(Okay, it has been a LONG time since I updated "The Murder in the Ocean". I sure hope you'll appreciate my efforts to make this chapter good. I promised you this would be the best part, and I WON'T disappoint. Thanks to Lady Soverign, The Time Traveler and Animefangirl2007 for reviewing. And now, just sit back, relax, and enjoy.)

Copyright 2007

(Serena's P.O.V.)

After taking off for the water before the others, I reached the ocean first. Mathew was next, Rachel was 3rd, and Jimmy was last.

"I'm first," I called to the others.

That's when I felt something hit my leg.

"Yeah because you took off before us when we weren't ready," Rachel said to me.

I remained silent, as I could not hear Rachel's comment.

"Uh, Serena?" Rachel said to me.

"I think something just hit me in the leg," I said.

"Was it seaweed?" Mathew asked.

"I don't know," I responded.

Mathew appeared over my shoulder and looked down at where I was standing. I heard him gasp.

"It can't be!!" Mathew said, looking a little petrified.

Jimmy took a look and he couldn't believe his eyes.

"A body!!" He said.

This made me scream!! A crowd of people came together around me. The boys pulled the body out of the water and onto the shore. It was a man in a pair of gray swimshorts.

"I thought that something that hit me in the leg was strange," I said, looking scared.

I watched as Mathew and Jimmy checked the guy's pulse.

"Yep, he's gone," Mathew said, dejected.

Everyone gasped in horror, including myself and Rachel.

"Rachel, call the police now," Jimmy ordered Rachel.

I watched as she ran out of the water to a nearby phone.

(Jimmy's P.O.V.)

After waiting a few minutes, Rachel came back along with Inspector Meguire and his squad of officers. She was leading them to where the corpse was.

"It's right here, Inspector," I heard Rachel say to Meguire.

When the whole police squad arrived at where Serena, Mathew and I were standing around the corpse. Meguire looked over at me and was shocked.

"Kudo!!" Meguire said.

"Yep, it's me, Inspector," I simply said back to him.

"I'm back, better than ever."

"Wow, right after Rachel called me up, I thought that Richard would be on the scene like how he was for most of the whole time you were missing," Meguire said to me.

"There's the corpse, Inspector," I said, getting back to the current subject.

The Inspector took a look at the corpse to determine the time of death.

"I estimate the time of death to be around 4 hours ago," Meguire announced to the crowd.

"Identity of the deceased is unknown, and the cause of death looks like a drowning; murder or suicide, I don't know."

I looked at the others, and something didn't look right. The crowd was looking at Serena.

"What are you all looking at?" Serena asked the crowd.

"You must be the murderer if this is a murder," Somebody said.

"Serena's no killer!!" Rachel spoke up.

"She's right -- I'm no killer!!" Serena agreed.

"I'm the one who found the body!!"

This isn't right, I thought.

Everyone is assuming this is a murder case; not even I know if this is murder or suicide.

Just as I finished my thoughts, I heard another voice.

"What's going on here?" The voice said.

I looked over and noticed the lifeguard running over to see what the crowd was for.

"What's going on here?" The lifeguard asked again.

"We were informed by this young lady that she had seen a corpse in these waters," Inspector Meguire explained, referring to Serena, when it was actually Rachel who made the call.

Surprisingly enough, he recognized the deceased.

"Larry!!" The lifeguard said, horrified.

"Do you recognize the deceased?" Meguire asked.

"Yes, his name's Larry Viscon," The lifeguard told him.

"He was my friend in high school."

Mathew and I took another look at the body and noticed some marks on his chest and a gunshot wound right on his neck. That did it -- it was not suicide, it was murder.

(Rachel's P.O.V.)

While Mathew and Jimmy were checking out the crime scene, I was busy trying to maintain Serena's innocence.

"She didn't do it," I said to the crowd.

"We don't even know if this is a murder case or not!!"

"This is a murder case," I heard Jimmy say to the others.

"Are you positive on that, Jimmy?" Inspector Meguire asked Jimmy.

This caught everyone's attention. They were normally used to hearing Dad's name, and I never really thought about when the last time was that they heard Jimmy's name.

"Take a look at the neck on the corpse, Inspector," Jimmy said.

"Yeah, I think you'll find something that's worth your while," Mathew agreed.

"This better be good, boys," Inspector Meguire said as he took a look for himself.

When he looked, I heard him gasp.

"He's got a gunshot wound on the left side of his neck," Inspector Meguire said.

He turned to the crowd of people.

"People, I've just been informed by my top two detectives that this is a murder case," He announced.

"We have no solid suspects yet, so please don't leave this beach, even if you did not commit this murder."

"Jimmy, did you or Mathew figure something out yet?" I asked the boys.

"Not yet, we don't even know who is to be considered a suspect," Mathew spoke up.

"My gut's telling me that the lifeguard may be one of them."

"You know what?" Jimmy said to me.

"I think he's on to something."

"Jimmy and I found a gunshot wound on the corpse's neck," Mathew continued.

"This proves that this is a murder case, but nobody really seems to have a motive for killing Larry," Jimmy finished for him.

End of chapter.

(Okay, that's going to wrap up another chapter. I thought I might update this story since I haven't done so since 5/10/07. Take care, readers and please leave a lot of reviews for this story as well as "A Chance of a Lifetime", "Jimmy and Rachel Together", and "25 Moments: Jimmy and Rachel". Now, hit "go" and leave those reviews.)