Notre Dame	 Notre Dame by Andera Blanchette

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I am new at this and would like to know your thoughts.

  

 Disclaimer: All things Due South belong to Alliance, the others belong to
my twisted imagination. and in the title I do not mean the church or
college. 

 ~Notre Dame~ 

 By: Andrea Blanchette 

 

 The woman tried to get away from her boy friend, but he would have none
of that. He kept on hitting her, mostly across the face, he also kneed her
in the gut. She knew she would not survie this.She finally stopped
screaming. "Her name was Julie Ford. there has been a string of murders
like this one, all of them with the same MO. Now all of you go and find
this Bastard." Welsh said. He knew all too well what chances were that the
guy would go free, not that he haddent had great dectevies on hand, but
thats what usually happened in a big city like this. *** She quietly shut
the door as thought if she did it any louder it would ruin some thing. "So
this is her place." Ray said. He got a really cold chill from this place.
"yup." Liz said while looking under the table. "So why exactly are we
here?" She handed him her hat to hold. "Because we look to the past so we
dont foul things up in the present." He put the hat on his head. "So what
dose that have to do wit anythin?" She now moved to the small cubbords. "I
figure this guy dosent know that,so, he will go back to a familiar place."
"What if he dosent have a familiar place in da city?" She went over to the
couch. "It dosent have to be spicific. like if he grew up near a feild, he
might go to the park." "What makes you think he wants to go back to a
familiar place?" "Every one needs a home to go back to. A place where they
can feel safe. Where even their own actions cant hurt them." "You got a
place like that?" "if I get into any big trouble, I guess we'll see. You?"
"I dunno." He looked to the corner of the couch and saw something spilled
all over. "Hey, you see that?" he pointed. She went over and crouched over
it. "It looks like.." She picked some of that up and tasted it with the
tip of her tounge. "Ewwww. Dont tell me you do that too!" She looked up at
him. "There is nothing wrong with it. Well now I think I know where he
is." "Where?"
 "Dont jump to any conclutions. I need a second opinion." *** 

 She looked down at her watch and showed Ray, he nodded.
"5.....4.....3......2.." the church bells rang and Ben walked over to
them. "what is it?" He asked. "We were hoping you could tell us." She took
the powder from her brown pocket. He took it smelled it and then tasted
it. Ray cringed at the sight, he never could get use to that. "Well you
have an idea dont you?" Ben said before he wiped it off his tounge with a
hankerchief. "I might, if you think its Canadian." "Whadda mean Canadian?"
Ray asked. "This type of drug has a diffrence to it. It is laced with
another drug, it is some thing that only a string of Canadian drug dealers
do. Luckly they are so afraid of the goverment that they would turn their
mothers in just to stay in business. I am suprised that you were to locate
that Liz, most arent able." "Well thank you Ben. Now, we better get their
files." 
 *** 

 "It amazes me how much you three amaze me. You are tellin me that my
serial killer is hooked up with Canadian drug dealers? and not only that,
but that they are in this city. Now Kawolski you are American, can you
translate this from Canadian to an actual sane sentence?" Welsh barked.
"the guy has connections here, we are going to try to make them tell us
where the son of ..." he looked at the two mounties, it didnt seem right
to swear infront of them,"the son of a gun is." Welsh nodded and sat down
in his chair. he went back to work for a few seconds before he noticed
they were still there. "GO NOW!" he bellowed. the three walked out
startled. Liz turned to her desk. "Deif. you gotta stay here." he made a
whiny noise. "ok, I'll give you a candy bar if you stay." he barked. "ok
ok a choclate candy bar." Deif then proceded to lay down under her desk.
"that wolf is impossible." she said as she left the room, "you're telling
me." Ben said as he ajusted his hat. " Hello sir we were just
wondering...." the door slammed in their faces. "OK! thats it! you know
what the count of doors that have been slammed on our faces? that was 37,
i am not doing this any more. i am doing this the American way now." she
took off her brown jacket and proceeded to un button the first 4 buttons
on her shirt showing off, a lot, and as far as Ray was conserned it was
very nice to look at. she then took her hair down and rang the next door
bell. "hello sir we were wondering if you could help us, you see we are
looking for this man, have you seen him here lately?" he looked at her for
a moment, "sure, every one has seen him, he is a nasty fellow. he treats
his girlfriend really badly. no women should be treated badly." he said
still staring in the same direction, just below her neck. "his girl
firend? can you tell me where we can find him? or her?" "yeah, she works
in the seafood shop down the street." "thank you kindly." Ben said as they
walked away. "Um, Liz I believe there is something you would want to
rectify before we aproach the seafood shop." She looked at him not
understanding him. he looked just below her neck. "oh geeze." she started
to fasten every thing back up again. 'now why did he have to go do that?'
Ray thought. "you should listen to us Kelly, where is he?" she wiped her
hands on her apron. "He didn't do Nothin. he would never kill anyone."
"Kelly he did. you should know he is beating you isnt he?" she scrached
the top of her head. "well that dosent mean..." "actually thats exactly
what it means. please trust me, i know. dont think that he wont kill you
because he will. please tell us where he is, it will make things eiser for
us, and it will definetly make things eiser for you." the girl prossesed
this information in her head, "i havent seen him, sorry i couldnt help
you." she walked off. "do you think she knows where he is?" "I am sure of
it." she looked behind her at the other two, "we need people tailng her,
she will try to contact him some way, we better find him first. because if
we dont, there will be one more dead body in the morning." 
 "How did you find out where he hangs out?" "I told you Welsh, we went to
the drug dealers, they told us to check out a block, saying that he came
there often. We proseeded to go door to door untill one man told us where
his girlfriend worked. Thats why we need two Dectives, to fallow her." he
waited a moment then replied,"get Dobson, and Erickson on it. I hope you
are right McDougal." "I am, I know it." she watched Welsh leave then took
the car keys from Ray's desk. The car screached to a hault in front of the
consalate. she got out and quietly nocked on the door, "Ben? you there?
come on, I know you're there" Ben got up from his restful sleep and opened
the door on the outside. she entered and he shut the door. "Ben, its dark
in here." "there is a good reason for that."
 "what?"
 "the lights arent on."
 "well I'll just.....Oh my goodness Ben!" he looked down at him self. "You
even wear red under wear?"
 "their long-johns, you know that. what is it?" "have you ever tried
boxers? i think they would look much...." "please have the courtisey to
tell me why you are here." "I'm fallowing the girl. Put your clothes on,
you are coming with me." "Do I have a choice?"
 "Nope." she smiled.
 "Oh good. than things havent changed. I will go get dressed." he smiled
back at her as he went to change. 

 "When do you think she will contact him?" she looked over to the
passenger side, "I dont know." Ben knew why she was doing this, she was
doing it because she knew, she knew about what that poor girl was going
through. He knew she had to do this, so he sat there, cold, and tired.
"Ben?" "humm?"
 "what do you think makes someone do something like that?" "I dont know,
and I dont think I want to." "What do you mean."
 "Well, you remember how my Dad use to say that to under stand a crimanal
you have to become one?" he waited untill she nodded then he proseeded,
"That makes me think that if I want to know why than I would have to
become them, and nothing is such vile a creature." "Ben?" "Humm?"
 "I love you."
 "I love you too Elizabeth." Just then they saw the man going into the
building. "what did I tell you, he is here." she said as she hurried out
of the car. 

 "The cops came???!!!!" she moved to the other side of the room. "I didnt
say anithin to em, i swear." He raised his hand to her, "You Stupid Bitch
you probably did, I'll make sure you never will again!!" "Am I intrupting
any thing?" 
 "yeah, my woman was Disobeyin me, she was bein really dumb." "I am afraid
you are wrong."
 "Oh yeah??"
 "Yes, because as you see the ending of the civil war ended slavery, so
therefore she isnt 'YOUR' woman. and as for the disobeying thing, you can
only recomend your opinion, you really cant tell her to do anything she
dosent want to, i think it states it in your constitution that..." "Would
you shut up!! I'll Fuckin Blow your Brains out!!!" "ah"
 "Put the gun down!" Liz shouted
 "I'd wondered where you were." Ben said. he extended his hand out twards
the suspect. "The gun please." "Sorry Ben, I had To call for back up."
"Under stood. If you dont mind, may I?" she gave him the hand cuffs as she
started to read him his rights. 

 Ben was walking Liz to her apartment, when they got to the door she
turned to him, "Did you really mean what you said back there?" "about
what?" she took his hat right off his head. "you know what I mean."
 "I couldnt possibaly, now if you would be so kind as to return my hat."
she put it behind her back "nope sorry, you're gonna have to tell me it
you ment it." "just give me my hat back." "no."
 "well if you must know, yes, I meant it." she smiled and gave him back
his hat. "you know there is another bed." she said. "Excuese me?" "In my
apartment, there are two bed rooms, you dont have to sleep at the
consalate." "you wouldnt mind my presance?" "heck no. its too big to be
for just one person, I need someone to share it with." "the consalate isnt
that bad." "Benton Fraser, are you crazy?"
 "At times I admit I do see the presance of my dead father but other than
that..." "Ben Would you please just live with me here?" he paused for a
while, could this be an absoutly bad idea? probably. "ok, if you dont mind
I'll get our stuff deif and my belongings now." "I will get your room
ready."
 he took a long look at her, "thank you." this was either the start of
some thing good or really bad, because Ben could feel the butterflys in
his stomach. 

 -The End