Who Shall Miss Me When Im Gone

[wetzelmirage]

I like this story better than your previous one. Love the football scenes!!! Go kick some asses girl!!!

[longislanditalian2]

ME too I loved the football scenes, I really like to see what happens in the bar

[schafferius]

:smile9:

CHAPTER NINE

The sun had gone down over an hour ago. The temperature had lowered with it. Lily was seated in front of her tv after having a warm shower. She still had not decided on whether to attend the bar or not, despite being supposed to meet at 6pm.

When Ricki Lake came on the television, she felt that her mind had been made up for her. She grabbed her warmest coat from the cupboard and headed for the short walk to the local bar.

The bar was packed. It seemed that the whole park had decided to come for drinks, besides the children of course. Lily waited for people to move away from the inside of the door before entering. Normally she would not want to be in such a busy drinking environment such as this, but figured she had come this far and might as well meet up with her co-workers.

“Hey Lil”, Jeffries yelled with one hand up in the air, signaling for her to join them.

She headed towards them, brushing past fellow detectives on her way there.

“Hey”, she stated, sitting down as Scotty moved over for her.

“Hey Lil”, they all replied.

“Beer”, Vera asked.

“Sure”.

Vera poured her a glass of beer and passed it down the line to her.

“Thanks……There’s a lot more people here than usual isn’t there”, she stated.

“Yeah”, Scotty replied.

“Hey, where is the boss?”, she asked.

Jeffries piped up “Said he just remembered something about the case he wanted to check up on at the office. Should be coming shortly.”

“Ahh right.”

Scotty turned to Vera “So Vera what’s with you and football?,” he asked “You never mentioned anything about being a pro”.

Vera laughed “Im no pro Valens. Just played a little in college is all.” Jeffries laughed “Yeah right. You were going crazy on that field.”

“Must just be his competitive nature,” Scotty joked.

“Anyway Johnson scored one more tri than I did,” an obviously disappointed Vera was fishing for compliments on how his tri’s had been scored better. It did not work.

“Jealous are we Vera,” Jeffries poked.

“Yeah yeah fellas. Give it a rest would ya”, he smirked.

Lily noticed that the beer jug was close to empty “I’m going to grab a fresh jug,” she stated heading for the bar.

“Two jugs of heavy thanks Bill”, she stated to the bartender.

“Fancy seeing you here,” someone behind her stated.

Lily turned around to find it was the same young man that had approached her at the tap at the BBQ. He smelt of cigarettes and way too much beer.

“Ah, hi”, she replied looking back, making sure she was within sight of her collegues.

“Can I ask you a serious question Miss Lily Rush?” he asked.

“It’s Detective Rush and yes I suppose you can”, she replied.

“What would you do if I told you that I think the only place for women is in the kitchen and the bedroom?, he asked. His hand had now moved to her wrist. He was holding it very firmly against the counter of the bar. Lily winced in pain, looking back and forth from her hand to the man standing before her.

“What are you doing?,” she asked.

“What does it look like?......... Take this as a word of warning, Detective,” his hand pressed her wrist even harder against the counter “I want you to leave the homicide squad and go back to where you belong. Got it?” and with that he left. Not just the counter, but the bar also.

She held her wrist with her free hand, rubbing it softly. She turned around to find that her co-workers where still swept up in their conversation about Vera and his football antics. Where had this man come from? She thought. She had been working in the homicide department for years.

She paid for her jugs and took them back over to the table, placing them down. She now felt unsafe in this environment and just wanted to go back home.

“Ahh fellas. Im going tohead off,” she stated.

Scotty noticed an unfamiliar expression on her face. “Everything alright Lil?”, he asked.

“Yeah everythings fine. Seems that last beer knocked me around a little more than I thought,” she replied smiling, although quite unconvincing.

“Want me to walk you?”

“Nah. I think I’ll just catch a cab,” she replied.

“See ya Rush,” Vera replied as she grabbed her coat and headed for the door.

[sonny]

Oooooh this is really great. Typical Lilly to not say anything, silly girl, and none of the guys were watching out for her!! This is getting real interesting, you are doing such a great job! Keep it up and update soon, I'm dying to know what is gonna happen next. :smile6: :smile6: :smile49: :smile49:

[longislanditalian2]

agree it so lilly, i can't wait for more keep writing

[schafferius]

Hey guys I know this is a short one...but needed to finish the chapter at this point. Will post the next installmet in an hour or so....

CHAPTER TEN

Lilly entered her house ten minutes later, jumping into the shower to clear her thoughts and her body of the smell of cigarettes and alcohol. What a day! She thought. She was so tired, but could not help but think about the young man who had approached her at the bar. Where was he coming from? What was his motivation for threatening her? She had never met him before today and yet his warning had been severe.

She jumped out of the shower putting on her pyjama’s and nightgown and hopped into bed with her two cats, deciding not to think about the matter anymore. There surely was no way in hell she was going to leave the department and that was final. For her.



Lily arrived over an hour early to work on Monday morning. It was odd, however, as all her co-workers were already there in Stillman’s office.

“What’s going on?” she asked entering.

“Ah Lil, I was hoping you would be here early. I asked Vera, Valens and Jeffires to come in early on Saturday night. Was assuming you would turn up around this time anyway.”

She nodded. Scotty gave a smirk.

“Jeffries said you remembered something on Saturday night. Did anything come of it?” she asked.

“That’s what I wanted to talk to everyone about. You two,” he said pointing to Lily and Scotty, “ said that the fourth victim had stayed in a backpackers pub before heading onto the highway to hitchhike to the next city, is that right.”

“Yeah,” Scotty replied.

“Well on Saturday night I came in and noticed that two other victims had been residing in the exact same pub. Now, I might be going out on limb here. But this seems like this is the strongest connection we have between the victims.”

“Very true,” said Jeffries.

“So Scotty and Lil, I want you two to head to the backpackers bar. See what information you can find for us. Jeffries and Vera I want you to talk to Mrs Grayson, see if you can find out whether her daughter stayed there. It might jog her memory on a few things.”

“No problem,” replied Vera, who followed his colleagues out of Stillman’s office.

Lilly and Scotty were walking out the office doors when a man came walking past them, heading up the escalators. Lilly swung around and watched him, a surprised and shocked look on her face. The man walked out of sight as Scotty touched her arm “Everything alright?”

“Ahh…yeah, yeah everything’s fine. Lets go”, she replied. It was the man from the bar. What was he doing here. He had obviously had another agenda as he had not even noticed her.

[longislanditalian2]

I really like it , what's going to happen

[sonny]

Ooooooo, great chapter. I like that Scotty is actually noticing Lilly's reactions but doesn't really do much about it. Just how he is on the show.

[TVFan]

This just gets better and better! I can not wait to read your next installment! I'm dying to know how everything fits together, but I love the pace you have chosen for this story. It's perfect!

[Disasterfreak]

OMG. Excuse me while I gush a little here.

I'm really impressed by your story. The first one was good, but this--THIS IS THE REAL THING. You've got me tingling with anticipation--really you do! Really beautiful dialogues, they sound just like on the show, and everyone is brilliantly in character--even in the football scenes. I love the wonderful little Lilly-home-moments you give us. And the way you're creating suspense with this guy is just scary! Almost as scary as the way you're updating. I'm actually kinda jealous . It took me 5 months to write what you've written in 3 days.

I think I know what you're doing, and I'd been hoping someone would pick up this subject for a long time now. It's just a perfect way to explore the boys' reaction, and Lilly's reaction as well. So far I think you've been really accurate.

Now if you only succeed in not making this typical L/S shippy, this would be my dream story. But, hey--you make the rules and you're doing a great job. All I can say is, I'm gonna keep on reading no matter what you decide to do!

Sorry for running my mouth off there.

EDIT: I just wanted to add I loved that bit about Lilly's white legs. I've been teased for years about MY waxy legs, so I know EXACTLY how that feels. Poor Lil. :smile25:

[schafferius]

:smile56:

Hey guys. Thanks soooooooo much for your comments. They really keep me going. Well I have the next chapter here for you all. Hope you like it. Thanks to you too disasterfreak. You are too kind, made my day =) I know what u mean about white legs. I get that all the time too....people think I blind them...lol. Well here go's.....

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Lily and Scotty arrived at the backpackers pub half an hour later. Upon entering they heard the continuous chatter emanating from several tourists sitting in the bar. It was a dirty and musky sort of place, smoke filling the air. It looked like it had been turned from a biker bar into what it was now. The only decorations were the various screen printed pictures covering the East and West walls.

“Mr Phillips?” Scotty asked the man standing behind the bar.

“Yes. Who wants to know?” he replied, looking them both up and down.

“I’m Detective Valens and this is my partner Detective Rush.”

“Partner hey?” he questioned looking Lily up and down “That all?”

Lily rolled her eyes. Yeah, she thought, like I haven’t heard that one before.

“You seen these girls before?” Lily asked as she opened up her folder, placing the photographs on the bar counter.

“Yeah. Yeah I have. These are the girls from the paper. Murdered on the highway heading out of town.”

“Okay Mr Phillips. What we mean is did you see them before they turned up dead?” Scotty asked.

“Nope, never.”

“Hmmm. That seems quite odd to us as we have information that suggests all victims stayed at your pub before leaving to hitchhike out of state,” Lily stated.

“My pub? No, I don’t own this pub. I just work here for my father when he needs the extra hands.”

Both Lily and Scotty were frustrated at him having wasted their time.

“Right. Where would we be able to find your father?” Scotty asked.

“At the moment he is out buying groceries for dinner. Should be back in a couple of hours or so,” he finished.

“Well when he does return let him know we dropped in and to give us a call when he gets back,” Scotty stated handing Mr Phillips his card.



Back at the office, Stillman had already begun debriefing Vera and Jeffries on what they had turned up. Lily and Scotty walked in taking a seat.

“Mrs Grayson wasn’t of much help at all. She didn’t know where her daughter had stayed last. But she did say that her daughter had planned to stay in backpacker’s accommodation to save on cash,” Vera stated.

“Well we can assume for now then that she did stay there,” Stillman concluded.

“So what did you two find out?” he questioned Lily and Scotty.

“Nothing of much help at all. Mr Phillips wasn’t there. We just got the run around from his son who was working there at the time,” Scotty replied.

“Were waiting on a call from Phillips senior before going back down,” Lily finished.

“Right so what have we concluded of the killer so far,” Stillman asked.

“Well he preys on women Young women to be exact,” Jeffries stated.

“Yeah, and foreigners. Those that are traveling by themselves,” Vera followed on.

“These women seem to be easy prey. It takes a while longer to find them cause nobody has noticed them missing,” stated Scotty.

“He seems to have a real hatred for his victims. The way he………the way he cuts them is very personal. It’s like he is trying to teach them a lesson,” Lily stated.

A fellow detective stuck his head into Stillmans office “Rush…phone for you …line 2.”

“Thanks. Excuse me for a moment”, she said leaving the office.

“Detective Rush here,” she answered, after picking up the phone.

A husky voice replied “Correct me if I am wrong Miss Rush, but did I not tell you to leave the homicide department? And yet here you are bright and early Monday morning. I get the feeling that you are not taking me seriously. And you donot want to know what I do to women who don’t take me seriously.”

She replied softly, not wanting to draw attention to herself “You can threaten all you want. I don’t give a damn what you think or what the hell you want for that matter. You might as well stop with your threats because the day I leave the department will be the day I retire.”

There was a long pause, before he continued.

“Ever been cut Miss Rush? Its amazing how easily the skin parts when a knife is pressed upon the skin hard enough. That first droplet of blood. So red. So sweet tasting.” The husky voice on the other end just laughed. A haunting sort of laugh. She placed the phone on the receiver.

Scotty came up behind her “That Mr Phillips?”

“Ahhh…nooo,” she replied.

Scotty’s phone began ringing “Detective Valens speaking………. Right……………Is now a good time for you?......Excellent see you shortly.”

“Well that was just Mr Phillips. He said he just got in and would be happy to talk to us now………………… Lil’? You listening?” he asked.

She wasn’t. She was lost in a deep train of thought about how far this young man was prepared to go to make a point. She knew he had just been talking, but what if he was going to take it further? She shivered. She couldn’t help but make a link between the case she was working on and what he had threatened to do. She knew she had to tell Stillman but decided to postpone it until later.

“Rush!!” Scotty deepened his tone of voice and placed a hand on her shoulder.

“Ahhh…what?...yeah I’m listening.”

“Mr Phillips is ready for us now”, he repeated.

“Oh…..,” she replied grabbing her coat and following Scotty to the elevator.

[schafferius]

Oh yeah disasterfreak ---) Without spoiling ----------------------You wont have to worry too much about a L/S shippy. Cause after what Lily is going to go through I dont really think she will be feeling too romantically inclined.

[Disasterfreak]

Thanks, Schafferius! Hah, you wouldn't believe what a real fanatic shipper can do... Anyway... lots of Lilly angst AND no shipping... yay!!!

[ruda]

and thisis a very good fanfic!! long, beautiful and soooooo cool... realy god job schaf!

[schafferius]

:smile34: :smile57: :smile56: :smile34: :smile57: :smile56: :smile34: :smile57: :smile56:

Ahh so sweet =)My new best friends....

[schafferius]

:smile65:
CHAPTER TWELVE

“Mr Phillips?” Scotty asked as he walked up to the bar.

“Yes, that’s me”, replied the elderly gentleman before them.

“I am Detective Valens and this is my partner Detective Rush. Were from homicide. Do you own this bar?”

“Why yes I do. Owned it nearly 15 years. Just about paid it off too,” he smiled.

Lily smiled back. This man did not seem capable of committing murder. Not only did he seem genuine, but was not physically mobile enough.

“We are looking into the murder of several young women,” Lily stated..

“Oh that. Yes terrible thing that is. I’ve been watching it on the news recently. Not exactly doing wonders for my bar. But then, that’s not really what is most important”

“We have reason to believe that all four victims stayed at your pub the night before their murders,” Scotty continued.

The elderly man looked shocked. “Oh no. No I hope not. That would be ………terrible.”

“Mr Phillips, do you keep any records of the tourists that come in and out of the accommodation you have set-up here?” Lily asked.

“Ahh yes I do. Just a moment and I will get them for you,” he turned around and opened a filing cabinet he had underneath the bar. “What years do you need exactly?” he asked.

“Early 1999 to the very recent,” Scotty responded.

“Right. Well there will be a few books to give you. But you are welcome to take them for the time being.

“Thankyou Mr Phillips,” Lily answered pulling out her folder and once again laying the victim’s photos on the bar “Can you tell us whether you have seen any of these girls before?.”

“Oh well I guess I can take a look. But I must tell you that the chances are quite unlikely as I hardly do any work in the bar these days. I am trying to limit myself to the accounts. Plus my son, Brian, and my employees get on much better with the customers. Must be an age thing,” he smiled.

Lily thought for a moment. Hadn’t Brian said that he hardly worked in the bar? “So your son, Brian, he works in the bar quite a bit?”

“Oh yes,” he replied “Does nearly everything for me these days. Getting old you see.”

“Well thank you for your time Mr Phillips. If we have any more questions we will be in contact,” stated Scotty.


It was dark by the time Lily and Scotty returned to the office. Jeffries and Vera had gone early and Stillman was busy with detectives from another area of the department. Lilly and Scotty sat down at their desks, ready to go through the records provided by Mr Phillips.

“Ive got Miss Grayson here,” Scotty said after 5 minutes.

“So the assumption was right. She did stay at the pub also. I have Miss Gordon, Miss Bradshaw and also Miss Bligh,” returned Lily “The bar is definitely the key. I think that Mr Phillips son, Brian, has something to do with it.”

“I agree. He lied to us about how much effort he does actually put into the business. There’s deception there,” Scotty concurred.

“I also noticed that when he talked about the highway the victims were found on he stated that it was leading OUT of town,” Lily continued “That strikes me as a little odd.”

Scotty nodded “Well I guess we can’t bring him in until tomorrow, so we might as well call it a night.”

“Okay. To tell you the truth, bed sounds too good to be true at this point,” she said running her hands over her face and through her messy locks of hair. She had drained herself mentally with everything that had happened today. A good night’s sleep was just what she needed.


She decided to catch a cab to her place as opposed to catching the train as she usually did. It was something she had got in the habit of doing in the last couple of days, since Mr Madman had reared his ugly head. Entering her apartment she could not help but feel a little worried at what she might find in there. But upon entering, her home seemed to be just as she had left it. Her cats had come straight to the door at the sound of her coming in. They curled themselves around her thin legs.

“Okay. Okay kids. I know your hungry.”

She placed her bag and coat down on the kitchen bench, opening the cupboard to get their food.

After feeding her cats, Lily walked to the bathroom, stopping in front of the mirror to stare at herself for a few moments. “God I look shocking!” she exclaimed to herself. She looked weathered and a little tense. She turned on the shower, removed her constricting clothes and jumped in.

“Ahh….,” she thought as the warm water flowed over her pale naked skin “That feels sooo good.”

Just at that moment Lily heard what sounded like plates crashing in the kitchen. She got out of the shower, threw on her pyjamas and grabbed her gun.

When she reached the bottom of the stairs, she saw what the cause of all the noise was. Olivia was next to the kitchen bench, licking a broken plate. Remnants of breakfast earlier that morning. The cat stared at both her and the gun, as if to say “what?”

“Cool it Lily,” she thought “He’s just all talk. Nothing is going to come from his threats.”
Unfortunately, her reassurance did not settle her nerves. She climbed into bed, her mind ticking over with various thoughts brought on by the long day. One hour later, she was sleeping like a baby.

Lily awoke not long after to darkness and the strangely familiar haunting laugh she had heard on the phone earlier that day. Was she dreaming? she thought. The knife held to her throat confirmed her worst fears. “Wakey, wakey”, he said “Told you I would show you, didn’t I”.

Lily’s mouth was covered with his hand. She could not speak and wouldn’t know what to say if she could. She lay there with a terrified expression written all over her face. The man removed his hand from her mouth, raising it up and landing a stiff and forcefull blow right to the left side of her face, knocking her unconscious.

“Ha. Easier than I thought”, he remarked smiling.

[longislanditalian2]

What's going to happened to lilly , don't kill her

[schafferius]

:smile38:

Ahh no way would I kill her....thats just mean...plus I love her character too much to do that ;D

[longislanditalian2]

I didn't think you would do that, Lilly's the best character on the show.
So what's next in this installment

[sonny]

OMG!!!!!

schafferius, this is so excellent!!!! Poor Lilly, what is he gonna do to her? Who is gonna notice she is missing? Who is gonna save her? Or will she save herself?? OMG so many things I wanna know! [Don't tell me of course].
I totally love how you are updating your story so often, it's so great.
I'm happy for the story not to be shippy, but I would like for the guys to show a little bit of care and concern for her, which I'm sure they will when they find out what this madman has threatened to do to her.
Keep up the good work and as always update soon. ;D :smile39: :smile41: