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Chapter 14: The Reunion

Saturday, August 17 at 7:30 AM

Carlos had whipped up a breakfast of omelets, hash browns and a large bowl of fruit. He had already set the table as Kim, Trent, Hunter and Kendra had entered the bar. Butch was ready with the coffee and began filling each cup.

Carlos set the serving platters on the table and sat down. Once Trent had said grace, they began to eat. Trent, Carlos and Hunter chatted about the reunion while Kim, filled Kendra and Butch in on the case of Mr. Bonkers.

"I was wondering why you were all scratched up, Carlos." Kendra said with shining blue eyes.

"No joke this time, Kendra? Nothing about a date gone wrong? Are you feeling ok, this morning?" Carlos asked as he reached across the table to feel her forehead for a fever but pulled back halfway across.

"Ha! I didn't need to joke about it because the real story is better." Kendra shot back.

"I agree with Kendra." Kim said with a firm nod as she began to cut into her second omelet.

Kendra looked at Carlos with one raised eyebrow. "No retort, Carlos?"

"Nah." Carlos said as he waved his fork in the air. "There is always next time."

"I've been thinking about the stalker." Hunter said as he interrupted Carlos and Kendra's bantering. They all turned to look at Hunter.

"You know how Trent got five roses from the stalker and the note said something about coming together. That was on Monday and it has been five days since then." Hunter said in a low voice. He looked around the table at everyone and saw that they all understood what he was saying.

"The reunion! Why didn't we think of it before? The stalker is going to be at the reunion!" Carlos said as he pounded his fist hard on the table causing the plates to clatter and a couple cups of coffee to spill a few drops.

"It may have been someone from high school who received the invitation. The photos of me that the stalker had sent some had been taken weeks ago." Trent said as his food and coffee became forgotten as his mind thought about all of the clues. He still had no idea who is stalker was and was wondering if she would reveal herself at the reunion.

Butch was thinking along the same lines as Trent. "You all are going to have to keep on your toes. Who knows what this stalker is going to do at the reunion?" Butch cautioned.

"You're right. Excellent catch their Hunter!" Carlos said.

"Yeah, sure. If Kendra hadn't told me everything about the note and the roses…Plus it is the day of the reunion, so I think that kind of helped." Hunter replied.

"So, we all have to keep an eye on each other at the reunion and see if anyone acts or looks oddly at Trent." Kim said as everyone looked at her. "Don't think I'm not going. I want this stalker caught before anything bad happens."

"I agree with Kim. I'm going as well." Butch said giving his friends a stern look so they wouldn't protest.

"Yeah, but you guys aren't on the list so they probably won't let you in." Carlos pointed out.

"Yeah, that's true. But don't we know the coordinator of this reunion?" Hunter asked with a grin.

"Carlos is going to talk with her." Trent said as grabbed his cup of coffee.

"I'm going to go talk with her?" Carlos asked.

"Thanks buddy. We all appreciate it." Trent said as he clapped his friend on the back.

"Right." Carlos said grumpily as he stabbed a piece of omelet with his fork and ate it.

7:00 PM

Carlos had been able to convince Stephanie to allow Kim and Butch to attend the reunion. When asked how he was able to, he wouldn't answer. All of them had arrived together in Carlos' Dodge Durango and Kendra's Dodge Stratus.

After signing their names into the signature book, they walked into the gymnasium that was decorated with the school colors of silver and blue. A large banner with '10th Anniversary' written on it was strewn across the stage of a live band. There was already about fifty people standing around talking and reminiscing about the good old days.

Hunter had introduced Kendra to some of his friends while Trent and Carlos took their dates to the area that was labeled "Memories." The area had several yearbooks, so a number of people could look through them at the same time, information on where and what everyone was currently and lots of photos of events and functions of their class all throughout high school.

It had been about two hours since they had arrived at the reunion. They all had danced with one other and had decided to take a break. Natalie had gone to chat with some of her old high school friends, telling Trent that she would be perfectly safe. He reluctantly let her go and stand with her circle of friends.

"Carlos, Cassie and I want to use the ladies room." Kendra said loudly enough so that she could be heard over the music of the band.

"Are you asking me for permission?" Carlos asked and Kendra shot him a look. "I'm kidding, no problem."

Carlos, Kendra and Cassie began to walk through the large crowd of people, heading toward the doors where they had entered.

As she dodged around people, Kendra saw someone and the person's strange behavior seemed out of place. Kendra couldn't help but decide to follow because her gut was telling her that something wasn't right. "Tell Carlos I'll be there in a minute." Kendra whispered in Cassie's ear and before her friend could protest, she had disappeared into the crowd.

Once Carlos and Cassie had reached the bathroom, she relayed the message to him. Carlos frowned but remained standing outside the bathroom as Cassie went in.

It had only been about thirty seconds before Stephanie came running up to Carlos. "Carlos, I need your help with something. She grabbed his arm and began to pull him away from the bathroom.

"Stephanie, I can't right now…" Carlos began but Stephanie didn't listen as she dragged him away.

"Yes, you can, it will only take a minute." Stephanie replied as she refused to release her grip on Carlos' upper arm. Carlos sighed and figured that Kendra would be there but he knew he didn't have a choice.

Cassie left the bathroom and was about to call out Carlos' name when a hand covered her mouth and roughly grabbed her arm. Her assailant dragged her away from the bathroom and away from the gymnasium, heading deeper into the darker and empty part of the high school.

9:15 PM

Hunter looked around as he carefully held two cups of punch in his hands were forgotten. "Where is everyone? I haven't seen Kendra, Carlos, Cassie or Natalie for awhile now." Hunter said with a worried frown.

"I don't know. I think I saw Kendra heading out that door." Kim said as she pointed to a door opposite of the one that they had entered and that lead into a hallway.

"Butch, please stay with Kim." Trent said as he took off toward those doors with Hunter following right behind him after he handed Kim the cups.

"Either she figured out who your stalker is and took after her, or Devon showed up."

"Cassie's ex?" Trent asked as Hunter replied with a nod and not even noticing as a woman winked at him as he passed by her.

"You know that Kendra is more stubborn than a rusty hinge as you try and open the door." Hunter commented as carefully avoided bumping into anyone.

"Yes, but there are ways to get that door open! Let's hurry; we have to find her and Cassie." Trent replied as he pushed the door open.

"Why does it seem as though the women in our lives tend to disappear or are very stubborn?" Hunter asked.

"We are just lucky, I guess." Trent commented as he took off down the hallway.

"They would have to far away enough so no one in the gym could hear or bother them." Hunter said as he jogged alongside Trent looking at the doorways to his right, while Trent looked on the left.

"Yeah. So, most likely they are on the other side of the school." Trent said as he began to run. Hunter matched his pace easily.

They both began to pray silently that the people they loved would be all right.

9:20 PM

Devon had dragged Cassie into the empty cafeteria. He let go of her wrist as she spun away from him. "Devon! Let me go! It's over!" Cassie said firmly with a hint of a tremor in her voice that she hoped Devon hadn't noticed.

"Oh honey, you know I can't do that. You have to give me a chance to explain. But in the time that you stayed with Kendra and gone out with another man, I've become really pissed off!" Devon bellowed as he took a step closer to Cassie.

"If I can't have you," Devon began as he pulled a gun out of his pocket and pointed it at Cassie, "No one can!"

The gun was knocked out of Devon's hand and it slid across the tiled floor landing underneath a stack of chairs. A fist hit him squarely in the chin as a foot shot out and kicked his leg out from under him.

Carlos avoided Devon's attempts to grab onto him as his opponent fell to the ground. Devon leapt to his feet but Carlos just punched him again, knocking him out. Carlos stepped away from the unconscious man and headed to Cassie.

"Now, where are the others?" Carlos asked Cassie.

"I don't know. Kendra just took off. It looked as though she had spotted someone. Maybe she had spotted Devon. Maybe he hurt her!" Cassie said as tears sprung to her eyes.

"I don't know but we need to find out. Come on!" Carlos noticed Cassie's eyes dart over to Devon. "Don't worry; he won't be awake for awhile." Carlos took Cassie's hand and led her out of the classroom.

9:23 PM

Kendra ran toward her target and grabbed her arm.

"It isn't me! It's her!" The woman said as she tossed her head toward the retreating back of the stalker. She tried to pull out of Kendra's grip.

"So she's the stalker?" Kendra asked over the background music and once the other had nodded, Kendra took off after the stalker with the other following behind.

Three sets of heels clicked sharply on the tiled floor. The only illumination was the EXIT signs that gave off red light. As each one passed quickly by their faces were only shown for a few seconds but were indistinguishable from one another.

The two followed the third into an auditorium.

"You go to the left and I'll go to the right." One chaser whispered to the other. The one who spoke barely saw the other nod as they separated.

A heavy object came through the air and struck the second chaser on the head. The second chaser fell to the ground with a groan.

The first heard the groan and quietly crept closer to the sound. The remaining chaser felt the air whooshing on the right. The chaser ducked and leapt toward the direction where the origin of the attack had come from.

The object clattered to the ground as the chaser punched and kicked the stalker. They rolled around on the stage knocking over scenes and props. A silver streak flashed through the air and the chaser jumped back, but the knife had drawn a cut on her stomach.

The chaser backed away from the stalker with the light to her back and the standing within the shadows.

9: 25 PM

The sound of two sets of shoes pounded on the old floor as Trent and Hunter quickly checked each room as they headed deeper into the school.

Carlos and Cassie came out of the cafeteria just as Hunter and Trent had come around the corner. "Have you guys seen Kendra?" Hunter asked once he was close enough to recognize Carlos and Cassie.

"Or Natalie?" Trent asked.

"No, Kendra took off and I haven't seen Natalie since she had gone to speak with her friends." Carlos replied knowing that the concern on his friends' faces was mirrored on his own.

"What are you two doing here, anyway?" Hunter asked.

"We had a run in with Devon, Cassie's ex and we're worried if Kendra may have run into him before." Carlos shuffled his feet slightly. "He had a gun." Carlos added.

Hunter's eyes narrowed as he shook his head in disbelief. "Not possible." He knew that Kendra was still alive, in danger, but most certainly, without a doubt alive.

"Well, let's return to our search." Trent said and was about to tell Carlos to take Cassie back to the gym but she surprised him by firmly stating that she was going to help find Kendra and Natalie.

No one argued with her. The search for their two missing friends continued.

9:27 PM

Her face is hidden within the shadows, as she stands deathly still on the stage in a beautiful thin-strapped dress that shows off her curves. Her heart is pumping uncontrollably and the adrenaline rushes through her like a rampaging flood. Her eyes are wide as she takes in everything before her with the rays of light from a single light bulb behind her. She can barely make out the figure standing just out of reach of the light. She sees her own shadow before her on the scuffed wooden floor but the shadow does not reflect the tears in her dress or the streaks of dirt and blood on her and the dress.

She takes a moment to wonder how in the name of the heavens she got into this…situation.

She doesn't move as the gun is raised into a small patch of light and is aimed right at her heart.

guardianM3: Anyone know who the stalker is?