Here comes the bride part 2
The rest of the clues are here! Ok, on with the story!
Buttercup's POV:
Tina was taken to the nearest hospital. From what we could tell, she was poisoned. Luckily, the poison didn't kill her off but it was killing her immune system fast; there still a chance that she'll live but the possibility is slim. Officer Luke, Mr. Dj, May, Jeremy, Butch, Boomer and I were in the same room where we found Tina. Officer Luke was losing it.
"Officer Luke, calm down." Mr. Dj said calmly while Officer Luke was punching a nearby wall repeatedly.
"How can I calm down? My own daughter is in the hospital because someone poisoned her!" Officer Luke kept punching the wall.
"What kind of sick, twisted person would try to kill a bride on her wedding day?" May said with a sob and buried her face in red-gloved hands that matches her dress.
"Until we found some way to know who came in contact with her drink, everyone who came in the room is a suspect." Mr. Dj said. Everyone had grim expressions on their faces and I took this quiet opportunity to close my eyes and scan through my memory bank.
"Wait," I said, grabbing everyone's attentions. "When May came in, she had a video camera!" I pointed to the chair where the forgotten video camera was. Everyone rushed to it but I got there first.
"It's still rolling!" I said. As we watched the video, I made a list of the people who got hold of Tina's drink before she collapsed.
First May grabbed the can from Tina and placed a straw in so she wouldn't ruin her red lipstick. If May is the culprit, then the poison could have been in the straw.
Boomer then grabbed it from May and then passed it on to Butch. I know that they were evil once before but I don't think they poisoned Tina. I mean, even though Boomer was 'attacked' by her, it looked more like two kids wrestling for dominance then two adults beating each other up. Moreover, Boomer had super strength so he could have escaped or wrestle her down if he wanted to.
Then after my failed attempt to escape out the window, May left the room and Tina gave me the same brand of soda she was drinking. As the scene played, where I spit the drink out and tried to get rid of the taste in my mouth, I heard Butch snicker behind me.
Then Jeremy came in the room. Tina kissed him, and then they had their lovey-dovey moment. After I ruined the moment, Jeremy picked up her drink and warned her that it was going to rot her teeth.
Because of the video camera's angel, the drink was somewhat hidden every time someone picked it up. Except for the time when May had it since she only put the straw in. Mr. Dj paused the video.
"Well, since BC was the only one who didn't touch Tina's drink. She's cleared but the rest of you are still suspects." Mr. Dj turned his attention towards Officer Luke. "Luke, you're too emotional right now to handle this case so I'm putting BC in charge of this investigation."
"WHAT!" Officer Luke and I exclaimed.
"Mr. Dj, I know you're my boss and all but ARE YOU NUTS! I CANT BE IN CHARGE OF AN INVESTIGATION, I'M ONLY A ROOKIE!" Officer Luke quickly nodded in agreement.
"She's right! Since this is her first day, she doesn't even know where to start!" Officer Luke added. Mr. Dj didn't seem to be listening to our protests.
"She can handle it." Mr. DJ said, dragging Officer Luke to towards the door. "BC, there some things in my briefcase that might be able to help you." and with that they left the room and locked the door.
"WAIT, HEY COME BACK!" I yelled. I turned around saw everyone staring at me. Ah man, this is awkward. Note to self, after this is over I'm so going to fill Mr. Dj's car with rats.
"Um excuse me," May said quietly as she tapped my shoulder. "Is Tina going to be ok?" she looked extremely worried and her mascara was running.
"I don't know." I replied honestly. "But if I have to guess, I'm guessing that the poison was quickly killing her immune system so that would explain why blood was coming out of her mouth. Her body was trying to reject the poison but was having a hard time because her immune system was damage." As I explained this, I grabbed a pair of rubber gloves and a clear plastic bag from the briefcase Mr. Dj left behind and picked up the poisoned drink. I put the poisoned drink and the bag and started wondering what I should do next.
"I feel so bad for Jeremy." May continued. "He lost his mother when he was a child and now he's losing Tina." when I heard this, my curiosity got the best of me, again.
"How did his mom die?" I asked, not caring if I sounded rude for asking this when I barely know him. May looked at me then thought for a second.
"Well I don't know the whole story. Tina and I looked him up online when Jeremy and I started dating in collage," she said. "Funny, Tina would search up every guy I dated just in case he was a serial killer." She chuckled.
"Anyway, we found out that he was adopted when he was kid because his mother was hit by a car in a police chase. His father died when he was born and he didn't have any other living relatives."
"Wow, this must be hard for him." I said.
"Yeah," we glanced at Jeremy and found him sitting on a chair with his head in his hands while Boomer and Butch tried to comfort him.
"I didn't realize that you can find that out about person online." I said but May shook her head.
"It was easy because back then, Jeremy was on his way on becoming an actor. He quit when Tina started dating him." She explained.
"So, before Tina and Jeremy was a couple, you and Jeremy were an item." I thought aloud. May only shrugged.
"I guess but in to be honest, Jeremy was a different man before he met Tina," she said, catching my attention. "Jeremy was a more like a bad boy. Tina always yelled at me for going after that kind of guys but whatever, bad boys are hot and dangerous!" I coughed, trying to keep her on the subject in hand.
"Oh sorry, just something about bad boys that always gets me." She apologized. "Anyway, I introduce those two and after a week or two they started to hang out more and more. After that, Jeremy and Tina came to my dorm and apologized. They said that they were in love and they didn't mean for it to happen, it just did."
"You must have been heart-broken."
"Hm? Oh, not really. As I said before, Jeremy changed after he met Tina. He became sweeter, gentler and would ask questions about Tina when we were together. He asked questions like, what was her favorite band, where her parents worked, what was her favorite drink. So, it wasn't unexpected but the only thing that got me angry was that they took so long to notice their feelings."
After my conversation with May, I walked up to Jeremy who was sitting next to the window, looking depressed.
"Jeremy, are you alright?" I asked him softly as I gently placed my hand on his shoulder. He turned his head to me with teary eyes, shook his head slowly. He pulled me down on the chair so I would be sitting next to him and he buried his face on my exposed neck. He starts sobbing while his hands were piecing my shoulders.
To me, this felt awkward. I'm use to people crying on me because Bubbles was always crying over something and Blossom use to run crying to me over boy troubles when we were teenagers but with Jeremy crying on my shoulder, I didn't really feel the motherly instinct to comfort him like the times when my sisters were crying. Instead, I felt like I was watching a crappy, over dramatic movie . . . I feel like a jerk.
"Um, it going to be ok." I said, awkwardly trying to comfort him. I patted his back and in the corner of my eye, I saw Butch glaring at us. After a couple second that felt like hours, I pushed Jeremy away.
"Jeremy, I need you to man up! " I said, "Tina is going to fine but you need to be strong." He looked down and nodded.
"I know but you see, my mother died when I was a kid and I don't want to lose Tina too." He didn't look up but a saw a flash of hatred in his eyes. "It's all his fault, if only he listened!" he softly but harshly mumbled under his breath. I gave him a questioning look but I decided to leave him alone.
After my conversations with May and Jeremy, I watched the video repeatedly, hoping that I would be able to find clues. In the video, after I left the room, Tina looked extremely depressed. She drank the drink and started coughing. She collapsed with a thud and the drink rolled out of her hands. Boomer, Butch and I entered the room a few seconds later.
"Instead of watching that video over and over again, why don't you try to find fingerprints on the drink?" Butch said behind me.
"But the evidence of people touching the drink is already on the video camera." I said. Butch only shrugged.
"I don't trust video cameras." He walked away after saying that. I decided to take his advice and look for fingerprints on the drink. I don't know how to dust for fingerprints but I watched people in T.V do it so how hard can it be?
*An hour later*
"So, any luck?" Butch asked with a smirk. I turned my head towards him. My head and dress was covered in white powder stuff; I been trying for who knows how long to dust fingerprints but I kept messing up every single time! I'm about ready to beat down the door and hunt down Mr. Dj for leaving me alone on this case!
"No, how do I do this stupid thing!" I said frustrated. Boomer and May are taking a nap. May cried herself to asleep in Boomer's arms and while Boomer was comforting her, he fell asleep too. Jeremy was sitting on a chair while looking out the window with a detached expression. I feel sorry for him.
"Did you preserve the fingerprints?" Butch asked as he knelt beside me. I was sitting on the ground near the table, trying to dust for fingerprints.
"Yeah, that part was easy but I just can't figure out this dusting for fingerprints thing!" I said as I dropped the empty drink can and brush. I hit the wall with the back of my head and crossed my legs, not caring that I was wearing a dress.
"It's not ladylike to cross your legs when you're wearing a formal dress." Butch teased with a smirk. I glared at him.
"Ladylike my butt! I'm really frustrated right now because I wasn't able to dust a couple of fingerprints!" I let out a heavy sigh. This wasn't as easy as I thought it was going to be.
"I would help but I can't since me and my brother are suspects." He said. I gave him a strange look.
"You guys aren't suspects," I said. Butch looked surprised and I continued. "I don't think you or brother would have the guts to kill anyone."
"Have you forgotten that my brothers and I tried to kill you and your sisters twenty years ago?" he said with a hint of a grin.
"You guys were boys back then," I said. "Stupid super powered little boys. Any other five-year-old kid would try to destroy Townsville too if they had super powers." I added with a laugh. Butch chuckled and I realized that I forgot that I was in a middle of a case. That's strange since I was frustrated about it a minute ago.
"Since you feel so strongly that neither my brother or I is the culprit, I will dust the fingerprints for you." as Butch said that, I immediately wrapped my arms around his neck and hugged him.
"Thank you, thank you, and thank you!" I said cheerfully against his neck. He smelled nice and felt warm against my cold cheeks.
"Yeah," he said as he cleared his throat. I pulled away from him and noticed that his face was red. I smiled at myself and watched him work. He first dropped a handful of the white powder stuff on the empty drink then blow it off, leaving a slightly thin coat of white over the can. Then he brushed the excise powder away leaving behind fingerprints.
"You have got to be kidding me!" I exclaimed. "It took me forever trying to figure this out and found nothing and only took you few seconds!"
"What can I say? I'm just that good." Butch said with a smirk.
"You do realize I hate you forever now, right?" I said playfully. He chuckled and stood up, throwing a piece of paper onto my lap. It had black fingerprints on it with everyone's name under each one, indicting which fingerprint belonged to whom.
"I took everyone's fingerprint while you were playing with the white powder." Butch teased and walked away with a grin. I felt a smile appear on my face but I ignored it as I pulled out a magnifying glass from Mr. Dj's brief case, and examined the fingerprints, looking for a match.
I started with Butch but I couldn't find his fingerprint anywhere! I moved on and looked for Boomer's fingerprints but the result was the same. I then looked for Tina's fingerprints and found them. This doesn't make sense! I have video proof that Both Boomer and Butch touched the drink but I couldn't find either of their fingerprints on the drink! I stood up and started pacing in front of the table. This doesn't make any sense! Did I preserve the fingerprints correctly? No, I know that I preserved the fingerprints, so why couldn't I find theirs on the can?
I picked up my drink that Tina gave me and let out a heavy sigh. Maybe I need something overly sweet to help me think straight. I was about to press the drink to my lips when I noticed something red. I pulled the drink away from my mouth and looked at it. There was a red lipstick on it.
That's odd; the only one that was wearing red lipstick was Tina. I suddenly realized something; I grabbed the video camera and replayed the video. After Tina scolded me for trying to escape through the window, she threw away the straw and took a sip of her drink. That would explain the red lipstick on this can. She set her drink behind mine. I paused the video and looked at both the drink I had in my hand and poisoned drink. Sure enough, they both had red lipstick on them so that means that she drank from both cans! The first can she drank can was her own so it had a darker lipstick mark and the second one had a fainter lipstick mark so that means the poison can was my drink but why wasn't I poisoned when I drank it.
I scanned through my memory bank on everything that happened today and suddenly everything made sense! I ran up to Butch, almost falling onto him but I caught myself.
"Do you have Mr. Dj's number?" I asked in a rushed.
"Yeah, it's on my contact list." Butch said, slightly startled when I ran up to him. "Why do you- whoa, hey!" I shoved my hands into his pockets, looking for his phone. When I finally found it I called Mr. Dj.
"Hey, get yours and Officer Luke's butts down here! I know who did it."
ooooooh, who could it be? well, i know who but i'm not going to tell until the next chapter! ^-^