Finally got around to updating this! Might end up finishing this one first and then focus on "Never Would I Ever"

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Chapter 7 -

As soon as Jones and Ramirez got to the school, they rushed upstairs to the main office.

"Hey, we need to see the yearbook for last year!" Jones said, coming up to the counter. "There's a sophomore that we need to find and we are hoping she went here last year."

"Of course." The secretary said. "I'll go grab it from the library."

"Thanks! Please, hurry!" Ramirez replied, watching her quickly leave the office.

"Everything alright, officers?" Mr. Smith asked, coming out of his office and around the counter.

"No." Jones shook his head. "We're trying to find the identity of another sophomore. She brought a cookie for Lexi and she got sick off of it. Now she's in the hospital…dying."

"Oh no! I'm terribly sorry to hear that." Mr. Sam replied. "Do you think that student poisoned her on purpose?"

"We're not sure yet but we will find out soon." Jones said.

"Here it is." The secretary came back in and handed Jones the yearbook.

Jones quickly opened it and went to the freshman section.

"Let me know when you see her, Ramirez." Jones said as he began to flip pages.

After three pages, Ramirez stopped him to study a page and his eyes soon landed on a girl.

"Her! That's her!" Ramirez said, pointing to her picture.

Jones looked up and over to Mr. Smith.

"We need info on Nikki Masterson." Jones said.

"I'll go get it." Mr. Smith said, turning to head back into his office.

"So this is her?" Jones asked Ramirez.

"Yes." He nodded. "I'm positive."

"Good." Jones said, relieved. "Hopefully we'll figure out what she poisoned Lexi with. Can we keep this with us in case we need it again?" Jones asked the secretary.

"Of course." She nodded.

"Thanks!" Jones replied as Mr. Smith came back out.

"Here you go." Mr. Smith says, handing him a few papers. "All of her information is there."

"Thank you!" Ramirez said as they began to walk out with Jones already looking for a home address.

"Here, Ramirez." Jones said, handing him the papers and the yearbook as they walked down the stairs. "I already found her address."

"That was quick." Ramirez replied.

"Well, we have to be quick. My partner is dying." Jones sighed and Ramirez felt sad himself.

"We'll get the antidote." Ramirez said, trying to cheer him up. "We got to."

"I know." Jones smiled. "This girl could very well tell us now what she put into the cookie."

Once they were back inside the car, Jones turned the sirens on and quickly sped to the girl's house.

After arriving, they raced up the front porch and practically pounded on the front door despite there being a door bell.

"Grimsborough PD!" Jones yelled as he banged on the door.

"I'm coming!" A woman called from inside.

Jones took a step back as the door was opened.

"Yes?" The woman asked.

"We need to talk to your daughter, Nikki Masterson, about what happened earlier today." Jones said, figuring she was the mother.

"Oh my daughter is very heartbroken at what happened. Her and Hannah were friends." Mrs. Masterson replied.

"Well, we still need to talk to her. It's urgent!" Ramirez said, quickly.

"Of course." Mrs. Masterson nodded and took a step to the side. "Come in."

The guys walked inside and was led to the living room and told to wait there until the mother could bring Nikki out from her room.

"Excuse me?" Nikki asked as she walked into the living room. "W-Why did you want to talk to me?"

"It's about the death of your friend and possible death of a officer." Jones replied as she sat down in a chair, with the guys sitting on the couch.

"Oh…WHAT!?" Nikki said, shocked. "A officer is poisoned? How?"

"That cookie you brought into the station made the officer it was given to sick and now she's currently dying in the hospital." Ramirez replied.

"We just want to know why you would poison her? She never did anything to you other than solve the death of your 'friend'. Unless you killed her that is… did you kill her?" Jones asked, sounding more hostile by the second.

"I-I didn't kill m-my friend!" Nikki burst into tears. "I d-didn't know the c-cookie was poisoned either!"

"Then why did you bring it in!?" Jones asked, getting frustrated.

"Jones, calm down." Ramirez said, placing a hand on his shoulder. "We don't know if she's the killer yet." He then turned to the girl. "Please, just tell us the truth. Our friend's life is in danger if we don't get an antidote really soon."

"My friend…s-she was murdered by a monster. That same monster… he… he forced m-me to bring t-that cookie in." Nikki replied, staring at her hands in her lap. "P-Please believe me…that wasn't my fault."

"A monster?" Ramirez questions. "Can you tell us more?"

Nikki shakes her head and then buries it in her hands, letting out a loud sob as her body begins to shake.

"That's enough!" Mrs. Masterson cuts in. "I'm going to ask you to leave! To even think my daughter would kill her friend and take a officer's life…" She said in disgust as she hugged her daughter.

Jones and Ramirez looked at each other and when Jones was about to say something, Ramirez grabbed his shoulder and shook his head.

"Thank you for your time. We'll show ourselves out." Ramirez said, dragging Jones to the door.

"We need to get the antidote, Ramirez! What are you doing!?" Jones questioned once they were outside and heading towards the car.

"She isn't the killer." Ramirez said, looking at him as they came to a stop.

"Is this about some 'monster'?" Jones questioned. "Monsters don't exist! Plus she was the one to bring the cookie in!"

"She mentioned that a 'HE' forced her to bring it." Ramirez said.

"And…?" Jones asked, raising a eyebrow.

"I just think…maybe we should focus on our male suspects. It's very possible this girl is being framed." Ramirez replied, looking at the car. Jones let out a huff.

"Fine…okay. Let's add to the profile that the killer is most likely male. Even though I'm sure with enough anger, a girl could push someone into those desks." Jones replied, calming down a little. "Let's head back to the station. Surely the rest of the team has something by now."

"Agreed." Ramirez nodded.

As the two drove by to the station, Ramirez driving because of how upset and agitated Jones was, they suddenly got a phone call.

"Hello?" Jones answered, putting his phone on speaker.

"Where are you two at?" Chief King asked.

"On our way back to the station." Jones replied.

"Good. I had another detective look over Lexi's desk and they found a note on it that may have came with the cookie that you simply didn't notice. I'll show it to you when you get back." King said.

"Okay." Ramirez replied, a little scared.

Back at the station, King hands them a bag with a note inside of it.

You keep looking for me and more people will die.

Was what the note read.

"What are we going to do?" Ramirez asked, scared that more people may die if they continue the case.

"We're going to keep looking! Show this person they don't scare us. Let's go see Alex." Jones hands the bag back to King and starts walking away.

Is it a male? Female? You'll find out next chapter!