So, now with Gwen...
The girl sat in her house alone, pacing her living room. The goth girl couldn't really believe that Courtney was attacked last night, or almost attacked last night anyway. She had to go back out again, and this time, try harder to stop this guy before he gets to Courtney, Duncan, or Alejandro. Them, or any of her other friends. But she's not letting that happen, that's for sure.
Still pacing around the living room, until she heard the sound of her front door being knocked on. Gwen walked over to the front door, before seeing that Trent was actually outside her house right now, which she actually felt safe knowing that he was here. She opened the door, allowing Trent into her house.
"Hey Trent." Gwen said.
"Hey Gwen." Trent said. "I guess you're still worried about what has happened between you and Chris, huh?" Gwen nods her head, as the two walked into the living room, so that they can talk some more.
"I don't know how to tell you this, Trent. But Courtney was just attacked by whoever that was last night." Gwen leans on the back of her couch, crossing her arms. "Me, Noah, and Duncan ran off to her house, and...believe it or not...acted like a complete coward when the three of us arrived at her house. Even running off instead of fighting all three of us." Trent raises an eyebrow, finding this mysterious.
"Wow, that's kind of weird, isn't it?" Trent leans on the couch next to his girlfriend. "So...now what? What are we going to do about this person?" Gwen sighed, before turning her head towards the chair where she left her crossbow that was placed on the seat of it. The goth walked over to the crossbow, picking it up, and then nodding her head. "Oh no...Gwen, don't tell me you're actually going to go out there to try to stop this guy once again." Gwen looks behind herself at Trent, nodding her head.
"In a matter of fact...I'm afraid I'm going to have to." Gwen places the crossbow into the backpack, then faces Trent again. "If Duncan didn't see Courtney's number on the paper in time, she'd probably be dead. So who knows if this guy will attack again, or not." Gwen then walks up to Trent once again. "Besides, Chris was nowhere on the job when Courtney was attacked, so how can we continue to rely our trust in him if something like happened last night, happened?"
"Uh, cross our fingers and hope that this time nothing goes wrong."
"Be serious, Trent. I trust Chris with this, sure, but I feel like things are going too far now. It's about time that whoever this is arrested quicker than...Duncan during any day of the week." Trent was now super worried about this idea. He didn't want his girlfriend in anymore danger.
"Gwen, I seriously don't think you should do this. Don't you know that if you go out there tonight to do something like this, you could end up dying?!"
"Then like if the other three survive or not, guess we're going to have to cross our fingers and hope I don't die." Gwen then faces away from Trent, holding the crossbow in her hands. "This time, tonight, I am not missing this guy one bit."
Gwen raises her crossbow, firing an arrow into the vase that was on one of the tables that were in the dining room. To Trent, this really meant that Gwen was not kidding when she said that she was not going to miss getting this guy one bit. Gwen lowers her crossbow, still keeping a glare on her face, as Trent gulps with worry about what is going to happen tonight. He then raises up a finger, speaking to his girlfriend.
"Uh...I hate to joke around, but...I think we should clean that up, now that you've destroyed that vase..." Trent said, voice visibly shaken. Gwen looks at the dining room once again, before lowering her head.
"Yeah, we really should..." Gwen mutters, walking into the dining room to clean up the mess that she made.
Meanwhile...
Detective McLean was just driving around the town, trying to find this killer before he gets anyone else. In the process, he wanted to give Alejandro a visit to see he was happening all of this. Hell, he has no idea how he was feeling about all of this now that Jo has been dead, let alone know if he is aware of her death. Best Chris goes and checks how Alejandro was doing.
During his drive, Chris was listening to the song 'Bad Moon Rising' by Creedence Clearwater Revival on his radio on his way to the Spanish man's house. The detective finally arrives at the man's house, parking his car in front of the house. He got out of his car, making his way up to the front door so that he can see if Alejandro was home or not. Considering that the guy's car was in the driveway, it was pretty clear that he was home.
Chris knocks on the door, getting Alejandro's attention inside the house. The owner of the house opens the door, seeing the detective standing outside of his house. Chris finally spoke. "Hello Al, I see that you're home." Chris said, causing Alejandro to be annoyed.
"Don't call me that, please? My older brother calls me that, and the last thing I need is to be reminded of him." Alejandro mutters. "What brings you to my house on this fine morning?"
"Well, I haven't heard from you in awhile, so I went to make sure that you were okay."
"What a coincidence." Emma's voice said behind Chris.
Startled by the voice, Chris looks behind himself, seeing Noah and Emma standing right behind him. The two just arrived at the same time he was, which was indeed a coincidence. Chris laughs off Noah and Emma being here, until he turned towards Alejandro.
"Anyways, can we come in? Or are we not aloud into your house?" Chris asked. "Because I was just making sure you're alright, despite all that has been happening throughout a majority of the month."
Alejandro nods, allowing the three of them into his house. Noah was surprised, feeling like Alejandro would've still been angry with him due to the fact that he was angry along with Duncan and Jo upon hearing about Scott's death. Maybe he is moving pass that already? Noah didn't question this, he just walked into the house with his girlfriend following behind him.
Inside the man's house, Alejandro handed the three of them water bottles, along with getting one himself. The four of them than headed off to the living room so that they can sit down. Chris continued what he was going to say, immediately once they got into the living room.
"So, before I ask you Alejandro, I want to ask Noah and Emma something." Chris said, causing the Spanish man to nod his head. Chris then looks over to Noah and Emma, eyes narrowing at them. "Should I ask why you two decided to come here?"
"I mainly came to apologize to Alejandro about all that has happened. Mostly for what had happened to Scott when all of this first happened." Noah said. "I guess it would be null and void, considering that Duncan is still pissed off with me, but I had to anyway. Not to mention, with what had happened recently, I feel like it's best to see if he was okay or not." Noah then looks at Alejandro, wondering if he was or not. "I believe Chris was also coming here for that reason too, but...so did I." Emma nods her head. Alejandro sat there silently, before looking at his water bottle.
"Truth be told, I am still furious with Noah for what had happened to Scott..." Alejandro said, softly. "...Now, I end up hearing that Jo died a couple days ago, and that two people were there to try to stop it, according to Duncan. Personally, I feel like I should be angry with different people instead of the ones who tried to help."
Noah was finding the guy's words a little suspicious of what he was talking about. Chris was jumping to any sort of conclusions, so that was good, so far anyway. Alejandro then looks over to the three people who were still in his house. He sighed, before shaking his head at what happened to Jo.
"If it makes you guys feel any better, if I were there when Jo died, I probably would've saved her, or probably had my life taken instead of hers." Alejandro said. "My heart may belong to Heather, but that doesn't mean a girl like Jo suffers like Scott and Lightning." Noah looks down, feeling like he had some guilt in having those mentioned three dead, before he could even save them in time. He sighed, before looking over to Alejandro. "I feel nothing but guilt, like daggers hitting my head, hearing what had happened to Jo on that fateful night...it hurts me deep inside, wishing it were all a nightmare." Noah nods his head, looking down to the floor, feeling guilt about what had happened to Scott, Lightning, and Jo in the past few days.
"Truthfully...I wish that I...I was there to save Jo in time...it would at least show Duncan that I can save at least one of his friends." Noah said. Chris looks over to the scrawny boy on the second couch, before shaking his head.
"Hey, don't blame yourself on this one Noah, despite what happened to Scott...pretty much is your fault...but, there's no need to play hero in a situation like this." Chris said. "I'm not doing this to stop you, but I'm doing this because I want the town safe. Do you understand?" Noah and Emma nodded their heads, before the sound of beeping was heard on Chris's watch. "Well, it looks like it's time for me to get some coffee now. I will see you three later."
"Will do, Detective McLean." Emma said.
So the detective left the house, leaving Noah and Emma alone with Alejandro. Once the detective was finally out of the house, Noah looks over to the Spanish guy, seeing that he was looking at his own water bottle still. Noah took a sip of his own, before he finally spoke to the guy.
"So...I don't mean to be rude, but...by the way you were wording that..." Noah started off saying. "...Are YOU the guy going around, and killing all of Duncan's friends?"
After a couple moments of silence, Alejandro spoke. "Actually...no." The man said, placing his water bottle aside, and standing up. "All I can tell you is that Duncan might be furious with you for what has happened to Scott. I still am too. Only slightly." Noah looks down to the floor. "I don't know what had happened to Lightning, so I know nothing about that, but...I was told by Duncan, by Gwen, that she and you were there at the construction site, the night Jo died."
"Oh...well..."
"Enough words." The man said, holding up a hand. "...Gwen said that you were trying to save her instead of letting her die. Duncan still blames you for Scott's death, but despite still knowing that...I feel like it is only fair to forgive you on this one. Considering that you tried to save Jo shows me that you have redeemed yourself somehow, and with that, I feel like you are worthy of my forgiveness." Noah and Emma looked at each other. Noah looks back at Alejandro, feeling like all of this was sincere.
"Thanks Alejandro."
"Don't mention it." Alejandro then walked over to the kitchen, ready to walk into it, before looking at the two of them again. "Anyways, I must do some chores right now. May you two leave, now?"
"Of course, of course." Emma said, standing up from the couch she and Noah were sitting on. "Me and Noah have to get going anyway. It's nice to see you."
"It's nice to see you two, as well."
Emma and Noah exited the house, heading off to go off to one of their houses. Little did the two of them know, the figure was lurking behind the bushes from outside, watching the detective enter the house, including them. The shadowy figure walks off to go and heads off to another part of town.