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Ben's Note of Sheer Awesome: Today is one of those days where I'm just like: screw life. Then again, a lot of my days are like that, so I guess I should just shrug it off and move on. But things are just bugging me and it's annoying. Ugh. Anyway, I don't have much to say that isn't complaining about existence, so I'm just going to dive into it and not ask questions.

KCL: Frankie wouldn't be much help in this situation. You see, Neb's been dead for several hours. A spark at Frankie's magnitude wouldn't work because Neb's simply been dead far too long. However, someone else might be able to bring him back to life in the same way… but the odds of them figuring out they could would be slim to none.

Rainbow Swirl: Aw, thanks. It's not your fault. :)

Prompt 80: Blame

(Alistair)

Alistair stared at Mr. Rotter for a few moments. "If you knew he was going to die, then why not stop him?" Alistair said. "Seems like to me you killed Slender by not reporting that his death was going to happen. Maybe if you told Slender he was going to die, then none of this would have happened."

Mr. Rotter glared hatefully at Alistair… before smirking. "If I told Slender he was going to die by his daughter's hand, your girlfriend would never have existed. Which would probably be better for you, since you're dating a killer."

Alistair shook his head. "Kitty didn't kill Slender or Neb," Alistair said. "This book means absolutely nothing to me, ok? Now then, can we please be left alone?"

"Fine," Mr. Rotter said and left the room, leaving Alistair and Kitty alone. Alistair sighed, shaking his head angrily.

"I'll get you out, ok?" Alistair said.

"Sure…" Kitty said weakly. Alistair faintly smiled and shook his head. She was distant, almost unresponsive. Alistair wished she'd be more helpful… but he understood why she wasn't.

(Lizzie)

"I'm sorry, you can't go…" Frankie started to say. However, she was completely cut off as Lizzie shoved her aside and shove the door open. Maddie followed her, looking worried.

Alistair looked up at Lizzie confused as she entered the room. "Lizzie? What are you…" he started. Unfornetley, he never finished. Lizzie shoved past him and grabbed Kitty by her shoulder's roughly, looking as though she had no remorse in her eyes.

"You killed Neb!" she screamed. "You did this! You're causing me all this pain!"

"Lizzie," Kitty said.

"NO! YOU DID THIS!" Lizzie screamed. "You took him away from me!"

"Lizzie, calm down!" Alistair said, trying to grab her shoulder. Lizzie threw Alistair's hand away and got up in Kitty's face in an angry rage.

"NO! SHE DID THIS TO ME!" Lizzie screamed. Alistair, not wanting his girlfriend hurt, grabbed Lizzie and pulled her across the room. Lizzie was screaming senselessly at Kitty as she was dragged out of the room. Alistair dropped her outside and sighed.

"Lizzie, calm down," Alistair said calmly.

"No! She killed Neb! She killed my…"

"Boyfriend," Alistair nodded. Lizzie stared at Alistair… and the tears began to flow. "I know it must be hard for you. You lost someone you truly love and now he's gone."

"I-I-I-I-I-I…" Lizzie said, breaking down and falling to her knees. "He's… he can't…"

Alistair walked over to Lizzie and put a hand on her shoulder. "It'll be ok Lizzie," he said. "We'll find out who shot Neb and avenge him. He would want that. But it's not Kitty. We'll find the real killer. I promise."

(Maddie)

Maddie hummed to herself as she sat down on one of the chairs around the table. She figured she was in the room, so she might as well stick around. Maddie gave Kitty a big smile. "I hope they treat you well down here," Maddie said. "Neb told me all about prison in real life. Said it wasn't very nice. Makes me wonder what he was doing in prison, but then I forget and just shrug it off."

"Interesting," Kitty said.

"It's kind of weird with Neb not being here. I mean, he was my best friend and I loved him like a weird brother," Maddie reminisced. "I don't believe you killed him, I truly don't, but whoever did kill him really took out one of the best people in this universe."

Aw, thanks Maddie. I'm touched.

"But then he could be really obnoxious," Maddie continued, hiding a smirk. "He was kind of a snob and jerk, and really, in a way, he deserved to die, at least a little. But he was Neb. He wouldn't be the snob he was when he died if he wasn't a snob, right?"

I with draw my earlier statement.

"That's great Maddie," Kitty said.

"I'm surprised you're taking this so well," Maddie said genuinely. "I know that, inside, I'm crying like crazy because I'll never see Neb again. Lizzie's having a complete mental break down. Alistair's… Alistair. You really are taking this well."

"Well, maybe it's because Neb refused to help me in a time of crisis," Kitty huffed. "He was so self-centered…"

"True, but he still cared about us," Maddie countered. "We can't dwell on negative Neb. We need to focus on the positives! Always!"

Hey Maddie?

"Always positive," Kitty said to herself. "You know… positive is a weird thing for me right now."

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaddie?

"I mean, Neb is dead, Dark Kitty is out to get me, I'm not sure if me and Alistair are going to last, and my #$% father went and abandoned me!"

You see, I kind of neglected to mention something earlier…

"Wait," Maddie said, ignoring Neb. "I thought… you forgot you had a father."

Kitty stared at Maddie for a moment before chuckling. "Silly me," she said, shaking her head. "You really shouldn't have heard that…"

…Alistair's statement about the killer was wrong…

Kitty reached into her pocket and withdrew Neb's gun. "…because now I have to kill you," Kitty said with an evil grin.

…Kitty's the one who killed me.

BN: I feel evil. I don't like feeling evil. This chapter was too establish Lizzie's hurt and Neb being a slow poke in giving Maddie information she needed earlier. Trust me, Lizzie's role isn't done just yet and Maddie's in a situation where she may or may not be dead in a chapter or two. We'll just have to wait and see, huh? … I blame Neb!

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