Chapter Four: Que Importancia?
"Sean. Sean!" Kendra screamed, as smoke filled the house and her lungs. "Please." She whispered, crowding into a corner and thinking of how she was going to get them out of this.
Continuing to crawl around the house, using the floor as a guide, Kendra stumbled upon Sean's lifeless body.
"Ahh!" She screamed, almost succumbing to the voice that was telling her that it was over. "Come on." Kendra whispered, dragging Sean out through the kitchen and to the back door. She was almost there …
"Not so fast." Ellie whispered, completely disguised again and ready to do whatever was necessary to ensure that no one messed with her plan. "Get her." She commanded Emma.
Immediately, before Kendra could completely remove Sean's body from the house, Emma knocked her over the head with a shovel, not hard enough to kill her, but just enough to knock her unconscious.
"Now what do we do?" Emma wondered stupidly. Ellie shook her head. She always had to come up with everything. If her uncle hadn't been a cop, she wouldn't know anything about covering tracks, but Emma was just plain … dumb.
"Get Sean back into the house. We're taking Kendra for a ride."
"B-But …" Emma began. "I can't do it.' She sighed.
"What? You wanted to get revenge. You wanted to feel free and now when it's finally without our reach, you want to just throw it away!" Ellie choked back angrily as Emma cowered like a child. The only way to get this done was to do it herself.
"I'll show you. I'll take care of this and you get Kendra." She commanded, covering up the mess Kendra made when she was trying to escape. Ellie had already planted everything … the "cooking fire" the failed attempt to make it out of the house. Everything was going to work out … if Emma didn't screw it up.
A few hours later
"You take care of this part, okay? This way I won't be the one that did everything." Ellie explained as Emma sat back and nodded like a helpless child.
"I'm sorry." Emma whispered, wiping away tears that were forming up in her eyes. She turned away because she didn't want Ellie to think she was weak. It was almost pathetic at how much Emma cared about Ellie's opinion of her. All the guys she had didn't mean anything … as long as Ellie saw her as something …
"Thank you." Emma nodded as Ellie handed, just glad that she wasn't the one who had to actually kill anyone. Her job was easy. All she had to do was dump the body.
Emma jumped as Ellie shut the car door. "Get out of here, will you?" She asked as Emma nodded graciously, rushing to her car and leaving without a second glance. Ellie had a plan that was working, and she was taking care of everything. Just like she promised.
A few days later
"Were you even planning on coming?" Craig wondered as Ellie practically jogged beside him to keep up. She had completely forgotten … it had been three days since she was supposed to go to Craig's house, and four since Sean got what he deserved.
"Craig--" She began.
"Or were you just messing around?" He stopped suddenly.
"I got caught up with a couple of things. I'm sorry." Ellie spat out. "It's not like it was a date or anything." Craig caught her eye as she saw of flash of fire as if to say it was a date.
"Guess I won't be making the same mistake again." He muttered, walking at an abnormally fast speed again.
"Don't be an idiot." Ellie sighed glancing downwards. When she realized that wasn't working, Ellie began over. "Craig … do you have time for Aristotle night?" She smiled as he turned around, nodding.
"Only if I get a chance to freestyle too."
"Freestyle? I don't know about that." Ellie forced herself to smile, letting Craig get dangerously close to touching her hand as they walked past Emma.
"Hey Emma. We're on for tonight right?" JT begged as Ellie and Craig caught Emma's attention. "Emma!"
"I'll see what's going on. Talk to me later." She mumbled, ready to go after Ellie, who had turned down two hallways, but being intercepted by Jay.
"Hey." He greeted Emma as she turned all of her anger into passion, kissing him wildly in the hallway. "We're going out tonight." She demanded, squeezing his butt as she walked past him. Emma smiled. Guys were so easy … and maybe going out with Jay could make her forget what was really bothering her.
"Did you touch anything?" Detective Mandy demanded to know, looking over at the unconscious body that had been dumped into the woods.
"I waited until you got here." Her partner shot back, equally annoyed. It seemed like no matter what was going on, they ended up getting angry with each other. They were just so incompatible.
"Good." Mandy grumbled, ignoring the fact that it was bothering her that she and Evan never got along.
"It looks like a hit and run." Evan commented.
"Eh." Mandy began. "Looks more like this girl got into a fight with someone, was knocked out, and was dumped here … left for dead." She finished as Evan shrugged. "Gotten any news on that fire?"
"Michael said it was a kitchen fire. No homicide. Nothing that involves us." He spat out.
"Well, I want to know anyway. Find out who this girl is, get her to the hospital, and let's get to that scene where the fire was."
"Why?" Evan questioned, playing into the whole 'give-Mandy-a-hard-time' game.
"I like to know what's going on here." She responded, heading to the car. "And I don't like to be left in the dark."
"So, what do you think of this?" JT wondered, showing off some new trick he had learned from his cousin, still not getting Emma's hint earlier.
"I'd say so what? What's so great about a skateboard?" Emma chimed in, taking a puff of her fresh cigarette before looking around. "It's funny how you hang out with these misfits now." She smiled.
"What do you want Emma?" JT growled, holding his board close to his body.
"Hmm … that's a good question." She smiled mysteriously. "I'd have to say…" Emma's attention drifted over to Ellie who had her arm wrapped up in Craig, who was looking at her intensely. "I have to go." She whispered, detachedly, following them and almost walking up to them before remembering who she was and where she was going.
"Stupid." Emma muttered, trying to keep her cool. Here she was sweating this thing out, waiting for the police to question her and all Ellie could do was find a new boy toy? "The nerve."
"Of who?" Jay wondered, coming up to Emma and wrapping his arms around her, taking the opportunity to touch every part of her body in sight.
Jay kissed her abruptly as Emma responded, "Did I say you could touch me?" She dropped her cigarette quickly, walking in the other direction. Looking back over at JT, she realized that he had Liberty wrapped in his arms and that she wasn't going to get to have any fun today.
"What's with you?" Jay wondered, apparently talking about how she had been all over him earlier, but Emma had spaced out.
"Nothing. Just don't touch me in public okay?' She held her hands out, realizing how suddenly bored she was with everyone. All guys were the same, felt the same. There was no differentiation, nothing that made her feel … it. Seeing Ellie with Craig had made her rehash that whole situation with herself, Manny, and Craig … how she was the one who had liked him first, but never got a chance, never got to …
"Are you Emma Nelson?" a young man dressed in a suit wondered.
"Who wants to know?" She looked him up and down, thinking that maybe she should try older men … again.
"DPD." He held out his badge. (Degrassi Police Department) "I'd like to ask you a few questions." He admitted. "We." A female counterpart joined in as Emma shrugged, internally sighing. This was it. The moment of truth. And if she screwed it up, Ellie would have all hell to pay for it.
To come: Emma is questioned by the police, clues about the murder, Ellie and Craig grow closer
