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Date: October 2023

Theme:  Resilience, Inspirational, Investigation, Forenscic, Exorcism, Healing, General audience

Characters: Raven Sensitive usual Johnas, Dessielle , Gabriel, Ming Yu, Beset, Ganesh

Words count: 18,732

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Note:  Raven were the first Bird to be sent from the Noah’s Arc at sea to find Land ...

In Native Spirituality, the Raven depleats Black Magic ...


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Chapter 1

The night was clear with the moon bright even at this early; the days were shorter already; looking pensive at the shore and the waves, he liked to come here to sit in this park at night and enjoy the sound of the waves when almost no one was there ... it was perfect to regroup and meditate. Today had been a pretty difficult day, everyone edgy at the office, something had happened but they weren’t told the details ... only that that most of the Elites were going to be deported urgently the next day ... one after the other over the next few weeks they were schedule to leave ... that meant that they were going to be busy here !!! ... and that they were going to have to do the jobs they were doing also ...

Chapter 2

 The morning came and he went to the base where he was instructed to go to report ... not sure where he was assigned to replace the person that was leaving ... He gave his ID has requested and his papers and certifications ...

The female soldier was kind with a stern tone “ You are from the reserve ?” she asked looking at his Id first

“ Civilian ... “ he answered ... holding his long explanation and trying to be matter of facts

She looked up at him and scrutinized him for a second ... then looked at his papers

He felt he was on the other side of the fence today ... him that normally made peoples feel like this ... now he was feeling scrutinized and on the spot

“ That is all in order ...” she said “ You can sit here ... the Sergent will see you “ she added

“ Permission to speak freely ...” he said in his best serious tone

“Relax ...” she said in a warmer tone smiling ... “Yes, what is it you need to ask “ she prompted

He lowered his voice and asked “What is that this job will be they are requesting me for ?” he asked a little worried and only could wish to be prepared before to see the Seargent and not be taken by surprised or on the spot ... again she scrutinized him looking at him without any expression ... “ If it is ok to ask to be prepared ...” he added a little worried if he was out of line

“ They didn’t tell you yesterday ...” she continued looking at his papers “ You are to be appointed to a special investigation “ she answered “ Your speciality is forenscic ?” she asked to confirmed

Happy that she gave him at least the idea of the new job “ Yes...I am a Forenscic Investigator for the army ... “ he said

“ You will be assigned to a police unit in the city for this job and not on the base as usual“ she explained and her air looked like a cloud had passed just for a second in front of her eyes ... then ... no more expression again and she looked away with a hand gestured “ the Seargent will explain you the details “ she said and went back to her work ignoring him

Puzzled from what he had perceived and feeling shaken ... he sat silently ... what was going on ... nothing unusual BUT ... everything unusual also ?! It just felt like something was very wrong ... he was feeling agitated too ...

 After few minutes,  outside the window was the troops running together ... observing them he heard his name “ M ... Raven ... Sensitive ...? “ the man called slowly

He stood up “Yes ... Johnas ... is my ususal name “ he confirmed

The man of a mature age smiled at him and invited him to come in his office with a gesture of his hand “ We are very happy to have you with us ... “ he said comfortingly

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Chapter 3

The next day in the train, en route for his meeting, with his new boss at the Police Station from where he will be working from now on, on his new assignment ... looking out the window ...

A women came to sit beside him ...

He was going to read his paperwork to be more prepared for his meeting, but decide to wait because of the confidentiality of the documents; he eyed her for a second ... just to have a feel who was next to him ... he lovely women with an air of no specific age ... she seemed mature,  but he couldn’t really see her face ... still she felt more like a 80 years women ... she was dress in fashion, with a lovely simple wool vest and a dress to her knee ... her hairs were in a bun in a scarf tight at the back below the bun ... nice silky fabric with delicate flowers to match the dress ... looking very quick ... he sized her shoes thinking that was a good way to assess the style and age from her shoes ... high shoes ... with a think heel ... not so elder he though maybe ... maybe very formal then ... he purse he couldn’t resist, even if he thought by now she would change seat probably feeling scrutinized like this ... but he couldn’t help it ... his eyes reverted to the window ... shoked he startled and ... try to look at her purse and he felt like his brain was squish and started to get an immediate headache ... he paused and he was starting to feel annoyed ... even more then before he wanted to see this purse or bag or anything she must be carrying ... he forced himself and seen that her bag was just a beach bag ... some big overnight bag on her lap ... his eyes reverted again to the window and his head turned to it ... even more annoyed again he thought to look better but a sound in his head started to yell loudly what will she think ... that look stupid to look at peoples like this...don’t do it ... DONT !!! ... and as he try to look anyways the sound in his head continued like a fanfare that the whole train could hear to alert everyone so they notice his discreet observation just to make him look like he was breaking the Law almost observing this women travelling bag ?! Now bewildered ... he felt almost frozen as he was really doing something wrong and had to force himself through this feeling of being observed and almost a criminal on the verge to be arrested on the spot to look at her bag and look anyways ... the bag was only and really just a beach overnight size bag on her laps that seemed not that full either and in a plain fushia color with some yarn like handle braided in some raw fabric like weaved ...

He was to turn to the window ... on his own will this time ... satisfied he had been able to succeed looking the bag of this women ... and also puzzled with a sort of frustration ... when he felt her move and heard her voice muffled ... so he looked her way in case she was talking to him and he found her standing by the seat with the bag on her side and the straps on her shoulders ... she was staring at him smiling ... lovely face, wrinkled eyes ... yes she was a mature women but maybe a lot younger then she felt ... “ I will be on your right shoulder” she said and left ?!

Startled he looked at the window again ... this was going to be an interesting assignment !!!

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Chapter 4

After few stations only, Johnas arrived at the station he had noted on his agenda; “ Amos “ was the station name “yes that it is “ as he walk through the train to get to the exit and outside... he couldn’t help looking to see if he could see the women again ... but he didn’t see her ...

At the dock he looked around and seen a cab and got in ... gave the police station name and address and he was there in 20 minutes ... going through a nice city ... nothing very alarming to bring to attention from this main street ... everything seemed fine ... few peoples were outside waiting for the buses at bus stops ... cars were quite a lot ... everything was fine ... BUT ... passing by a park he noticed it was empty ... on a week day ?! He looked at his watch ... 3h30pm ... he took mental note ...

At the station he arrived and introduced himself and was greeted by the Chief ... but the lady he was to meet wasn’t there ... he assured him that she would be back tomorrow to meet with him and referred him to a Hotel near by apologizing too proffusingly ... Johnas assured him there wasn’t a big problem for him to meet with her tomorrow as this was late already and he surely had to stay a night at least anyways ... thanked him for the Hotel reference and took note of the contacts and the time for tomorrow morning for his appointment with Ms Ming Yu ...

He turned to leave after shaking hand and he hesitated ... then he asked if there was something he could bring with him to prepare for tomorrow before to meet with her ... The chief looked at him and said bluntly “ no “ with a look in his eyes that meant almost not to insist

He looked sternly at him a little shock by this answer and felt that he wasn’t supposed to ask more ... a little puzzled and frustrated he asked to use the washroom before to leave and went saying bye to him ... Inside the washroom he almost exploded in furry but try to stay calm ... what in the world !!! no !? just like this ... after all this travelling and this meeting not happening ... no info and just no ?! ... he was pretty furious like he had been brushed off ... and not even inviting him to visit the station ?! ... he was definitely brushed off ... even more upset ... but still he didn’t felt it malicious or personal ... maybe something was going on or ?! ... maybe they didn’t trust him ... ?! yes probably it was some way to make sure who he was and if he was really been sent first ... probably the Chief would call the Seargent and confirm with a photo ... yes that made sense now as he could have been anyone just walking in and saying his story ... now he felt more reassured by the precautions and felt led upset ...

He left the washroom and took another cab to the Hotel and checked in quickly ... they were expecting him and he got a nice suite for the regular price ... so it wasn’t personal then and the Chief had made convenient arrangements for him ... he also wasn’t charged yet they told him only when he would leave and the suite was available the whole week they insisted ... “ I am not sure I will be here that long but that is good to know thanks ...” he said

He got organized quickly as he only had a briefcase with his papers and laptop and a small overnight bag ... the suite was lovely though ... looking by the window everything was nice and the view was nice from the 10th floor to see the whole city ...

He wondered about food ... looked at the list of takeout he could order ... and decided to call for a local restaurant of Sushis ... when they answered they blabbered something in a Asian language he assumed but it wasn’t very clear with very quick words and lots of shshshshs and the phone closed ?!  Then he tried at the grilled chicken place and the person who answered had a stranged accent and he couldnt hear what  she was saying like words very quick again with lots or grgrgrgrg and shshshhs and the phone closed ?! he decided to try the pizza place and there the guy who answered pretend he was almost falling asleep and started to call out to the name of someone else ?! so this time He closed the phone and jumped out of his seat and looked at the phone frustrated like he couldn’t believe this ...

He took the Hotel flyer and shuffled it quickly and seen that there was a menu for the Hotel restaurant ... “ alright then ... I will eat here ...” he said relieve there was a nice menu and he would be able to eat something after all ...

He went down to the restaurant and sat alone there and had his whole meal alone ... the waiter brought the bill and told him breakfast was between 8ham and 11ham and it was included in the price and gaved him a coupon with a code for the next day ... “Thanks so much “ he said smiling

Looking at the coupon he seen the numbers 1139-4

He stared at the numbers and wasn’t even sure why  but it just gaved him a feeling to be on to something but nothing rang a bell from there ... thinking he was overtired and now with a full stomach ... he decided to forget about it and placed the coupon in his wallet for the next day ...

At the bar he asked a whisky to go and they told him they would bring it as he wasn’t to walk with it through the Hotel ...

He went to his room and it was dark outside already ... so the room was dark ... he had forgot to leave a light open ... he opened the light and checked carefully that the washroom was empty and under the bed ... just a habit he had even at his place ... He went to the window and was eager to see the city at night from his floor but ... it was dark ... ?! almost no light ...?! only the street and traffic lights ... and few houses or apartment buildings units with lights behind curtains or a parking level with light on the different levels ... some small shops probably restaurants and this mall there but ... not much ... ?!

The knock at the door startled him and he asked first and it was the room attendant with his whisky ... so he opened the door and thanked him and went back inside with the tray ...

Placing it on the counter of the small kitchenette island ... he looked that it was a small sealed bottled with a nice whisky glass ... he would be safe and not poisoned thankfully he thought ... he went back to the window ... this was disturbing ... some cars ... he checked for buses but didn’t see any ...

He decided to go for shower and he could think later about this ... he was frustrated as he really couldn’t get a head start until tomorrow and had nothing to do and only wasted a day ...

After his shower in slacks and t-shirt he poured a glass of the whisky and they had brought some shortbreads packs so he went through the place and opened the bed covers and looked that it was spotless and it was fine ... the bathroom was immaculate and perfect too ... everything was very clean ... he installed his laptop on the desk and plugged it in and opened the drawers of the desk ... a book was there ... he took it ... The Bible ... !

Of course there is a say that there is a Bible in every Hotel room ... he took it preciously and was relieved it was there indeed ... thinking for fun ... he went to his wallet and took the coupon for tomorrow breakfast and shuffled through the pages for the number ... 1139 ... page 1139 ... St-Mathew ... he snorted amused and shuffled more to chapter 4 of St-Mathew ... Jesus tempted by the devil in the wilderness and chasing him away ... !

He looked at the pages silently and pensive about the right on coincidence or the message ... he looked at his computer and decided to read the Chapter and from Chapter 1 ...

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Chapter 5

The next day after his breakfast at the breakfast area of the Hotel ... almost alone with only few guests ... he got another breakfast voucher ... this time curious what he got after last night he looked purposefully at the number ... 1155-12; 26,29 ... then he felt a chill and a breeze behind him ... feeling scrutinized he looked in the direction and could only see a shadow in the corridor hallway going to the elevator standing there looking at him ... the face was blurry and he turned quickly not to look like he was staring at the person ... he placed the ticket in his wallet and took his jacket on his arm folded and stood up to leave for his meeting ... eying the area where the man was looking at him before to see if he was still there but not directly ... he wasn’t ...

He took a cab and arrived at the Police Station in time for his meeting with Ms Yu ... The Chief came to see him “ M Johnas ...” good that you are already here

“Thanks ... I am eager to meet Ms Yu ...”

“Yes ... please follow me to her office ... “ he asked gesturing

Walking through the Station there wasn’t anyone ... he took note of this a little puzzled ... maybe something was really going on here ...

Arriving at one office they got inside and the Chief offered a seat to him and went to sit at the desk ... outside the door there was a plaque with the name Officer Ming Yu Forenscic Department Manager  ... so this wasn’t his desk ... He waited silently for the Chief to speak first ... “We are very pleased to have you here with us ... “ he started

“ Thanks ... where is everyone ? “ Johnas asked

“ They have been called for some emergency by the army “ he replied “ We had quite many officers that are soldiers ... and now we need backup because they have all left ... “

Johnas abserved him to see if he was saying the truth ... then he tried ... “Any other non soldiers ? “ he asked

“They are on recovery “ he said and seemed sad or puzzled

Trying to get more information without directly pushing it he could get more info later “ And Ms Yu ?  When is she coming ?” he asked

“ She will be joining you at the site as it is across the city and she didn’t felt to come here just to great you and go there after loosing all this precious time ... “ he explained “We are working on a urgency situation and she has started already the forenscic investigation last week and didn’t want to loose a second ... medias are always impatient ... “ he added still looking stern at him


       “ No problem ... if she started already I will be happy to help her write down the paperwork ...” he said as normally they were done in few days

“Sure ... but this investigation only started and is not quite finalised yet ... Ms Yu will guide you on what she will need of you expertise ... “ he added still with this frozen tone

“ Anything i should be prepared before to go ? “ he suggested thinking his attitude might be because of a sort of bloody or gory homicide and still on shock ...

“ No ! ...” the Chief said

He looked at him again ... just like yesterday he wasn’t sure he wasn’t almost making fun of him ... how would it be no details to give him before hand ?

“ This is a very strange situation ... we are not very sure actually ... “ The chief added

He looked at him again now almost puzzled and was trying to show his best “make talk “ attitude ... but he only got

“ Ms Yu will explain you the situation when you are there ... “

“ Ok ... ?! “ he said

The Chief gaved him a piece of paper with the address and called him a cab that was already paid he assured him ... “ Please give this to Ms Yu when you are there ... it is some of the results she asked ...

“ Oh ! Thanks “ he took the envelope and went to the cab looking at the address on the piece of paper ... Hospital Santa Maria ... now he was even more puzzled ... maybe she just was there at that time and wanted him to join her where she was with the coroner or having some test results done ...  

Sitting he was some frustrated ... maybe they didn’t trust him ... he asked the cab to stop for a coffee at a drive through and they crossed the city that looked fine ... he wanted to open the envelop but it was sealed ...

Arriving at the Hospital he went to the elevator to get to the indicated floor ... looking at the board for the floor indication ... 8th floor ICU for neurology department ... He looked and went in the elevator ... the door closed and a man was standing staring at him leaning on the wall of the corridor from the elevator his image dasapeared as the door closed and it seemed that he looked like the one at the Hotel ... not clear face ... more like a blurr ... not even sure a man or a women ...

He went to the information desk and presented himself “ Hi ... I am M Johnas with the Forenscic Unit to meet Ms Yu “ he announced

The nurse at the nurse station looked at him and said nicely “ Yes ... please can I see your ID ? “ and he showed her his badge

“ Ok ... please go to room # 190 “

He went in the room and found a lady looking like sleeping ... “ Hi ... “ he said softly

She had her arms out of the blanket and her eyes were closed ... she looked fine but there was a monitor close by with a bag ... he peeked at the lady bracelet Ms Ming Yu ... Oh no ... he though ... her here ? That was probably the reason of this secrety and the need for his help if she was ill and off work ... the nurse came in ... “ What happened to her ?” “ The station said she was still working on a case few days ago “

“She is stable ... she arrived few days ago indeed ... we think she had poisoning ... she can hear you but she can’t talk now ...she is on intensive care because she is very weak ...” she said softly “ She is like comatose for now “ she added “ But she will get better soon “ she said encouragingly

“ Do you have any information about what could have poisoned her ? “ he asked

“ That is the strange fact is her blood and tests are all perfect ! she is on perfect health BUT ... we are not sure what did this to her ...” she said puzzled “ No trace of any sort of specific poison or health condition or chemicals ... ?! “ she said holing her hand gently “ But we are making more test ... maybe it is a agent that we don’t know about like a allergy “ she added

He looked at the lady and was upset as he was eager to meet her to started to work ...

“ I have this envelop they gave me for her about some tests results ... “ he said

“ I think it would be best to open it and start to work until she gets better ... “ the nurse suggest “ Please talk to her to let her know as she can hear you ... she is just very very weak ...” she suggested

He looked at the lady that was her boss now ... “ Hi Ms Ming Yu ... I am Raven sensitive of my native name and Johnas of my usual name ... I was to work with you on this case and will continue alone until you are better ...” he said then wated to add “ I am sorry for what is going on with you ... I will try my best to work things out ... I am a forenscic with the army but civilian ... “ He holded her hand gently like the nurse did and he felt a little movement under the palm of his hand like she had reacted ...

The nurse looked at the monitor and the screen and said “ she likes you ... she brought this with her when she came with the ambulance and insisted we pass it along to the agent who would come here and take over the case ... she handed him a folder in faux leather zipped for paperwork ...

“Thank you ...” Johnas said

“ Do not worry Ms Yu and rest ... I will work on this case from now on and you can join me back as soon as you are better ... “ he said encouragingly

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Going out of the Hospital he had to read these papers but he was across the city from his Hotel or the Station and since this was confidential and classified he couldn’t just read them at the coffee shop or the cafeteria of the Hospital ...

Maybe a nice meal for lunch before to start ... he didn’t even had a clue where to start ... surely he could peak at least for an address to start for the rest of the day and read the rest in details later at the hotel ...

He indicated the driver for the closest restaurant with booths that was open for lunches so he could have privacy and he dropped him at a nice family dinner close by ...

NEW He unzipped the binder on his lap from its side and peeked inside shuffling through the paper inside and from its side ... the waiter came to bring him a glass of water and he thanked him closing the binder on itself with his fingers ... after he left he continued his investigating the content ... papers and tabs were labelled and in envelop each ... a series of envelops with name on the front ... all the same ... with different addresses ... he counted ... there were 20 in total ... he looked the addresses and they were all different streets in this city ... 1st envelop labelled Jane Doe A address apt A city Newts ... 2nd envelop john Doe B apt B city Newts ... he skipped to the middle one Jane Doe K apt K city Newts ... the last John Doe T apt T city Newts ?! very crossed this was a case of some sort of serial killer in the loose ...

He asked the waiter for a take out instead as he wasn’t very hungry anymore ... he could later see inside the envelopes for more details ... There was at the end of the binder a inner folder with a snap and opening it he found a series of pages labelled as well and there was about 200 pages of Sheet of patients from Hospital with labels on each ... name of patient, age, gender, address, city Newt, area of Hospital admitted ICU , conditions ... he peeked to the series of patient forms and labels and most were stable condition but listed as coma or semi coma ... He thought ... just like Ms Yu ?!  What in the name of the world !!!?? 200 patients admitted in coma or semi coma ... He again could look the details in private later and the questions were buzzing in his head and he had to hold himself to open the whole thing in front of him and go through it ...

He opened the envelop the Chief had given him and looked inside ... test results from the coroner for the envelop list of victims ... he would look later at this too ...

Where was he to start now ... no note from Ms Yu ... maybe where she had stopped ... probably the last victim ... he looked at the date of the last report test and the address and label ... exact ... John Doe T was the last test requested and so the last place she would have been ... he noted the address on one of the napkin of the restaurant as he couldn’t find one piece of paper to write on ... to make sure he looked also at the last admitted patient to the Hospital patient 200 female Apt 200 ?! city Newts ... then to the date and it was after the last victim ... ?! Hum ... now the last place that she went then would have been to this one unless she just received this for the case from the Hospitals and only the paramedic went ... she would not be call normally on an ambulance call ... how did she got these findings too ... ?! Ms Yu was a very resourceful lady and he wished she was with him ... he looked at the date for the first victim case ... last January so only about 8 months or so and so many already ... then look at the first case of patient admitted ... February ... just a little few weeks after the first case ...

He took the napkin with the address of the last victim as for sure she would have been there before to get ill ... and left the payment for the lunch and a tip on the table for the waiter and left ... calling a cab and asked to go right to the address he had with the binder zipped and the envelop of results he had tucked inside...

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He arrived at the building and it was a nice building ... searched the elevator for Apt T and went inside for the higher floor ... there it had the tag locked for the forenscic and he opened it from the code The Chief had gaven him ... he went inside and there was no one ... some like the air was stiff though ... like a whitish film in the air ... he putted his mask on ... looked around in every room and it was just a regular apartment ... no blood ... no graffiti ... no stain on the carpet or floor ... he looked every room and everything seemed fine if he didn’t know it was part of this investigation ... he looked at the bedroom and seen the area marked where the body was found on the bed ... but no blood or nothing ... just nice beddings ... he would look later but for now it was just a vacant apartment ... he felt frustrated ... this just felt like there haven’t been anything happening here ... he went to the kitchen and looked in the trash ... just the regular trash very quickly ... he opened the frig and it was somehow full ... regular food also ... he went to the entrance closet and opened it and found only cloths to go outside, jackets, shoes and boots ... he went to the bedroom and looked in the closet and seen only regular clothes like shirts and Bermudas, pants, shirts, and shoes at the bottom of the closet all piled ...

He closed the closet and went to the bathroom and vanity and looked inside and seen only regular everyday items ... no sign of a concubine either or that there was a guest ... there was only medicines and regular items of a medicine cabinet ... he took the medicines bottled and only over the counter bottled ... they were full or half full ... not likely an overdose then ...

He sighed and went again to the living room and look out the window and the view was nice ... no balcony ...

He went again to the frig and looked at the left over but it was only jars open and not really dish left ... no tupperware ... “yes ... I ‘ll be done soon ... I’m just finishing ... ?! “ he stood and looked behind him ... he said that ?! who was he answering to ?! ... he went to the living room very quickly and the door was closed ... looking around everything was still the same way as before and looking everywhere again he found no one ... puzzled he stayed there in silence and observed and listened if he could hear something but he couldn’t ... he looked at the room and couldn’t see anything that was off ... just the apartment of a regular guy ... the drinks cabinet was closed and the whisky bottled was closed and half full and there was a bottled of wine still sealed so not a drinker either ... just a remote on the coffee table and candles on a plate ...

He went back to the kitchen and open the frig again and looked as the voice happened when he was there ... but nothing this time ... he left ... he had to look at the other evidence and see if something would make a clue into this later at his Hotel ...

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Back at his Hotel he ran to his room and took a shower and decided he preferred to eat in his room to have more time to revise the documents ... he called the desk office and asked room service ...

He looked outside and still everything seemed fine but ...

A knock at the door it was the room service and they gaved him the tray with a silver dome on the plate and a glass for a small bottle of wine ...

He sat at the small table and left the tray on the side as he couldn’t wait to examine the binder ... he unzipped it and went through the content ... envelop by envelop he opened and check inside the photo and the notes ... all the same ... victims were found dead after being missing at work and the lanloard had called the police and the forenscic unit had been dispatched ... all were intact ... all seemed to have a regular life and regular apartment and no sign of gory or blood anywhere ... only they found on their bed ... the coroners of previous cases had found no other signs either or any strange chemicals or poisoning in their blood ...

He would have to go directly talk to her to know more then just notes ...

He called the Army office appointing him and explained he would have to stay here for a little while because of the amount of cases and the mysterious cause to be unknown with the amount of coma and semi comatose patient as well and also told them about Ms Yu condition ... they assured they would make arrangements for the room and he contact his lanloard to tell him he was out of town on a job and  not to worry if he wasn’t around for few days or weeks ...

He then looked again at the envelops and noticed the clue about the Apt # and the case code ... A apt A ... B apt B ... and for 20 like this  ?!

Then he seen that the comatosed or semi comatosed were 200 cases that had to call the ambulance for serious symptoms and were still there and they were patient 1 apt 1 to patient 200 to apt 200 ?!

This gaved him a chill ... he had enough expertise to know this was the work of a psychopath serial killer , but no other clues ... ??!!! Now he felt he had to dig more because probably they had missed something then ...

He had to eat something too so he went to his tray and tried to eat his meal ... it was a delicious Primavera pasta dish and with the red wine this would calm him a little ... he took the tray and brought it to the sofa and on his lap to eat there with his glass of wine on the coffee table ... the curtains close ... he ate thinking ... he had to find what caused this so maybe the patient could recover and Ms Yu ... he had to check the symptoms of the patients and hers see if they were the same ... and if there was a link between the patients and or the homicide ...

He looked at the coffee table and thought it was nice they had placed a candle there ... he took it ... vanilla scent ... some Glade candle but still it was a nice thought ... he went to look for a lighter to light it thinking it would relax him and remembered he didn’t bring one ... maybe he had to stretch his legs and go for a little walk instead of calling room service for this ... so he packed everything back and went downstairs ... bought a lighter from the desk supplies for guests and went back to his room ... he went to sleep early for an early start the next day ...

The next days he tried to go to some of the 20 addresses ... but except for the 2 last ones ... they were all rented since ... the landloards assured they had been cleaned since there was an homicide and they had waited the 1 month advise ... then they had rented it and there wasn’t any complaints since ... He then went to the previous homicide and this one was not rented yet ... he looked and found the same as the last one ... nothing ... everything in good condition ... no blood or gory ... clothes and food and regular everything ... candles and nice belongings ... shoes and boots and jackets in closets ... same for the bed ... nice beddings but ... he looked at the tag ... oh ! fancy satin sheets ... like the previous one ... this appartment was a female Jane Doe S ... no identity also ... beddings from a designer ... he looked at the closet and looked at the tags of the clothes that looked regular clothes and usual wear but they were designer too and different ones ... those 2 victims had money then possibly ... and no identity ?! ... then he looked at the shoes and boots all in disorder at the bottom of the closet and seen that they were also designers ... all piled up ... they must have had them new and didn’t care much about them now ?! he had to check the first place again for coincidences John Doe t ... So he did going with the cab and found the same brands and some different But All was designer ... ?!

He looked around again and that was all he could see that was odd ...

He felt a movement besides him and turned around to look ... all was fine ... his eyes went to the candles on the coffee table ... maybe because he had them at his Hotel they brought his attention ... same as the previous homicide ... tea candle without label ... this one had been used half ... he looked in the drawer of the coffee table and seen there was more for spare ones but without a box ... then he went to the trash and looked in it and seen the bottom of 2 candles with the metal disk at the bottom and the end of a wick at the bottom of the trash ... so this person had used 2 at least candles and 1 half and there was more to use ... he took one in a forenscic bag and labelled it ... then on his way to the door he almost tripped on the floor and looking it was laminated so he didn’t got his feet in anything ?! he took his shoes out and looked at the sole if there was something wrong with his shoes and then he got a flash ... he put he own shoe back and went to the closet and looked at the shoes and boots and looking very quickly at one pair after the other under the sole ... he ran to the bedroom closet and checked there too and ... he stood up in chill ... all the size were off ... !!! There was some of every size and the running shoes could even had been for a child and these flip flop could fit a teenager girl ... This was the apartement of john Doe T so a man ... these were surely not his ...

He left to previous homicide again Jane Doe S and checked the same ... he found the candles half used and 3 in the trash that had been used totally and he found more in a drawer ...

He check all the shoes and boots and here too they were all different size ... these boots could fit a man ... here too there was even some smaller one even too small for a women probably or this was the only pair of the all she had that fitted her as they were the only that small ... ?! which one were the person ones ?! he had to check more in details the shoe size of every homicide and see which one were theirs and which one not ...

He took one of the candle and placed it on the homicide bag and labelled this one too ... The station was across the city so he left the candles with the closest station for investigating the candles and gave his contacts to get back to him ASAP ...

He called the Chief and asked if he knew what had happened to the belongings that were in the 18 other homicides ... he told him since they had found nothing it was handled by the landloards that probably had called a donation charity to pick up everything since they had no identities and so no family to contact ... he told Johnas that he would try to check which charity was contacted ... and said he was sorry for him being alone with this since Ms Yu was ill ...

Johnas went back to his Hotel and felt exhausted and puzzled ... this was a case inusite ... not much clues and the clues were so bizarre ...

He ordered room service again and ate sitting with the tray on his lap as the day before and drank his wine with his meal ...

       It was still early so he called the nurse station to check on Ms Yu and the nurse assured him that she was still stabled ... he thanked her and closing the phone he heard about a coupon ... coupon ?! ... ah! The coupon for the breakfast and went to his wallet and found the one he had tucked in his wallet and forgit to leave the waiter at breakfast this very morning ... they didn’t asked for it as they knew he was a guest anyways ... he looked at the numbers 1155-12; 26,29 ... took the Bible and search like the other day ... St Mathew Chapter 12 he looked for verse 26 and 29 ... he frowned ... and a chill went through him ...

******

 Chapter 6

       He woke up and it was still night outside so he got his coffee and decided to think what was best for the day ... looking out his window he could see the sky getting lighter with the day coming soon ... He leaned on the side of the window and sipped his coffee looking at the sky and the city ...” Lovely view “ ... a voice said ... He paid attention ... definitely a voice in his head but ... “ yes ... I quite like it ...” he replied outloud “ It will be a busy day today ... “ the voice added “ Yes ... “ he said thinking “ do we know each other ? are you another patron ? I am not sure we should talk like this ...” he said stern “Then he remembered the Bible verses “ quoting St Mathew 4 when Jesus was tempted by The devil in the wilderness ... Satan Go ... you should not tempt the Lord ... “ he said sternly and confidently stretching his hand in front of him palm facing an invisible person in front of him

       Something shrinked on it’s own and vanished n itself ...

       Bewildered and feeling a new empowerment he signed himself the sign of the cross and made a spontaneous prayer “ Lord ... I have promised to serve you as I do my work and use it to my best abilities to help you and the innocents ... I ask your help to guide me in this puzzling case ... “ he said inside himself

       “ You should state your position ...!” the voice said

       Bewildered  again he froze in shock and thought ... what he meant by this ... the he had an insight “ I bow to God of bible and his sames and not the devil and his sames ... Satan Go “  He said and did the hand gesture confidently again ...

       He stayed there at the window for few minutes and then he got a sparks ... he ran to the folders and envelopps and started to look through the labels ... and inside each of the 20 envelopp ... looking for a specific detail ... then he looked in front of him and “ what in the world ...” he ran to his computer and files this new finding to the Chief and cc Ms Yu “ I have got a new lead into this case ... discrepancy leads ... then he mentioned the shoes problems and also that the files were Jane and John Doe and so who;s work had called to reported their missing ?! also the cases from the coroner state that the time of death was last year ... same moth but a year ago ... he asked contact to contact the coroner to know if this was a mistake or if this was accurate ... he said that the 2 last case S and T had to be kept for further investigations and not rented right away as he had to go back ... he also needed help with the details of the case S and T about their clothes mesurements ... mostly important shoes and also if they had children or partner or not ... “

       Then he sent it and got his shower and got ready for the day ... he decided to go for breakfast until he would get a reply from his Chief ... There he ate plenty ... he hadn’t ate a lot in the last few days and this was a blessing to have at least a start good meal ... He was getting his coffee when he heard the phone in his pocket sound that he had a new reply ... he went to his table and placing his binder in front of himself he read his text in private ... “Ah ! perfect ....” he said to himself reading the Chief was calling an associate in this field of work that they had as contacts ... and was getting the information he needed ready as soon as possible for him ... he was relieved that he could count on the team here since Ms Yu was ill ... he took mental note that he had to ask more info about the patients too ... but since they were in good hand and stables he had to hurry about the homicides first as there was only 2 that was still available to search ...

       He got the bill and paid and got a coupon for breakfast again ... he looked at the number and seen Amos 1-6 ... He thought ... that is the same name as the train Station isn’t it ? he placed it in his wallet and would look later ... then he took it out and looked again ... Amos ?! ... this time it was definitely clear that it was a clear sign or message not just a coincidence about numbers ... he looked around and the waiter was busy at the brunch table ... he was a new one today ... he placed the coupon in his wallet and felt draw to go talk to him and so needed an excuse ... “excuse me “ he said nicely to the waiter ... The waiter turned around to look at him ... “yes ?” he seemed strange, like very very gentle and radiant ... that was strange considering what was going on ... “I would like to bring this yogurt for my work today ? is it ok ... “ taken the first item he could think just to be able to talk to him ... “ Yes ... sure do “ he said smiling and staring smiling at him “ Eh! Thanks ... he said ... and thanks for the coupon ...” Johnas said

       “ No problem ... “ he said still staring at him and smiling ... Johnas felt that he had to look away first as it was too much to hold the stare ...

       He turned away and said leaving “Thanks again ...“  

       In the cab he looked at the bill and seen the waiter’s name Gabriel ...  

*****

       At the first address at felt like he had passed thew whole day here yesterday ... here again ... he came in and there was a women standing in the room ... “ Hi ?! “ he called ... she turned and was also smiling at him ... “ Hi ! “ ... “Officer Johnas ... ? “ she asked

“Yes ... he said ... this unit is quarantined for investigation ... “ he said getting his serious manners back “ And you are ? “ he asked her

“ I am Dessielle “ she said softly

She looked familiar ... she was a mature women but her demeanours looked like she was younger then she seemed ... her eyes had bluish under ... but otherwise she only had few wrinkles ... her hair were covered with a scarf ... he looked close to the door quickly and seen the bag ... The lady from the train ! yes it was her ... he smiled without thinking and got his serious back

“ The Police Chief has called me to help with this investigation ...” she said softly

“Do you have your papers ? “ he ask

“ I have this email i received from him and my ID “ she went to her bag and took it and was getting her wallet when she hesitated ...” and do you have yours ?”

“ Yes ... “ he took his wallet and showed his badge ... she looked at the badge and taking sometime she compared the number and name with the email looking from one to the other with her finger following the numbers ... she then looked satisfied and looked at him smiling again ... “Please to meet you Officer Johnas” she said softly again

He was a little shocked by her demeanors “ So you are a forenscic too ? “ he asked and at the same time she took her wallet and showed him the email and her ID ...” he looked as he had almost forgot he had asked ...

“ Yes that is perfect ... “ he holded his hand to shake hers “ Please to meet you Dessielle ...”

They shook and quickly and she turned around and left to walk through the apartment ... her face saddened ... and she walked like if she was going through a pile of dirt with a wrinkled nose almost ... she looked at the bed and almost had a vomiting jerk where she placed her hand in front of her mouth and then her eyes became the size of a toonie when she seen the candles ... him puzzled, as he never seen such a quiet and neat homicide place felt, was observing her with some sort of amusement thinking she was maybe very dramatic and keep looking at what she was looking at with tragic demeanours, with some questioning look to what was so dramatic about this and that ... then she went to open the closet and her face became dark like she was furious ... she looked frozen for seconds and then started to go through the pile of shoes and boots in a frenzie ... she cried “Oh! No ! ...” and it hit him right in the chest like she had screech at decibels but she was almost silent and she became flushed and when she looked up she had real tears in her eyes ... he froze seeing that she wasn’t making that up ... she ran to the washroom and started to sob loudly her face in her hands ... he looked and didn’t know what to say ... she was crying loudly in real distress ... he thought maybe this was too much for her ... anyways he decide to go look for this piece of coincidence he needed that he had forgotten and went to the entrance closet and when he opened it it seemed that 100 voices were screaming at him there ... he became excited too and started to look at the size of the jackets and those too were all mismatch ... this was the female Jane Doe S apartment so the small and Large men jacket was not hers probably or ??!! and so the women jackets and vest were from small to medium to large also ... so this too was to be confirm and what was the deal ... “a person could wear to disguise too big cloths “ a voice in his head suggested ...
“ true” he said to himself ... but not too small cloths though !!! he thought stern

       He had to have the size of this case too ... looking to go check to the bedroom closet for the same info he looked briefly in the bathroom and Dessielle was still there sitting on the seat closed looking shocked ...

       He looked at the apartment and it seemed it was transformed ... there was a cloudish withish feel in the air and everything intact seemed to be screaming now in his head ... he went frustrated to the bedroom closet and looked at the cloths quickly and it was the same ... small to large and all gender and even a pair of pants that were not capris but small pants !!! and this skirt was not a mini skirt either ... even stretching a fitted tube dress, this one wasn’t going to fit a regular size women ... ?!

       She came out of the bathroom and looked all flushed and terrible actually ... but she was calm now ... he looked at her and was muted ...

       “ I am sorry for this ...” she said

       “ That is ok ... forenscic are difficult to deal with and not everyone can do it ... if it is too difficult ...”

       “ I am not a forenscic agent ...” she said looking in an angle not directly at him “ I am a Spiritual Healer“

 ******

Chapter 7

       They took a cab to the last case of the homicide T and went together to check to cloths and found the same as in the case S ...

       Johnas received a message on his phone and went to read it in private ...

       Then he came back and told Dessielle

       “I had asked the Chief to look at some details for me ... the case S was a female with size medium 8 women and shoes 9 ... this case S was a male and his build was large men cloths with shoes 12 man ... they were found alone ... he replied about my enquiry that the person found wasn’t the person it had been rented to as per the Landloard and lease contract ... he specified that the date from the coroner as per the date of the death is right and that she meant last year so 1 year ago before to be found ?! “ he looked at her in puzzlement “ then he assured that the papers stated that they were reported missing from work ... “ he looked at her again and continued “ he said he has the work that called in all cases, and it is not the work the tenants that had signed the leases said they were working at ... “ he paused “ the work that called was all the same number in All the 20 cases ...” he sighted and continued “ he said that the units were rented to a single person each and fitted the male and female found and not having any kids as per the lease “ ...

       He sat at one of the chair “ So someone was found dead of the same gender in All the apartment that was not the person that had rented ?!  and a work place, that is not the work place supposed to be the one they had, but the same in ALL cases, had called for a missing person ... ?! “

       Dessielle that had listemed carefully added “ That means that the original tenants are still as missing then ... maybe they had sublease their unit ... BUT they are not the one dead here so they are missing for now and not those ... “ she said pensive “ we have to get more info about the work theyb had and what happened to the original tenants ... and if they are fine or not ... “ He interrupted and added “ Maybe their ID are used somewhere else that we can locate them ... “

She agreed with a sign of her head and added “ and we need to know what was their work ... maybe they are still at the same work place ... and those what work called if they were dead last year ?! “ she asked to herself

       “ That must be a very good clue into this affair ... “ we need to know who is this person reporting peoples missing a year later “ he said

       She said “ maybe the person pretended they were just missing from work but they never worked there because they thought we wouldn’t match the year being last year ...” she said

       “Hum ! this is very still bizarre kind of clues ... now the person wanted us to think they were the actual tenants and missing now ...” he was pensive

       “ I have asked to check these info as to the work as you suggested and they will get back to me ...”

       “Please let’s leave here for now ... this place now gives me the creeps ... “ he said “ and what about these clothes and shoes “ he said to himself frustrated

       “ yes ... this seemed very strange indeed ...” she said pensive

       The left and went to a dinner for lunch close by while they were deciding what to do next and wait for more info

        At the dinner they sat at a booth so they could talk more privately ...

       “ So ... what is a Spiritual Healer ? “ He asked interested

       “ A person that free Spirits ... “ she said

       He looked at her serious and frowned “ Like a Psychic ? ... or a medium ...” he said

       “ Sort of in the same kind of field ... but a spiritual Healer try to send the Spirits or deceased trapped in this realm to their Hearafter ... not communicate or try to have encounters with them ... “ she explained

       “ Ah! ... won’t the deceased need to be there for this ? “ he asked  

       “ No ! “ she said

       Trying to be a little bit more helpful she said “ It is not like a priest that would visit a person that is ill and in palliative ... but it is a person that can reach to the stucked deceased and free them ...”

       “Unfinished business ... I see “ he stated

       She looked at him sadly ... he wondered what he had said ... “ Yes ... maybe ... “ she looked away for a seconde and then back to him like she had to break a bad news “ But normally ... places are hunted by the living ... criminals witches, sorcerers or sorceresses ... not by the dead ... “ she said and waited that he assimilated this first then continued “ They are trapped into some sorcellery Spells ... and need to be freed to move on ... “ she added serious

       He looked at her and this was the first time he heard about this ... he wanted to ask something but the  waiter came to take their order and left ... then again when he wanted to ask more the phone messaged him “ They got an info ... “ he read and looked at her “ The phone work is bogus ... it is always the same private number of a personal phone ... it is not a company ... we have to go interrogate this person ... “ he said “ the ID’s from the cases homicides were not used for a year ... Oh No ... they had quit their jobs ... “ he said reading and then looked at her “ so they had quit their job ... and their ID are not used since last year ... ?! he said even their bank account was closed last year ... ?! “ he continued to read “ the apartments were paid though ... from a different account ... “ his eyes went wide “What ! ... “ he looked dibeleived at her “ This can’t be so easy of a mistake either ... the work of an amateur ... ?! “ she looked at him “What does he say “ he prompted “ He said that the apartments were paid by the person , same name, then the phone who called that they were missing ?! “ he looked at her

       “ The person paid a apartment for a year for a dead person ... for 20 deceased persons ... then decided to call themselves to report they were missing ... hoping that they would look just passed ?! “ she prompted again

       “ Yes ... that is look like “ he said puzzled

       The waiter arrived by the table and she jumped in fright ... he jumped too of her reaction and she left almost running to the washroom ... The waiter puzzled was still waiting there with the plates in his hands ... “please place them here ...” Johnas said “ My friend is a little emotional and this is a difficult time “ he said

       “ I am sorry ... “ the waiter said

       “ Thanks “ he gestured the waiter to place the plates on the table and message back the Chief at the station ... “ I need a warrant of investigation and interrogation to this person who called and paid the rent “ he wrote and sent

       *******

Chapter 8

       The dish seemed and smelled delicious but he wasn’t really in appetite ...

       Dessielle came back to the table and apologized her eyes and face flushed again ...

       She looked at her plate and started to eat looking at it and totally ignoring him ...

       “ I have messaged the Chief at the station to get me a warrant of interrogation and investigation for the suspect that called about the missing homicides and paid their rent ... “ he said

       “ Yes ... that is a good idea ... “ she said between two bites looking at him and went back to her plates eating with appetite ...

       He puzzled looking at her eating with such appetite after such a drama scenes twice

       She didn’t added anything else and continued eating without talking looking at her plate ...

       He was looking at his plate couldn’t even think to eat anything ... he waived to the waiter and asked a take out box ...

       She finished her whole plates and then looked at his ... “ Are you not eating ? “ she asked

       “ I will bring it with me because I am not really hungry now ... “ he said

       She looked at him and said kindly “ You have to eat ...” with a tone almost bossy

       He looked surprised by this tome ... this women had many different personalities and very emotional ... then she added “ You have to eat anyways ... or they would not let you ...” she said pressuring the importance of this misunderstood for bossy

       “ Fine ... I will and bring the rest with me ... It does look delicious ...” he said and tried a bite ... the food was warm but tasted nothing ... he added salt ... then it was too salty ... he moved the salted part and ate the rest silently even if it didn’t taste anything ... She made her Tea and he decided this would be great so he started to make his with his tea bag and the sugar and adding the creamer the whole thing curded ... “ Oh! No ! the creamer are out of date ...” he said “ is your fine ? “ he looked at her tea and it was fine

       Her eyes went big but she didn’t say anything

       He called the waiter and asked another tea ... the waiter looked at him and at her and she just looked at the table without saying anything ... the waiter hesitate like he was to say something but then apologized and assured he was to replace it ... he then came back with a new bag and mug empty and the whole bowl with sugars and creamers ... Johnas thanked him and made a new tea while Dessielle was drinking hers ... her plate also removed from the table ... he poured the water on the tea bag and added sugar and then the creamers that he looked first in the little cup and it seemed fine until he mixed it with his spoon and it curded again ... “What ! “ he said annoyed

       He opened the creamer and smelled it and it seemed fine ...

       He called the waiter again and this time he appologized but he needed a new one ... The waiter looked at it and his eyes went big and at her who was avoiding his look ... this time it was obvious and he noticed ... the waiter assured he was to bring another one again and brought a creamer ceramic instead ...

He was to started the whole process again but she extended her hand and said softly “ let me “

       She made the tea the same way he had did and added the creamer and it was fine ... he looked amazed and puzzled but wasn’t in the mood to ask and started a conversation and drama there ... so he drank it and tried to eat a little bit more ...

       He got a message and read it “ Ok we can meet with the suspect tomorrow afternoon at his place the Chief said “ he said reading

       “ Could we meet him at the station ? “ she proposed

       “ We could but ... it is more accurate and also more relevant to see where the person live ... there could be clues there ...” he replied stern to explain

       “ I think it would still be best to meet the person at the station ... “ she thought “ there would be camera surveillance for replaying it if we had missed an information ...” she proposed as sternly as him

       He thought ... he shouldn’t listened to her as this was never the best way to get any relevant informations ... but since she could break through to make the tea fine though ... maybe he should listen her advise ... “ maybe it is a good idea to have the video surveillance to replay it indeed “ he said and message back his Chief and they confirmed they would contact the suspect for meeting them close to his place so they could meet him at the Station in that area ...

       “ That seemed fine “ he said to her sipping his tea

“ the Chief said we can meet with the suspect tomorrow end of afternoon at the station close to his place ... that is the address he gave me ...” he wrote it for her on a napkin and gave it to her ... “ we will probably go there together since it is at the end of the day but just in case ... “ That is a good idea “ she said placing the napkin in her bag ... same as in the train he remembered

“What will be on the agenda to the afternoon ? “ she asked

“ Well I have to get few results from some of the tests ... but all the other homicides apartments have already been rented ... so we can’t go there and I think we are pretty much done in those 2 last ones ... “

“ What are the results for ? “ she asked

“ I asked to examined the candles ... “ he said and felt silly saying it for some reason

She looked relieved on the contrary and exclaimed “ That is a great idea “

“ How many more apartments ? “ she asked again

“ 20 total and so 18 have been rented that were before in sequence and so we were at the 2 lasts” he said and this time he examined her reaction ...

She sighed and looked sad

“ There was also the cases of the admitted patients to the Hospital in semi coma or coma condition and are all in ICU for intensive care ... “ Then he looked pensive like it was hard to concentrate and started to sip his tea silently

Observing him she prompted “ So about the patients in the hospital ... ?! “

       “ Yes ... “ he came back to himself “ I have asked to advise me of any change in their situation of conditions ... we were lucky Ms Yu, she is the forenscic manager , had got the information to link to this investigation ... if not it was only these 2 last homicides that we could work with ... “ he said

       “ What Hospital are they at ?” she asked

       “ They are in different Hospital as there was 200 in total “ he said

       “ 200 ?! “ she exclaimed

       “Yes ... they started , as I have checked the dates ... few weeks after each homicides and few at a time for some days and weeks ... then a new homicide and then again correlations to new patients admitted in groups at a time right after ... “ he said looking at her hoping she would say something

“ Any connection to the Homicide address and the hospital the patient were sent to ... “ he frowned and thought “ like ... were they from around the homicide addresses ? “ she detailed

“ I will look into this ... good idea ... I will check this detail later ... I have the folder of all the patients admitted since the first homicide and the address of all patients and which hospital they have been sent to ... “ he paused and thought again looking he was struggling to what he was going to say “ I was going to do this and it slipped my mind ..” he wrote on another napkin “ I will look tonight and not forget this time ...” he said “ but I remembered that the Hospital were spread across each time and I assumed it was for bed space ?! “ he said thinking

She agreed with a sign of the head

“ What about Ms Yu ? “ she asked

“ Yes ... I call at night to check on her ... “ then he paused and thought “ There was other patient to the same Hospital from different homicide time ... I meant they have been admitted since the first one and are still there ...?! “ he said “ maybe we could start the day  having a visit to ms Yu and to talk to some staff about them ... “ he suggested not looking very convinced ... he made a frustrated face

“ I think this is a good idea and I will go to “ she replied encouragingly

“ It is just that I am not sure what a person in a coma can help us with ?! ... “ then he blushed “ Sorry I said this like this ... it is just that time is at hand and it is not a person in a coma that can really helped ...” then he paused and thinking he said “ maybe instead we will go to the donation store that have collected the donations from the homicides apartment that have been rented “ then he seemed more relaxed about his idea

       She looked at him and said bluntly “ I think we should go to the hospital “

He seemed surprised again by her comment as he just explained his reasoning ... He excused himself for the washroom with a tone and left ... In the washroom he tried to calm himself ... what was this ... it was the second time ... and he couldn’t recall the first one at the table ... but twice she had suggested to do something ... and insisted ... something or less relevant or for less accuracy ... he should really not listened to her ... maybe what if she was inexperienced or maybe even a little malicious ?! ... then he would be blame for having take less conclusive decision ... now almost furious he washed his hand and a man was there washing his hand to ... he was washing his hand for 5 minutes already ... he looked from the corner of his eyes and he seemed just a regular person but maybe a little rough shape ... was he a homeless person ?! ... he didn’t notticed him getting into the restaurant and they sat close to the door ... The man continued to wash his hand absorbed ... On the floor was a trecker backpack  ... maybe he was a camper ?! ... He turned on himself and leaving he hear the man say something but he wasn’t sure what he said ...

 

He sat and said “ I think we will go check the hospital tomorrow before the interrogation ...” he said and then made a face like he couldn’t believe he even said this

He asked the waiter for 2 teas refills ... “ I want to wait if we receive any new info before to leave “ he said ... then he was watching the washroom for the man to come out ... the waiter came and Dessielle told him something and started to make the teas and placed his in front of him ...

He looked quickly and it was fine

He dranked his tea and then he couldn’t wait to go check ... “excuse me “ he said and left for the washroom ... He went inside and it was empty !!! No one he looked in all the stalls and there wasn’t any other door ... the bag was gone too ... no dirt either or even water splashed ... he left and when he opened the door he almost bumped into a very round women ... “Oups ! Sorry ...” he said smiling The lady that looked furious looked at him and said through her teeth something that sound another language like “Shshshsh” Then turned around and left

He was puzzled and said “ Sorry ! “ and went back to the table ...

The lady came out of the restaurant and he jumped from his seat again and went to check outside and there was no one in sight ... maybe she had went into a cab or a ride or turned the corner ... but there wasn’t any car in sight and the corner was the behind the restaurant so unlikely ??!!! 

He came back at the table and just sat not saying anything just finish drinking his tea and thankfully Dessielle didn’t asked because he didn’t want to explained what just happened ...

They took the same cab and he left her at the parking at the first apartment to her car and went to his hotel ...

There he took a shower and poured a whisky and sat to think and relax ... he had to prepare for the information he needed at the interrogation tomorrow and if he had to go to the patients ... which one and what was he looking for ... He could call later for Ms Yu news see how she was doing ...

For now he was just extremely tired and frustrated ... this was not very clear clues and it all felt like a maze ... he closed his eyes with his drink close to him on the coffee table and tried to rest his head a little

His phone bipped receiving a message ... he opened his eyes and ran to it ... it was news from the Hospital ... 18 patients semi comatosed were now in full coma ?! “What ?! “ he exclaimed to himself and stared in front of him ...

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Chapter 9

He got the phone and called right away Santa Maria Hospital to enquire about Ms Yu ... the nurse assured him that she was stable ... he said he would come tomorrow to visit her ...

He hanged up and had a small guilty feeling in his throat ... then Dessielle meant well today ... 18 patients in worst condition at once ... how did she knew this could happen ... she must be very instinctive ...

He decided to leave her a message and the address and time to meet tomorrow and thanked her to insist today on going to the Hospital tomorrow first ...

Then he went downstairs at the Hotel restaurant and decided to sit to have some dinner ... he ate in silence thinking about the investigations details he had so far and tried to think what exactly he would ask this suspect tomorrow ... this was a puzzling affair ... for one the clues were so obvious and bizarre that he felt like arresting the suspect without even questioning him ... but also he had to find more details in order to find the missing actual tenants ... “Oh! Did I forgot ?! “ he sighed ... he wrote on a napkin again for later unpstair to his room to send a note to remind to issue a missing person for the 20 actual tenants missing ... he will know more tomorrow about them ...

He ate and then went upstair ... on the corner getting into the elevator he seen the shadow as in the first day looking at him and the elevator door closed ...

In his room he was relieved to be there ... he opened his laptop and checked the notes on the napkins of the day and got to it ... he searched through the documents for the homicide address and date and then the Hospital admissions and they were through out the city ... then he made 2 lists and wrote as suggested by Dessielle the address homicide A and the case of hospitals admittance address from to the column all the ones that happened before the homicide B ... so the addresses were closest to each hospitals the patient had been admitted then ... so it wasn’t for places they had been sent to different hospitals he thought ... he continued and the second homicide B and all the patients admitted after until the homicide C and again they were spread across the city but also admitted closest to their respective address hospital ... so on until the last homicide and all were the same ... He paused after an hour of this ... So the Homicide had happened at one location and then the patients were all from a different area ... in all cases ... he looked again and checked when there was a homicide in the area that there had been a patient before ... it happened 4 times Homicide 4, 7. 13, 16 ... in theses case sthe patient were admitted in the same pattern but not again to the closest hospital from the homicide address ... ?! so it wasn’t a coincidence either and if Dessielle didn’t mentioned it ... it might have been made to not be noticed either if related ... and surely it was ... Thanks to Ms Yu and Dessielle to have got the extra info or they would have had only 2 cases address to get this investigation from ...

He took note for the interrogation and sent a new message to Dessielle ... again he felt guilty as it was thanks to her to have reminded him and thought about it ...

After he had saved the document he wrote the details and clues he had so far ...

Then he felt edgy and thought about the Bible in the drawer of the desk ... he went to get it but it wasn’t there ... he looked and found it on the sofa chair by the coffee table ...

He looked at the coupon in his wallet and decided to read it ... Amos ... “ Ah! There is a chapter Amos ...” he looked at the note chapter 1 to 6 ... he read ... after he was done reading he felt sad and also couldn’t believe this ... the ancient testament was written before Christ so more then 2000 yrs ago ... and yet ... God (of Bible) was denunciating crimes as today he would see in his forenscic investigation ... still to read it in the word of God (of Bible) was troubling and he felt he wanted to come to the breaches as God (of Bible) asked and decided he would do a gesture to offer his bread in the morning and to wail and denunciate if he could even more those horridious crimes ...

He couldn’t resist and read the end of Amos very quickly and seen that God (of Bible) at the end wins and conquer over the satan kingdom ... he felt proud to be a person of God ( of Bible ) and went to get a glass of red wine ...

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 Chapter 10 

He slept sort of well and woke up again before it was day time ... he made a coffee in his room and goot his lap top ready to get organised for the day ... no new yet for the tests of the candles ... he had a confirmation for the interrogation at 8hpm tonight at a new station at the other end of the city ... checked the Hospital in that area and if there was patients there from the 200 admitted on the investigation and there was in both conditions and since the first Homicide ... also few , spread across , were in coma there too from a semi coma , from the 18 since yesterday ... so this was not either the staff or the Hospital fault ... he tried to make a link to those patients from the chart he started yesterday with the locations ... from the 18 that were in semi coma to worsen into coma , and spread across the city , he looked address and date of admittance and they related to which Homicide ... he looked and seen that there was one attached to the time admitted after each homicide ... ?! ... so there was a patient in each of the tab from Homicide A to R ... ?! each Homicide A to R  had a series of patients admitted afterward across the city in different conditions and they had been all stable since the first one a year ago almost ... then 18 in one day fell worsen and there was one per Homicide address ... ?! ...

He sat and sipped his coffee thinking ... he felt like making a list of the update for the investigation but now he didn’t feel like it ... he wished Dessielle was there with him instead with her few suggestions ... he had to run this by her and decided to invite her for breakfast and leave from here together instead of meeting at the Hospital ... This would also be safer and easier when they returned as she could just park her car here ... he messaged her and proposed that she meet him at the dinning area for breakfast so they could talk before to go on for the day ... he then got ready and went downstairs to get a coffee first ... his phone sound a message and it was Dessielle that thought it was a good idea and was on her way to be there in less then half hour ... He was relieved she was on her way ... this investigation seemed like everything was just in front of his face but he couldn’t comprehend it ...

He had took note of the Hospital close to the Station they had to go and where there was a serie of patient that had been admitted since the first Homicide and also 1 in worst condition since yesterday ... so this would be the best place to start and investigate some more relevant information there if that could be ... still he though to trust Dessielle, mostly since yesterday , but he had no idea what to find from coma patient as to clues ... That Hospital was not the one Ms Yu was in so he would called the nurse station and asked how she was and said he would go tomorrow instead ... she was still in stable condition with no change ...

Dessielle arrived and he seen her getting in the hotel lobby and she looked lovely ... she asked the CSR at the reception desk and he directed her ... Johnas had advised him he was expecting a guest and to send her to him when she would arrive ... She looked tired but lovely and she had a nice skirt suit with a cream color mock shirt under her jacket in a navy color ... her hair were wrapped in a plain navy color scarf this time thighted behind her neck and a long light wool scarf in flowery colors around the colar of her jacket that dropped on each side of her jacket ... he looked positive that seemed perfect for the interrogation later ...

“ Good morning M Johnas” she said

“ Good morning “ he said “Please have some food too ... the morning buffet is excellent and i already paid for a guest “ he assured

She seemed very happy and he hope she would eat with as much appetite as yesterday ...

The buffet tables were full of everything ... she made a tea first with cream and brown sugar ... Then she got a plate full of all she could fit in it ... he looked how a small person like her could eat all this ...

He took some food too and found more appetite getting to him so he filled his plate too ... with another coffee ...

“ We will go to the Hospital the closest to the Police Station where we will meet the suspect for the interrogation later ... i got a confirmation for 8hpm ... the Hospitakl has few patient admitted attached to this case and one that worsen ... so we can have good details there ...” he said “ I have checked the locations and ...” he paused “ all the patients admitted have been admitted spread across the city “ he added ... she agreed with a head gesture and prompted him to continue “ the patients were brought to their respective Hospital each time ... so ... after each Homicide there was an amount of patient across the city admitted ...” he said his voice low so no one else could ear him ... she frowned to get the information in and looked at him serious ... “ Anything odd apart from this ... “ she asked ... he thought and concentrated “ Yes ... in the case there had been a patient admitted to a hospital and after a homicide happed in that area ... then there wasn’t any patient admitted close to this Homiside address hospital but only elsewhere ... ?! “ he said in a low voice again ... she looked at the table serious “ So someone wanted to make the patients cases not linked to the Homicides ...” she said

“Yes ... exactly ...” he added “ It is only thank t Ms Yu that she thought to look for this info of correlation because the patients have nothing to do with the cases of homicides BUT they are on a sequences ... and also the other info you seen like the clothes and shoes ... and that they were supposed to be missing from their work and be the actual tenants ... and ... “ he paused

“ And the other 18 Homicides have been rerented since ... “ she added “ so it was supposed to look like these tenants that had originally rented were just dead ... !” she confirmed  ... “yes ... again it is Ms Yu that thought about to check the date of death ... and i seen that the date didn’t match for the year but the month were the same ...” so we could have overlooked the year stated on the report from the coroner and not noticed that it was last year instead ...” he said

“ This is the work of a serial killer and looking like a cover up too ... and what about the missing ones now ... for a year quitting their jobs and not using their cards or bank account but not the one found ??? “ he said getting agitated “ maybe also a psychopath ... or some sort of organized crime of some sort ...” he added almost to himself ... with her by his side ... he could get his thoughts clear

She listened carefully and agreed pensive and looked saddened and upset too

“What do you think about the whole thing ...” he asked

“ I think ...” she said then paused and was looking at something further and frowned

He looked at her and then turned around to look what she was looking at ... the shadow was there looking at them from the end of the hallway getting to the elevator ... leaning on the wall with his arms crossed ...

“ Who is it ... “ she asked in a low voice

“ I don’t know him ... maybe another patron ...” he suggested

She looked at the shadow and didn’t finished her phrase ... she seemed to try to analysed the person ...

“ So what do you think ...? “ he insisted

She looked at Johnas and said ... “ I think we should  eat well because this will be a pretty busy day and we will get maybe more clues and relevant info at the Hospital ...” she said looking at Johnas with a air that meant not to pry about it ... he agreed with a signed of the head and after few minutes he looked again and the shadow was gone

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They took her car to the Hospital and this was nice of her to offer ... they went to see the nurse stations at each floor of each ICU the patient were in ... they found the patient in coma and now the new patient that was also ... the others were in different ICU but they were weak but stable ... unfortunately in no case they were improving ... all the nurses said the same ... as soon as they were getting better ... they were getting weak again and no sign of what caused this ... they just couldn’t move and seemed like sleeping ... some could respond or open their eyes and just fall back asleep ... all were in IV because too weak to eat on their own ...

They went to the patient in coma and them were all in the same area but different rooms ... also on IV ... but they didn’t responded or could open their eyes ... they were on a deeper sleep ...

Dessielle holded their hands each gently and talked softly to them each ... she told them softly that she was working with the Police Investigator to find clues about this situation ... and she did the same for the patient in coma ... the ones that were in semi coma had a change on the monitor and seemed to appreciated ... they felt less tense ... the patient in coma didn’t had a change on the monitor and seemed tensed ...

“We will go to the patient that just was moved to the coma area ICU because her condition deteriorate “ he said with a sad tone ... the whole time he looked at Dessielle but stayed on the side ... she noticed now that his tome had changed though ... he seemed chagrined about them ... The patient nurse advise that this patient had some improvements and was stabled until yesterday ... she was responding a little and could even drink a little from a straw ... but then at the end of the afternoon ... she became very agitated and tensed and they feared a heart attack ... She assured that they were taking all good care of patient and it wasn’t staff fault ... she seemed a little panicky ... he tried to assured her in return that there was other cases the same day at the same time accross the city and that they knew it wasn’t the staff fault and that this is not the reason they were there ... she asked how many other cases and he say 18 in the same day and time that were in the same condition then this patient and deteriorated too to coma ... she looked down and then at him and then to Dessielle ... we didn’t know there was other cases the same ... she went in the room with them and the lady seemed fine and was maybe in her 30’s ... he seemed schock ... some how he thought they would have been more older ... the nurse said something also happened yesterday and assured it wasn’t the staff as they were with her ... after she got tensed and fell more inerted they looked for her vital signed and pulled her arm from under the blanket and she had a cut ... she said ... he looked and the nurse opened her bandaged on the top of her arm and showed the cut there ... it was just a small cut but through and it had bleed and now it was just bandaged but ... “none of us would have done this “ she assured and insisted again outraged ... he was listening ... also she showed her ankle and she had a burnt ... a small one ... like if you touch something too hot and a small blister ... she assured him again outraged that this wasn’t the staff who had did this ... he looked and indeed if she was already in bed rest too weak ... how was she to have done this ... if she had been at home ... they would have tough that she had made this being uncareful ... but here ?! He looked at Dessielle puzzled and schock ... she was feeling to conforted him and the nurse as much as this poor patient ... she extended her hand to the nurse shoulder ... and holded the hand of the patient and said firmly “ Don’t worry ... we know you take good care of the patients ... we will check the other 17 and see if there are any correlations to the same situation ... That is why we have come to check here for some details and clues ... please advise us if there is ANY change to any of the patient immediately ...” she said and gently holding the hand of the patient “ we are investigating and we will find who is doing this ... “ and turning around leaving the room she said to the nurse “ just a case of Voodoo magic ...” and she left the room

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Chapter 11

They went to the cafeteria quickly to grab something to eat before to go to the interrogation meeting ...

“ When we have privacy to talk I want to know more about your expertise on the topic you mentioned getting out of the patient room ...” he said

“ Ok ... “ Dessielle said “ It is a taboo subject and very delicate ...” she added

“ You think this is what caused the wound on this patient ? not the staff ?! ...” he insisted

“Yes ...” she said serious

“ Poor them ... they are lucky we have made connections with this investigation ... “ she added

“Yes ... this for sure is related together “ he said

After they took her car to the Station and arrived sometime early ... they introduced themselves and went through the security check through the scanner doors and left their pockets belonging in the trays through the machine and had their finger prints done ... gave their ID and license ... and waited that all was cleared before to go in the meeting rooms of the station ... A female came not long after and went through the same process ... the person was about his height 5’10’’ and wearing a navy suit too ... shoes were blue and hair were a nice shade of highlights in wave to her shoulders ... she also had a mock cream no scarf ... Dessielle shifted on her seat and Johnas looked puzzled ... they looked at each other and they were called before the person come in the waiting room ... Johnas went around the interrogating room and like a cat that make his scent everywhere checked all details ... “ the interrogation will be taped “ the seargent said “ do you need a security or not ? “ he asked serious and then he leaned his head close to him and said in a soft voice “ maybe that would be better “ he suggested “ no, no ...” Johnas said “I prefer no to feel intimidating to the suspect and get better results normaly this way ...” he said “ but please stay close by in case ... “ he said in a suggestive tone ...

They sat and got prepared mentally

“ Do you want to ask her something too ? “ he proposed

“ I might ...” Dessielle said

“ Ok ... just let me start and i will point to you a time you can ask or add your own questions “ he said to Dessielle

They came in with the suspect women and she thanked them politely ... she sat properly ... her mails were polished in a natural tone ... she was of a finished type ... Dessielle shift on her seat and Johnas felt like she wanted to ask something already ... 

He decided to start “ Good evening ... thank you to meet us here for this meeting we required you ... OI am officer Johnas and this is Agent ... Sea ... “ His eyes went big and her mouth quircked at what he said ... Agent Sea ?! what in the world he couldn’t invent a better name ... he thought to himself ... but anyways this was to protect her ... The women picked up on it and looked from him to her analysing their hidden expressions ... Dessielle took the pad of paper from the centre of the table and split it in 2 and gave the other one to Johnas who said thanks with a head gestured and started to write something ... “ can I have one too ... ? “ the women said “ Sure ... “ Dessielle said and teared half of hers in 2 and gaved her one half of the pad of paper ... the pens were in the centre and she grabbed one pen and wrote something too ... Johnas eyes went big again and he left his seat to look at the wall to recomposed himself ... he had to focus ...

“ So ... would you please introduce yourself ...” he asked

The women looked at them and said “ I am Seawave ...” she said

He looked bewildered for a second and seeing that she wasn’t joking he asked “ Ms Seawave ... ?! wasn’t it your name M Sand ?” he asked “ The note we have are from M Sand had called and reported the missing of these peoples from work ... also that M Sand had paid their rent every month and some for a year almost ...”

“ M Sand is my other personality ... “ she said “ Today I am Ms Seawave ...” she added

His eyes grew bigger again and he resented that he felt compelled to laugh ... Dessielle had barely tilt on her chair but she he could see she was holding her laughing too ... She decided to jump in to ask something and helped him a little ...

“ Ms Seawave ... “ she said “ I am Ms Sea ... and we only have few questions to ask you ... “ she said smiling at her

The women didn’t smile back

“ This is a nice suit ... “ Dessielle said to her

“ Yes ... It is a Designer one !!! “ she said with an insisting tone

“ Do M Sand like it ? “ she asked

The women looked at her and made a face unhappy ... then looked at Johnas upset and replied to Dessielle “ Of course when I am M Sand he likes it since it is my other personality ! “ she said with a tone

Dessielle frowned and sat back on her chair so it wasn’t really a split personality but 2 identity she would be using then 

Johnas decided to asked “ So M sand and Ms Seawave are your both name you use then ? ... like you use both gender ... ? “ he stated

The women was pensive ... then she said “ Yes ... this is like that ... one day M Sand ... and one day Ms Seawave ...” she said

“ And M Sand or when you are M Sand ... you paid these rent and called for the missing peoples “ he asked

“ Yes ... I paid AS M Sand as I used that name for the bank account I paid from ... “ she said and made a face like they weren’t getting the obvious “ I also called to signal missing peoples because I have the phone paid and ordered under the name M Sand “ she said

He looked at her and seeing she looked stable still he thought maybe it was some speudonyme kind of situation then or identity security for company or something ...

He was thinking about how to continue ...

Then the women said ... “ I have explained that these peoples were missing ... “ she said

“ yes ... that is good you did ... but  we have found that they weren’t missing from their work ... “ he said “ They had quit last year “ then he looked and waited for a reaction like she would realised what year it was or something

She looked at him and her and said “ Yes ... they quit and then they were working for us, and then they were missing ... “ she said

He looked at her ... what ... she knew the date ... then what about the dead body from a year ago ... ?!

“Ms Seawave ... do you know who was living in the apartments you paid when those peoples were missing ?” he asked

“ Yes ... I was paying the rent for those poor souls ... “ she said

He couldn’t believed this and thankfully this was taped for later ... “ Ms Seawave ... do you know the persons you paid the rent for had passed away ? ... “ he asked carefully

“ Yes ... they did ... but those poor souls ... “ she said

He looked at Dessielle for support ... she decided to try ... “ Ms Seawave ... why those poor souls not buried then ? “ she saked softly “ The coroner said they had died last year ... “ she insisted

The women look saddened

“ I can not say ... “ she said

“ Please tell us ... this will avoid a lot of troubles “ she tried

“ Because the rent is expansive ... and we don’t have the money for burial and coffin and all ...” she said like a confession

Dessielle looked at her to prompt her to continue but she wasn’t “ Ms Seawave ... didn’t they had some insurance ? “ she proposed “ Wouldn’t the hospital incinerated them then ?” she suggested

“ No ... because they were found dead ... all of them ... and no money or insurance or even ID ... and then they can’t go to the Hospital already dead you know !!! “ she said

Dessielle looked at her and seen she wasn’t joking ...

Johnas decided that for tonight that would be enough with one more question only ... “ Ms Seawave ... what these missing had started to do for you before they got missing ? “ he said

“ They go and help with the homes ...” she said

“ What they do ...? “ Dessielle asked

“ They cook and clean and things like this ... “ but then the person they say they don’t come back ... “ she said sad again “ he always says they don’t come back !!! “ she then said furious

“ Who say this ... The person they help or visit ... the client ? “ Johnas tried and now him and Dessielle want to know more

“ yes ... he said they don’t come back and I don’t know what HE does to them ... “ she looked at the floor then again at them “ But them they just got missing “ she said stern ...

 “Didn’t they quit ? “ Desielle asked

“ No ... they quitted they other job  ... then they like this ... “ she said

“ Do you know if any of them had children or a spouse of living in partner ? “ Desielle asked

“ No...they say that they are alone “ she confirmed

Johnas looked at the wall again and returned facing them ... “ Any idea were they could be ? “ he asked

She looked at him and didn’t answer ... she looked at the wall too and was pensive ... they both looked at her and tried not to be pressuring so she would say as Johnas felt she knew ...

“ No ! “ she said

He sighted ... not one like this that don’t want to talk ...

“ But maybe HE knows ... “ she proposed in a tone that felt more like a hint then a suggestion ... like a confidence

Dessielle jumped to the opportunity and asked quickly presenting her pad of paper to Ms Seawave “ Please write where we can ask HIM ? ... “ she said like in confidence

“ Ok ... only because you are so nice ...”

She wrote ...

201 – 21 CrockMitaine Drive, Funeral Home

The she gave it back to her with the weirdest smile

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TO BE CONTINUED     


Post Author and Writer : Ms Izabel LAnglais

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