Title: The Lost and Forgotten
Authors: Shadow's Echo (also known as Cindy from CindyandSandy)
Rating: PG-13 (some swearing!)
Disclaimer: I don't own Mulder, Scully, or any of that happy crap…but I do own Amelia and other such characters. Yadda yadda yadda. We've been over this, have we not?
Chapter 9 – Investigations
Mulder and Scully stood outside room 213 as they waited for Mrs. Leevey to return with a key.
"I think those kids saw a ghost, Scully," Mulder said, breaking the silence. Scully gave him a strange look. She didn't want him to know she was thinking much the same thing. To give in to him would give him too much gratification.
"I don't know what to think, Mulder," she finally got the courage to say. Mrs. Leevey suddenly appeared and unlocked the door for them.
"There's not much to find," she said. The agents entered the room. They both turned back, expecting Mrs. Leevey to leave. She met their glances, but remained where she was. Mulder looked at Scully and shrugged. He went to find the light switch, the room was very dark because for some reason the shades were pulled. He flipped it on, but nothing happened.
"On the fritz again!" Mrs. Leevey said, then sighed. "This happened when the police came last time too. After they left it worked fine," she said while testing the switch herself. She disappeared into the darkness. Then a blinding light appeared. After Mulder's eyes adjusted he could see Mrs. Leevey standing in front of the window, the bright light of day streaming in from outside. Now that Mulder had a good view of the room he could see that it was rather ordinary, except for the fact that it was dusty from no usage. Instead of two beds, there was one underneath the window. Apparently the first boy who had died in it had no roommate. Considering it had been a murder site for at least eight students, it seemed incredibly normal. Nothing was out of place. Someone had done a good job of cleaning up, perhaps not lately, but at one time they must've hauled in a cleaning crew.
"Did someone clean this room after the deaths?" Mulder asked, taking a few more steps into the room.
"I had some of the cleaners come and straighten things up," Mrs. Leevey said.
"After every death? That's a lot of cleaning. If the room wasn't going to be used, why so much work? I'd think you'd want to hold on to at least some evidence."
"There wasn't much evidence to hold onto, Agent Mulder." She said his name with disgust. Both agents poked around the room, under Mrs. Leevey's watchful eye, but found nothing.
Agent Mulder saw Mrs. Leevey glance at her watch too many times for it not to be a hind. They had pulled her out of her Mathematics class and he had just heard the faint ring of a bell. He thanked her for her time, and then she shooed them out of the room. She reentered the room to draw the shades, and then she shut and locked the door. The agents watched as she walked away without even saying goodbye.
Amelia was walking to her room when she passed Mrs. Leevey, then spied the two people who had taken Kayla and Jacob. The red-headed lady smiled at her, and Amelia instantly looked away and entered her own room. Not until after she had laid her things down did she notice the small quivering body sitting on Libby's bed.
A/N: I told you I'd update! I don't know if anyone has taken up reading this...but please! If you have a heart, review for me! I'm not sure when the next chapter is coming...hopefully soon. Sorry this was a shorty! That's just how I write!