Jasico - iNSaNiTY.

Second to last .5

Jason felt Nico beside him stiffen and glanced at Nico's hands to see them clasping each other with bone-crushing grip.

"You seem to react strongly to that; why?" she asked.

Nico swallowed, sat up straight and looked the investigator in the eyes, holding a hand out, "My name is Ryan, yours?"

The investigator shook his hand, and replied, "Juno."

"Nice to meet you, Juno. But the reason I reacted so strongly is because I was great friends with Nico. It's a shame to hear he was murder, what ever happened?"

Jason blinked at the skill of Nico's lying skills.

Juno blinked at the formality coming from one such so young and answered, "Hector's body was found in his room, terms of death was tortured."

Nico nodded and then said slowly, "Do you know why?"

The investigator was a bit hesitant to give out that information but from the boy's pleading look, Juno gave in, "No, not really."

Nico nodded again, "If you were here to ask any of us if we were to know, I'm sorry, we didn't know Hector well. So what about Nico?" Nico pretended to get a little choked up

. "His body was never found...but the DNA samples show it was Nico Di Angelo's blood in the room with Hector's body and in the basement...even in his room. We can't really comprehend what happened to his body. Probably hidden somewhere far away in a mangled mess."

Nico nodded, and leaned back, "I'm sorry Ms. Juno, we really don't know. If we see anything we'll report. We'll ask around school..."

"No!" Juno said jumping up. For a second her tail coat moved a side and Nico saw the same gun.

The same gun that had been in his nightmare, the same gun that had help him to the bathroom wall.

Juno was one of them.

Composing herself, and moving her coat into place she said, "No, we don't need to scare anyone. Well thank you boys for helping," she held out her hand. Nico stood up and shook it, but grasped her hand in a cold, boney, painful grip and whispered too quietly for Jason to hear, "Stay away from them. Go back whoever sends you, relay this to him; I have no idea. You all are ugly bastards for killing him."

Nico let go and smile at Juno, "Well, have a good day."

Juno nodded, a bit scared of the boy. The look in his eyes was murderous.

=Time skip to next morning and after Jason left for school.+

"So, why aren't you going to school?" asked Mr. Grace. Everyone else had left for school, and Mrs. Grace was working. Mr. Grace had 'sick time' because of his surgery.

"I-I-I f-f-f-in-finished," Nico stuttered out as he kept in nose in the book he was reading. Nico was curled up in the corner of the couch while Mr. Grace sat on the edge of the love seat in the opposite direction facing Nico.

"Already? How?" Mr. Grace pressed, curious.

"I took finals early because I excel in everything besides math," Nico explained softly, fidgeting with the corner of the page.

"Hmm, is that so? Do you play any sports?"

Nico shook his head slightly 'no' glancing up, but glanced down back to his book, "I was in the chess club for a while, but I couldn't find any real challenge."