Chapter 23: Chapter 23

MYSTIC HOLLOW

(Homicide)

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BY NAOMI INNOCENT

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CHAPTER 23

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The trip seemed confused and the park was getting less busy as people had started going home.

It seemed the world was revolving around them because no one took notice to what was happening.

"Don't say that. Nothing's going to happen to her and besides we came here as soon as we could and we are going to find her, now is not the time to curse or apportion blame" Laura said.

"You don't understand, Bonnie told me and Peter earlier today that she had a nightmare. Where she saw herself as a ghost, not a human. But we didn't listen, we thought it was just a dream. Now look at what's happening now. It's like her dream is about to... " Elena didn't allow him finish his speech as she cut in.

"The dream won't come to pass. Nothing would happen to Bonnie. But you should have taken the dream seriously or at least told me. Had it been I knew about it, we wouldn't have left her side all through today. But we ain't giving up. Let's find her" Elena said.

"Well, where would we find her to? We don't know where they are" Laura said frustrated.

"Do you think you might know where she is?" Elena asked Alex who shook his head negatively.

"Well, let's just look out and find them. Worse of it all, Peter's cell phone is switched off" Laura said as they kept looking for her as they got to the path that led to the Light house.

"Guys!' Laura said picking up a clown hat that had HAPPY BIRTHDAY written on it.

They got to her as she showed them the clown hat.

"I gave this to Bonnie this morning while we were going to school" Laura said as Elena took the hat from her.

"Well, if it's on the ground. I think Bonnie was running away from something' Alex said.

"Or someone she was scared of' Elena added.

They stared at the path the hat was lying on.

"Do you know where she would run to if she was scared?' Laura asked him.

"When she was just 6. She always hide in any room that has the brightest light. Saying nothing could harm her when she's close to the light!" Alex concluded.

"There! That's the power house on that hill. Don't you think she might run towards there? And besides, the hat fell on the path that leads to it' Elena observed.

"I don't think so, remember it's a power house? As in a power supply station? It doesnt mean the bulb lights there are the brightest, it's just the name" Laura suggested.

"Bonnie is just a kid, seeing that there's a "POWER HOUSE" there she would want to go thinking that's where she would get the brightest light. I know my sister " Alex said.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!' Elena said as they started running through the path.

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Bonnie hid in one of the rest room of the house, she was breathing heavily as she saw a booth, the booth of the man passing through the rest room.

She swallowed hard praying he doesn't find her. She heard the gunshots and was so scared. She don't wanna die, not now, there are lots of things she hasn't done. She can't die. She thought as she closed her mouth so her hard breathing won't be heard.

Peter crept out of the room the killer killed those men as he slyly walked away, being careful not to make alarming noises.

He saw the man walking about the rest rooms, opening the doors looking for Bonnie. He got to the third and kept opening as Peter crept from his back.

He climbed on the roof and started peeping at the rest rooms, he could see through the wooden toilets because they had no roofs, it was just open.

He climbed on the woods on the roofs and saw that Bonnie was sqauting inside the 6th rest room, in a hiding position while the killer Was at the fourth.

He thought if he doesnt do something about it, the dream Bonnie told him and Alex this morning might come to pass.

He jumped down from the roof and landed on the killer as they both fell to the ground, making the killer's gun slip away from his hand.

"Bonnie run!" Peter screamed as she came out of the bathroom, breathing hardly.

Peter was holding the killer down as they started fighting a physical combat.

Bonnie ran outside the rest room and bumped into Alex and the rest close to the corridor of the power house.

"Alex!" She screamed hugging him as they all gathered and hugged her back while she cried.

"You're ok now! You're ok! You'll be fine!' Alex said to her ears as they kept hugging her.

"You're not hurt right?!' Elena asked observing her as she sobbed.

"Peter is in there! Fighting with him in the rest room!" Bonnie said half yelling as she sobbed.

"Laura take her away and call 911! Let's go look for Peter! " Elena said as Laura nodded and carried Bonnie and hurried out of the power house.

Elena and Alex walked inside the building carefully as they look for the rest room.

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Peter and the killer kept fighting and as a trained assassin, the killer was brutally dealing with him.

Peter punched him as he dodged and did an air kick, hitting him on his head as he fell to the ground.

The killer walked to where his gun was, lying on the ground as he picked it up and walked towards him.

A broken log of wood was lying on the ground due to their fight, Peter, who was using his butt to scrub the floor as he tried to run away from him, took the wood from the ground without the killer noticing.

The killer pointed the gun towards him as Peter threw the broken piece of wood towards him, it landed on his right hand which he used in holding the gun as his fingers mistakenly pulled the trigger, firing it at Peter.

Alex and Elena heard the gunshot as they screamed his name and ran towards the direction of the sound of the gunshot.

The killer held his hand where Peter threw the wood at him as he felt a sharp pain there. On hearing the sound of footsteps, not from only one person, he picked his gun and took a last stare at Peter, thinking he was dead. He climbed the roof and escaped from there.

Elena and Alex ran to where Peter was lying on the pool of his blood.

"No no no no no! Peter! Wake up!" Elena screamed as they knelt beside him.

Elena searched his body where he was shot and saw it was his right arm, she torn off his cloth from that part as she shivered.

"He is loosing so much blood! Look for anything I can use to disinfect the wound" Elena ordered as Alex, not knowing what he was doing, ran out of the rest room.

"Please, Stay with me. Please" Elena said as she gave him CPR and felt his pulse.

Alex got to that place those men were drinking were killed as he took one of the bottle of liquor and ran back to Elena.

She took it from him and poured the liquor on the wound as she tied the torn cloth around the wound.

By this time, the blaring of sirens were heard as the cops surrounded the building.

The sheriff and some of her team members entered the building and saw the dead bodies of those men as they carried them outside while she, Kate and Mason entered inside the rooms with their guns, being prepared and alert.

They saw the kids at the rest room as Sheriff was surprised to see her daughter there.

She was crying as the cops carried Peter away and they all went outside. He was placed on a stretcher as they roll him inside the emergency van that was going to the hospital.

"Peter!" Bonnie cried as they carried her away.

Elena knows she would be grounded as she thought of what her mom would do to her after now.

Her mom folded her arms and stared at her as Kate and Mason went back inside the building to search for any samples of evidence.

"I know you'll scold me and I'll be grounded. But before you do that, my friends need me. I need to go now" she with teary voice.

"We'll meet at home then" The sheriff said and walked away.

Elena entered inside the van with her friends as they stayed with Peter and cried. By that time, it was 7pm already.

Bonnie sat beside Peter as she cried and held his hands with her tiny ones.

"Peter, you can't die now. There are lots of things we have not done together. We even haven't had sex yet, you can't just die" Bonnie said sniffing as Alex, Elena and Laura openned their mouths agap at what she said.

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"I told you guys! Bonnie is such a joke. After all the bragging, there's still no birthday party after all" Rose said rolling her eyes.

"You know the last time I checked, you weren't invited to this birthday" Nicholas told her as she scoffed.

"Whatever! Let's go guys' Rose told the rest kids as they started walking out of the house bumping into Crane who was surprised to see the kids leaving when the party hasn't started yet.

Crane left work quite early because he was permitted to go celebrate his daughter's birthday.

When he got outside his house, be found out the kids were leaving. He was quite surprised as he alighted.

He went to his booth to bring out what he bought for Bonnie as a birthday present.

When he entered inside the house seeing Fay sitting on the ground with a sad expression with the room half decorated. He glanced around the room quickly as his gaze finally rested on Fay.

"What happened? Why are the kids leaving? And where is Alex and Bonnie?" He asked rushing his words as Fay didn't know where to start answering his marathon questions.

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TBC