Spiritual Investigation

Chapter 5: The Investigation

The blood on the wall last night, spelling out the words "Your Next Detective" has been on my mind every since. After I had retrieved the body of King I had to help the many injured officers from last nights fire fight. It was bloody...loud...and destructive. We lost about ten officers last night, their funerals being prepared as I think at the moment. They were good men, fought till their last breath. Detective Waye wasn't much of a surprise of not being injured since he was wearing the juggernaut suit. And Griff, all he had to do was stand right behind him getting head shots. They looked like a soldier walking behind a indestructible tank. But I'm more happy Cassy wasn't hurt...she knew her boundaries of where to stay safe. I'm then snapped out of my memory of last night by the Captains voice.

"Carter! Get your head out of the clouds! You have a new investigation!"

"What is it this time...?"

The Captain threw a picture of the writing on the wall towards me with another of Kings faceless face. "Your going to hunt down the man who did this. It would seem he is targeting YOU of all people!"

"How the hell do you know if it's me this guys after?"

"Well who else! You were the only one there chasing King!"

"Good evidence Cap...really..."

"Just get to work damn it! You'll also be going solo for a while! Your partner is recovering from last nights scene, it seems she's not use to dead bodies being everywhere."

"What ever...I'll get to it.", I left the station to get to work. I had to first find out if there were anymore cases like Kings. There had to be since it was so cleanly taken off...what kind of sicko am I dealing with...and why the hell me of all people. Before getting started with my work I stop by the coffee shop. When I step in I see an old face, a women dressed in a suit, long curly blond hair, and a bit of pink lipstick...Jennifer Newton...a friend since childhood. She turned her head towards me and immediately put on a bright smile.

"Oh my god! I can't believe it! Hank Carter, I haven't seen you since we graduated High School together!"

"I go by Detective Carter now...but it has been a long time...I thought you left the city years ago?"

"Oh, I did actually, but I came back for a job I'm doing."

"And this job is?...."

"Finding a man we call, "The Skinner"."

".....The Skinner...really? What kind of person do you give a name like that to?"

"One that takes a persons face of course!"

Right at that moment when she said that, my body froze, time stopped, and my mind went back to last night seeing King's faceless face...and the writing on the wall. I pull myself back to reality and put a serious face on.

"Jennifer..."

"You can still call me Jenn you know, heheh~"

"What ever...but listen...this skinner guy your looking for...he's my new case..and what kind of job are you even in that's making you look for this?"

"What kind of job you ask? Well the FBI, this guy is actually on our Most Wanted list. He's been getting around the world, killing people and taking their faces with him before we can even arrive at the scene."

"What?...This guy is Most Wanted...Then why is he here...and why me..."

"Why you?...are you saying he's coming after you?"