Runaways
It's me again. And erickdragon101... be afraid, be very afraid. Heiduska, you might wanna lay off the coffee for a while, you're a little hyper... :-p
Chapter 12: Twisted
The entire group of teens were sitting at the round table in the study. David hadn't told any of them why he'd called this meeting, but it was painfully obvious to most of the group, Melody guessed, because there were a few glances toward Jenny and Jade, who were sitting opposite each other. Melody was leaning against a wall, keeping her pistol hidden from view.
"I have some bad news," started David, standing at the front of the room, "if any of you have been following the recent news reports on TV, you will know that a serial killer calling themself J.A. has murdered the leaders one of Paris' crime networks, as well as cause the disappearance of an investigator at Interpol. With some searching," he continued, noticing that Jade didn't seem to be listening, but Jenny was paying attention to everything he was saying, "we've found who the killer is."
"Who?" asked Amy.
Melody brought her gun into view, and said, "Jennifer Christina Arden, please stand up."
Jenny looked confused. "Me?"
"Yes, you. Melody found a hit list in your writing." said David.
Jenny was still bewildered. "Why are you telling me to stand up... and where did you find a list?"
"It was in your dairy."
"I haven't used my diary in a year and a half." She sounded disbelieving now. "I haven't seen my diary in a month."
"Right. And how did that list get in there then?"
"Je ne sais pas."
Melody was getting irritated. "We know it's you. Stand up."
"I'm serious, I haven't even seen my dairy for a month, so how could I write that, and it is not me."
Now it was Jade. "It is you. Face it, you're caught, it's over. The three crooks on your list killed your dad, and the cop assigned to the case which went unsolved was Inspector Fox, but why were we, your friends, on the hit list?"
There was an almost audible click as something happened to Jenny; her eyes went from brown to blood red, and her voice changed completely. "I don't have any friends," she snarled, standing, knocking over her chair, pulling a gun out of her jacket pocket, aiming it at Jade. Melody fired at Jenny the same time Jenny fired at Jade.
Melody's bullet hit the wall behind where Jenny had been; she had vanished into thin air. Jade was still sitting calmly, looking at where Jenny had been. Jenny's bullet was suspended in the air, two inches from her head.
"What the hell..." said Kuma. "Jade, you should be dead."
"I know." she said flatly, picking the bullet out of the air it seemed to be stuck in. "I knew Jenny had to be screwed up. No one can be copletely positive and not be cracked."
There was a long pause. Then Amy asked: "Shouldn't we see where she went?"
David jolted back to reality. "Oh, er, yeah." He went to his computer. "I've got a tracker in her car and- "
"You have a tracker in her car?" asked Mark incredulously.
"Yeah. And..." David frowned. "Her car is moving out of the city. Towards the woods."
Nobody had noticed Jade had left, dialing a number on her cell phone as she left.
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"Hello, Cooper? It's me again."
Over the phone, he answered. "And who would 'me' be?"
"Jade Akio. The others finally figured out Jenny was the psycho, not me. Dave's got her car on a tracker, and she's heading for the summer-cottage area of the countryside."
"And you want us to go with you. I'm sorry, but if it's not going to help with our heist..."
Jade cut him off. "We suspect Jenny's got a hostage or two in a cabin, and there's a very good chance one of them is Inspector Fox. Carmelita."
There was a short silence. Then; "I'll come."
"Thank you, goodbye." Click.
Yes, short Chapter, I know. Things will get better (longer) next Chapter.