Case 30: The Wollcrafts' Creature

David was once again sat in his lovers lap as JJ finished a robbery report. With the Historical Centre's Dog Pageant coming up the murders had slowed, something that was rather common according to others from the district.

It had been for days since they'd dealt with the scout murder and work had become boring but they couldn't complain on that.

JJ had just saved and printed when the power went, the generator in the basement whirring to life and Ramirez was scrambling at his computer.

"It was a major power surge from 301 Shelley Street, it caused a city wide blackout." The officer said looking concerned.

"On our way." David spoke, pulling his lover along with him and driving them to the address, carefully navigating the dark streets.

When they arrived Dorian started whining before JJ could even take him out of the boot and backed away into his corner, not wanting to get any closer to whatever it was that was scaring.

As they approached an all to familiar scent made the veteran want to heave and he pushed passed his lover, raising his gun and heading towards its source.

Inside the garage the lights flickered back to life and he saw the young girl upon a laboratory table, literally fried alive. He pulled out his phone and was glad to see the signal back and called the lab, reporting the death and asking for the cavalry.

"Dear God!"

"He had nothing to do with this, trust me." JJ found himself praying, hoping that it had been quick for the girl because that was no way to go.

While they waited they looked around Dr Frankenstein's laboratory and found several pieces of evidence.

A diploma that showed Victor and Fran Wollcraft had a degree in engineering, and potentially the owners of the house as JJ carefully unlocked the giant cabinet against the wall and saw a mass of fused wires and gears.

Well there was their murder weapon.

"Who are you?! What are you doing here?!" A visibly shaking man in a lab coat came forward, browns hair swept to one side.

"Victor Wollcraft?" JJ lead him outside, away from the scene. "Lieutenant James Jensen. The blackout that occurred came from this house when it overloaded the mains, any idea how that happened?"

"I don't. It's my lab but I was inside when the blackout happened." He seemed genuine and the detective was inclined to believe him.

"Okay. So the young girl that has been fried alive on the machine in there is nothing to do with you?" He asked plainly, he could have been talking about the blood weather for all anyone cared.

"W-w-what? b-but!" He paled further and looked completely horrified at the thought of it.

"So you didn't know? Oh well. We'll need any notes regarding the machine that was used, like the ones your clutching to your chest." JJ held his hand out and with trembling hands Victor passed them over before wrapping his arms tightly around his torso, jumping when reinforcement arrived.

JJ over saw the moving of the body and the machine while David went to talk with Fran Wollcraft, they left as he returned and discovered that the woman was a little to attached to her dog but seemed harmless.

Looking over the notes he frowned, realising one of the pages had been torn out, looks like they were going to have to do this the hard way.

When they got back they uncovered the missing text.

'Day 3: Collecting Samples'

Looking there was also a map.

"It's Ellington Pet Cemetery." David commented, noting down which grave was marked on the map.

"Why the fuck do we keep walking into horror stories? First the Silence of the lambs and now Frankenstein combined with Pet Semetery." JJ huffed a breath as his lover laughed, pulling him along, they told Dorian to stay with Grace.


"This incredible cemetery was named for William Cooper's dog Ellington, the first animal ever to be buried here!" The younger laughed as his partner made a grand gesture, showing the cemetery off at it's best. "William Cooper was of course the founder of Grimsbrough and created the annual Dog Pageant in Ellington's honour."

The red-head chuckled, pulling his lover along and navigating through the yard until he reached the right marker.

"Here lies Elphaba 2005-2013. An English Bulldog apparently." The brunette read off but his lover turned as he heard the light crunching of grass behind him.

A dirt covered man wearing a suit and carrying a shovel approached them, his slightly wonky eyes giving him a slightly Igor like look, again with the horror stories, though it being the middle of the night didn't help.

"Lieutenant Jensen, Lead Inspector Jones, hello. I am Ivan Imlay, the humble gatekeeper of Ellington Pet Cemetery. Can I be of service?" The man spoke impeccably, much like a butler rather than a gatekeeper.

"Hello, Mr Imlay. We've heard about strange events happening in your cemetery, can we ask you a few questions about it?" David had stood up and come to stand beside his partner, their shoulders brushing.

"Of course, I'll be happy to help the police any way I can! It'll make a change from the dead!" He painted on a serene smile even though the phrase was rather saddening.

"Have you seen anything out of the ordinary here, maybe someone digging?" JJ asked gesturing to the grave behind him.

"No I haven't, the only person I have seen here is Fran Wollcraft, she comes everyday." Ivan responded, looking confused.

"Thank you Sir, if you don't mind we'll just have a look around."

"Of course Detective." He nodded and left, leaving them to their job.

JJ quickly collected some blood from a tree and David looked over a poorly hidden coffin, one that had belonged to Elphaba and was empty.

They took the sample back to the lab and made their way home as the sun started to come up, getting a few hours in bed before dragging themselves up again to get the results.

"Morning guys." Nathan was sat sipping his coffee as leaned back in his chair looking tired and more than ready to go home for some sleep. "I've just finished and I can tell you that the victim did not have a good death. What ever electrocuted overloaded and started sparking, frying her more than anything. But I can tell you from the sparks that must have been flying, your killer will be burnt."

"Thanks a lot Nathan, get some sleep." JJ gently clapped him on a shoulder and David gave him a small wave as they made their way upstairs.

They then went to see their angel.

"Morning." She smiled brightly, the true morning person in the building. "The blood is Dogs blood, my guess is the killer carried it and bumped the tree you found it on. I'll know more if you find the dog." She then waved them on, all but shooing them on.

Next they went up to Alex who was curled up in his chair, slumped over his cup of coffee. He reminded them of a grumpy half awake cat.

Leaning over JJ ran his hand through the geeks hair and watched as he snuggled in, purring and he had to hold in his laughs as Alex whined as the red-head pulled away, going back to his earlier settings.

David pulled out his phone and hit record and gave JJ the go ahead and watched the process repeat at least five times before the sleepy brunette returned to the land of the living. He quickly put it on Friendnet before Alex could realise.

"Were you petting me?" He slurred looking up at the veteran.

"No, just trying to wake you up." And he sounded completely real. The Devil was so a southerner. "Anyway, the machine?"

Alex looked at him confused for a moment before the light bulb went off and he turned back to the computer, bringing something up on the screen.

"Right, well the entire thing is an amazing piece of machinery and really complicated, your killer would need some really good knowledge of mechanics and it was no accident." Alex explained, yawning every now and again.

"Thanks Alex." They walked out and waited, it only took three minutes for a shout of rage to come from upstairs and they burst into laughter, the entire department snickering.

Before they could get any further they were given a Dogs body and Ramirez identified their victim, Claire Godwin.

So they went to her place of employment, the Grimsborough Museum. They ran straight into Percy Wollcraft, the good doctor's son and JJ got to work looking around.

Finding a pile of bones that he was pretty sure were dinosaur bones and the victim's locker gave them the next pieces of the puzzle, a photo of the lab, Clair was investigating Victor for his experiments.

David had just finished talking with Percy when the resident voodoo librarian showed up, Constance Bell and she was glaring at his lover like he was the bane of all life.

JJ quickly made his way over and the conversation was informative if a little heated, they had to leave before JJ did something he regretted. David just shook his head at his lover who had stood just ahead of him the entire time, making sure he was always between the two.

Once at the car David pulled his lover down and planted a firm kiss against his lips.

"I don't need protecting from her Babe, but it's sweet."

JJ blushed a little, a small smile on his lips before he returned the kiss, hands resting on his lovers hips.

"I love you." He sighed against his lover lips as David's arms came up to wrap around his shoulders, pressing them close.

"I love you too."


An anonymous letter sent to Clair that Constance had given them showed that the killer most likely spoke German and the split stitches on the dogs body showed where its blood had smeared across the tree, meaning their killer was also around six foot.

The whole picture that was unravelling as they spoke with the suspects more and the evidence was processed was a little sickening and JJ found himself fiddling with his crucifix at the thought.

Victor Wollcraft had been trying to bring back to life his wife's dog Elphaba with Fran encouraging him, completely obsessed with the idea and JJ had been all to happy to clap cuffs on them for stealing, mutilation of an animal corpse and assistance.

In the end it turned into a family package because the killer had been Percy. The hurt and neglected son that could never have his mothers love and had killed to keep her secret when Claire threatened to expose it.

That night JJ found himself sat in his local church, forehead resting on his clasped hands, elbows leaning on the bench in front of him.

He wasn't sure how long he spent there just trying to find a little piece in his restless mind, he was teetering on the edge of it but couldn't quiet find it like he had before.

It wasn't long before soft footsteps sounded through the small but beautiful church, approaching him slowly and JJ felt the last of the tension drain out of him, his mind going completely quiet as David sat beside him.

The weren't touching but still close enough that he could feel the heat from his body and nearly chuckled, realising just how much he depended on his lover and now he prayed, prayed in thanks to whichever higher power, whether it was his God or another, for letting him find his soul mate.