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T42 李佳恩 Lee Jia en - Short Story Writing Competition
T42 李佳恩 Lee Jia en - Short Story Writing Competition
TitleofShortStory:Psychopath
Level:Senior1
Studentno.:2018414
No.ofwords:320words
“Breakingnews!TheserialkillerhaskilledthefifthpersoninArgyletown!”
Everyonewasshockedbythenews,anditturnedintofearafterwards.“Haven’tthepolice
catchedhim?”onesaid.
Inthemeantime,thepolicestationwasalsoinamess.Theyarelookingforevidence
leftatthemurderedspot,alsotheycan’tfindoutthesimilaritiesofthevictims.Johnsonwas
inchargeofthecase,andhewascravingtofindthekillerout.Itwas10yearsafterthelast
serialkillerappeared,andJohnsonwasoneofthesurvivorsfromthatincident.
ThelastserialkillernamedCristoiscurrentlyinjailwaitingforhisdeathsentence.
Hewassocruelthathejustchoppedoffhumans’headsforhismedicalbrainexperiment.
Whowouldbeascruelashim?“Hisson!”Johnsonimmediatelyusesupalotofmanpowerto
searchforCristo’sson,butthereisn'tanydataleftbecauseCristohashiddenit.
Thepsychopathgenecanbeinherited,thisprovedJohnson’sthoughts,buttheyare
stuck.Theythenchangedtheirconcentrationonthesimilarities,theyfoundoutthatevery
victimhasaverygoodimpressionfromothers.“Theyaresoinnocent,soaremyparents…”
Afteraweek’sinvestigation,theysecuredtheirtargetonadoctorcalledPotter
becausehehasthesimilargene.Johnsonletoneofhistrustedsubordinates,namedHarry,to
trackPotter.Unfortunately,Potterrealizesthatsomeoneistailinghimandtheyimmediately
getintoafight.PotterwasaccidentallykilledbyJohnsonusinghispistolbecauseJohnson
wenttherejustintimebeforeHarrywaskilled.Harrywasfoundfaintedatthescenewithhis
headbleedingbesidePotter’sdeadbodywithaholethroughhisstomach.
Thecasecomestoanend,everyoneinArgyletownseemstofeelrelieved.
Meanwhile,Harrywakesupinthehospitalwithasmilelikeanevil.