Call of Death

The breeze of the wind is freezing cold. The surrounding is in deafening silence. The sound of the wind blowing is sending chills to his spine. It's making him anxious. It's as if someone or something is staring at him not far from where he was standing.

'Damn, this has to be done soon. But how?'

He looked around but could not see anything more than the trees surrounding the dense forest. Seeing how quiet and peaceful the place is, it still somehow gives him the feeling of something bothersome. As if in any moment, there will be such devilish thing that's going to happen. He doesn't usually feel like that but in this case where everything is just a theory, who else cannot worry?

"Detective Lee, there's nothing here." He shifted his gaze to his partner, Police Officer Devius Chad.

Detective Cameron Lee sighed and looked up. "Why would they send us to a place like this, tsk? It's not even habitable, don't you think?"

"That's the point, Detective Lee. If the place is not habitable, that means no one would suspect that someone is living here."

"Then, is it possible that the culprit is somewhere around here?"

"I don't know either. They said we can get some clue in here but all that there were trees and dried leaves. Let's just get back to the car and discuss some things with the chief." Officer Chad suggested to where the latter just nodded in agreement.

They were walking to where they parked their car when something caught Detective Lee's eyes. Behind a tree, not so far from their distance, he saw a man wearing a long, black coat peeking at them. He couldn't see his face but he can tell by his guts that he is staring at them while grinning.

"Detective Lee?" Officer Devius called him but he could not take his eyes off of that stranger.

'What the hell is he doing?'

He gives him creeps. He slowly reached out to his gun, getting ready to whatever is going to happen anytime. He knows that something is very odd about that person. It's not hard to determine that he's a guy because of his posture - broad shoulders and the way he stood.

"Detective Cameron Caiseus Lee, what's wrong?" Devius turned his partner around so he is now facing him.

Detective Lee quickly glanced at the place where he saw that mysterious man earlier but just like a smoke in thin air, he completely vanished in a mere second. He ran towards that direction but he saw no trace of any person there. Devius followed him.

"Cameron? Caiseus? Cam? Cai?"

"..."

"Detective Lee..."

"..."

"Cameron Caiseus Lee!"

"..."

"Hey! Detective Cameron Caiseus Lee!"

"Ha? What?" Detective Lee looked at Officer Devius Chad.

"What's wrong with you? I've been calling you for a while now." He asked, wrinkling his brows.

He once again look back but saw nothing. "I saw a suspicious man earlier, standing behind this tree." He pointed.

"Hmm? There was no one there, aren't you just mistaken? Imagining things? You know?" He asked,

Detective Lee shook his head.

"Nevermind. Let's just go."

"Alright."

They both hopped in the car and drived back to the city. It's already dark when they arrived at their station's headquarter. Most of their colleagues are already sleeping in their quarters and some are already asleep, leaning on their desks. Both men marched their ways to the office of their commanding officer.

"Good evening, Chief Simon." They both respectfully greeted.

The lady turned to look at them. She's wearing a simple poloshirt and a black, tight pants but her looks says authority. She doesn't look that old though.

She gestured them to sit. "So, did you find anything?" She asked.

Officer Devius Chad and Detective Cameron Caiseus Lee shook their heads as they sit. "No, Chief. We found nothing except for trees and dried leaves." Officer Devius uttered.

"We already looked everywhere but there's no trace of the culprit. There's no such house as the witness told us." Detective Lee explained.

He wanted to speak about the mysterious man he saw but he wasn't sure if he should talk about it because he doesn't have any proof that It's connected. Aside from that he has some doubts, maybe we was just mistaken that's why he just decided to keep quiet. But he told himself that he will find something that can relate to who he saw earlier. He must.

"This is the hardest amongst all the cases we've handled before. People are dying because of that mysterious call but we can't find any lead to whoever is doing all of this. My head feels like exploding." Chief Simon stressfully mumbles as she sat down on her swivel chair.

"You're right, Chief. The telephone being used by the killer isn't trackable and there's no evidence left either. This one is a real pain in the ass." Officer Devius agreed.

"Hmm. What about you, Cameron? What do you think? You've been silent since earlier." Chief Simon faced him.