Here we are guys another update, now I have had problems with my laptop so I am having to re write this story, talk about going cross eyed. Thank you for all your reviews they are much appreciated. Now on with the story.
Five minutes later Randy and Mickie were looking for Jeff. "Sorry man but we have not been keeping tabs on each other as much as we should have been. We thought this dude was after Diva's" Matt Hardy said as he looked up from his eye pod. "Damm it Matt Mickie said but she wasn't really angry at his, she knew everyone was not sticking to the rules as much as her and Legacy were. Maybe it was because they hadn't had it as close to them, most of the Diva's were on edge and they were being looked after, but the superstars were not being as careful. "Jeff could be the killer." Mickie said under her breath, and as soon as it was out she had regretted saying it and hoped that Matt had not heard her. Fortunately he had put his head phones back on, but Randy had herd her and he was shocked. "Do you really think that he asked." They made their way to the car park. "he is missing he could be the one having the relationship with Kelly, he never got on with Beth, it's not totally out there." Randy had to admit she had a point. "Look the fact that he is not makes me really worried, the fact that he has access to everything and every one, but I have always got on with him he is a nice guy, but who knows, maybe there was a darkness in him." Mickie said turning round to look Randy full in the eyes. "There is potential for that in everyone." She said and Randy could not disagree with her. He had seen it in himself in the not so distant past. "Ok let's just find him." Randy said as they made their way to where the Hardy's had parked their car earlier. It was still sitting in the low Chicago sun. "Well the car is still here he couldn't have gone far." Randy said walking up to the window and peering in. Mickie didn't know what happened then she found herself knocked to the floor, all she could think about was getting up and finding Randy. "What the hell." Mickie exclaimed a second later as Randy helped her off the floor a second later. "Don't look Mickie, just turn around." Randy said pushing her by the shoulders. "we need to call the police." Mickie stopped suddenly. "What did you see?" She said realising that it was Randy who had knocked her down, as he pulled away from the window. "I saw Jeff." He said glancing back at the car. Her hand went to her mouth as realisation dawned on her. "Oh no." she said putting her hand up to her mouth. Randy took out his phone. His hands were shaking but he managed to dial. "Yes Ambulance please, and the police, to the Raw house arena, yes I need to report a murder." Mickie couldn't believe her ears, Randy got off the phone and looked at Mickie. "we need to see if he is still alive what if we can help him." Mickie said as she tried to move back towards the car. "He is dead Mickie, his eyes, they were." Randy didn't complete his sentence, Mickie managed to finish it for him. "Empty." She said as they waited for the police. More and more people began to gather outside as the news spread about Jeff's death. Mickie and Randy had to give statement, all the Raw roster were questioned, but no one had seen anything, no on e had even noticed Jeff was missing until Randy and Mickie had gone looking for him. Mickie was sitting on a chair waiting for Randy to finish with the police. When he finally came out he looked exhausted. "Come on let's go home." Mickie said taking his arm, and his keys. "I will drive." Randy didn't protest he was too tired to even think. He had to go over what he had seen though the car window. The was Jeff's throat had been cut so you could see his windpipe, the way his eyes were fixed on the sky outside his window, and the way the white note was covered in spots of blood on his chest. "What did it say?" Mickie finally asked Randy as she let them into her hotel room. He didn't need to ask to stay here, she just knew he did not need to be alone right now. Randy looked at her in shock, as he had not mentioned the note to anyone but the police. "How did you know he said, sitting beside her on the bed. "just the look on your face." She said looking at him now and wanting to remove this whole thing from his memory, and knowing she couldn't. Randy finally spoke up. "It said surprise."
Mickie couldn't believe it they hadn't cancelled Raw, they were not being sent home so they could get away from this nightmare. On one hand it meant she could stay with Randy and the Legacy boys, but it kept everyone in danger. Vince had said it was because he didn't want this killer to win, if his intention was to shut down Raw, plus he had deals and obligations, not just to the arenas and the venues he had booked but also the fans. Mickie couldn't argue there. They had moved again to Tampa this time and the place was crawling with police in plain clothes, she knew which ones they were though. They looked at her differently, some with their mouths open, others with small nods, and some with suspicion. She didn't know what was worse, everyone was tense even Ted and Cody had been fighting, and they never had fights, not real ones anyway. Randy had been quite for a few days, but was starting to get back to his old self. Often Mickie would lie beside him at night when he had had a bad dream, but last night he had slept peacefully. Some thing which Mickie had long given up hope of. Coming to her hotel room and opening the door she found Randy reading the book she had been last night. "You know this is pretty raunchy stuff." He said grinning and putting the book down. " I know you skipped all the story and just read the sex scenes." She said giving him a playful slap. "How was your meeting?" Randy asked as she flopped down on her bed kicking off her shoes. They had got twin rooms this time as they had just been sleeping on each others sofa's anyway. "Not bad they have not found anything yet, they are still looking for the murder weapon, but the killer could have taken it with them." Mickie said remembering what Stephanie had told her. "Stephanie looks awful, I don't think she has slept in days." Mickie said rolling on to her side and looking at Randy. "Just like someone else I know." He said referring to Mickie, who he knew had been at his bedside every night trying to stave off the nightmares. "I do sleep just not as much anymore, I might have a nap now before the show tonight." She said tucking her hand under her face. "Have at it I am off for a shower." He said standing up and stretching his muscles. Mickie couldn't help but watch him, she knew that at the moment they were both emotional and their friendship had to remain that way so they could stay strong for each other but a girl could look. Randy took one last look at Mickie as she closed her eyes and sighed. She was very beautiful when she was sleeping so innocent and so at piece it made his heart ache, but he knew starting anything now would be just taking advantage of her vulnerable state, staying friends was the best cause of action right now, but a guy can dream. Mickie must have been in a very deep sleep because she was being awoken by a gentle shaking of her shoulder. She opened her eyes to find three men staring back at her. "Wow I was really out." She said having been oblivious to the arrival of the rest of Legacy. "Yeah would have left you there but you were starting to dribble." Randy said smirking the Mickie who sat up and swatted him on the shoulder. "What time is it anyway?" She said hoping she still had time for a shower. "Its only one you have ages we just came over to tell you about Jeff's funeral." Cody said a sadness coming over his face. " I see, when is it?" Mickie said running her fingers through her tangled bed hair. "Friday, Matt has gone home he is devastated, talking about quitting." Ted said perching on Mickie's bed. "Oh no that would be a real blow, but it was his brother, if I ever lost… some one that close to me I think I would crawl under a rock and die." Mickie said at first unsure how to finish her sentence. Randy walked around to her side and sat beside her on the bed. "Yeah me to, so here it is guys, I have been doing a lot of thinking, we need to figure out who this person is, and I mean quickly, everyone is in danger now, this guy is not going to stop until he is made too." Randy said an icy tone coming over his voice, it gave Mickie the creeps. "How do you plan to do that?" Cody asked sitting on Randy's bed. "By elimination, another death is horrible but it does give us some more clues." He said cautiously looking around the room. "We know now that Jeff was killed about an hour before we found the body." He said looking at Mickie and offering her his softest face. "Ok I see where you're going." Ted chimed in. "That means your off the hook Cody, you were backstage with me and Mickie all afternoon." Cody wanted to be happy about not being a suspect anymore, but under the circumstances he would prefer Jeff to still be alive. "Ok that eliminates John and Candice too, as she was with me backstage when John was in his match, then with all of us while Randy was fighting Hunter." Cody said looking pleased with himself. "Yeah so Hunter is also in the clear, along with Shelton, as he was in a match with you Ted." Mickie said looking around for inspiration. "We need to go deeper guys, Mickie you and I have discussed this before, Kelly was probably killed by some one she knew, well enough to let them see her in the shower, that's how we got to Jeff." Randy added for Ted and Cody's benefit. "Wait you guys thought Jeff was the killer?" Ted said a little shocked. "At the time it seemed like a good conclusion, we found out Kelly was having an affair with someone, no one knew who, Jeff was taking her death hard, he had run off and he never liked Beth." Mickie said trying to defend their conclusion, but feeling pretty crappy about it now. "Ok fair enough go on Randy." Ted said knowing that Mickie was obviously feeling guilty about it. "Well so did Jeff, there was no sings of struggle on the body or in the car, Jeff was not forced into that car, he had got in it willingly." Randy said and Mickie began to realise where Randy was going with this, before she could say anything though Ted chimed in. "What if the killer was waiting on the backseat? Like in that film." Randy shook his head. "No there was no way for the killer to know how long he would have to wait, or even if Jeff would come to the car alone. He and Matt drove in together, you would safely assume they would go out the same way. One more thing the car was unlocked, who ever was in that car either they had the key, or was let in by Jeff." Randy said looking directly at Mickie who held his gaze. "I don't think it was Matt his grief, it was too real, I know fake emotions when I see them, and Matt was on the verge of a mental breakdown." Mickie said not willing to make the same mistake twice and accuse the wrong guy. "I know I don't believe it either, but we can't eliminate him either, like Sherlock Holms said. If all possibilities have been exhausted then the remainder, how ever unlikely is the only conclusion." Ted and Cody both nodded feeling sad but also disturbed by the truth in Randy's statement. "I know you guys don't want to here this but it is looking more and more likely that it is either a Diva or a superstar doing this, neither Kelly or Jeff would have been so friendly about letting a member of crew get that close." Mickie realised she and Randy were thinking the same thing only he had the courage to say it. "I was thinking the same thing, as much as I hate to admit it, it's looking that way." She said standing up and heading off for the bathroom. "I am going to get ready we have to leave soon, and to be honest I don't think I can take all of this at the moment." Mickie said closing the door on her friends and held her face in her hands, at least she was sure it wasn't one of them, but it was someone she had spoken to, laughed and drank with and now they were murdering her friends but who?