Ballad And Deaths

Chapter 2

"Good morning cupcake! Are you free? Let's have a date, can we?" That's Rob, my boyfriend. Do you think that I don't have a boyfriend because I don't believe in love? Why, yes I do have a boyfriend. Though its not that serious, it is considered a relationship too right? Well it's just that we don't take it seriously because we don't want responsibilities. The both of us. I don't like many things about him, yes. But I do like him because of his hotness.

"I'm sorry I can't. We have to end this case early so that no life will be at risk. You understand that right, Rob? You're a doctor" I told him. Yes his a doctor. A very well known one. And many ladies out there are jealous of me because I got the hottest man in town. I really do like his job but not his attitude. Wanna know why? He's a jerk! A hot, arrogant, millionaire jerk. I already told you this relationship is not serious so don't ask me why I talk of him this way.

"Oh yes, I understand sweety. Go ahead and be safe I'll be going with Steph to check the new equipments in the lab" Steph is his secretary. A very beautiful one. But I'm not jealous of her. I don't care, at all. "Okay, say hello to Steph for me" I hang up. Sliding the door of the headquarters I looked around and found Mike. He's so busy about something in his computer.

"Good morning partner! How's it going?" I asked. He turned around and looked at me surprised. "Your early, what happened? And oh good morning too partner" he said while looking back in his P.C. "Nothing happened. Its just that I want to end this case as early as possible. We don't want to risk anymore life, right? Anyway what do we have here?" I asked.

He handed me all the folders in his table not looking at me. "I've called all the persons connected in this case, and that's their profile. Some agreed for an interview but there are also those who didn't care for it at all. I also got a message from the director. He told me that he'll be sending men to help us with this case" he said while punching on the keyboard. He's looking at his computer busily.

"He shouldn't have done that. I can handle it!" I said while heading to my office. I arranged all the mess in my table and replace it with the papers Mike gave to me. "Gwen are you crazy? This one's a psycho. There's no way you can handle him by yourself" he looked at me with worry. Mike stood up and walk towards me.

"Mike did you forget that I brought down the boss of the greatest syndicate we've encountered,  singlehandedly? Plus, I'm not like you who's stuck in this room because your wetting your pants out of cowardliness" I reminded him. He looked hurt about what I said, or maybe not  because he smiled and said, "If I'm not here you should be dead by now. Remember the time when you were trap inside the elevator with a bomb with you? Who else did tell you how to defuse it? Nobody, but me" he answered.

"And what would you like me to do? Sit here and wait till the men captured this bastard? This is my case and I am the one who will bring justice to those he murdered. No one else, you understand?" I shouted and started reading the details. I'm now starting this case and I'm the one who's finishing it. I flipped the pages and for less than an hour I have concluded something.

"It is said here that he only does the murder after 2 years of relationship. We gotta asked someone that has exactly one year, eleven months and two days  long relationship. One of my conclusions also is that he chooses a woman which has similar traits to the 'maiden' he likes. Therefore the first step is to know the victims more. It can help if we interview those who are very close to them. Let's see if there's any sort of pattern he does" I stated. I took my phone and started typing a text to my mom. Because for sure I'll be gone for a long time with this.

"And now she's talking work!" Mike sighed with defeat. Its time to rock his world. Game on!

After a week, we've gathered a lot of information about the victims. But still we couldn't trace any movement of the suspect. There are only two similar traits the victims posseses, both young and fair. So far we didn't find any connections of these traits to why the killer murdered them. But I am not giving up to find more information about this man.

Mike send me many profiles of those man named Seth McWellis. Some of them have been charged of murder but not like his case. I've encountered two of them and learned that these people were only using his name like codenames. I've been studying now his profiles again hoping to see some sort of clue to where he may be living.

I went to all the properties named after him. I also drive out of town just to know if there are any relatives or friends he had. Talk to the neighbouring houses if there are any movements these past days. And reminded them to call if there's a sign of someone inside the property. But still, found none.

Those men the director has sent are from NBI. They help me searched those places for any trace of him. Gathered any valuable informations and gone to every places he might have lived. This is harder than I think it could. We're running out of moves and there's only three weeks left.  Its like we're searching for someone who doesn't exist.

Mike and I didn't have time to sleep. But if it can't be help they'll find us sleeping in our headquarters. He's been giving me all kind of support he could and I appreciated it very much. Mike is my partner ever since we're kids. Fighting side by side and never leaving each other. And I sure am guilty on fighting him when he's just worrying about me.

"Hey, Mike. Wake up! We've got nothing to spare. I don't want to be late you know. Get up and ready yourself. The director might come any moment" I shake him from his sleep.

"Last five minutes please? I'll be ready after you'll know it" he pleaded. I shake him again but my hands accidentally landed in his neck. God he's hot! Not that hot, I mean literally. "Of all times why now Mike? Don't you know you have a fever? Did you already take a medicine?" I asked.

"Nah, I don't need that. Just need rest" he's voice is raspy. And he said he don't need meds? He's seriously having a breakdown. "Get up you lazy bastard! You don't need to take meds but you need to work so might as well follow my order!" I shouted while pinching his ear. He stood up and step back a little. "Right! Just dont hurt my ear I have a fever you know! Is my work more important than my own life?" He said giving up.

I handed him the medicine and give him a bottled water. I don't need any more burden for now. I just needed him very much and I don't want him to be sick. We need to finish this early!