ACID ACID ACID

Chapter 7

Acid. A vicious necrophilia born to terrorize people. Making them live in fear. He stalks his prey for days, maybe weeks just to find out if they are easy targets. So far, all three of his victims have two things in common. They were not socially active. This means that they are not bound to have friends around them. Which makes them defenseless alone. The second thing they have in common is that these three victims are known to walk home from work or college at night. I believe he follows his victim to their house and somehow sneak in without leaving any mark. After he is done with his job, he escapes without leaving any evidence. Well, the only evidence that the police could find is the note written in blood, addressed to me. I now know his pattern, and as much as I want to catch him, I need to stop him from killing first. That is why I needed Hank to make the public statement, start a curfew for the town, and have extra patrolling police officers to make sure he could not do anything. By doing this, I believe Acid will feel challenged as he is not able to go on with his pattern. From the way he has acted before, by challenging me, not the police. I could tell he is someone childish. Someone who thinks highly of himself. Someone who looks at others as if they are not up to his level. Someone who believes rules cannot stop him. Someone who wants to be God. Now, imagine a self-proclaimed God, not being able to do what he desire because his nemesis manage to stop it. He will be angry, ruthless. He will go beyond madness. And once that happens, he is bound to make mistakes. And that is when I will find him. Punish him. Make him realize who is the real God.

As I lay down on my bed that night, the only thing that came to my mind was how Acid would react. I smiled, with the thought that he is pissed at me. What is he going to do now that his possible victims are being more cautious. On top of that, we have officers patrolling the town. Ensuring the safety of the citizen. That night, I could sleep peacefully thinking I outsmarted him. However, I had another dream. I was in an alley, with the nasty smell of the drains and the dumpsters. Rats were running away from something, as if there was a disturbance. And that is when I saw him. Acid. With what it seems to be a police officer. A dead police officer. It was torturing to even look at. He was.. he was.. fucking the corpse. The corpse of a male police officer. I slowly step away, holding myself from throwing up. *TING TRING*. A loud noise that came from my foot. I accidentally stepped on a sickle. His sickle. I turned my head towards him and I could see his eyes staring into mine. And again, he jumps and strike me like a lion attacking it's prey.

I woke up all sweaty, with the sound of my phone ringing. I looked over to the phone screen, and the name "Hank" was on it. When I picked it up, Hank straight away said "There is another body found!". I was stunned. "What? Where? I'll get there now!". Once I reached there, the body was found in an alley. Just like the dream I had. When I went to check the crime scene, the victim this time is a man. A police officer to be exact. The message this time was "Step on my sickle again. -Acid". While in shock, I kept asking myself. How? How? The dream I had. How did he know? What is going on? What is all this? What game is this psycho playing? It is indeed a dream. I'm sure of it. But, how? What the hell is going on here? I was petrified. I.. I don't know what else that can be done. Is he watching me? From a far? Is he... stalking me? Does that mean, I will be his last victim? As a punishment for losing to him? I.. What should I do? How do I stop him?