Ghost In The Dark

The Beginning Of The End

*******EARLIER*******
NATE'S P.O.V.
Blake and I headed back to the station, leaving the crime scene behind after the captain called us in. Blake was out of it, full of rage and nothing else. I could understand his thoughts completely and I'm not going to let it go beyond.

"We're going to find her Blake" I said to him as we walked into the station

He said nothing. He just sighed and walked in, straight to the conference room as I trailed behind him.

Captain Adam already gathered the Officers and Detectives as they sat and waited in the conference room. We walked in and took our seats not wanting to interrupt

"Detective Ross, What's the situation at hand?" He said as I took my seat

I got up and walked to the front to brief them

"This is Marcus Bane" I said placing the files Charlie gave me on the table "We know him as Officer mark. A few years ago, Mark and two other individuals were part of a group that raped and assaulted a girl, Sophie Ross, My sister"

The mention of my sister sent murmurs all over the room as they talked between themselves

"And now we believe that he might be Ghost, but why he chose to address Detective Hunter is what I haven't seemed to figure out now" I said pointing towards Blake

Blake sighed as he ran his hand through his hair

"Now he has taken Detective Christina Rogers hostage" I said

"And what makes you believe that he is the serial killer?" Detective Ben asked raising his hand

"Well it's not completely confirmed but if you put all of the facts together. He has a history of assault and he was the last one to be with Christina. When I arrived at the crime scene of the burnt cop cruiser both he and Chris were no where to be found. So it's a situation that raises a lot of questions" I said looking at Detective Ben

"And What if he was kidnapped as well?" Detective Ben asked

"The chances of both Mark and Christina being kidnapped would be illogical, don't you think?" Blake finally spoke "While we're here talking about who's who and what, Christina could be having her nails ripped out"

"You haven't been able to stop him before now so this is on you" Detective Ben said

Blake slammed the table as he rose up from his seat aggravated and teeth grinding. His glare cold as he looked at Detective Ben

"Detectives at ease" Captain Adam said walking to the front "Now isn't the time to bicker between ourselves. Detective Ross, Are you willing to pursue this lead?"

"It's all we have so far" I said

"Okay. You and Blake, check out Mark's residence and report back what you find" Captain Adam said "Detective Ben, You and your team move in and check the security cameras in the vicinity of the crime scene"

"Yes sir" Detective Ben said as he got up from his seat

"She's one of us and we're not planning on losing another member of the force" Captain Adam said before dismissing us all

Blake fell back down to his seat as he held his head with his hand

"You okay?" I asked walking up to him

"Yeah" He said not looking at me

"Let's go find Chris" I said placing a hand on his shoulder
We got up and walked out of the station, into his car before driving out of the parking lot. We passed by several police cruisers as they patrolled the various districts, asking everyone to remain indoors.

When we got to Mark's house the time was well over 10:00pm. The lights to his apartment were switched off. It didn't seem like anyone was home.

I put the car into park and switched it off. Blake was already out of the car, gun in hand and ready to break down the front door before I pulled the key out of the ignition port.

I ran to him and pulled my gun out as well, standing beside Blake

"Breaching" He said before kicking the door open

We searched the kitchen and bathroom area

"Clear" Blake shouted from the bedroom

"No one is here" I said walking back to the front door

"Check for hidden areas or rooms" Blake said walking back to the bedroom

I watched Blake as he tossed the sheets and moved around shelves before I began knocking on the walls.
10:30pm and we still didn't find anything

"Blake let's move" I said walking out of the apartment

I pulled my phone out and called Captain Adam

ME: Sir

C.ADAM: Did you find anything?

ME: No sir. His place was empty

I heard him sigh heavily into the speaker

C.ADAM: What's your plan now?

ME: We're going to keep looking around the area where the car was found

C.ADAM: Keep me posted

ME: Yes sir

I hung up the phone as Blake walked out looking more agitated.
"Let's keep looking" I said as we got into the car

We drove past where the cop cruiser was found but it had already been towed. Makes sense to removed the car from the road to avoid traffic. We kept driving towards 45th avenue looking around, trying to see or hear anything suspicious

"What about the abandoned docks?" Blake said

"I doubt he'll be there. We still have officers watching that location" I said turning left onto parkson highway

It was a quiet drive on the highway. Due to the curfew there was no one on the highway so I barely paid attention to the road in front of me, Instead I focused on the sides. Watching the buildings and the seas behind.

"Nate watch out" Blake screamed

I turned the steering wheel to the left trying to avoid what was on the road before stepping on the brakes

"What was that?" I asked looking through the rear-view mirror

We both stepped out of the car and behind us on his knees, with blood all over his face was Officer Mark

"Mark!" I exclaimed as I ran to him

"Help me" He said "The baker's farm house"

I turned to look at Blake as he ran to me to help Mark into the car
"Do you think she's there?" Blake asked

"We can only hope" I said before I switched the car on with the Baker's farmhouse in mind

We arrived at the farm house by 11:30pm but the owners were no where in sight. They haven't been here for over a year after they moved out of the county. They were a really popular family and well known around the county, providing fresh milk and beef for Benny's Supermarket

"Blake secure Mark and call for backup" I said

I looked around and the chains on the door of the storehouse caught my attention. I walked to the door and yanked on the chain but it didn't budge.

I picked up a rock at the corner of the store and bashed the lock holding the chains severally before it snapped open. I tossed the heavy lock on the ground and unwrapped the chain from the handle before opening the door up. The inside was a bit dark at first but the light from the moon seemed to brighten it up a bit.
I walked inside to see Christina, bound hands and feet to a chair. Her wrists were bloody and her eyes shut. My heart skipped a beat at first, already thinking the worst, I walked slowly towards her already with a heavy heart.

I stopped in front of her, taking deep breaths afraid for how Blake would react but then she slowly lifted up her head and then her eyes slowly opened up. I smiled at the fact that she was still alive
"Nate" She called my name with surprise filling her face

*******NOW*******

CHRISTINA'S P.O.V.
My eyes filled up with tears seeing Nate standing in front of me. I didn't know how to react, if I should be relieved that he found me and he's here to rescue me or If I should be scared that he's been Ghost all along and he's here to kill me.

I waited for him to say something before I reacted.

"Aren't you going to say something to the guy that's here to save you?" He asked as he crouched down to untie my legs

He isn't Ghost. I'm saved

"Nate" I said in a low but happy tone as I tried to hold back the tears

"You're safe now" He said looking at me with a relieved smile on his face

"Officer Mark-" I tried to speak but he cut me off

"We have him. He's outside with Blake. He's not going to hurt you anymore" Nate said as he untied my left leg

"Blake is here?" I could feel a surge of happiness inside me "Mark isn't the killer" I said as he began to untie my right leg

"What do you mean?" He asked not looking up

"We were driving down but someone walked in front of the car.. He opened the driver door and knocked Mark out with the back of his gun" I said as the pressure on my right leg was reduced

"So he's not Ghost?" Nate asked as he tossed the rope aside

He stood up and began to untie my right hand

"No. After Ghost knocked him out, he came over and knocked me out as well. I don't know what happened next or how we got here" I said

"So who's Ghost?" He asked about to untie my hand

"I can't let you do that" A voice from behind said

Nate turned around before the sound from a gun shot filled the room as Nate dropped down to his knees with a hand holding on to his shoulder

"Blake, what are you doing?" I looked at him with his gun in his hand before he fired on Nate again

"NO!!!" I screamed as Nate fell to the floor. Blood gushing out of his stomach

He walked towards Nate's body and dragged him to the side before he walked back to look at me. He looked at me with a sad look on his face before a huge  smile formed on his lips

"I guess there's no need to hide in the dark anymore" He said as he walked behind me, pulling a small table and chair to the front

"Why?" I said barely able to form the words

"Why?" He looked at me before he let out a laugh. He chuckled and looked at me "Cause I can"

He walked out and brought back a small bag and emptied the contents on to the table.

"Using a gun for my kills has never been my thing" He said as he dropped his gun on the table and picked up a knife

"Why Blake, Why?" I screamed at him

He pulled the small chair and placed it in front of me before he sat down. He smiled at me as he ran the knife along my wrist

"Because killing is fun" He said before he drove the knife deep into my shoulder

I screamed at the sharp pain that was suddenly taking over my body. He pulled out the knife and licked my blood off the knife before wiping it on my skirt.

"I don't even know you anymore" I gasped and panted

"Well that's because I'm not the Blake that you know" He said as he got up from the chair

"What do you mean?" I asked

"Well for starters, I'm unfortunately confined to this body. We may share the same body but not the same mind" He sighed "Blake is a weakling and He doesn't deserve to even be alive now"

He walked around and stood behind me as he placed his hands on my shoulders. His grip was hard and painful as he pressed down on the wound he just inflicted on me

"Let me go" I screamed before he took his hands off me

"Who are you?" I asked as he came back to sit in front of me

"Well" He sat down and looked at me "Let me tell you a story"
He leaned back on his chair and crossed his legs

"Back then when Blake was young, He lived with his step parents after tragically losing his parents. His step father and mother Paul and Sonia were the kind of parents that would starve and beat him up for doing nothing. They completely hated him. And the worst part was that they were his uncle and aunt that took him in after his parents died and then they adopted him. He hated them too and wished them dead but he didn't have the guts to do it himself because he didn't want to be alone. Boo hoo" He dropped his legs and leaned forward "One evening while 10year old Blake was playing with his little action figures and watching cop shows, his favourite, Paul came in drunk and fuming with rage asking Blake why he didn't take out the trash. Blake couldn't defend himself before Paul gave him a gut punch. Blake coughed and clutched his poor little stomach and while he was trying to run away he slipped and hit his head on the living room table. Blood everywhere"

He got up and then walked behind me again

"Paul left him there with a bloody head and went to bed. His wife Sonia sat in the living room and said nothing before walking out to the bedroom as well. That night due to his head injury, I was born" He said as he chuckled manically

He walked back to sit in front of me with a hug smile on his face. I could only sit and watch as he told his story

"It was close to midnight when I woke up, angry with blood dropping down my face. I went to the kitchen and grabbed a knife, wore my kitchen mittens, walked up to their bedroom while they were fast asleep" He leaned back still smiling "I slit Paul's throat deep. His wife woke up and looked at me with fear in her eyes before I killed her as well. She screamed as I stabbed her multiple times and then slit her throat"

He laughed hard clutching his stomach "After that I went outside, picked up a rock and threw it inside the house through the kitchen window, staged it all to look like a break in and assassination and then I laid little Blake to rest"

He smiled and looked at me "The next morning the police officers came in to see Blake in bed and his parents murdered in the opposite room. They questioned him but he remembered nothing"

He placed the knife on my thigh before lifting his eyes again to look at me " He doesn't know I exist so I have total control over his body but I can only come out when he's asleep which is really annoying"

Blake was asleep when Nate and I went to speak to him in his office, that's when he took over Blake's body.

"When... When Blake was at the bar he said he spoke to you?" I finally spoke out struggling to bring out the words

"Oh that. His mind was half conscious so I couldn't properly take over but it was fun speaking to him and making him look crazy talking to himself" He laughed

"Is this all a game to you? People's lives? Blake's life? Doesn't it matter? If Blake is arrested then you wouldn't be free to commit any murder." I yelled

"Well that's why I made sure to not get caught at all" He said

"So why kill me?" I asked

"Well" He stopped to think "Cause I want to make him suffer a bit" He smiled before slicing my thigh with his knife

I yelped but held in the scream trying to bare the pain

"I can go back if I want to but Blake can't come out when I've taken over" He said as he sat back and rested on the chair "It would be fun to watch when he wakes up and hears that the love of his life and his best friend both died at my hands"

He walked back to the table and placed the knife down before picking a pair of clippers "Well it's time for you to die" He said as he started to walk towards me

"No you don't have to do this Blake. Blake please wake up and take your body back" I screamed "BLAKE!!"

He stopped as he grabbed his head and staggered a bit knocking his chair to the side

"Yes that's it Blake, fight him" I yelled with tears in my eyes
He continued to struggle as he grabbed his head and screamed before he stopped and looked at me.

"Babe" He said looking at me

"Blake?"

"Nah" He laughed and then walked towards me "I'm still here"

He walked to me and crouched down with the intent to try to pull out my nail. I kicked his head with my other leg as he stumbled to the ground. I quickly began to struggle with the rope on my hand, thankfully Nate had loosened it a bit before he got shot. I pulled out my hand with a little effort and began to untie my other hand
"You little bitch" He said before he got up and started to walk towards me

Lifting both feet  I pushed him back  a bit as I finally loosened the rope and set myself free. As he fell to the ground my single and only thought was to run through the door and escape. As I started to run towards the door he grabbed and pulled on my leg, tripping me over.

"You're not leaving this place alive" He said as he stood up to his feet and walked slowly towards me

He picked up his knife and walked to me as I tried to crawl out
"Where do you think you're going to?" He asked as he pulled me by my leg, turning me over on my back before mounting on top of me.

"This has been thrilling but it's time to end it" He lifted the knife and dropped it as he tried to stab my chest.

I grabbed his hand with both hands trying to stop, if not delay the inevitable

"You still have some fight left in you, I see" He said as he applied pressure trying to push my hands off and break my guard

He pressed down on the knife as he wielded it with both hands. My hands were starting to give up on me. This was the end and I couldn't save him or myself.

I could feel the edge of the blade as it entered into my chest. The sharp pain from before was amplified and my strength was already gone.

He punched the side of my face with his left hand breaking my guard and focus

"This is the end for you" He said as he lifted the knife up for the last time.

I closed my eyes awaiting death, but the echoing sound of a gunshot shocked my eyes open. Ghost knelt there on top of me, frozen in motion as the knife dropped from his hand. He slowly got up from my body to turn to Nate who barely standing properly, had one hand on his stomach and another hand wielding his gun

"You're still alive?" Ghost asked as he staggered to maintain balance

"Yes, but you won't be anymore" Nate said before firing again
Ghost dropped to his knees and fell down on his back, blood rushing out from his back and stomach. He lifted his hand and touched his stomach before looking at his hand

"Blood?" He coughed

He turned to look at me as I knelt down "Chris?"

"Blake?" I rushed to his side and held his hand "Is it really you?"
"Why am I bleeding?"

Tears fell down my cheeks as I tried to apply pressure on the wound "You're going to be okay"

But he wasn't. I knew he wasn't but I could only hope for a miracle. Nate walked to my side and pulled me up but I pulled my hand and pushed him off

"It was me, wasn't it?" Blake asked blood falling from his mouth
I cried as I nodded my head still pressing down on the gunshot wound. He turned to look at Nate, tears falling from his eyes
"I'm sorry" He said

His eyes lost focus as his hands slipped out of mine. Nate dropped his gun as he fell to the ground

"This is Detective Christina Rogers requesting back up and immediate medical care at the Baker's farmhouse" I spoke into Nate's radio

I sat down on the ground next to Nate till the policer officers arrived an hour later. They picked up Blake's body inside of a bag and took him away inside the ambulance. Nate and I were carted away in separate ambulances to the hospital. We were lucky to be alive.