Mrs. Baxter had stormed into the police station; she had a lawyer with her, "Consider you and your police force sued."

The aardvark man in the police uniform chuckled, "Mrs. Baxter, a pleasure to see you."

Binky's, Rattle's, Francine's, Sue Ellen's as well as other student's parents were there.

"You got some nerve," Mr. Barnes said, "We knew your son would go postal one of these days. Apparently you beat him too much or not enough."

Mrs. Baxter looked at Mr. Nordgren, "Those guns weren't even mine."

"Hey, I don't know how George jimmied open the lock, your son killed about 10 students, and you are saying it is my fault, technically it is your fault, Buster pulled the trigger."

Another police officer appeared as arguing started, "Enough!" He turned to Mr. Nordgren, "Use padlocks to lock your guns away, Mrs. Baxter, you are going to pay the families a sum of money for those students who got killed or hurt, and…"

Mrs. Baxter interrupted the police officer, "The Elwood City police force gets sued by me for using deadly force against my son."

The lawyer stepped in, "She has a point."

"He was a threat to himself and others."

"You could have used tear gas…"

Those chilling words put the police officer in his place he couldn't respond as Mrs. Baxter had a strong point, the lawyer spoke up, "We will see you in court."

The police officer grumbled, "You should be charged with murder…"

Everyone had left the police station.

Arthur was hanging out with Muffy at the Sugar Bowl, she was talking, "You see, I find it unfair and rude why this happened, I lost my best friend, two classmates of mine are injured, and…"

"…you wanted to kill George with a pillow."

Her voice turned quiet, "…I get it now…"

"Get what?"

"Buster doing this because he was angry and scared," Muffy got up from her chair and walked towards the door.

"Where are you going?"

"I got to apologize to George for my actions; I shouldn't take my anger out on him for what Buster did."

Muffy had decided to go to the hospital, she went into the room, Sue Ellen wasn't there and she had noticed the bed was empty, George's injuries were a bit more severe, and this had saddened her a little bit. She thought Sue Ellen might have died from her injuries, but she swallowed her sadness, "I am sorry for yesterday, I was annoyed with what happened."

A sad smile formed on Georges face, "But Buster…"

She started to cry, "I don't care, Francine is dead…" Muffy sat next to George.

At another part of the hospital Sue Ellen was being released from the hospital, she was given a red balloon; her leg was bandaged up lightly as she limped out of the hospital. Her parents were walking with her as were the Brain.

Sue Ellen started to talk, "I want to see Fern…"

"The doctor had told you to stay home," Mrs. Armstrong replied.

The cat girl's voice soon turned to sadness, "But Fern…"

"You can see her tomorrow," The Brain added knowing Sue Ellen was a bit upset, and then had a change of heart, "We will both go tomorrow."

The next day Sue Ellen was home, the Brain came over and Mr. Armstrong was set to leave as he was going to court.

Mrs. Baxter was suing the police force for their actions… and oddly enough the judge sided with her however she was to pay the families of the kids who were injured or died.

Mr. Nordgren had a lighter sentence… a way lighter sentence than Mrs. Baxter; he was to get rid of his gun collection and do 1000 hours of community service.

The families were paid about $200000 each as Mrs. Baxter sued for $3 Million. It had worked out slightly to everyone's favor despite the fact that Mrs. Baxter used the rest of the money for bail.

The Brain and Sue Ellen were both at her house; Mr. Armstrong came home with a check.

Mrs. Armstrong was shocked when she saw the settlement check, $200000?"

Sue Ellen stood up and faced away from Alan and her parents, "That money won't get my friends back… It won't be used to heal the wounds…"

Mr. Armstrong looked at her but said nothing.

Sue Ellen had struggled up the stairs and she went to her room; she lay on her bed face down crying. Money wasn't going to solve the problems, it wasn't going to heal the wounds of a few days ago and it sure as hell wasn't going to bring those who died back.

Back downstairs; the Brain was wondering if he should see Sue Ellen or not, he had nervously walked up the stairs to see her, he had opened the door to find her crying, "What's wrong?"

"Everything; money isn't going to bring Binky, Francine and Buster back, money isn't going to magically heal my leg…"

Mrs. Armstrong heard Sue Ellen crying and she walked in, "What do you think should be done?"

She had soon stopped crying, "Donate the money to a group that tackles gun violence?"

Mrs. Armstrong didn't expect that, "…Ok, We are going to put some of that money in your college fund as well."

Sue Ellen wiped away her tears, "I hope you aren't planning on buying any material things to try and make me feel better."

A sad smile formed on her mother's face, Mrs. Armstrong knew that this would be reasonable, and very responsible of her.

Sue Ellen got up from the bed however she wasn't sure to visit George or Fern, she wanted to talk George into the same idea, however Fern needed help badly. Sue Ellen was pacing from left to right panicking; Fern was in complete denial about the horrible stuff she had seen, yet George needed to be talked to, she needed to sway George's decision without forcing him, "Mom…"

"I think you should see Fern first."

TBC