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This was her first attempt at writing a book, Shelly had gotten a few short stories published, but just could not find a subject for a great book, and it had to be a great book not something she did in collage, She sat at her computer thinking hard, a good romance? Oh, hell no! Every woman writes a romance novel, a good murder mystery Yeah that's it. She got up and got another cup of herbal tea, I think writers go out and research the subject they want to write about she thought. Research she grabbed the night's newspaper and scanned the Headlines. Hmmm, a bad car crash on the freeway, No that's not news, women was found dead at pier 21 down at the wharf, she had been raped and her throat had been cut, no information was given on the women, said to be in her late thirties. And no known suspect are known at this time. Ahhh,That's the one, I

need to go down to the morgue and see if anything has come in yet about the girl, wow, its late, after midnight, but why not, she grabbed her bag, a notebook, car keys and went out into the night. The fog had started to roll in as she pulled up in front of the morgue, a little shiver ran down her back and gave her goose bumps, man this is the craziest thing I have ever done. She thought to herself, The door was unlocked as she stepped in, and the smell of formaldehyde was overwhelming, how do these guys get used to that smell yuck! Her shoes made a sort of clicking sound on the polished tile floor, and she followed the hall down to a set of double doors, that said very plainly 'DO NOT ENTER' but Shelly was on a mission and nothing was going to stop her, she pushed opened the doors and it led into a large room that looked like a Hospital operating room. There were about three tables, each one had a sheeted cadaver on it.

One table had a women on it, and it looked like someone had started an autopsy on it, But had been interrupted, she heard a noise behind the room that said 'COLD STORAGE'

She said hello ? Is any one there? No answer, Hello! She said again louder this time, She walked over to the door and listened, Hello! She could hear raspy wheezy breathing! It was most likely the Doctor she thought. She tried to push the door open but someone or something was stopping it!

Hey what the H e l l 's going on? She pushed her way in and looked down, It was a man dressed in a green set of scrubs, He was lying in a pool of blood, his throat had been cut from ear to ear, a silent scream frozen on his lips. Shelly turned and grabbed the door, c r a p , she needed to push the Doctor out of the way, she reached down and grabbed his ankles and started to pull him away from the door, and she heard a raspy, wheezy voice say!

Well, Well, what do we have here? She looked up and a man was standing in front of her, she could smell his breath from the rotten teeth, he was dressed in old dirty clothes, and maybe was a dock worker or something, She thought fast…I.. I.. must be in the wrong place, I was looking for my friend, Deana she works here. The man looked at her and laughed in his wheezy voice, then down at the body on the floor, not believing she hadn't mentioned it. He grabbed her before she could say a word, the knife was sharp and quick, she never felt the blade that slit her throat. As she slid to the floor, as everything became darker and darker she smiled ,well this wasn't the smartest Idea I ever had. Shelly never knew that she was placed on an autopsy table, she never got to see the Morning paper that said in Big Bold Headlines,

'Another women Dead at the Hands of the Night Stalker'

A second body found in the last twelve hours was thought to be a victim of the notorious Night Stalker……

A young women was found dead at the County Morgue when the staff reported for work early Wednesday.

No one knows why she had been in the building, she was not carrying any identification,

The other body a Doctor, found in a storage locker.

not known if the deaths are related,

the police and staff

Of the morgue were also looking for a stranger seen dressed as a Medical examiner leaving the facility earlier that morning..

the police have no clues and the case remains a mystery….

The End??