Chapter 18 (Full blown murderer)

Ian was worried. A fall from somewhere that high and she was already out of bed acting like nothing was wrong. He stared at the blood stain on her shirt and made to look at the injury. The Priest had a first aid box.

"I'm fine, I'll just change the bandage" Keres pushed him away. She walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower staring at herself in the mirror. She slowly removed the bandage from her belly and dumped it in the waste bin. She took out a box from under the sink, opened it and pulled out a blow torch from inside it. She ignited it and as the flame came on she held unto the wash-hand basin for support, closed her eyes lids and used it to seal the wound. Reveling in the pain as the wound sealed shut she released her grip on the sink and looked at her palm.

It was wet. It was then that she noticed the sink being wet which meant that someone had used it recently and the only people who were in the room were Grace and Orlando. She immediately turned towards the shower and looked at the cabin on top of it. She raced out of the bathroom and walked into the room to get a stool

"What are you doing?" Ian asked

She ignored him and took the stool inside the bathroom then mounted it. Keres stretched her hands and reached for the file she kept in the cabin but it was gone

"Darn it" she said and got down and walked into the room

"What's wrong?" Ian asked as she took out her phone and began to dial Marcel's number

"Yes, Keres?" His voice rang out

"Grace, that CIS detective. I need her address" she said

"Why?" Marcel asked

"Just send it!" She yelled into the phone and threw it on the bed

"Keres, for godsake what's going on?!" Ian asked

"They took something. I'm going to get it back" she said clenching her fists into a ball. Her phone vibrated showing that Marcel had sent the address. She picked up the phone and walked out the door

"Keres, where are you going to? Let me come with you" Ian said

She ignored him and kept walking down the stairs

"Keres" he said holding her hand

"Get away from me!" She shouted and pushed him down the stairs. He tumbled down with a thud and became unconscious. Like nothing happened, like her best buddy didn't just go unconscious she walked over his body and drove out of the church with her bike.

Swearing silently she rode to Grace's house. After a while she got to the address and got down from the bike. It was a dilapidated building filled with tenants. If someone decided to dance a little around the house it would go crumbling.

"Room twelve" she said looking at the message she got from Marcel

She saw the room number and walked past it. Found a window that led to the bedroom. Took out a pen knife and cut the net. She tore it apart and jumped into the room through the open window

"I wonder what this Uncle Klaus did to her" she heard Grace say from the living room. She had left the precinct after her findings with Orlando. All she wanted was a warm bath and some sleep but the water wasn't running and Orlando was coming over to go over what they got from Keres again.

"If he were alive we would have been able to know the cause of her Alexithyma. But all these videos she's been watching shows that she wants to be a normal person" Grace said sitting on the study table

"You're wrong" Keres said standing in front of the door

"Oh my God!" Grace said

She nearly jumped out of her skin

"What.... How did you get in here?" Grace stuttered

"I'm not trying to change" Keres said advancing towards her

"I was trying to pretend" she said looking around the house. There was no way Grace would have CCTVS around. If she could afford one then she wouldn't have been living in a backward building

"What?" Grace asked

"Give me back what you stole!" Keres said sternly

"Here" Grace said handing her the files with shaky hands

"You didn't take anything else from the room, did you?" Keres asked

"What? No, we didn't" she said shaking from the way Keres was looking at her

"Figures, you got into my google account and restored my search history" Keres said surprising Grace even more

"You even took these files from my room. Who else have you told? Your Chief in the CIS?"

"Or is this still between you and that sickly looking partner of yours?" She asked

"No one else knows" Grace said

"Good, because it will make me really mad if you told others" Keres said

"Keres, I know you didn't mean to kill all those people. It's because of the Alexithyma, right?"

"Look Keres, we can help you. I know a therapist who can help" Grace said reaching out to touch her

"Help?" Keres asked

"Did you just say help?" She repeated sternly

"Keres" Grace said backing away. The look in her eyes changed. Keres wasn't just angry. She wanted to kill her. Grace immediately let go of her wrist

"What am I? Some sort of dog that's trapped?! I don't need help" Keres said

"All I need is to kill Diego Lukeman" she added

"I get it. He killed your family and you want revenge but the law can give you that" Grace said

"No. No, you're wrong. You're all wrong" Keres said laughing

"You see, I've been tricking everyone down to Ian all these while. I'm not angry at Diego because he killed Hazel and that lead to the death of her parents"

"I'm enraged that he did it instead of me!" She said

"Yes, I wanted to be the one to wipe out life from Hazel" she confessed

"Diego just got too nosy and I lost the chance to get my liberation when I kill her. And that's why am doing all this. Too bad I had to follow a rigorous process before getting to him" she said

"Why did you want to kill your sister?" Grace asked

"Are you familiar with that look a family gives when you're the bad egg among the good ones?"

"We got that look from when she was five till she was ten and I'm pretty sure that we'd have still be getting it if I didn't leave" she said

"They never understood till their deaths that I just simply love inflicting harm on others. I mean, can't people just get that?" She asked

"And you too. You prying into my life is getting me so upset" she said walking towards Grace

"I've worked so hard since I came to North Valley to set everything up and now that I'm at my peak I can't let you let out on me" she said

"But you've been doing well with your school mates so there's no way you're a bad person" Grace said trying to calm her down

"Bad person? Bad person. Oh, I'm a bad person"

"A very bad person who you shouldn't have messed with" she said

Grace made for her wrist and tried to handcuff her. Keres held her arm back and instead cuffed her to the burglary proof

"Keres..." Grace called knowing she was trapped

"Those school mates? Ah, it's so frustrating when I see them happy and do you know what's more annoying? The fact that I have to smile along with them just so no one would suspect me" she said

"I always felt like strangling Raymond each time I saw him smile" she added

"But I finally got the chance one day to punish one of them. Emerald. I punched her nose because people like her shouldn't even be alive. I wanted her breathing to be cut but too bad I didn't aim well" she said

"You're crazy" Grace said struggling with the handcuff

"No. I'm not" Keres said walking up to her

"I'm just different" she said bending over to Grace

"You understand that don't you?" She asked touching Grace's cheeks with shaky hands. She stroked her other hand down her hair and then pulled it while using her other hand to grip Grace's neck

"Ah!" Grace winced in pain as she struggled to free herself with one hand. She used her finger nails to scratch Keres' arm till she drew blood but Keres didn't let go. She closed her eyes taking pleasure in hearing Grace struggle to be free

"It's been a long time since I felt this way" she said loosing her grip on her

"Thank you" she said looking like a crazy bitch. She looked down at her arm and saw the blood flowing

"Wow. Isn't that beautiful?" She asked Grace as she ran her fingers through the cut and took them into her mouth. She got up and slowly walked towards the kitchen running her fingers on the wall

"The people in North Valley tend to keep gasoline in their houses these days. It wasn't like that seven years ago you know, I don't know why they do that now but I think it'll come in handy for me today"

She took out a keg of gasoline and began to pour it around the house and on Grace's body

"Keres, what are you doing?" Grace asked spitting as some of the gasoline got into her mouth

"Don't you get it yet? I'm killing you" Keres said laughing as Grace shivered

"Oh, it's okay to be scared" she said seeing her frightened

"It's better when they're scared" she added and resumed pouring it around the house

"I know you're probably wondering why I'm going through this process but in as much as I want to slit your throat and end your shit right now I want you to die slowly"

"Why? It's more fun that way. Going through a rough and tiring process is so much fun" she added and dropped the keg

"Now, where do you keep your match box?" She asked turning to Grace. Suddenly, the door bell rang drawing her attention

"Gracy, I'm here" Orlando called from outside as he pressed the door bell again

"It's him, isn't it? That partner of yours?" She asked

"Orlando, get out of here! Run away!" Grace shouted

"Shut it you bitch!" Keres grabbed the reading lamp and hit her on the head

"Shut it! Just shut up! Shut the hell up you bitch!" She said as she continued hitting her on the head

"Grace? Grace are you there?!" Orlando asked hitting the door when he heard the noise from inside

"Go away" Grace said inaudibly as blood flowed from her head. Keres dropped the now shattered lamp on the floor. Orlando heard the sound and stepped away from the door. He reached for his belt pouch but noticed he didn't bring his gun. Not knowing what to do he hid in the darkness behind the stairs

"Orlando..." Keres said as she opened the door

"We're having a party in there" she said bringing out a dagger

"Why don't you join us?" She asked with Grace's blood dripping down her fingers

"Orlando..." She sang walking down the stairs slowly trailing her blood stained fingers on the wall. As she passed by him, he crept out of the darkness and began to race up the stairs. She turned around swiftly knowing where he was.

"Why are you running away? I won't hurt you" she said smiling evilly as she walked slowly up the stairs

"Orlando!" She called

He raced up the stairs and ran into the house but before he could close the door she threw the dagger at him. It hit his chest and hung there

"Ah!" He groaned but struggled to close the door before he fell to the ground

"Grace..."

"The CIS and FBI are aware" Marcel said

"The FBI is going to arrest Keres once they're done organizing everything" he added

"What? We can't let that happen"

"How about we send her abroad tomorrow" Mrs. Peters said

"And then what? She'd be a wanted fugitive forever?" Hunter asked

"Well that's better than being caught!" Mrs. Peters shouted

"Don't worry. I have prepared for this" Hunter said

"What do you mean?" She asked

"I'm going to do what her parents were supposed to do for her. That's the only way to get to her" he said

"No, no!" Mrs. Peters said knowing what he was talking about

"Silas, Hurricane, tell him that we'll find a better way" she said turning towards them. They all remained quiet

"He can't do that! That's not the only solution" She said

"Julianne. Pull yourself together"

"The most important person here is Keres" Hunter said holding her shoulders. "We have to do this for her" he added

Nikolay had gone out to profess his love for Keres thinking it would make her see life in another light. It always worked in movies. When the villian was told that he was loved he would break down in tears and surrender to the authorities. He had rehearsed everything he was going to say but was shocked to see Ian sprawled on the floor with his head bleeding

"Ian, get up!" Nikolay said helping Ian up from the floor

"Ah....." Ian groaned holding his head

"Here" Nikolay said handing him a handkerchief

"Keres. Where's Keres?" Ian asked looking around

"What do you mean? Keres did this to you?" He asked

"She's going to kill someone. This is what I've been trying to avoid" Ian said trying to stand up. He felt dizzy and fell down

"What?" Nikolay asked trying to hold him

Ian remained silent

"Tell me!" Nikolay shouted

"Keres has MPD" Ian said finally giving in

"What's that?" Nikolay asked confused

"Multiple Personality Disorder" Ian said

"And I think that someone finding out about it triggered her anger. She's never been like this since I knew her" he added

"What can we do to get her to calm down?" Nikolay asked

"All she needs is understanding and that's what I've been trying to do all this while. Agreeing to anything she said was what kept her from blowing up" Ian said

"Okay, what can I do then?" Nikolay asked

"What could you possibly....." Ian started

"What? Why'd you stop mid-way?" Nikolay asked

"We need to get her to stop" Ian said

"But where is she now?" He asked

"Right here!" Keres said appearing behind them

"Are you alright?" Orlando asked Grace walking up to her bed

They were in the hospital's emergency room. The first time Lars responded to them swiftly and it was worth it. Grace would probably have died if the the bleeding wasn't stopped.

"Yes, it only hurts a little" she said touching her bandaged head

"Why was she there?" Orlando asked

"I think she figured us out. The fact that we took those things from her house" she said

"And she wasn't very happy about it" she added

"What about you? Your chest doesn't hurt?" She asked touching his chest

He looked at her inquisitively

"Sorry" she said withdrawing her hand. He held her hand back

"When something like that happens again make sure to call the Police or me. Don't just think you can handle the situation by talking calmly to the assailant" he scolded

"Okay, I'll do that" she said

"Where are they?!" Lars asked rushing in

"Over here Chief?" Orlando said waving at him

"What!" The situation was worse than he had thought.

"Are you saying that a high school student did this to you?" Lars asked

"Not just a high school student, a high school student who's sick in the head" Orlando corrected

"We've gathered enough evidence against her. She's the culprit" Grace said

"We can charge her for numerous crimes. First, arson, murder, breaking and entering, assault and battery and to add to it, attempted murder on both our lives" Orlando said

"Wait, but you're saying she's not right in the head, right?" Lars asked

"Yes, a complete psycho" Orlando said

"Then she wouldn't go to prison but a mental asylum" Lars said

"It would only get worse there, and besides when the news goes out do you think the families of the people she murdered would want her to even go to prison?" Orlando asked

"They'll want her dead" Grace said

"I've contacted the FBI and State Security Service so by tomorrow they'll be able to carry out the arrest" Lars said

"Orlando, she doesn't have Alexithyma" Grace said suddenly thinking about everything Keres told her

"What's she saying?" Lars asked Orlando

"Keres. She has MPD. Multiple personality disorder" she said

"What's that?" Lars asked

"How'd you know?" Orlando asked

"When she was in the room with me"

"It felt like she wasn't the same person again and she was always mentioning a she. She was different" she said

"That's what psychos do. When you look at them you wonder if they're the same people you've met before" Orlando said

"No. It was different. She wasn't the same person"

"Bastards! All prying into our life!" Keres shouted pacing up and down in a room

"Can't they just let us be?!" She shouted with her hands in her hair. She was literally going crazy

"I'm going to kill them. I'm going to kill all of them!" She shouted and punched the mirror in front of her

Blood flowed out of her knuckles as the broken glass cut through her skin. She turned around and looked at Ian and Nikolay who were knocked out unconscious on the floor. She picked up the car keys on the table and a duct tape. She used the duct tape to bind their hands behind them and shut their mouths. When she was done, she dragged them out of the confession room in the church to the parking lot where she had a car on reserve. Keres dumped their bodies into the back seat of the car and closed the door

"Sally?" The Priest called out

She had her back towards him and her face against the mirror. As she straightened out she became an entirely different person

"Yes, Father?" She asked turning with a big smile on her face hiding her bleeding hand behind her

"What are you doing out here? Aren't you supposed to be in the hospital?" He asked

"I've been discharged" She said still smiling

"Glory be to the Lord" he said making the sign of the cross

"I just got back from the seminar so I'll go and rest now" he said

"Good night, Father" she said

"Ah, what are you doing?" He asked

"I'm just tidying up the car" she said

"The Lord bless you" her said and made the sign of the cross on her and walked into the church

The beautiful smile on her face wiped off and she had that deadly look once again. She opened the car and took out a monkey wrench and held it firmly. She slowly walked towards him as he fumbled with his keys trying to find the right one

"Father?" She called

"Yes, Sally" he answered still trying the keys into the door knob

"I just wanted to say, thanks" she said

"You're most welcome" he said

She raised her hand holding the monkey wrench and hit him on his head with it. His old body fell to the ground and blood flowed from his open skull

She bent over to him

"No"

"You're most welcome"

"When you see them walk in shout OUR HEROES!, okay?" Lars told the other CIS agents in the office

"Ah, here they come" Carla said

"One two, go!" Lars said

"OUR HEROES!" The officers shouted and began to applaud as Grace and Orlando walked in

"Thank you, thank you" Orlando said and walked to his seat feeling proud

"I see you have a emblem of honor" Marcel said sarcastically

"Oh, the culprit did this" Grace said touching her head

"Thanks for your concern" she added

"Who said I was being concerned?" Marcel asked angrily

"Marcel, come on let's not give her a hard time" Orlando said

"She almost experienced life after death. Cut her some slack" he added

"Really?" Marcel said throwing his face away

"Bad news!" Wallace said rushing in

"What's wrong?" Orlando asked

"No one was in the church when we got there but the Priest....." Wallace said gasping for breath

"What happened to the Priest?" Grace asked getting up

"He's body was found!" Wallace said

"What do you mean his body was found?" Orlando asked

"His dead body. The Priest is dead" Wallace said

"But we found tyre marks. We think she got away with an SUV"

"A search party from Squad 5 is looking for Keres Evans now" he concluded

"Oh my God, this isn't good" Lars said

"Um, Marcel, Carla, Gulliver go with Wallace now to the crime scene and gather the evidence you can find there" he said

"No, let me go" Grace said getting up

"What? Are you out of your mind? She did that to you and you want to go there again?" Lars asked pointing at her bandaged head

"But I know the culprit better than anyone else. Let me go there" Grace insisted

"Okay, but go with the FBI and carry a gun" Lars finally agreed

"Yes Chief" she said and picked up her jacket

"I'll come with you" Orlando said

"Okay, while they're at it let's look through all the CCTV cameras in all the streets because she has to pass one of them" Lars said

"Um, check with all airports the passengers that are leaving the state and country through out this week and.... Where's Marcel?" Lars asked noticing his absence

"He was here just now" Carla said

"That punk. He must be feeling bad that Orlando and Grace are the ones getting the praise when he worked with them too" Lars said

"Okay, get to work!" He ordered

Marcel was on the phone with Hunter

"The FBI went in search for her and they found out a body"

"A dead body" he said

"Whose dead body?" Hunter asked

"The Priest's. Father John" he said

"Oh God" Hunter groaned

"What are they doing now?" He asked

"They're pulling everyone in the force to find her since she's a full blown killer now" Marcel said

"What about Ian?" Hunter asked

"Haven't heard from him but there's every tendency he's with Keres" Marcel said

"They can't find her. I can't let them find her" Hunter said

"Then what do we do now? They're currently monitoring the passenger list on all boarders" Marcel said

"This is driving me nuts and I fear I might lose it if I stay here another second" he added

"Pull yourself together and stay there I'm on my way" Hunter said

"To do what?" Marcel asked

"To do what I should do"

Keres was getting bored with just sitting and watching Ian and Nikolay lie unconscious on the ground. She wanted something fun. She picked up her phone and got Diego's number from Nikolay's phone.

"Diego" Keres said as Diego picked up the phone

"Who's this?" Diego asked

"Oh, you know who it is" she said

"Nikolay's here. Asleep" she said

"Keres!" Diego said realizing who it was

"Haha...." She laughed

"Where's my son?! What have you done with him?!" He asked

"Your son? I'm sorry, is it the son you pointed a Glock at you're referring to?" She asked

"Well, like I said he's sleeping" she answered

"What do you want?" He asked

"I just need you to come and pick him up. That's all" she said

"You cunning snake!" He shouted

"Haha..... Come quickly Diego. I'm very lunatique right now. I might just kill him" she said

"You touch one hair on my son's head and it'll be the last thing you'll do" he said

"I like you Diego. You challenge me" she said

"Anyway, I don't think this is the time for threats, just come and get your son. I'll text you the address. And don't you dare think of calling the Cops" she added and ended the call

She stepped out of the broken door and stood under the sunlight staring into space. It felt good to be in the open