A few days later after everything that went down that day I finally got a day off, exhausted as hell from that whole week. We got that kid in protective custody after what happened to his family, investigators still can't find anything for any sort of lead on this guy. I'm at home chilling in my room when the doorbell rings, I hear my brother open it and then close it right after, he calls me into the living room
"Ant!"
I head over and see what he wants
"I think you got a package"
"I wasn't expecting anything"
I read the box and it says "To Officer Sanchez"
I open the box and find a CD with the words "Closer to God" written on it
"What the fuck?"
"What does that mean Ant?"
"I don't know let's play it"
We insert the disk into the laptop and start to play the video. It's black for moment until it's camera footage.
"Hold up… Ant isn't that…"
"Officer Torres!"
The video shows Torres tied up the way I found him but he's still alive same with his wife. Soon a man dressed in all black with a blacked out mask where no features can be made out comes into screen. He looks directly into the camera and waves. A song starts playing and it sounds super familiar like I've heard it somewhere before but can't put my finger on it.
"You recognize that song dame?"
"Naw I'm not into that type of music."
Soon everything starts being shown what happened to Torres and his wife and I stop the video.
"WHAT THE FUCK!!!"
Then it clicks, this killer knows where I live and dropped off this package.
"Dame… pack your bag and leave right now"
"Wait wh…"
I grab him and cut him off mid sentence
"DAME!!!! PACK SOME CLOTHES AND GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE"
"Why?!?!"
"He knows where I stay! He fucking knows… I can't have you here you need to leave the state and go to mom and dads until everything is figured out"
"Ant I'm not leaving you.."
"DAME!!…. Please just listen to me"
"Ok I'll do it… what are you goin to do?"
"Once you leave, I'm heading to the department and handing over this CD"
Dame packs up and gets ready to leave, I escort him out and make sure he's safe until I see him hit the freeway towards Nevada. Soon after I speed over to the department and run to the captains office
"Sanchez? What are you doing here?"
I throw the CD down
"This was dropped at my apartment"
"What is it?"
"Look for yourself"
The captain takes the CD and inserts it, the video pops up on his computer, he looks on in shock as he sees what's on the CD.
"Now you see what we're dealing with"
"God dammit… we need to have the mayor set a curfew, we can't have anymore blood shed"
"I don't know what I'm going to do… he knows where I live!"
"Calm down Sanchez"
"How can I be calm?!?"
"You need to find somewhere else to stay, for now"
"Where at?"
Then Krystal comes in
"You can stay at my place"
"No I'm not putting you at risk"
"I have high security cameras, a guard dog, multiple guns and a good security system. I think we'll be fine"
"Fine… cap is it cool if I have a few officers come with me back to my place to get some stuff together"
"Of course"
I'm escorted by a two squad cars back to my apartment and when they follow me to my place the door is kicked in.
"What the fuck!"
We all pull out our handguns and enter the house making sure everyone is clear. On the living room wall is black paint
"This Pain I Feel Is As Real As Your Ignorance"
"What the fuck does this even mean?"
I pack my shit and get the fuck out of there and head over to Krystal's. I'm already over this, about ready to just pack my shit up and leave the state and just transfer…. But what's running away going to do, can't really run away from your problems. I guess I'll just have to stick it out.