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This Chapter is in Keith Mar's point of view. And the Italic's are Keith's thoughts. The bold writing is the cop's radio that they carry on their shoulder.
Come on Veronica pick up the phone. "This is Veronica. Leave a message."
Crap! She's not picking up! That can't be a good sign. She always answers her phone. That means something happened. I swear to god, Aaron better not have found my daughter. Calm down Keith. Maybe it hasn't been 10 minutes yet. Maybe you're jumping to conclusions. There could be traffic. Or, she is at a party, maybe she can't get her car out.
Who are you kidding? If you weren't so worried, then why are you pacing? Great now I'm talking to myself.
Lianne comes into the room. She looks concerned. "Is everything okay, Keith?" What am I supposed to say? Everything is not ok. Wait a minute. I'm a private investigator. My job is to track people down. There's a tracking device in Veronica's phone. That's it Keith, keep thinking. Just go out to the car and track her cell phone.
I know it's not true, but I tell Lianne that everything is fine, that I need to go solve a case. Said I would be back soon. With my daughter back alive and well.
I get in the car and immediately turn on the tracking device, and let out a sigh of relief. Well at least she's still in this town. That means nothing too bad could have happened. He hasn't kidnapped her yet. That is, if he is with her.
I drive by the Coronado Bridge and notice a yellow XTerra parked on the side of the bridge. Doesn't Logan drive that kind of car? Is that him on the ledge of the bridge? No time to stop. I have to get to my little girl. I turn on my cell phone and call the Sheriff's Department.
"Sheriff's Department. This is Leo speaking, how may I help you?" He sounds bored.
"Leo. It's me, Keith Mars."
"Oh hey, Keith. What can I do for you today? Is it another mob bust? Drug dealers? Anything?" Kids these days. Always so eager to see something dangerous happen.
"Not today, no. There's a Yellow XTerra parked on the Coronado Bridge. The owner is Logan Echolls, and he's standing on the ledge."
"The ledge? You mean to tell me that he's standing on the ledge of a bridge? Wait a minute. I know that name. Is he the son of Lynn Echolls?" I shake my head. Not the brightest bulb tonight is he?
"Yes that's right. Listen, I don't have time to talk about this. I'm on a case right now. I just need you to send someone out there to save him."
"Wait a minute. This isn't the kid Veronica dumped me for is it? Well I'll be damned. Looks like I have to save this kid twice now."
"I don't know what you're talking about. I don't have time for this. Just get to him." I hang up the phone and look back down at the tracking device. Looks like I'm close. But that's weird. The dot has stopped moving. God I hope she's ok. I don't know what I would do without her. She's my life. My reason for living.
Ten minutes later, I notice the dot is just to my left. I look to the left, but all that's there is the woods. That means the car is in the woods. Why the hell would her car be in there? Something bad happened. I just know it did.
I notice there are skid marks. I stop the car. The skid marks lead into the woods. Right to the dot that is Veronica. God damn, she got run off the road. Did Aaron run her off the road? That son of a bitch! I'll kill him if he did.
I get out of the car and follow the skid marks. I see a tree that looks like it was hit. I follow the clearing that the car made. I make it a little ways down the incline, and right away I notice a car that's flipped upside down.
Oh god! That's Veronica's car. I run/slide down the rest of the hill and over to the LeBaron. Please be ok, Please be ok, Please be ok. I keep chanting in my head. I make my way around to the driver's side, and immediately I notice glass and blood everywhere. Oh god I think I'm going to be sick! I kneel down in front of the door, and peer into the car. There's glass and blood all over the inside of the car as well. I notice Veronica's bag, and her cell phone.
Remember Keith. It's a good thing she's not in the car. It means she's not as hurt as it seems. But then again, it could also mean Aaron got to my daughter. He may have gotten away with killing Lily, but there's no way in hell he'll get away with harming Veronica.
I get back up and notice there are foot marks and drops of blood in the dirt leading away from the crash. I pull out my cell phone and call the Sheriff's Department. This time instead of it being Leo, Sheriff Lamb answers. Great, the last thing I wanted to do was talk to this asshole. I want to save my daughter, and I want to save her NOW!
"Sheriff Lamb. Can I help you?" Just the sound of his voice makes me want to hang up the phone. You're doing this to save Veronica. Remember that.
"Lamb. It's me, Keith Mars."
"Well, well, well. If it isn't my mentor. How's the business coming? Still convinced Abel Koontz didn't kill Lily Kane?"
"I don't have time for this. My daughter Veronica is in trouble." You jerk. You're the sheriff, you should be doing you're job. Not harassing people.
"Isn't she always in trouble? If it isn't accusing someone of raping her, then it's accusing someone of murder. Tell me something Keith, where does you're daughter get that from? Oh I know. It's from her father who accused Jake Kane of Murder. Between the two of you, I would think everyone was accused of murdering Lily Kane. Oh wait, they were. So tell me Keith, what can I possibly do for you?"
You son of a bitch! If I could just reach through the phone and strangle you! "Listen to me! Aaron Echolls killed Lily Kane. And now he's after my daughter. She's hurt and in trouble. I need you to send an ambulance, and the police department. And I need them NOW!"
"Aaron Echolls? That's funny. Wasn't it just today that Veronica accused Logan Echolls of the same murder? Do you two really have something against that family? Haven't they been through enough? What with the mother killing herself and all."
"You're not listening to me! My daughter is in the hands of a murderer, and you're here chatting with me. I thought you were the town sheriff? Isn't it the town's sheriff's job to go after murderers? That's how it was done back in my day. I don't like you. I never have. But right now all I care about is saving my daughter. You send me a god damn ambulance, and the police department, and I won't report you're ass for negligence to a case. You understand me now Lamb?"
Silence on his end of the phone. Finally he sighs. "Fine. Tell me where you are, and I'll send some people out to investigate. And I'll even send you an ambulance." About time. Who knew that all it would take is to threaten someone.
After I tell Lamb where I am, I hang up the phone. I'm torn between following the tracks, and waiting for the police to show up. They won't be here for at least ten minutes. I guess I can follow for a little bit, then head back and wait for the cops.
I draw my gun, and start following the tracks. After about Five minutes of following the tracks, I still don't see anyone or anything. So reluctantly, I turn back around and head towards the car. I get to the street just in time to see Sheriff Lamb arrive.
Lamb pulls the car over to the side and gets out. "Ok Keith, I'm here. Let's get this over with."
"Veronica's car is in the woods. These are her skid marks. That would mean that someone, meaning Aaron Echolls, was in the car with her. Something must have happened to make her swerve like that. Follow me to the car."
Deputy Leo requesting assistance and an ambulance at Skiff Street. Vehicle number NPTNE2P has been hit. I repeat please send assistance and an ambulance to Skiff Street.
That was the radio. Isn't Leo supposed to be with Logan? How can he get hit? He's supposed to be helping Logan off the ledge of the bridge.
Sheriff Lamb responds to the radio. "Where are you Leo? What hit you? Who's hurt?"
I was on my way to help with the Veronica Mars case. Responding for backup. Something ran out in front of my car. I couldn't stop in time before hitting it. It's a person sir. It's Veronica Mars, and she's hurt bad. Aaron Echolls is here too. He was following her out of the woods. He's hurt too, and I'm holding onto him for questioning.
"Roger that Deputy. We'll be right there. Don't do anything else until then."
I don't wait for him to finish. I'm already in my car and heading towards Leo. Please Veronica, please be alive. Deep breaths Keith. You don't want to do anything irrational to Aaron. You need him alive.
(A/N: Once again, please let me know what you think. Any and all feedback is welcomed.)
Ksrli: Ok so maybe it's more like 5 days. Lol I want to draw it out, but even I can't wait that long! Hope you enjoy this one as well.
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