Alex

As Alex sat in her English class the next day, her mind kept wandering back to everything that she had learned yesterday. She had been a bit on edge ever since getting the news about the fact that there was a serial rapist on the loose, who was also a student at her school. After the group discussion that they had at Mr. Wright's shop yesterday, she had went home only to just shut herself in her room and hide under her covers.

"What do we do about Kelly? She really seems to want me and Ariel to help her out," Alex said, once they filled everyone else in on what happened.

"This is definitely a first time occurrence as far as a spirit reaching out to any of my students for help. What do you want to do?" Mr. Wright asked.

"I honestly think we should just leave her alone. But seeing as how we promised to help her, I suppose that we will," Ariel said.

"Good idea. How about you, Alex?" Mr. Wright said, turning to look at Alex only to see that she was clinging onto Matt. "Alex, what's the matter?"

"I'm a bit scared to try to do anything about this. What if this person finds out what we're up to and they try to get us?" Alex asked, looking scared.

"They won't find out unless they have powers like we all have. And even if they do, one of us will be there to help you out," Ariel said, trying to comfort the younger girl.

"She's right. We'll be there to help out if anyone tries anything funny tomorrow or any day for that matter," Kevin said.

Thinking back over everyone's words, she had started to feel a bit better, but Alex was still feeling leery about trying to go around any guys in fear of the fact that they might be the one going around and hurting girls.

"Hey, Alex. Are you OK?" Kaitlyn asked, waving her hand in front of Alex's face to try to get her attention.

Snapping out of her thoughts and looking over to see her friends' worried faces, Alex sighed and said "Not really. I need to ask you guys a question."

"Sure, what is it, Alex?" Cody asked.

"Umm, do either one of you two know anything about a girl named Kelly Blank that went to this school? I heard some of the other kids around here talking about her and I got curious," Alex said.

"Kelly Blank…Oh, I know who you're talking about. She was a freshman here last year when her rape and murder happened. No one's been able to find out who it was, but in all honesty, I've got a suspect or two," Kaitlyn said.

"Who do you think would do that to someone like Kelly? She was one of the most popular girls in the school, not to mention it seemed like she had a perfect life and perfect friends," Cody said.

"Well, I was thinking it could've either been an ex-boyfriend of hers that's a sophomore now, or it could've been one of those three guys that always seem to be assholes to anyone that tries to talk to them," Kaitlyn said.

"Even so, you know that Mike moved on from her and got with Eve and those three don't seem to be interested in any of the girls here," Cody said.

"Hey, I never said that these were good leads. I'm just saying," Kaitlyn said, throwing her hands up.

"Hey, um, new kid over here. Would you two care to fill me in on who you both are talking about?" Alex asked, waving her hands around.

"Sorry about that, Alex. You see, when Kelly was alive, she had a boyfriend, Mike Mizanin. They seemed to be perfect matches for each other, but after what happened, Mike was a total mess. Then there are the three mystery kids we're talking about. Their names are Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns. No one really knows much about them, aside from the fact that it seems like they'll do just about anything and everything to get in trouble, whether it's cussing about teachers or picking fights with other students. So everyone just keeps their distance from them. But the thing is that they would always be checking out Michelle and her friends all the time. Doesn't really help them that they constantly wear stuff that's more fit to be worn on a runway than to a high school," Kaitlyn said.

"So you think that maybe one of them might've had something to do with what happened to Kelly?" Alex asked.

"It's possible, but the police have never found any leads that could be of any help in the case. And the thing is that Kelly isn't even the first person this happened to," Kaitlyn said.

"Wait a minute. Are you saying that this has happened before?" Alex asked, starting to feel scared.

"Yeah. I think something like it happened when we were in middle school, but the girl that ended up getting raped was able to get away before the guy could do any real damage," Kaitlyn said.

"Do you know who the girl was that got away?" Alex asked.

"It was our friend, Gail Kim. She used to date Daniel until it happened and then she was the one that broke things off with him because she didn't want him to think badly about her. Kind of a shame if you ask me. Gail was pretty cool too. Now all she does is just keep to herself," Kaitlyn said, sighing.

After taking in this information and hearing the bell ring, Alex left class and was headed to Teen Living to let Ariel know what she had found out and to try taking her mind off of everything she had been told by talking to AJ when she had realized that she had walked the wrong way and ended up on a hallway she didn't recognize. She was about to turn and walk away when she bumped into a boy she hadn't seen that much around the school. He was tall, had blonde and black dyed hair, and was noticeably dressed in all black.

"I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention to where I was walking," Alex said, trying to walk away, only to be blocked by the other person. "Please, just let me by so that I can go to class."

"Now why would I do that to such a pretty little thing like you? Not that often that new kids come here, especially cute girls like yourself," the boy said.

"I-I'm warning you right now. If you try anything funny, I'll start screaming and people will come running to help me," Alex said, as she was backed into the lockers behind her.

"Darling, everyone's nearly in class by now, so there will be no one to disturb us," the boy said leaning in.

At that moment, Alex didn't know what to do. She wasn't sure whether to try to fight this boy off or start screaming in hopes that somebody would come help her. What she did was try to telepathically communicate with Ariel in hopes that she'd be able to slip out of class and come to her rescue, so she was in shock when she heard Kevin yelling at the boy to let her leave.

"Hey you! Let Alex go right now!" Kevin yelled.

"Why should I? She's so cute, not to mention I've never been with a girl before. Maybe she'll be my first time," the boy said.

"I'm warning you right now. Either let her go, or you're going to regret it," Kevin said, in a cold and emotionless voice.

"I really don't know what some goth bitch like you is going to, considering that you're probably one of the biggest wimps ever. But I welcome you to try something anyways," the boy said, stepping away long enough for Alex to run to stand with Kevin.

Kevin just stood there and stared at the boy. Neither of the other two noticed at first, but soon Kevin's eyes started to glow red and all around them, lights started to flicker. Kevin started to stare at the boy and as he did, he caused the boy to slowly start to fall to the ground, gripping his head and moaning. Kevin had left Alex's side long enough to go over to the boy and whisper in his ear, while holding eye contact, "The girl that you tried to hurt, you have never seen her before. And when my friend and I leave you, you'll snap out of this trance and go to class with no memory of what just happened. Is that clear?" The boy nodded his head and Kevin stood to leave with Alex following closely behind him. As the two left, Kevin stopped long enough to talk to Alex.

"Alex, are you OK?" Kevin asked.

"I'm a little shaken up, but I'll live. Who was that kid anyways?" Alex asked.

"That was Seth Rollins. He's one of three kids that you definitely need to stay away from. Him and his friends are nothing but thugs and bullies," Kevin spat.

"Wait a minute. Seth Rollins? Two of my friends were just talking about him in first period. One of them kinda has a theory that he and his friends might be behind what happened to Kelly," Alex said.

"Hmm, that's a bit of interesting advice. Head on to class and just wait for lunch that way you and Ariel can talk to Kelly's friends about what happened with her. They might be a big help for us," Kevin said.

"OK. And Kevin, thanks for coming to my rescue like that," Alex said, hugging Kevin before speeding off.

Kevin stood there for a few minutes, taking in the fact that Alex just hugged him. Slowly, he started to smile and laugh, saying "Crazy kid. Good thing we've got her here now," before leaving for class.

"You ready for this Ariel?" Alex asked.

"I guess so. I'd rather be getting my teeth drilled right now, but I suppose we're doing this for a spirit in need so it's the least we could do," Ariel said, groaning.

"If they're mean like you keep telling me, we can pull out of there at any minute. Now let's go get this over with," Alex said, as the two went into the cafeteria. "Now where are they sitting in here?"

"You see the girl over there with blonde hair and her short friend? That's Michelle and Layla," Ariel said.

Looking where Ariel told her to look, Alex could tell that these two girls were definitely candidates to be friends with Kelly. Taking a breath, Ariel and Alex made their way over to where Michelle was talking with her friends, much to the surprise of everyone around her.

"Ari, people are thinking about us," Alex whispered.

"It's because of the fact that two odd-looking people like us are making our way over to the table of supposed school royalty," Ariel said.

"Well, it's like I said, be nice. We just have to talk to them about Kelly and then we can leave," Alex said.

When the two finally made their way to Michelle's group, the popular kids all immediately started to stare at them.

"Umm, is there something that we can help you two with?" Michelle asked.

Taking a breath after fighting back her blush, Alex said "Uhh, yeah. My name is Alex and I'm new at this school. I got curious after hearing stuff about your friend Kelly Blank and what happened to her. Is there any possible way you'd want to talk about what happened to her?"

Hearing Kelly's name caused all conversation among the group to stop as everyone all looked to Michelle and a brown-haired boy sitting with them. Standing, Michelle said "It still feels raw inside, but I'll talk about it. Lay, will you and Mike come with us?"

"Sure thing, Chelle. Come on Mike," Layla said, motioning for the boy to come with them.

After the five left the cafeteria, Michelle looked at Alex and Ariel and asked "OK, why is it that you two want to know so much about what happened with Kells? It still hurts us to talk about her not being here."

"We just wanted to know. I got curious about why it seemed like she was talked about and yet the person that did it to her hasn't been found yet. Do you know anything about what had been going with her leading up to the night in question?" Alex asked.

"Haha, you sound like an amateur cop. Well, that's something Mike might be able to answer for you," Michelle said, motioning to Mike.

Looking at Mike, Alex asked "Mike, it's of major importance that you let us know about what happened with Kelly. I've got a feeling that the guy that did it might still be out there, and I want him to stop hurting anymore girls. Would you be willing to talk to us about it?"

After a minute of silent deliberation, Mike took a breath and said "Well, I don't really like trying to think back to what happened, but since it might help you two catch the sick fuck that did this to my girlfriend, I'll tell you what I know. Leading up to when it happened, we were just so in love with each other. Well, the night it happened, we were having a date night at my house and it was time for her to leave. I kept insisting that she stay with me, but she said she'd be fine with walking home, seeing as how she doesn't live that far from me. Then, while it's in the middle of the night, I'm hearing police sirens outside my house and the next thing I know, I'm running downstairs and out the door of my apartment, just to see the dead body of my girlfriend being loaded into an ambulance," Mike said, crying at this point.

"Did the police officers at the scene let you know anything about what may have happened?" Ariel asked.

"They didn't let me know anything until after her funeral and everything else for her was over. Then I heard about how they couldn't catch the guy and my heart just fell into my shoes. All I can say is that if you can manage to find the person that did this, I want you two to make him hurt and make him hurt bad," Mike said.

At this point, Kelly had appeared next to her friends and while Alex was comforting Mike, Kelly said "Tell Mike that I love him and miss him. Tell him that I'm confident in the fact that you and your friends and your brothers will be able to help me pass on."

"Mike, Kelly says that she loves you and that she misses you. She also said that she's got faith in the fact that we'll be able to help her pass on to rest in peace," Alex said.

"How would you know what she said? She's been dead for close to a year now," Michelle asked, puzzled.

"You three might find this hard to believe, but I'm a medium. I can see and communicate with spirits of the dearly departed. I've got no problem letting people know, but it's just so long as I can tell them that I'm OK with it. So don't go around blabbing about this to your friends, OK?" Alex said.

"We'll keep it a secret. Don't worry. Just make sure you do everything you can to help Kelly pass on," Mike said, hugging Alex.

"We'll do our best, won't we Ariel?" Alex asked.

"Yes we will. And don't think I'm doing this for you guys. I just want to help Alex out," Ariel said.

"Thanks a lot you two. We're counting on you both," Mike said.

Teen detectives... Is there nothing more adorable?