Paw: I would've posted this yesterday, but I was, er... distracted. (Inner Paw: Yeah, let's go with that!)
Tammy: I think you're lying.
Paw: What do you mean? I'd never lie to you! (Inner Paw: Dammit! How does she know?!)
Tabby: She was probably reading yaoi again and being too lazy to update.
Paw: That's Not true! I went home early 'cuz I was sick and I wasn't able to get on the computer! (Inner Paw: Yes Paw, clever Paw. Tell them some truth but not all truth.)
Tammy:And she's talking with her inner self. I hate Inner Paw.
Paw: I do not have an Inner Self!! (Inner Paw: Yes, lie. Lie! Sin. Sin. Be a sinner. Ssssssssiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrr.)
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Chapter 11
"What the-?!" Tabby gaped, "Those two were actually friends?" Roxie nodded. "I don't believe it."
"It's true." She countered. "I was on the team too. They were the captains' and always worked together to make our cheers." Tabby looked at the picture of the two girls. They had their arms around each others' shoulders and both girls hair stood out in the blue and pink uniforms. It was up in a ponytail and they had pompoms hanging from each wrist.
"I still don't believe it," Tabby said. "How did they stop being friends?"
"I'm not sure," Roxie admitted. "There were tons of rumors floating around- one of which is close to being true."
"Which is?" The kids leaned in to hear.
"Apparently Tammy was on some kind of medicine that none of us knew about," Roxie explained, "And Hillary dumped it for some reason. Then, without her medicine Tammy had a seizure."
"I don't believe it," Chazz and Hassleberry said/snapped.
"You don't have to." Roxie said. "They became enemies the next day when Hillary tried kicking Tammy off of the cheer squad. Tammy refused to go and Hillary threw a fit. It was the same day we became friends. I came to Tammy's aid and Hillary kicked me off as well. She took my pompoms and said that if either of us showed up at the game she'd call the police on us."
"And you'll never believe what they did." Jason smirked.
"What?"
"We joined the duel team, and the school newspaper." Roxie grinned. "Tammy was the photographer and I interviewed our teammates. Hillary was so pissed that she and her teammates were cheering the same people that she kicked off."
"Now that sounds like my little sister," Tabby grinned. "Now, let's go hook our digital camera's up to the TV. Let's see what we can figure out about the crime scene." The kids nodded and left for the living room.
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"What are we looking for again?" Roxie whined in the dark living room.
"Anything."
"Well, I see blood, blood, blood, more blood, white, red, blood, a circle with an 'x' through it, bl-" Roxie said, before getting interrupted.
"What did you just say?!" Tabby snapped viciously at Roxie, causing her to flinch.
"Uh… blood?"
"No, after that."
"White?"
"After,"
"A circle with an 'x' through it?"
"That."
"What about it?"
"Where is it?"
"Right here," Roxie said, walking up to the screen. "It's outlining the pool of blood, and the majority of the blood is originating at the center of the 'x'. It's almost like somebody planned to-"
"Kill Hillary!" Tabby finished, awestruck. "Wait One minute! I think I can figure this out!" And she was running from the room.
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There was a dull thud! as Tammy's head cracked harshly against the cement siding of the bridge. The others, however, were lucky enough to have thin air on all sides of them. The girl had tight grip on Tammy's arm, and somebody apparently had ensnared that girl's waist, keeping her up as well.
"One…"
"Two…"
"Heave!" The two people shouted- girls, by the voices. The kids came flying up and they collided on the hard asphalt. Tammy cracked her head against it again, and she hadn't made any attempt to stop it.
"Tammy?!" Jaden and Jesse chorused, getting up and running over to Jaden's little sister. "Tammy, get up!" She wouldn't move.
"Move aside," One of the girls said. She had short, light green hair and brown eyes. She checked Tammy's head, feeling it over until she hit a spot that made Tammy hiss violently.
"It's her head," The girl called to her friend. "Get my bag."
"Righto Sarah!" The other girl called cheerfully and searched through the cab of a beat up, green, truck. She pulled out a black bag and drug it over to the other girl, Sarah.
"Thanks Shara," The girl, Sarah said to the other girl. The other girl, Shara, had long dark green hair, but her eyes were the same shade as Sarah's.
"All right you two," The girl, Shara, said to Jesse and Jaden. "Move out of Sarah's way. She'll fix up your friend. She's in training to be a doctor. Well, a LN."
"LN?" Jesse and Jaden asked.
"Licensed Nurse," Alexis answered. "They earn more money than normal nurses."
"Oh."
"Why are you two even out here?" Alexis asked.
"We thought the bridge was still open," Shara answered, as Sarah pressed a cloth to Tammy's head. "There was nothing saying it wasn't. Then we heard somebody and went to inspect. Never thought you'd be hanging off the side though."
"Why did you want to cross the bridge?" Jesse asked.
"There's a… a cemetery on the other side," Shara said, hesitating. "We were going… to… visit our mother's grave." Sarah raised an eyebrow at Shara, but none of the others' seemed to notice.
"I'm sorry," Alexis said. "How old are you two anyway?"
"We're both 17," Shara said, "We're… twins." Only Sarah noticed the hesitation in Shara's voice, but she didn't do anything.
"So you two are around the same age as us?" Jaden asked, and Sarah nodded.
"Your friend should be alright," She said. "We can give you a ride to your house, if you want." Jaden nodded.
"Thanks, a ride would be appreciated."
"It's no problem," Shara said with a smile. "Your friend and one of you will have to go into the bed of the truck though; we only have two seats in the cab."
"Jesse can," Alexis and Jaden answered simultaneously, and Jesse's face fell.
"Alright," Sarah said with a shrug, closing her bag. "Let's get her into the truck and we can go. And somebody's going need to give me directions to the house."
"I'll do that," Jaden said. They loaded the unconscious Tammy onto the bed of the truck, her head on Jesse's lap, Alexis and Jaden got in the cab, and they were off.
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"Found it!" Tabby proclaimed, running into the living room with a big, heavy, book opened to a page.
"What is it?" Atticus asked.
"It's the Duel Assassins symbol," Tabby stated.
"You mean that lame group you were with?" Chazz said boredly, and Tabby nodded.
"Not only that," Tabby said, "But," she laid the book open on the coffee table. "It's the same symbol they use for this." She pointed at the page.
"What is it?" Syrus and Roxie asked.
"It's a Ritual," Tabby said. "You take one component dark, one component light, and shed that components' matter over the middle of the 'x' during the new moon for dark, full moon for light."
"What kind of Ritual?" Jason asked. "What is it for?" Tabby ignored him and continued her explanation.
"But," She continued, "In order for the Ritual to work, they need a host, willing or unwilling, it doesn't matter."
"But why attack Hillary?" Atticus asked curiously.
"She was the dark component," Tabby stated, her voice never faltering. "Her matter was her blood. She was lucky she was allowed to live."
"And the light component?" Hassleberry asked.
"I'm not sure of that one yet."
"The host?" Chazz asked.
"They're trying to bring back Master," Tabby said, not answering Chazz's question. "Master Xanthos. From the Shadow Realm."
"And his host?" Jason asked. Tabby took a deep breath. She paused and hesitated before saying:
"Tamantha Briana Sanders Yuki."
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Jesse: Why'd ya sedate the authoress Tabby?
Tammy: Because she was talking to her inner self.
Jesse: And That's Bad Why?
Tabby: Because She always listens to her inner self.
Jaden: And That's Bad Why?
Tammy: Because She'll set out on a spree of destruction!
Jesse/Jaden: ATBW? (And That's Bad Why?)
Tammy/Tabby: You are idiots.
Jesse/Jaden: ATBW?
Tammy/Tabby: Shut up!!