Ch.21: The 'Friend' from Secretchat

Later that night, Amy and Espio were riding in the car together in the front. As Espio looked out the window next to him, Amy had her eyes on the road. However, she still couldn't think about Shadow. Just after that kiss, she felt like a new woman. Heck, it made her feel happy inside. But Espio didn't care about that. He only wanted her to stay focus on the case.

"Hey", he spoke. "We got business to take care of."

"I know", Amy said, waking up from her daydreaming. "Anyway, what was that you wanted to tell me?"

"About the killer?" Espio asked. "Well, me and the others were leaving the movies until we heard a scream. After that, we chased the criminal all the way to a corner at Park Avenue. And that's where I found this", he explained as he pulled out the pistol in a plastic bag.

"Interesting", Amy nodded. "I guess you're right about getting some work done."

"Then we might as well get to work", Espio looked at her.

"Just the two of us?" Amy raised an eyebrow.

"Well, Vector and the boys are still at home", the chameleon said. "Plus, Cream's still at the hotel. So we might as well get the job done now when it's just the two of us."

"Great", Amy sighed as she lowered her ears. "That's just what I needed."

"Gee, thanks", Espio crossed his arms and looked forward in sarcasim.

The female detective sighed again as she continued driving. Moments later, she began to see Shadow's face in her eyes. His smile, those beautiful red eyes, and his sweet handsome voice. Although, it was only a kiss! But Amy couldn't think of anything else except Shadow. All Amy could do was smile and dream. That is until Espio snapped his fingers right at her face. She gasped as she got into control. Yet again, he ruined a lovey-dovey moment.

"Focus", Espio said impatiently.

"Sorry", Amy blinked to open her eyes.

"Say, you did say something some website, right?" Espio asked to make sure.

"Oh, yeah", Amy nodded. "Secretchat, I remember that. The parents told me about this special friend of Cindy and Jackie's."

"Well, let's look it up", Espio suggested. "We could find some clues about the guy."

"Hopefully, we'll know who it is…" Amy narrowed her eyebrows. "Hey, how are we going to look him up? Neither one of us has a computer. Plus, the library's closed."

"Hmmm…I got it", Espio snapped his fingers with a grin.

A while later, Espio knocked on the front door of a post office. Amy shivered as the chilly wind blew pass her. A sudden moment later, a brown squirrel opened the wooden door. Somehow, Amy recognized him from sometime ago. Only Espio knew who it was.

"Espio?" the squirrel rubbed his eyes. "Long time no see."

"Hey, Ray", Espio winked. "How's it been going?"

"Just working my butt off as usual", Ray stretched his arms. "And who do we have here?" he turned to Amy and smiled.

"I'm-," Amy was about to introduce herself.

"Just a friend", Espio shrugged his shoulders.

"My name is Amy", the pink hedgehog seethed angrily due to Espio's rudeness.

"So what can I do for ya?" Ray asked.

"Do you have a computer in here somewhere?" Espio asked back.

"Well…only the boss can use it", Ray rubbed the back of his head. "But since I'm the only one here, I guess I can let ya use it for a little bit. Why do you need it anyway?"

"Just for some business", Espio said as he held up his detective badge.

A few minutes later, Ray opened a door to the back of the office. Espio and Amy walked in and found a computer at the end of the room. Amy sat down at the computer desk as Espio turned on a lamp next to him. Then they turned on the computer. About five minutes later, Amy reached to Secretchat. On the front page, it showed the pictures of Cindy, Jackie, and Alexandria to remember their deaths.

"Wait, Alex was on this website, too?" Amy blinked in shock.

"What do you think?" Espio rolled his eyes sarcastically.

Amy clicked on a picture of Cindy. Her personal page was filled wallpapered hearts in the background along with lots of notes and pictures. On to the right, there was an info box about her. It read:

Name: Cindy Tyler

Age: 17

School: Station Square High

Occupation: Student, captain of the cheerleading squad

Likes: Partying, cheerleading, boys, shopping, making new friends, getting paid, music, and puppies

Dislikes: Fake friends, homework, break ups, losing those around her, bullies, not getting paid, boring music, mean teachers

Goals/Dreams: To graduate high school, having a family of her own, having lots of money, to move to Los Angeles

Life: September 13th 1989-April 25th 2006

Amy went and clicked on her friends' list. Most of them were high school students from her school. Obviously, a lot of them were blondes (except Jackie), because she was a blonde. All of them were juniors or seniors. However, one of her friends didn't have a photo shop of them. A question mark was shown next to someone named 'Grim'. Amy clicked on the name and went to his page. As she got there, she overlooked at the wallpaper decorated with blood, skulls, and odd Japanese scriptures. The detective scroll down to his friends list. All of them were filled with women between the ages of 16-29. The first females on the first page were Cindy, Jackie, and Alexandria. Both Amy and Espio couldn't believe their eyes. As Amy looked at his profile, it read:

Name: Grim

Age:?

School:?

Occupation: Hustler/Pimp/Player/Banker

Likes: Getting what he wants, sex, money, women, making others do what he says, taking control of anyone he desires, and selling women

Dislikes: Cops, those who gets in his way, plans that don't go well, waiting for his 'employees', waiting to get 'paid'

Goals/Dreams: Getting all of the women he wants

Life:?

After reading his info, Amy gasped. Is that why Cindy, Jackie, and Alexandria died? Because of not giving what he wants? Not only that he's the criminal, but he's also a disgusting dog! Just seeing those 'occupations' made Amy frustrated. And to think that all men were nice and polite to women. But she was wrong, dead wrong. Espio raised an eyebrow in confusion. What was his real name? A lot of questions weren't answered just yet.

"You gotta be fucking kidding me", Espio shook his head. "The criminal's a pimp?"

"That's just stupid", Amy growled. "I just want to take that guy down and fast."

"Still, we don't know where he lives. Nor do we know his real name."

"I guess that's why he killed those three. All of them worked for him as whore slaves", Amy said with an unhappy face.

"I'm starting to guess that they didn't want to do anymore of his dirty work, so he killed them", Espio added.

"Still, Cindy and Jackie were just kids trying to graduate high school. As for Alex, she struggled to get to college. Why would that guy just take advantage of young women?" Amy shook her head.

"I guess because their too innocent for his crimes. And that they don't really know how to live for themselves", Espio said. "Plus, they don't get charged much by the age. So he makes them do the work just to keep him out of trouble."

"We have got to find that guy", Amy got up from the seat. "Otherwise, more women will get killed."

"Hmm", Espio turned to her with a nod.

Meanwhile, near Little Street, a 20 year old woman was walking down a silent sidewalk. She had short cut black hair, had badge colored skin, and dark green eyes. She wore a red tube top, a short blue mini-skirt, and long red boots. Apparently, she was looking for someone. But doesn't she even know that the killer is on the loose? Looks like she didn't. Just as she passed an empty corner, someone made a loud 'psst' sound. She stopped and looked to her left. Then she tip-toed into a dark alley.

Suddenly, she stopped. A few feet in front of her was a man dressed in all black without showing his face. A smile came upon her face. It seemed that she was able to recognize him. The man opened his arms nicely for a hug. Without hesitation, the woman walked to him and began to kiss him. Passion and love was flowing through them. After two minutes of their kiss, they released their lips.

"Did you missed me?" the woman asked with a smirk.

"You know I did", the man chuckled as he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"What do you want to do now?" the woman asked in lust in her voice.

"I think I got an idea", the man giggled slyly as he took her left hand.

The two left the alley and got in a red sportscar. After that, they closed the front doors and fastened their seatbelts. The woman gave her lover another long kiss and then released him. Then the man started the car and drove off. He wrapped his right arm around the woman as she rested her head on his shoulder. She sighed happily as she hugged him around the waist. But she didn't know that all of the happiness would soon come to an end. In the trunk, a primary victim (which Espio saw the other night), was tied up from head to toe. She mumbled help with a duck tape on her mouth. Still, the couple didn't even hear her. All she could do was shut up and wait for her death…

To Be Continued…