Obsessed by your memories

Doctor Dave went into a trance immediately his head touched his desk to have a short nap.
This wasn't the first, neither was it the second,his sleep had always been haunted by memories of his brother dying in his arms.
"Dave don't let him harm her please"Kaven his brother mumbled with blood oozing out of his mouth like a river. His teeth was stained red and throat slit open revealing his wind pipe.
The sight was gruesome for Dave who couldn't do anything other than to hold him in his arms.His brain automatically shut down which prevented him from calling 911.
"No you can't leave me!! What are you talking about, who is she?"he managed to ask with tears in his eyes, before blacking out as his brother gave up the ghost.

Dragged out of the trance by his office telephone ringing,he sat up with beads of sweat on his face,eyes pale and hands twitching.
He inhaled deeply before picking up the call.
"Doctor someone by name detective Park is here to see you"the voice of the receptionist bloomed with melody.
"Ow is that so, I'll be there shortly"he said before hanging up.


"Sorry for keeping you waiting"Dave said once he got to the detective who smiled back at him, before extending his hand for a shake.
"It's not a big deal. Well, it's really nice to finally meet the young doctor who dedicated his time to help the police unravel serial killing crimes".
Ever since his elder brother who was a detective died, Dave took it upon himself to find his murderer and in his bid, slowly dived into being a detective, despite being a medical doctor.
His nightmares wouldn't end unless he granted his brother's last wish, tho he was left with no clues on how to find her and who she could be.
"It's my pleasure,why don't we move to the autopsy room, so that you can check out the recently murdered guy".Dave chipped in.
He had a hunch that the killer could be the same guy who murdered his brother six years ago. According to his findings,the killer had a pattern of butchering his victims.He also inscripted his intial on their forehead, in a unique way.


At the autopsy room
"Brace yourself for the sight you're about to behold isnt worth seeing" Dave breathed out, his hand firmly holding on the cloth used to cover the body.
"I don't mind, I see dead bodies almost every day" the detective flatly responded, obviously not happy and ignorant of what he was about to behold.
Dave gave him one last look before uncovering the body slowly.
"Gracious Jesus!!"detective Park exclaimed his hand over his mouth to prevent himself from throwing up.
The guy's body was maimed beyond comprehension, but surprisingly, his face wasn't completely destroyed. It could still be recognized, except for the sliced throat and brutally scrapped forehead, with the intial SV boldly carved in.

Detective Park returned few minutes later to the room after rushing out to throw up, which Dave perfectly understood,for the same happened to him when he first saw the body.
"Dave I can't stand this sight anymore,can we leave now?"he asked visibly shaken and disgusted.
Dave wordlessly covered up the body, discarded the gloves and nose mask he had on as they left the room.
" Make sure noone tampers with the body"he instructed the Coroner on their way out of the morgue. "Yes doc"he replied.

At Dave's office
"So doc are you trying to tell me that this case is different from the popular Jack Rock's serial killing?" Park asked utterly surprised at Dave's ability.
"Yeah besides Jack Rock is dead, I saw his body. I don't have a clue to who this guy is, but with the inscription S.V we can hold on to something.
One more thing,he uses a scalpel to murder his victims, administer anaesthesia on them, after they must have died and stitch up their guts. It's clear that he was in a rush that he ended up not doing the same to this guy" he mumbled, while the detective listened quite engrossed.
"How did you know all these. You are quite too young to know this much when it's not your career?"
"Well my brother was once a detective and he worked on this case,the patterns being same. After his death six years ago, I took up the case, carried out my own investigation hence my observations"he replied, his eyes welling up with unshed tears and increased heart rate.
"Well I'll leave you now to attend to other pressing issues, but keep me updated"the detective added already on his feet.
"Sure I hope you don't drop this case like your colleagues"Dave breathed out,his eyes dropped with the sound of his own heart beat filling his ears. "I won't ,doctor".the latter replied and on hearing this Dave's face lit up .