"Gwen, you have no idea where he is now. You can't go wandering the streets like a lost puppy!" Duncan shouted at me.

"Why the hell do you fucking care so much?"

"BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO DIE GWEN!" he yelled, "You gotta think this through." I pulled my hand from his grip. Suddenly, we heard laughing from outside. But not the 'something's funny' laughing. More like...taunting laughing. We looked out the window to see 4 kids surrounding a girl. She just stood there, looking at the ground, while they taunted her and pushed her around. My blood began to boil.

"I'll be right back." Duncan nodded as he continued to watch the scene with an angry expression. I stormed outside and listened to the boys and girl taunting the other girl.

"What's wrong Emolisia? Cat caught your tongue?" the girl said. One of the boys grabbed her arm.

"Another bruise? This is becoming as frequent as those other emo freaks." he laughed as she snatched her arm away.

"Is girly getting mad?" another boy taunted.

"Leave me alone." the girl mumbled. The mean girl laughed and took a step closer.

"But what if I don't wanna? You won't do anything. You're just a freak. A loner, an emo loner with no friends."

"I have a friend." she mumbled again.

"Who? Your imaginary friend?"

"His name is Alex...Alex Wood." I gasped. I ran across the street.

"Hey! Leave her alone!" The clique turned to me.

"Oh God, she's just as ugly as Heather says she is!" automatically I knew who it was. Heather's little sister, Delaney.

"Shut up Delaney." I growled. "Leave her alone and go make a scene somewhere else." Delaney stuck her nose in the air and walked away.

"Come on boys." I glared at their retreating backs. Fucking snobby, rich, dramatic, stupid ass bastards. I hate them all. I looked at the girl.

"You ok? They didn't hit you or anything right?"

"I'm alright." I took a good look at her. She had long black hair, and her purple bangs covered her eyes.

"Are you a good friend of Alex's?" she nodded.

"I met him today. I'm new to the area and he's my first friend. We have alot in common." that part got to me. In common?

"Tell me, what is your name?"

"Annalisia...Meekina."

"Tell me Annalisia...do you get abused?" She looked up at me. Tears poured down her face. I rolled up my sleeve and showed her my bruises and scars. "It's ok Annalisia, cause I do too. You aren't alone." She began to cry. She nodded. She hugged me. She was my height, but in the same grade as Alex.

"Alex told me the same thing. Are you his sister?" I nodded, tears threatening to overflow. She noticed.

"What's wrong? Are you ok?"

"Annalisia, since you're his only friend I'll tell you...he-Alex is dead." I said this quietly. She gasped.

"No..."

"Gwen!" I turned to see Duncan running towards us.

"Yeah, what is it?"

"We have to go to the police station, the detective has something to show us." he sees Annalisia and puts on an 'Oh shit' face. "Um...hi?"

"It's ok. I know. I'll leave now. Goodbye Gwen." she walked away.

"I did not mean to say that in front of her." he said. I shrugged.

"I told her that Alex died. He was a friend of her's."

"Did you tell her how?"

"No. She's just a kid. A junior. I'm not gonna have her listen to the gruesome tale. And I...I don't wanna say it." Tears welled up in my eyes again. Duncan hugged me.

"Gwen, don't cry. I don't wanna see you cry anymore. Ugh, Gwen..." I wiped the tears away.

"Sorry...let's just go to the police station."

*Police Station*

We walked in and was greeted by the female detective.

"Hey Gwen, remember me? Detective O'Brian?" so that's her name! I nodded.

"What's the problem?" Duncan asked.

"Hon, I'm not gonna beat around the bush, your father escaped and is at large. And he killed my partner." I gasped.

"What happened?"

*Flashback*

Johnathan was dragged into the little room where officers and detectives interrogate the suspect. Detective Santiago(O'Brian's partner) walked in after him.

"Go. I wanna talk to him alone."

"You sure?"

"Go O'Brian. I'm sure I've got this under control." The female detective closed the door and walked away. She went to the chief and handed him the papers and explained what happened. Just as she got to the point where she was gonna tell him he was being interrogated, shots were heard.

"What the hell was that?" the chief asked. O'Brian ran out of the office and towards the interrogation room.

"Get me backup!" she yelled. She took out her gun and began to open the door but it was locked. "Fuck!" she yelled. There was a bang and she paused. "JASON!" she screamed, in worry for her partner. No response. She stepped back and shot the hinges of the door. They broke and she kicked the door open. Leaning against the wall, with a bullet in his head, was Detective Santiago.

"Holy shit Jason!" she ran to him, and the other officers filled the room. "Where the hell is Wood?" she demanded, carefully holding her bleeding partner's head in her lap.

"Detective, look." she looked in the back top right corner in the room, the vent was opened and was obviously used for the convicts escape.

"DAMN IT!" she screamed, slamming her hands on the table. Santiago's body was carried out, and O'Brian left soon after to call the kids.

*End Flashback*

"He killed another innocent Gwen." O'Brian finished.

"Detective, is there any leads to where he might be?" I asked, a sudden burst of determination exploded in me. Another life was taken by my father...

This cannot go on.