one look at her and then got up from his chair. She wondered how he knew that she needed him to come with her.
"Felicity is going to be angry but I want her to sleep off the plane trip," Rowan told her.
"Sounds like a good idea to me," Paula said.
They got into the car and drove off. While they drove Rowan fell asleep and this left Paula to wonder a few things in her mind. Why would the St. Louis Major Case Squad use a witch to help them solve crimes? She knew that there were people out there that where gifted with helping to find dead bodies but she had never met someone that had that ability. She also thought about why the mother was killed.
She wasn't a witch, so why kill her. This whole case was starting to confuse her and bring about some very nasty thoughts, thoughts that she would never share with Carol as they would be directed to the faith that she so very believed in. When they arrived Paula woke Rowan up. He woke with a start and looked around.
"We're here," she told him.
"Thanks," Rowan said, and wiped some saliva that had come out of his mouth.
They got out and she saw that Rowan was taking the house very slowly. Paula wondered what he was doing and then he finally spoke.
"I'm grounding myself," Rowan told her. "Trust me after all the things that I've seen you wouldn't blame me."
"Okay, take your time," Paula said.
"Thanks," Rowan said, smiling at her.
After a few minutes he nodded and they walked inside.
The house looked pretty much the same as it had when she and Carol had gone to tell the mother that her daughter was dead. However the living area was the place where the body was at. She was still hanging from the ceiling, blood dripping from her fingers and toes.
"What the hell happened here?" Paula asked.
"He hung her," the doctor told her. "But he first removed her toenails and fingernails."
Paula covered her mouth and ran out.
"Inquisition practice," Rowan told the doctor. "Make her confess by removing her toenails and fingernails."
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He closed his eyes and opened his mind, his gift coming to the surface. He was in the living room, but it was clean and well kept. The woman was setting in a chair, her body bounded, nude, her eyes covered.
"Please, don't hurt me," she begged.
"Don't talk to me, witch," he snarled and then covered her eyes with another piece of cloth. "Your just like your daughter, you convert with the Devil."
Mrs. Slaw started to cry.
"You're the one that killed her, didn't you?" she asked.
He slapped her and she cried again.
"I said no talking, witch," he snarled again.
He took out a pair of pliers and and forced her hand against the chair. Rowan watched as he started asking her questions, questions that he knew what source it came from. He felt himself being moved forward and he saw her hanging, the blood dripping, and no one had yet found her body. The first victim was standing there, her burned face looking at him.
"Help us," they both said together. "Help us."
He pulled himself out and slowly made his way to the door.
"Are you alright, Mr. Gant," he heard Paula asked him.
"I'll be alright in a minute," he told her.
He took a deep breath and counted mentally to four and then breathed out. As he did he envisioned white light surrounding him, taking away the feeling that he got from that room. Finally he was able to focus.
"He's done this before," Rowan told her. "The ghosts they talk to me and their begging for my help. Also the mother's eyes were covered and it wasn't so that she wouldn't be able to tell who her killer was. The Inquisition believed that a witch could put a spell on them by looking at them."
"Do you-."
She stopped when she saw Carol and Tony walking up.
"Do you want to go home?" Rowan heard Paula asked.
"Yes, I don't want my wife to think I came out here all by myself," Rowan told her.
"No problem."
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Carol saw Paula taking a man to her car and thought nothing of it. Both she and Tony were allowed in and she almost felt like throwing up herself. The body was dripping with blood and Carol wondered why it hadn't been taken down.
"We'll do it in a little bit," the doctor said.
"Is it like the others?" Paula asked.
"Well if you count the fact that no necklace was found then it isn't but she was tortured before she was killed and that might make it connected."
Carol turned to Tony.
"Is it connected?" she asked.
"I don't know," Tony answered. "This killer is very confusing, even for me."
"Maybe that's what he wants," Carol said. "Make us confused."
"Well he's doing a good job of it," the doctor told her. "I'm going to take her down."
"Send me the report as soon as you're done with her body," Carol told him.
The doctor nodded and they left.
An hour later Carol saw Paula walking into the station. She wondered how her meeting with Rowan Gant had ended but waited until she wasn't busy to approach her.
"Well he's different," Paula said. "And married."
"To bad for you," Carol commented.
Paula rolled her eyes.
"It also seems that Mr. Gant is a witch with the gift to see the spirits," Paula told her.
"Oh great, we get the nutter," Kevin commented.
"If he was a nutter then the states wouldn't have recommended him," Paula reminded him.
"Then their nutters," Kevin said.
"Nutters aside, what does he think of our killer," Carol asked.
"Well he believes that the killer has killed before but he said that the blindfold wasn't to keep the victim from knowing her attacker."
"Then what was it for?" Carol asked.
"Well he said that the killer believes that the mother had the power to cast a spell on him, making him want to let her go," Paula said.
"What rubbish," Carol muttered. "I think that he didn't want the victim to see him, that's the only reason for covering the eyes."
"But what if he's right," Kevin said. "I mean, he's burning people at the stake, hanging them, torturing them, what next?"
"I don't want to find out," Carol said. "Have this Rowan Gant come to my office tomorrow. I don't care if he isn't over his jetlag."
Paula nodded.
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A/N: Well we know that Carol has a temper. Also send me reviews, I live on them.