The Rose Killer
Another beautiful rose...
(btw this is my first story! I'M TRYING!!)
It's 10:43 pm... Jake is outside on his balcony, watching over Berlin, while sipping off his tea. When he suddenly gets a call from no other than his assistant, Mike Howls.
Jake
*Jake takes out his phone and hesitates a bit before answering, he knows it isn't something good* "Yes, Mike?"
Mike
*Mike is on the other line smoking a cigarette and writing something down* "Today at 10:41 pm a new victim has been found..." *He said calmly like it was something usual*
Jake
*Jake sighs and puts his tea down* "The rose killer again?"
Mike
"Yep... The one and only..." *Mike chunked* "you should come here fast. I'll send you the location"
Jake
*Jake stood up* "on my way"
Jake put on a clean dark blue suit and some baggy jeans, quickly button it up, didn't have time to put on a tie or style his hair.
Jake quickly ran down the stairs, almost fell a few times, but he didn't stop running till he got to his car.
Jake
"FUCK!" *Jake yelled because he forgot his fucking keys!*
Jake quickly ran back towards his apartment
After a few minutes Jake finally arrived at the location Mike sent him. Now laying before him was a corpse with a lot going on...
Jake
"Another beautiful rose, but a hideous corpse..."
What can I say? That's true, the victim was mutated that he was almost unrecognizable...
Jake picked up the rose and looked at it lost in thought.
Mike
"Don't you wanna know what the note said this time?" *Mike put the note found on the corpse on the table*
Jake looked at Mike, finally breaking out of his thoughts. Jake put the beautiful red rose on the table and picked up the note, he opened it...
Jake's eyes softened as he saw the elegant handwriting. "watch what you say next time, dummy" is what was written on the note. The word "dummy" was used in every note the killer left, quite childish coming from a killer.
Jake
"Seems like the victim said something that annoyed the killer... No wonder his mouth is so mutated" *he gave the note back to Mike*
Mike nodded and put the note in a jar along with some other pieces of paper that were found on the other victims made by the rose killer
Jake took the rose and put it in a vase that also had many other flowers from the rose killer
Jake
"this is really getting on my nerves..." *he said bitting his lips*
Mike
"We still have no clue who this guy is..."
pretty man...
Jake looked at the flowers in the vase while his assistant took photos of the murder scene.
Jake
"Seven flowers... Seven notes... Who are you, rose killer?"
Mike looked at his superior like that's nothing new, it's been months and they only found out that the killer was a man, and a short one. How did they find that? Well he wasn't very careful at his first murder, and a camera caught him... He was covered in black, black hoodie, black pants, black gloves, black mask. The body was too flat to be a woman, so it was clearly a man.
Mike
"Boss, could you come here for a moment?"
Jake
*Jake raised his eyebrows confused why Mike would like to show him. Without hesitation Jake walked up to Mike, seems like Jake trusted him a lot* "What's wrong?"
Mike
"Look here..." *Mike got on his knees and showed his that the corpse is missing a button at his suit*
Jake
"Did the killer take his button?" *Jake crossed his arms looking down at the corpse*
Mike
"Probably... But why?"
Mike
"No... He knows we're searching for him, I bet he's just playing with us... Or it's just a coincidence."
Jake
"Call the morgue, keep him there with the other six... Also search if the other corpses also have a piece of clothing missing!"
Mike took out his phone and called the morgue. Jake looked at the corpse for a few seconds before turning away for a walk
Jake walks absentmindedly on the late streets of Berlin, with only the dim light of the street lights...
As he walks he doesn't look where he's going and he bumps into someone, making him fall to the ground, and the sound of something breaking was heard
Jake
"oh god, I'm so sorry!" *Jake quickly helps the other men up and he thinks:* "What a pretty man..."
Said the pretty man with a smile
Jake
*Jake gasps as he sees a broken vase on the ground* "that was yours right? I knew I heard something! How much did it cost?! I can pay for it!"
???
*He shook his head and giggled* "it's really fine! It didn't cost that much anyway."
Jake
"Really! I insist!" *Jake took out his wallet*
???
*The pretty man took a few steps back* "Mister, you don't have to-"
Jake
*Jake took out a 50 euro dollar bill* "here"
???
The pretty man looked a bit surprised* "no! really it's too much, I don't have any change!"
Jake
"I don't need change, just take it" *Jake pressed the money on the pretty men's palm*
???
*The pretty men's eyes soften* "then.." *He took the money* "Come by my shop when you have time..."
Vladimir
*He smiles* "My name is Vladimir Ivan Bogdanov, I own the flower shop that just opened a few blocks away"
Jake
*Jake raised an eyebrow, he's Russian* "Vladimir..." *He said to test how the name rolled on his tongue* "I'm detective Jake Thomson, a pleasure to meet you." *He extended his hand for Vlad to take*
Vladimir
*Vladimir nods and takes your hand, still smiling kindly* "Could you give me any social media so I can send the address?"
Jake
"Just tell me the location, I'll find it" *Jake smiles and opens his phone*
Vladimir
*He sighs* "The rose flower shop Vladimir, XXX-XXX , ****** street"
Jake
*Jake nodded and wrote on his phone* "got it"
The two men said their goodbye and left, on the way home Jake can't stop thinking about Vladimir
Jake finally arrived at his car who was parked where the last victim was, both the corpse and Mike disappeared
Jake
"Hm... Vladimir... And "rose flower shop"? Why rose?"
Dummy~
All the names that I've put in this chapter are totally random!!! (I just made them up!)
At the morgue our little assistant started looking at every victim of the rose killer, it was a horrible sight, but he kinda got used to it
Mike
"Hm... John Tomes... No limbs" *Mike said what every person was missing* "Mira Smith, no ears.... Cleon Jarvis, no neck... Roy Deemer, his mouth is ripped open…" *Mike made a discussed face, not only were those parts cut out, but it also looked like the killer stabbed the area multiple times, making it look even more terrifying* "Joly Burr, no arms... Alex Carp, no genital organs... Fuck... And finally Tobias Noterline, with his mouth ripped open like the other...."
*Mike looks calm, but also a bit disturbed as he started searching their clothes for any missing buttons or something*
Mike
"Nothing... Seems like that button was really an accident, and we overthought..."
*Mike groaned annoyed and sent a quick message to Jake saying he found nothing*
Jake is in his shitty apartment, reading about the victims cases, trying to find a clue but still nothing. His apartment was quite expensive, but he was a mess, leaving things everywhere and cleaning up only once or twice a month (or when someone came over)
He let himself fall on the bed, that probably had a spider around, and he thought about Vladimir and his flower shop
Jake
"Should I really go-" *His thoughts get interrupted by a notification on his phone* "Mike?" *He reads the message and groans annoyed* "Nothing... What are we gonna do!?"
In a small apartment just above a flower shop, a short man with long hair and a skinny body was on the balcony, which was full of flowers, watching the street
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