A/N – Thanks MirethGuilbain for the feedback. I tried my best to express their thoughts and add more narrative parts rather then just dialogue. I hope you like this better. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, though not many of you did last chapter.

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"You're not coming." What, does he want? To be the hero in all of this? Shouldn't he be off protecting his girlfriend Laura? Doesn't she need protecting?

"Veronica, you're not going alone. It's not safe." Not safe? Doesn't he know the things that I've done? The situations I've been in. Of course he knows, he's the one who rescued me from all of them.

"You can come under one condition." Veronica looked into his eyes. He knew she was serious. "You do what I say, if I tell you to stay in the car you have to stay in the car." She stood waiting for some sort of reply. She wasn't quite sure of what he'd say, whether it be okay, or whether it be something sarcastic.

"Okay, but if I sense something wrong I'm breaking the rule." I guess it's better to have someone with me as backup then to be alone and fighting for myself.

"Deal." The two of them went out the front door and into Veronicas Le Baron. The car ride felt long and uncomfortable. Neither of them spoke, but they could feel the tension.

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When they reached their destination they sat in the car and looked at the scene of the crime. The police were long gone by now, the guy had already been arrested. Veronica took out her laptop and searched Edward Nacharo. Seems our friend here has been in trouble with the law quite a few times.

"Logan, turn on the radio. Something might come on the news station." Logan listened and he turned the radio on without speaking. Would you just talk already? It's not like there is anything to be quiet about, how about some of that jackass charm I know and love. I'd prefer that to the silence.

Veronica was just about to open her mouth to speak when something interesting came on the radio. The newswomen spoke with a crisp voice, "Edward Nacharo was arrested for shooting a series of victims under the age of 19. No names have been released yet, however we will keep you updated."

"Wait! Are they dead? Which hospital?" Veronica started screaming at the radio.

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Logan stared at her as she shouted things at the radio, and to herself. I want to talk to her, but what would I say? There's not much to talk about. Sure, we've got history but nothing I could bring up in a conversation. I'm not here for chitchat; just to make sure she's okay. She's always getting herself into such stupid and dangerous things.

"Veronica, why are we here anyways."

"I didn't ask you to come." Yeah, but when you're in a tough situation later you won't be complaining about my being here.

"That's not what I meant. I mean, what's going on with this case."

"Bobby got a letter from a guy with the initials E.N. His car was spotted around this are a few weeks ago, and now this guy 'Edward Nacharo' has been arrested down here. I'm just checking things out to see if this guy could be involved with Bobby."

Logan didn't say anything in return. He got his answer, and there wasn't much more to say.

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Two hours had passed and they didn't hear anything. They sat in the car and waited to hear or see anything. They had only spoken a few times; about how hot is was outside and how the Journalism assignment was due soon.

After a few more minutes they saw something outside. A few boys were running to a small shack like house. They ran through the small alley to the backyard. They couldn't see where they had gone after that but Veronica knew something was up.

Veronica got out of the car and slammed the door. "Stay in the car." Dangerous? Yes. This is better though; I can do this on my own. Veronica walked a few steps when she heard someone walking behind her. She got a little scared, she knew it was probably Logan but she didn't know for sure. She turned around and found that her assumption was right.

"I told you to stay in the car." Can he not hear? I know what he's going to say 'You can't go in alone, you need protection.' If I need protection I'll ask.

"Veronica, you're going to get hurt." I was close.

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Who does she think she is? This is just like her, she's thinks she's superwomen. I told her before that all I want to do is protect her. Sure, we broke up but that doesn't mean that same promise doesn't apply. She's going to get hurt, or worse killed. She just needs to let people in.

"Logan, I told you I'll be fine." There she goes again, thinking she's got it all under control. You can tell by the way she talks that she's scared. She always had that voice when she needed help.

"Will you just shut up and admit that you need the help." Sure, telling her to shut up wasn't the greatest thing to do. Maybe it got the message across.

They stood in silence for a few moments. They were always having awkward silent moments. That or stupid conversations. It's all they'd had since they broke up. They never had a normal friendly conversation.

"Let's go." Veronica said quietly, as she grabbed his arm and dragged him towards the back entrance of the shack like house.

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They stood by the doorway and listened to the activities going on inside. There was a lot of screaming and laughing.

"How do we get in without looking like were spying?" Logan wondered as he kept his ear against the thin wall.

"I have an idea, but we have to go through the front door."

The two of them walked back towards the front of the house, being careful of how loudly they stepped. When they finally got to the front door Veronica knocked with the rusty doorknocker. "Follow my lead."

A tall, large man answered the door. "What do you want?" Wow, he must not have learned manners in prison.

"Me and my boyfriend are on a road trip. We're from Canada. We don't exactly know where we are and we were wondering if we can phone one of our friends that lives in a city called Neptune." It's not the greatest cover I've ever thought of, but at least it was something.

"We're really sorry, but it's hard traveling without directions. You know what I'm talking about eh?"

Veronica laughed at Logan's impression of a Canadian. I've got to admit, he is a great actor.

"Uh, yeah sure you can use our phone." The man opened the door to them and led them to a small room that looked like it was supposed to be a kitchen. The kitchen had a wide door that led right to the room everyone was in.

Veronica looked around and spotted a familiar face. However it wasn't Bobby it was Maria. Why would she tell me to come here, did she want to get caught doing something wrong.

"Veronica?" Maria said, acting shocked. "You know that chick!" The man who opened the door looked angry.

"She's a liar, she must be some sort of spy." Sure Maria, don't speak up. Unless, of course! You wanted me to get in trouble. The question is… why?

The next few moments went by quickly. Veronica turned around towards the door.

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Logan looked at her as she spun around. He looked back at the room full of angry men and this girl named Maria that he recognized from school. He was about to turn around and walk with Veronica when he noticed one of them had a gun pointed at her.

"VERONICA! He's got a gun."

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