Noise From The Basement
Chapter Seven: Tiassale
As the week wore on, Veronica spent most of her time inside and out of school trying to figure out who had killed Kelly. It wasn't until 2 more of the girls, Haley Farn and Jessica Marks, were found decapitated in two separate broom closets in Neptune High that Veronica knew she had to get her ass in gear.
As she dug more into Billy's life, searching through phone records, old addresses, she found that he had once lived in Alamogordo, New Mexico, the same place where she had last heard from her mother. She vaguely remembered an 18th birthday card along with a letter of apology about taking the check for $50,000. She then thought nothing of it and brushed it off as a coincidence.
When it finally came down to another girl being found, Patricia Adams, Veronica was beginning to loose all hope for finding the murderer. One night as she left The Hut to get ready for a date with Logan, she was knocked out and when she woke up, she was tied to a chair in a dark room. When she tried screaming for help, she discovered she was wearing a gag.
Finally a light came on and she was found face to face with her attacker. She was shocked to be face to face with a girl who couldn't be more than a few years older than her. She wore a black turtleneck with black jeans and a pair of scuffed white sneakers. Her skin was the color of black coffee and her black hair was in a long ponytail. She pulled a chair out from the shadows and faced the back towards Veronica and sat facing Veronica.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't the infamous Veronica Mars. I'm shocked that you still haven't found out who killed the little girlies from the basement yet. I'm even more shocked is that you can escape a burning refrigerator yet you can't get out of those ropes. A bit uncomfortable aren't they?" Veronica squirmed and rocked the chair "Now, now don't do that, you just might escape. Now, I am guessing you have a bunch of questions swirling in that little blonde head of yours. I'm going to give you a chance to share with the class." She untied the gag and Veronica couched as she tried to compose herself.
"Now who the hell are you and why are you holding me hostage, you psycho bitch?"
"Well, Miss Mars, no need for insults. I'll be happy to divulge who I am. My name is Tiassale Killodan. Billy Killodan was my father."