((Okay- my goal is to have this finished by tomorrow (possibly tonight?)!
YAY! Okay- prepare yourself for a cheesy ending. I just couldn't hurt
Freddy too much, so it's gonna end up a really lame ending, just to warn
you... Thanks for all of my reviewers- you all help me out so much! Well,
here's the 2nd-last chapter- it's a bit short, but that's okay! Review,
please!!!))
Chapter Seven: Edge of Insanity
"Come on you guys- to Billy's we go!" Katie exclaimed, dashing through the yards. She, Zack, and Summer had just interviewed and searched Marta. She was clean. Now, please let Billy know something! It's 6:30! If they don't find out more about Freddy, then she would have failed! Katie couldn't let herself fail. She couldn't let herself fail Freddy!
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM! She pounded on the door.
"Katie- slow down!" Summer cried.
"Yeah- wait up!" Zack called.
She had had it! She wasn't going to wait any more! She was going to find Freddy NOW! The door slowly peaked open, revealing a timid Billy.
"Katie?!" He exclaimed, opening the door wider. She could pick something up in the air- and what was that look in his eyes? What was going on behind those two eyes? Fear? Guilt? Insanity?!
"Do you know where Freddy is?!" She stormed, pushing her way in even with being held back by Summer and Zack.
"Uh, no, Katie. Why?" Fancypants gave a nervous laugh.
"Wrong answer, you liar!" She yelled.
"Katie- chill! Let's talk to him like sensible people- not like bestial creatures!" Summer begged.
"Cut the huge vocabulary act and search the place! He knows where Freddy is! I KNOW it!" Katie pointed at Billy, who was now cowering back into a stairway.
"Katie... breath. Now. I know you're stressed- we all are. Don't take it out on Billy because we can't find Freddy!" Zack barked at her. She gritted her teeth.
"Fine. You do the asking, then." She growled. How could they be stopping her like this?! They knew he was guilty! Why wouldn't they believe her?! Look at him cower like that! Of course he has Freddy! The tacky monster had probably has him mutilated in dress clothes!
She did as Zack told her and took a deep, long breath. Instantly, everything washed away. The only monster she saw before everyone was herself... Katie, she told herself, you are pushing yourself over the edge of insanity. And over what? Freddy Jones- who ate your birthday muffin? She had done all she could for him. Now she should just calm down and maybe... maybe she should just give up... ~*~*~*~*~*~
"Sorry Billy..." Zack could hear Katie murmur after she had turned a deep shade of dark red.
"That's okay. Us designers are, uh, just very sensitive..." Billy peeped out.
"Sorry, Billy. Listen- Freddy is missing. We're getting really worried about him. When was the last time you saw Freddy?"
"Um... I think it was when I was trying to get him to try on one of my outfits. It was this really cute leather-"Billy was interrupted by Summer.
"So you were trying to get him to wear your outfit. Go on..." She pried. Zack looked at his girlfriend. He could tell she was about to bust- this whole Katie Going Berserk thing was getting to her. This whole Freddy Going Missing Thing was getting to her. It was getting to him, too.
"Well, as usual, he refused. So I let him be as he ate his muffin and went to leaf through my latest issue of Fashion Weekly. That's it." Billy shrugged.
"That's it?" Zack asked bleakly. Billy nodded innocently. "Okay, well, thanks..."
Just as he, Summer, and Katie were going to leave, he heard something.
Thump, thump, thump! It was coming from the floor... What was that? There! Again! Thump, thump, thump!
"Uh... Billy? What's that?" Summer squeaked out, hopping over to Zack and grabbing on to his arm.
"Oh, it's nothing. Probably something in the basement..." He blushed. Thump, thump, thump!
"Really? Well, why don't we go check it out- I'm sure we'd *all* like to know what it is." Katie suggested, getting that crazed look in her eyes. Not again, he thought! Zack put his arm around Summer, to let her know he was there for her.
"That's okay- really. Why don't you guys head off now?" Billy suggested nervously. Thump, thump, thump!
"No- we'll come check with you. Just in case." Zack could feel an eerie shadow fall over the room. Maybe Katie was right. Maybe something *was* wrong...!
"Erm... okay... let's go down the stairs..." He lead the group far down the hallway to a stairwell. Thump, thump, thump! It was louder now!
Billy scurried to the front, pulled out a key, twisted the door open, and peeked in.
"Nope! Nothing there! Well, it was really great seeing you guys!" Billy laughed. Zack could tell that he was getting worried now. That's it.
"Billy- move aside from the door or I will punch your lights out." He threatened. He hated being forceful and mean, but when it came to his best friend's possible safety, well, he was not gonna risk it now...
He pushed the boy aside and swung the door open. Instantly, a silhouette came out, shaking its spiky head.
There, standing in front of them was Freddy. His eyes were rimmed with dark circles.
He croaked out, "Damn! I thought you guys would NEVER find me!"
Chapter Seven: Edge of Insanity
"Come on you guys- to Billy's we go!" Katie exclaimed, dashing through the yards. She, Zack, and Summer had just interviewed and searched Marta. She was clean. Now, please let Billy know something! It's 6:30! If they don't find out more about Freddy, then she would have failed! Katie couldn't let herself fail. She couldn't let herself fail Freddy!
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM! She pounded on the door.
"Katie- slow down!" Summer cried.
"Yeah- wait up!" Zack called.
She had had it! She wasn't going to wait any more! She was going to find Freddy NOW! The door slowly peaked open, revealing a timid Billy.
"Katie?!" He exclaimed, opening the door wider. She could pick something up in the air- and what was that look in his eyes? What was going on behind those two eyes? Fear? Guilt? Insanity?!
"Do you know where Freddy is?!" She stormed, pushing her way in even with being held back by Summer and Zack.
"Uh, no, Katie. Why?" Fancypants gave a nervous laugh.
"Wrong answer, you liar!" She yelled.
"Katie- chill! Let's talk to him like sensible people- not like bestial creatures!" Summer begged.
"Cut the huge vocabulary act and search the place! He knows where Freddy is! I KNOW it!" Katie pointed at Billy, who was now cowering back into a stairway.
"Katie... breath. Now. I know you're stressed- we all are. Don't take it out on Billy because we can't find Freddy!" Zack barked at her. She gritted her teeth.
"Fine. You do the asking, then." She growled. How could they be stopping her like this?! They knew he was guilty! Why wouldn't they believe her?! Look at him cower like that! Of course he has Freddy! The tacky monster had probably has him mutilated in dress clothes!
She did as Zack told her and took a deep, long breath. Instantly, everything washed away. The only monster she saw before everyone was herself... Katie, she told herself, you are pushing yourself over the edge of insanity. And over what? Freddy Jones- who ate your birthday muffin? She had done all she could for him. Now she should just calm down and maybe... maybe she should just give up... ~*~*~*~*~*~
"Sorry Billy..." Zack could hear Katie murmur after she had turned a deep shade of dark red.
"That's okay. Us designers are, uh, just very sensitive..." Billy peeped out.
"Sorry, Billy. Listen- Freddy is missing. We're getting really worried about him. When was the last time you saw Freddy?"
"Um... I think it was when I was trying to get him to try on one of my outfits. It was this really cute leather-"Billy was interrupted by Summer.
"So you were trying to get him to wear your outfit. Go on..." She pried. Zack looked at his girlfriend. He could tell she was about to bust- this whole Katie Going Berserk thing was getting to her. This whole Freddy Going Missing Thing was getting to her. It was getting to him, too.
"Well, as usual, he refused. So I let him be as he ate his muffin and went to leaf through my latest issue of Fashion Weekly. That's it." Billy shrugged.
"That's it?" Zack asked bleakly. Billy nodded innocently. "Okay, well, thanks..."
Just as he, Summer, and Katie were going to leave, he heard something.
Thump, thump, thump! It was coming from the floor... What was that? There! Again! Thump, thump, thump!
"Uh... Billy? What's that?" Summer squeaked out, hopping over to Zack and grabbing on to his arm.
"Oh, it's nothing. Probably something in the basement..." He blushed. Thump, thump, thump!
"Really? Well, why don't we go check it out- I'm sure we'd *all* like to know what it is." Katie suggested, getting that crazed look in her eyes. Not again, he thought! Zack put his arm around Summer, to let her know he was there for her.
"That's okay- really. Why don't you guys head off now?" Billy suggested nervously. Thump, thump, thump!
"No- we'll come check with you. Just in case." Zack could feel an eerie shadow fall over the room. Maybe Katie was right. Maybe something *was* wrong...!
"Erm... okay... let's go down the stairs..." He lead the group far down the hallway to a stairwell. Thump, thump, thump! It was louder now!
Billy scurried to the front, pulled out a key, twisted the door open, and peeked in.
"Nope! Nothing there! Well, it was really great seeing you guys!" Billy laughed. Zack could tell that he was getting worried now. That's it.
"Billy- move aside from the door or I will punch your lights out." He threatened. He hated being forceful and mean, but when it came to his best friend's possible safety, well, he was not gonna risk it now...
He pushed the boy aside and swung the door open. Instantly, a silhouette came out, shaking its spiky head.
There, standing in front of them was Freddy. His eyes were rimmed with dark circles.
He croaked out, "Damn! I thought you guys would NEVER find me!"