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"Yes...I haven't been in the Philadelphia area in a long while...I'm glad to be back.." said FBI Agent, Edward Lawler....

He was speaking to a throng of reporters...

''Is it true they brought you in to assist the local police with the capture of this serial killer that has slaughtered three women in the past week?" asked a reporter.

He smiled..

''Yes...Yes...Yes. ..No disrespect to the fine Philadelphia Police Department...but something like this is above their paygrade...This is exactly the kind of investigation that they bring me in for..."he said...

''Isn't it true that after the last investigation you were in..your superiors uh banished you to the moon?" asked another reporter....

"The Moon? Banishment?? Now where did you hear that? Noooo...I was called in to help the police up there in Luna City with a major investigation...A Major investigation." he said...

Monica and I were in our bedroom watching the interview......I was incensed that this guy was going to come in and take over my investigation of the three murders and I not be told about it...

"Mo-Mo....did you hear this hockey puck on the TV? "I asked...

"Yeah...I heard him....I've heard him quite a few times..." she sighed....

I looked at my new wife and my partner of about a year in Homicide...

"You know him don't you?" I asked...

''I do!...In fact ...I told you about him..." she said..

''You did?" I asked...

And then I remembered...One of our first conversations....The day I met her...It seemed so long ago now...

"You have perfect clearence....I know...I saw your murder board....So how come there is no Mr. Talbert?" I asked.

 "Because I was waiting for you....You want to be Mr. Talbert don't you?"she laughed..."I'm kidding....I just haven't met the right guy yet..." she said.

"Maybe you have." I said and winked.

"Uhh.... Maybe I haven't."she said.

 "What about your  male partners?" I asked..
 
"One was married , and aside from him checking me out from time to time like you do...He was pretty cool....He wasn't trying to hit on me..but once he found out I was a telepathic mutant...He asked for a transfer out of Homicide...and who does that?I was kind of hurt.  My fourth partner had a girlfriend..Who he was crazy about..He didn't notice me at all...but he discovered I was a telepathic mutant and he too bailed...And plus...She didn't like or trust me around him..I was without a partner for close to a year until you came along.. I had a brief affair with an FBI agent I worked a case with....but he had a fiance he didn't bother to mention.. and I had an off again on again fling with the Robbery Detective...He's a player.."she said.

"Ohhhhh, this is the FBI Agent you were talking about?" I said.

''That would be he..There was a kidnapping...Of a very important dignitary...It was my case..I was working it with Kylie White...

We had some good leads...but he came in all arrogant and know it all and asked for Kylie to be taken off of the case...He just wanted to work with me...

We were like water and oil...We butted heads at first...Eventually we developed a rhythm...kind of like the one you and I have and we began making headway...Like you ,he shamelessly hit on me...And he finally wore me down and we became lovers during the case...It was a big mistake...I trusted him...His ego got the best of him...He went cowboy on me....The kidnap victim wound up getting killed as well as the kidnapper....It was a fiasco..." said Monica..

"Wow...what happened?" I asked..

"The Lieutenant vouched for me...in front of IAB...Their investigation cleared me of all wrong doing...Edward Lawlor wasn't so lucky...The FBI called him reckless and suspended him....Also during that time...I discovered he had a FIANCE...that he never bothered to mention...He was screwing me and going home to her....I felt like such a fool...We broke up and he got sent to the Moon...Where he could've stayed."she said.

"You didn't read his mind?" I asked...

"He was a trained FBI Agent....Once he found out I was a telepathic mutant...He kept parts of his life out of his subconscious...and was able to fool me..He's very mentally disciplined.."she said.

"Damn Mo-Mo...Now I understand why you gave me such a hard time...When we first met and I made you make the same mistake again.."I said holding my head down...

Monica walked over to me and kissed me long and softly...

''Oh No...You didn't...I didn't make a mistake with you...honey bunny...You're one of the smartest and most thorough investigators I've ever met and you're not ego-centric and reckless either..You were the best thing that ever happened to me...199 killers behind bars is proof of that." she said...

We had cracked 199 cases since we partnered up...We made a great team....But despite that...We had three open murders that we hadn't cracked...

''Come on partner...Let's get dressed and get to work..See what's coming down the pike."said Monica.

"At any rate...I have you now..You're the best thing that happened to me" I said and kissed her passionately...

"Awww you say the sweetest things...You really just want some don't you?"she joked.

"I can't lie to you Mo Mo."I said, laughing sheepishly.

"Awwwwww.."she said...

She returned my passion and I opened up her baseball shirt and gently slipped her panties down, She slipped my boxers down and began fondling me softly....

"Nateeee...we gotta go to work.." she cooed..

 "We willl" I said, still kissing her...

"Ummm, looks like we are going to miss breakfast.."she laughed as we continued kissing..

"Breakfast? what's that?" I said in between more kisses..

''You're badddd for me.." she said..

"I could say the same about you." I said...

"But you love it." she said...

"I do." I said in between kisses.

I stared down into those gorgeous brown doe like eyes of hers and I entered her slowly and gently..I wanted to savor this experience, I entered her softly and gently and began to stroke her softly and slowly....She moaned and put her arms around my neck and drew me closer to her..She wrapped her legs around my waste and we began to move in a slow, yet deliberate rhythm for quite some time...She matched me thrust for thrust and began blowing softly into my ear....then she began kissing me, soft,short kisses...She was so soft...so moist and smelled so good...I was losing my mind slowly....while continuing to stroke her masterfully....The bed was just squeaking...

"Ouuuuu Nate...Nate...ouuuuuu damn baby...you feel sooo good." she cooed.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh god Mo...Mo.......so do you...ummmmmmmmmmmph." I moaned.

We made sweet passionate and intense love for about an hour and a half... She felt as though she was climaxing several times....then in a huge wave....I climaxed furiously and hard....not yelling , but shaking mightily.....then taking a deep breath and collapsing on top of Monica....drenched in sweat....She looked up at me and gave me a juicy and wet kiss....

"We got to get up baby....Get our showers and get to work..." she said.

"Yeah...I know.."I said..

We were going to miss breakfast.

II-

At the squad room, Lieutenant Cotton introduced FBI Special Agent Edward Lawlor...

"Okay guys...This is FBI Special Agent Edward Lawlor....He's here to assist us on this serial killer case.." he said...

There was no applause....He acted as if there should have been...He looked a bit disturbed that most of the uniforms, plain clothes cops and other detectives just sat stoned faced...

He smiled and addressed the crowd anyway....

"Okay...We have three victims..All young girls..28-29 years old...One African-American,One Caucasion and one Asian....Two of the girls lived next door to each other at one time...the other girl did not..All of them were cut from behind and had organs removed...The killer is an expert with a knife, thus making me believe he either has medical skills or he is military...specifically, Special Forces." he said.

He had read all of that in my report....

"Lieutenant, who is the primary on this case?" he asked.....

Before Lt. Cotton could speak...He noticed Monica in the crowd...

His eyes lit up.....

"Monica...Detective Talbert? Oh My God...You're beautiful....." he said....

"It's Detective Nellis now...I'm married." she said softly...

"Married? What? I have been gone a long time." he said with a hint of sadness in his voice..He picked up my file...

"Nellis...It makes sense...This is very detailed and very well put together...I should have known it was your case." he said.

''It's our case...I'm Detective Nellis also..."I said.

He looked at me like I was dirt...

"You?" he said.

"This is my husband and my partner...Detective Nate Nellis...It's our case." said Monica.

He snorted...

"Well this explains why you haven't gotten anywhere...Lieutenant Cotton...No offense...I'm sure Detective Nellis is a fine detective...but I want him off the case..I request to work with Detective Talbert on this...We are familiar with each other and we work well together."he said with an air of superiority...

"No! And she's DETECTIVE NELLIS...MONICA NELLIS!" he said.

"NO???" said FBI Agent Lawlor incredulously...

"No!!...I did this before...I removed a perfectly good detective, Detective Kylie White off of the last case you inserted yourself on....

She wasn't the primary...but I'm not going to do this again...Nate Nellis is the primary and Monica Nellis is assisting...You work with both of them or you don't work this case at all..."said Lt. Cotton..

"You do realize I can call the U.S. Attorney don't you?" he said.

Lt. Cotton pulled out his phone...

''I have him on speed dial...I'll call him for you...Do you really want to talk to him?" asked Lt.Cotton.

Special Agent Lawlor had just gotten out of a banishment...He didn't really want to talk to the U.S. Attorney..Any hint that he wasn't working out and he'd be gone...Lt. Cotton knew that and he knew that Agent Lawlor knew that also...

Agent Lawlor smiled  politely...

"Well uh...I don't see any reason why we have to have any discord...I think I can work with these two detectives." he said, but I could tell he wasn't pleased...He wanted to work with Monica alone...And I could tell that he was the type of snake that wasn't beyond still trying to hit on her, despite the fact that she was newly married.

"They are two of my best...These two have cracked 199 cases in the short time they've been together."said Lt. Cotton proudly...

"Impressive....Uh Monica...A word." he said..He didn't really care about our record.

This guy was just straight up disrespecting me...

Monica walked over to him...

"Yes Eddie?" she asked.

"You got married? ,How long ?" he asked...

"This is our second week back from our honeymoon..." she beamed, showing him her ring..

"So you just got married....I-I Don't understand..." he asked.

"What don't you understand??  I am married now!!...Going on two weeks...Aren't you married by now?" she asked...

"No...It didn't work out...We broke up....She married another agent.."He said.

"Well...You didn't really expect me to wait for you did you?" she asked..

"I did!!...You were all I thought about the entire two years I was on the moon." he said.

This guy was beyond belief...

"You never called ,you never emailed, texted...Save it Eddie.We were done..Life moves on...I've moved on...You should have too."she said.

"You love this guy?" he asked..

"I do...More than I've ever loved ANYBODY! Ed..I married him...Of course I love him." she said and walked over to me...She gave me a nice slow and soft kiss....and nestled her head into my chest...I defiantly held her in my arms and looked at him and smirked..

I smiled....

He stomped his foot and marched out of the office.

We all looked at him like he was crazy...

"He always was a big baby..." laughed Monica..

III-

Hours later, Monica, Lieutenant Cotton and I ,several Plain Clothes cops and the uniforms assigned to us sat in the monitor room and discussed the case..We brought Agent Lawlor up to speed...

He had calmed down I suppose... Monica sat on my lap in the conference room while we talked...Something she would have never of done just two weeks ago.. But she wanted Ed Lawlor to know that she was taken....I loved her for that...I didn't have to do or say anything...

He was fuming....He purposely turned his head when he caught a glimpse of Mo-Mo sitting on my lap..

"Our suspect is a white male with sandy blonde hair...between the ages of 28-33..He's short, stocky build...He struck at three places....We have him on film at the first scene...Jeans, Blue Polo Shirt, White skippers...and a baseball cap....In all three of these videos we weren't able to get enough of his face to go for facial recognition...but he talked to two people..He talked to a policeman....and a meter maid...pretending to discover the bodies...and then slipped away both times..."said Monica...

"Ummmm Hmmmm..." said Agent Lawlor....drumming his finger on the table...He was as mad as hell,I could tell..Something that delighted me to no end..

"I checked all of the credit cards and debit cards of the dead females and I found two places that all three women shopped...One is a lingerie shop....the other is a bakery.....Both stores are within six blocks of where two of our victims worked...." I said.

''So did you check out the places?" he asked me,almost as if he was impatient with me..Monica answered for me..

"Of course we did...And we checked video....Sure enough...We have our guy in the shops ,dressed the same way on days when all three women were present...Nobody seemed to notice him or know his name and he paid for everything in cash.."said Monica.

"So..have you got plain clothes in these shops?" he asked...Now very annoyed and finding it hard to hide it..

"We do...they've been in the shops for about a week..He hasn't been seen."I said.

He smiled a superior smile at me as though I was a rookie or something...He dismissed me completely and looked at Monica.

"He knows you guys are on those shops...He's moved on...He won't go back...Especially with smelly plain clothes cops in all of these shops." he snorted..

''We don't have smelly plain clothes cops in either shop...we have women..all dressed as customers or pretending to work there."snapped Monica, who I could tell was annoyed with him...

''What you have is three open murders and no suspect in custody...That's what you have...You guys have done the best you can....That's why they brought me in..." he said with his superior attitude..

"Oh that's why they brought you in?" I asked sarcastically....

He looked at me and smiled..

"I know all about you Nellis...High clearence record...and you and Monica here have cracked 199 cases...I did my homework...You're good ,I gather...I know she's good...But this is out of your league...." he said.

''No it's not....Or I wouldn't have put them at the head of the Task force...Just work with them Agent Lawlor...No more cowboy plays...You three work as a team....They share with you , you share with them." said Lieutenant Cotton..

''Of course...Of course..." he said.

As we broke.....Just then...My sister in law, Monique walked into the station...

"Hi Frankie" she said...''I brought us some lunch." she said to the Lieutenant..

Agent Lawlor took one look at Monique and smiled...

"Monique Talbert? It is still Talbert isn't it?" he asked..

''Hi Eddie..They let you off the moon ? Yes it is still Talbert." she joked.

He looked at her salaciously....

''Yes they did..lawd...You just as fine as your damn sister...You always were..."He said..

"I'm The Chief Medical Examiner now." she said.

"Ohhhh my...Nice move for you..You get to work with your sister....I can't believe she's married...How long those two been together?" he asked slyly...

''Oh about two years...Seems like forever....They just got married...We all live together in a nice duplex."she said.

"Really? What about you toots?" he asked.

''She's spoken for"said Lt. Cotton .

"You? and Monique??"he asked looking at Lt. Cotton.

Monique smiled...

"I'm afraid I am." she said.

He shook his head...and smiled..

"Both girls, taken..." he said ,now very irritated.

"You know,I find it hard to believe that anybody could be more obnoxious than Wally Becker..But this guy takes the cake. " I said.

"Nate...you have a point." said Lt. Cotton.

IV-

Later on that day...Monica and I went to the Medical Examiner's Office...Monique had called us...

"I found a palm print and a partial fingerprint . We ran it through decks." she said.

''Where did you find a palm print?"I asked..

''At Skypoint...He ran from the scene of the crime and he fell up against the wall..I noticed it in the video...I sent a team out...We eliminated everybody we could and we found this print...It belongs to a Wallace Abbott...At least that's who he was in Washington D.C.....So we called..He was booked there for a stabbing three years ago...He jumped bail..."said Monique..

"That was good work sis...''said Monica...

"No...it's not..The same print matches a man known as Titus Lester in New York City...Arrested and booked for manslaughter in New York City...Last year...He jumped bail...dropped out of sight...He's also booked as Lester Williams in Baltimore..Vagrancy and drug offenses...Never showed up for trial."she said.

"So we aren't sure what his real name is...or where he's from." I said.

"He's booked again as Wallace Abbott in the New Haven area....School records, foster home records..et al.."said Monique...

I kissed Monique on the cheek and hugged her...

"That's enough...Thank you sis...''I said...''Come on partner...let's go back to the squad room."I said. ..Then my Cyber Eye noticed something in one of the corners...I made the shush sound...I walked up close and pulled a micro listening device out of a corner in the lab...I stepped on it and smashed it...

"Your lab was bugged..."I said.

"Oh My God...Ed Lawlor?" asked Monica...

"Yup...He heard everything we talked about and anything said about this case in the past day or so that was discussed in here.." I said.

"Oh My God,you know..I didn't think anybody could be more obnoxious and intrusive as Wally Becker...but Eddie Lawlor has him topped ."said Monique..

"That's what me and The Lieutenant was saying.."I said.

"Come on Partner...Let's get out of here...Maybe we can turn the tables on our cowboy." said Monica.

Two hours later Monica walked over to my desk..She leaned down and gave me a very wet sloppy kiss...

"I checked to see if there were any more murders that resemble ours...And I found out that there are...Three in Baltimore, Three in New Haven, Three in New York and Three in D.C.  He kills in threes...then he goes somewhere else..All of the murders are of young successful women and all have cuts in their back and organs removed..." said Monica..

''He may be in a cool out phase...Or he may have moved on to a different city.."I said.

"I hope so...and then Ed Lawlor can go with him..."She said..

Just then a uniformed cop pointed to the monitor....

"That FBI guy is on TV..Listen to him..."he said.

There on Television was Agent Lawlor...

"We have a suspect...His name is Wallace Abbott...He's a drifter from New Haven...and I have a photo of him...We have the airport and the bus station and the train stations all blocked with agents and we have the Port buttoned up...He can't leave the city...We have State Police blocking all of the roads...It's just a matter of time before I get him. Psychologically he is a small man with sexual dysfunction...He's killing to make up for his lack of manhood.."he declared to the reporters...

I was incensed...He had definitely gotten his information from the M.E.'s office.

''What is he doing? He shouldn't be sharing that with the press!!!He didn't share with us...This cowboy knew who our suspect was all along...That's why he volunteered for this gig...That and he wanted to see you.."I snarled angrily...

"He is a cowboy and I agree with you...I was glad to disappoint him...He thought I was sitting around mooning over him...When all the while ,I was with you...By the way partner...you sound a little jealous and it's turning me on..."she said and she hugged me..

I smiled...

"Really?" I said.

She whispered in my ear...

"Yes...Really!" 

''And he's not so smart...I had Wally Becker put a GPS on his car...We can follow him..."said Monica.

"How's he doing??...Haven't seen him around in weeks."I said.

"Still mooning over my sister, still asking about her...At least he's not staking out our house anymore." said Monica.

''Let's go follow super cop.''I said smiling..

''Don't you  just love me Nate?" she whispered in my ear...

''Of course I do.. ...So much I want to make love to you on the roof."I whispered in her ear..Thinking about a quickie we had a few weeks ago...

She smiled and looked around to make sure no one was looking or in earshot...

"Mmmmm that sounds inviting...but I want to crack this case..."said Monica staring in my eyes...

"I know...but I want you real bad right now.." I whispered...

''Wow...if it wasn't for this case...I'd be all about it...you know I would.."she said.

''Just a few minutes???...I'd make it worth your while" I said ,pulling her to me.

She eased out of my embrace...and smiled..

"I know you would baby, but Let's stick it to him first...and then....I'll let you stick it to me.." she said alluringly...

"Ohhh okay.." I said as we headed to my flying car...

V-

 A man wearing jeans and a blue polo shirt and a jeff cap walked out of a downtown coffee shop..he had blond hair...He tucked his cap so that his face couldn't be seen and he walked down the side street..

He noticed he was being followed...

He walked faster....

Then he heard a booming voice.

''Stick em up Abbott!!...You're under arrest...You may have slipped the Philadelphia Police..but you can't slip me.." said FBI Special Agent Ed Lawlor..

Abbott turned around and smiled...

Just then, Ed Lawlor felt a gaping pain in his left buttocks and then another stabbing pain in his back...

"AWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"moaned Agent Lawlor... He fired his gun twice , striking the blond man in the shoulder....the other bullet missed completely..

He yelled...

''Awwwwwwwwwwww Geez...I don't believe it...I've been shot!"he screamed and ran,leaving a trail of blood down the alley...

Agent Lawlor fell to the ground...

"AWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"moaned Agent Lawlor...

''Small man huh?...If I had the time,I'd slice yours off ..."came the voice from behind him.

 Just then...Monica and I arrived on the scene...We had just got out of my flying car,when we heard two gun shots and moans coming from a side street...

 I looked around....

''Awwwwwwwwwwwww Geez...I don't believe it...I've been shot!"

 "AWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
 uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!" came the moans...

''The sounds...They're coming from down that street." said Monica, who cocked her glock...

''Let's go.." I said as I cocked my glock and followed her..

We were both wearing a trauma plate and kevlar...

When we got to the edge of the street ,we saw Agent Lawler lying face down,blood just oozing from him....

Monica ran up to him...

''Eddie..Eddie ...What happened?" she asked.

"I-I-I had Abbott cornered and somebody came up behind me and gutted me.." he said..."
 "AWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
 uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."he moaned...

"Where are you hit?" I asked...Then I saw...Blood was running out of his left buttock and his side...

"In my ass!!!.... Son of a bitch gutted me in my ass..."AWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...son of a bitch!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."he moaned...

"You're losing a lot of blood..Sit up...Let me take off your jacket and your trousers...I'll try to stop the blood from flowing." I said.

"Hell no...I can't sit up...I told you he cut me in the ass!!!This is an expensive suit...Italian cut...I'm not going to tear it up...Of course you wouldn't know anything about that."he said.

"Look man...you're bleeding like a stuck pig...Unless I stop the bleeding you're going to die."I said.

"Where is Monica?" he asked..

"She's calling an ambulance and back up.."I said.

"I don't want her to see me like this ...Cover me up." he said..

"With what?" I said.

"Improvise...Find something...I've been cut in the ass.."he snarled..

"Among other places...."I said..

"Son of a bitch gutted me in my ass..."AWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...son of a bitch!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."he moaned...

Monica came back down the alley....

"An Ambulance is on the way as well as the FBI....and police...I just called em."she said.

"Ohhhhh hell, I don't want my colleagues to see me like this...This is damn embarrassing..Son of a bitch gutted me in my ass..."AWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...son of a bitch!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...I had him...I had him..."he moaned...

"I think he had you! Looks like the killer either got sloppy or he missed...What a damn shame."I remarked...

Monica looked at me and smiled...

(TO BE CONTINUED...)