The Impossible Acquittal, Part 7
Title: The Impossible Acquittal,Part 7
Author: Phantom_Kaito
Rating: K+ / PG-13
Disclaimer: Being female I am neither Butch Hartman or Aoyama Gosho. Guess what that means?
Notes: Sequel to The Impossible Murder
Previous Chapters: Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6
Despite Star's statement, Danny ran to check the body. He put his fingers to her neck and wrist, desperate to find a pulse. He backed away and checked his watch. “Time of death confirmed at 9:34 AM. No signs of rigor.” he whispered sadly, tears streaming down his face.
“Oh God, Oh God.” Star started hyperventilating, blood on her hands and shirt from where she had
presumably tried to help her friend.
I'm sorry Danny.
Not as sorry
as the guy who did this when I get my hands on him.
Don't go down that road Danny, that train of thought creates people like Rees. We're here for justice not vengeance.
You're...you're right. This isn't like a ghost fight. I just feel so helpless, you know?
This is what I, at the the real me, does for a living. If you want to be a cop, it means dealing with this on a regular basis.
Lancer shook his head, not able to tear his eyes aways. Miss Sanchez was hardly the nicest of his students, but she had the promise of a bright future. Who could have done this? Who was soulless enough to
snuff a such a young life.
Kwan ran up, “I called the cops, they should be coming soon.”
...Takagi, do you see what I see!
You're right. But that would
mean!
I almost can't believe it myself, but the evidence is there. All we have to do is tell someon-
“You did this!” Nathan screamed, jumping at Danny, which snapped him out of his internal dialog. “First Valerie, now Paulina!” The enraged teen never reached his
target as Ran grabbed him midair and twisted his air, flipping him backwards against the wall.
Sam put her hands on her hips. “For your information, Nathan, we were all in Lancer's office when the murder happened.”
“And I've got the video evidence to prove it!” said Tucker. “This whole school is wired up with cameras!”
Okay, no more going ghost at
school.
Yeah, would have been nice for Tuck to inform us of that sooner.
Ran lifted Nathan off the floor. “Do you care so little for the fate of those girls that you would jump without even bothering to look for evidence? Do you care if the kidnapper and killer get away, just so you can feed your own vengeance?”
Nathan again turned to Danny, “Well if you didn't do it who did?”
People started edging away from Sam, who looked like she was about to explode. “IF he didn't do it? You say that likes he's the
only person in the school capable of murder! I'd put Dash higher on that list, or even you, you creepy stalker.”
Nathan looked like he was about to go postal again when Danny
whispered. “I know who did it.”
The silence was deafening as students and teachers turned as one towards the junior.
“Is this true Mr. Fenton?” Lancer asked, hesitantly.
“Yes sir, I'm convinced, based on the evidence, that's there's only one person who could have killed Paulina.” Tears were once again streaming down Danny's face as he raised a shaking fist. He took a deep breath and whirled around, pointing at the culprit. “The Killer is YOU!”
~
“Little boy, what are you doing out of school!”
Conan jumped as the voice of the old librarian echoed though the small library.
Ack! Forgot about truant officers! Um...
“N-No speak English.” Okay, that was just lame.
The old ladies eyes narrowed. “Where are your parents?”
Crap “No speak English?”
Help came from a totally unexpected direction. “Don't worry Lady, he's with me.” The dark skinned teen grinned. “He's my cousin, we're visiting this country during school break.”
The librarian gave him a look before leaving the two in peace.
“Heiji what the hell are you doing here?”
The great detective of the west grinned. “Thought you didn't speak English, Kudo?”
“Bite me,” the chibi growled. “So what are you doing here?”
“My guess same as you.” The Osakan flopped down on a chair. “You're here because of the tips of a certain black wearing
alcoholics anonymous group operating in the area.”
Heiji blinked as Conan fell off the chair with a large thud.
“Wha-How-They're HERE-they can't be- what if they- but only if-they couldn't know-”
“I'll that as a no. So what are you doing here?” Heiji leaned over to look through the newspapers, “The Red Huntress? Kudo please
tell me you know this is a publicity stunt?”
Conan got back on the chair he was sitting on. “Her name is Valerie Grey, she's been kidnapped. And that's most definitely not a
publicity stunt.”
“Yeah, I heard about it. Prime suspect's that Fenton kid. Unless
you think it's a ghost,” Heiji said in a fake-spooky voice.
“'That Fenton kid' is a friend of mine.” said Conan a tad defensively.
“You think he's on the level?” Not that saying Kudo considered him a friend wasn't compelling already.
“Would he have called in me, knowing who I am, if he wasn't?”
“Some guy are just so arrogant, wait, he knows? As in knows-knows? How'd he find out?” Usually Kudo was damn possessive of his secret.
“Long story involving the Impossible Murder. So tell me what you've found?”
~
“The killer is YOU!”
“W-what's wrong with you?! Haven't I been through enough?” Star sobbed.
“You can quit your fake crying. You tried to cover it up, but failed miserably.” Danny's voice had a coolness to it.
“Does that look like a covered up crime?” Star pointed to the body.
“I wasn't talking about the murder.” Danny said. “I was talking about the blood on your shirt.”
“I...I got this trying to see if Paulina was okay. You have no right to-”
“Wrong. You smeared the blood on your shirt after noticing what had happened, that as you bludgeoned your so-called best friend to death you had gotten blood splatter all over yourself. You washes your face as best you could but trying to wash the blood out of your shirt
would be too noticeable, so you decided to hide it in plain sight by smearing more blood on. However, there are still areas of you shirt and pants that contain bloodstains that could only be gotten through high velocity blood splatter, meaning you were there when Paulina died.” Danny's eyes narrowed and Star could have sworn she saw a hint of green in them. “First on the scene, first suspect Star. How did you think you were going to get away with this?”
“Because YOU should have taken the blame.” Star snarled, the preppy cheerleader gone and a wild beast in her place. “Everyone was sooo sure you kidnapped Valerie, I figured they'd finger you in a minute.”
There was a definite greenness to Danny's eyes now. “So you were going to let me spend the rest of my life in jail because of some petty grudge-”
“Petty, PETTY?! She kicked me off the A-List because I got a date faster than she did. I spent my whole life kowtowing to her. And she treated me like shit. I had to make her pay.”
“Yep,” said Sam dryly. “That's pretty petty.”
“Shut up, what does a loser goth like you know. She had to die.” Star ran, not at Sam or for escape, but at Paulina. She kicked the corpse over, revealing the shredded mess that once had been the most beautiful face in Casper High. “Who's A-List now, Bitch?”
Takagi?
Yeah?
Putting people like her away? Definitely something I could dedicate my life to.
Glad to here it. Takagi-in-Danny's-head inwardly smiled.
“Kwan, help me with the psycho before the police arrive.” Dash ordered. Kwan gulped.
“Oh and Fenturd?”
“What?” asked Danny a little sharply.
Dash leaned close so that only he could here. “Interesting trick with the eyes.”
As Dash and Kwan hauled the psychotic ex-cheerleader away the crime scene, Danny turned as pale as his alter ego.
~~~
Author: Phantom_Kaito
Rating: K+ / PG-13
Disclaimer: Being female I am neither Butch Hartman or Aoyama Gosho. Guess what that means?
Notes: Sequel to The Impossible Murder
Previous Chapters: Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6
Despite Star's statement, Danny ran to check the body. He put his fingers to her neck and wrist, desperate to find a pulse. He backed away and checked his watch. “Time of death confirmed at 9:34 AM. No signs of rigor.” he whispered sadly, tears streaming down his face.
“Oh God, Oh God.” Star started hyperventilating, blood on her hands and shirt from where she had
presumably tried to help her friend.
I'm sorry Danny.
Not as sorry
as the guy who did this when I get my hands on him.
Don't go down that road Danny, that train of thought creates people like Rees. We're here for justice not vengeance.
You're...you're right. This isn't like a ghost fight. I just feel so helpless, you know?
This is what I, at the the real me, does for a living. If you want to be a cop, it means dealing with this on a regular basis.
Lancer shook his head, not able to tear his eyes aways. Miss Sanchez was hardly the nicest of his students, but she had the promise of a bright future. Who could have done this? Who was soulless enough to
snuff a such a young life.
Kwan ran up, “I called the cops, they should be coming soon.”
...Takagi, do you see what I see!
You're right. But that would
mean!
I almost can't believe it myself, but the evidence is there. All we have to do is tell someon-
“You did this!” Nathan screamed, jumping at Danny, which snapped him out of his internal dialog. “First Valerie, now Paulina!” The enraged teen never reached his
target as Ran grabbed him midair and twisted his air, flipping him backwards against the wall.
Sam put her hands on her hips. “For your information, Nathan, we were all in Lancer's office when the murder happened.”
“And I've got the video evidence to prove it!” said Tucker. “This whole school is wired up with cameras!”
Okay, no more going ghost at
school.
Yeah, would have been nice for Tuck to inform us of that sooner.
Ran lifted Nathan off the floor. “Do you care so little for the fate of those girls that you would jump without even bothering to look for evidence? Do you care if the kidnapper and killer get away, just so you can feed your own vengeance?”
Nathan again turned to Danny, “Well if you didn't do it who did?”
People started edging away from Sam, who looked like she was about to explode. “IF he didn't do it? You say that likes he's the
only person in the school capable of murder! I'd put Dash higher on that list, or even you, you creepy stalker.”
Nathan looked like he was about to go postal again when Danny
whispered. “I know who did it.”
The silence was deafening as students and teachers turned as one towards the junior.
“Is this true Mr. Fenton?” Lancer asked, hesitantly.
“Yes sir, I'm convinced, based on the evidence, that's there's only one person who could have killed Paulina.” Tears were once again streaming down Danny's face as he raised a shaking fist. He took a deep breath and whirled around, pointing at the culprit. “The Killer is YOU!”
~
“Little boy, what are you doing out of school!”
Conan jumped as the voice of the old librarian echoed though the small library.
Ack! Forgot about truant officers! Um...
“N-No speak English.” Okay, that was just lame.
The old ladies eyes narrowed. “Where are your parents?”
Crap “No speak English?”
Help came from a totally unexpected direction. “Don't worry Lady, he's with me.” The dark skinned teen grinned. “He's my cousin, we're visiting this country during school break.”
The librarian gave him a look before leaving the two in peace.
“Heiji what the hell are you doing here?”
The great detective of the west grinned. “Thought you didn't speak English, Kudo?”
“Bite me,” the chibi growled. “So what are you doing here?”
“My guess same as you.” The Osakan flopped down on a chair. “You're here because of the tips of a certain black wearing
alcoholics anonymous group operating in the area.”
Heiji blinked as Conan fell off the chair with a large thud.
“Wha-How-They're HERE-they can't be- what if they- but only if-they couldn't know-”
“I'll that as a no. So what are you doing here?” Heiji leaned over to look through the newspapers, “The Red Huntress? Kudo please
tell me you know this is a publicity stunt?”
Conan got back on the chair he was sitting on. “Her name is Valerie Grey, she's been kidnapped. And that's most definitely not a
publicity stunt.”
“Yeah, I heard about it. Prime suspect's that Fenton kid. Unless
you think it's a ghost,” Heiji said in a fake-spooky voice.
“'That Fenton kid' is a friend of mine.” said Conan a tad defensively.
“You think he's on the level?” Not that saying Kudo considered him a friend wasn't compelling already.
“Would he have called in me, knowing who I am, if he wasn't?”
“Some guy are just so arrogant, wait, he knows? As in knows-knows? How'd he find out?” Usually Kudo was damn possessive of his secret.
“Long story involving the Impossible Murder. So tell me what you've found?”
~
“The killer is YOU!”
“W-what's wrong with you?! Haven't I been through enough?” Star sobbed.
“You can quit your fake crying. You tried to cover it up, but failed miserably.” Danny's voice had a coolness to it.
“Does that look like a covered up crime?” Star pointed to the body.
“I wasn't talking about the murder.” Danny said. “I was talking about the blood on your shirt.”
“I...I got this trying to see if Paulina was okay. You have no right to-”
“Wrong. You smeared the blood on your shirt after noticing what had happened, that as you bludgeoned your so-called best friend to death you had gotten blood splatter all over yourself. You washes your face as best you could but trying to wash the blood out of your shirt
would be too noticeable, so you decided to hide it in plain sight by smearing more blood on. However, there are still areas of you shirt and pants that contain bloodstains that could only be gotten through high velocity blood splatter, meaning you were there when Paulina died.” Danny's eyes narrowed and Star could have sworn she saw a hint of green in them. “First on the scene, first suspect Star. How did you think you were going to get away with this?”
“Because YOU should have taken the blame.” Star snarled, the preppy cheerleader gone and a wild beast in her place. “Everyone was sooo sure you kidnapped Valerie, I figured they'd finger you in a minute.”
There was a definite greenness to Danny's eyes now. “So you were going to let me spend the rest of my life in jail because of some petty grudge-”
“Petty, PETTY?! She kicked me off the A-List because I got a date faster than she did. I spent my whole life kowtowing to her. And she treated me like shit. I had to make her pay.”
“Yep,” said Sam dryly. “That's pretty petty.”
“Shut up, what does a loser goth like you know. She had to die.” Star ran, not at Sam or for escape, but at Paulina. She kicked the corpse over, revealing the shredded mess that once had been the most beautiful face in Casper High. “Who's A-List now, Bitch?”
Takagi?
Yeah?
Putting people like her away? Definitely something I could dedicate my life to.
Glad to here it. Takagi-in-Danny's-head inwardly smiled.
“Kwan, help me with the psycho before the police arrive.” Dash ordered. Kwan gulped.
“Oh and Fenturd?”
“What?” asked Danny a little sharply.
Dash leaned close so that only he could here. “Interesting trick with the eyes.”
As Dash and Kwan hauled the psychotic ex-cheerleader away the crime scene, Danny turned as pale as his alter ego.
~~~