NoWhere To Run- Chapter 2
Kaitlyn sat down and looked up at the two detectives. She was shaking, fear in her deep brown eyes. Light walked up behind her and placed his hand on her shoulder. "It's okay. I know you're nervous but, this could help us." He said.
"It's stupid. It's just that I'm at the top of the freshman class. And I'm in most of the clubs whos members are being killed. I'm just afraid. What if I'm next?" Kaitlyn started crying.
"I'm not going to let that happen." Light said, looking up at Ryuzaki. "We can help you. But, we need your full cooperation. Can we shadow you?"
"Shadow me?" Kaitlyn asked, wiping away tears.
"Basically, can we follow you around. We'd go to your classes with you, go to your club meetings with you?" Ryuzaki said.
"If you think it'll help." Kaitlyn said.
That day, Light followed Kaitlyn around while L stayed in the teachers lounge and interviewed students. After school, Kaitlyn and Light were joined by Ryuzaki as they headed for Speech Team. They sat down on the couches as Kaitlyn told Mr. Turner about the situation. After waiting some time, only 6 people were in the library. Kaitlyn stood and introduced everyone. A senior named Sam and a junior named Alice were the only other high schoolstudents there. "After the killings started, people began dropping out of clubs. The play my not even be able to happen. We are all that's left of the theater program as well."
L took everyone into the computer lab next door, one at a time, to talk to Sam and Alice. Light thought Kaitlyn was hiding something so, he brought her into a room near the back of the library. "There's obviously something you aren't telling me. What is it?"
"It's just. I havn't been able to afford a tharapist to talk about it. But, my friend Kaylea was one of the first freshman killed. She was the only one of my friends who even tried in school. The rest of my friends are too attached to K-Pop to even concider afterschool activities or studying." Kaitlyn tried not to cry.
"I'm so sorry." Light said. He opened the door and let her out. She sat down, alone on the couch, arms crossed and head down as if she was huddled up for warmth. Sam, who was on a chair across from her, noticed her crying and walked over to sit next to her. His arms wrapped around her as she cried. He whispred in her ear, telling her it would all be okay. This school has gone through so much. Light thought. The strong are supporting the weaker.
But later, Sam caught up with Light and disproved his hypothisis. "Look, I know you've seen Kaitlyn cry and think she is weak, but she isn't. Even the strongest of the students have broken down. I'll admit, I've cried. But, Kaitlyn has gone through a lot. Her parents are devorsed and her mom keeps trying to get her to quit her after school activities and start failing her classes. But she keeps telling her mom no. I've seen it. School and her activities are the only things she has left. She told me that she'd rather die then stop trying. She is certain that you and Ryuzaki will stop whoever it is and I hope, for her sake, she is right." Sam walked off.
The strong aren't supporting the weak. The strong have broken too. Light thought. This school is supporting each other using what little strength they have left. And I hope we catch the killer, for the student's sake.