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Chapter 2- Scene Investigation

Cloris unpacked her suitcase, fishing out one morsel of clothes after another, she was just shoving her suitcase under her bed when Tala opened her door without knocking and threw a wireless phone at her.

'It's your big-mouth cousin.'

'Ian?' Cloris held the phone up to her ear.

'Yo! What's up? How's Tala treating ya?'

'Nothing.'

'What?'

'Nothing.' Cloris whispered and hung up. She felt that nobody understood her at times, but then, she was a hard person to understand.

'Want something to eat?' Spencer asked when Cloris walked into the kitchen, he was just going to make lunch for himself, but instinctive hid the bread knife behind his back as Cloris approached.

'Where are you going?' Cloris asked, Spencer had a scarf on, he was wearing that when she got there.

'Oh, the Abbey, we're just going to check some things out.' Spencer answered blankly, she may be crazy, he decided, but she sure doesn't miss much...

'Can I come?' Cloris asked, and met Spencer's blue eyes with her soft gray ones. Spencer gave her a disapproving look.

'I don't think that's a good idea...'

'Of course, come!' Both Spencer and Cloris turned to see Tala, all ready in his jacket, cutting into the conversation.

'What do you think...?' Spencer walked up to Tala and whispered, Tala pointed at Cloris.

'Do you really want her to watch your apartment?'

Spencer turned to see Cloris looking out the window through a piece of bread.

'Point taken.'

Tala stared at Brian in disbelieve, 'they said WHAT?'

'The investigators! After the autopsy, they said he was tossed onto the CEILING! There's a splint of wood in him matching an exact sliver missing from the roof beam.' Brian said, obviously crossed because he couldn't fully comprehend the facts. 'It's crazy, but they said the wood stabbed him at the exact moment it split from the ceiling, there's no other explanation!'

'Is this important?' Cloris said, she was looking up at the ceiling, it was high, whatever could toss a full-grown man up that high is lost to her.

'Look,' Tala growled, turning to Cloris, 'we're working for the BBA now, we're in charge of this area, we have to find out about this, if someone is sabotaging on purpose, chances are they're going to do it again.'

'Are you sure it's someone?' Cloris asked quietly, Tala glared at her darkly.

'What do you mean?'

'Could it be...something?'

'What?' Tala asked, something flashed in Cloris' pale gray eyes.

'I don't know.' She whispered, and rocked on her heels steadily while never breaking her direct eye contact with Tala. 'Do you know?'

Tala narrowed his eyes in a challenging manner, what are you playing at...

'This ceiling is at least thirty feet high, and that man is at least 200 lbs,' Cloris explained, a point of focus coming into her eyes, and they hardened into brittle gray jewels. 'And yet, something had tossed him so hard up against the ceiling he broke four ribs and a shoulder blade...'

'How do you know that?' Ian demanded, he was working with Tala and the rest of the team, and had met them at the Abbey.

'I read the autopsy report.' Cloris added quickly, 'wonderful people, corpse dissectors. He didn't hit the ground directly, he would have died if he did, he hit something in mid-air and slipped off, that would explain the bruising on the left side, and then, he hit the ground, and that was the way they found him, face down, jaw dislocated.'

The four boys stared at her, and Ian chuckled nervously.

'So...what are you saying? They brought an elephant in here?'

'Shut up Ian.' Brian snarled and clubbed the short boy on the head with his fist. Tala looked over Cloris, he was shocked and impressed.

'Pretty sharp.' Spencer whispered. 'When she snaps out of her insanity trance.'

'We could use her.' Tala returned.

'You, Cloris.' Tala mentioned for the girl to come in as she passed his room after their visit to the Abbey, it was about midnight, and everyone else in the apartment was asleep, Tala was hit with a bad case of insomnia, and was going over the autopsy report tirelessly.

'Can't sleep?' He asked as she sat down on his bed, holding a glass of water.

'Rarely.' She answered. Tala wondered if she meant that she rarely slept or she rarely didn't sleep, but then decided it didn't matter.

'Why did you read this?' Tala asked again, mentioning the autopsy report in his hands, 'interested?'

'Captivated.' Cloris answered and raised her eyes to give Tala that strangely haunting smile of hers. Tala gave her a blank look, but decided to let it pass.

'Here.' Tala sat beside her and handed her the report, then leaned over and pointed to a line. 'What do you think?'

'Various scratches on the palm of the hand...' Cloris read out loud, 'I think he was running from something, and was pushing along the corridor walls.'

'Hmm.' Tala raised an eyebrow, he thought so too... 'You know...'

Cloris looked up at him, and smiled, Tala stared back at her, she actually has rather interesting eyes, he thought, they were of the lightest gray, and holds some weird possible truth.

'Go to sleep, it's one in the morning.' Brian snarled, standing in front of Tala's room in his boxers, 'Lights out.' He growled as he left, and switched Tala's light off on his way, leaving Tala and Cloris sitting in the dark.

'Good morning.' Cloris muttered as she stood up and headed for her own room.

'Wait.' Tala stopped her by putting a hand on her shoulder, Cloris froze.

'You forgot your water.' Tala whispered, and handed her the cold cup. Cloris reached out and took it, brushing his fingers.

''Night.'

'Morning, it's morning.' She insisted quietly as she walked out of the room.

Tala yawned, long day, he thought, and fell back onto his bed, falling asleep at once.

Lol.hope u can keep up with my scene changes! But they should be pretty self-explanatory. Read/Review! And we shall meet again, NEXT TIME! *flies away* Tala: enough!!!! Let me...go...AAAAAHHHHHHHHhh Cloris: butterflies are to flowers as chemicals are to flowers..*bursts out singing* Review me!!!!