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Chapter Five: One by One
Freddy's house seemed eerily silent without him in it. It was a big house, and that just added to the emptiness. It had also begun to slightly drizzle outside, causing the patter to echo through the shadows. Zack couldn't bear it. He couldn't bear to know that his best friend could be dying somewhere out there and here he was; playing detective with Katie and Summer.
Here he was; looking for more, as Katie called it, "evidence". And all they had to go on was a piece of shiny, blue cloth...
"There were pairs of footprints up there- I'll check them out as well as the rest of the upstairs." Katie called as she made her way up the stairs.
"Shall we check it out down here?" Summer offered with a nervous smile. Zack sighed and nodded.
Nothing in the kitchen. Nothing in the dining room. Or living room. Or office. Or anywhere for that matter.
"This is pointless! Let's just go to the police! This is getting pathetic!" Summer cried, falling to her knees at the bottom of the stairs.
"No! We've already started! We've got a good lead! I'm not giving up on Freddy this soon!" Came Katie's forceful answer from above. Zack sat down next to Summer as Katie joined them; a determined glint to her big, brown eyes. As much as he wanted to call the police like Summer suggested, he knew Katie was right. They couldn't give up on their best friend after only investigating a few hours. It was only twelve in the afternoon. They had to find something out. They would.
"What lead, Katie? We still have a billion more people to check out! All we have is a piece of cloth and shoe-prints!" Summer complained.
"Summer- Katie's right. We have to keep trying..." Zack told his girlfriend, picking up her hands in his own. She looked into his eyes and nodded.
"Let's go interview- make sure you remember what the cloth looks like. If anything like that shows up in anyone's house- well... look for Freddy." Summer suggested with a shaky sigh. And with that, they headed off once more...
~*~*~*~*~*~
Katie had stolen Summer's clipboard. Well, not stolen it exactly. Summer had given it up to her... incredibly reluctantly. But now she had all of the evidence and notes logged down. Now Katie finally felt like she would get a good grip on everything. She was off to interrogate Marco.
Katie didn't care if Zack and Summer thought she was going over the edge with this all! Even she could admit that she was, she didn't care! Freddy needed her. Whoa... correction. Freddy needed them. And she was the only one whose heart was fully into it.
She didn't care how absurd it sounded that someone from the band had kidnapped- or at least had something to do with the kidnapping of- Freddy. One by one she'd find out more from them. She knew someone knew something. And she would go to all ends of the earth to prove it.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Operation: Find Freddy Michelle- Not home ~ Later~ Innocent as far as we know- possibly mad for water gun incident... Eleni- Innocent as far as we know Leonard- Has alibi- was away at time(s) of kidnapping/gone missing Frankie- Innocent as far as we know- possibly mad for flirting? Tomika- Has alibi- is gone for week Marta- Not home Alicia- Not home Gordon- Not home Marco- Innocent as far as we know- possibly mad for picking-on Billy- Not home Freddy- Extra-obviously innocent Zack- Obviously Innocent Summer- Obviously innocent Katie- Obviously innocent Dewey- Obviously innocent
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Face it, Katie," Summer began as they finished noting everything on the clipboard. The three had just spent the past 3 and a half hours talking to the others of the band. "We've gotten nowhere. We still have 6 or 7 people who could have possibly lied to us- which I don't even see why anyone in their right mind would want to kidnap Freddy Jones!"
"I know! We can't give up though, you guys! How about if we don't find out anything by seven tonight, we go to the police, okay?" Katie compromised. Zack could see she was trying so hard to figure this out. But even he could see that this was pointless. Here they were, in front of Freddy's yard- again. Only now it was two forty in the afternoon.
"Ugh... Ka-tie!! What more do you want us to do?! Go to the band's fan club and see if they kidnapped him?!" Zack exclaimed, exasperated. Katie's eyes lit up. Summer hit her forehead with her hand, rolling her eyes. "Why did you give her that idea, Zack?!" "Sorry..." He mumbled. "Okay- our fans can be pretty vicious. I'll go in around the front- you two come in from the sides! From there we'll-"
"You can not be serious, Katie!" Summer moaned as Katie pep-talked on. Zack knew how Summer felt. He wanted to find Freddy- more than anything right now- but Katie was beginning to get a bit... obsessive over this. You can only go so far until you know you have to quit. They had crossed that line hours ago. But Katie was still going.
Let her have her fun, Zack thought. No- if you don't go to the police soon, something might happen! His mind was divided in half- arguing all the while. Okay... he decided. Until seven o'clock. And until then he'd have to pray that nothing happened to his best friend...
Chapter Five: One by One
Freddy's house seemed eerily silent without him in it. It was a big house, and that just added to the emptiness. It had also begun to slightly drizzle outside, causing the patter to echo through the shadows. Zack couldn't bear it. He couldn't bear to know that his best friend could be dying somewhere out there and here he was; playing detective with Katie and Summer.
Here he was; looking for more, as Katie called it, "evidence". And all they had to go on was a piece of shiny, blue cloth...
"There were pairs of footprints up there- I'll check them out as well as the rest of the upstairs." Katie called as she made her way up the stairs.
"Shall we check it out down here?" Summer offered with a nervous smile. Zack sighed and nodded.
Nothing in the kitchen. Nothing in the dining room. Or living room. Or office. Or anywhere for that matter.
"This is pointless! Let's just go to the police! This is getting pathetic!" Summer cried, falling to her knees at the bottom of the stairs.
"No! We've already started! We've got a good lead! I'm not giving up on Freddy this soon!" Came Katie's forceful answer from above. Zack sat down next to Summer as Katie joined them; a determined glint to her big, brown eyes. As much as he wanted to call the police like Summer suggested, he knew Katie was right. They couldn't give up on their best friend after only investigating a few hours. It was only twelve in the afternoon. They had to find something out. They would.
"What lead, Katie? We still have a billion more people to check out! All we have is a piece of cloth and shoe-prints!" Summer complained.
"Summer- Katie's right. We have to keep trying..." Zack told his girlfriend, picking up her hands in his own. She looked into his eyes and nodded.
"Let's go interview- make sure you remember what the cloth looks like. If anything like that shows up in anyone's house- well... look for Freddy." Summer suggested with a shaky sigh. And with that, they headed off once more...
~*~*~*~*~*~
Katie had stolen Summer's clipboard. Well, not stolen it exactly. Summer had given it up to her... incredibly reluctantly. But now she had all of the evidence and notes logged down. Now Katie finally felt like she would get a good grip on everything. She was off to interrogate Marco.
Katie didn't care if Zack and Summer thought she was going over the edge with this all! Even she could admit that she was, she didn't care! Freddy needed her. Whoa... correction. Freddy needed them. And she was the only one whose heart was fully into it.
She didn't care how absurd it sounded that someone from the band had kidnapped- or at least had something to do with the kidnapping of- Freddy. One by one she'd find out more from them. She knew someone knew something. And she would go to all ends of the earth to prove it.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Operation: Find Freddy Michelle- Not home ~ Later~ Innocent as far as we know- possibly mad for water gun incident... Eleni- Innocent as far as we know Leonard- Has alibi- was away at time(s) of kidnapping/gone missing Frankie- Innocent as far as we know- possibly mad for flirting? Tomika- Has alibi- is gone for week Marta- Not home Alicia- Not home Gordon- Not home Marco- Innocent as far as we know- possibly mad for picking-on Billy- Not home Freddy- Extra-obviously innocent Zack- Obviously Innocent Summer- Obviously innocent Katie- Obviously innocent Dewey- Obviously innocent
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Face it, Katie," Summer began as they finished noting everything on the clipboard. The three had just spent the past 3 and a half hours talking to the others of the band. "We've gotten nowhere. We still have 6 or 7 people who could have possibly lied to us- which I don't even see why anyone in their right mind would want to kidnap Freddy Jones!"
"I know! We can't give up though, you guys! How about if we don't find out anything by seven tonight, we go to the police, okay?" Katie compromised. Zack could see she was trying so hard to figure this out. But even he could see that this was pointless. Here they were, in front of Freddy's yard- again. Only now it was two forty in the afternoon.
"Ugh... Ka-tie!! What more do you want us to do?! Go to the band's fan club and see if they kidnapped him?!" Zack exclaimed, exasperated. Katie's eyes lit up. Summer hit her forehead with her hand, rolling her eyes. "Why did you give her that idea, Zack?!" "Sorry..." He mumbled. "Okay- our fans can be pretty vicious. I'll go in around the front- you two come in from the sides! From there we'll-"
"You can not be serious, Katie!" Summer moaned as Katie pep-talked on. Zack knew how Summer felt. He wanted to find Freddy- more than anything right now- but Katie was beginning to get a bit... obsessive over this. You can only go so far until you know you have to quit. They had crossed that line hours ago. But Katie was still going.
Let her have her fun, Zack thought. No- if you don't go to the police soon, something might happen! His mind was divided in half- arguing all the while. Okay... he decided. Until seven o'clock. And until then he'd have to pray that nothing happened to his best friend...