In Cody's house...

Gwen brought Cody into his house after what had just occurred. Cody was sitting at his dining room table, still holding the wound that the person gave him. He was actually lucky Gwen brought a case carrying a First-Aid Kit inside of it. The goth girl went over to the boy as he was sitting at his table.

"How are you feeling, Cody?" Gwen asked him. Cody cringed holding the side of his stomach.

"I've been better." Cody said. "How do you even know about first-aid and stuff like that? Come to think, how do you know about using a crossbow? And...more importantly, why the hell were you out there attempting to go after that psycho?! You could get yourself killed out there!" Gwen pulls out a roll of bandages, before looking up at the geeky boy she was near.

"Well...before my dad left us, he taught me how to do a lot of these things when my little brother is at school." Gwen said, wrapping the wound on Cody's side with the bandages. "He brought me into the woods back when I was in middle school, and told me how to protect myself whenever I am in the woods alone. He also told me how to use the first-aid kit for emergencies out there as well. Personally, with all that he taught me back when I was a childhood, I guess all of that came in handy years later, huh?" Cody chuckles a little bit.

"I guess. But still, why the hell would you walk into the neighborhood knowing that psycho is out there? You could've been killed."

"I know. But I only went out there for the sake of the town." Gwen finishes up with the bandages, and then stood up from the chair. "My mother and little brother are out of town, and knowing that they could come back home in a month, I am not going to let this guy be around when they return."

"Okay. You're doing this for family, and family is a good thing. I get it. But still, let Detective Chris handle this."

"I would if I could Cody, but I have to so that I can make sure my family is safe from this guy or girl." Gwen pulls out the crossbow, and then walks up to the window. She peeks out the curtains, looking out to see if this figure was out there or not. She then looks back at Cody. "It's suicide of me to do something like this, I know. But considering all the bullshit that the town is going through, I think it's best that somebody stands up to try to kick this bastard's ass. If Chris is going to take his time, I'm going to take care of this figure myself."

"A bit hostile, don't you think?"

"Look, nothing's changing my mind, alright?"

Suddenly, the sound of banging was heard on the door. Gwen kept the crossbow in the ready, before peeking out the window, making sure that it's probably Chris or some of the police. But when Gwen looked out the window, there doesn't appear to be anyone outside. The goth didn't trust this one bit. She knew somebody was out there, so she kept her crossbow ready.

The goth girl walked out of the house, glaring around the front yard of Cody's house, not seeing anyone around. Not a single sign of movement out here. Strange. Then what was that banging out here? Because it was clearly on Cody's door, and nowhere else. That was when Gwen turns her head to look at the wall near Cody's mailbox.

It was the same arrow she sent at the guy after Cody was attacked. It had another note on it. Gwen immediately took the note out from the arrow sticking out of the wall, then walked into the house, closing the door behind her.

'I see that you've finally tried to track me down. Quite a shame you decided to waste a piece of paper, but I believe you should know this. YOU of all people shouldn't be involved in something like this. If you continue...well...I don't know what I'll do to you. But you're the least of my priorities right now. Keep yourself out of this...Gwen...' The note said.

So this figure knows her as well. Gwen had no idea how this guy or girl knows her name, but this had her freaked out. She kept herself together despite knowing what she knows now. However, maybe this could be some sort of clue. Whoever this is knows her somehow. Then again, whoever it is, already was in this town before, then most likely moved back.

The first person that Gwen thought of when it came to 'Moved Back' is Bridgette. But would a girl like her really be that hostile? Even then, she wouldn't make sense, she already confirmed that she is new in town. Not only that, but she doesn't really know Duncan all that much, and Scott died before she came to town.

So Bridgette is not the person doing all of this. Gwen walked back into the house, holding the paper in her hands. The goth closed the door, trying to think of who else could be involved in this.

"Okay...so this guy also knows who I am." Gwen said.

"You think? I think he won't forget the girl who attempted to act like a hero." Cody said.

"Shut up." Gwen sat down at the table, placing the paper she collected onto the table. "I never said my name around this guy yet. Nor did I even hear anyone else say my name around them yet. Either he knows me personally or...I don't know. But this is only a hutch in my mind."

"You're jumping to the conclusion that he knows you personally somehow?"

"I did say 'somehow', Cody. Keep that in thought." Gwen places the paper into her pocket. "That narrows it down to a couple people who I remember from my entire lifetime, including my friends back in our college. Bridgette is no longer a person who's a suspect since she doesn't know anyone around here, nor does she really seem to know anything about this town either."

"Bridgette, eh? Well...I believe you should know one thing about her, before you not believe that she's a suspect in this."

"And...what should I know about her?"

"Well...let's just say that she's dating Geoff. You know? That guy who threw the biggest parties at his house." Cody gave Gwen a smirk. "I remember one Halloween party ended up somebody knocking Tyler into the punch bowl...but enough said there. The real point I'm trying to get across here, is that if she doesn't know anyone, or anything about this town...then how does she know Geoff, her boyfriend, is here in this town?"

Gwen rubs her chin, seeing some of the points that Cody is saying. But apart of her didn't buy that Bridgette is the one who's been doing all of this. The goth shook her head.

"Cody, I believe we should find more clues before we start pointing fingers." Gwen said. She stood up from the chair again, before looking down at the boy. "Now...if you'll excuse me, I got to head out, and try to find this guy before they attempt anything else."

Gwen looks over to the door, then nods her head. As Gwen got to the door, Cody held out a hand, attempting to stop her. "Hold on, Gwen! What...what happens if you actually die out there?! This person told you not to get involved."

"And allow him to take down every last one of the bullies? I'm sorry Cody, but I'm not sitting back and allowing this to happen still." Gwen opens the door, before looking back at Cody one more time. "Just to let you know, before...if I actually end up dying out there...you and I may had our differences. You try to go out with me, and I always rejecting you. But even if...I ever saw you was nothing more but some dork...I appreciated our friendship, even if it felt like it didn't exist between the both of us." Cody looks down, at the floor.

"I...thought you always hated me deep down..." Cody nods his head at the goth girl. "...Be safe out there, Gwen." The girl straightens out her own trench coat, keeping her crossbow ready.

"Thanks."

Silently, the goth girl left his house. Cody sat there, looking to the floor, feeling a bit happy to himself that Gwen was actually friends with him in a way. He still didn't felt like he deserved her friendship, despite a couple times he tried to get her to fall in love with him. But then again, for Cody, all of that was in the past and nothing more. Especially when it came to dating Sierra, he nearly forgotten that he tried to get Gwen to fall in love with him.

'I felt like I should've been a better friend to her in the past...' Cody said in his thoughts. 'I'm not the coolest, nor smartest, nor nicest guy in our whole college, but...I wish that I could've been a little more respectable of Gwen's decisions and choices in the past. I know for a fact that I wasn't when it came to most of them...' Cody looks at his door, looking worried for the goth girl again. 'I just hope that she makes it through the night okay.'