Noise From The Basement
Chapter One: Number One
Spud Reilly had cleaned the hallways of Neptune High every Monday night for the past 10 years. However, April 13 was going to be different from another Monday before it.
As Spud pushed a faded mop down the South hallway, he passed a door that was clearly marked BASEMENT. As he passed, he could hear several pitiful muffled sobs coming from below.
"What the—," Spud muttered under his breath as he descended down the creaky wooden staircase. His eyes opened wide and he could not believe what he was seeing. Thirteen bound and gagged blonde girls sat on the floor of the basement, clad in only their bras and underwear.
"Holy shit!" Spud reached into his grimy hand into his jean pocket and produced an old Nextel. "Hello? Neptune Sheriff Department? I think I discovered something you might be interested in…" Once closing his phone, he took one more look around the basement in hopes of being able to identify any of the victims. He could only make out one familiar face, a name he had heard many times and had scrubbed off many bathroom walls, Veronica Mars.
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"I'm telling you, Lamb. I have no idea how I got there." Veronica Mars argued with the local dickhead sheriff.
"You mean to tell me you have no clue how you and 12 other female students ended up in the basement of Neptune High? I find that hard to believe, especially seeing its you who I'm talking to."
"I'm serious. All I know is as I was leaving Java the Hut after my shift, someone hit me from behind and the next thing I know I'm playing strip poker without the cards with 12 other girls."
Lamb leaned back in his seat and looked Veronica over carefully. She was now wearing jeans and a tee-shirt brought by her father but he could see a few bruises peeking from underneath the sleeves and a cut was situated right above her left eyebrow. With a sigh defeat, he waved his hand to signal her dismissal. As Veronica left the station with her father, she strolled by an officer's desk and discretely swiped a list of all of the girls.
The ride to their Sunset Cliffs Apartment building was a serene one, only filled with Keith making remarks such as "You are grounded for a month, young lady." And "From now on, you're to be home schooled." Veronica just nodded, itching to look at the list and log onto PryingEyez. Once at the apartment building, Veronica made an excuse to go to bed early and then logged onto PryingEyez. Much to her amazement, every one of the other 12 girls had a restraining order against a Billy Killodan. 'Now Billy, I see how you link those girls together, but why was I victimized?"