Once Upon a Time at Christmas Page #3

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You get your ass out there and

you find this guy and this girl

and you lock 'em up

and you throw away the key.

In the meantime,

you let me run this town.

- Bob! We have to come to...

- That's enough!

I was selected on a platform of decency

and promoting family values in woodridge.

These murders are

f***ing that image up.

Aren't you going to

a strip club this week?

Yeah, because I put money

in the local economy.

I support local business and I

get to see the voters up close.

Very close up, I'm sure.

Yeah.

I am particularly looking

forward to...

Seeing my niece.

Who's all grown up now.

Just starting at vixens.

Excuse me.

I have an investigation to run.

And I've got a town to run.

And you will not pull Santa

out of that mall.

You will double his security.

Is that clear?

Good.

Dispatch, this is unit 215.

The feds have arrived.

It looks like the cavalry

made it just before

the snow drifts

completely cut the roads off.

Copy that, 215.

I guess we'll have to make some

room in the office.

10-4.

- So how many?

- Seven.

The four girls, a young

couple, and Santa.

Missing a number.

Excuse me?

One, two and four.

Sh*t, are you saying there could

be three more bodies out there?

It's highly possible.

Perhaps a remote

or isolated location.

Might just be that we

haven't found them yet.

These descriptions

of the killers are accurate?

They're accurate.

Those are from

the cctv last night.

Not saying they're

easy to swallow.

Okay, the lady.

We figure mid-twenties.

She's Mrs. claus, for lack

of a better explanation.

The guy? Well, Santa.

Is he as big as Santa?

About 30 to 40

years of age, we figure.

Ex-military?

Former cop?

Somebody who has the ability

to move quickly.

And take multiple victims down.

Yeah. This Mrs. claus

is just for show.

She's like,

letting off a stun grenade.

This guy's the real deal.

Okay.

Well, we can't release any information

on the killer to the press.

What?

If he doesn't know we're onto

him, he'll keep using the suit.

May be a good way to spot him.

So just look for a guy

in a Santa suit at Christmas?

To be honest, I don't think

this guy cares.

Why do you say that?

'Cause he let a girl

live to tell a tale.

He wants people to know.

You don't have to pander

to that.

Yeah, but that may make him keep killing

until he gets the recognition he wants.

Let's have a tight control on

information out to the public here.

This is a small town. Come on, guys.

People are talking already.

Either way, you need to find who

the victims were on the third day

because there seems to be

a piece of this puzzle missing.

- And we'll need your men on it.

- Great.

Go door to door if you have to.

- It's a big town.

- You said it was a small town.

I suggest you get every

available man on it.

Find out if anyone has gone

missing in the last few days.

I don't suppose you guys

want to lend a hand, do ya?

"Many hands make light work,"

isn't that what they say?

Between the training experience

myself and the other agents have,

us doing grunt work would

be a poor use of our time.

I'm sure your deputies

are more than capable.

We'll stay here

and review the evidence.

Okay, okay.

What else do you need?

How about a connection

between the victims.

We need to understand

how he's choosing them.

He's targeting them at night.

We know that much, at least.

Nah, there's something else.

They didn't know each other.

None of them did.

And I can't establish any other

connection between them.

Hey, hey. We're not here

to step on anyone's toes.

Neither am I! I'm just trying

to catch this f***ing guy!

Guys, the clock's ticking.

This guy's killing every day.

I'll double the patrols

at night.

The curfew'll go into effect.

Remember sheriff, you called us.

Klein.

Yeah, I'm at the frenchen

residence.

We've got three dead bodies.

Yup.

The mom, Mrs. frenchen,

the daughter...

And I found their dog as well.

I haven't touched anything.

Okay. I'll be here.

This is probably just another small

town nut looking for attention.

The sooner these cases stop

getting media coverage,

the sooner the crazies

will realize there's no point

in trying to get this type

of attention.

My money's on a lone gunman.

I'm going with postal worker.

Postal worker would

have shot the place up.

F***, then maybe it

actually is Santa claus.

Is anyone betting on that?

If it was Santa claus, where did

he park his sleigh and reindeer?

Maybe he's gone green

and drives a prius?

My wife drives one of those.

Yeah? Can she account for

her whereabouts recently?

Yeah. I know where

yours has been.

I'm getting coffee. Anyone?

No, thanks.

Where the fire ripped through

the county snow plow yard

destroying nearly all of the

county's plows...

Hello?

Okay. Just stay there.

Don't touch anything.

I'm gonna get the guys.

Who are they?

Show me.

Three of them?

Right. We're on our way.

We're gonna...

Help me!

Woodridge is a town

gripped with fear.

With the latest massacre

of five FBI agents,

there is now a feeling

amongst the residents

that the Sheriff Department is

overwhelmed by the situation,

prompting many people to leave

this town during the holiday.

After all, if the FBI

aren't safe, then who is?

Yes, I understand.

Certainly, certainly.

All right.

Whoever they were,

they move quick.

Agent klein managed to get off one

shot, so he may have been hit.

Well, we're checking the blood

now but, to be fair,

there's a lot of it,

so it's gonna take a while.

He's hit?

Possibly.

We've taken blood samples

from the deceased agents

and we're cross-matching that against

all the blood we found on the scene.

If there's anything extra, we know it's from

the perp and it's likely he's been hit.

Okay, fullard, let's get the bloodhounds

down here on the chance he's been hit.

He's local.

The feds have a net set up

around town, so he's here.

Also, Jim, he...

He removed their fingers.

Fingers?

Yep. From each

and everyone of them.

- Even the bird.

- The bird?

Bird. Yeah.

The woman.

Right. I keep

forgetting you're a brit.

Let's let the f***ers bleed

to death for this.

The same finger?

Yeah. The,

wedding band finger.

We're gonna need some more FBI

guys down here.

How is he picking them?

That's what I wanna know.

There's no way he could know which

agents the FBI would send there.

It's totally at random.

They could be from anywhere.

No, it's the opportunity.

Could've been these five.

Could've been the goddamn

cleaning staff.

But he is escalating

the numbers.

Till he gets to how many?

Maybe the number doesn't matter.

Maybe they're getting close

to something.

Fullard, photograph all

the notes these guys had.

Maybe they were on to something.

Yeah, well, the press

is gonna want a release.

Yeah, yeah.

But if they were wanted

by the cops,

why risk everything

by coming back in here.

No, we were all out there.

All of us.

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