Ghost In The Dark

A Ray Of Hope

NATE'S P.O.V.
The usual morning songs of the birds that flew by brought me out of slumber world and back into the real world. When I woke up I noticed two things. The first I was tucked In and properly covered in bed and the second thing, I was in my underwear. How?

I jumped out of bed in my dark blue briefs, well rested and somewhat confused, but the smell of sizzling bacon and eggs coming from the kitchen made sense of the whole situation.

"Marina"

I walked out from the bedroom to the kitchen to see Marina in front of the stove making breakfast wearing her favourite white 'Kiss the chef, apron over a red shirt and black skirt

"Good morning sleepy head" She said without turning around

"How did you know that I was behind you?" I asked wondering if she had suddenly developed a Spidey sense

"You're not the stealthiest person" She chuckled as she dished the eggs into a plate

"I'm pretty stealthy if I want to be" I said taking a seat at the dinning table

"Sure you are" She smiled then walked towards me with a plate full of bacon and eggs "You were completely out of it when I came in last night"

"You took my clothes off when I was asleep?" I asked serving myself from the pan and taking a spoon full in my mouth

"Yeah I did and I had a little fun with you while you were out" She winked at me before walking to the fridge

Wait what?

I chocked a bit on the eggs that was in my mouth. She turned around to see the shocked expression on my face then laughed out loud.

"You should see your face right now babe" She said clutching her stomach and laughing "Don't mind me though I'm just joking. Or am I?"

The smile on her face looked so mischievous and at the same time so adorable

"Well then I'll have to do the same thing to you when you're asleep so we'll be even" I said flashing a dirty smile

"You definitely have a dirty mind babe" She said pouring a glass of orange juice for herself

"What do you mean?" I asked

"Don't worry about it. Your mind is purr-fect" She said as she poured me a glass of orange juice and set it on the table. "I'm heading out, don't want to be late"

She walked over to me and gave me a little kiss on the lips before grabbing her bag from the couch. "I'll see you later whiskers"
And with that she was out the door and I was left behind with a plate full of eggs and a mind filled with confusion. I pondered on what she meant by purr-fect and whiskers as I finished my breakfast and set the dirty plates in the sink. Maybe she's hinting me about getting a cat or maybe-

"Wait hold up" I ran from the kitchen straight to the bathroom to look at myself in the mirror.

She had drawn whiskers on my face and painted my nose black with black marker. Oh its on now Marina

I took off my briefs and hopped into the shower to wash off my face off. I pray that she wasn't evil enough to use permanent marker to draw this cat features on me. A few scrubs later I went back to look at the mirror and thankfully I can recognize the face staring back at me. I'm definitely going to get her back for this
I went back under the shower to finish my bath before I left for work. A few minutes later I was clean and clothed and off to the station.

I pulled into the station parking lot, only to receive a text from Marina just as I turned the car ignition off.

M: Have a great day today captain whiskers

And attached to the text were pictures of Marina and I with the whiskers and  dark nose on my face while I was asleep.

Revenge!!!!!!!

I got out of my car, locked the door and walked inside to see Officer Mark and Officer Peterson talking by the reception area.

"Good morning Detective Ross" Officer Mark said as I walked in "The captain and the Agent from Central are In the conference room with Detective Blake"

"Okay thank you" I said and proceeded to the conference room.
I opened the door and I saw Blake and Captain Adam talking

"Hey good morning sorry I'm late" I said walking towards them

"Ah glad you're here detective" Captain Adam said

"So where's the agent from Central?" I asked shaking Blake's hand

"Stepped out for a minute take call" He said as he let go of my hand

"Oh okay"

The door behind me opened up and I could hear footsteps approaching

"Here she is." The captain said pointing to the agent behind me
I turned around and I was surprised to see Heather standing behind me with an even more shocked expression on her face.

"Nate?" She called my name surprised

"Heather?" I called her back "You're the agent from Central?"

"Uhn yeah" She said with a smile followed by a hair flip "Cool huh?"

"Do you two know each other?" The captain asked as he watched the both of us looking confused and surprised

"Yeah we do" Heather said placing a hand on my shoulder

"Glad to hear. So co-operation wouldn't be a problem" Captain Adam said as he adjusted his coat collar

"Definitely not" Heather said as she flashed a smile to the captain
When and why Heather decided to join the force is completely unknown to me and why she didn't tell me when we saw each other and talked at the coffee shop are the questions running through my mind right now but one matter  at a time

"Okay so Blake has already briefed you on everything we have so far now I'll let you all get back to work" Captain Adam said before excusing himself from the conference room

"Two victims. One male and one female. One murder for pleasure and the other one, revenge" She said as she looked at the pictures on the table

"Two unrelated murder's" Blake said folding his arms

"Did you speak to the family of the first victim?" She asked turning to look at Blake

"Yeah. I spoke to her mom at the hospital yesterday. Nothing came up about a stalker or anything to link back to ghost" Blake said running his hands through his hair

"She must have just been unlucky to have been captured and killed" I said walking closer to the table

"Can I take a look at the notes you took when you spoke to her mother?" Heather asked

"Uhn sure thing" Blake said

He reached into his inner jacket pocket and pulled out a small brown notebook and then handed it to Heather

"Thanks" She said taking it from him

She opened the small book and flipped through the yellows pages reading through the lines. Her eyes moved so fast, if there was a competition for fast readers she would definitely claim the prize

"It says here according to her mom that the victim usually took a jog through the park at night and that was where she was probably taken" She said looking at Blake

"You're saying maybe she had someone that was watching her that knew her route and when she would be out?" Blake said

"Its very possible" Heather said looking back at the pictures