Hello everyone, I am back with another one-shot, I am now making a one-shot series of chipmunk detective, I hope you enjoy this one.
Summary: One by one, Brittany's friends from high school have been getting killed, once every day, and Simon must find the killer before Brittany becomes the next victim.
It has been a year since college, a year after Simon's first case, and now he is officially a detective.
Afterwards he has solved a few more cases, and things were just like normal.
That was then and this is now, the year 1992 it was Monday at Simon's apartment, 22 year old Simon Seville was in the kitchen making his coffee, waiting for his phone to ring, expecting another case, he went in the lounge, sat down on the couch, turned the TV on, and it showed a program, he began to drink his coffee, the phone then rung, Simon answered it.
" Hello...okay...wait what...oh dear...I'll be on my way", Simon then turned the TV off, and left his apartment.
He arrived at a park where a car crash occurred, Jeanette and Brittany are there as well.
" What are you two doing here", said Simon.
" It's my friend in there, Angela, she's dead", said Brittany.
" Is she your friend from high school", said Simon.
" Yes", said Brittany.
" I'm so sorry Britt", said Simon, wrapping his arms around Brittany.
" I am here to comfort Britt", said Jeanette.
" What about you", said Brittany, after the hug was broke.
" I came to investigate", said Simon, he then approached the car and looked inside.
" What's to investigate, she must have been drink driving", said Brittany.
He then got his head out of the car and turned to Brittany.
" I might not be a mechanic, but I do know what's inside a car, Angela must have been murdered", said Simon.
" How", said Jeanette.
" Look at the road, she was coming down it was she, from a hill, to the tree where she crashed, if you were driving down a hill what do you do", said Simon.
" Use the brakes to avoid crashing at the bottom", said Brittany.
" And as you may look at the car, you can see the brakes are missing, of course she wouldn't be that stupid doing that sort of thing herself, somebody else must have done it", said Simon.
" Who would be that stupid doing such a thing", said Brittany.
" I don't know, in case I might be wrong and she was drink driving, I need a full Autopsy on Angela, see if there is any alcohol", said Simon.
It was now Tuesday, Simon was in his office in his apartment waiting for the autopsy to be sent to him, around lunch it came and he read the autopsy on Angela, then Jeanette came in.
" Well you're home early", said Simon.
" I got the rest of the day off", said Jeanette.
Ever since they graduated, Simon and Jeanette moved in together, the same thing happened with Alvin and Brittany, as for Theodore and Eleanor, they are still living with Dave.
" How was the autopsy", said Jeanette.
" As it turns out there is no trace of alcohol in Angela, so she was murdered", said Simon.
" but who could have done a thing like this", said Jeanette.
The door then knocked.
Jeanette answered it.
It was Lilly, girlfriend of Nick who was killed in Simon's first case, and Jeanette's best friend.
" Hey Lilly", said Jeanette.
" Hey, I heard about Brittany's friend, I sorry for her loss", said Lilly as she came in.
" Don't worry about, I don't know who would do such a thing, we must know who has a grudge against Angela", said Jeanette.
Then Brittany came in.
" Oh hey Brittany, what happened", said Simon as he discovered the look of Brittany's face.
" It's Priscilla, she's dead", said Brittany.
" Another one of your friends, two of Brittany's dead in two days, what's going on in this world", said Simon, they left the apartment.
The four arrived at a lake where Priscilla was carried out into a body bag.
" She couldn't swim, she drowned", said Brittany.
" I could bet she was murdered too", said Simon.
" She was", said Brittany.
" How did you know", said Simon.
" You see that old lady over there", said Brittany, pointing at an old lady setting on a bench talking to a cop.
" Yeah, I also know her, she walks here every week", said Simon.
" Well, she witnessed the murder, that a hooded figure pushed Priscilla into the lake", said Brittany.
" I bet the person who killed Priscilla was the same person who killed Angela", said Simon.
" What makes you think that", said Jeanette.
" Face it, two of Brittany's friend have been murdered on two different days, someone must have a grudge on these two, Brittany do you know anyone who does", said Simon.
" I don't know", said Brittany.
" Whatever the grudge is, and whoever is holding it, it's a really big case, and I'm taking it", said Simon.
It was now Wednesday, Simon was in his office, going through some notes.
Jeanette then came in.
" Something wrong Jeanette", said Simon, after looking at Jeanette's worried face.
" Another one of Brittany's friends is dead", said Jeanette.
" The third time already, three deaths in three days, this must be a record", said Simon.
He got up and left the office.
They arrived and the apartment of the third victim, the room was trashed.
" What was the girls name", said Simon.
" Her name is Jennifer", said Jeanette.
" How did she die", said Simon.
" She hung herself, this is the rope that killed her", said Jeanette, handing him an untied rope.
" Has someone untied this or was it found this way", said Simon.
" Someone found it this way, the first person who came in saw rope marks on her neck", said Jeanette.
" But he didn't see her hanging there right", said Simon.
" Well no", said Jeanette.
" Well then she didn't hang her self, and by the looks of the room", Simon then pointing around the room that's been trashed, "there looked like there has been a struggle, someone must have strangled her".
" Are you sure", said Jeanette.
" How about I check the footage of the security cameras to see if I'm right", said Simon.
They arrived at the security room, and checked the computers.
" Outside Jennifer's room, and here we go, a hooded figure went in, 5 minutes later he went out, and, the first witness then came in one minute later, that hooded figure was the same one that old lady was talking about with Priscilla's case, all three murders of Angela, Priscilla and Jennifer are done by the same person, I need to talk to Brittany", said Simon.
Simon approached to Brittany's apartment, knocked on the door, and waited, Brittany then answered.
" Hey Simon", said Brittany.
" Hey, may I come in", said Simon.
" Of course", said Brittany, Simon went in and sat down on the couch.
" Have you heard about Jennifer", said Simon.
" Yeah", said Brittany.
" First Angela, then Priscilla, now Jennifer, all three of them are your friends, are you sure you don't have an enemy", said Simon.
Brittany then hesitated.
" Well", said Simon.
" Well there is this one person, her name was Mary", said Brittany.
" I don't know her", said Simon.
" Because you, Alvin and Theodore were out on a tour in Europe for three months, during that time at school we had a new student, I can't remember her last name, but I know her first name is Mary", said Brittany.
" What happened", said Simon.
" Me, Angela, Jennifer, Priscilla and my other friend Christina were the five cheerleaders, it was just us five until Mary joined in, the other four didn't want her on the team, and I only thought the squad was great with just us five, the four were planning on doing a prank, I had to join in because I was worried I'll get the same treatment", said Brittany.
" What did you do", said Simon.
" It happened at the girls lockers, Mary was taking a shower, I did something I regretted big time, we took away her clothes and ran off with them, leaving her half naked in the locker room, we hid her clothes in the gym and hid at the corner waiting for her to show up", said Brittany, tears was starting to leak from her eyes.
" Go on", said Simon.
" Thankfully for me, she made it through the hall without being seen and entered the gym, she found her clothes tied to a bag and went to them, the bag was tied to a rope, one of the girls pulled down on the rope raising the bag so she couldn't reach it, then the basketball players came in, five of them, including her crush John", said Brittany.
" What happened next", said Simon.
" All of the jocks was just laughing at her, including John, us girls then showed ourselves and joined in the laughter, even me, I felt stupid doing so", said Brittany.
" You could just see how embarrassed she was, exposed in front of her own crush, who was laughing at her, I messed up", said Brittany.
" So is that it", said Simon.
" No, the jocks and us girls were forced not to reveal any of it, also no one found out we did it, except for Mary, she told on us, and we got a week in detention the next day, I found out one of the girls took a bunch of photos of the scenario, and stuck them on the school board for everyone to see, she became an outcast afterwards", said Brittany, with more tears coming out, " She lost everything, her scholarship, John, even her parents have been ignoring her, and it's all my fault".
Simon then wrapped her arms around Brittany as she continued crying, after a minute it stopped and they continued talking.
" I guess we now know you and Christina better watch out, Mary might strike on one of you two next", said Simon.
" It could not have been Mary involved on the killings", said Brittany.
" Well she has a huge motive", said Simon.
" But she's dead", said Brittany.
" Wait what", said Simon.
" You heard me, one month before you came back, she committed suicide, crashing her car off the hill in the ocean, all they found was a syringe, a knife and rope", said Brittany.
" how did she die", said Simon
" There has been five possible causes of Mary's death, the rope shows she probably hung herself in the car, the syringe had poison in it, there was also a knife with her blood I think, the car did crash over the hill, and she might have still lived when was in the sea, but drowned", said Brittany.
" What about the body", said Simon.
" They couldn't find it, and they also called off the search after six months of trying to find it and declared her dead", said Brittany.
" But they didn't find the body, so she could still be alive", said Simon.
It was Thursday, Simon was going through some notes, trying to find out more about Mary, he does know Mary has a birth scar on her left arm shaped of the letter M, that's why her name was Mary.
" Whoever Mary is, she could be in this town disguised as another person, luckily this scar she has is our clue, if I find that scar, I will find Mary", said Simon
Jeanette then came in.
" Let me guess, Christina or Brittany", said Simon.
" Christina, but how did you know it was going to be her, and what do you mean by Brittany.", said Jeanette.
" Because for the past four days all four of Brittany's friends have died, all have been responsible for the prank on Mary, who I believe is the killer", said Simon.
" But isn't she...", Jeanette got cut off.
" Dead, I know Brittany told me, but I have a theory she isn't, where is the body of Christina", said Simon.
" Christina got carried out, from a cafe", said Jeanette.
" Well let's go and investigate, I think I know what's happening", said Simon.
Two hours later Simon and Jeanette returned home with a couple of files.
" The autopsy showed she's been poisoned, there was poison in the cup she was drinking from", said Simon.
" So one the waiters have done it", said Jeanette.
" No, I think I know who's been behind all this", said Simon.
" Who", said Jeanette.
" Remember when they assumed Mary was dead, we now know she isn't because they didn't find the body, but those five causes of her fake death were put there for a reason, she was making a message for the five cheerleaders, including Brittany that she was going to get them one day in future, and that day is now", said Simon.
" What do you mean", said Jeanette.
" The car represented Angela's death when she crashed, the ocean represented Priscilla's death when she drowned in the lake, the rope represented Jennifer's death when she was strangled with the rope around her, and the syringe with the poison in it represented Christina's death with the poison in the coffee, that still leaves the knife, and you also know who is still standing right", said Simon.
" No, you don't mean", Jeanette's eyes widened.
" Yep, Brittany's next", said Simon.
" When", said Jeanette.
" Well Angela died this Monday, Priscilla died on Tuesday, Jennifer died on Wednesday, and Christina died today on Thursday, which means that Brittany is going to die tomorrow on Friday getting stabbed to death", said Simon.
" Not unless I do something about it", Jeanette said, her knuckles clenching.
" You mean not unless we do something about it", said Simon.
It is now Friday, 1:30 at noon to be exact and both Simon, Jeanette are with Brittany at her apartment.
" Can you guys tell me, why are you being over protective", said Brittany.
" What would you say or do if I said Mary isn't dead and is out to get you", said Simon.
" I would probably freak out", said Brittany.
" Okay, Mary's not dead, she's out to get you", said Simon.
Brittany's eyes widened.
" How is that possible", she said.
" Face it, for the past four days, your friends have been killed by the same object's she faked her death with, what's left is the knife, and she is going to get her last victim today, which is you", said Simon.
" What do I do, Alvin won't be back until the next three hours", said Brittany.
" We will stay here", said Simon.
" Oh wait I can't, my shifts in half an hour", said Jeanette.
" Can you convince them for a day off", said Simon.
" I can't somebody called in sick, so I'll have to work until 6, I'm sorry Brittany", said Jeanette, she then left the room.
" Okay well, I will stay here then", said Simon, then his phone rang.
He answered it. " Hello...oh hey Dave...okay...alright be there in a sec", said Simon.
" That was Dave, he want's me to pick him up from the store, his car broke down, I won't be back for an hour", said Simon.
" So it'll just be me till then", said Brittany.
" Okay, now Brittany, I want you to listen to me when I say this, until I return, I want you to keep that door locked, don't let anyone in", said Simon.
" Will do", said Brittany.
Simon then left the apartment, Brittany then lied on the couch and watched a bit of TV, 15 minutes later, the door knocked, Brittany looked through the peephole and found Jeanette's friend Lilly.
She opened the door.
" Hey Lilly", said Brittany.
" Hey Brittany, may I come in", said Lilly.
" Sure", said Brittany.
Lilly then sat down on the chair.
" I heard about Christina, sorry for your loss", said Lilly.
" I'm fine, what brings you here", said Brittany.
" I came to check on you, I heard about Mary, Simon told me she's still alive", said Lilly.
" I know, hang on a minute, how did you know about Mary, Jeanette didn't meet you until we started college", said Brittany.
" Again, Simon told me, as well as she might go after you with a knife today", said Lilly.
" Simon wasn't meant to tell anyone about that, he was suppose to...", Brittany's eyes then widened and she turned around and saw Lilly standing up holding a knife.
" You're Mary", said Brittany.
" Yep, you're correct, I had to disguise myself as another person, make friends with one of your sisters to gang their trust and yours, after four years of plotting it was finally time for me to strike", said Lilly.
" Look Mary, I'm sorry for what I did, I was really going to apologies four years ago after that incident, I didn't was any of that to happen either", said Brittany.
" Well you could have stopped them, if you did then I would not have been humiliated in front of John, but no, you were just laughing like the rest of them", said Mary.
" Look, that was four years ago, can we just forget it all, I'm really sorry, but you didn't have to kill them", said Brittany.
" Oh, do you really think just because it was a long time ago, I wouldn't forget, do you think I would let you get away with it, do you even think I would let it all go, thinking I was over it, no, thanks to your little stunt you cost me my scholarship, I would have had everything, my scholarship, John, but you took that away from me, and now you're gonna pay", said Mary, she then leaped at Brittany, knife at hand, then Brittany felt a hand pull her out of the way making Mary crash at the wall.
Brittany looked at her rescuer, it was revealed to be Simon.
" I thought you were with Dave", said Brittany.
" It was a set up, I thought I said not to let anyone in", said Simon.
" I thought Lilly didn't count, I trusted her, well I did when she was Lilly", said Brittany.
Mary got up and then faced Simon.
" Well Simon, are you surprised I'm not Lilly", said Mary.
" Yes and no, I wasn't expecting it but I had a few suspicions that you we're Mary", said Simon.
" How so", said Mary.
" Well for three reasons, first, after you faked your death, we met Lilly, and not in my life have I seen the two at the same place, secondly you have been giving Brittany a few glares every once and a while behind her back as Lilly, up until now I thought I was seeing things, but I wasn't, and Thirdly you had a scar on your arm shaped of the letter M, after discovering you keep wearing a long sleeved sweater, I got suspicious about you, and now I discovered you are Mary because you have blown your cover, just by showing that message of yours four years ago, warning the girls that you were coming after them", said Simon.
" Yeah, you caught me I killed Angela, Priscilla, Jennifer and Christina, and I am going to kill Brittany, and you can't do anything about it", said Mary.
" You're right, I can't do anything about it, but she can", said Simon, pointing behind her.
Mary turned only to feel a vase smash on her head, and she dropped to the floor unconscious, Brittany looked to see Jeanette.
" That's for using me", said Jeanette.
" Jeanette, what about your shift", said Brittany.
" Just like Simon, it was a set up, I now work night shifts this week I sneaked through the window into this closet and waited till her back was facing me, then I just crashed the vase onto Mary", said Jeanette.
" You do realize you owe me $90 for that vase", said Brittany.
Simon then approached Mary, grabbed her hand, pulled down the sleeve of her sweater, and looked to see the scar, shaped of the letter M.
" Case closed", said Simon.
And just like that the cops came in, Mary was arrested for the murder of Christina, Jennifer, Priscilla and Angela, and attempted murder on Brittany, she was sentence to 30 years imprisonment.
Simon was now back in his apartment watching TV again, Jeanette was with him.
" I can't believe my friend turned out to be a fake, she was just using me to try and kill Brittany", said Jeanette.
" Don't worry Jeanette, there are still other friends you have", said Simon.
" But how did you know Lilly was Mary", said Jeanette.
" I didn't, I had suspicions for several reasons, but the real reason how I found out Lilly was Mary was when I entered the apartment and saw her with the knife, that was the point of the set up, because I think Mary knows we were in Brittany apartment at the time and won't strike until we leave, so we had to make a set up so she'll think we won't be back", said Simon.
" Mary's been sentenced to 30 years in prison, right", said Jeanette.
" Yep", said Simon.
" But what will happen once the thirty years are up", said Jeanette.
" I'm a detective not a psychic, so I will have absolutely no idea", said Simon.
" What if she holds a grudge for thirty years", said Jeanette.
" She won't, as a matter of fact she might even forget who she's after, even if she doesn't forget, we'll probably be far away from her", said Simon.
" You sure know how to make me feel better Simon", said Jeanette, leaning her head on Simon's chest.
" Yeah, finally another case solved, now I can have a break again", said Simon, but then, the phone was once again ringing.
" Well that didn't last long", said Simon.
Well how was that, another chapter finished, after attending to a few parties I couldn't have time to make more chapters, but now I am back again and some more one-shots of this series are on there way, until next time.
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