Chapter 8
"So Lillian, what can you tell me about the Lion?" Shane inquired.
"Not much, just that Seth and I think that he goes to our school."
"Why do you think that?"
"When Seth first started getting the letters, he got them on his desk in Math. We thought that it might have been Brian or one of his goons, but this situation has moved beyond what Brian is capable of."
"So, let me get this straight. You believe that a student is doing this." It was a statement rather than a question.
"Yes, it has to be. There's no one else that could have done it, except for the teachers. You know how tight security has been at school since 9-11. No one else is allowed in the school except for parents. And we figured that it has to be someone in the math class before him, because they would know what seat he sits in during Math."
"Do you have a list of those people?"
"Yup, it's right here." Lillian handed the list to Shane. He looked it over with an unreadable expression on his face.
"I'll see what I can find on school records and police records about these students; see if we can narrow the list." Shane told Lillian.
"I'm going to see some of my old crime buddies, see if they have heard of anyone called the Lion, or if they know anyone on this list. Even if any of these people have a sealed record, these people can find it."
Lillian left Shane behind and ran up the stairs to her room and grabbed her jacket and her keys to her motorcycle.
"Where are you going?" Seth asked his sister.
"I'm going to see some of my old friends about the Lion."
"Just don't do anything irrational, Lillian."
"Don't worry Seth. Hey, before I go, why don't you look over the list again. See if any names ring a bell, even if they are from middle school or elementary school, I mean even if you haven't talked to them in years, anything will do."
"Alright." Seth searched the list again. "Well, if you want to go back all the way to elementary school, Ryan Simmons and Riley Drake were my best friends in 5th grade and I dated Claire Smith for about a week in 7th grade."
"Why didn't you tell me this before."
"Because, it was such a long time ago, I didn't think it mattered."
"Every detail matters, Seth. Anything to keep you safe." Seth just smiled at his sister.
"Don't you have to go somewhere?"
"Yeah. I'm going." Lillian said. She walked over to her brother and gave him a big hug. Seth was momentarily surprised, Lillian never hugged anyone, but he readily returned the gesture. "Just, be safe Seth."
"I will be fine Lillian, just go."
"I don't know, maybe I should take you with me." Lillian said jokingly. "Trouble does just seem to find you all the time."
"Just go Lillian."
"So, Demon, how did we do this month?"
"Well, Slick, we did pretty good."
"Do we have a job for next month?"
"Yeah, just a simple robbery, should be cake."
"Hey, do you hear that?"
"Sounds like a motorcycle."
"Yeah, it does. Wonder who is here."
"Let's check it out on surveillance." Demon pulled out the surveillance footage from the main entrance to their "office."
"It can't be…" Knowing that Demon and Slick were watching, the visitor waved into the camera.
"Well, don't just sit there. Let her in." Slick said as he slapped playfully at Demon. Demon, opened the door and stared, dumbfounded, at the visitor.
"London!" Both men shouted at the same time.
"It's been a long time guys."
"So," Demon began, "getting tired of the family life and decided to rejoin us."
"Sorry guys," Lillian replied. "I'm here because I need your help."
"Anything to help an old friend."
"Okay, so you have a list of possible suspects." Claire said. "And you want me to look up their school records to narrow the list."
"Yes." Claire gave Shane a disbelieving look. "Please Claire."
"Fine, honey. I could never refuse you of anything." Shane began to read off the list of names and Claire began to search of anyone with a past history of violence.
"So what do you need, London."
"I need to know if you guys have ever heard of anyone named the Lion. They would be new to the crime world, not longer than a couple of years. They would be right up your alley for they would have to be into surveillance."
"How do you know that?"
"Because they have been stalking my brother."
"Ohh. Well, you just may have come to the right people because I think we have heard of someone named the Lion."
"Really?"
"Really, they came here, maybe a few months ago and bought some of our old surveillance stuff off of us."
"How do you know that it was the same person I'm talking about?"
"Because the person obviously did not know what they were doing and they seemed to be young, about your age."
"Do you two have any morals?"
"Nope." Lillian had to roll her eyes at that.
"Do you have a picture or something of them, anything that will help me identify them?"
"Yeah, I think that we still have some footage of the person." Demon went to the back room and pulled out a box of old tapes. He searched through the pile till he came to the right dated tape and plugged it in so that Lillian could see it. The tape began like all their other surveillance tapes, with a person walking towards the front entrance, but this person looked up at the camera. Not always a smart move for a criminal, but in this case it was fortunate for London. Lillian stared at the face, she knew that face, she had seen it at school. "It can't be…"
"I got a hit."
"You what?" Shane asked his companion. Shane hadn't thought that this plan would work out.
"Yeah, apparently this student brought a lead pipe to school and attacked another student."
"Seth was attacked with a lead pipe in the alley. It just could be the person we are looking for. What is their name?"
"It's…"