Cry Wolf 4: Higher Ground

Chapter 9: My Case, Your Case....Same Case

In Wolf's car, Ben and Wolf were having a debate about the two cases.

"Ben if we go back on this case its going to be a pissing contest between the HPCU and the FBI especially now that a cop has been nabbed," explained Wolf.

While Wolf continued to speak Ben started piecing together some parts of the case and it slowly began to make sense.

"Holy fuck," gasped Ben as he looked at Wolf, "I think I know who the Copycat Killer is."

Wolf stared at him blankly.

"Ok stop me if it sounds off track but here goes. Remember when I said that with both the killers, all the murders were exactly the same down to the last detail except for the amount they kill; one kills couples the other triples?" started Ben.

Wolf nodded and waited for Ben to continue.

"Now think about this, what was the one detail we left out of the press about the chainsaw murders?" added Ben.

Wolf thought for a bit then it clicked,

"The chainsaw key ring...but"-

Wolf cut off,

"The Copycat Killer knows things only the police and FBI would know and considering our squad is the only people who know of this case it narrows down to the FBI. Mark Cooper found Nate after he was attacked and we already assumed he was the one that interrupted the Chainsaw Killer. After that incident he went off grid and we haven't seen him since. He also knew that because he's an Agent, his file is sealed so no one can check out his history," explained Ben.

Wolf continued to stare,

"So if Special Agent Mark Cooper is the Copycat Killer, my only question to that is why? Why is he killing these families of three?" asked Wolf.

Ben shrugged his shoulders,

"Haven't worked that out yet, my only question is why'd he nab Bryan?" added Ben.

Wolf scratched his head,

"What makes you think Copycat took Bryan? I was thinking Lindross did it," asked Wolf.

Ben shook his head,

"If it were Lindross we would have found Bryan dead. Or not even Bryan it would have been someone who has no kids and only a wife. I'm taking a stab in the dark but I'd say Bryan was targeted because he's injured and I believe he's a bargaining chip. Copycat knows we're closing in; he's thinking like Fed," replied Ben, "We've got to go see Warner; he'll have the authority to confront the FBI."

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Unknown location....

Bryan was slowly regaining consciousness; he could taste blood and could feel bits of glass on the left side of his face and neck. He went to move his hands to find that they were handcuffed behind his back and around a metal pole. Bryan began to piece together bits of what happened; he remembered leaving Ben's and his car being in an accident but after that it went blank. Bryan rattled the cuffs a bit and tried to break free even though he knew it was pointless.

"Detective you should know better," said a voice as he walked in and turned on a light that hung above Bryan.

Bryan squinted and once his vision adjusted he realized that he was in some sort of engine room or factory; there were steam pipes, gauges and engines humming.

"Where the fuck am I, and who the fuck are you?" asked Bryan in pain.

The kidnapper chuckled a bit,