Chapter 32: Chapter 32

MYSTIC HOLLOW

Homicide

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BY NAOMI INNOCENT

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CHAPTER 32

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"Where's Sarah?" Alex asked as they observed she wasn't there any longer.

"Oh, that girl is one weirdo" Laura confessed.

"I wonder where she went to" Bonnie muttered to herself.

"Get out of my way you jerks!" Rhoda said pushing Laura who was back facing them.

She, Thelma and Anna walked and stood at their front.

"Go away, we don't wanna create a scene here!" Elena said to them calmly.

"I guess you never wanted to create a scene when you asked that your little witch doll to make our Sophia serve another 2 weeks detention huh?" Anna said curtly.

"I can hear you fattie, I'm not a little witch, don't let's have a fight else I'll make you serve detention too" Bonnie said to their hearing as they scoffed.

"What's going on there?" Mr. Alaric asked walking out of the school mansion as they stopped.

"What's up with the gathering?" He asked again.

"Nothing sir, The fat girl and her friends were just leaving, they just wanted to say hi to me" Bonnie lied with a smile as Mr. Alaric stroke her hair

"You guys were just leaving right?" Laura asked as she winked at them.

"Yes, we were just leaving sir" Rhoda said as she and her friends moved backwards glaring at them.

"We'll meet again" Anna mouthed to the Freaks as Mr. Alaric talked to Bonnie.

"Looking forward to seeing you again my little friend" He said as Bonnie smiled and nodded.

"Sure, if Alex would let me come again, he thinks I'm a pain in the ass" she said as he chuckled.

"Sure he would. Right Alex?" He asked.

"Uhmm.. yes sir" Alex replied while he nodded and left.

"So, we were talking about going to the mall?" Bonnie asked with a smirk.

"Yh, let's go" Elena said as they started walking.

"So.. Can I get a make up kit?" Bonnie asked as they walked.

Elena and Laura laughed.

"Why do you want that?" Peter who she held hands with asked her.

"Well, I figured lots of girls in your school were on make up, though it doesn't suit most of them, especially the fat girl. Maybe if I wear makeup too, you might look at me one day" Bonnie said sadly as her brother got devastated.

"Seriously Bonnie? You better get over Peter. You're way out of his league" Alex said.

"That was harsh" Elena said.

"He didn't say so. Or are you his mouthpiece now?" Bonnie said to Alex.

"Well, why don't you just ask him huh?" Alex suggested as Bonnie turned to face Peter.

"Is it true? Am I that bad?" She asked.

Peter was mute for some moments without saying anything and the silence was getting terrifying.

"Oh, we are at the mall now" Peter said as they observed, he was so happy they were at the mall and he had to say that to reduce the tense that was transpiring amongst them.

He doesn't want to say anything to hurt Bonnie, only if she would understand that what she was feeling for him was mere infatuation.

"Oh, that's the mall. Let's get to work" Elena said as they walked inside.

"Welcome" one of the mall girls said to them with a bow as they walked inside.

"And that's the symbol of the crescent" Alex whispered to Elena who saw it too.

"Yh, but where's the butterfly symbol?' She asked as they walked round the mall looking for the other symbol.

"Let's spilt, there's no way we are gonna see it if we go about clustering each other in search of it" Elena said as they agreed.

"Alex, you go with Laura, Peter you're with me" Elena said as they made to leave.

"Wait wait wait. Hold on guys, what about me huh?" Bonnie asked.

"Come on, you follow Peter everywhere he goes, so I expected you to join his team" Elena said.

"Ok, that's true" Bonnie said with a smile as they spilted and started looking for the butterfly symbol.

They searched round the mall but couldn't find it as they gathered round each other.

"Are you sure this homicide would occur here?" Laura asked.

"I don't know, this is the first unclear vision Sarah has ever had" Elena confessed.

"Yh, maybe the killer hasn't decide whom to kill yet but there would sure be a homicide in this mall, just as you predicted" Alex said as Elena nodded.

"But I thought Peter said he saw the symbol Sarah drew right here in the mall?" Laura asked as she folded her arms and stared at Peter.

"Yes I did, and I meant only the crescent not the butterfly" Peter stated.

"Oh great!" Laura said sarcastically.

"Where's Bonnie?" Peter asked as he noticed she was no longer in their midst

"We don't know, she was here just now, holding your hands" Laura Said.

"Yh, until I can no longer find her?" Peter said.

"It's ok guys, Let's go look for her" Elena said as they spilted to look for Bonnie.

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Bonnie walked round the mall as she stared at the ceiling.

"That'll be a comfortable place to hang" she muttered to herself and she looked round the mall.

"Can you please help me with that?" She told a boy who was passing by with his grandma.

"Please?" She said pointing to a lipstick where her hands could not reach.

"Oh yeah, sure" the boy said as he took the lipstick and handed it over to her.

"Gracias" she said with a bow as the grandma smiled at her.

"She's so full of live, just like you when you were a kid" the grandma told his grandson who huffed.

Bonnie took the lipstick to the counter to pay for it.

"That's one dollar" the middle aged man said to her who wasn't listening as she observed round the mall.

"Hello Little girl?" The man asked her as she blinked her eyes and stared at the man.

"Where are your parents?" The man asked observing she was there alone.

"There!" She pointed to no one in particular as the man shrugged.

"Sir please can I ask you a question?" The man stopped what he was typing on the system and stared at her.

"What is it?" He asked.

"Why is this place scanty today?" She asked.

"Because it's Monday and most people haven't returned from their weekend travel, it's mostly from tomorrow the place would be filled up" the man said to a curious Bonnie.

"Hmm I see" Bonnie said.

"There she is! At the counter" Laura pointed to Bonnie who stood on a stool so the counter man could see her.

"That girl!" Alex muttered under his breath as they walked up to them.

"Aren't you paying for that any more?" The man asked Bonnie who was climbing down now.

"Sorry sir, I wouldn't be taking it anymore. I've got no penny on me" she said showing the man her tiny palms as he grunted.

"Whatever" the man said and took the lipstick and kept it beside him. Then he started operating on the system again.

Alex grabbed her as they walked outside the mall.

"What were you doing huh? We were looking everywhere for you. Why did you leave our sight without letting us know? What if something bad happened to you?" Alex scolded.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry" Bonnie apologized as Peter walked out of the mall shoving something inside his pocket.

"I said it from the start that this crew ain't for babies and--"

"Hey Alex, it's ok, she said she's sorry already" Elena said.

"Will you stop behaving like the leader of this crew and let me scold my baby sister for once?!" Alex said half yelling.

"Come on guys, let's not create a scene here?" Peter said.

"Why don't you talk to Elena who's behaving as if she's our mother??!" Alex blurted out.

"When did I do that huh?!" Elena said.

"Oh, you don't know? Why don't you check out your attitudes lately!" Alex fired back.

"Guys! It's ok! How are we gonna fight crime if we can't fight the crime in our midst huh? Let's just stop already! We'll go no where if we fight at each other!" Laura advised getting between the both of them.

"Come on guys, let's go back inside" Elena said as she was going in but Bonnie stopped her by holding her hands.

"What is it?" She asked Bonnie.

"The homicide won't occur today" Bonnie said.

"And how did you know that?" Laura asked squatting beside her.

"Well if you were a killer, would you kill in this sort of scanty place? People are not much here and he would be spotted easily if he decide to kill here today" Bonnie stated.

"Ok, this is totaly making sense" Peter said.

"We should check back tomorrow, the counter guy said by tomorrow the place would be filled up" Bonnie said with a shrug

"Is that what you were discussing with him?" Laura asked her.

"Of course not! I'm not dumb. I just used the lipstick as a cover up" Bonnie said.

"What about the butterfly, we haven't seen it and we don't know who's the target yet" Alex said

"That's probably because the target isn't here yet" Elena said as Bonnie smiled.

"Good, so let's go home. I need to apologize to Fay" Bonnie said.

"Wait Bonnie, i wanna ask you a question" Elena said as she stopped.

"I'm listening" She responded.

"When you were almost killed by the killer, you never asked us why that guy wanted to kill you or something, why?" Elena inquired.

Bonnie stared blankly at her, wondering why the interrogation all of a sudden.

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TBC