My Adventures in Hell
Chapter 6: The letter and the convictions
Disclaimer: I dont own anyone or anything from Higher Ground
Claimer: I own Katie Mathis and Cole Taylor owns Cole Taylor.
A/n: I'm gonna use times in this chapter so you know when this stuff happenes.
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7:00 pm, July 30th 2002
***** Cole was sitting in Peters office planning the arrangements for his ride down to North Carolina for the funeral. He was still depressed but Peter and the Cliffhangers were pulling him through the tragety. Cole still remembered the dream and had told me about it. I fully believed him cause I believe in those kind of things.
Cole asked me to come down to North Carolina for the funeral and I accepted. I wanted to see my mom, dad, brother, sister in law, and little 1 year old Jacob, my nephew. I also wanted to meet Cole's adoptive family and meet his brother Desmond .
I felt sad for Cole cause he was REALY close to his sister. He said that they were inseperable and that is why he thinks that she came to him in his dreams. Cole told me about the letter and I was prepared to go through whatever had to be gone through to help him.
"I think that you should go down a day before but there is no one to drive you down then so you have to go down around 3 or 4 days before." Peter said.
"Is that okay, Cole? Katie?" Sophie asked.
"Yeah thats fine with me if it is with Katie." Cole said.
"Whatever's okay for you. I dont have a problem with it."
"Okay so you guys have today to pack and then Roger is gonna drive you down tomorrow. I know it's short notice but it has to be this way." Sophie explained.
"Thats fine. How long are we gonna be down there?" I asked.
"2 weeks." Peter answered.
"Wow... don't you think that that is a little... exstensive?" Cole asked.
"It's the best we can do." Peter said.
"Ok. Whatever." I said.
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5:00 am, July 31 2002
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"Are you ready to go guys?" Roger asked.
"Pack... check.... clothes... check.... everything... check.... brain....oops forgot that." I said.
"Wait didn't you loose that like 14 years ago?" Cole asked jokengly. I smirked.
"Oh yeah... never had one.. oops see what happenes when you dont have a brain. Ya forget stuff that's realy important." I laughed.
"Ok, guys hop in the truck. We have a long drive to the airport." Roger said trying not to laugh.
"At least I get to ride in the airplane the whole way... I just hope they have enough gas this time." I said.
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7:32 am, August 1st 2002.
*****
It was a bumpy landing but we got through it. We were now in Etowah, North Carolina and were waiting on Cole's parents to come pick us up from the airport.
After about 10 minutes I saw a woman with blonde hair and a guy with short, blackish brownish hair come up to us.
"Hey! Cole. Your early." The woman said.
"Yeah the plane almost left without us cause it left early." Cole said.
"How ya feeling, man. You look like shit." Damien, the guy said.
"I feel like shit, to answer your question." Cole said. Damien smiled a bit.
I felt sorry for all of them. They lost a daughter and a sister. Then I saw another boy come up and stand beside Jessica, the woman.
"Hey, Desmond. Where did you go?"
"Hey mom, Cole. Somewhere." He replyed solemly. I knew he was hurting. Cole said that before he came along Rachel and Desmond were like Cole and Rachel were; inseperable. We all left the airport, got into their car and drove off to Asheville, North Carolina.
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9:50 am, August 1st 2002.
*****
Finnaly after 2 hours, 3 bathroom breaks, Breakfast and Lunch, we got to Cole's house and sat down infront of their big tv.
'The letter!' Cole thought. He poked me on the shoulder and motioned for me to follow him. He led me down the hall and to this room. We opened it and a tear slid down Cole's cheek. It was Rachels room. Very small, but comfortable.
"Ok. See this closet? Well it looks like a tiny ass thing but its not. If you crawl onto the second shelf and go to your right you will see a little tiny door on the wall. Open that door and slide into the room. I'll watch and see if anyone comes. Go fast." He told me.
I climbed onto the shelf, which was hard, by the way and shimmied to the right and found a door alright. I wasn't sure if I could fit into it but I did. I slid into the big room and looked in awe. Cole soon followed.
"This is our secret hiding place. No one knows about it. Cool huh?" Cole said.
"Awsome! Now where is the letter that Rachel left?' I asked.
Cole winced at the name but looked around. He finnaly spotted it and picked it up. He opened it and read.
"Dear Cole,
If you are reading this I left this for you. Lately I have had those feelings that something bad is gonna happen. You know those feelings? You have them too remember? But dad has been acting strange and I fear he will do something. If I somehow turn up missing or something I want you to know that It was probably dad who did it. He has been drinking. I love you... you know that. I have included a will in here incase the worst happens. I want you to know that whatever happens that I will try to communicate with you. If I have to run away or something. We may not be blood related but we have that brother/sister bond. No one else shares that with me but you. Oh, shit I have to go. Dad is banging around. I think he is drunk and he broke a glass beer bottle. No one's home and I don't want to go but If I don't he might find this hiding spot. I love you. Please know that."
He finished reading and was crying his eyes out. It was signed the day she died. Cole then jerked his head up. He put two and two together and spoke.
"I know what happend. Rachel didn't kill herself. It says that she was home alone and that dad was drinking. He broke a glass bottle of beer and was banging around the house. How I see it is Rachel is fearing that he will find this spot and leaves. Dad may have been drunk but he was smart. He probably cut Rachel's wrists with the glass from the beer bottle and then wiped his finger prints then stuck it into her hand. He made it look like a suicide. There was no hand written note only that computer written one that said "Goodbye cruel world." Sitting beside her body. She was MURDERED! And by her own dad at that!"
"Oh my gosh! Cole you have to tell the police!" I exclaimed.
"No.. o-one.. i-is tellin any persons rut now chil- children."
Both me and Cole turned around to see Damien standing there looking us both in the eyes. He was drunk cause he was wobbling around and had a beer bottle in his hands.
"Ya- Ya know if I were ta kill y'all right now.. I would get away with it... c-c-cause this room know one knows about. G-good little whelps keeping it ni-nice and hidden. Only makes it easier on me." He started lauging and moved toward a frozen Cole. I suddenly leaped into action like a damn super hero and jumped Damien. Since he was drunk I easily got him to the ground. However when your drunk and 30 years old you can still be stronger then a 14 year old girl. So I was picked up and trown accross the room. I hit my head and sweet blackness arose.
Hey, I didn't get to know what happened next so why should you. I AM the narrator here people. I know it was getting juicy and all but you cant have a story without a narrator and that is what I am. What would you rather have drunk Damien be the narrator? I dont think so. You wouldn't even be able to understand it. Well Ill stop blabbing and take you to a time when I was awake and aware of who I was and where I was. I'll skip the temporary amnesia so this doesn't sound like a soap opera.
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6:00 pm, August 12th 2002.
*****
Yes, after temporary insanity and amnesia I finally came to my senses only to learn that Cole was in surgery. Yeah I'll tell you that was freaky. I trashed the hospital room and then some of the hall before a security officer stopped me. He put me back into my room and left. I then did it again and so he strapped me to my bed. Yeah, he STRAPPED ME TO THE BED! I wasn't insane I was just a bit, no LARGELY pissed and worried.
After 3 hours of being strapped to the bed some nurse FINNALY remembered me and unstrapped me. You know what her excuse was?
"I was out for a smoke and forgot about you." Well if I was still as dysfunctional as I was when I first got to Horizon I would have kicked her ass, but I controlled myself and just called her an idiot and told her I was gonna sue the hospital. She didn't seem to care so I just gave up and asked where Cole was. She said that they just got out of surgery and they wouldn't know if he was paralyzed or not until he woke up. I left my room and went to see him.
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10:00 pm, August 12th 2002
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I got to Cole's Hospital room and saw Peter sitting there.
"What happened?" I asked.
"We dont know. All we found was you unconcious and with a concussion, amnesia, and were insane and then we found Cole with like 12 stab wounds. They were all from pocket knives and were all on his arms and legs but one was from some kind of glass thing near his heart and that is why they went into surgery. We still have no clue as to what happened so why dont you tell me" Peter said.
"Well I'll tell you what I do know. We went into Rachel and Cole's secret hiding place and found a note that was for Cole from Rachel. Cole had a dream about Rachel and she told him about it. It was there and it said that Damien had been drinking and was violent. It said that if something happened that it was probably him that did it. It also said at the end that she had to go cause Damien was banging around and he had broken a GLASS beer bottle. What Cole figured was that Damien killed her with the broken glass whiped the prints and put it into her hand. He made it look like a suicide. THEN Damien finds us down there, throws me into a wall and stabbs Cole cause Cole figured it out and wanted to go to the police." I explained.
"Y-Yeah." A faint voice said. It was Cole. He had woken up.
"Can you move your body, buddy?" Peter asked.
"Yeah. I can move it but it hurts."
"Well dont try to talk. That cant be good for you." I said.
He nodded and drifted off back to sleep.
"By the way, Peter are we back in Washington?" I asked
"Yeah." Peter said.
"I guess we missed the funeral huh?" I asked.
"Yeah" Peter answered.
*****
Back at Horizon 2:20 pm August 15th 2002
*****
Cole and I had come back to Horizon and had been there for a day. Everybody asked what it was all like and we told them... the truth... or at least partialy. Cole described me as a hero who saved the day and those were battle scars that he had. All the students were in awe. However the Cliffhangers didn't believe it with the exception of Juliette. She was kinda.... well a cheerleader.. That pretty much explaines it.
Peter came out of his office looking VERY worried. He walked up to us Cliffhangers talking and motioned for Scott to come with him.
"Yeah Master Pete?" Scott asked joyfully and with a smile.
"Um.. Scott I dont know how to tell you this so im just gonna spit it out. You are being charged with 3rd degree murder!!"
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Chapter 6: The letter and the convictions
Disclaimer: I dont own anyone or anything from Higher Ground
Claimer: I own Katie Mathis and Cole Taylor owns Cole Taylor.
A/n: I'm gonna use times in this chapter so you know when this stuff happenes.
*****
7:00 pm, July 30th 2002
***** Cole was sitting in Peters office planning the arrangements for his ride down to North Carolina for the funeral. He was still depressed but Peter and the Cliffhangers were pulling him through the tragety. Cole still remembered the dream and had told me about it. I fully believed him cause I believe in those kind of things.
Cole asked me to come down to North Carolina for the funeral and I accepted. I wanted to see my mom, dad, brother, sister in law, and little 1 year old Jacob, my nephew. I also wanted to meet Cole's adoptive family and meet his brother Desmond .
I felt sad for Cole cause he was REALY close to his sister. He said that they were inseperable and that is why he thinks that she came to him in his dreams. Cole told me about the letter and I was prepared to go through whatever had to be gone through to help him.
"I think that you should go down a day before but there is no one to drive you down then so you have to go down around 3 or 4 days before." Peter said.
"Is that okay, Cole? Katie?" Sophie asked.
"Yeah thats fine with me if it is with Katie." Cole said.
"Whatever's okay for you. I dont have a problem with it."
"Okay so you guys have today to pack and then Roger is gonna drive you down tomorrow. I know it's short notice but it has to be this way." Sophie explained.
"Thats fine. How long are we gonna be down there?" I asked.
"2 weeks." Peter answered.
"Wow... don't you think that that is a little... exstensive?" Cole asked.
"It's the best we can do." Peter said.
"Ok. Whatever." I said.
*****
5:00 am, July 31 2002
*****
"Are you ready to go guys?" Roger asked.
"Pack... check.... clothes... check.... everything... check.... brain....oops forgot that." I said.
"Wait didn't you loose that like 14 years ago?" Cole asked jokengly. I smirked.
"Oh yeah... never had one.. oops see what happenes when you dont have a brain. Ya forget stuff that's realy important." I laughed.
"Ok, guys hop in the truck. We have a long drive to the airport." Roger said trying not to laugh.
"At least I get to ride in the airplane the whole way... I just hope they have enough gas this time." I said.
*****
7:32 am, August 1st 2002.
*****
It was a bumpy landing but we got through it. We were now in Etowah, North Carolina and were waiting on Cole's parents to come pick us up from the airport.
After about 10 minutes I saw a woman with blonde hair and a guy with short, blackish brownish hair come up to us.
"Hey! Cole. Your early." The woman said.
"Yeah the plane almost left without us cause it left early." Cole said.
"How ya feeling, man. You look like shit." Damien, the guy said.
"I feel like shit, to answer your question." Cole said. Damien smiled a bit.
I felt sorry for all of them. They lost a daughter and a sister. Then I saw another boy come up and stand beside Jessica, the woman.
"Hey, Desmond. Where did you go?"
"Hey mom, Cole. Somewhere." He replyed solemly. I knew he was hurting. Cole said that before he came along Rachel and Desmond were like Cole and Rachel were; inseperable. We all left the airport, got into their car and drove off to Asheville, North Carolina.
*****
9:50 am, August 1st 2002.
*****
Finnaly after 2 hours, 3 bathroom breaks, Breakfast and Lunch, we got to Cole's house and sat down infront of their big tv.
'The letter!' Cole thought. He poked me on the shoulder and motioned for me to follow him. He led me down the hall and to this room. We opened it and a tear slid down Cole's cheek. It was Rachels room. Very small, but comfortable.
"Ok. See this closet? Well it looks like a tiny ass thing but its not. If you crawl onto the second shelf and go to your right you will see a little tiny door on the wall. Open that door and slide into the room. I'll watch and see if anyone comes. Go fast." He told me.
I climbed onto the shelf, which was hard, by the way and shimmied to the right and found a door alright. I wasn't sure if I could fit into it but I did. I slid into the big room and looked in awe. Cole soon followed.
"This is our secret hiding place. No one knows about it. Cool huh?" Cole said.
"Awsome! Now where is the letter that Rachel left?' I asked.
Cole winced at the name but looked around. He finnaly spotted it and picked it up. He opened it and read.
"Dear Cole,
If you are reading this I left this for you. Lately I have had those feelings that something bad is gonna happen. You know those feelings? You have them too remember? But dad has been acting strange and I fear he will do something. If I somehow turn up missing or something I want you to know that It was probably dad who did it. He has been drinking. I love you... you know that. I have included a will in here incase the worst happens. I want you to know that whatever happens that I will try to communicate with you. If I have to run away or something. We may not be blood related but we have that brother/sister bond. No one else shares that with me but you. Oh, shit I have to go. Dad is banging around. I think he is drunk and he broke a glass beer bottle. No one's home and I don't want to go but If I don't he might find this hiding spot. I love you. Please know that."
He finished reading and was crying his eyes out. It was signed the day she died. Cole then jerked his head up. He put two and two together and spoke.
"I know what happend. Rachel didn't kill herself. It says that she was home alone and that dad was drinking. He broke a glass bottle of beer and was banging around the house. How I see it is Rachel is fearing that he will find this spot and leaves. Dad may have been drunk but he was smart. He probably cut Rachel's wrists with the glass from the beer bottle and then wiped his finger prints then stuck it into her hand. He made it look like a suicide. There was no hand written note only that computer written one that said "Goodbye cruel world." Sitting beside her body. She was MURDERED! And by her own dad at that!"
"Oh my gosh! Cole you have to tell the police!" I exclaimed.
"No.. o-one.. i-is tellin any persons rut now chil- children."
Both me and Cole turned around to see Damien standing there looking us both in the eyes. He was drunk cause he was wobbling around and had a beer bottle in his hands.
"Ya- Ya know if I were ta kill y'all right now.. I would get away with it... c-c-cause this room know one knows about. G-good little whelps keeping it ni-nice and hidden. Only makes it easier on me." He started lauging and moved toward a frozen Cole. I suddenly leaped into action like a damn super hero and jumped Damien. Since he was drunk I easily got him to the ground. However when your drunk and 30 years old you can still be stronger then a 14 year old girl. So I was picked up and trown accross the room. I hit my head and sweet blackness arose.
Hey, I didn't get to know what happened next so why should you. I AM the narrator here people. I know it was getting juicy and all but you cant have a story without a narrator and that is what I am. What would you rather have drunk Damien be the narrator? I dont think so. You wouldn't even be able to understand it. Well Ill stop blabbing and take you to a time when I was awake and aware of who I was and where I was. I'll skip the temporary amnesia so this doesn't sound like a soap opera.
*****
6:00 pm, August 12th 2002.
*****
Yes, after temporary insanity and amnesia I finally came to my senses only to learn that Cole was in surgery. Yeah I'll tell you that was freaky. I trashed the hospital room and then some of the hall before a security officer stopped me. He put me back into my room and left. I then did it again and so he strapped me to my bed. Yeah, he STRAPPED ME TO THE BED! I wasn't insane I was just a bit, no LARGELY pissed and worried.
After 3 hours of being strapped to the bed some nurse FINNALY remembered me and unstrapped me. You know what her excuse was?
"I was out for a smoke and forgot about you." Well if I was still as dysfunctional as I was when I first got to Horizon I would have kicked her ass, but I controlled myself and just called her an idiot and told her I was gonna sue the hospital. She didn't seem to care so I just gave up and asked where Cole was. She said that they just got out of surgery and they wouldn't know if he was paralyzed or not until he woke up. I left my room and went to see him.
*****
10:00 pm, August 12th 2002
*****
I got to Cole's Hospital room and saw Peter sitting there.
"What happened?" I asked.
"We dont know. All we found was you unconcious and with a concussion, amnesia, and were insane and then we found Cole with like 12 stab wounds. They were all from pocket knives and were all on his arms and legs but one was from some kind of glass thing near his heart and that is why they went into surgery. We still have no clue as to what happened so why dont you tell me" Peter said.
"Well I'll tell you what I do know. We went into Rachel and Cole's secret hiding place and found a note that was for Cole from Rachel. Cole had a dream about Rachel and she told him about it. It was there and it said that Damien had been drinking and was violent. It said that if something happened that it was probably him that did it. It also said at the end that she had to go cause Damien was banging around and he had broken a GLASS beer bottle. What Cole figured was that Damien killed her with the broken glass whiped the prints and put it into her hand. He made it look like a suicide. THEN Damien finds us down there, throws me into a wall and stabbs Cole cause Cole figured it out and wanted to go to the police." I explained.
"Y-Yeah." A faint voice said. It was Cole. He had woken up.
"Can you move your body, buddy?" Peter asked.
"Yeah. I can move it but it hurts."
"Well dont try to talk. That cant be good for you." I said.
He nodded and drifted off back to sleep.
"By the way, Peter are we back in Washington?" I asked
"Yeah." Peter said.
"I guess we missed the funeral huh?" I asked.
"Yeah" Peter answered.
*****
Back at Horizon 2:20 pm August 15th 2002
*****
Cole and I had come back to Horizon and had been there for a day. Everybody asked what it was all like and we told them... the truth... or at least partialy. Cole described me as a hero who saved the day and those were battle scars that he had. All the students were in awe. However the Cliffhangers didn't believe it with the exception of Juliette. She was kinda.... well a cheerleader.. That pretty much explaines it.
Peter came out of his office looking VERY worried. He walked up to us Cliffhangers talking and motioned for Scott to come with him.
"Yeah Master Pete?" Scott asked joyfully and with a smile.
"Um.. Scott I dont know how to tell you this so im just gonna spit it out. You are being charged with 3rd degree murder!!"
*****
Cliffhanger!!! You have to review to get the next chapter. I LIKE REVIEWS! All it takes is a minute to make me happy. SO REVIEW. Cheating is permitted. You can annonymously review 10 times if you'd like. I atleast need 5 to go on.
