The capture of the killer.

Joey laughed as he looked at Alice's limp body laying on the operating table, tied down so she couldn't get away. He almost felt sorry for her. If only she didn't hook up with another guy, she might have not be in the position she was in now,

"Joey, Please don't hurt me, let me go! I promise... I wont tell anyone your the killer" Alice pleaded while looking around the storage unit Joey held her in. She saw a sketch of Jay, and a photo beside it. She wanted to cry. Jay had been her best friend. Beside her another young woman who she had never met. It must have been Claire, Yvonne's collegue. She looked like an admirable youthful woman. She wished she could of had the chance to meet her before her gruesome death,

"Piper I'm not going to hurt you, how can I trust you not to go running to Lara Wade?" Joey questioned while slowly walking around Alice. He knew she'd run to Lara and report that he was the Ferndale strangler. He couldn't afford to be locked up yet, he wanted to become a doctor, he wanted to prove to the rest of them he had it in him. He studied Alice, he didn't really want to kill her. She was his one of his close friends, probably the only one left. All he had to hear was Alice promise she wouldn't go to Lara Wade and he'd let her go,

"I swear to god Joey, I wont go to her if you let me go. Please!! I don't want to die and you don't want to kill your bestfriend Joey" Alice pleaded. She could see she was getting through to him. She wouldn't break her promise. She'd tell Craig she stayed at a mate's overnight, she'd say the same to Lara and she'd get everyone off Joey's back.

"If you go running to her, you'll be dead, understand? And your right I don't want to murder my bestfriend, I love you Alice, I just wish you weren't with Craig Valentine, we would make a great couple!" replied Joey, smoothing Alice's hair. He knew she had a crush on him, he could tell. She could probably change him to, not that he'd tell her that,

"I love you too Joey, but I'm with Craig you know that, though he's a boring man! Can you untie me now please?" asked Alice, she wouldn't try and run, she wanted to sit there with Joey for a while, see what made him become a killer. She knew he wouldn't hurt her now.

"Promise not to run if i do? How can you stand being with Craig, Alice?" Asked Joey, untying Alice, she wouldn't run yet, the doors were locked anyways and he was the only one with the keys to them,"Promise Joey I wont try and do a runner, I want to stay here and chat with you, I've been so hard on you lately at work and I'm sorry about that. So what made you want to be a killer?" Alice asked straight out hoping for an answer. They'd known each other for two years and if he was going to open up to anyone it would be her.

"Its okay Alice, I know I've been grumpy with my Patients and that has to change. I hate promiscuous girls. Girls who go after other men when they're in a relationship, I'm doing everyone a favour, getting rid of them. Saving others from being brokenhearted when they find out there girlfriend is with another man" replied Joey. He knew it was the wrong thing to do now and he wanted to change. Maybe he should go and talk with Lara, tell her that he wanted to change. He didn't enjoy murdering young woman. He reconized how much he loathed it while confessing to Alice. He just didn't like the sound of going to Jail. Going to a Psych ward maybe, but not Jail.

"Oh Joey, we all thought you were a sweet innocent guy, but you turned out to be a murderer, do you want to change?" Asked Alice, she felt sorry for the guy. He must of had a bad childhood to have done something like this. She could tell Joey didn't want to be a monster, he wanted to go back to the innocent sweet Joey. Although changing wasn't going to be easy. He needed help to go back to the kind-hearted lovable Joey that he was known as.

"I know Alice and I am a sweet innocent man when I'm not this, I want to go back to that. I'm going to talk to Lara and confess to her that I am the killer and why I did it. I just don't want to go to jail, I don't want to die in there Alice, Please, please help me" Joey cried sympathetically. He wasn't one to cry openly, but he wanted to change. He was determined to escape the monster inside of him.

"Well for starters I think you should get rid of this storage unit, you don't want her to find it. I'll help you clear it out, would you like me to come and see Lara with you?" asked Alice. She wanted to help him help himself. She'd was willing to do anything to get the old Joey back. She didn't want Joey to go to Jail either, that's not a place for someone like Joey, even if he did murder innocent young women."You'd do that?" Joey asked. "I mean come with me to talk to Lara?" Alice was being very nice to him, even though he was going to kill her. He regretted even thinking of murdering her, he was glad she made him change his mind,

"Of course I would, Joey your my friend and I'm going to make sure you don't go to Jail!!" said Alice getting up off the floor, starting to rip the pictures off the wall, she didn't like seeing Joey like this, she looked at the Pictures before she threw them in the bin beside her, he was a extremely good drawer. Maybe he could make a living out of his art work.

"Thanks Alice, I'm sorry for attempting to murder you. I really am" replied Joey. Getting up to help Alice clean out the storage unit. He didn't want Lara finding any evidence. He was ashamed of himself for renting the storage unit out to do his killings in.

"Hey its ok Joey, you weren't yourself, you weren't thinking properly I forgive you babe. Now let's go and find that Detective and get it over with!" said Alice putting her arm around Joey as they left the storage unit without looking back once.


Joey walked into Lara Wades office in the hospital, Alice following behind, he felt nervous, he couldn't believe he was doing this, but it was for his own good he did it. He made a mental note in his head to take Alice out afterwards to thank her for helping him.

"Detective Wade, Can I have a word with you. It... Its about the serial killer" said Joey, nervously, biting his nails, he didn't know how to start, he couldn't look her dead in the eye,"What is it Joey?" asked Lara, focusing on Joeys expression, he looked quite scared, maybe he had a run in with the killer, or he was the killer,

"Its me, I'm the killer, Alice was going to be my next victim but I changed my mind, I want to change who I am, I wanna be the charming Joey again" Said Joey. That was the hardest thing he had done in his life, telling Lara he was the killer. He hoped she would have understood, hoped she didn't go mental at him, he'd done the right thing. Did he?

"I'm glad you came to me Joey, instead of killing Alice. Can you tell me what made you let Alice go?" Lara asked still shocked by his confession.

"She talked to me, told me she was going to help me, it made me realize I didn't want to be that man anymore. I know it was absolutely the wrong thing to do, murdering all of those innocent women and I'm sorry I really am. I mean it." Joey said with tears forming in his eyes. He didn't want to cry infront of Lara, she'd probably laugh at him,

"Good work Alice, Joey you know you'll probably go to Jail, but I can get your sentence reduced and you can spend it in a Psych ward. Jail isn't a place for a guy like you" replied Lara, she almost felt sorry for him, he needed all the help he could get,

"Please don't send me to Jail, I wouldn't last two seconds in there. Please! Anywhere but Jail. I know I've done wrong but I want to change now. I really do, or I wouldn't of admitted it" cried Joey, the thought of going to jail made him want to run screaming out of the hospital, even though he did deserve it,"You did the right thing coming to me Joey, I'm going to help you, you wont go to jail, I'll get you a good Lawyer And I'm sure Alice will help you in court and I'll do everything I can!" said Lara, writing in her note book, she needed to do an official interview with Joey, but that could wait, Joey needed to calm down, it must of been hard for him to give himself up like that,

"I know I did, I'm glad Alice managed to talk me into it, will I be locked up tonight?" asked Joey, he hoped he wasn't he owed Alice big time for helping him,"No you can go home for the night, but I'll need you to come back tomorrow, I need to interview you" replied Lara, closing her note book and standing up as Joey moved to the door with Alice,"Thanks Lara, I really thought you were going to have a go at me." said Joey, still shaking from when he first walked in,

"I would of if you hadn't turned yourself in, you have a good night and I'll see you tomorrow" replied Lara, watching Joey walk out of the hospital.