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-Taken from the diary of Suzanne-

Dear Diary,
This school has gone completely insane! Chuckkkkky�s been smearing my name all over the playground, my good friend SweetOne disappears, then another girl RamonaQ disappears, Audrey says she has visions of some dead sissy murdering me, Kedra never speaks to us anymore and just spends all day staring at the wall, Aquarius snipping my hair, and Titbaby has dug a hole twenty feet deep by the jungle gym! Luckily I have Blowfish by my side through all this. I really need his support right now.
Chuckkkkky is giving me hell in this election for class president. I don�t understand why people can�t see he�s a cheater. Rumor is that he hacks into Ms. Mosby�s computer to get answers for all the tests. Also, his family has so much power, everyone is afraid to touch him. I wish everybody could see through his golden boy facade. Chuckkkkky is a phoney and a loser and I�m going to kick his butt in this election. I just hope it doesn�t get too dirty.
There�s still no word on SweetOne. The last person to see her was that creep Psychoduck, or Psychodick as I secretly called him. I don�t know why she wanted to get involved with that white trash. He says he doesn�t know where Sweet is, but I think he�s hiding something. Duck told police that he and Sweet had went to play pool the night she disappeared. He said that Sweet went to the bathroom and never returned. I think he killed her. I hope for her sake I�m wrong.
However, RamonaQ has vanished, too. I don�t think Psychoduck knew Ramona, but you never know. Maybe he�s a serial killer. Maybe he�s like Ms.Crabtree.
Audrey told me today during lunch that she has recurring dreams of Shrew stabbing me with a knife. That girl has the strangest dreams. I told her she shouldn�t worry. Shrew is dead. Ms.Crabtree murdered him and fed him to the students. He can�t hurt me. I�m not scared of ghosts.
Kedra was gone off the deep end. I �ve been worried about her for sometime. I wish she�d talk to us. She can talk, but when she does it�s usually nonsense. I heard her muttering in class today. She was saying something about, �Worship them...worship them...� Maybe her family joined some crazy cult like those Heaven�s Gate people.
My science teacher Mrs. Horoscope has a son that goes to our school. His names Aquarius. He�s doing this crazy project that I just don�t understand. Basically, he�s cutting samples of people�s hair and collecting it. He wants to get samples of everyone in school. When asked about his project, Aqua gives little details. �It�s top secret,� he says. I hope he doesn�t do any kinky with the hair. Ewww.....
Speaking of odd projects, Titbaby is obsessed with her hole. The one she�s digging, I mean. She says she�s trying to dig a hole to China, but I don�t think that can be done. Principal Claudia should stop her before it gets out of hand.
Blowfish is so sweet. He gave me a promise ring! He slipped it on my finger on the bus. �With this ring I promise to love you and only you,� he said to me, looking deep into my eyes. I was so happy that I couldn�t stop crying. The bus river told me to keep it down cause I was causin� a scene! I love Blowfish so much. I don�t know what I�d do without him. He�s the best thing to happen to me in a long time.
     That�s why it didn�t bother me to see Det. Hill today. He came to the school to investigate all the disappearances. I used to have a thing for him, but I realized that it was only a crush. Det. Hill is a great guy, but Blowfish is my man.
The Girl Gang was getting into a fight with The Tainted Taints at recess, but Hill broke us up. That�s when Hill gave TheDeuce the bad news.
�Tiama has escaped from jail,� Hill told Deuce. �We don�t know where he�s at, but we think he might show up back here.�
TheDeuce�s face went pale. Back at Ben Frank, Tiama had been a Taint. One day TheDeuce got hit real hard in the head with a baseball. It must have hit him really hard because TheDeuce changed from a thug to a well behaved young boy. It was during this period that TheDeuce testified in court that Tiama had been selling drugs. Tiama was sent to jail because of his testimony. Now, TheDeuce is back to normal. A light fell down and hit him at the big dance at Ben Frank and knocked him back to his mean old self.
I hope Tiama doesn�t come after TheDeuce to seek revenge. Don�t get me wrong, I don�t like TheDeuce. He�s a nasty bully. However, he did the right thing by helping put Tiama away. He shouldn�t have to pay for that. Hopefully, Hill will be ale to apprehend Tiama.
Well, I need to go. Blowfish said that he�d call me tonight. I don�t want to miss his call.

Goodnight,
Suzanne

       -Audrey�s House (Night)-

Audrey was just about to drift off to sleep, when she heard someone pounding on the front door. Audrey slipped on her robe and slippers and ran downstairs. She had no idea who would be knocking on her door this time of night. Audrey�s heart raced.
She hesitated before opening the door. She was terrified on what she might find on the other side. She slowly reached out for the doorknob.
�Who is it?� she asked opening the door.
It was SweetOne.
Audrey gasped when she saw her. SweetOne was naked and covered with dirt. Twigs and leaves were all in her hair. She was pale. She had dark circles under her eyes. She looked like she was suffering from exposure.
Two hoarse words came from her chapped lips.

�They�re coming.�

SweetOne�s eyes rolled up into her head. Audrey caught her before her head hit the pavement. Audrey picked Sweet up and carried her into the house.

    To Be Continued.........

Next Time on Close Encounters on the Playground........
Sweet gets some disturbing news from the doctor. TheDeuce gets a phone call. Blowfish runs into Strawberry. Hill suffers a horrible fate.