Having spent the entire night at the hospital with Shannon, Maxis went to work the next day with a newfound feeling of determination. She was currently stood in the break room, pouring herself a cup of coffee. As she did that, Joshua came into the room. 

"You seem to be a little more focused today..." Joshua stated as he grabbed something from the refrigerator.

Maxis nodded, "After last night's attack, I want whoever's doing this locked away or dead, preferably the second."

Joshua nodded back, "Well, we might be close to cracking this one..."

Maxis' eyes widened a bit, "Oh? Is that so?" She raised a brow.

"Yeah..." Joshua nodded again, "We may have a suspect..." He added, motioning for her to follow him.

Following behind him, Maxis noticed that they were walking in the direction of the interrogation rooms. She started to wonder if they had really found the person responsible.

Once they arrived at the correct room, Joshua opened the door and let Maxis in first, with him following after. It was one of those interrogation rooms where people could watch what was happening from behind a two way mirror. Maxis and Joshua were currently on the side hidden behind the mirror.

As Maxis approached the glass, her eyes widened as she peered into the interrogation room.

"Why is he here?" She quietly mumbled to herself, while pointing at the person in the other room.

It was Shannon's cousin, Brian Hanby. He was being interviewed by one of the other officers, or at least that's what it looked like.

"We found him lurking around the property after you left in the ambulance, and now we're holding him for some questioning." Joshua explained before taking a few steps away, "Also, this was found outside the house..." He added.

Maxis turned around and saw that Joshua was now holding an evidence bag, which had a Ghostface mask stuffed inside. She gently took the bag and held it in her hands.

"Is there anything on this to tie him to Shannon's attack? Or the murders?" Maxis asked while continuing to hold the bag.

Joshua sighed and shook his head, "Sadly, no, there was no DNA at all on the mask..."

Maxis sighed in response before handing the bag back to Joshua, "Thank you." She said while turning her attention back to the two way mirror to resume watching the interrogation.

***

It was now nighttime and Maxis was in her office, still at her desk, like usual. After she witnessed Brian's interrogation earlier, she watched as they took him to the holding cell for an overnight holding.

At the current moment, Maxis was cleaning her desk, moving anything related to her current case into a file. She wasn't putting it away or anything, as the case still wasn't technically closed.

As she closed the one folder, there was a knock on her door. It was Joshua, and once again, he had a burger, fries and drink for Maxis.

"Thanks." She said as she watched Joshua set the bag on her desk.

Joshua nodded, "Good night Johnson." He verbally replied with while walking out and leaving the station for the night.

***

After Maxis finished her burger and fries, she threw the trash away. Just as she sat back down, her phone started ringing.

"Detective Johnson..."

That had become her standard greeting over the last couple of months, regardless of who was calling her. 

"Hello Maxis~"

As she heard the robotic voice, her eyes filled with fury. 

"What the fuck do you want Fuckface?" She growled. 

Ghostface chuckled, "Let's talk about Shannon Cipher's cousin, poor old Brian Hanby~ Stuck inside some jail cell for something he didn't do~"

"Oh yeah?" Maxis asked, "if you feel so fucking bad about it, why don't you come take his fucking place?" She growled again, gritting her teeth.

Ghostface dramatically sighed, "As I've told you before, detective, I've got things to cross off my bucket list before I can do that~ I just hope you can figure out who's next and when~"

The last thing Maxis heard was Ghostface chuckling before they hung up on her. After having been hung up on, Maxis let out a loud, frustrated groan while gently banging her head against her hands.

***

Somewhere Else...

Brian's friend, David, was currently sitting in his motel room. Ever since he arrived weeks ago, he had been staying at a motel and not Brian's house because Brian, apparently, didn't have room at his house, due to his roommate Brock taking the other room. David absolutely hated it, but he couldn't argue about it with his best friend, especially now that his best friend was in jail, at least according to what he heard from Brock.

Anyway, right now, David was currently picking out his clothes for tomorrow since he had plans. As he did this, there was a knock on his door.

"Pizza delivery!"

David was relieved that his pizza was finally here, as he was starving. He opened the door and was greeted by the pizza delivery person. David would pay for his food and give the driver a decent tip.

Once the driver left, David closed the door and sat the pizza box down. He would change the channel on the TV and also turn up the volume a bit. Then, he'd head to the bathroom, just so he could wash his hands.

While David was in the bathroom, the door to his motel room slowly opened. David obviously didn't hear it, with both the TV being on and the water flowing from the bathroom faucet.

As he was finished washing his hands, David took the time to splash some water on his face. After doing so, he took a quick look in the bathroom mirror. His eyes widened upon seeing some masked stranger wearing a black robe standing behind him.

"Who the fuck..."

Ghostface wasted no time, plunging their knife into David's back, causing the tall, Irish male to shout. They yanked the knife out just as David was turning around.

Once David was facing their direction, Ghostface took their knife and quickly slashed at David's throat before taking a leap back, since David tried to punch them.

David now clutched his bleeding throat with one hand while trying to swing another punch with the other one. However, his effort was short lived as he fell to the ground and died soon after. Ghostface took that as their cue to leave the room before anyone could come and investigate the noise.

....

A/N: Well shit, there goes David! And what's up with Brian in jail?! :0 We'll just have to see if anyone's questions get answered in the next chapter or not! So, peace out and stay safe!!