This will be a short sequel! I decided to do a male this time because throughout the series, it's just been females and I don't want to say that females get themselves killed mostly because that's not true. Men get their fair share. ;P So, this is a nice way to end the series. With the murder of our first male, Arden Vincent.
Anyway, I am doing a crossover as a kinda sequel to this. It's Criminal Minds and CSI: Miami where Anya, Calleigh, Natalia and JJ are kidnapped. So stay tuned for that! x
Anya Fuller sat at her desk, sipping from her coffee mug. She viewed the file for their latest case. The death of Arden Vincent. Sighing, she slipped the file under her arm and grabbed her mug, leaving her office and knocking on her fellow colleague's own offices. She walked to the conference room and sat on the left head chair. The right was for Horatio Caine who had just entered and sat beside her.
"Interesting?" he asked, referring to the case. Anya placed the file onto the table and shrugged.
"In terms of unusual, H." she replied, as the rest of the team came in and sat down in their usual seats.
"What's the case?" Ryan asked, twirling around a little on his chair.
"Murder." Anya said, opening the file and placing sheets in front of everyone. "Arden Vincent. Aged 17. High school student."
"Oh my God..." Calleigh mumbled.
"Where was he found?" Eric asked, wincing at the photos.
"Just outside his school. Whitegrove High." Horatio said.
"He was found by his girlfriend, Anne Brado. Not a pretty sight." Anya said.
"It says here," Natalia started, reading from a sheet. "No drugs or alcohol was found in the autopsy so how did he die?"
"Mushrooms." Calleigh said, gasping. Everyone turned to her. "I mean, it's plausible. How can anyone react like that. Drugs and alcohol do this but in this case, none was found in the victim's body."
"Cal's right." Natalia said. "Only other thing strong enough to affect someone that bad is mushrooms."
"But how did he get hold of them?" Ryan asked.
"Maybe it wasn't him. It's the killer who had those." Walter said.
"That and the fact the school's lot has a lot of bad mushies there." Eric said.
"Could they be used at drugs?" Calleigh asked.
"Yes, only a few though. Psilocybin for example." Anya said.
"Okay, let's go interview some people. Natalia, Calleigh, you're with Anne. Ryan, Eric, you're with the family with me. And Walter, go help Anya in the lab." Horatio said.
"Am I in trouble?" Anne sniffed, her mascara had dried long ago. Natalia shook her head and handed the distraught teenager another tissue.
"No. We just want to know yours and Arden's whereabouts before his death." Natalia explained. Anne nodded and sighed.
"Take your time, sweetie. Do you need anyone?" Calleigh asked.
"My mom's outside. Can she...?" Anne hiccuped.
"Of course, I'll get her." Calleigh smiled gently, leaving the room.
"How old are you, darling?" Natalia asked.
"16. I'm 17 next week. Arden said he had plans." Anne said, crying.
"Shh, it's okay..." Natalia soothed. The door opened and in came Mrs Brado and Calleigh. Mrs Brado sat next to her daughter and rubbed her back.
"I just saw Arddy's parents and sister." Mrs Brado said to her daughter. "They're taking it bad." she whispered, kissing Anne's head.
"Anne, can you explain today's events for us, sweetie?" Calleigh asked, sitting down.
"Ard came and picked me up from my house and we went to school together. Today was the usual. Getting pushed around by the populars..." Anne sighed.
"You guys were getting bullied again?" Mrs Brado asked.
"Yeah, mom. Arden said we should just ignore them. They don't get us but I couldn't just ignore them. He did it so well..." Anne cried.
"Take your time." Natalia cooed.
"It was the end of the school and we went out to his car. But then I had forgotten something in my locker and ran back in to get it. When I came back, Arden was by the tree... his face was-" Anne burst out crying as her mother cradled her.
"Thank you, Anne." Calleigh smiled, rubbing her shoulder. "Now just one last question, hon." Calleigh sighed.
"Did Arden have any enemies?" Natalia asked.
"No. But people hated us as you can tell we were bullied." Anne said. "Greg Bracknell, head of the football team seemed very interested in making our lives a misery."
"How old is he?" Natalia asked.
"18." Anne replied.
"Anyone else?" Calleigh asked.
"Ruby Frank. She's Greg's girlfriend. Her best friend is Greg's sister. Hannah. But she's really nice to us. Xander Lottle, Greg's best friend is also really intimidating. Hates our guts for no reason."
"Okay, so, Ruby Frank, Hannah Bracknell, Greg Bracknell and Xander Lottle. Thank you for your time." Natalia said, getting up with Calleigh and leaving the room.
Next chapter is these students getting questioned as well as Arden's family.