'Right let's go over all of this again.'

They were all back in what Draco liked to think of as their office. Ria, Weasley and his office - even if Ria wasn't technically an Auror.

'We've been over the files - several times.' Weasley said sounding quite irritated.

'Yes,' Ria said, 'but we're looking at with a different prospective weren't we. But now we have new information we should go over it all again from the beginning. So we can build up a profile of who we need to look for.'

'Right, so let's start with what we definitely know,' Draco said, 'we know that our killer can read. And the bastard decided to use the scenes for his own sexual pleasure.'

'And that he investigates the areas first - so he has knowledge and can use it to his advantage.'

'And we know that he is fully aware that we're all working on the case,' Ria said, 'or other wise Abigail Bennett's head wouldn't have been upon your desk with the note, Ron.'

'So he wanted us to know - but still wanted to be in charge of the situation at the same time!' Weasley said. 'The guy's fucked up!'

'We also know he likes to use busy places to pick his victims,' Draco added, 'more crowded - less of a chance of being seen.'

'Then that begs the question of how he lured his victims,' Ria said, 'Amilie and Maria - well he could have just lured them under false pretence of seeing something unusual and Apparated them - but the other girls - I don't think - he's not someone that knows how to charm or woo over females.'

'So he's single!' Weasley said.

'Most definitely - the raping - he likes it - wants to see the fear - if it had just been about sex - why rape? No he likes it - feeds of it - maybe? So, definitely single - because he sure is not getting any. I doubt any woman would stand to be with him for longer than two minutes.'

'That's why there's been such a gap - to begin with our killer was sticking to the time distance between each point - but if - as he's one of us - he would have been put on cases -'

'Which would have given him time to view any of these areas - we investigate all over the place.' Draco said.

'Yes, we do,' Ria said, smiling, 'And I think for once we're one step ahead of our killer. Exactly how friendly are you with Astoria?'

'You want to get into the case files?'

'No the tracking files!'

Draco was astonished that Ria knew there was such a thing, but then he remember who it was that was that was talking. The tracking files were always kept in a sealed room - which they would need permission to get into - as it stored the whereabouts of undercover Aurors.

'I helped invent the watch Draco - I know Auror movements can be tracked -'

'You did - I - just - anything else I should know?'

Weasley laughed his head off, 'Ria had help you know - George - Kingsley - Hermione.'

'We needed a newer way of knowing where Aurors were - without having to go through all the files and assignments - I gave the watch idea - after watching the hands on the clock at The Burrow change.'

'And because it's not odd for someone to be wearing a watch - that's really clever.' Draco said, 'Right let's go catch this bastard.'

They made their way down, only to be stopped by a massive crowd gathering around at the end of the corridor.

'What happened?' Draco asked.

'Didn't you hear - the whole storage place has been set alight - Astoria was on her break when it happened - they've only just managed to put out the flames.'

'And the files?' Ria asked.

'Gone - all gone!'

'Bastard!' Weasley swore under his breath, 'Fucking bastard! I'm starting to get the impression we're out of depths. Always several steps behind.'

'We at least know one thing for sure,' Ria whispered, 'It is definitely an Auror. No one else can get down here.'

'So how are we meant to catch a rouge Auror?' Draco asked, as they headed back up their office. It was not as they had left it - in the time they had gone down they had a visitor - the killer had left another message.

I'm going to take away everything you love,
You best say your goodbyes Auror Weasley and Malfoy,
There will be nothing left of their bodies by the time I'm through.