Butcher(Johny Huang) The small beam of light shone upon my face, as I woke up to find myself lying down in the sofa of my office.
“What a horrible dream that was.” I said while sighing
“Are you having that dream again Jake?”Asked my partner Kevin as he brew some tea
“Yea, I’ve been having the dream a lot recently.”I said while rising up from the sofa
“Are you sure you don’t need help from the doctor?”As Kevin handed me the tea
“I’m fine Kevin don’t worry about it.”I sipped on the tea that Kevin brews for me every day.
My Name is Jake, I work as a detective along with my partner Kevin. Recently I’ve been having this horrible dream, about me being sliced into pieces by a psychopath who I’ve been hunting down since the last month. His name is Mark also known as Mark the butcher, he got his nickname from the way he kill his victim he would cut his victim into pieces with their organs cut out perfectly.
I rose up from the sofa I’ve been sitting on and open the curtains, the bright light from the sun blinded my eyes as I regained my eyesight I felt that today is going to be a great day. I picked up the newspaper on my desk which Kevin has left there
‘Headlines
Mark the butcher strikes again!
A man found dead in his apartment with his organs taken out, this is the 10th victim this month. How long will Mark continue to roam around town slicing down innocent citizens?’
I sighed as I close the newspaper I’m holding “I will stop you Mark, I won’t let you get away next time”
I head out of my room and towards the elevator, as the door to the elevator opened a familiar face appeared. It’s my close friend Greg, he visits my office everyday to deliver the information he got about Mark that he had collected.
“Hey Greg, how’s the data collection?” I placed my hand on his shoulder
“It’s going well, I got some info about the murder yesterday I’ll leave it on your desk as usual.” He exited the elevator.
“Alright thanks, keep up the good work.” As the door to the elevator closes I pressed the button for floor 5, which is where all the work happens.
The elevator rises up from floor 2..3..4..5 the elevator made a ‘Ding’ sound as I arrived at the 5th floor, the sight of hundreds of people working on their desk and the buzzing of people never ceased to amaze me. All this people are working under me to catch one person and that is Mark.
My secretary walked towards me with a document on her hand “Jake, here is the schedule for today and don’t forget to investigate the crime scene today.”
I opened the document to find pages of information about the murder yesterday, I skimmed the schedule turn around and head towards the elevator.
“Kevin we’re heading out.” I said to Kevin who is leaning on the wall beside me
“Alright” He replied
We went back down to the first floor, and opened the front door of the building. Fresh air from outside the building rushed in to lighten the weight from my body, I walked towards the car and Kevin drove us to the crime scene.
Once we approach the crime scene, police lines and curious citizens can be seen everywhere around the area. We exited the car and pass through the crowds and into the apartment, this strong aroma that I’ve gotten used to over this year’s…blood.
In the building abstract building can be seen all over the apartment, I have no idea why people like this kind of stuff even know I’ve never had any talent or interest in art. I look around the area, the weapon is that killed the man is as usual the butcher knife, it seems that he’s killed at around 10pm yesterday while he was watching the television, there is message written in blood on the floor saying “Sacrifice 66” this must be written by Mark it seems to be the number of victims he have killed, and also a letter that might be dropped by Mark it says “The time has come for us to gather together and held the ceremony for him gather at the holy place at 11pm two days from today”.
After getting all the information from the crime scene I returned to my office to examine the clues, I sat on the chair and read the document Greg left for me earlier this morning.
“Can I come in Jake?”Kevin knocked the door
“Sure, what do you need did you find out anything about Mark?”I put down the document I’ve been holding
“Not really, but we might be on to something remember the letter from the crime scene?”He took out a photo of the letter
“Yea, what did you find out about that letter?”I took the photo from his hand
“It seems that Mark will be coming to that ceremony, the place it will be held we still don’t know.”Kevin out a map and placed it on the desk, on it a big red circle covering the whole map
“What’s this?”I questioned while pointing on the red circle
“The red circle is where we suspect this ceremony will be held.”Kevin replied
“This isn’t very helpful…”I sighed in disappointment
The day passed with not much progress, I head towards to port where I usually calm my mind after a day of work. There seems to be more people than usual today in the port, but it doesn’t really bother me.
The next day, everything went as usual Greg delivering data, me and Kevin going out to the crime scene, Kevin being unhelpful as always. The day ended just like that and I again head towards the port, the sound of waves always manages to calm me down and help me relax.
Then again like yesterday a lot of people gathered around the port today they seem weirder than yesterday, they’re all heading towards a bar wearing occult clothes while shouting carrying a weird pot. I can smell a strong stench despite being 10meters, the stench smells familiar...blood it seems the pots are filled with blood.
I followed them slowly trying to stay hidden, and when they all entered the bar I peeked in it. To my surprise they’re all gone, there’s no trace of them not even the stench of blood. I returned home and immediately fell asleep after the long tiring day.
Today the day the ceremony is supposed to be held, the office is much busier than any other day as today might the only chance we can catch Mark. The event yesterday is still bothering me I feel that those guys yesterday are related to Mark, I called Kevin into the room.
“Kevin I need you to follow me tonight, I think I know where Mark is.”I said in excitement
“Where is this place you’re talking about?”He replied
“The port, I’ve been seeing this weird group on the port recently I think they’re related to Mark.”I took out a cigarette and lighted it up
As the night approach me and Kevin went to the port, I assigned some cops to wait outside the bar while I and Kevin will go in. The occult group appeared as planned, they entered the bar and after a few minute we entered. It’s the same as last night the bar is empty, I looked around and found a hidden door at the corner of the room.
“Let’s go, cover my back.”I took out the pistol from my pocket and head opened the door
On the other side of the door is tunnel leading to a cave, we walked slowly deeper and deeper into the cave. When suddenly voices of people chanting can be heard, as we entered the cave we saw a huge statue in the middle of the cave with an altar in front of it, on the altar human organs can be seen.
We hided behind a vase while watching what they will do, then a man approach the altar the man with the face of a psychopath, the man I’ve been hunting down this past few months.
“It’s Mark the butcher!”Shouted Kevin in surprise
Everyone in the cave turned their heads and stared at Kevin.
“Who is this man, he shall not leave this place alive!”Shouted Mark in anger
I Took out my piston and pointed it at Mark “We’re here to arrest you Mark the Butcher!”
Guns were fired, everyone in the room took out their guns and began shooting mercilessly at us while we take cover behind a boulder.
“It’s all your fault Kevin!”I shouted at Kevin in anger, while shooting back at them
Their number is overwhelming, with only the two of us against all of them we have no chance of winning. After shooting a couple rounds of bullet ‘click click click’ I’m all out of bullets, as they come closer I clenched my fist and began swinging away my fist at them, it’s useless they’re number are overwhelming.
They took me up to the altar where Mark the butcher is, then he took out the butcher knife he used to murder all his victims
“You will be another sacrifice for our god!”Mark shouted as he raised his knife up high
He then began skinning my skin, the amount of pain rushing in my body is crazy as I shouted “ARGH” in pain, and then more gun shots were heard. The Backup that Kevin requested has arrived, the cave was soon secured and Mark arrested, Kevin treated my wounds and we returned back home.
The next day I woke up and read the newspaper on my desk
‘Headlines
Mark the butcher finally stopped
Yesterday 14 June 2010 Mark has finally been arrested’
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