Moonlight Fan fiction
We're All Crazy Here
Rated PG
By Ella713
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Mick goes undercover in an insane asylum to find a killer.
Carl couldn't look at the crime scene photos any longer.
"Alright. Do we have any leads? Someone this twisted tells me this isn't his first time at the rodeo. No one wakes up this way." Carl said to his lead officers.
"Not much Captain. We have one witness to the first murder. She said she saw a man exiting the victims apartment at 11pm or so, she didn't see his face, but said he was a little over 6ft. tall, very skinny build and kind of bowl legged whatever the hell that means" The officer said.
"It's curvature of the legs at the knees" Carl explained.
"Well that's all we got so far"
"Go talk to the witness see if she can work on something with the sketch artist" Carl said.
"Will do Cap".
Carl looked once more at the photos. This guy was a sick bastard. He had to catch him.
"Have you been watching this story on the news?" Josef asked Mick.
"No. Why? What's up?" Mick asked thinking it was another vamp attack.
"Some lunatic is dissecting blondes and leaving them in very public places. This last woman was found at the Griffith Observatory. This is the third victim" Josef explained.
"And he's only targeting blondes?" Mick asked with concern.
"Yeah, you're going to have tell Beth to keep her stubborn ass at home, until Carl catches this creep" Josef said annoyed because he knew first hand how stubborn Beth could be. "And that's ditto for Haley, Lisa and Mila" He added.
Mick agreed. This brought to mind the Son of Sam murderer who favored women with long dark hair.
He needed to speak with Carl and find out why he hadn't called him.
Carl looked up and saw Mick walking towards his office.
"Mick come in and shut the door" Carl said standing up to get another cup of coffee.
"Why haven't you called me?" Mick demanded "I had to find out what was going on from Josef!"
"Look man, I'm getting all kinds of heat from the department about relying too much on people outside of the force. I had to see if my officers could go one alone so to speak." Carl said taking a long drink of the coffee that was at least two days old.
"And?" Mick asked.
"They can't. We don't have any leads and the only thing that links these women is the blonde hair. We have a witness who saw a man leaving the apartment of the last victim. She didn't get a look at his face but we got height, weight and physical attributes"
'Have you gone through the repeat offenders?"
"Yep. And not one sticks out. It's like I said, no one wakes up and decided to do something like this. Whoever this is has been at it before. But we don't have the manpower to do full scale searches"
"Let me ask Sam and Ted is they can check things out. Between the two of them they should be able to narrow the search" Mick said standing up.
"Thanks man. I really was going to call you" He said as Mick walked out the door.
Ted opened the door and immediately closed his eyes.
"No Mick. Whatever it is I have to say no" Ted said.
"Ted. It's nothing like that I promise" Mick said coming into the office he shared with Sam.
"Hey Mick! What you got?" Sam said excitedly.
"I need you to do a simple search. Carl needs to know if there are any other cases anywhere in the U.S. that are similar to the blonde killings here?" Mick asked.
"You only want the States? I think you should include Canada" Ted suggested
"He's right." Sam said typing away on her keyboard.
"Alright let me know what you find out. And Ted. Josef said Mila needs to not be alone at all, under any circumstance" Mick said.
"I'll call her right now" Ted said pulling out his mobile.
We're All Crazy Here Rated PG
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Mick called Beth and was relieved she was home so he told her to stay put.
"Okay Gramps, what's with the family gathering?" Lisa said sitting crossed leg on the floor at Steve's feet.
"I want to talk to all of you about these murders. All the victims have been women with long blonde hair. Now Josef wants all of you to be on your guard. We don't know anything about this perp or how he operates. Hell he could be a vampire! So if any of you are going out at night for any reason at all, go in a group."
"Honey, we're all vampires. Don't you think we can handle ourselves?" Beth said with a grin.
"That's not the point. I've gone head to head with a few vamps that almost took me down. Anyone can be got. So just be careful" Mick said staring at each one of them so they could see that he was completely serious about this request. "Husbands. Lay down the law if you have to" He said looking at Gabriel and Steve and Colin.
"Sam, listen to this. Suspect confesses to police about the murder of his girlfriend and her twin sister in Maine, found guilty by reason of insanity" Ted read aloud.
"What's his name?" Sam asked.
"Louis Traemor" Ted replied.
"This is interesting....I have a child by that name who was placed in a juvenile mental facility after beating a next door neighbor's daughter to death with a rock"
"Where and how long did this happen?"
"Alberta. 1983"
"This one in Maine was 1998....and guess what? Louis was released six months ago. I think this guy made his way to the West Coast" Ted replied.
"Let's see if we can find any trace of that guy here. If he's working he's got a social on file. Ditto for a lease, car payment or even a P.O. Box. Something tell me this guy is very careful" Ted said.
Weeks went by and things seemed to die down, but Mick knew from experience, this was only the calm before the storm. Every news channel in California continued to tell women to not go out alone. Many were going to wig stores to purchase hair in any other color but blonde. The streets were quieter than they had been. Perhaps Mick thought hopefully, the killer would see that every woman in the city was taking extreme caution and he would move on. To another state, hell Mick didn't care! He just wanted the madman out of Los Angeles!
Lisa was just heading home after a long tedious day. Steve was going to be pissed! She had no idea it was this late. She was getting ready to open her car when she felt it. A large slice to her abdomen.
Confused she looked down at her wound placing her hand over it, when she felt another slice across her chest. She looked up and saw the man raise the blade once more so Lisa broke his arm and the blade dropped to the ground. Her wounds were healing so she quickly whipped off her radio and alert the station. The man tried to run but Lisa gave him a solid blow to the throat and the man fell down in the street.
Soon police officers and spectators accumulated at the scene.
"Lisa are you alright?" Carl yelled out to her.
"Yeah sir. I'm okay." She replied. Carl let out a deep breath.
"Good. Can you tell me what happened?"
"I was just leaving work and walking towards my car when that nutcase slashed me across the stomach. I was confused for a moment because it took me by surprise. He then sliced me again across my chest and that's when I broke his arm. He tried to run so I disabled him" Lisa replied.
"So is this they guy?" She asked.
"We'll find out" Carl said seeing the man be escorted to a police cruiser.
Louis Traemor sat silent in the police car. He was silent in the police station. In fact Louis had not muttered a single word during his arrest or his arraignment. His court appointed attorney had petitioned for a psych eval before proceeding to trial. Finding the suspect to be mute and uncooperative, he was admitted to Lankly Institution for further examination.
The whole city took a long held breath of relief. With exception to Carl and Mick who had been down this road before.
"Are you buying this crazy defense?" Carl asked Mick when they had a moment alone.
"No. I mean there's a part of me that wishes it were that simple, but experience has taught me that crimes are never simple. And this one seems so neatly wrapped." Mick tried to explain. "The first victims were attacked somewhere private, where the perp had time with them, this assault on Lisa was out in the open and was rushed."
"Yeah, so either the perp changed his MO for whatever reason, or he's not the killer." Carl said.
"I don't think he is, but I think he knows who the killer is" Mick said.
"Let's call Ted again and see what he can find on this guy". Carl said.
"Okay Gramps, what's with the family gathering?" Lisa said sitting crossed leg on the floor at Steve's feet.
"I want to talk to all of you about these murders. All the victims have been women with long blonde hair. Now Josef wants all of you to be on your guard. We don't know anything about this perp or how he operates. Hell he could be a vampire! So if any of you are going out at night for any reason at all, go in a group."
"Honey, we're all vampires. Don't you think we can handle ourselves?" Beth said with a grin.
"That's not the point. I've gone head to head with a few vamps that almost took me down. Anyone can be got. So just be careful" Mick said staring at each one of them so they could see that he was completely serious about this request. "Husbands. Lay down the law if you have to" He said looking at Gabriel and Steve and Colin.
"Sam, listen to this. Suspect confesses to police about the murder of his girlfriend and her twin sister in Maine, found guilty by reason of insanity" Ted read aloud.
"What's his name?" Sam asked.
"Louis Traemor" Ted replied.
"This is interesting....I have a child by that name who was placed in a juvenile mental facility after beating a next door neighbor's daughter to death with a rock"
"Where and how long did this happen?"
"Alberta. 1983"
"This one in Maine was 1998....and guess what? Louis was released six months ago. I think this guy made his way to the West Coast" Ted replied.
"Let's see if we can find any trace of that guy here. If he's working he's got a social on file. Ditto for a lease, car payment or even a P.O. Box. Something tell me this guy is very careful" Ted said.
Weeks went by and things seemed to die down, but Mick knew from experience, this was only the calm before the storm. Every news channel in California continued to tell women to not go out alone. Many were going to wig stores to purchase hair in any other color but blonde. The streets were quieter than they had been. Perhaps Mick thought hopefully, the killer would see that every woman in the city was taking extreme caution and he would move on. To another state, hell Mick didn't care! He just wanted the madman out of Los Angeles!
Lisa was just heading home after a long tedious day. Steve was going to be pissed! She had no idea it was this late. She was getting ready to open her car when she felt it. A large slice to her abdomen.
Confused she looked down at her wound placing her hand over it, when she felt another slice across her chest. She looked up and saw the man raise the blade once more so Lisa broke his arm and the blade dropped to the ground. Her wounds were healing so she quickly whipped off her radio and alert the station. The man tried to run but Lisa gave him a solid blow to the throat and the man fell down in the street.
Soon police officers and spectators accumulated at the scene.
"Lisa are you alright?" Carl yelled out to her.
"Yeah sir. I'm okay." She replied. Carl let out a deep breath.
"Good. Can you tell me what happened?"
"I was just leaving work and walking towards my car when that nutcase slashed me across the stomach. I was confused for a moment because it took me by surprise. He then sliced me again across my chest and that's when I broke his arm. He tried to run so I disabled him" Lisa replied.
"So is this they guy?" She asked.
"We'll find out" Carl said seeing the man be escorted to a police cruiser.
Louis Traemor sat silent in the police car. He was silent in the police station. In fact Louis had not muttered a single word during his arrest or his arraignment. His court appointed attorney had petitioned for a psych eval before proceeding to trial. Finding the suspect to be mute and uncooperative, he was admitted to Lankly Institution for further examination.
The whole city took a long held breath of relief. With exception to Carl and Mick who had been down this road before.
"Are you buying this crazy defense?" Carl asked Mick when they had a moment alone.
"No. I mean there's a part of me that wishes it were that simple, but experience has taught me that crimes are never simple. And this one seems so neatly wrapped." Mick tried to explain. "The first victims were attacked somewhere private, where the perp had time with them, this assault on Lisa was out in the open and was rushed."
"Yeah, so either the perp changed his MO for whatever reason, or he's not the killer." Carl said.
"I don't think he is, but I think he knows who the killer is" Mick said.
"Let's call Ted again and see what he can find on this guy". Carl said.
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Dr. Fin Hewitt had spent most of his career working with the mentally insane. Trying very hard to break into their minds so they would no longer become a threat to themselves or others and he could see right away that Mr. Traemor was going to be a tough case.
"Good morning Mr. Traemor. Did you sleep alright?" He asked mildly studying the man. He appeared to be no more than 30 years of age, but he couldn't be sure. "Would you mind if I called you Louis?" The doctor asked. Louis sat in the chair across from the doctor staring out the window. "Is there anything that I can do for you?" The doctor asked, but Louis still did not respond. Dr. Hewitt didn't like to pull out the big guns but often times with resistant patients, it was the only way to break down their defenses. "Tell me Louis. Do you like women? Do they tease you or make fun of you because you're different?" He asked. Louis turned his head swiftly.
"Who told you that?!!" He yelled "She's a liar!!!!!! There's nothing wrong with me!!" He screamed standing up from the chair and running towards the window. Dr. Hewitt signaled a guard who would approach slowly with a sedative. "What did she tell you?" Louis cried still staring out the window.
"Who are you talking about Louis. I don't understand" Dr. Hewitt asked.
"Okay Mick , you're getting scary". Ted said as he showed Mick what he had found. "Mr. Traemor does have a sibling. A twin sibling. And it's a female. Louis and Lorraine Traemor born October 10th. She's about 6 minutes older. Both had a normal childhood, until the death of the neighbor child. He went to facility for disturbed children. The girl was raised by an aunt and was doing fine until the accident" Ted said.
"What? What accident?"
"She was in college and pledging a sorority. Some of the Gamma Phi ladies were hazing some new pledges when an accident happened. They were mixing some chemicals in the Chemistry Lab. The pledges were supposed to smell some of the stuff they mixed and get a little woozy or sick. The beeker Lorraine was holding exploded and burned her face and arms badly. I'm talking third degree burns. Lorraine had to have extensive surgeries. She was never the same." Ted said sadly.
"Is she still alive?" Mick asked.
"That's where it get's a little strange. I tracked her whereabouts 7 years after the accident, but then nothing. But there is also no death certificate. So if she is dead, it was an off the books sort of death." Ted replied.
"What happened to the sorority?" Mick asked.
"Not a lot. And that was surprising. They got a reprimand and a suspension but very little else. You know how those chapters work. A bunch of rich kids and their doctor fathers and lawyer fathers wrote hefty check and it was hushed up"
"And I bet you $1,000, the sorority girls involved were all blondes" Mick said.
"If I had a grand to give you, I'd hand it to you right now." Ted said placing the file in Mick's hand.
"Good morning Mr. Traemor. Did you sleep alright?" He asked mildly studying the man. He appeared to be no more than 30 years of age, but he couldn't be sure. "Would you mind if I called you Louis?" The doctor asked. Louis sat in the chair across from the doctor staring out the window. "Is there anything that I can do for you?" The doctor asked, but Louis still did not respond. Dr. Hewitt didn't like to pull out the big guns but often times with resistant patients, it was the only way to break down their defenses. "Tell me Louis. Do you like women? Do they tease you or make fun of you because you're different?" He asked. Louis turned his head swiftly.
"Who told you that?!!" He yelled "She's a liar!!!!!! There's nothing wrong with me!!" He screamed standing up from the chair and running towards the window. Dr. Hewitt signaled a guard who would approach slowly with a sedative. "What did she tell you?" Louis cried still staring out the window.
"Who are you talking about Louis. I don't understand" Dr. Hewitt asked.
"Okay Mick , you're getting scary". Ted said as he showed Mick what he had found. "Mr. Traemor does have a sibling. A twin sibling. And it's a female. Louis and Lorraine Traemor born October 10th. She's about 6 minutes older. Both had a normal childhood, until the death of the neighbor child. He went to facility for disturbed children. The girl was raised by an aunt and was doing fine until the accident" Ted said.
"What? What accident?"
"She was in college and pledging a sorority. Some of the Gamma Phi ladies were hazing some new pledges when an accident happened. They were mixing some chemicals in the Chemistry Lab. The pledges were supposed to smell some of the stuff they mixed and get a little woozy or sick. The beeker Lorraine was holding exploded and burned her face and arms badly. I'm talking third degree burns. Lorraine had to have extensive surgeries. She was never the same." Ted said sadly.
"Is she still alive?" Mick asked.
"That's where it get's a little strange. I tracked her whereabouts 7 years after the accident, but then nothing. But there is also no death certificate. So if she is dead, it was an off the books sort of death." Ted replied.
"What happened to the sorority?" Mick asked.
"Not a lot. And that was surprising. They got a reprimand and a suspension but very little else. You know how those chapters work. A bunch of rich kids and their doctor fathers and lawyer fathers wrote hefty check and it was hushed up"
"And I bet you $1,000, the sorority girls involved were all blondes" Mick said.
"If I had a grand to give you, I'd hand it to you right now." Ted said placing the file in Mick's hand.
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Re: We're All Crazy Here Rated PG
"I really wish Ted would come and work for me! The entire Cold Case section would be cleared out and solved" Carl said.
"Tell me about it" Mick said giving Carl the file. "I got to find the sister. Something tell me she's the key." Mick said.
Officer Fry came running into Carl's office.
"Captain! We got another body!" He said to the both of them.
"Victim's name is Mandy Van Harpen. Age 23. Student at UCLA, majoring in law. She was murdered somewhere else and dumped here....about 5-10 hours ago the Examiner said"
"It's got to be the sister now, because the brother is in the psych ward" Carl said.
"Let's be sure of that" Mick said.
Dr. Hewitt continued to work with Louis.
"Hello Louis. How are you today? You sister sends her love" He said writing down in his note
pad. Louis looked up quickly.
"What she say?" Louis asked cautiously.
"She wanted to know if you were okay and if you needed anything" Louis smiled and nodded his head.
"My sister loves me" He said triumphantly.
"I know she does. I could tell. Louis can you tell me about your life. How you grew up?"
"Why?" Louis asked.
"Were you happy?" Dr. Hewitt asked. Louis smiled.
"Yeah. Me and my sister used to play on the beach all the time. Even when it snowed"
"In Canada?" The dr. asked.
"Yeah. It was cold there but the summer was fun."
"What else did you do for fun?"
"We spoke the secret language" Louis said eyes far away like he was remembering something he had forgotten until now.
"Really? What's the secret language?"
"I can't tell you. Then it won't be a secret" Louis said picking up his glass of juice and downing the entire glass.
Carl and Mick walked into the Langley facility and asked for Dr. Hewitt.
"Yes, gentlemen may I help you?" Dr. Hewitt asked.
"We're here to discuss Louis Traemor. Is he sane enough for trial?"
"I'm not quite sure. He seems to be opening up a little, but you do know that this man suffers from mental retardation? I'm guessing his mental capacity to that of a 5 to 6 year old" Dr. Hewitt finished.
"You're kidding?" Mick said in shock
"No. I'm going to run a few more test tomorrow to get a more definitive diagnosis" Hewitt said walking away.
"He's going to skate on this" Carl said to himself.
"Not if I can help it" Mick said.
"Tell me about it" Mick said giving Carl the file. "I got to find the sister. Something tell me she's the key." Mick said.
Officer Fry came running into Carl's office.
"Captain! We got another body!" He said to the both of them.
"Victim's name is Mandy Van Harpen. Age 23. Student at UCLA, majoring in law. She was murdered somewhere else and dumped here....about 5-10 hours ago the Examiner said"
"It's got to be the sister now, because the brother is in the psych ward" Carl said.
"Let's be sure of that" Mick said.
Dr. Hewitt continued to work with Louis.
"Hello Louis. How are you today? You sister sends her love" He said writing down in his note
pad. Louis looked up quickly.
"What she say?" Louis asked cautiously.
"She wanted to know if you were okay and if you needed anything" Louis smiled and nodded his head.
"My sister loves me" He said triumphantly.
"I know she does. I could tell. Louis can you tell me about your life. How you grew up?"
"Why?" Louis asked.
"Were you happy?" Dr. Hewitt asked. Louis smiled.
"Yeah. Me and my sister used to play on the beach all the time. Even when it snowed"
"In Canada?" The dr. asked.
"Yeah. It was cold there but the summer was fun."
"What else did you do for fun?"
"We spoke the secret language" Louis said eyes far away like he was remembering something he had forgotten until now.
"Really? What's the secret language?"
"I can't tell you. Then it won't be a secret" Louis said picking up his glass of juice and downing the entire glass.
Carl and Mick walked into the Langley facility and asked for Dr. Hewitt.
"Yes, gentlemen may I help you?" Dr. Hewitt asked.
"We're here to discuss Louis Traemor. Is he sane enough for trial?"
"I'm not quite sure. He seems to be opening up a little, but you do know that this man suffers from mental retardation? I'm guessing his mental capacity to that of a 5 to 6 year old" Dr. Hewitt finished.
"You're kidding?" Mick said in shock
"No. I'm going to run a few more test tomorrow to get a more definitive diagnosis" Hewitt said walking away.
"He's going to skate on this" Carl said to himself.
"Not if I can help it" Mick said.
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Kathy Styles had heard all the warnings on the news, but she didn't think she had anything to fear. She thought the police should be looking into the backgrounds of the victims, and that's where they would find their killer. Those stuck up girls probably did something awful to some poor guy who probably adored them and he decided to even the score. She mentally shook the killers hand. Everyone knew that women could be vicious little snakes. And if they were pretty that made them even more dangerous. Her parents would later described their daughter as strong willed when they came to the Police Station. And when the coroner showed them the remains of their daughter, they wished that Kathy would have just listened for once.
"Are you sure this is what you want to do?" Carl asked.
"Yeah. I have to get into Langley and talk to Louis and the only way I can do that is to be committed." Mick said.
"Look Mick, you know I appreciate all you do for the department, but this......." Carl started to say.
"Is the right thing to do" Mick said finally.
"Okay....how do you want to do this?" Carl asked.
"I'm sorry Carl" Mick said.
"Sorry? For wha..." Carl started to say when Mick grabbed him and tossed him through the office window. As Carl laid in the middle of the squad room floor with small lacerations to his back and arms, Mick went through the police station shoving people and destroying police property. A quick thinking young officer grabbed tranquilizer gun they had confiscated and shot Mick full of darts.
When Mick woke up the next day, he was locked up in the Langley facility in an isolation room.
Beth went to visit Carl in the emergency room.
"Oh my God! Carl are you alright?" She asked anxiously as she walked over to him.
"I'm okay, it's just some minor cuts a couple of stitches here and there"
"Why would Mick do this to you?" She asked in surprise.
"Come to my house tonight and I'll fill you in" Carl whispered. Beth nodded in relief because now she knew that this had been carefully planned.
"I hope you know that Mick did this all for show. He doesn't make a bit of throwing people out windows" Beth said when she walked into Carl's house.
"Beth, I've seen your husband throw multiple people out windows" Carl said the a grin.
"Well, yeah....but those were criminals!" Beth replied.
"Look, I didn't know what Mick was going to do, but he had to make it look real. Yeah it caught me by surprise but that's probably for the best. The good news is that he's in Langley and he's going to find out if this Louis guy is really mentally challenged and the whereabouts of the sister" Carl said.
Beth knew that if anyone could get to the bottom of this it would be her husband.
Mick spent the first 72 hours in isolation. Seeing that he was a vampire they fed him small amounts of blood to keep him from going insane with bloodlust and at the end of the 72 hours he was led to doctors office where they would evaluate this state of mind.
"So Mr. St. John. How are you feeling?" The doctor asked. Mick looked at the doctor and knew right away he was a vampire.
"Was it you?" Mick asked.
"What do you mean?" The doctor asked as he wrote in his notebook.
"Was it you that kept me fed?" Mick asked.
"Yes. I knew you were a vampire and I saw the extra precautions should be taken. So why are you here? Don't worry, I won't squeal, but someone like you has to have a damn good reason to be here" He said.
"Alright, I'm working on the Traemor case. I don't think that guy is crazy at all." Mick said.
"And you went bonkers to get yourself locked up here?"
"No. I did it for fun" Mick said sarcastically "Look, him and his sister are killing women and personally, I don't care about the policies regarding the mentally disabled. He chose to kill those women and that makes him guilty! He shouldn't skate on this" Mick said.
"I agree with you Mr. St. John. Humans really believe that everyone can be saved."
"So will you help me. I need to see his records since he's been here. Anything" Mick said.
"Let me see what I can do" The doctor said as rose.
"Are you sure this is what you want to do?" Carl asked.
"Yeah. I have to get into Langley and talk to Louis and the only way I can do that is to be committed." Mick said.
"Look Mick, you know I appreciate all you do for the department, but this......." Carl started to say.
"Is the right thing to do" Mick said finally.
"Okay....how do you want to do this?" Carl asked.
"I'm sorry Carl" Mick said.
"Sorry? For wha..." Carl started to say when Mick grabbed him and tossed him through the office window. As Carl laid in the middle of the squad room floor with small lacerations to his back and arms, Mick went through the police station shoving people and destroying police property. A quick thinking young officer grabbed tranquilizer gun they had confiscated and shot Mick full of darts.
When Mick woke up the next day, he was locked up in the Langley facility in an isolation room.
Beth went to visit Carl in the emergency room.
"Oh my God! Carl are you alright?" She asked anxiously as she walked over to him.
"I'm okay, it's just some minor cuts a couple of stitches here and there"
"Why would Mick do this to you?" She asked in surprise.
"Come to my house tonight and I'll fill you in" Carl whispered. Beth nodded in relief because now she knew that this had been carefully planned.
"I hope you know that Mick did this all for show. He doesn't make a bit of throwing people out windows" Beth said when she walked into Carl's house.
"Beth, I've seen your husband throw multiple people out windows" Carl said the a grin.
"Well, yeah....but those were criminals!" Beth replied.
"Look, I didn't know what Mick was going to do, but he had to make it look real. Yeah it caught me by surprise but that's probably for the best. The good news is that he's in Langley and he's going to find out if this Louis guy is really mentally challenged and the whereabouts of the sister" Carl said.
Beth knew that if anyone could get to the bottom of this it would be her husband.
Mick spent the first 72 hours in isolation. Seeing that he was a vampire they fed him small amounts of blood to keep him from going insane with bloodlust and at the end of the 72 hours he was led to doctors office where they would evaluate this state of mind.
"So Mr. St. John. How are you feeling?" The doctor asked. Mick looked at the doctor and knew right away he was a vampire.
"Was it you?" Mick asked.
"What do you mean?" The doctor asked as he wrote in his notebook.
"Was it you that kept me fed?" Mick asked.
"Yes. I knew you were a vampire and I saw the extra precautions should be taken. So why are you here? Don't worry, I won't squeal, but someone like you has to have a damn good reason to be here" He said.
"Alright, I'm working on the Traemor case. I don't think that guy is crazy at all." Mick said.
"And you went bonkers to get yourself locked up here?"
"No. I did it for fun" Mick said sarcastically "Look, him and his sister are killing women and personally, I don't care about the policies regarding the mentally disabled. He chose to kill those women and that makes him guilty! He shouldn't skate on this" Mick said.
"I agree with you Mr. St. John. Humans really believe that everyone can be saved."
"So will you help me. I need to see his records since he's been here. Anything" Mick said.
"Let me see what I can do" The doctor said as rose.
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Mick was finally let out of isolation, but he was supervised every moment. Part of the treatment was group therapy where each person had to talk about what was bothering them. Mick had learned that so far, Louis did not speak.
"Mr. St. John, since this will be your first group therapy session why don't you introduce yourself to everyone" Dr. Campbell said.
"Whatever" Mick said in a casual tone. "Ok. My name is Mick St. John and I'm a vampire" He said bluntly. Everyone froze and stared at him.
"You're lying!" An older woman said matter of factly. "Everybody knows they were destroyed a long time ago" She said with a smug know it all smile.
"Well, they missed one didn't they?" Mick replied.
"Why are you here? Everybody knows vampires aren't crazy" A young man said.
"Says who?" Mick asked. The young man looked confused not sure how to answer the man's question.
"Do vampires have sex?" A young woman asked looking at Mick with lust in her eyes.
"No" He answered. "We're dead. So no sex" He lied watching the girls face turn into a frown.
"Mr. St. John, why don't you tell everyone why you're here?" Dr. Campbell said.
"I smashed up a police station and through the Captain through a window" Mick replied.
"Why did you feel you needed to do that?" The doctor asked.
"I was just sick of them telling me what to do. I mean I'm the freaking vampire here! Why aren't they listening to me?" Mick yelled.
"Calm down Mr. St. John" The doctor said and he continued to write things down. Mick looked briefly glanced at Louis and saw him looking at the woman who had asked Mick the sex question. He was leaning slightly to the left trying to get a peek at her cleavage. Suddenly Mick jumped up and grabbed Louis by the throat.
"I'm sick of humans telling me what to do!" Mick yelled. All the patients jumped from their chairs and ran to the door which was locked. They were screaming trying to get out. Mick barred his fangs and Louis started to scream.
"I'm really hungry. I think I'll take a bite out of you!" Mick said to Louis.
"Get him off of me!!! Come on help me!! Louis screamed. Mick stared at Louis.
"Why should I let you live?" Mick hissed. "It's not like someone like you matters that much" Mick said pulling Louis' head back.
"Oh God!" Louis yelled in fear. "I did this for my sister! She's sick! Not me, I swear!" He screamed in Mick's arms. Mick looked at Dr. Campbell who nodded. Mick slowly put Louis down.
"Where is your sister and you better tell me the truth or I'll be back to finish what I started to do to you" Mick said in a menacing voice.
"Ok! I don't want to die! She lives in the Jefferson Apartments on Vine Street!" Mick very quickly ran out of Langley to let Carl know.
"Carl! It's Mick" He said into his mobile.
"Mick! Where are you? I got a call from Langley saying you had escaped." Carl said.
"Carl listen! Louis isn't crazy. He's totally sane. He blames the sister. Said he did everything for her. She lives in the Jefferson Apartments on Vine street. You need to get some units there pronto!"
"I'm on it Mick!" Carl said hanging up.
Mick met Carl at the apartment building where Lorraine lived.
"Mick, I need you to get into the building. Try the back first and I'm going to station my men along the sides and the front." Carl said. Mick nodded and took off quickly trying to find a way to access the building. He spied the back door propped open, most likely for some smoker so he quickly entered the building. Once on the lobby floor, he ran to the 8th floor where Louis said she lived. He peered around the corner and saw that the door was wide open. Looking into the apartment, he saw that Lorraine was dead, lying in the middle of the living room floor. He took out his mobile and called Carl.
"It wasn't the sister. Carl she's dead" Mick said staring at the body.
"Mr. St. John, since this will be your first group therapy session why don't you introduce yourself to everyone" Dr. Campbell said.
"Whatever" Mick said in a casual tone. "Ok. My name is Mick St. John and I'm a vampire" He said bluntly. Everyone froze and stared at him.
"You're lying!" An older woman said matter of factly. "Everybody knows they were destroyed a long time ago" She said with a smug know it all smile.
"Well, they missed one didn't they?" Mick replied.
"Why are you here? Everybody knows vampires aren't crazy" A young man said.
"Says who?" Mick asked. The young man looked confused not sure how to answer the man's question.
"Do vampires have sex?" A young woman asked looking at Mick with lust in her eyes.
"No" He answered. "We're dead. So no sex" He lied watching the girls face turn into a frown.
"Mr. St. John, why don't you tell everyone why you're here?" Dr. Campbell said.
"I smashed up a police station and through the Captain through a window" Mick replied.
"Why did you feel you needed to do that?" The doctor asked.
"I was just sick of them telling me what to do. I mean I'm the freaking vampire here! Why aren't they listening to me?" Mick yelled.
"Calm down Mr. St. John" The doctor said and he continued to write things down. Mick looked briefly glanced at Louis and saw him looking at the woman who had asked Mick the sex question. He was leaning slightly to the left trying to get a peek at her cleavage. Suddenly Mick jumped up and grabbed Louis by the throat.
"I'm sick of humans telling me what to do!" Mick yelled. All the patients jumped from their chairs and ran to the door which was locked. They were screaming trying to get out. Mick barred his fangs and Louis started to scream.
"I'm really hungry. I think I'll take a bite out of you!" Mick said to Louis.
"Get him off of me!!! Come on help me!! Louis screamed. Mick stared at Louis.
"Why should I let you live?" Mick hissed. "It's not like someone like you matters that much" Mick said pulling Louis' head back.
"Oh God!" Louis yelled in fear. "I did this for my sister! She's sick! Not me, I swear!" He screamed in Mick's arms. Mick looked at Dr. Campbell who nodded. Mick slowly put Louis down.
"Where is your sister and you better tell me the truth or I'll be back to finish what I started to do to you" Mick said in a menacing voice.
"Ok! I don't want to die! She lives in the Jefferson Apartments on Vine Street!" Mick very quickly ran out of Langley to let Carl know.
"Carl! It's Mick" He said into his mobile.
"Mick! Where are you? I got a call from Langley saying you had escaped." Carl said.
"Carl listen! Louis isn't crazy. He's totally sane. He blames the sister. Said he did everything for her. She lives in the Jefferson Apartments on Vine street. You need to get some units there pronto!"
"I'm on it Mick!" Carl said hanging up.
Mick met Carl at the apartment building where Lorraine lived.
"Mick, I need you to get into the building. Try the back first and I'm going to station my men along the sides and the front." Carl said. Mick nodded and took off quickly trying to find a way to access the building. He spied the back door propped open, most likely for some smoker so he quickly entered the building. Once on the lobby floor, he ran to the 8th floor where Louis said she lived. He peered around the corner and saw that the door was wide open. Looking into the apartment, he saw that Lorraine was dead, lying in the middle of the living room floor. He took out his mobile and called Carl.
"It wasn't the sister. Carl she's dead" Mick said staring at the body.
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"Mick what the hell is going on here"? Carl asked in frustration as he studied the body of Loraine Traemor.
"I don't know" Mick said equally as puzzled. "Everything pointed to Louis' sister committing the murders! This doesn't make any sense" Mick said.
"Somebody's playing us Mick and we have to find out who it is" Carl said placing the sheet back over the body.
For the first time Felix the Medical Examiner felt devastated. Loraine Traemor had extensive damage to her face, neck and shoulders.
"What happened to you missy" He said under his breath as he prepared to do the postmortem.
Mick and Carl came in later to find out what Felix had discovered.
"What you got Felix?" Carl asked.
"What I got is a female who would have been better off dead. How she stayed alive for as long as she did is beyond me. Let's start with the burns. She suffered extensive 3rd degree burns on her face, neck and shoulders. Her eyes were heavily burned. She had no eye lid on the left eye so she had to wear a patch to protect it. Her left eye which was somewhat saved probably from her turning and putting her arms up to protect her face, but for all intents and purposes she was legally blind. Then we come to the ears, The left one again damaged beyond the power of modern medicine, the right one I don't know. She may have been able to hear a bit but not a lot. The nose was an artificial one that they provide for most people with extensive burns". Felix was saying.
"Look Felix, we know about the burns. What killed her?" Mick asked.
"Asphyxiation. Someone choked her to death. Now someone in her health would have been quite easy to kill. She also had Xanax in her system which is common for burn victims. When you've lost your main senses, your heart starts to overwork to deal with the loss of hearing, vision. She'd probably been taking it for years, since these burns are almost 10 years old". Felix finished.
"Maybe she had an accomplice" Mick said.
"Another family member?" Carl asked.
"I think it's obvious that this girl was hurt in bad way, someone had to go through this with her besides the brother. What about the aunt who raised her?" Mick asked.
"I don't think so. She'd have to be in her 70's at least". Carl said.
"We're missing something" Mick said slowly shaking his head.
"Now this is interesting" Ted said as he looked at his computer.
"What's interesting? Corporate espionage? I don't think so" Sam said looking over at him.
"Come take a look at this" Ted said calling Sam over. Sam came over to his desk and read over his shoulder.
"What am I looking at?" Sam asked.
"A very stupid researcher" Ted said jumping out of his chair and grabbing his mobile to speak with Mick.
"Carl! Ted has to meet us at the station right now!" Mick said as they both took off.
"Great you're both here. Look at his. It's an engagement announcement. Loraine Traemor was going to get married, until the accident happened. I pulled up the fiancé's name and I came across this story." Ted said.
"Burn victim marries college sweetheart" Carl read.
"Wait! Loraine has a husband?" Carl asked.
"Yeah. He dropped out of college to marry his first and only love after those sorority girls caused her disfigurement. Said in an interview that all hazing had to be stopped and that the girls responsible should have their faces sliced up. End quote."
"Do you think Louis knows?" Carl asked Mick.
"No. He truly believes it was his sister the whole time" Mick said.
"Let's go back and pay him a visit" Carl said.
"Louis......your sister is dead. She was murdered in her apartment." Carl said. Louis opened his eyes wide in shock and crumpled to the ground sobbing. "Louis, we're sorry for your loss, but you have to help us find the person responsible. We need to know where your brother in law is" Carl said. Louis
said nothing but continued to sob. Mick was tired of all the games and picked Louis up off the floor and slammed him hard up against a wall.
"Listen up you pathetic troll! I'm tired of all your games! Now you're going to tell me what we need to know or I will spray paint this entire facility with your blood!! Do you understand me?" Mick roared with white hot anger. Louis stopped sobbing and stared at Mick in fear. "Where is Grant?" Mick asked his glowing red.
"I really don't know. Loraine would never tell me! But his parents live in La Jolla! That's all I know! I swear!" He cried out. Mick dropped Louis to the ground with a thud and met Carl at the car.
"Mick we got a hit on Grant's parents! Let's move." Carl said slamming the car door and speeding off.
It took them almost two hours to get to La Jolla, but they pulled up to the spacious home and Mick took a swift look around the grounds. He saw the parents inside with their heads together speaking earnestly. Carl approached the front door while Mick staked out the back.
Carl rang the bell twice and waited somewhat patiently. A nice looking woman in her late 50's opened the door.
"Yes. May I help you?" She asked pleasantly.
"I am Captain Carl Davis with the LAPD and I'm here to ask your son Grant some questions." Carl asked showing her his credentials.
"Grant? Oh.....he doesn't live here anymore...I'm sorry I can't help you" She said as she tried to close the door. But Carl stepped in before she could shut the door.
"I'm afraid I'll just have to see for myself." Carl said showing her warrant he had already obtained. Suddenly there was a loud crash from upstairs. Carl took off up the stairs to see what was going on.
When he reached the landing he saw a window smashed open. Crap! Carl thought. Grant's trying to make a run for it. He peered out the window and saw Grant face flat in the grass below with Mick securing him tightly. Carl closed his eyes in relief and made his way to the backyard.
"You've got lot to answer for!" Carl said as he slapped the cuffs on the man's wrists.
"Answer for what? Those bitches had it coming! If it wasn't from me then Satan himself would have come for those vipers! You don't even know the evil things these women did!! You have no freaking clue!" He spat out at them.
"Tell it to your bunkmate and pray he's got a sympathetic nature" Mick said in disgust.
When Mick finally made it home he poured himself a very large scotch and sat down. Beth, and Zoe heard the door open and came down to see who it was.
"Honey! You're back!" Beth said with smile as she threw her arms around him. When she saw the large glass of scotch in his hands she stopped. "Uh Oh. What happened?" Beth asked. Zoe walked over to the bar and poured two small drinks for both her and Beth as they sat down near him.
"We caught the guy. He's in custody." Mick said solemnly.
"That's good news isn't it?" Zoe asked in confusion.
"Yeah....that's good....but let me ask you both something...when you were in high school or college, did you ever.....uh...were you ever mean to other girls who weren't as pretty as you?" Mick asked although he couldn't see either of them behaving that way to anyone! He remembered Gabe telling him how nice Zoe was to Brian when he first became their friend and he knew that Beth was pretty much a loner most of her childhood, but still he had to know.
"Mick, you're asking if we were bullies?" Zoe asked in surprise.
"Well...yeah. I mean all of these murders were committed because a group of very vapid girls decided they were better than everyone else!"
"Well, Mick I can tell you that I always saw everyone as being special. I saw the way Brian was treated in school and I was never brave enough to say what I should have and that saddens me. Maybe if I had of said something earlier, Brian's memories of school wouldn't be awful" Zoe said.
"And I didn't really have any close friends that I hung out with. But I see now that I should have held my hand out to a lot more people than I did" Beth said sadly. Mick just sat there thinking that he needed a break from the city and crimes.
"Hey! What's going on down here?" Lisa said coming down the stairs. "Everybody having a booze fest while the rest are left out?" she said with a grin.
"Mick wants to know if we were ever part of that "popular mean girls clique" Zoe explained. Lisa rolled her eyes in disgust as they laughed out loud, knowing Lisa's fondness for punching anyone who even tried that crap when she was around.
"Plaaaezze!" Lisa said with snort. Mick looked up at the women in his life.
"You all are amazing" He said becoming choked up as they all came over to hug him.
"We learned from the best Gramps" Lisa said with a smile.
The End
"I don't know" Mick said equally as puzzled. "Everything pointed to Louis' sister committing the murders! This doesn't make any sense" Mick said.
"Somebody's playing us Mick and we have to find out who it is" Carl said placing the sheet back over the body.
For the first time Felix the Medical Examiner felt devastated. Loraine Traemor had extensive damage to her face, neck and shoulders.
"What happened to you missy" He said under his breath as he prepared to do the postmortem.
Mick and Carl came in later to find out what Felix had discovered.
"What you got Felix?" Carl asked.
"What I got is a female who would have been better off dead. How she stayed alive for as long as she did is beyond me. Let's start with the burns. She suffered extensive 3rd degree burns on her face, neck and shoulders. Her eyes were heavily burned. She had no eye lid on the left eye so she had to wear a patch to protect it. Her left eye which was somewhat saved probably from her turning and putting her arms up to protect her face, but for all intents and purposes she was legally blind. Then we come to the ears, The left one again damaged beyond the power of modern medicine, the right one I don't know. She may have been able to hear a bit but not a lot. The nose was an artificial one that they provide for most people with extensive burns". Felix was saying.
"Look Felix, we know about the burns. What killed her?" Mick asked.
"Asphyxiation. Someone choked her to death. Now someone in her health would have been quite easy to kill. She also had Xanax in her system which is common for burn victims. When you've lost your main senses, your heart starts to overwork to deal with the loss of hearing, vision. She'd probably been taking it for years, since these burns are almost 10 years old". Felix finished.
"Maybe she had an accomplice" Mick said.
"Another family member?" Carl asked.
"I think it's obvious that this girl was hurt in bad way, someone had to go through this with her besides the brother. What about the aunt who raised her?" Mick asked.
"I don't think so. She'd have to be in her 70's at least". Carl said.
"We're missing something" Mick said slowly shaking his head.
"Now this is interesting" Ted said as he looked at his computer.
"What's interesting? Corporate espionage? I don't think so" Sam said looking over at him.
"Come take a look at this" Ted said calling Sam over. Sam came over to his desk and read over his shoulder.
"What am I looking at?" Sam asked.
"A very stupid researcher" Ted said jumping out of his chair and grabbing his mobile to speak with Mick.
"Carl! Ted has to meet us at the station right now!" Mick said as they both took off.
"Great you're both here. Look at his. It's an engagement announcement. Loraine Traemor was going to get married, until the accident happened. I pulled up the fiancé's name and I came across this story." Ted said.
"Burn victim marries college sweetheart" Carl read.
"Wait! Loraine has a husband?" Carl asked.
"Yeah. He dropped out of college to marry his first and only love after those sorority girls caused her disfigurement. Said in an interview that all hazing had to be stopped and that the girls responsible should have their faces sliced up. End quote."
"Do you think Louis knows?" Carl asked Mick.
"No. He truly believes it was his sister the whole time" Mick said.
"Let's go back and pay him a visit" Carl said.
"Louis......your sister is dead. She was murdered in her apartment." Carl said. Louis opened his eyes wide in shock and crumpled to the ground sobbing. "Louis, we're sorry for your loss, but you have to help us find the person responsible. We need to know where your brother in law is" Carl said. Louis
said nothing but continued to sob. Mick was tired of all the games and picked Louis up off the floor and slammed him hard up against a wall.
"Listen up you pathetic troll! I'm tired of all your games! Now you're going to tell me what we need to know or I will spray paint this entire facility with your blood!! Do you understand me?" Mick roared with white hot anger. Louis stopped sobbing and stared at Mick in fear. "Where is Grant?" Mick asked his glowing red.
"I really don't know. Loraine would never tell me! But his parents live in La Jolla! That's all I know! I swear!" He cried out. Mick dropped Louis to the ground with a thud and met Carl at the car.
"Mick we got a hit on Grant's parents! Let's move." Carl said slamming the car door and speeding off.
It took them almost two hours to get to La Jolla, but they pulled up to the spacious home and Mick took a swift look around the grounds. He saw the parents inside with their heads together speaking earnestly. Carl approached the front door while Mick staked out the back.
Carl rang the bell twice and waited somewhat patiently. A nice looking woman in her late 50's opened the door.
"Yes. May I help you?" She asked pleasantly.
"I am Captain Carl Davis with the LAPD and I'm here to ask your son Grant some questions." Carl asked showing her his credentials.
"Grant? Oh.....he doesn't live here anymore...I'm sorry I can't help you" She said as she tried to close the door. But Carl stepped in before she could shut the door.
"I'm afraid I'll just have to see for myself." Carl said showing her warrant he had already obtained. Suddenly there was a loud crash from upstairs. Carl took off up the stairs to see what was going on.
When he reached the landing he saw a window smashed open. Crap! Carl thought. Grant's trying to make a run for it. He peered out the window and saw Grant face flat in the grass below with Mick securing him tightly. Carl closed his eyes in relief and made his way to the backyard.
"You've got lot to answer for!" Carl said as he slapped the cuffs on the man's wrists.
"Answer for what? Those bitches had it coming! If it wasn't from me then Satan himself would have come for those vipers! You don't even know the evil things these women did!! You have no freaking clue!" He spat out at them.
"Tell it to your bunkmate and pray he's got a sympathetic nature" Mick said in disgust.
When Mick finally made it home he poured himself a very large scotch and sat down. Beth, and Zoe heard the door open and came down to see who it was.
"Honey! You're back!" Beth said with smile as she threw her arms around him. When she saw the large glass of scotch in his hands she stopped. "Uh Oh. What happened?" Beth asked. Zoe walked over to the bar and poured two small drinks for both her and Beth as they sat down near him.
"We caught the guy. He's in custody." Mick said solemnly.
"That's good news isn't it?" Zoe asked in confusion.
"Yeah....that's good....but let me ask you both something...when you were in high school or college, did you ever.....uh...were you ever mean to other girls who weren't as pretty as you?" Mick asked although he couldn't see either of them behaving that way to anyone! He remembered Gabe telling him how nice Zoe was to Brian when he first became their friend and he knew that Beth was pretty much a loner most of her childhood, but still he had to know.
"Mick, you're asking if we were bullies?" Zoe asked in surprise.
"Well...yeah. I mean all of these murders were committed because a group of very vapid girls decided they were better than everyone else!"
"Well, Mick I can tell you that I always saw everyone as being special. I saw the way Brian was treated in school and I was never brave enough to say what I should have and that saddens me. Maybe if I had of said something earlier, Brian's memories of school wouldn't be awful" Zoe said.
"And I didn't really have any close friends that I hung out with. But I see now that I should have held my hand out to a lot more people than I did" Beth said sadly. Mick just sat there thinking that he needed a break from the city and crimes.
"Hey! What's going on down here?" Lisa said coming down the stairs. "Everybody having a booze fest while the rest are left out?" she said with a grin.
"Mick wants to know if we were ever part of that "popular mean girls clique" Zoe explained. Lisa rolled her eyes in disgust as they laughed out loud, knowing Lisa's fondness for punching anyone who even tried that crap when she was around.
"Plaaaezze!" Lisa said with snort. Mick looked up at the women in his life.
"You all are amazing" He said becoming choked up as they all came over to hug him.
"We learned from the best Gramps" Lisa said with a smile.
The End