Cycle Of The Red Moon

PHILADELPHIA, 2041-

It was the end of another long day....It was nice.. Monica and I had just cracked a big murder case ,two days before and for two days, believe it not.. Neither one of us had had a call..

She had worn that gorgeous ,Sexy  Blue outfit she had worn when she was photographed for the Hot Copz  calendar ,a month before...We had just back from dinner ..We had had a wonderful Steak and Baked Potato and imbibed some of the finest wine the two of us could afford afterwords...


It was nice.. that the two of us were now at home, alone...


Monica said nothing...She simply undressed and headed for the shower..She smiled, knowing that I was watching her every move and salivating...god.. She was a sexy little thing.. I pinched myself every morning when I woke up and realized that she was my wife.

I'm Detective Nate Nellis-Homicide..My wife is my partner, Detective Monica Talbert-Nellis..Also..Homicide..

I peeped through the door..I could see her taking a hot shower... She smiled at me and winked..

I smiled back...

I watched attentively as she dried herself off and lotioned her body an put on sexy black lingerie...


"Eyes in sockets...Tongue back in mouth" she said to me and smiled...She had said this the very first time she caught me looking at her lustfully...Which was my first day in homicide.. being introduced to my new partner....I Was like.. "Wow..I hit the jackpot.."

She laid across the bed and said to me with a come hither smile..


"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm, you ready to handle all of this Nate?"

"Lawddddddddddddddd!" was all I could say...

"Stop it Nate, you makin me laugh...I'm trying to be sexy.." she said.

"Girl, you were sexy the day you were born...You aint gotta try and be nothing.." I said.

"Ummmmmmmmmm..I'm liking the way you talk to me.." she said.

Monica ran her hands down my boxer shorts and stopped at my crotch area...

"OH MY GOODNESS..NATE THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE THAT YOU'RE THIS HARD AND THIS HUGE..ALREADY AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN KISSED...MY GOODNESS...Woooooooooooooooo" she said....and smiled at me sheepishly....

I slipped my t-shirt off and slipped my shorts off.....

We stood there looking at each other and slowly and softly began kissing right in the middle of the bed....This is how it always began...

Neither of us noticed the strangely blood red moon out tonight.. or cared..

I thrusted my tongue practically down her throat and while squeezing one breast with my hand...She softly stroked my engorged penis...I shivered...I was nearly losing my mind....We stared deeply into each others eyes for a minute and then began to softly and slowly kiss.....I lifted her up and slowly entered her more than moist center....I had never felt anything as soft and as good in my entire life...

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GOD, OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" she screamed as I continued to thrust , harder and feverishly more.....

I laid her across her bed ,and a few minutes later  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..I kissed her neck, between her breasts, her cheeks....She continued to kiss my lips and my ears and my chest...

"Ohhh My God...Nate...Nate...you feel soo damn good..Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu." she moaned..as we got into a nice groove... 

"Baby..so do you....Oh My God..I'm losing my mind..." I said.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GOD, OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Nate..." she screamed as I continued to thrust , harder and feverishly more.....She was having a very intense orgasm.. but something was different...very different..

 Five hours came and went as Monica and I made sweet and passionate love right there in bedroom on that soft bed....The bed wasn't squeaking, but the headboard was definitely slamming up against the wall...

We were kissing, laughing, and squeezing each other gently...I was sucking her sweet breasts...and going crazy....

What a wonderful night this had been...

The Moon was still visible in the distance..

If we had even bothered to notice it...It would have given us a clue to what was in store for us during our next case...It would have meant nothing to me.. but it would have meant a lot to Monica..

I began kissing her breasts, her neck and her earlobes...She began kissing my neck and my chest and eventually...my lips...

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.."she moaned....

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!" I sighed...

Another two hours passed by..I couldn't get enough and Monica was moaning and cooing and shaking and tears were running down her cheeks..

Usually around this time...after she had had multiple orgasms..she began blowing in my ear and kissing me softly...but she wasn't doing that this this time..She was just enjoying the ride...as was I..

"OH   MY GOD NATE-AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" she moaned...

The bed began squeaking and the headboard began to hit the wall softly at first...

I began to cum and cum hard.....

"Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..." I moaned softly and began to shake violently...

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmm,it's okay baby...It's okayyyyyyyyyyyyy.."cooed Monica as she kissed me softly and held me tightly in her arms...

I laid in between her legs....She blew her warm breath into my ears and played in my nappy hair...

"Nate, you out did yourself...." she said,laughing..."WOW!" she said.

"You usually get tired.. but not tonight."I said.

"Nate...for the first time...I couldn't read your thoughts or feel your emotions..It was weird making love to you and not knowing what you were thinking or feeling..but ,but it was surprisingly liberating...just going with the flow too..I had an orgasm,like I've never had before..."she said.. She had put her baseball shirt on...She walked over to the window..

She saw the Blood Red Moon...

"That explains it...Come here Nate..Look out the window...Tell me what you see."she asked me.

"The street, a car or two..."I said.

"No silly.. Look at the moon." she said.

"Wow...It's Blood Red...." I said.

"You've never seen a Blood Moon before?" she asked..

"Can't say that I have.." I said.

"Well I've seen one twice in my lifetime...When they occur...I lose my telepathic powers for 48 hours.." said Monica..

"Huh?" You mean you can't read my thoughts right now?" I asked.

"No..or feel your emotions...I'm a normal human being...and it feels great...It's the cycle of the Red Moon...It dulls my powers and it uh makes me incredibly uh horny at times.." said Monica..

"Oh wow!"I laughed..

"I thought you'd like that....Pervert!" she laughed..

I held her in my arms...

"Nate ,how could you want to do it some more after all the hours we just put in?" she said.

"I thought you couldn't read my mind?" I said.

"Don't have to read your mind...I uh can feel something poking my backside." she said..

"Oh.." I said.

''And before you ask...I'm not horny 24 hours of the day..I believe you just satisfied my need in that department, quite thoroughly...I must say...Wooooooooo..I am good.." she said.

She gave me a soft kiss..


"Let's get some sleep bae..." she said and walked back over to the bed..


II-

 The next night...Monica and I and several uniformed policemen were patroling the streets...We were doing security for Rodney Steigerson, a very very important man...Talk had it ..He was next in line for Police Commissioner...Ever since the last Commissioner had resigned in shame after it was discovered he was carrying on a torrid affair with the Deputy of Operations , who masterminded the murder of his wife..We had had three acting Police Commissioners.... Steigerson was a both a friend of the Governor and the Mayor..He looked the one who might get the nod...He was at this moment ,having dinner with the Mayor.

Monica and I and Lt. Cotton stood on the corner..

''Lou, what are we doing here? We are Homicide... You know something , we don't? " asked Monica....

"Nah....Tactical is mostly handling his security....The Mayor just asked for a few of us to be around to observe the crowds.." said Lt. Cotton..

"What crowds Lou? Who outside of cops knows who this guy is...?" I asked...

'That's what I told the Acting Commissioner ...So did Lt. Reid of Tactical...but he said he wanted me and two of my best detectives on the scene..." said Lt. Cotton..

"Speak of the devil...Here comes the Acting Commissioner now." said Monica as we snapped to attention and saluted.

"As you were..As you were....So this is the dynamic duo huh?" he asked ,looking at Monica and me...

"Almost 500 cases cleared.....Highest clearence rate in the department right now..Wow...Truth of the matter...I just wanted to meet you guys...I'm a big fan.." he said ,practically gushing..

"Pleased to meet you sir.."I said.

"Pleased to meet you sir." said Monica.

"Me..I'm just like you guys...I'm a DETECTIVE!!! Ha ha..I like working out in the field ,hittin them streets...bracing a suspect..drinking bad coffee..Sitting behind a desk and juggling paper was never my style.."he said laughing...

From a distance..I saw a sniper rifle on the roof...

"You have a man on the roof....For this?  It's this serious...?" I asked.

"I guess Tactical put a man on the roof..I wasn't aware they had that many men on the street...I thought it was just a small detail.." he said.

Just then,Rodney Steigerson and his entourage began leaving..The Mayor and his entourage was exiting too..

Captain Reid of Tactical walked over to us...

"Evening Commissioner.." he said.

"Evening...I see your men have this place tied up.." he said.

"We got plain clothes guys on the street as well as uniforms..." he said.

"Isn't a sniper on the roof a bit much Lieutenant? I mean, no offense..But he's not the President." said Monica


"I don't have a man on the roof?" he said..

And at that moment...A single shot was fired....Rodney Steigerson fell to the ground, mortally wounded..

People began to scream...and run for cover....The Mayor's entourage rushed him into his limo and pulled off....

Pandemonium broke out , with yelling and screaming and people running..

"Mo-Mo...I got a bead on that guy on the roof, let's get him." I said and pulled my weapon out..

Monica pulled her weapon and followed me..


We took hot pursuit across the street and into the building where the shot came from...

"Split up Partner...Take the back steps...I'll take this way...Go ahead..I'll be alright." she said.

I had my safety off and my gun ready to fire.

I couldn't imagine the shooter escaping  any other way...He wouldn't be stupid enough to take the elevator...

When we got to the roof ...He was gone...Several Uniformed officers had followed us...

 "Officers...Bag and tag that weapon...get some CSI guys up here to see if any evidence is around..."said Monica..

"Yes detective." said one of them..

The killer has used cable and had reconned across to the building across from us and had run down those steps... I headed back down to the street...With Monica on my heels..and then I saw him..If only briefly..

"PO-LEEESE..FREEZE!" I yelled..

He kept running...He was dressed in all black.. He also had a pistol...

Monica joined me as he ran down the back streets... This guy must have run track because he sure could motor..

He turned ,got down on one knee and prepared to fire....I dove into Monica and knocked her into a pile of trash...

He fired three shots..

I fired three shots..One that hit him..

"Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...I don't believe it...I've been shot!" he moaned as he fell to the ground...He got to his feet and fired three more shots...I took cover..

Monica fired three more shots...They all missed , because he kept running.. Monica reloaded..So Did I..

We followed him into a back alley...Where we found.............NOTHING!

He had vanished without a trace....

"This is impossible...His trail of blood stops right here..but there is nothing here...No ladder..No staircase..No door..He just couldn't have vanished..." I said.

Monica checked the dumpsters...

"If I had my telepathic powers...I could hear his thoughts if he were anywhere in the vicinity hiding..or feel his fear....Damn it! This would happen now...At the worst possible time." said Monica.

''Welcome to the world of normal human beings babe..."I said..

Lt. Cotton and several uniforms rounded the corner just then..

"I heard shots fired...Where is he?" asked Lt. Cotton..

''Your guess is as good as ours lou..he rounded this corner...and then just disappeared.." said Monica.

"What? That's impossible...There is nowhere to climb...Nothing here but walls..This is a dead end Alley.."he said.

"I know...We followed him into this alley...I know I hit him..This is his blood..but he's gone..without a trace." I said.

III-

The three of us walked back to the crime scene...

"Steigerson?" I asked.

"Dead at the scene."said Lt. Cotton.

"Was he the target or was it maybe the Mayor?" asked Monica...

"It was him...This shooter was good...It was a clean shot...If he had wanted the Mayor..he could have gotten him.." said Lt. Cotton..

''Why Steigerson? Outside of cops..Who cared about him? No disrespect." I said.

"None taken...That is what you two are going to find out...Get with Internal Affairs...Investigate any and every cop you think may have had a motive...anybody gives you any trouble...Tell em to come talk to me..Now which one of you is the Primary?" he asked.

"Nate is.." said Monica ,before I could answer.

Lt. Cotton was confused.

"Really? No disrespect to Nate...but for something like this...You are the more seasoned Detective Mo-Mo...You sure?" he asked.

"My husband can handle this...and besides..It's not like I won't be with him." she said..

"Okay..I'm puttin a team on the street, atm ,business and traffic cams in this entire area..covering a five mile radius...and we'll co-ordinate with Internal Affairs tomorrow and start interviewing brass and all other cops who might be involved.." I said.

"There's my sister.." said Monica..

"Hey Sissy, you okay?" said Monique...."It's a Blood Red Moon out?" said Monique, who knew that Monica was without her powers...

"I'm okay...What you got?"said Monica..

''You guys got lucky..Your shooter got hit...He lost a lot of blood..a lot...We can get DNA...Not only that, he smoked a cigarette...We found a butt near that gun with saliva.." said Monique..

"Naturally, no fingerprints." I said.

"You didn't get that lucky...but this guy was an experienced sniper...If he was in any branch of the armed services...His DNA is on file...Not only that..Every convicted felon that has done anytime in prison anywhere in the US. or Europe has not only his fingerprints on file, but a Blood,  urine, semen and saliva sample also..for DNA..We collected enough DNA tonight to have a positive ID of your killer by tomorrow morning." she said.

"That is good news Monique." I said.

"Our victim of course died of lead poisoning...a gunshot wound to the head.." she said.

"We know how he died..You might as well release the body." said Monica.

"Alright boys...take him away"said Monique.

We watched as the body was removed...

I looked up at the moon...

''Wow...Red Moon...It's very pretty."I said.

Monica looked up at it..

"Yeah...It is..Isn't it?" she said.

(TO BE CONTINUED)