PREVIOUSLY: Smith got up as he spoke to his partner, "Wait here." he walked upstairs to check on Leo, he slowly pushed the door but then he found Leo sleeping. He slowly closed the door and went back downstairs.

"I guess I'm getting old, hehe. Let's watch a football game and have some beer!"

And so, the detective's prime suspect as the Serial Killer was Leo.

Later on that evening

"What? Are you sure?" Smith was shocked while speaking into his phone.

A week EARLIER

The two bikers who assaulted Leo in the alley were leaving a bar and heading to an alley to get drunk.

But then a male in a hoodie appeared before them, holding a kitchen knife.

"What in da' hell do ya' want?" said one of them to the stranger.

And out of nowhere, the knife was tossed with a powerful throw towards the bald one's neck. It ended up stabbed into his throat.

The second one tried to withdraw his gun but the male with the hoodie rushed towards him, grabbed garbage cover, and threw it onto his left toe. The second biker got hit by the garbage and stepped back, trying to raise his aim at the male in the hoodie but then he saw the male right next to him, pulling the knife from the bald one's throat and directing it towards his neck.

**Gunshot heard**

The gun's barrel was 2 CM away from the male in the hoodie's neck but the knife was into the second biker's neck, stabbed into his throat.

Five days earlier

The thug who stabbed Kira was stalking another girl until they were passing by an alley and then he grabbed her by her arm and pulled her to the alley, pointing his knife at her neck with a disgusting smile on his ugly face.

"Give up all your belongings or I'll put this through your chest, hehe"

But out of sudden a knife went through the back of his neck, piercing his throat as the knife came out of the other side, splashing blood on the poor girl's face.

The thug gagged and fell on his knees, falling on his right side, dying slowly and painfully.

The girl looked down at him while trembling then slowly raised her sight up to witness a male with a strange mask on his face and a hoodie.

She closed her eyes and covered her face with her arms, waiting for her demise but nothing happened, when she opened her eyes and looked back again there was no one around, the Serial Killer has vanished.

3 Days Earlier

Marcus was sitting in his cell in the police station when Nyxx visited him. An officer was with her, he approached the cell and unlocked it for Marcus.

"Come on, you're free to go!" Said the officer.

Marcus stepped out and looked at Nyxx but before he said anything Nyxx interrupted him.

"Come on, Uncle Marcus, we've gotta hurry!" she gestured him to follow her.

They both walked out of the Police Station when he saw a little girl wearing a hat and holding a flower-like she's waiting for someone. The little girl turned around and made eye contact with him.

"Daddy!!!" the little girl yelled in excitement as she ran towards him with the flower in her hand.

"Oh my God!" Marcus crouched down and hugged her tightly "My little Angel" Said Marcus while crying out of joy.

"I got you a flower!" she handed it to Marcus.

And so, after spending months of trying to defy reality Marcus finally got his daughter back.

*The Serial Killer was peeking at them from an alley before pulling his hoodie again and walking off into the alley's shadows*

2 Days Earlier

Marcus and his daughter were playing in the park when he noticed three males headed their way, each one of them had a snake tattoo on the right side of his neck.

Marcus knew they are up to no good.

"Come on sweetie, we've gotta go!"

"Can't we just stay for a little bit more, daddy?" Sarah pouted with so much innocence.

"I'm sorry sweetie but we really have to go!" He held her hand and tried to walk away with her at a bit of a quick pace.

That's when Detective Smith saw them while passing by in his police car.

"Dr. Marcus? What a pleasant surprise! And you must be Sarah!" Said Smith in an excited tone.

"Hi, officer!" Sarah saluted him with a smile.

"Oh my Gosh, I wanna adopt you right now, haha!" Smith in a funny way but then he noticed the three suspicious males heading to an SUV vehicle. His instincts as a police detective got triggered right away.

"Come on, doc'. Let me give you a ride."

The doctor sighed in relief, "Thank you!".

The SUV followed them until Smith drove to the Police Station.

"Let's head inside, I wanna show Sarah how police do their work."

"Yay" Sarah was so happy she was about to meet and interact with other police officers, quite an experience for a little girl.

The SUV parked outside, away from the police department.

"There's a black SUV outside parking by the cafe shop on the other end of the street. I want 24/7 surveillance on it" Smith instructed his colleague while passing by.

"You got it, boss" Replied his colleague.

The car waited for ten minutes before driving off.

Right then Leo was headed inside the police station when the SUV car passed behind him.

Later on that evening the SUV went into an alley and the undercover police vehicle was outside, watching.

Ten minutes have passed

"This is Alpha-21, The SUV is still in the alley, what are your orders, sir?"

"Stay there, don't approach the alley yet" Smith mumbled, replying through his hidden earpiece while sitting by the end of the street in a cafe to keep a close eye on the whole situation.

Ten more minutes have passed

"They shouldn't take so long. Get in there, now!" Smith knew something was wrong.

Smith got off his seat in the cafe and headed towards the alley, his shoulder bumped into a male in a hoodie while about to reach the alley.

"Sorry!" Smith apologized while rushing to the alley.

And once he got there from the other side of the alley, he saw the three males on the ground, each of them had his throat sliced. Not just that he noticed a piece of paper poking out of his own pocket, he pulled it out and unfolded the paper and it had the following written on it.

"Big Bada BOOM!" written in blood.

"RUN!" Smith as he jumped out of the alley.

The gasoline pouring out the SUV's gas tank reached the ground, but, right there, was a flickered lighter below the car, the moment the gasoline touched its flames, the flames spread to the gas tank and blew the car up.

BOOOOOM!

The whole alleyway exploded and flames danced on the walls.

Smith remembered the male he bumped into, he ran back towards the cafe and saw him running into the alley. Smith ran after him and saw the male who was so agile, jumping from wall to wall until he jumped in the air, rotating like an acrobat above a steel fence.

Smith didn't wait and jumped on the fence at the same time, trying to climb it but the Serial Killer gave him no chance. While the Serial Killer was mid-air above the fence he kicked the fence with both his feet to thrust Smith away from it and made him fall on his ass.

Smith fell off and withdrew his handgun but the Serial Killer was gone.

Smith got pissed and ran out of the alley, heading to his Police Car but then, he noticed all the tires were stabbed.

"SON OF A BIIIIITCH!"

One Day Earlier In The Mall

When Leo left to the bathrooms after exiting the clothes store in the mall, he overheard with his heightened senses two officials from Penter Corporation whispering about meeting someone from the "snake-eye" Mafia to hand them a file about Nyxx MacMillan which includes all her movements from the moment she wakes up until she heads back home and sleeps in her bed.

Leonardo shrugged and shook his head before entering the toilet.

Later on (This is all still in the past before the present day)

When Mia got back home and heard a sound, the Serial Killer was actually there, he slipped through the window and crouched down before staring at a stray cat by removing the mask. The cat got scared upon looking into his eyes and jumped on the window then to the table, that's why its fur was raised up and, that's when Mia turned on the lights and saw the cat then sighed. When she tried to get the cat out then saw Leo approaching her from behind.

When she told him that he scared her and she thought it was the serial killer.

Leo Patted her shoulder to comfort her.

Present Day

"What do you mean there are no signs of blood? Are you POSITIVE?" Smith seemed mad in the living room while speaking to his phone.

Well, of course, the Serial Killer didn't just come to your house to play with a stray cat. He replaced the kitchen knife with a brand new one when he was inside when he heard Mia's footsteps he slipped through the window and showed his face to the cat to scare it off towards the window.

Meanwhile:-

The lady who was shopping with her child at the mall opens her bag and raises her eyebrows.

She mumbles to herself "Huh? That's weird, I remember I did buy a new set of kitchen knives!"

The same lady whose kid taunted Leonardo, and the same Lady who got pickpocketed by Leo.

The Serial Killer's Hoodie is actually inside Smith's house, well hidden. And the Serial Killer's kitchen knife is hidden under Leonardo's pillow.

Leonardo keeps his head under his pillow on his bed.

"God DAMMIT!" Smith exclaimed on phone.

Leo makes an evil grin upon hearing Smith's mad tone.

And so, the game has begun.

*End of Chapter 14*