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When Amy woke up, she heard that Brooke's dad had been killed and Emma and Audrey had been found holding the weapons used for his murder.
She arrived at the hospital and was waiting with Noah when the news that Emma and Audrey had escaped.
"I can't believe this." Noah mumbled.
Amy played with her fingers. "Um, Noah?"
He turned to her and furrowed his brows.
She didn't continue, however, because Brooke walked in.
"Brooke, y-your dad, I-I," Amy stammered.
"I'm so sorry." Noah spoke up.
"Yeah," Brooke breathed out. "it's just been so much, you know?"
She sat down on Noah's bed, next to Amy.
Amy wrapped an arm around her and pulled her into a side hug. "He wasn't always the best dad, but, he was... there, you know?
"This morning, I went in the kitchen to get some juice, and I just realised... I mean, he always made me juice." Brooke lightly laughed, wiping away the tears in her eyes. "I'm just really gonna miss him. And now, Emma and Audrey..."
"You know it's not them, right?" Noah asked.
"Of course."
Noah placed his hand on top of Brooke's since she was sat the nearest to him out of her and Amy.
"Look, we're in this together."
Brooke and Amy smiled as Noah's phone began to ring.
"Uh, hello? Emma!"
Brooke's and Amy's heads snapped towards Noah.
"You guys are about to hit "Ten Most Wanted" territory if you don't watch out! What happened?"
"Put it on speaker!" Amy told him.
Noah nodded.
"It was terrible. Hey, look, have you talked to Brooke or Amy?"
"Uh, they're right here."
"Both of them?"
"Yeah."
"Can you pass me to Amy?"
"Uh, yeah." Noah nodded, before hesitantly passing the phone to Amy.
Amy turned it off speaker and put the phone to her ear. "Hey..."
"Did you speak to Eli last night?"
"No, uh, h-he wasn't answering. W-why?"
"He came home last night and said to Kieran that the police were questioning him for hours." Emma told her.
"Okay..." Amy began. "Why are you telling me this? He probably did."
"I just think it's pretty convenient that he was out when that video was released last night."
Amy sighed. "I do believe you, Emma, but I also believe Eli. I know him more than any of you do and I trust him."
Emma was about to speak, but Amy cut her off.
"But, I'm gonna help you catch this guy, because I know for a fact the person who killed all of these people isn't you, Audrey or Eli."
Amy heard Emma sigh after a long pause. "Okay. Could you pass me over to Brooke, please?"
Amy nodded and handed the phone to Brooke. She stood up and turned her back to Noah and Amy.
Brooke cleared her throat. "Hey. I know you didn't kill him, Emma. You couldn't."
Brooke sighed and turned around to face Amy and Noah. "Where are you guys? We'll be right there."
Brooke hung up and sighed. She passed Noah's phone back to him.
"Where are they?" Amy asked.
"They're at the theatre. They want us to stay here."
"And let them go through all of this alone?" Noah scoffed.
Amy nodded and got up. "I literally just promised Emma I'd help her. We're not staying here."
"Hell no." Brooke smirked.
Noah threw his duvet off him and almost jumped out of bed.
"Okay. Okay, let's go."
"Uh, Noah." Amy chuckled. Since she was stood behind him, she could his duck underwear.
"Actually, I'm gonna need some pants." Noah stated.
Brooke and Amy nodded. "Yeah. I agree."
***
Noah and Brooke were sat at the front of Noah's car and Amy was sat in the back.
Her phone then began to ring, and she picked up immediately once she saw it was Eli.
"Eli! Hey! Where the hell have you been?" Amy whispered, but the minute Noah and Brooke heard his name, they turned their attention to towards her.
"I've been at the station - the police were questioning me for hours!"
"I believe you. Where are you now?"
"At home." She heard Eli breathing deeply through the phone. "Where are you?"
Amy thought for a moment that telling him where they were going with Brooke and Noah in the car was a good idea or not.
So, she hung up and quickly texted him.
I hung up because I know Brooke and Noah don't trust you and they suspect you. We're heading to the cinema - it's where Audrey and Emma are hiding.
Within a few seconds, Eli replied.
Okay, I can't get there straight away, but I will soon. I promise.
I love you.
"Was that Eli?" Noah questioned.
Amy looked up from phone, trying hard not to smile.
She nodded. "He was just explaining to me where he was all night."
Brooke sighed. "Amy, you know it's extremely likely that he could be behind all of this."
Amy shook her head. "I've said this so many times, Brooke. I know him, okay? You guys don't. The only stuff you do know about him is the bad stuff that Kieran has most likely made up."
"Wait," Brooke furrowed her brows. "what stuff has Eli said that Kieran made up?"
"No time for that now." Noah breathed out. "We're here."
As Noah and Brooke began to unstrap themselves, Amy quickly texted back:
I love you too.
Before locking her phone and getting out of the car.
Kieran was waiting by the back door for them, holding it open.
Amy didn't make eye contact with him, she just ran inside.
"Noah!" Audrey called out.
"Audrey!"
The best friends pulled each-other into a hug as Brooke and Amy ran up to Emma.
The three of them hugged for a while, before Brooke pulled away.
"Oh, God. You look terrible." Brooke told Emma.
"We better get you cleaned up." Amy said.
"Yeah," Noah nodded, pulling away from Audrey, who followed the three girls out of the room.
Brooke, Audrey, Emma and Amy were in the girls' bathroom when Brooke's phone went off.
"It's him." Emma scolded.
Brooke answered it without hesitation, and put it on speaker.
Brooke cleared her throat. "What do you want?"
"Mm, if it isn't daddy's little girl-"
"I'm the one you should be talking to, you bastard." Emma snatched the phone off Brooke.
"So, the gang's all there. What's the occasion? Another funeral?"
"Wow, you think you're really funny, don't you? You're a coward, running around in the dark, hiding behind a mask."
"Careful, Emma. You don't want to see my face."
"I'm at the movie theatre. If you want me, come and get me." Emma said, before hanging up.
Amy's eyes widened. "Emma!"
"Are you sure that was a good idea?" Audrey questioned.
"I'm done running." Emma replied, with gritted teeth.
***
"You know half of those are fake, right?" Noah asked Audrey as she took out a hook from the display of weapons.
"Yeah, well, the other half are real." Audrey stated.
Amy's eyes came across an extremely sharp knife. "I got dibs on that one!"
Noah rolled his eyes. "Are you joking?! I wanted that one!"
"Children, children, calm down." Brooke said as Audrey passed her the hook.
"You can have this." Audrey told Noah. She gave him an axe and Noah smirked.
His smirked dropped, however, when he realised that it was fake. "Oh, what?!"
Amy scoffed as Audrey gave her the knife and chose a hammer for Kieran.
Amy watched him grab a real axe as Emma spoke up.
"We need to guard the doors and stay in touch."
"Here, take my phone." Noah took his phone out of his back pocket and gave it to Emma.
"Thanks."
"You guys know that you don't have to stay, right?" Emma questioned. "I mean, this on me."
Amy shared glances with Noah, Brooke and Audrey before nodding.
"We do." Amy said.
"We're with you." Kieran added.
***
Amy was with Audrey and Emma, guarding the back door.
Amy pulled out her phone to quickly check if she had any texts or missed calls from Eli, but she had nothing. Amy sighed and shoved her phone back in her pocket.
"Are you okay?" Emma asked Amy.
She nodded and forced a smile.
"Nothing." Audrey breathed out, almost slamming the exit door. "What if he doesn't show? He likes to pull the strings, not dangle from them."
"He's gonna show." Emma said.
Audrey sighed. "Okay."
Emma's phone then began to ring. Amy ran over to see who it was, but mentally sighed once she saw it was Kieran.
"Hey, is everything okay? It's quiet. No, no. That is exactly what he wants us to think! He wants us to let our guard down. I'm not gonna let that happen. Okay."
"Emma?" Amy asked, biting her lip.
She turned around.
"You don't think it could be Kieran..." Amy began.
Emma laughed and shook her head. "Amy, we're not getting into this right now. You think it's Kieran and I think it's Eli-"
"I know." Amy said, with gritted teeth, cutting her best friend off. "But Kieran's alone right now. He has no one to monitor what he's doing and-"
Amy was cut off by the sound of a girl screaming.
"Where'd that come from?" Audrey asked.
"It's coming from inside the auditorium."
Amy and Audrey were about to run towards the auditorium, but Emma stopped them.
"Hey, wait. Hang on. Somebody has to stay here and watch the door. I'm gonna go and check it out, okay? You two stay here."
Amy let out a sigh and brushed her hands through her hair. "Okay."
"I'll be right back."
"Why-why-why would you say that?" Audrey questioned.
Emma didn't answer. She ran out, leaving Audrey and Amy alone.
Amy checked her phone again. Still nothing. She quickly texted Eli, asking where he was, but there was still no answer.
"You really think it's Kieran, huh?" Audrey asked, coming up behind Amy.
Amy cleared her throat and nodded. "I know Eli's telling the truth."
Audrey sighed. "I just don't see how it could be him, you know? I mean, he's always been there for us - especially Emma."
Amy nodded slowly. "I know what you mean. But it doesn't mean it can be Eli. Besides, he's told me some things about Kieran..."
"Like what?" Audrey asked.
Amy kept her eyes on her phone, hoping for a notification.
"He told me that everything Kieran had said about Eli is a lie, and that it was actually him, not Eli, who got into trouble with the police, and that girl, and-"
She cut herself off when she heard a thump.
Amy shoved her phone back into her pocket and spun around to see Audrey on the floor.
There were a pair of shoes stood beside her still body. Amy slowly moved her eyes from the shoes, up his jeans, and then his familiar looking shirt.
Amy gasped when she realised who it was - she didn't even need to look at his face to know.
However, she couldn't either, because before she could, he raised fist, connected it with Amy's nose, and everything went black.
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