Murder5

Part Five: The Cook, the Meat, the Crack, and SweetOne:)'s Lover


The children didn't know that they were eating human flesh. TheLunchLady was serving Mystery Meat Pie, with the special ingredient being Shrew. The night before, The Murderer had brought Shrew's dead body into the school kitchen. The killer then chopped the body up into little bits and put them in the deep freeze. To the cooks, Shrew's little pieces would look just like normal beef.
     "I love Mystery Meat Pie!" Kelly9 told the other children in the cafeteria.
     "Yeah, me too," Spookykid replied.
     Spookykid was the leader of The Young Republican Flesh Zombies for Bob. Most of the kids at school just refer to them as The Spooky 7. Members include: Kelly9 (who picks her nose and eats it), advice guru DawnWeiner, early developed Exena, Cordelia the tom boy, Sweety (who can move objects with her mind), and Artina, who talks to animals.
     Most of the cafeteria was a buzz about Suzanne's arrest and suspension. Not the Spooky 7. They were talking about the dance. Sweety told them that she had seen a commercial on Mtv about an N' Sync contest. Mtv was looking for the biggest N' Sync fans. The winner(s) would get to appear in the groups next video! Sweety had a plan.
     "This is what we do," she told them, "When N Sync are here performing at our dance, I'll smuggle in a videocamera, and then we'll tape ourselves ripping off all our clothes, jumping on stage and molesting N' Sync. We'll win that contest for sure!"
     Everyone one was down. The plan was set. The night of the dance, The Spooky 7 would show a side of themselves that no one had ever seen before.

Meanwhile...

Suzanne was at home. Alone. Bored. She was suspended from school. Almost arrested. Luckily, Hill believed she had been framed. In fact, he said he believed The Tainted Taints might be involved somehow. Hill promised Suzanne that she wouldn't be arrested and that he'd help find whoever set her up. However, she was suspended from school until the whole mess was sorted out. Suz didn't know what to do with herself. School was her whole life. This was only the first day of her suspension, and she already missed it. The Girl Gang stopped by before school and told her that they'd meet her in the park after school. Suzanne couldn't wait. Together they could discover who set her up. She thought again of Hill. Her love for him was growing stronger every day.

Back at School...

     AudreyHorne met Detective Hill in the office.
     "I have something to tell you," Audrey told him.
     "What is it?" Hill asked.
     Audrey told Hill all about her vision. She told him about seeing TheNewKid. TheNewKid had told her his girlfriend killed him. He said there was a clue in his closet and that there had been another murder. Hill didn't know if he should believe Audrey's story, but he didn't dismiss it either.
     "Audrey, if there had been another murder, we would have found a body."
     Audrey didn't look too happy when she left the office. She didn't think Hill had taken her vision seriously, but in fact he had. Something Audrey had said had caught his ears. She had told him about TheNewKid wearing bright red lip stick in her dream. Hill took out TheNewKid's diary and reread one of the pages. It said, "She rocked my world. I have lipstick on my collar to prove it". Maybe Audrey's vision was true. Maybe there was something in TheNewkid's closet that would help solve the case. Maybe his secret girlfriend did kill him. And if this was true, there was only one person alive who knew the identity of NewKid's lover... Blowfish, who happened to be in a coma at the moment.
     Hill gathered up his things and walked out to his car. He was going to TheNewKid's house.

Meanwhile behind the band hall...

     Sweetone:) had her arms wrapped around the boy of her dreams. She was kissing him, holding him, rubbing his shoulders. The two had been secretly dating for several weeks. She kept their relationship a secret, fearing The Girl Gang would not approve. The Tainted Taints probably wouldn't approve either. Their love was like that of Romeo and Juliet. Sweetone:) being Juliet. Clot was her Romeo. Neither gang knew anything of their relationship. No one ever asked where Sweet and Clot would disappear to during lunch.
      "Remember, Sweet," Clot told her, "This must remain a secret."
      "Don't worry, my darling. No one will ever find out."
      Clot slipped his hand under Sweet's dress. He fondled her gently. Sweet could feel his hard on pressing hard against her. The lunch bell rang, but the two couldn't stop. They made sweet love, under the old oak tree.

Later

     Det. Hill was in TheNewKid's bedroom. The room was a wreck. Dirty clothes everywhere. Dirty dishes. It looked like a homeless person had lived here. Hill opened the closet and expected the worse. The closet was a mess, too. More dirty clothes. Boxes stacked to the ceiling. And a white collar shirt. It stood out from the rest of the mess. Hill picked it up. There was bright red lipstick on the collar. The kiss of a killer. Hill put the shirt in a big zip lock bag, so he could get it tested. Maybe the shirt would lead Hill to the killer. Hill turned to leave but hesitated. He felt like he was missing something. He thought there may be another clue in here. He searched everywhere. Under the bed. In the dresser drawers. Looked deep in the closet. But he found nothing else significant. Maybe he was wrong. Hill went back out to his car. He would come back later and search again. Maybe in the morning. But first, Hill had to check on Blowfish. If he was lucky, Blowfish would be awake and talking. Hill didn't think he'd be that lucky.

Meanwhile at the Park...

     Crackwhore was about to lose her grip. The Taint's were laughing at her. She had come here to the park to meet them, so she could pick up her payment for planting the dope on Suz. When Crackwhore had asked them for the rock, Tiama laughed at her. Then they all started laughing at her.
     "You're not getting shit, you silly crackhead," The Deuce chuckled.
     "You owe me!" Crackwhore screamed. "I did what you asked! You OWE me!"
     Clot punched her in the face. Crackwhore fell back and to the ground. The Taints descended on her. They beat her. In the face. Axlotl kicked her in the ribs. Tiama dug his nails into her eyes. Crackwhore screamed bloody murder. Across the way, on the other side of the playground, The Girl Gang heard the scream. They quickly ran their way over. The Girls grabbed The Taints, pulling them off Crackwhore. Suz slapped TheDeuce hard across the face.
     "Why you beating up on a girl like that, asshole?" Suzanne yelled in his face.
     "Stay out of this Girls," Ax cautioned.
     "Like hell," Meep spat, then punched Clot in the nose.
     The Taints took a few steps back.
     "This is neutral territory, Suz," The Deuce said, "We can't fight here. But we'll get you."
     And with that, The Tainted Taints left. Suz ran over to Crackwhore. She looked bad. Well, she always looked bad, but now she really looked like shit. Suz grabbed a hankey out of her pocket and tried to soak up some of the blood on Crack's face.
     "Thank you, girls. You saved me," Crackwhore managed to gasp.
     "That's our job," Sweetone:) said, smiling.
     Crackwhore took Suz's hand.
     "I have something to tell you."
     "What is it?" Suz asked. "What do you need to tell me?"
     "I know who set you up."
     "Who?"
     "It was The Taints."
     So, it was true. The Taints framed her. Suzanne knew Crackwhore would be the key in proving her innocence. Suzanne had to find Detective Hill.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Next Time on Murder on the Playground: Suzanne gets in trouble, then gets some help. Sweetone:) has lunch with her secret boyfriend. Hill checks out TheNewKid's bedroom.