"Everybody's a suspect"

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We're back at The Police station.

There's a knock on the door. A voice comes from the other side.

Officer Harry: "Hey it's me, we have something to discuss so if you're up and ready-"

The door opens. Ellie looks up at the officer.

Officer Harry: "Oh, morning. Sleep well?"

Ellie: "As well as you can when there's a killer out there after you"

Officer Harry: "Naturally. Look you guys come to the briefing room, we need to chat."

They follow. The door closes and they sit.

Officer Harry: "Look, we've been to Ben's place, and we found nothing. He's not there. His car isn't there, and his neighbours say he hasn't been home for a while. We've got a search out for his vehicle, it'll be flagged if anyone sees it, but for now, he's completely off the grid."

Ellie: "What do you think this means?"

Officer Harry: "In my opinion? It could mean anything. He could be getting out of here, to avoid erm, dying. Or he could be our guy. We don't know for sure."

Laura: "So what do we do?"

Officer Harry: "It's your call, we know keeping you in a police station is far from ideal, but we don't have any legal reason to keep you guys here, we're just doing what we feel is in your best interests. If you guys wanna return home it's all good with us, we can have a patrol car come past as frequently as you feel comfortable with."

Laura: "I'd, like that"

Ellie: "Yeah me too..."

Officer Harry: "OK... If this guy does come back after you, you keep yourselves safe? I know that's a given, but this is totally off the record. You kill that son of a bitch... Or if you can't, you do everything you can to hurt him. Alright?"

Laura: "Right..."

Officer Harry: "This guy is becoming a real pain in the ass. I don't really care how it's dealt with, as long as it is."

Ellie: "I've still got the taser."

Laura: "Oh yeah, erm, Can i have one?"

Officer Harry: "Sure, whatever you need. Just not a firearm *Laughs*."

Laura: "Obviously. *rolls eyes sarcastically*"

Officer Harry: "Apart from that, you're free to go"

Ellie: "OK. *turns to Laura*, you ready?"

Laura: "Sure."

They stand up and edge past the officer.

He turns and watches them leave.


We're back at the University. Rory, Peter, Aaron, Andrew, Sarah and Maisie are here.

Peter: "I wander where James is?"

Andrew: "I haven't heard from him..."

Rory: "Ohh, uh oh, not another one."

Andrew: "What the fuck Rory...?"

Rory: "Sorry, I'M JOKING... It is a JOKE."

Andrew: "Wasn't really funny"

Maisie: "I liked it!"

Rory: "Thank you, someone gets me!"

Aaron: "I've tried to call him, no answer."

*A police car pulls up*

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