Hey, Nukia here!
This fanfiction is a side story to Beyond This Love.
I don't know if any of my old readers are reading my rewrites anymore, but I am going to tell you what happened in the Midnight Slasher case in The Wammy House Memories. I never finished The Alternative Story, but I'm going to tie it in with this fanfiction because I enjoyed writing A's story. This chapter will be short, but I hope you like it and it doesn't confuse anyone too much!
But thank you for the reviews ( even if there is just 9 ), favorites and the alerts! Also to the unknown people who read my fanfictions, I promise it will pick up at some point! If you don't like it, then don't read it.
Chapter 12!
I watched the strange boy examining my necklace, he turned his attention to me and stepped down from the chair. He walked over to me in his odd crouched walking position, he stopped in front of me and put his thumb to his lips as he held my necklace towards me. I looked over at the desk when I heard the telephone ring, I watched Watari pick up the receiver of the telephone and turned my attention back to the dark-haired boy.
" May I ask where you got this necklace from?" He asked.
" I found it well I was helping my Aunt's housekeeper put the rubbish out, it was in the bin outside of my cottage..." I replied. " I'm not sure how it got there though, it's pretty huh? Do you think I will be able to keep it?"
" It's just like the other necklaces they found on both of the female victims in Martyr Worthy, I've also got proof that they're the same make too!" I heard A say from next to me. " They're also the same kind of necklace they found on the other victims from the 1992 murders in Stafford from the first The Midnight Slasher case, do you think it's him yet or a copycat serial killer still?"
" There is a 75% chance that the original Midnight Slasher is still alive and behind the two new murders in Martyr Worthy, it as been 4 years since his last victim back in 1992..." Answered the boy as he turned his attention to A. " In 1992 ten innocent people with connections to St Chads Church were murdered in approximately 3 weeks, they all attended the Sunday evening service at the church which was then given by Father Theodore before he moved to London. Each victim had a connection through either family, friends or the church. For example, your Mother employed Bethany Summers who was the third victim of The Midnight Slasher to take care of you and your Sister well your Mother worked night shifts at the local hospital. A 19-year-old student studying a degree in childcare at Staffordshire University, the only connection I could find with her to your family was the odd babysitting she did for your Mother. A straight A grade student with no criminal record, if The Midnight Slasher murdered because of sin then what was her sin?"
" I don't know, she was always nice to me and my Sister from what I can remember..." Replied A.
" A, I need you to recall back to the night of the 15th of October 1992 ..." Said the boy. " Do you remember anything unusual taking place that night of your families untimely death?"
" I told you everything I could remember from that night, I don't want to keep reliving!" Sighed A as he held his folder towards the boy. " I want to show you something, I may have proof that it's the original serial killer. Can I at least show you what I've collected over the years about him?"
I watched as A and the boy spoke to each other, the boy actually seemed quite stubborn. I wonder how old he his? I can also see quite a likeness to Backup in his looks, I wonder if he's related to him? I spooned some more of my jelly into my mouth as I looked down at the floor, I quickly looked up when I felt someone gently tug at a piece of my fringe and bit at my bottom lip when I saw the dark-haired boy staring at me.
" Please pay attention when I'm speaking, I dislike repeating myself..." Said the boy in an emotionless tone as he stared at me and took my jelly pot from my hand. " Each victim suffered lacerations to their upper parts of their torso which led to specific amounts of blood loss which did not cause their deaths, the victim would remain conscious for over a minute as they slowly bled out. The final process of their death would be a single cut to an artery in their throat area which caused their demise, he left his signature in the form of a gold-plated crucifix necklace around each of his victim's necks..."
" How awful..." I said quietly.
" L, I have news that will gratefully please you..." I heard Watari say. " The coroner reports and the personal belonging for the Martyr Worthy victims have just arrived at the front gate of The Wammy House. Mr Ruvie will be delivering them in a few moment's time to my office, I suggest you question Elizabeth quickly before Mr Ruvie arrives at my office. I apologize if this brings your questioning to a short session, but the items may cause distress to our young guest... "
" Yes, thank you Watari..." Said L.
So this is L, this must be A's other mentor he mentioned to me by accident last night. I watched A snatch the necklace from L's hand, he rushed over to the desk and climbed up onto the chair at the desk. He opened up his folder that he got from under the bed in the room I was staying in, he took a few newspaper clippings from it and held the necklace up with one of the newspaper cutouts.
" See, they're the same design!" Said A. " Sherman Jewelry was manufactured in Canada between 1947 to 1981, I know that most of their jewelry is known as vintage now. They did sell the specific gold-plated crucifixes before they stopped manufacturing them in 1980, do you want to know how I know they're from the Sherman Jewelry collection?"
I watched L walk over to A, he placed my jelly pot down on the desk and took the newspaper clipping from his hand. He held it up in front of his face between his finger and thumb as he examined it.
" The Sherman Jewelry hallmark on the necklace's cross, they're also on the crosses from the 1992 necklaces which matches the one that SJ as been wearing and also the same as the necklace that the two victims from Martyr Worthy had around their necks too!" Said A, he held the necklace towards L and ran his fingers through his hair. " Don't you see it yet? It's him, it really is him! No information was released on the make of the necklaces back in 1992, who else would know about them but The Midnight Slasher?"
" I see..." Said L.
" Don't you believe me?" Asked A.
" A, you have brought new information to my eyes which will be useful in this case..." Replied L, he placed the newspaper clipping down on the desk and put his thumb to his lips. " However, I will not be able to decide until I have seen the belonging of the Martyr Worthy victims. I will consider what you have told me, until then may I keep your folder for side evidence to the case?"
" Yeah, that's why I showed you it..." Answered A.
" Now Elizabeth, I need to question you about the letter and photographs you received..." Said L as he looked over at me. " When did you receive the envelope containing the letter and photographs?"
" It was 5 days ago..." I replied. " My Aunt's housekeeper Rose gave it to me, it must have come in the morning post..."
" I see, did you notice anything odd about the envelope?" He asked.
" It was a normal looking envelope to me, I thought it may have been from my Mum's friend Bella back in Oxford at first..." I answered and walked over to the desk. " Can I ask what the letter said please?"
" The letter was written in Latin, but what was written does not concern you..." Replied L.
" Oh, but can I tell you something that maybe important to you?" I asked.
" If you must..." Sighed L.
" Well, the day before I got the letter in the post I used the walkie-talkie that A gave me months ago..." I said as I looked over at A. " But I think A was talking in tongues, I didn't understand what he was saying. But I understood one word he said which was Amen, that's a Latin word, am I right?"
" Yes, you are correct..." I heard L say.
" SJ, I don't own the other walkie-talkie anymore..." He replied. " It went missing over a week a go, I've not seen it since then. Whoever you were speaking to wasn't me, it couldn't have been me because I've been with L and Watari everyday this week... "
" Then who was I talking to?" I asked.
" No idea, maybe you picked up a radio frequency..." Replied A as he climbed down from the chair. " The walkie-talkie I gave you had a very high frequency, it's range could reach up to a theoretical max range of 100 miles. So basically you could have picked up a radio station or maybe airport radio frequency, it can happen sometimes with advanced radio technology..."
" I guess so..." I said quietly.
" Elizabeth, may I ask about the day before you received the letter. The date would have been the 11th of August, did you do anything out of the ordinary in your day to day routines?" I heard L ask. " Did you notice anything peculiar in the days running up to receiving the letter and photographs?"
" I can't remember what happened on the exact day, everything was normal before I got the letter..." I replied, I took my jelly pot from the desk and spooned some of the jelly onto my spoon. " It's just been me and Rose the days before the letter was delivered to my Aunt's cottage. My Aunt Thora as been ill you see, she went to stay in a health retreat in the Peak District until she felt better and then she decided to..."
" SJ, you're waffling..." Interrupted A with a chuckle.
" I'm sorry, I didn't mean to waffle on..." I sighed. " But something odd happened when I was getting ready for bed the night before I got the letter, I saw a flash of light from outside of my window. It wasn't like a lighting flash or lights on a car driving past your house, it was weird. The flash only lasted for a second, it could have been nothing or my mind playing tricks on me..."
I watched L step up onto the chair, he perched himself on the edge of the chair and took a case file folder from a pile of folders on the desk. He placed it down in front of him and opened it up as he put his thumb to his lips. He began to flick through the folder's pages, he stopped at a page and took a envelope from the folder.
" This is the envelope that was delivered to your home, it contains the photographs and the letter..." Said L. " I believe the flash of light you may have seen was from a camera, to be exact a Polaroid Impulse Camera with a pop up flash. The photographs are made from light-sensitive paper coated with chemical formula, the photographs are Polaroid framed which indicates that the photographs were from a Polaroid camera..."
" Do you think someone was outside of SJ's cottage taking photographs then?" Asked A.
" Yes, I am 85% sure that I am right about the photographs..." Replied L as he stepped down of the chair and walked over to the window. " But who took them is still the question, I believe we maybe dealing with a copycat serial killer. Yet your theory about the necklaces does bring up new evidence, I need to gather my thoughts and contemplate for a few moments..."
" A, why don't you take Elizabeth to the kitchen and get her some proper breakfast..." I heard Watari say as I spooned some of my jelly into my mouth. " I don't think jelly is suitable breakfast for her, if you ask May nicely she will make her some porridge..."
" Sure, come of SJ!" Smiled A.
" Okay..." I nodded.
I followed A out of Watari's office, we made our way to the kitchen of The Wammy House and threw my jelly pot away. We were greeted by May when we got to the kitchen, she was one of the housekeepers of the orphanage and also a relative of Mr Ruvie so A told me. She agreed to make me some porridge, she told us to take a seat at the breakfast counter of the kitchen and to help ourselves to some tea or milk well we waited. I made myself a cup of tea and sat quietly well I watched A drawing stars on his left hand.
" Backup, I know you're hiding behind the fridge. I can hear you breathing, do you have a cold still?" Smirked A, he placed his pen down on the counter and turned around on his chair. " What are you up to? You better not be removing the fridge's fan again or Watari will scold you. What do you need all of those fridge fans for anyway?"
" It's none of your business Alternative, why don't you continue with your little tea party with your little friend..." Replied B.
" Come on B, I want to know what you're doing with all those fridge fans..." Smiled A. " Are making something?"
" Maybe I am making something, it's a secret..." Answered B with a chuckle.
I looked over at the fridge and saw Backup peep his head from behind it with a smirk on his face. He walked from behind the fridge and walked over to the breakfast counter. He sat a stool across from A, he took a raisin biscuit from a plate on the counter and took a big bite out of it. He looked over at me with a disturbing grin on his face, he took my cup of tea from in front of me and took a sip of my tea.
" What are you doing in the kitchen anyway?" Asked A.
" None of your business..." Replied B.
" Don't tell me, you're after another jar of strawberry jam..." Smiled A as he threw a piece of biscuit at him. "I'll be surprised if you'll even be allowed to have anymore jam with what you did to that kid at breakfast, what was her name again?"
" Q, her name was Q..." Answered B.
" Right, poor her..." Chuckled A, he looked over at me and gave me a smile. " She's the girl who made those walkie-taklies, she pretty clever when it comes to advanced technology or electronics..."
" Alternative..." Said B in a eerie tone. " I'm here with a message for you and your little friend, would you like to hear it?"
" Alright Backup, I'll amusing for a moment..." Replied A, he leant on his hand and turned his attention back to him. "And who is the message from?"
" It's from a secret source, but the message is very important for one of you..." Replied B.
" Then I think you should share it with us right away, what's the message?" Asked A.
" Someone is coming tonight..." Replied B in an eerie tone, he placed my cup of tea back in front of me and hopped down from the stool. " You should hide, you're going to be in for a fright... someone is going to die tonight..."