For a moment Veronica thought it was all a dream. She expected to wake up at almost any moment in her nice, safe bedroom. It wasn't a dream, which she soon found out. Caleb Thomas laid in front of her, dead. Sombody had to have killed him. Sombody was running around the woods killing people.
Sombody had to be. Before she really knew what was happening Logan gripped her hand and pulled her out of the clearing. She ran after him and Mac, dodging tree branches and looking over her shoulder as she went.
Then as quickly as they found Caleb, they were out of the woods. Her heart was racing and she expected it to burst through her chest.
She was trying to catch her breath, which was like like trying to breath underwater, impossible. But she soon caught her breath and found her voice. "What-what was that? is this another joke? Logan, wat happened?" she said all in about two seconds.
Mac's eyes were wide and she looked oddly pale. Veronica almost expected her to faint or somthing like that. "I..." Logan started, but stopped and took a deep breath.
Gia and Duncan soon joined the group. "What's wrong?" Gia asked. Veronica couldn't bring herself to say Caleb was dead. She couldn't say sombody was in the woods, a killer.
It could be absolutely anybody at the party. They could be watching her right at that moment. Logan's voice started her. "Caleb...he's...well he's dead."
For a moment they stayed silent. "...What?" Duncan asked. Gia gave Logan a startled look. "You're kidding." she whispered. "No...really." Veronica said, close to tears. How could this have happened? What would have done it?
"No way." Duncan said again "You're telling me..he's dead? How?" he asked. "Dude I don't know, but I swear to God he is really dead!" Logan replied. "What's wrong?" Dick asked, joining them. "Dick, do you have your phone?" Logan asked. "Yeah...why?" Dick answered. "Logan is saying Caleb is dead." Duncan explained.
Dick laughed "What?" he asked as well. "We went into the woods looking for him and found him dead, like sombody stabbed him or somthing." Veronica explained. Mac only nodded in agreement.
"Wow..if this is your guys idea of revenge..it isn't working at all." Dick said. "Then go see for youself! If not give me the damn phone so I can call sombody. Please." Logan said suddenly.
Cassidy now joined the small group and was holding hands with Mac. Veronica glanced over to see the look on Mac's face, she looked terrified.
Cassidy whispered somthing to her and she nodded before followng him towards a bench. Dick had given up and handed Logan his phone. But by the look on his face, Veronica could tell he was getting no signal.
"Damn!" he said, snapping the phone shut and handing it back to Dick. "I've got my cell phone in the car, we can go get it." Veronica suggested, checking out the woods, seeing no movement. But she felt as if sombody was watching her. "No, I'll go out and get help." Mitchel said, who was listening to their conversation. "You guys wait here and I'll bring the police."
"But what about the killer? He's out there somewhere...I think we saw him earlier." Logan said. "Do you really think he'll come out and attack all of you? Just don't let anybody go into the woods." Mitchel explained. "Nice one Mitch, but if you haven't noticed we're drinking illegally." Dick said.
"That doesn't matter! Our phones don't work out here, this is too far out in the country. I can get the cops back here in about twenty minutes if I go now. Okay?" Mitchel said, without waiting for any further objections he stood and walked across the field where some kids still remained, then dissapeared form view.
"Well..if you're telling the truth, who killed him?" Duncan questioned. "I don't know..he was trying to show Wallce nobody was in the woods but when he didn't come back, we looked for him and found him dead." Logan said, keeping his voice down. "Damn..." Dick said, taking a drink of his beer.
"Yeah, just don't tell Gia or anybody else and defidently do not let anybody go into the woods." Logan added. "No probem," Dick said and with that he and Troy left leaving Veronica and Logan alone. Logan turned to her "You okay?" he asked. Veronica managed a small nod. "I can't believe this..." Logan whispered.
10:19 p.m
"He should have been back a long time ago." Wallace said, glancing past some trees for Mitchels car. Nothing. "I don't know if he's just taking forever or if that..."
Veronica broke off her sentence there and shut her eyes. She didn't know what to think. "Don't worry, i'm sure everything is fine." Logan insisted, putting his arm around Veronica's shoulders.
She gave him a short nod and leaned closer to him. Everything had been calm since Mitchel left, but he had not yet returned. That was worrying everybody. Right now they were sitting in a small circle talking. "You know what's scary," Troy began "Whoever killed Caleb could be at this party right now, watching us."
At that thought, Veronica got goosebumps and looked over her shoulder. Nobody was watching them. "Well i just can't believe sombody would kill Caleb..." Mac said quietly. "I know." Duncan agreed. Veronica suddenly got an idea. "Logan, can we go to your car really quick?" she asked, standing up.
Logan stood up as well. "Sure, why?" he asked, taking out his keys. "I brought my taser and I want to get it so if anything happens, I'll have it." she explained. Logan nodded "Good idea, we'll be right back." he said, then walked away with Veronica. "I know what Mitchel said...but this would make me feel safer, you know?" she asked.
"Yeah," Logan replied. They crossed the field and found the small parking area behind it. Logan lead Veronica to his car and unlocked it. She opened the door and found her bag hidden under the seat, just where she had left it. She opened the bag and found the taser, pulling it out. "Wow, you really do carry that thing everywhere, huh?" Logn asked.
Veronica laughed at his comment and nodded. Logan shut the door and locked it again, then he turned around to see Mitchel's car was still parked. "Hey Veronica," he said "Mitchel..." Logan had a horrible feeling about this. Veronica also saw his car. "Why didn't he leave?" she asked.
"I don't know." Logan responded, he walked to the dark car and knocked, since the tinted window was rolled up and he couldn't see inside. Veronica stopped next to him. "Hey Mitchel?" Logan asked, knocking once again. "You don't think he ditched us, do you?" he asked Veronica, turning towards her.
"I don't know..possibly." she said. Logan reached for the car door and pulled on it. It was unlocked, unfortunately. Mitchell was inside the car, he was also dead.
The moment Logan opened the door Mitchels body fell out. He too was soaked in blood. Hs shirt was covered in it and the seat behind him was also bloody and torn, as if there was some kind of struggle. There were holes up the front of his shirt it was clear that he had been stabbed.
He fell to the ground just feet away from Veronica and Logan. Shocked, Veronica screamed. "What the fuck?" Logan said, taking a step back form the car. "Oh my God!" she said, looking from Mitchel to the empty car, almost expecting the killer to pop up and attack.
But of course, nobody did. Logan instantly grabbed Veronica's arm and pulled her away. "Come on, he could be around here." he said, running away from the lot. Veronica wasn't hesitant to follow. The two raced across the lot as quickly as they could and Logan stopped once they were back in the field.
Veronica stopped behind him "Who is it?" she asked. "I..I don't know, we've got to go. This guy's crazy." Logan said quickly.
"I know, Logan what do we do?" Veronica asked. "Don't worry, come on let's find Dick." Logan spoke as calmly as he could. "Okay," Veronica started, but as if he was reading their mind, Dick walked over to the two of them. "Hey guys." he said.
"Dick, this is important. Caleb and Mitchel are dead, sombody killded them and if you don't believe me, go look in the parking lot. But for now, we need everyone to go home before somthing happens to them." Logan explained as quickly as he could. "Wait, what about Mitchel?" Dick asked, looking from Logan to Veronica.
"We don't know who's doing it, but Dick we need to hurry before he kills someone else." Veronica said, looking around. Nobody suspicious was in sight. Veronica was starting to doubt the killer was even one of the kids at the party.
Some of them had left earlier, but the group who did remain were busy laughing and drinking soda or beer. Other than the kids who they had told, nobody even knew what was happening. That was probably a good thing too. "Okay, if you're serious then i'll kick them all out." Dick said.
Veronica and Logan followed him across the field. "I don't know what the hell is happening but it's not at all." Logan said, Veronica nodded in agreement. "Well they're ruining my party and better knock it the hell off." Dick said. "Nice one Dick." Logan replied.
They stopped by Wallace and Mac. "Hey..where's Duncan, I need to talk to him." Dick said. "Well he went into the woods, said he wanted to see what was happening." Mac said. "What?" Logan asked and at about the same time Veronica said "No!"
"He said he'd be really quick and went off somehwere, I didn't try to stop him and i'm sorry." Mac explained. "It's fine." Veronia said almost immediately. "Hey-where's Cassidy?"
"I don't know actually." Mac said, looking around for him. "We have to go look for Duncan." Logan said and Veronica nodded. "Hey i'll come with you." Wallace offered. "No you stay here with Mac." Logan told him "Thanks anyway." he added. "Come on Logan." Veronica said, worried about Duncan, he could be anywhere, maybe even hurt.
But Veronica really didn't like that idea so she stopped thinking about it and focused on following Logan towards the woods once again. They seemed scarier than ever before, maybe even darker. Once they pushed past some of the thickest brush and tree branches, Veronica felt the taser in her pocket and also felt reassurence.
"I really wish we had a flashlight." Logan said and Veronica agreed. "I know." she said, looking everywhere. She was pretty much expecting to see some sciocopath just waiting for them. "Duncan?" Logan called out and waited for an answer. no sign of him.
"Duncan, where are you?" Veronica called out and listened, getting the same response. "Where is he?" she asked, following Logan so not to get lost. "I don't know, he couldn't have gotten far..it's way too dark." Logan said.
"Well you're right about that." she agreed with him, stepping over a tree trunk that was sticking upwards.
Logan stopped walking and looked around "We found...Caleb over there..." he said, pointing in one direction "so let's not go that way." Veronica nodded "Agreed." she said, following him once more "Duncan?" he called once more, but of course Duncan did not reply, nobody did.
The only sound was the window rustling through the leaves and trees. "Mayebe he left the woods through another way and he's back at the party now." Veronica suggested. Almost tripping over a tree root.
"Well if that's what happened then this is a waste of time..." Logan mumbled, turning around to face her for the first time. She could barely make out his face through the darkness. "Yeah, but we can't be sure..." Veronica trailed off when she felt as if sombody was watching her.
She could almost feel sombodies eyes boring into the back of her head. Shivering she wrapped her arms around herself and looked behind her. Just more dead logs and trees. "What is it?" Logan asked. "It's..nothing." she told him, turning back around.
"Veronica Mars..I know that look, what's wrong?" he asked. She smiled and laughed a little. "I'm just really, really creeped out." she admitted. "Oh I know, but I'd never let some crazy person get you." Logan assured her.
She smiled at him "That's really nice, Logan." she said. "Yes, thank you. Now we need to find DUNCAN!" he shouted. Nobody answered. Veronica laughed once more and then felt the worry wash over her as well.
"Where could he have gone? These woods can't go on forever." Veronica pointed out, once more walking past some trees and looking closely, hoping to find some sign of him. There was nothing.
Just as Logan was about to say somthing, a dark figure stepped out from behind some trees
A/N: This is chapter 3, of course. Anyway i'm having trouble deciding which actual characters off the show I should kill off. I cannot decide so i'm not sure if I even will. If you have any suggestions, please tell me. Thanks and I hope you like this chapter.
