Sookie had one good idea where she could find Luke. Luke was a simple guy, it didn't take much to figure him out. When she pulled up to the pond, she saw his truck. She grabbed a flashlight and headed towards the dock. Sure enough, there he sat drinking a bear and looking up at the stars.

"Luke!" she called.

He turned around quickly and jumped up. "Sookie?"

"Luke, you have to come back to town."

"Why? What's wrong?" Luke walked closer to her.

"Jess is in the hospital. He tried to escape from the prison and they shot him."

"What!" Luke yelled in disbelief. "Damn it!"

"There's no time to curse, you have to get to the hospital and I have to help Lorelai. Rory is missing."

Luke's face turned pale. "It never freaking ends." he muttered.

Now, if Sookie had a strong enough connection with Luke to know where he was hiding out. Of course Lorelai would be lead straight to Rory. Several places however, crossed Lorelai's mind of where Rory could be, but one called out more than the others. When Lorelai arrived at the bus stop she found her daughter sitting there shivering.

"Planning on catching the 10:00 bus?" Lorelai asked.

Rory quickly looked up. "It's not running tonight is it?" Rory answered.

"Afraid not. You should have checked the bus schedule before you ran away." She sat down beside her daughter.

"How did you know I was here?" Rory asked.

"Well, you said you was leaving town to start over. You don't have a car, or any friends that have a car. So, unless you planned on walking..."

"I guess you want me to come home." Rory replied not showing any sign of emotion.

Lorelai sighed. "Yes, I do." Rory was still shivering. Lorelai slid off her jacket and wrapped it around her daughter. She gently pulled Rory closer to her and held her. "But we'll sit here until your ready."

Amazing... How did Lorelai do it? Every time Rory was mad or upset, Lorelai could swoop in say and do exactly the right thing and heal all the pain Rory was feeling. Rory guessed that was just a mother's special touch. After a few minutes of silence Rory exhaled deeply.

"Okay." she half laughed. "I'm ready."

Lorelai smiled. "Good... I'm freezing."

The girls headed back to the jeep. Lorelai turned the key to the ignition several times but the jeep wouldn't start.

"Huh, that's weird." Lorelai noted. "It's never done this before."

"Try pumping the gas pedal." Rory suggested.

Lorelai gave Rory an awkward look. "Okay." she pumped the gas pedal several times, but still the engine would not start.

"Looks like we're going to have to walk, kiddo." Lorelai said sorrowfully. "I can call and have the jeep towed in the morning, everything's already closed tonight."

"Now, I'm sorry I picked the farthest bus top from our house." Rory replied. "Though seemed like a good idea when I was running away."

"Yeah." Lorelai agreed. "Well, see how easy it is to make a mistake?"

The girls started walking, after a couple of minutes Rory stopped and turned around.

"I keep hearing something." Rory whispered.

"Well, don't stop... let's just keep moving."

"Mom, I really hear something."

Lorelai gazed around the street. "Rory it's probably just a dog, or a cat..." suddenly Lorelai's eyes caught a glimpse of a head peep around a nearby tree. "Or a person."

Rory let out a small gasp and stepped closer to her mother. "Mom..."

"Shh.." Lorelai replied. "Hello?"

"Lorelai?" a voice asked.

"Kirk?" Lorelai returned. "What are you doing?"

Kirk came out from behind the tree. "I'm following you."

Lorelai paused for a moment and tilted her head slightly to the left "Why are following us?"

Kirk walked over closer to them. "Isn't it funny Lorelai, how everyone has been acting these past few weeks?" Lorelai didn't answer. "Taylor is killed, and suddenly everyone is a suspect. Everyone started accusing everyone. Jess was arrested, and Dean..." Kirk laughed. "You and Luke did quite the job on him. 120 years. My that's impressive."

Kirk's creepy tone and behavior was starting to freak Lorelai out. She took hold of Rory's hand and pulled Rory behind her in a sense of protection. "Kirk... did you kill Taylor?" Lorelai asked.

Again Kirk laughed. "Did I kill Taylor?" he repeated. "You just like to accuse everyone, don't you?"

"No, it's just the way you're acting..." Lorelai defended.

"Everyone thinks I'm an idiot." Kirk interrupted. "Everyone thinks I'm the gawky, strange, Pee-Wee Herman of Stars Hollow. Well, I'm not!" Kirk roared.

Lorelai and Rory both jumped back a couple of inches. "No one thinks that." Lorelai replied, trying to calm Kirk down.

"Looks like I'm the smartest one in this town." Kirk smiled. "I fooled the police, I fooled all the town folk... I really fooled you Lorelai. Clever, quirky, witty Lorelai." A pause. "How can a loser... a geek... harbor so much control over an entire town?"

"You killed Taylor to prove you had control?" Lorelai asked.

Kirk pulled out a knife from his jacket pocket. Lorelai's grip on Rory's hand became tighter. "No..." Kirk replied. "I didn't want to prove I had control. I wanted to prove that I was much more than just an idiot. So, I devised a plan to kill off the most well known man in town." Kirk began to fiddle with the knife. "My plan was for Jess to get pinned with the murder, but once you stuck your two cents in and brought Dean in on it, I was so far out of the picture that no one even questioned me. I actually had to go to the police and offer them my story. How sad is that, Lorelai? How sad is it they the whole town gets questioned, and yet they leave out Kirk?"

"That's really sad." Lorelai replied, her voice beginning to show fear. It was becoming obvious to her know that Kirk was mentally unstable. "But, you don't have to hurt people, Kirk. I'm sure if you just talk to people they'll listen..."

"The hell they will!" Kirk roared. "I tried talking to the police. They didn't give a rat's ass about what I had to say. No one in this town cares about what happens to me or what I have to say!"

Rory was whimpering behind her mother's back. Lorelai stayed calm, hoping that someone would come along and that Kirk wouldn't do anything irrational. Kirk held his knife up straight. "I'm tired of being the village idiot."

"Kirk, please." Lorelai replied.

"But you know what, Lorelai. I guess killing the most popular man in town just wasn't enough. No one even found out it was me."

"You could tell them." Lorelai suggested, trying to hold back her tears. "Dean and Jess would really appreciate that."

"You think I care about Jess and Dean?" Kirk scoffed. "I don't. No... I need to do something else. Something bigger. Something that will catch even more attention and show everyone how stupid they are for putting two boys in jail. They think they have the real killers... they think everything is all safe in the kingdom of Stars Hollow." Kirk pointed his knife at Lorelai. She quickly backed away. "But if I murdered the queen and her darling little princess, I'm sure that would catch everyone's attention."