KILLER WITHIN

KILLER WITHIN EPISODE SEVENTEEN

Remi had a meeting in one of the rooms with the three cops whom she had assigned to look for Lexi. She expected that atleast one of them would run into her.

An officer named kitili dropped some printed papers on the table and it had Lexi's face on them. They had made fliers yo help them in the search for Lexi.

Remi: any news or leads on Lexi?

The officers said no and Remi buried her fist in her hand.

Remi: no news on Stella as well, any missing dead woman you have come across or heard rumors about?..

She asked leaning in from her sitting position and they looked at each other not sure what else to tell her that they hadn't already said.

Officer 1: no. These streets are quiet and if there was a dead body we would have already known about it by now.

Remi: the woman who commited the murder is not in her right state of mind so maybe we should start searching places like dump sites, the sewer tunnel, anything that can hide a dead body.

Kitili: we have searched around the neighborhood and asked people if they could have seen her anywhere but no one has. These should help narrow down the search.

He said pointing to the fliers on the table...

Remi checked the papers and they had Lexi's face and the police hotline number on it plus a reward of a five hundred thousand to anyone who came across her

Remi: this should work. Have them put in all corners of this neighborhood. Let us see how far we go with that. I want her dead or alive but preferably alive.

Kitili: yes ma'am, we Will do that.

Remi took one of the papers with her and left the station. She was headed to Martin's home to go and check on him and see how he was doing since she had been away all day and didn't find time to see or call him.

After Laura had left, Martin dragged himself back from the living room and got on his bed. He was in pain but not something he couldn't handle. He had thought of going after Lexi especially now that he had known her whereabouts but he couldn't because he couldn't do alot of movements...

He got his phone and dialed Lexi's number and waited patiently as the phone rang then it was picked after a few rings.

Lexi: hello?

Martin: baby, I need to see you..

Lexi: not gonna happen. What do you think.i am, stupid?..So you mean you didn't die huh?

Martin: you wanted me dead?

Lexi: well.. let's just say that you were asking me alot of unnecessary questions and it's annoying.

Martin: you should have told me how you felt about my questions baby, you know we talk about everything.

Lexi: not anymore. I know you are using the sweet words as bait and I know that game. Stay away from me Martin or next time I might actually succeed in killing you.

She hanged up the phone and left him quite shocked on the other end. Martin had probably still thought that she was redeemable..

What other reason would he have to protect her when she had made it clear that she was now an enemy?....

George after talking vera into forgiving him for the words he had uttered, he decided to call for Meeting and talk about the way forward especially after vera found out that Laura could be knowing something they did not.

Vera: is the meeting really necessary?

George: what do you have in mind?

Vera: the two main guys who were deeply involved in this are dead, the lesser we are in this thing the better.

George: are you suggesting what am thinking?

Vera: we don't need them George and killing them will make more sense because then, we wouldn't have to share the money against many people and besides, what have they brought to the table if not being witnesses to Thompson's murder?

George: you are right but how do we kill them all at once and again if they both died at once it will raise alot of suspecion. They are already investigating Thompson's and Lawrence's murder and we don't want to put so much heat on us do we?..

Vera: speaking of Thompson's murder, his family has pushed his burial.

George: why?

Vera: the brother told me they want to find his killer before they lay him to rest.

George: how do they know he was killed. He was in an accident and anything could have happened.

Vera: the car was checked by a professional mechanic who confirmed that the brakes were cut and the car was not fast enough to loose control and crash.

George: damn it, that's not good.

Vera: exactly what I'm saying. We don't know who the cops will go asking questions, the brother also said the cops had his phone and will go checking on the conversations he had with people before he died. They think they might get leads on who killed him.

George: then we are not safe. We need to find that phone.

Vera: it's in police custody.

George: then we find a way because I'm not going to jail...

They both looked at each other in a manner suggesting they had run out of moves....

Remi got back to Martin's house and found him asleep in his room. She stood by the bedroom door staring at him and she noticed that he had the bandage changed and she thought he couldn't have done that on his own. Could it be that Lexi was back?

She didn't wake Martin up but as she attempted to walk away he heard her and opened his eyes and called her. She turned to look at him with a brief smile on her face..

Remi: I thought you were asleep.

Martin: I was.

He said sitting up as Remi walked back to him..

Martin: have you got any news on my sister?

Remi shook her head in shame and looked away from the disappointment on his face.

Martin: I called Lexi today thinking I could sweet talk her into coming here but she is so cold hearted, I think whatever got into her has really left her heartless.

Remi sat on the edge of the bed then pulled out the paper she had taken from the station, the one with Lexi's face on it. The one that said Lexi was now wanted dead or alive.

Remi: I wanted to be the one to tell you this.

Martin looked at the paper then looked at her.

Remi: now it's official. I need to prepare your mind Martin, if we find Lexi, we will gun her down on the spot... No questions asked.

Martin didn't say anything but there was that sad look on his face. He knew he could have told Remi where to find Lexi but was he ready to loose her, was he ready to let go?...

Lexi after killing Angela went back to her apartment and stayed indoors knowing the police would launch a search party on her anytime soon. Not that she was scared but she wanted to teach her father a lesson before the law caught up with her. She didn't care about her life anymore and she didn't care about what life had to offer. God had given her a second chance but it came with terms that were way beyond her. She had questions that she didn't have answers to and she knew after everything she had done to Martin and her father, no one would give a damn about her anymore not even the one man that loves her above everything...

She got up from the bed where she was laying on her back staring at the empty ceiling then undressed and walked butt naked to the bathroom. The talk with Martin had made her ferl glad he was alive but not enough to make her go to him.. she walked to the mirror and stood there staring at herself, she had blood in her hands, and she needed to get it off her skin and she also needed to plan how to get information from George without him finding out who she really was. Him questioning her made her feel like he had suspected something but its a good thing Thompson had warned her about him. What was George so worried about who she was and what was his interest in her anyway?..

She walked into the shower and ran the warm water before she stepped in and let the water fall on her back. She seemed energetic and so full of life. The Lexi that existed then was not the same Lexi that was lying helpless in a hospital bed hopeless months ago just waiting to die...

Banda called home probably after having an uncomfortable day. There was something that wasn't right as he felt sharp pains cut through his stomach, the type of pain that occured when blood was involved especially the blood of a beloved person. Angie was in the habit of checking up on Banda like once or twice in a day but that day she didn't and when Banda called her she didn't pick. He could have insisted on calling her but after the fight they had the previous night, he knew she was still upset with him and so he needed to do better than call her..

He got up and paced in the office. Apart of vom told him it wasn't really about the fight because however mad she was at him, she still picked his call when he did, she always did but after what Lexi did to his P.A and after the threats she issued, he didn't think Angie was safe. If Lexi could go to his home and approach his wife issuing threats, what couldn't she do?

"No Banda, you are just being paranoid." He said concluding and ruling out the possibility of Lexi visiting her and doing anything. He convinced himself to relax and so he got a glass of water to cool himself and he did relax winding up at work. Adjusting after the P.A was killed right on his watch had been hard as the blood stains were still visible where she had been lying....

Laura didn't go straight to her house but went to Lawrence's house. She needed to look again and turn that house upside down before she got to conclude that it was not there. Before Laura talking to Kelly, she had some selfish reasons for wanting to find the virus project but now she wanted to find it then figure out what to do with it certain that Lawrence had a good reason for keeping it hidden.

Wait, what if Kelly wasn't genuine? She thought as she stood in the middle of the study room staring at the empty ceiling.

What if she has been following me waiting for me to find the virus then kill me instead, what if she is just another project?

She sat on a chair and leaned back reflecting on the conversation she had with Kelly earlier.

"listen, you are not the only one in question. Lawrence told his father about some project he was working on and his father was among the people looking for a client to buy the project."

What did Kelly mean by Lawrence's father being one of the people looking for clients to buy his project, was he playing him too?

She got up and walked to the study table and pulled the drawer. The problem is she didn't know what exactly she was looking for as far as the virus was concerned..

"Give me a sign Lawrence" she said searching the drawer but there was nothing.

Lexi got out of the shower and wrapped herself in a towel then went to her dresser and sat in front of it hoping for her other self to pop up and have a talk with her and after staring at the mirror close to ten minutes her alter ego finally popped up.

Lexi: what?

Thompson: you did well deviating George's attention but I didn't save your life to fulfil your own pleasures. I thought you should know that..

Lexi: are you angry I had s*x with him?

Thompson: angry, no. You can do whatever you want with your life but you must fulfil my tasks as well.

Lexi: that is what I am trying to do.

Thompson: no. You killed an innocent person today to punish someone you have a gradge on.

Lexi: what do you know about innocence, I mean you didn't consider that when you jumped into my body and made me kill people.

Thompson: right...

She came back to her normal self and shook her head then got up from the mirror and got her phone from the bed to make a call she had waited to make the rest of the day.

She called her father and stood by the window looking outside. It was already dark and it looked like it was going to rain too.

Banda: what do you want?

An already pissed off Banda asked not intending to give her alot of his time.

Lexi: daddy dearest, did you consider my request?

Banda: are you insane, I would have given into your demands Lexi but after the behavior you showed at your mother's place yesterday, you only showed me you have no respect for me as your father or even to your mother. You are not getting a dime from me.

Lexi: very well daddy dearest, let me know when you get the gift I left you at home..

Banda: what gift!

There was silence

Banda: Lexi!

He shouted from the other end of the phone but she hanged up on him and had this wicked smile on her face...

Laura was in the middle of her search when she heard two shots by the door and she knew someone had broken into the house. She slowly pushed back the drawer and made her way to the seat where her bag was to get the gun she had been carrying around. A gun she hadn't known how to use but she knew it could kill someone. In Lawrence's study, there was nowhere else she could hide.

Laura: oh my God!

She whispered as the footsteps became even louder and closer to the room. She hurried to get the bag and as soon as she got it, the door flew open and on Seeing the gun she dived over the couch and fell on the other side as the guy fired shots at her. She managed to shoot aimlessly too but since she was not a professional, she never checked how many rounds she had and the next time she fired a shot, the gun was empty. It made some clicking sound that made the guy who was after her smile before pursuing her again..

Laura: oh s**t!

She said in a low tone and felt the guy closing in on her and dhe looked around for a weapon but there was nothing she could use fo defend herself.

Guy: get out of your hiding place and surrender the gun.

The guy said in his loud commanding voice and Laura didn't know what chances of surviving she had if she did what the guy had asked. She did not surrender and he started shooting again and Laura crawled from that position and when she realized she had no way out, she raised her hand slowly and said she was going to surrender. Who was he and why was he after her?.....