Another Pretender:X/O: The Pretender&John Doe: Mature

[TessHardingEvans]

Title: Another Pretender
Author: AlienAdele, Rebel101, Rebelfan, Rebel_Alien
e-mail: adelesmith4@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: They aren’t mine, no need to sue. If they were mine Pretender and John Doe wouldn’t have been cancelled
Summary: Jarod learns about another pretender. John Doe assist the police department on a triple homicide
Rating: Mature (graphic murder scene)
Category: Crossover
Author’s Note: This is a crossover between John Doe and The Pretender
Author’s Note2: There will be surprises in this fic that you wouldn’t have guessed before
Distribution: If you want it, e-mail me and I will gladly e-mail it to you.
~*~
Blue Cove Delaware
The lights of the computer screen flickered as a sound of an incoming message became audible. The person behind the desk looked up as the bold lettered showed *Another Pretender in Seattle* with the rapid movement of his fingers he tried to locate the sender of the e-mail, but it was unsuccessful. Suddenly it dawned onto him that there was one person who might be able to help and that person was on the road. He pulled out his cell-phone and punched in the thirteen-digit code. For ten minutes nothing happened, while the phone rang. Suddenly he heard the familiar voice on the other side of the line,
“Hello Sydney. What can I do for you?”
“Well, Jarod. Here’s something interesting you might care to look at”
“What?”
Sydney informed him about the anonymous e-mail and that there’s a Code Red on who the pretender might be”
“Where does this person live?”
“The e-mail was a little fuzzy, the only thing I could decipher was Seattle. So I think the unknown Pretender lives there”
“I’ll leave now. Now do Miss Parker and Lyle know about him?”
“I don’t know, but you better be careful”
“Talk to you later” Jarod said and ended the call. Sydney smiled and placed the phone back.
~*~
Road
After the phone call Jarod made a u-turn and drove in the direction of Seattle. He felt a pang of excitement in his heart to know that there was another one who adverted the Centre so far. But his fear was a fulcrum to know that the Sweepers and Miss Parker might be on his and the new pretender’s trail. The only thing that puzzled him was that how would he recognize this person. Sydney didn’t give him a lot of information and if he wasn’t careful they both might get killed. Suddenly he saw the sign *Welcome to Seattle* and he entered the town
~*~
Abandoned Warehouse in Seattle
John Doe entered the warehouse with the files on the triple homicide. As he stepped into the dimly lit foyer, he nearly passed out from shock. When he read about this killer he didn’t want to believe it, but now as he saw it first hand it shocked him. It was a killer with medical experience. He saw the severed finger and the empty cavity where the heart was suppose to lie. He looked deeper into the warehouse and saw Lt. Avery on the other side of the building talking to one of the uniforms on duty; he walked up to her and asked,
“What do you think?”
“I’m not sure what to think, is this the first time you see this?” she asked him
“Yes, I never thought that mankind could be this cruel”
Lt. Avery looked at the man in front of her and said with concern in her voice,
“There is a lot of cruelty in this world that is far worse that what you see now. You just have to keep your eyes and heart immune against it”
John Doe turned towards the crime scene and shook his head
tbc

[RoswellRocks]

ohhhh..I love john doe and MISS john doe so much! great start

[TessHardingEvans]

Will post soon. Something interesting will happen!!! I miss it too.

[Island Breeze]

It sounds like something interesting has happened already. We have a mystery of sorts. And a "promise" of worse things to come. This was a great start! I look forward to reading more of it. :D

[TessHardingEvans]

Well, this fic has cost me a lot of head aches. Not knowing what to write, but I promise to try and finish it. It is like my Buffy/Indiana Jones's fic sometimes on hiatus and then when I can I write the next part :

[TessHardingEvans]

Finally here is another part of the fic
~*~
Jarod parked his can in front of the hotel and climbed out. He walked to the reception area,
“Good Afternoon. I’d like to book a room”
“Certainly sir. Your identification please”
Jarod pulled out the fake ID and gave it to the young woman. The ID stipulated that he was an FBI agent. Without any further questioning the woman gave him his room key,
“You’ll be staying in room 535”
“Thank you” he replied and walked towards his room
~*~
DALAWARE
Miss. Parker and Lyle was still arguing over how to capture Jarod, when Mr. Reins and their father came into the conference room,
“I see that Jarod still has your undivided attention”
“Daddy, Lyle just won’t listened to reason”
“Angel, Jarod is just one of our best Pretenders, but now we are on the verge of finding the other Pretender that escaped”
“Whom might that be?” Lyle asked
Mr. Parker turned around and nudged Broots to come forth,
“Broots, won’t you share your Intel with the others?”
Broots placed the laptop on the table and punched in his password. The light went on and a picture of John Doe popped onto the screen,
“I just received word that this was one of the Pretenders that escaped with Jarod.”
“Why are we receiving the information now and not earlier?” Lyle asked
Broots looked at Lyle and said,
“He disappeared for three years and he just reappeared”
He closed the laptop and looked at Miss. Parker; he could see that she was having difficulty in processing the information;
“I think it is time we go and locate both our pretenders”
She looked again at Broots and asked,
“Where does this man live?”
“The information stated that he is living in Seattle”
Miss. Parker looked at her father and asked,
“Why did nobody tell me about this man?”
Mr. Parker looked at Broots and nudged him to answer the question. With that he looked at her and answered,
“I don’t actually have an answer for you, but the Intel stated that he just vanished for three years and he just resurfaced”
Miss. Parker looked at the group and said that it was time for them to locate their prized Pretenders.
tbc

[TessHardingEvans]

ANOTHER WAREHOUSE IN SEATTLE
A man from about in his mid-forties came into the musty building carrying a body. He sat the body down and looked at his prey, it was a young woman barely out of her teens,
“So innocent and sweet” he uttered
The girl lifted her eyes and begged,
“Please don’t do it. There are still things that I wanted to do?”
“That is what you think” he replied
He placed his left hand in his pocket and removed a small scalpel from its resting place. Then he looked at the girl one last time and smiled,
“You all think that you are the best, but you are so wrong” with that he placed the scalpel next to her ring finger and with a rapid movement he severed the finger from her hand.
The girl screamed with pain and started to cry, the man could see the fear in the girl’s eyes and it pleased him. Then he did the unforgivable, he placed the scalpel next to the girl’s heart and plunged it into the torso area. With a rapid movement he removed the heart from its resting place. The girl’s body slumped forward and the man looked at his handiwork. He left the warehouse and stood next to his car,
“Now to call the police,” he said
He took his cell-phone and dialed the department’s number.
~*~
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
The dispatch officer heard the phone ring and answered,
“Seattle P.D. how may I direct your call?”
The stranger took his handkerchief and placed it next to the mouth piece and said,
“Tell Lieutenant Avery that a present is waiting for them in the Southern Warehouse. Oh, and tell John Doe that the clock is ticking for the next victim”
The dispatcher was dumbfounded when she heard the message, but she knew that it was just one of those days.

Jarod took the newspaper to the information desk and started to read. On the front page was a lengthy article on John Doe. It stated that JD helped the police in numerous unsolved cases. He looked at the picture and recognition crossed his eyes, it was one of those Pretenders that he tried to help escape from the Centre, but he didn’t get the time to help with the extraction. In the article it also stated that John Doe lost all his personal memories, but could remember stuff that wasn’t important. Jarod took his cell-phone and dialed Sydney’s number again,
“Yes, Jarod have you found John yet?”
“No, but I know now why the Centre could be interested in this man”
“Why?”
Jaord told him about whom he thought the man was and that he is going to try and help him to regain his memories.
“Just be careful, Lyle, Miss. Parker, Broots and the Sweepers are on their way to Seattle”
“You know me now, I’m always careful” Jarod replied with a smile in his voice. With that the phone went dead. He decided to take on the persona of the FBI agent Jarod Smith. He took his car keys and locked the hotel room where he was staying and walked towards the parking lot.

Jarod looked at the files that were sitting on the desk in front of him and started to analyze the personality of the killer.
Lieutenant I think that this man is insecure in his career. He felt unfulfilled and try to find new means of satisfaction. That is why he is killing such young girls”
“Are you sure about that?” Avery asked
“It is the only motive I can think of”
Jarod stood up and walked over to the two agents carrying the false docket. He walked towards Avery and introduced himself,
“Good Afternoon Lieutenant, I am special agent Smith of the FBI office in Washington DC, I was assigned to investigate the serial killer here in Seattle. What do you have for me?”
“Agent Smith, this is our profiler John Doe he could tell you more about the progress we made in this case”
Jarod looked at John Doe and saw that his assumptions were correct when he saw the newspaper article and knew for a fact that it was the young man he tried to help escape.
“Well, I just told Avery that this killer doesn’t kill for acknowledgements, but for personal gain. He kills because he knew that his life was about to change. He knew that if he doesn’t kill he might die himself. Also he feels alive when he sees his victims beg for mercy”
“Are you sure about this?” Jarod asked
“Yes, I could see it in his last kill”
~*~
ON THE ROAD
Miss. Parker took her laptop and read over the files again, she knew for a fact that when they apprehend Jarod and this…John Doe, her work at the Centre would improve. The only one who is standing in her way was Lyle and the Triumph rate’s Sweepers. It seems that Jarod and this man is of great value to them. She turned towards Sydney and asked,
“You did know about this man, didn’t you?”
“Yes, someone e-mailed me the information even before you knew about it. The only reason I didn’t tell you before is because I had to make sure that the information was correct”
“And, was it?”
“Yes, John Doe was part of the Pretender Program. Te only trouble is I don’t exactly know who this man was before now and I haven’t got a photo to compare with all the Pretenders we had over the years”
“Do you think that you might be able to identify him when we reach Seattle?”
“I believe so”
“Is Jarod there by any chance?”
“Yes, he went before we did. So he might be able to identify the man too”
Miss. Parker looked over to Sydney and smiled,
“Now we can catch two birds with one stone”
“Maybe that is right, but I think you know that Jarod won’t be easy to catch”
“In the past that might have been right, but now he would make sure that I get what I deserve”
~*~
POLICE STATION
Jarod rook the docket from John Doe and scanned through the papers. There were gut-wrenching photos in the file, but he knew that he had to control his emotions when analyzing the situation. He turned towards Lt. Avery and said,
“Is this the only docket you have on the man?”
“Unfortunately it is”
Jarod sat down on the chair provided for him and read the docket. He knew for certain that if this man weren’t going to be stopped he would kill more women. John could see that this man was passionate about his job and thought that what if in his former life he was so passionate about his job won’t someone miss him?

Karen opened the door to JD’s apartment and walked over to the computer that was still trying to search the web for the identification mark on his right shoulder. She knew that John Doe would search the universe to find out who he really was and if she could help that would be great. She took one of the files on the desk next to the computer terminal and read through it. She was so busy analyzing the data that she didn’t notice the door of the apartment opening. The door opened slowly and a man about mid-forties came strolling into the apartment. He has been eyeing the young woman inside the apartment for about three days and every day she came to this apartment and a half hour later she left again. He knew who lived there and who might be there looking for information. As the door of the apartment closed he decided to follow his instincts. With a silent movement he opened the door and walked into the room, he could see Karen sitting by the computer screen and walked in.

Karen sat with a notebook on the desk and stared to write down all the information she could see on the screen, when suddenly she felt someone behind her and looked. Suddenly it became dark around her and she was dragged out of the apartment in a rubbish bag. No one would be able to distinguish what kind of rubbish was being disposed of. Before the man left John Doe’s apartment he sat down and left a note to him

He placed Karen inside his car and left just as quickly as what he came. Karen slowly started to wake from the drug that he administered and looked around. When she saw him, she knew that she was in deadly danger. What is he going to do to her? The man looked at the young woman that sat in the back seat and said,
“John Doe won’t be able to safe you”
“Why are you doing this?” she asked
“The only reason I’m doing this is because I am tired of saving lives. It is time for payback”
“John was right when he said that you are a homicidal maniac”
The car came to an abrupt halt and the man climbed out. He opened the back door and let Karen out. When she looked out she saw that they were at a warehouse overlooking the ocean. This frightened her a lot and she stammered,
“Wh…what are you going to do?”
“Just what I am planning to do. You will be the forth victim I am claiming”
He dragged her into the warehouse and bound her hands, the more Karen struggled the tighter the ropes became that she couldn’t move at all. Slowly he took her left hand and placed it on the block nearby and again with surgical precision he removed her ring finger, then as she screamed with pain he took the scalpel again and placed it on her chest. Slowly he drove it into her and as he did it he looked at the fearful eyes of Karen, then smirked and said,
“Good-night. You won’t be needing your heart anymore” with those words he pulled it out of her and placed it in her cooler. He knew that organs were hard to come by and to have a healthy heart with him; he might receive a lot of money from the black market. He walked back to his car and took his cell-phone from his jacket and dialed the Seattle P.D. as he waited for someone to answer he looked again at the souvenirs he got from his last kill
“Seattle P.D. how can I direct your call?” he heard from the other side of the line,
“Is John Doe there?” he asked
“Unfortunately John stepped out, isn’t there anyone else who might be of help?”
“If you hear from John, tell him that there is a message on his computer”
“Certainly” with that the phone went dead

John looked at the man sitting next to him and frowned. Somehow this man is familiar, but how? This was one of those unanswered questions. He took the dossier and started to read the transcript of what was written about the serial killer and said to Jarod,
“I have a feeling that the man is going to strike again”
“Are you sure?” Jarod asked
“Yes, as sure as I am sitting here”
They climbed out of the car and walked up to John’s apartment, as they entered the room they saw the place is in shambles. John went to his computer terminal and read the note that was left for him.
“Jarod I think you must read this”

‘JOHN
WHEN YOU READ THIS YOUR FRIEND KAREN WOULD BE IN MY HANDS. GO TO THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, THERE’S A WAREHOUSE. YOU WILL FIND HER THERE’

Jarod turned to look at John as he finished the note and said,
“The only thing I can do is go and follow that lead”
They closed the back door and stepped out of the apartment. It was a long, hard drive when they finally saw the doors of the warehouse, hoping to find Karen alive. Just as the car stopped John dashed out of the vehicle. As they walked into the warehouse they saw that they were late. On the floor of the warehouse was Karen’s body badly mutilated. John walked up to the girl’s body and sat down motionless. She was one of his best friends since the day he surfaced and now she’s gone.

Jarod looked at the scene in front of him and felt pity. He would react the same way if someone he cared about die in this horrible way. He took his cell-phone and dialed the police station. they would be there in about two minutes. Slowly John stood up and looked at Jarod then said,
“She was the first one that tried to help me regain my memory and now everything is gone”
“Don’t worry, there was other ways to recover amnesia, but I know that you and she was good friends, that is why I decided to help you in this investigation”
suddenly they heard the sirens and stood up, when Lt. Avery came into the building she saw Jarod and John standing next to a body, but when she saw the body she could see that it had something to do with the fact that John wanted to find out more about his life. She walked up to him and said,
“I think that you need to step down from this investigation”
“Like hell I am going to find this bastard even if it kills me in the end”
“It is against policy. You are too emotionally involved in this case and you might compromise the investigation”
John looked with daggers in his eyes at Lt. Avery and said,
“Screw policy, this is my case you have to drag my dead body away from it if you want me out
tbc

[Island Breeze]

suddenly they heard the sirens and stood up, when Lt. Avery came into the building she saw Jarod and John standing next to a body, but when she saw the body she could see that it had something to do with the fact that John wanted to find out more about his life. She walked up to him and said,
“I think that you need to step down from this investigation”
“Like hell I am going to find this bastard even if it kills me in the end”
“It is against policy. You are too emotionally involved in this case and you might compromise the investigation”
John looked with daggers in his eyes at Lt. Avery and said,
“Screw policy, this is my case you have to drag my dead body away from it if you want me out

Yes, I believe John will definitely stay on the case! Good parts!