AN: Sorry it took a little longer for this chapter. School starts this week and I've been running around trying to get ready and fix my schedule and blah blah. But I hope you like this chapter!

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Chapter 5:

"Okay. Where to start? The fridge is always a nice place." Shawn said as he, Gus, and Ashley entered the Psych office.

Shawn and Gus hadn't questioned her too much about her "walk" when she met them at the bakery. They were both so absorbed in their food to really think anything. Which made Ashley happy, although she did believe Shawn still suspected something.

"Are snacks how you solve every murder?" Ashley asked, looking around the office.

"More or less." Gus answered.

Shawn just nodded as he stared down at his phone. Ashley began to question what was going on with him. He kept staring at it while they were at the bakery. Gus even raised an eyebrow when Shawn didn't touch his bagel.

"Everything alright Shawn?" Ashley asked concerned.

He looked up suddenly, "Hmm? Yeah, why?"

"You've had your phone practically glued to your hand since the bakery."

Shawn moved to sit at his desk, "Yeah, it's just… Juliet. She's mad I didn't tell her I had a sister. She won't talk to me."

Ashley leaned against the desk and crossed her arms, "You know Shawn. If she's so mad about that, how do you think she'll react when you tell her you're not psychic?"

Gus suddenly shook his head in confusion, "Wait! You're going to tell her?"

"No! I'm not!"

"You just told me yesterday that you were!" Ashley argued.

"I've been telling you for years to tell her. I said this was going to get out of hand Shawn, I said it!" Gus yelled.

"What? No. My relationship with Juliet is between me and Juliet! So neither of you is allowed to tell me what to do!" Shawn said.

Ashley and Gus slowly sat down at Shawn's outburst and remained silent.

"Thank you." Shawn finally said after it had been quiet for a moment.

"Okay, so this 'Y' person. Where do we start with them?" Ashley asked.

Shawn looked to be deep in thought for a moment then turned toward her, "There looked to be a small, almost invisible wound in her arm. My guess is she was killed from some kind of injection."

Ashley raised an eyebrow, "And you didn't share this with the police because…?"

"Ash', you don't share all the info you have with the police right away."

"Why the hell not?"

"It creates an element of surprise." Shawn said waving his hands around.

"No Shawn, you just want to make sure you have all the facts together and then go show off to the police." Gus argued.

"I do not."

Ashley laughed at Shawn's defeated look. That did sound like Shawn.

"Okay. back to the murder. Why else would someone want to leave a mark on the body? Ashley asked.

Gus answered, "They want to be remembered."

Shawn stood up, "Exactly! And what kind of killers want to be remembered?" Everyone stared at Shawn in anticipation, "Serial killers." Shawn said with a serious face.

"How on earth did we jump to serial killers?" Ashley asked.

Shawn sighed, "Oh Ashley. Oh sweet innocent, doesn't know what she's doing, Ashley. The killer in this case left a mark, which meant they wanted to be remembered. Now most killers kill the victim for a specific reason, usually some kind of grudge. That kind of killer would not want to be discovered. But NO! This killer left a blatant mark on the victim practically screaming, COME FIND ME."

Ashley was shocked and a little impressed. Sure, Shawn was waving his arms around like a fool. But he had a good point. He was way better at this detective stuff then she thought. Looking back on it now, their father must have seen some potential in him back when they were kids. That must have been why he pushed him so hard. However, Shawn being the stubborn and difficult person that he is, has to always take things at his own pace and do things his own way.

"So are we good for today then, because I do have a job to get back to?" Gus asked.

"Wait." Ashley said, "If this is a serial killer than that means more victims. Shawn we have to warn the police."

"Or maybe past victims." Shawn replied.

"What do you mean?"

"That 'Y' was barely noticeable. It's possible it was overlooked on other cases. We need to go back and check past murder cases and see if any of them have the same mark."

"How exactly are we going to do that without getting the police involved."

"I never said we wouldn't get the police involved. Just one."

"Shawn, you said Juliet isn't talking to you." Gus reminded.

Shawn looked down, "Oh, right."

Ashley felt bad for Shawn. Sure, he was lying to his girlfriend on many different subjects. But he really did seem to like her. Maybe there was some way she could help.

"I have an idea. Let's go." Ashley finally said after thinking for a moment.

"Where?" Shawn asked.

"The police station."

"I still don't understand what your plan is." Shawn said as he and Gus followed Ashley up the steps to the police station.

"Just go with it."

Shawn huffed in defeat but didn't say anything else. Gus just followed along, not asking questions, just curious to see where this was going.

Ashley stopped in front of one of the benches by the front desk, "Wait here." She said, motioning for the two of them to sit down.

Hesitantly, both did. Ashley nodded then walked off.

Ashley approached her destination and leaned against the desk. Carlton looked up after a minute and stared at her in surprise.

"Ashley?"

"Hi Carlton, what are you up to?" She said casually sitting on the desk.

"Work." He replied, confused.

"Ahh. That park murder case?" She asked, innocently.

"Yes." He replied, hesitantly

"Oh, you know your hair looks really good today!" She said as she ran her hand through it.

Carlton was taken off guard for a second by the drastic change of subject. However, he didn't seem to mind.

"Yeah, thanks. I actually just put this new stuff in it today, it actually…"

"Carlton I actually wanted to ask a favor?" She said biting her lip.

"I can't believe I'm doing this." Carlton sighed as he unlocked the filing cabinet for the three of them.

"Really appreciate it Lassie." Shawn said, patting him on the back.

Shawn and Gus were extremely confused when he agreed to help them. But they didn't push it since they were potentially going to be able to get important information on the case.

"These visions you're having about past murder records better be worth something." Carlton said as he pulled open the cabinet.

Ashley nodded along with the excuse she had come up with. She felt bad lying to him but they really needed these files. She gave him a sincere smile.

"Thank you Carlton." Ashley said placing her hand on his shoulder. She looked to make sure Shawn and Gus were busy with the files and then placed a kiss on his cheek.

"Yeah, well, just close it when you're done." he replied, flustered. He then left with a stiff nod.

Ashley laughed to herself, he really was cute.

"So, what do we do? Sort through all of them until we find ones that match?" Gus asked in disbelief, obviously aware there was no way he would be going back to work soon.

"Not all of them, just the ones within the past year probably." Shawn answered.

They sat at the table for hours going through files. Looking for any shred of familiarity between cases. But they had yet to find anything. However, finally Gus spoke up.

"Shawn, look at his one."

Shawn grabbed the file and began to flip through it. It was a murder about two months ago. Another young female. This one had brown curly hair like the victim from the park and had many similar features.

"Well, if this is the same person, they definitely have a type." Ashley said, leaning over Shawn's shoulder. "Where is this at?"

"It says she was killed at a drive-in." Shawn answered, "There! It's the mark. The 'Y'."

Ashley had to squint her eyes really hard to look at the victim's neck. But sure enough, there it was. It was small enough where if you weren't looking for it, you probably wouldn't see it.

Ashley looked at Shawn and she could see wheels were turning in his head. Suddenly they looked up when there was some sort of commotion going on outside the Chief's office. They three of them got up and looked to see what was going on.

"Okay everyone calm down. We have received a note from the killer of the park murder case. Carlton?' The Chief motioned for Carlton to read the letter out loud.

"'A game of opposites is a waste of time, when two are alike they're at their prime.'" Carlton recited.

Ashley turned to look at Shawn and he had a stone cold expression on his face. He had gone terribly white and stood rooted to the spot.

"Shawn?" Ashley asked, putting her hand on his shoulder, "Shawn, what is it?"

"The 'Y', it's… the drive-in… game of opposites…"

"What Shawn, what is it?" Ashley asked again, concerned. Everyone in the station had busied themselves with trying to understand the letter, but Ashley and Gus were focused on Shawn.

Shawn stared ahead, "Game of opposites…. Yin and Yang."