Author's Note: Well I was glad to see that no one thought I went too far in the last chapter, I was worried about that. I do have a couple more chapters from the 'Angel Killer's point of view, though they aren't as dark as the last. Anyway, here's the next chapter... Jason and Kat find out about Liz.
Shoutouts: brankel1- Yes poor Lilly, I could never imagine going through the pain of loosing a parent like this. Let's hope that the team can put their heads together and figure this thing out! This creature of the night needs to be brought down!
Jeremy Shane- Here's more for you!
Kelsey. Marie. Scott- I'm glad you didn't think the last chapter was that bad, and that it was a need to read chapter. I was worried that maybe I crossed an invisible line there or something, but I'm glad my editing proved otherwise. Originally the chapter was twice as long and was fairly graphic. My friend that read it said it really scared the crap out of her, and she's pretty unshakable. I'm sure that this whole event will push Jason even harder to catch this guy, but will become of his relationship with Kat? How will this affect Kat? Hmmm... guess we'll have to keep going to find out. Hopefully Kat will come to realize that she already has met this 'thing', but remember as a lead agent Kat has met a lot of people. And I never said how long ago he met her, Kat's been in the FBI for ten years. That's a lot of memories to sort through. (Evil grin) Sometimes I just want to scream out who this guy is... I'm getting more and more anxious to tell the ending... But I'm not going to no matter how much my little voice wants to.
Fcabl- Thank you so much for adding this story (And a lot of my other ones) to you favs! That always brightens my day to open my inbox and see a bunch of emails saying someone likes my stuff! YAY! Thanks again for reading!
"Hello?" She answered, anger laced into her voice. Kat suddenly sat straight up in bed. "What?" She felt Jason shift on the bed next to her. "We're on the way. Yeah, text me that address... Thanks Dell, see you, in a few."
"What's going on?" Jason asked as Kat flew out of the bed toward the dresser. She threw a pair of clean underwear and pants at him before she moved to the closet for a shirt.
"We've got another victim." Kat said. Jason stiffened for a moment before jumping out of bed and quickly put on the clothes Kat and thrown at him. The pair, fully dressed, rushed down the stairs and out the door without a second thought.
"Where to?" Jason asked as he backed out of the driveway. Kat looked at her phone for a moment.
"2847 38th Street." Kat replied. Jason slammed on the brakes causing her fall forward into the dash. "What?"
"Are you sure about that address?" Jason asked in near panic.
"Yeah, Dell sent it to my phone. Why?"
"Shit! Shit! Shit!" Jason quickly put the truck in drive and pushed down on the gas. Kat was thrown back into the seat.
"Jason! What the hell?" Kat screamed as she finally righted herself in the seat.
"That's Liz's address!"
"Shit!" Kat closed her eyes. "Let's hurry up then."
Jason sped through the quiet streets toward his ex wife's house, all the while silently praying it wasn't what it sounded like. Hoping that both Lilly and Liz were just fine. Despite his desperate prayer, Liz's house was swarming with police cars and the mortuary truck.
Jason parked in the middle of the street and jumped out of his truck, not caring that he left the drivers side door open. "No!" He yelled as he ran toward the crime scene tape. "Lilly! Liz!"
"Jason!" Kat called as she ran after him, but in his frantic state he didn't hear her.
"Tom!" Jason spotted his partner and ran as fast as he could to him. "What's going on? Where's Lilly? And Liz?"
"Lilly's fine, Jason." Tom said as he took him by the shoulders. "I sent her with Sargent Moore over to your friend Rocky's house."
"Thank god." Jason visibly relaxed. "And Liz?"
"I'm so sorry." Tom shook his head. "She's out back, the neighbor saw her about an hour ago."
"No!" Jason pulled back his whole body shaking. "She's can't be... She's not his type."
"I know, Agent Thomas said the same thing when he got here. We're all saying that, but it's his MO and... I just don't know Jase."
"She's not his type!" Jason repeated a little more heated. "She's too short for starters and she has green eyes. She's not his type!"
"I know Jase!" Tom snapped. "It doesn't make sense but it's him! Dammit Jase, I'm sorry!"
"Jason." Kat's quiet airy voice drifted into his consciousness. Jason turned to look at her as she took a few steps toward him. "I'm so sorry."
Jason didn't say anything as he reached out took her into his arms. His fingers biting into her back as he pulled her against him. He buried his head into her soft hair, inhaling the sweet scent of her shampoo. Kat wrapped her arms around his neck and held him tightly.
"Why?" Jason whispered. "Why her?"
"I don't know." Kat replied. "I don't know." After a few more moments of silence Jason finally released Kat from his vice grip and looked toward Tom.
"Can I see her?"
"Yes." Tom nodded sadly. "Just... you know... it's still a crime scene Jase."
"I know, I swear I won't touch her."
"I trust you." Tom nodded.
Jason latched onto Kat's hand and started toward the backyard that he had built during his marriage to the latest victim. In the middle of the green lawn was a white sheet. Jason let go of Kat's hand and slowly approached the sheet. He knelt down next to it and gingerly lifted it. Liz's dull green eyes gazed unseeingly up at him. Her dark blonde hair brushed neatly back with the ring of flowers around her, his signature. Jason swallowed against the lump forming in his throat as Kat laid a gentle hand on his shoulder. He took his free hand and and covered her much smaller one.
"I'm so sorry." Kat said quietly.
"Promise me Kat, that we'll take this... thing down, no matter what." Jason said without looking away from Liz.
"I promised that at the first crime scene I was at for this guy." Kat replied. "And now it's more true than ever. I will catch this guy."
"I know you will." Jason nodded. He took a deep breath and finally stood up, taking one last look at his daughter's mother. Liz didn't deserve this, nobody deserved this kind of death. Kat and Jason left the backyard hand in hand. "I... I have to... have to tell Lilly."
Kat nodded silently as Jason released her hand and started walking toward his truck. Kat stood frozen in her spot, debating to follow him or stay behind. Jason turned around suddenly and walked back to her.
"Would you... come with me?" Jason asked. His voice was broken and low, and it shook Kat to her very core to see this strong man in such a state. Again she didn't feel the need for words as she took his hand and nodded solemnly. They got into the truck quietly. Jason gripped the steering wheel and hung his head. Kat racked her brain for something to say. "Don't say anything Kat. Just... Just be here. Be with me."
Kat bit her bottom and reached out to place a hand on his shoulder. Jason finally straightened in his seat and started the truck. As he drove, Jason took Kat's hand in his own. Kat gently rubbed his hand with her thumb as they rode in silence toward Tanya and Rocky's house.
Jason parked on the street, noticing that all their friends were already at the house. Jason silently let go of Kat and climbed out of his truck. Kat did the same. As they started toward the front Jason suddenly froze and looked to Kat. Tears sprung up in his eyes. "What am I supposed to say to Lilly?"
Kat felt the tears forming in her own eyes as she wrapped her arms around Jason once again. "I don't know Jase, but I'll be here with you."
Jason pulled her tighter against him as he cried into her hair. His fingers bit into the soft flesh of her back again and tremors racked his body. "I just... I can't... What..."
"Shh. I know Jase. We'll get through this. I swear to you." Kat said softly trying to fight back her own tears. She could feel Jason heartbreak as if he were pouring his pain and suffering into her with his tears.
"Lilly has... has to live... without her mother." Jason cried still against her hair. It was so hard seeing Jason like this. He had always been the strong, immovable rock that the rest of them clung to in hard times. Seeing him be the vulnerable one, clinging to her was just surreal.
"I know Jase. I'm so sorry." She whispered as she gently stroked his back.
"I can't tell her Kat."
"Jason, there isn't much choice right now." Kat own voice began to break as she fought back the tears.
"This isn't fair!" Jason finally pulled himself away from Kat. Anger burning in his midnight eyes. "I shouldn't have to be telling Lilly that her mother is dead!"
"I know Jason." Kat replied as she reached for his hands once again. "It isn't fair."
"None of this makes sense." Jason said softly. Kat seemed to have a calming affect on him, the anger still burned in his eyes but it was gone from his voice.
"We'll figure this out and nail the bastard, Jason." Kat nodded, determination showing brightly in her sapphire eyes.
"I have to go in there." Jason said as he looked at the front door again. "I have to tell her."
"I'm right here Jason." Kat nodded. He released one of her hands but held her left hand firmly in his right and they walked to the front door together.
Slowly they entered the house. Everyone, minus Tommy, Anna, Zack, and Kimberly, were there in the living room. Trini, Aisha, and Tanya all walked over and gave Jason a hug and a kiss on the cheek. Adam, Rocky, and Billy nodded sadly at him, sympathy written clearly on their faces.
"Where's Lilly?" Jason asked in hoarse voice.
"Upstairs." Tanya said sadly. "Rosa and Lucy are distracting her."
"Do you want me to go get her?" Rocky asked quietly.
"I... I don't know what to say." Jason broke down yet again. Kat moved quickly in front of him, wrapping her arms around his shoulders as he leaned his head on her shoulder again. "This isn't the way things were supposed to happen." The others in the room were silently crying as well, arms securely holding each of their respective spouses.
"Daddy! Daddy, why are you crying?" Lilly ran into the room. She had come down the stairs for a drink of water when she saw her father crying on Kat's shoulder.
"Lilly-pad. I..." Jason stammered as he released Katherine. She stood behind him as he knelt down to his daughter's height. "I have something... very important to tell you."
Lilly stood watching him with her dark brown eyes, for a six year old she could be very serious, much like her father. Jason swallowed against the lump forming in his throat.
"Last night... Mommy..." Jason choked on his words and swallowed again. "Mommy... died... last night Lilly."
"Died?" Lilly exclaimed. "Like Grandpa did?"
"Yes, Lilly." Jason nodded trying to fight back the tears.
"No! No! She couldn't have! Mommy isn't old!" Lilly took a few steps back, her eyes growing wide. "You're lying."
"I'm so sorry Lilly-pad." Jason said softly. "Mommy's gone."
"No! You're lying!" Lilly suddenly shot her small hands out to her father's chest and pushed him back. Jason caught his balance before he was knocked on his back, and sat up.
"Lilly..."
"Liar!" Lilly began beating her small fists on Jason's chest and he let her, it didn't hurt and he knew she needed to vent. "Why are you lying to me? Stop lying!"
"I'm so sorry Lilly." Jason finally stopped fighting back the tears again.
"No! Liar!" Lilly repeated over and over again as she continued her assault on her father. Rosa and Lucy had come down stairs upon hearing their friend screaming. Their fathers had immediately scoped them up and were holding them tightly. The Park twins were still outside, unaware of the events occurring inside the house.
"Why Daddy?" Lilly finally collapsed against Jason's broad chest as he wrapped his arms around his trembling daughter, slowly rocking her back and forth. "Why?"
"I don't know baby." Jason whispered. Kat stood behind the twosome, quietly wiping her tears away. The heartbreak of that one little girl renewed her determination to solve this case. That one little girl, the daughter of the man she loved, would have to endure an entire life without her mother because of this one monster, and because she wasn't fast enough or good enough to catch him.
Everyone was silent, giving the father and daughter a few moments of silence to grieve over their loss. Suddenly Kat's cell phone starting going off, signaling a new message, breaking into the silence. She snuck away to the kitchen to check her messages. Her eyes grew wide as she was confronted with a picture of Liz, bound and gagged. Her green eyes wide and full of fear and pain, tears streaking down her cheeks. The screen suddenly changed to a text.
I HAD WARNED YOU, AGENT HILLARD, TO STAY AWAY FROM HIM!
HER BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS!
Katherine's blood ran cold as she recalled his warning in September. Suddenly the screen changed yet again. She now watched her own naked form, sandwiched between Jason's hard body and the cold door.
The phone fell from Kat's hand as if it were a hot potato as she dropped to the floor on her knees, her whole body shaking. Her raised a trembling hand to her mouth to suppress the scream she could feel building inside of her. This 'thing' was more than just obsessed with her, he was following her, watching her. He thought he could control her.
"Kat!" Tanya called as she walked into the kitchen, she had seen her best friend collapse behind the counter. Kat turned to look at her friend, as Tanya knelt next to her, fear etched into her sapphire eyes.
"He... he's watching me." She whispered in a shaky voice.
"What are you talking about Kat?" Tanya asked. She spotted Kat's phone laying on the ground a few feet in front of her. "What happened?"
"He..." Kat reached out for her phone with a shaky hand. "The 'Angel Killer' is watching me. He knows about me and Jason."
"How?" Tanya asked. Kat flipped the phone around to show Tanya, once again it was on the video clip of her and Jason. "Oh my god!"
"He killed Liz to get to me." Kat bit on her bottom lip, willing herself to not break down. "This is all my fault."
"Kat you... you can't blame yourself." Tanya laid a gentle hand on Katherine's shoulder. Kat shrugged her off and forced herself to her feet, despite that she was still trembling and wobbly on her legs. Kat threw her hands out and braced herself against the counter.
"I should have listened... I should have stayed away... I should..." Her tears overpowered her as they streaked down her cheeks yet again. "I have to get to Dell, he can trace the message!"
"Kat, you're in no shape to drive!" Tanya argued as Kat started toward the front door. "Let someone take you."
"No one is safe around me, don't you get it?" Kat retorted as she took Tanya by the shoulders. "Everyone should stay here, keep each other safe."
"What about you?"
"Just... keep your family safe Tan." Kat argued. She had regained most of her composure and turned to leave. She walked into the livingroom trying act as if nothing was wrong, but Jason had learned to read her too well.
"What's wrong Kat?" Jason asked from the floor. Lilly was fast asleep in his lap.
"Nothing Jase. Stay with Lilly, I've got to get back to my team."
"You're going to get yourself killed." Jason said deathly low as he glared at Kat. She bit on her bottom lip, unable to respond to that. She finally just walked away and out the door. She half expected someone to follow her outside, but sighed in relief when she realized that no one did.
Then she noticed a very large problem. She didn't drive herself to Tanya and Rocky's house. She had no way to get to her team unless she called one of them to come get her. Then she remember Jason had left the keys in his truck. He'll understand later, I won't take too long. Just drop off my phone, inform the team and come right back here with the truck.
"Going somewhere with my truck?" Jason asked from behind her as she started climbing in the drivers seat.
"I was going to be right back Jase." Kat replied.
"What's going on Kat?" Jason crossed his arms as he leaned against the side of the truck. "What did you learn that has you so shaken up?"
"It's nothing Jase." Kat shook her head.
"Bullshit! Don't lie to me Katherine!" Jason snapped as he stood up to his full height. "What's going on?"
"Shouldn't you be with Lilly?"
"She's asleep right now, Trini took her for me. Besides, I'm still on this case." Jason raised an eyebrow "What's going on?"
"I..." Kat sighed and slowly handed him her phone, unable to keep it hidden from him any longer. Jason's eyes widened as he saw the picture of Liz, then the screen changed and his eyes narrowed right at Katherine.
"He warned you..." Jason stopped mid sentence as he noticed himself and Katherine on the screen now. The phone fell to the ground as Jason took a few steps away from it as if it were poisonous. "What the hell?"
"That's why I have to get to my team." Kat said slowly as she picked up her phone. "That's why I was so shaken up."
"What more did he say in that car Katherine?" Jason's eyes were blazing as he stared at her. "Why didn't you tell us the whole story?"
"I..." Kat paused her mouth slightly gaping, she had no excuse. She had thought she was protecting Jason by not telling him, but she knew he would quickly dismiss that. No, the more truthful answer was she didn't say anything for her own benefit. If Jason or Russ knew what she knew, they would have put her under constant supervision, practically house arrest. As is it was, it had been bad enough while she recovered from the accident.
"What did he say?"
"That I was allowing you to distract me and that I should stay away from you." Kat replied as she closed her eyes, willing herself to not break down in front of Jason.
"You knew he was watching you then!" Jason yelled. His jaw tightened and his hands clenched into fists. "This is all your fault!"
"I... I'm so sorry." Kat said softly as she stared at the ground.
"If you had told us, or me, about this we could have..."
"Could have what, Jason?" Kat snapped her head back up to look at him. "Put me under lock and key and hope that this guy would give up?"
"Liz wouldn't be dead right now!" Jason retorted. "We could have prevented this, now Lilly has to live without her mother."
"He went after Liz because you got close with me." Kat shot back. Jason relaxed his body.
"Fucking you was my mistake then." Jason said bitterly.
"Jason..." Kat said softly as she felt the tears welling up once again.
"Get away from me Kat. You've caused enough problems for me." Jason shook his head and started toward the front door. "And leave my truck alone."
"Jason!" Kat called after him, but he didn't so much as flinch. "Don't leave." She whispered into the empty air. Kat leaned back against the truck and stared up at the sky. I need to get out of here, I need to go home.