Chapter 5: I'll Be Watching You

It wasn't hard getting Elsa to my room as I put her on my bed and watched as she rolled over hugging the pillow close to her. I couldn't help but smile as I back out closing the door behind me. I felt a yawn escape my lips, I just needed a few hours of sleep and then I'll be back to figuring out this case. My mind went back to what Elsa said, do we really have a copycat on our hands? I sat on the couch putting my hands together thinking, how could that be? Connolly had powers like I had sight, there can't be another one like him... Can there?

I could feel a headache coming on as I lay down feeling my eyes get heavy. Suddenly, I felt the world disappeared.

***

Cold... I was cold, freezing as I felt a shiver go up my spin. I looked around me to see countless scrawls on the walls. I honestly didn't know what they were even saying, it was almost like a two year old wrote them. I start to walk but it almost felt like my body was moving on it's own. That's when I felt my arm getting pulled to see a red stringed around my wrist. I looked at my other arm to see the same thing. "What's going on?" I say out loud making the strings pull me harder. "Don't worry about it Puppet." I hear, I knew that voice. "Connolly..." I say as I feel my feet almost trip over themselves. "Don't you want to see your marionette?" I hear Connolly say making me walk faster.

I tried to fight back but there was no way to break the strings so I stopped fighting and walked down the hallway. I looked at the walls to see the scrawls were going and now it was just pictures that looked like they were drawn by little kids. I didn't know where the strings were pulling me but I had a pit in my stomach telling me I wasn't going to like it. As if my body finally woke up, I felt the strings loosen up and I controlled my body again. But I keep walking into a room with a single light and a chair with someone in it. I took a deep breath as I kept walking to the chair.

The closer I got, the more I saw feature of a woman with her head down with red hair that was cut short. I feel my throat close, "Sally?" I whisper as I see her head shot up. The short pixie red hair, slowly grow longer as it went blonde. Where I thought Sally was, was slowly turning into Elsa and I see the strings wrapped around her throat. "Jackson." She whispers. I saw red flash in front of me from anger. "Connolly you bastard! Let her go!" I scream as I see the strings tighten around her throat making Elsa gasp.

"I would be nice my puppet, I control this marionette." I hear that voice say again but something seemed different about this voice, almost like there were two voices talking. "This is the version you like of this marionette right?" The voice said. I look at Elsa, tears staining her face. "What do you mean?" I ask taking a step trying to go slow. "I had many... Many marionettes in the past Dr. Dream. But this one... This one is my favorite. And she would be your favorite right?" I glare at the darkness trying to figure out where the voice was coming from. "This would be the second lover right? Or is it your first?" He ask. Whoever this was, it wasn't Connolly, just someone trying to be him. "I would answer the question." The voice says tighten the string and I could see blood starting to drip form Elsa's throat.

"Fuck stop! I'll tell you!" I scream seeing the string loosen up a little. "And your answer?" The voice ask. I take a deep breath, "I loved Elsa first. Even when I was with Sally, I loved Elsa. I still do." I answer. I don't know why me admitting that was going to do until I feel something sharp in my back. I hear Elsa scream as I look down to see blood start to go around my stomach. I look back up feeling someone's breath by my ear, "Wrong answer Jackson." I hear and I knew whose voice that was. "Sal... Sally?" I whisper before I feel another sharp pain before I hear Elsa screaming my name.

***

"Jack... Wake up." I hear as I open my eyes and shot up almost hitting whoever was in front of me making them fall back. "Ouch." I hear as I look down to see Elsa on the floor sitting on her butt looking up at me. "Are you okay?" I ask sliding off the couch to join her. "Better then you I feel like." she says as I raise an eyebrow, did she know about my nightmare? "What are you doing up?" I ask helping her up. Elsa didn't look at my face, she kept her eyes on the floor, she was hiding something form me. "I'll tell you if you tell me what's wrong with you." She answers. I sigh I wasn't ready to tell her, "Let me go make some tea, I feel like we both need it." I say walking to my kitchen letting her win this fight.

I look at my clock that it's almost two in the afternoon, I didn't know we slept that long. "Earl Gray right?" I ask looking back at her, she was holding her arm with a weak smile, "You remembered." she whispers. "Of course I did." I answer with a wink before I turned back to make the tea. Did I really just wink at her? What is wrong with me?

I cleared my throat. "What do we need to do today?" I ask waiting for the water to boil and trying to distract the idea that I winked at her. "I... I should go talk to the director for the fashion show last night... I heard it was canceled but it doesn't mean they won't reschedule it when everyone feels better." I hear Elsa says behind me. She sounded closer then I thought. "Did you hear from your manger?" I ask. "Umm yeah, he said he'd pick me up if you can't go with me." She answers. If I couldn't go with her? Did she forget I'm mostly her bodyguard now? I hear the whistle of the tea pot telling me the water was done. "Elsa I think you forget..." I start until I feel a pain in my hand making me drop the tea pot and hiss. "Damn it."

"Are you alright?" I hear Elsa as I turned to put my hand under cold water but run right into Elsa. "I'm..." I start as Elsa grabs my hand and starts to blow on it. I could feel my heart go into my throat as Elsa looks up at me. "It's better to cool it down slowly before putting ice cold water on it so it won't blister.." She says blowing on my hand again and I felt a shiver go up my arm. She needed to stop, I needed to stop. I pull my hand back knowing I took her by surprise. "Thank you." I whisper and go to my sink and put my hand under the water. I could hear Elsa behind me mostly likely cleaning up my stupid mess.

"I'm going with you." I say turning to her with my hand in a towel. She was just standing up with the teapot in a towel so she doesn't do the same thing I did. "Wherever you go, I'm going with you. And if I'm not with you, then someone in my team will be with you." I walked up to her touching her shoulder, "No matter what, you will never be alone." I say as she locks eyes with me. My sight starts as I see Elsa looking at an old picture of me, Cash, Sally and herself form high school. She was crying. I blink, I had control over my sight but with Elsa, it was like I couldn't control it around her. I'll have to be careful. I feel a pair of arms go around me as Elsa hugs me, "Thank you Jackson." She whispers in my ear making me want to sigh, she was trying to kill me I swear.

I pull her back and take the teapot form her hands, "Why don't you go shower and I'll order some lunch and call my team." I says with a smile. She nods as she walks off. "Second door to the left!" I yell as she waves her hand at me before she turns and was out of sight. I let out a deep sigh and lend back on the counter. Maybe this wasn't a good idea to have her in my house... To have her so close. Before I could even think of anything I hear my phone go off to see Ezra calling me.

"Hey boss." I answer walking to my couch. "Nice to see you up. How you two doing?" Ezra ask. "We're fine." I lied when really, I was still thinking of that nightmare. Of Elsa being controlled like that, I didn't like it. "That's.. Good." Ezra says and I knew something was wrong. "What happened Ezra?" I ask. I hear him sigh, "Jade Shay was released today. We didn't have enough evidence to keep him." I feel my hand go into a fist, "Did he have an alibi?" I ask. "Yeah, he was at a bar when the Isles were killed. The bartender told us himself, even showed us the security cameras of that night." I lend my head back damn it... Even if he had an alibi, something was still off about him. "Elsa can file a restraining order on him but that's all we can do." Ezra said. I was pissed but he was right, there was nothing we could do.

"Alright, you're right. But now we're back to square one..." I say. I hear a knock at my door. "Well maybe not." Ezra says as I stand up and go to the door. I peek through the peephole to see that no one there. "Ezra... Can I call you back?" I ask. I didn't even let him answer as I hang up the phone. I slowly open my door to see on one but a vase filled with red roses sitting on the ground. I look down both hallways as I look back at the flowers. "Fuck..." I say taking my phone out again and call Ezra right back.

"I need you guys to my apartment, now."

***

My team was at my house in less then five minutes as we stood around the roses that were now sitting on my kitchen table. "Who would send you flowers?" Chase ask. I look at him, "I don't think they are for me..." I answer. Nikia kept her gloves on as she pulls back some of the flowers to see a card in the middle. "Well look at this." She says with a smirk. I could see Ezra from the corner of my eye his cheeks getting red, he had a thing when Nikia smirked.

"What's going on?" I hear behind me to see Elsa standing behind us. "Holy fuck..." I whispers to myself. Elsa's hair was still wet as she slowly moved it into a bun and she was wearing a tight black tan top with some skinny jeans. "That should be illegal." I hear Chase say next to me making me elbow him in the gut. "I'm tell Molly." I answer making him look at me quickly, "it was a joke... I'm sorry." He says quickly, bagging almost. "It's good to see you again Miss. Frost." Ezra says while also glaring at Chase and I. "I thought we agreed you'd call me Elsa... Now can someone please answer my question?" She says walking closer to us.

"Someone left you some flowers." Nikia says holding the card. "Nikia.." I say looking at her. "She was going to see them sooner or later." She answers. "Flowers?" Elsa says looking at the roses. "We don't know if they are for you." I answer quickly. "Her name is on the envelope Jack." Nikia says making me close my eyes, she was not getting the hint. "Jack." I hear looking at Elsa. "I thought no one knew where we were." She ask. "No one does..." I answer. I hear Nikia starting to open the envelope. We all circled around her, but there was no note in the envelope, it was just a tape recorder. All eyes stayed on Nikia as she pushes play.

Every breath you take and every move you make. Every bond you break, every step you take, I'll be watching you.

I feel a hand grab mine as I look at Elsa with a pale look on her face and her other hand on her stomach like she was sick.

Every single day and every word you say. Every game you play, every night you stay, I'll be watching you.

"Oh my god..." Elsa says squeezing my hand harder. "What is this?" Nikia asked. "It's an old song by the band Police the sick fuck is using it as a warning." Chase says. "What does that mean?" Elsa ask her body shaking. "It means he was watching us when we came to my apartment..." I answer.

"We're not safe here."

***

"Gracias Rosa, I'll call you later." I say hanging up my phone and letting out my breath again. We were at the BAU now trying to figure out what we should do next. Elsa and I can't go back to that apartment, we needed to go somewhere that no one would know where we are. I still couldn't figure out how this asshole followed us, I didn't see any cars follow behind us and not a lot of people knew where I lived. I lend back in my chair thinking what we could do next. I hear a knock at my door as I see Cash smiling at me, "Hey, I got you some coffee." He says handing me a cup, "Thanks." I say but I just held the cup in my hands. "Who were you talking to?" He ask giving him a look before he points to my phone on my desk, "Your phone wouldn't be on your desk if you weren't talking to someone." He adds he was always good at pointing out what doesn't belong. "My neighbor. She's watching my place while Elsa and I find a new place to stay until we catch this fucker." I answer.

"You know you can stay with me and I bet Mimi wouldn't mind watching Elsa." Cash answers. I give him a smile, "I appreciate that but I'm not leaving Elsa alone with anyone else and I honestly don't want to put you and Mimi in danger." I answer. "I put myself in danger all the time Dream, this wouldn't be the first time." Cash laughed but I just couldn't laugh, my mind was in a different place. "Do you have a crush on this Elsa chick or something? I never saw you worry about someone this much before." Cash jokes. "I do care... About a lot of things." I say. I kept forgetting that Cash didn't know that Elsa is really Violet, they haven't seen each other yet.

As if on cue, I hear another knock, "Hey Jack I just wanted..." I hear Elsa as Cash and I look over. "Oh my god Cash?" Elsa says walking over to him. "Yeah?" Cash says looking at me confused. Before he could reacted more Elsa throw her arms around him for a hug. "How are you here?" Elsa ask and I couldn't help but laugh seeing Cash throw his arms up not touching her. "I... Work here... Look.. You are really really beautiful but I have a girlfriend Miss..." Cash starts as Elsa steps back, "Cash Carter has a girlfriend huh? And I thought you'd never get over me." Elsa teases and that's when I see Cash's eyes widen, "Holy shit... Violet?" He ask. "I go by Elsa now but yeah... It's me." She says.

This time Cash gave her a hug holding her tight. "It's good to see you Cash." Elsa says as they pull back and Cash looks at me, "Jack, it's Violet." He says making us laugh, "I know it is dipshit, I've been watching her. She's my new case." I say. "She's the model? No shit... I mean, I'm not surprised. You got the looks." Cash says making Elsa hit him in the shoulder, "You are still the same asshole as you were in highschool." She jokes but she had that smile on her face, that real smile. It was nice seeing us all back together again, but at the same time, we weren't all together. "I'm sorry about Sally..." Elsa says her smile going down. Cash's eyes went down, I know it still hurt him whenever he heard her name. "Thanks, honestly if it wasn't for Jack, I don't think I would of survived." He says looking at me.

"I should've been there too..." Elsa says touching his arm, "I'm really sorry." She says again. But Cash just shook his head grabbing her hand holding it tight. I didn't like seeing him like that with her, it almost pissed me off. "It's okay, Sally would of understood, we all do." He says letting go of her hand and that anger finally went away.

"Frost." I hear looking at the door to see Molly. "Sorry to interrupt but we need you in the conference room." She says with a smile looking at Cash and Elsa. "Thanks Molly." I turn to my friends, "Cash can you stay with Elsa?" I ask. "Like you had to ask man. Don't worry, I got her." He says with a smile and I knew she was in good hands again. I left with no worries.

***

"Alright team, sorry for making you all come here last minute but we have a lot to go through." Ezra says as he finished hanging the last picture on our whiteboard. It was like a remind of what just happened 24 hours ago. The body of the Isles' body on a metal table, Elsa's room covered in red paint and blood, and the red strings that lend to the window.  "24 hours ago Hans Isles killed his sister Stacy in the home of Elsa Frost." Ezra says. "Chase, what does the lab reports say?" Ezra ask.

"From what we got from Kat, there are no drugs in either of the Isles. But as you see in Hans' eyes, how they are glazed over, something was off. With the research from Kat and Molly, we've figured out that this has happened before, about five years ago." Chase says and I knew it was my turn to talk. I stand up and walk up and look at the picture of Dr. Connolly, "Dr. Connolly was a therapist who over a year would hypnosis his patients to have them kill themselves with their greatest fears." I say as everyone looked at the folders of all the victims that Connolly killed. "His last victim was..." I stopped and looked at the picture of Sally. I knew this was going to be hard to talk about, I just didn't think it would be this hard.

"Dream." I hear snapping me out of my thoughts and looked at Ezra. "You okay?" He ask making me nod, "Yeah, sorry. Anyways the last victim was Sally Carter. A few days after Miss. Carter's death, Connolly turned himself in at her funeral, his been in jail for five years now." I say sitting back wishing I could just put my head down and sleep. "So if this Connolly guy is in jail, then who is doing this?" Nikia asked. "That's what we need to figure out. So far we know we have a copycat on our hands. And this copycat wants Elsa. He calls himself the Puppet Master." Ezra says, he pointed to the Isles' pictures. "Around the neck, wrist and ankles on Hans is a red string which we think might be what he used as his control." Ezra continues.

"But Hans didn't snap until I asked him who this Master was. That's when he killed Stacy and then himself. When using hypnosis they need a word or a code to do their finally action." I add. "How did he know you were going to ask that though?" Molly ask. "He said it enough time, that he knew I would question it." I answer. "To concluded, we suspected Jade Shay, Miss. Frost bodyguard was her stalker and this Puppet Master but with no evidence and with his alibi, we had to let him go." Ezra says.

"Which means we are back to square one." Chase says until I see Ezra smile. "Unless, we go talk to Connolly." I looked at him like he was crazy, he wanted to talk to Connolly. "Whoever is doing this, he has to adore Connolly which means his visit him, and maybe Connolly trained him." Ezra says. "And how are we going to get that out of him? From what you are telling us, it seems like he can use hypnosis to make us leave." Nikia says. "Oh with us, yes but... Not Jack." He says looking at me and I see everyone else look at me.

"With Jack's sight, he can see who his being talking to. And we know Connolly won't use his hypnosis on him." Ezra says. I could feel anger going through me, "Are you fucken kidding me?" I almost scream taking my team by surprised. "Jack, I know you have problems..." "Problems? He killed my girlfriend, he came to me, telling me how he did it... I don't have problem with him Ezra. I want him to buried in the deepest, darkest hole and die there." I yell. Connolly already took Sally form me, I wasn't not going to let his apprentice take Elsa too. "Jack... Hear me out." Ezra says walking over to me trying to be calm.

"You are the only one who can do this... We won't be able to get close to him without you." Ezra says. I knew he was right, I knew I had to do this... I just couldn't. I look at Ezra and shake my head, "I'm sorry Ezra... I just can't." I say and start to leave the room. Right as I reach the door, it flies open and Elsa and Cash walked in. "Dream... We have a problem." Cash says. I look at Elsa to see tears going down her face. "Elsa what's wrong?" I ask grabbing her shoulders. With a shaking hand Elsa hands me her phone.

I take it and look to see she has a text form an unknown number with a video attached to it. Everyone circles around me as I play the video.

*Video*

"Hello Elsa." Jade says with a smile on his face. "God... I miss you. And you... You firing me, might be the best thing you ever did to me. Because if you didn't fire me, I would of never meet my master." Jade says as he walks with the camera. "And the master, oh he... He has opened my eyes Elsa. You were never for me, you don't belong to anyone but the master. But you... You have been getting to close to some people." Jade continues.

In the background of the video showed an abandoned farmhouse that was used to slaughter the pigs and cows for meat. He flipped the camera to show two people hanging over a large meat grinder. The first was Anna, her clothes torn almost falling off and her hair a mess. And hanging next to her was a man wearing a business suit with short brown hair. "Do you recognize the man hanging next to your best friend Elsa? Here let me give you a closer look." Jade says as he walks over to a ladder to get closer to people hanging for the lives.

Jade walks to the man grabbing him by the face raising it. "Say hello to your father." Jade laughed dropping the man's head who didn't wake up. "Don't worry, his not dead, at less not yet. They are both very much alive." Jade says walking to the other side of the grinder at Anna. "I found this beauty walking home last night." Jade laughs. "I mean... Who would just let this girl walk alone at night? They must be real crazy right?" Jade laughs touching Anna on the leg making Anna wake up and scream, "Don't touch me!" She scream kicking Jade making him drop the camera. All you could see was the dirt and the ground as someone screams, "You fucken bitch! If we didn't have this game to play I would kill you now!" Jade yells before there was a loud hit and then silence.

As the camera laid on the ground, all you hear is Jade walking down the ladder again as he picks up the camera showing his face that had a fat lip and Anna and Elsa's father in the background knocked out. "She's a spit fire isn't she? I can see why you picked her to be your best friend." Jade smiles as he moves closer to the camera, "And if you want your friend and your father to live, I would tell your boyfriend Jack Dream, to find us. You got four hours.

"Good luck."

Hey guys! A double chapter update!? What? Crazy right? I just had way to much fun writing these chapters I just couldn't stop. And I'm very excited for the next chapter too, and I'm excited to see what you all are thinking. Did you see this happening? What do you think will happen next? There is a lot of crazy stuff coming soon! So let me know what you guys think, leave me comments I love hearing form you guys it just makes my day. And as always, sorry for my grammar and spelling and I'll see you in the next update. Stay safe everyone.

~Kitty Kat