a/n: OK, that's the longest gap I've ever had between updating. School back in session, getting overloaded with unneccessary math homework. Keep them reviews comin'! (starts inhaling coffee)

5:54 p.m. (Tommy's view)

No explanations. The note in blood, you may ask? Written by the murderer. Trisha thinks the killer is hiding somewhere in here. Apparently, Charlotte was in her early stages of death when they found her on Monday. To end her suffering, the maniac shoved a knife in her and somehow got her down here. Or maybe the dirty work was done down here? Nobody knows. We went back upstairs. Lil held on to me the entire time to keep from going completely out of her mind and screaming the whole way up to the fifth floor. We finally exited the elevator. It was dark, except for one light on at the end of the hall. A figure was standing there, something dripping from her hands. Ohhh...that's what "blood on hands" meant. Wait, that's bad. That's the killer! I prayed for her to move closer so I could see her face. Before I saw anything, I heard a familiar voice saying, "Hey smart-ass, didn't think I could get off probation, huh?" Now I could see that the figure had a ponytail. Lil moved a bit closer, only to hear, "Don't take another step, byotch." The figure moved ever closer. Now I could see that she wore a skirt and knee socks. Then, all of a sudden, I could see. It was Olivia. Her hands were crimson, much like the color of her face and eyes. "What the hell are you DOING here?" I heard Phil's voice say.

"Just taking a leisurely tour of the building. Pickles, your aunt was extremely polite. She didn't even complain when I told her about her poisoned coffee."

Trisha said, "How could you DO that?"

"Simple. Get unhealthy amounts of chemo drugs, pop them in her coffee, then find a knife and hack her to pieces."

Trisha, Phil, Zach, and Lil all said, "WHY?"

"Revenge. Angelica gave me a threat after I made it look like I kissed her cousin. The only way to get sweet vengeance on the Pickles family is to make them suffer."

I found myself with a gun in my hand. I repeated to myself, "Only kill for self defense. ONLY kill for self defense..."

7:13 p.m. (Dil's view)

Aha! I have now gathered all the information I need. Corpse moved, Tommy disappearing, what other cause to be but that he has communication with ALIENS! I waved Blubberworld flags, mowed a message into the lawn: "Aliens Land Here, Family Free for Abduction", and stared at Mom's mashed potatoes, trying to extract a coded message from the aliens. I heard Mom say, "I do hope Tommy and his friends come back soon. They've been gone for quite a while."

"Aw, Mom, you know how obsessive Tommy is about this murder case!"

"I know, Dil. My point is, why isn't he back yet?"

Just then, Tommy burst in the door with a bloody cut on his forehead. He used his hood to hide it. "Mom, do we have any bandages and antiseptic?"

"Yes, Tommy, they're in the medicine cabinet. Why?"

"Um, just wondering, in case Dil ever falls off the roof again."

Mom sighed. "Tommy, you don't have to wear your hood throughout the house. It's roasting out."

"Yeah, but Phil, Lil, and Chuckie are waiting outside. This hood just kinda flew on. Gotta go, Mom! Bye!" He raced upstairs for a moment, then dashed off for next door, where his girlfriend lives.

8:22 p.m. (Kimi's view)

I finally persuaded Mom to let me out. I raced for Lil's house, where Lil was bandaging Tommy's cut. Apparently Olivia had a knife with her and just missed Tommy's eye when she was swinging it around. I'm surprised Tommy still wants to get even with that prissy little blonde. Chuckie sat on the bed, worrying. "What if she hunts us down and kills us all in our sleep? What if our internal organs get donated to science? I hope my liver goes to a good cause..." Trisha, who lived in the giant house across the street, stayed home to read Edgar Allan Poe's "The Telltale Heart." She likes stuff like that. Makes all of us wonder if Charlotte's heart was under the floorboards of the supply room, beating away and driving Olivia mad...

a/n: Bye! (I LOVE how I'm ending this chapter off. Cliffhangers always get me hooked on stories, although I'm not very good at them...)