Fading Grace

Chapter 5

Jason stood in the dimly lit docks. After the phone call, he'd hurried to grab his phone and get his boots on. He'd been there for a while, checking his phone every so often and looking around. There were no further instructions on what to do when he got there. Maybe Mockingbird was testing him? To see what he'd do? Either way, he was going to do whatever he had to, to make sure Grace would be alive as long as possible. He knew damn well Mockingbird would kill her with no hesitation, it's just he wanted to fuck with him first. That was his second mistake. The first being using Grace against him. Right now, all Jason was though, was a dog on a leash. Mockingbird knew Jason wouldn't step out of line if Gracie was involved.

Once his phone dinged he felt sick to his stomach. He pulled it out and read it for a second before looking at a crate. The text had told him to look through it. He was terrified of what it was gonna contain. On one hand, it could be a note of what else he was going to do, and on the other, he didn't even want to think about it. He noticed a crowbar laying in the pool of blood of a... a fucking robin.  Are you fucking serious? a robin. How fucking ironic. He slid his hand onto the of the boards and started wiggling it to get it to pop off. After working it for a second it finally did pop off. He peaked in, and all there was, was a feather. He narrowed his eyes, was he seriously just gonna fuck with him? Of course, he was. He reached down and picked up the feather examining it, but eventually just dropped it and pulled his phone out of his pocket and unlocked it going to where the text from Mockingbird came from.

"What the hell is the feather for?" he stared at his phone awaiting a reply. It finally came through 5 minutes later "You think you're so smart, so you can figure it out yourself." he furrowed his brows slightly, almost replying in a very sarcastic manner, but huffed and slid the phone back into his pocket deciding against it. He looked at the feather again, and put 2 and 2 together. Either he was holding Grace at a Zoo or Aviary within the city.