Lindsay and Danny got up and ran to Lucy's room.

"Lucy, wake up." Lindsay shook her as Danny sat near the nightstand.

"Honey, you are having a nightmare, wake up."

After a few moments Lucy finally woke up. "Mommy! That dream was scary!" Lucy said as she got a hug from her parents.

"What were you dreaming about?" Lindsay asked.

"The monster was chasing me then I started to fall and kept falling." She wiped the tears as Lindsay hugged her.

"It's okay, honey. You are safe now," Danny said.

After a while they went to bed and had a peaceful sleep.

February 10th, 10am

At a crime scene-

Don walked up to Jo as she arrived.

"Looks like the guy struck again," Don said annoyed.

"What makes you say that?" They walked to the car.

Jo and Don looked at the car while he told her, "The car is burnt but this time, there is a body in the trunk. Purse is inside but we don't have an ID, no credit cards but they could have easily melted." Don showed her the body while Sheldon was processing the front of the car.

"Do we know when the victim died?" Jo asked.

"No, but we were able to run the plates and the vic who owned the car had been missing the last 24 to 48 hours and her husband had reported her missing yesterday morning. Since she was reported missing her credit cards... meaning it should be they haven't been used," Don said.

"If this is the same suspect, he did this victim first then the other one who is in the hospital."

"It appears so," Don said.

They took the car to the garage for processing then later went to the lab to process the evidence.

Meanwhile-

Adam was at the audio and visual lab talking to his girlfriend, Maggie Boggs, over the web-cam.

"It's really nice to see you," Adam said happily.

"Thanks.

"I can't wait 'til the party. I'll be dressed as He-Man. Who will you be dressed as?"

"Evil Lyn." She smiled.

"You can't be Evil Lyn," Adam said as he giggled.

"Why not? I mean it's only a costume party."

"Because she's evil. She works for Skelator." Adam smiled.

"So, then I can just be evil with you," Maggie smiled slyly.

"You know, I see your point." He smiled.

"So, any way you sneak out of work early and I can be really evil with you?"

"Uh... well, no. But you can be evil with me tonight," Adam said with a smile.

"Awww... Let me show you my costume," Maggie got up and walked towards a wall as Adam told her that he could see her.

"Wow, what legs!"

"Maybe you should be Skelator instead."

"Nah, that's okay. I want to be the good guy," Adam said with a smile as Maggie sat back down.

"But you are always the good guy," Maggie whined playfully.

"I know, that's why you love me," Adam said as he laughed.

"So you will come over tonight?" She smiled.

"You bet."

"Bye, Prince Adam."

"Bye, Evil Lyn." Adam turned off the web-cam then began checking fingerprints in the database that Sid had sent him since his break was over.

At the M.E.'s office-

Jo met Sid who had finished the autopsy on the woman found burned in the trunk.

"What can you tell us, Sid?"

"The victim is a woman, and she had been beaten. There were deep fist marks on the body, and despite the fire, I can still see the bruises." Sid gave her the photographs.

"I'll compare this with the photos we took of the recent victim and see if the fists are the same size."

"I've sent her fingerprints up to Adam for processing and looks it like she was beaten to death. There is the fracture on the head and it appears she was struck in the head with the gun butt. I don't understand why the perp didn't use the gun."

"Probably because it's noisy? Do we have a time of death?"

"She may have been dead at least two days. Because the husband had reported her missing, it does help with the TOD."

"So if this is the same attacker, this is the first victim."

"I'm thinking it is the same attacker but I just wonder if maybe he would have torched the second car if he didn't get interrupted." Jo then left to the lab.

At the crime lab-

Adam was at his workstation when Danny walked up to him.

Danny asked, "Can you see if you can find a better address for Neilson, since he has lied to his PO?"

"Sure," Adam said.

After a few minutes they got the address and Danny walked away. Adam put on his earbuds to listen to his iPod as he looked over some video. After Adam was done for the day he went to his girlfriend's place then later went home. Later that evening, everyone but Mac went home for the night; Mac continued to work on a different case in his office, then he went home a few hours later.

February 16th 4:20am-

Mac had been up for ten minutes as he usually didn't get much sleep. Since he brought some files home from work, he looked over them while sipping coffee. He wrote some notes on a sticky note then closed the file and got up to get a new cup of coffee. After he got his coffee, he walked back to the couch, then he heard several gun shots. After he walked back to the counter to put his coffee down, he got his gun and his flashlight, then clipped his badge on his waist band and got his cellphone out as he ran out the door. "Dispatch, this is Detective Taylor running to a scene of shots fired." He relayed the address he was at as he ran outside.

Dispatch radioed, "Attention all units, we have shots fired, Detective Taylor needs assistance," followed by the address where the shots were heard from.

Mac used the flashlight to find anything out of the ordinary as he looked around carefully with his gun drawn. He heard sirens getting louder and louder then he pointed the flashlight in the alley where he noticed a bent leg and a leg spread out. Mac then walked slowly in the alley as he shouted, "NYPD! Move away from the dumpster slowly!"

A few officers arrived as one of them radioed to dispatch, "We are on scene and see Detective Taylor. We may have an unknown person of interest, please stand by." Dispatch acknowledged the call.

The officers backed up Mac, who heard they were there. Mac walked slowly, then as he got closer to where the man was, he shouted again, "Scoot forward, now!"

Mac felt the sweat running down his brow and he felt very tense. He quickly took a step forward and faced the man, with the gun drawn on him.