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Chapter 17

"Dear God, you are heavy!"

"Well I'm sorry Enzo! But last time I checked you weren't the lightest person in the world either!"

Enzo looked at Nicky, offended, holding his legs as he attempted to hop over the fence to get back into the property. Nicky had one leg over the fence and Enzo was trying to be as still as possible. They had been waiting for the mayor to leave he had locked Skipper to a pole in the garden and left walking down to his own car nicky had instructed Enzo to give him a leg up over the fence to which Enzo refused so Nicky held him against the wall and climbed on his shoulder not caring for his protests as Nicky put his shoe on his head and managed to climb onto the fence jumping over landing in the grass "owwwww" he groaned picking himself up and dusting himself off.

"Are you ok?" Maritza asked, looking around nervously for anyone who might have seen them and might be a tad suspicious. Nicky fixed the collar of his jacket "yeah I'm fine! Just a little dusty" He walked over to the huge gate and pulled out his lock picks trying to undo the lock so Maritza and Enzo could get in CLICK it finally popped open and he pushed open the gate and smiled "well look at that!" Enzo rolled his eyes and slipped past the gate and stared at Nicky "let's go before someone sees us!" Nicky strutted towards the front door working his magic again Enzo nervously glanced around "hurry up!" He hissed out watching Nicky pop the door open and walk in. Skipper growled at him but he ignored the dog and started to ascend the staircase taking the time to explore a bit more than last time. There were more rooms connected than he expected but he wasn't here to do that right now.

Nicky walked into the office and headed over to the filing cabinet sliding it open. She looked at the rows and rows of files. The thick paper folders all had tabs sticking up from them with different names. They all seemed to be in alphabetical order so Nicky searched for 'F' finding Sam's file and pulling it out reading it. The 'status' had been scribbled out in red pen and now had deceased scribbled over it Nicky continued to read through it not particularly caring that the sheets fluttered down onto the floor the file did not hold much about the murder except a few photos of the crime scene Nicky sighed and picked up the papers placing them back in the file "guess I'll check his desk" Nicky started throwing open the drawers searching for anything he could use as evidence may be the mayor had a key or something?

That's when he saw it. A file much thicker than the others and it had the name fully scribbled out. Nicky observed it pulling it out hearing a crash from another room and Enzo's voice hissing out "Trinity! Be careful. Nicky rolled his eyes and kept staring at the top in bold letters. It said 'Theodore Master Peterson'. His eyes widened as he breathed heavily. A fine bead of sweat trailed down his brow. Apparently Mr. Peterson was being held in a mental asylum outside of town as he continued to read. There were several pictures of him being restrained and thrown into the back of a van with men dressed in white closing the doors. This was years ago after Nicky left. He had heard from people that Mr Peterson had been chucked into an asylum and it felt strange to read all of this.

CLICK

Nicky's blood ran cold as he heard the door open. He hadn't locked it again so that was leaving room for suspicion. He quickly put the room back in order and tucking the file under his arm he ran out of the room making sure to close the door as gently as possible Nicky could hear the sound of footsteps coming up the stairs the shadow of the mayor on the wall he found Maritza searching through some drawers and Enzo looking in a cupboard Nicky grabbed them both and dragged them towards the window "he's home!" he said Enzo had a brief flicker of panic in his eyes and looked at Nicky horrified "what do you mean?! I thought you said he was supposed to be out for longer!" The footsteps were getting closer to the edge of the brown shoes peaking around the corner. And despite Nicky's fear he kept his composure and opened the window "everyone out!" Trinity nodded and climbed out after Enzo, Nicky following them they all landed on the grass hiding around a corner as the mayor stuck his head out the window with wide eyes and panicked, obviously searching for the invader and shut the window.

Nicky climbed over the fence and met Trinity and Enzo down on the concrete path, sweat beads rolling down his face. "T...that was close!" Enzo glared at Nicky. "Ya think?! We could have been caught. My reputation is on the line!" Nicky rolled his eyes and held out the file "I didn't find anything about Sam but I did find this." Enzo didn't look impressed, he stood there with his hands on his hips looking pissed off "that's the whole reason we broke in!" He threw his arms out "You put us all at risk!" Nicky tried to defend himself "Look it's not my fault we-'' Enzo cut him off continuing his rant "of course it wasn't your fault! You never admit you are at fault, always running from your problems!" Nicky felt his blood boil and he fixed Enzo with a look. "What was that?" he asked softly.

Enzo continued "I said you always run away from your problems...like Aaron" Nicky scoffed and folded his arms "ohhhh I'm sorry Mr Perfect I didn't realise you helped me cope better when I felt guilty for leaving him!" Nicky was guilty about it. All of it! He felt guilty for running away and he felt guilty for leaving Aaron but there was nothing he could do. Enzo didn't seem to get the hint and kept asking, "What brought you back?" Nicky felt like crying. He fiddled with his shirt "I wanted to help!" Enzo threw his arms out again " no one needs your help!" he snarled out "God, you are the most selfish self righteous piece of shi-"

BAM

The sickening sound of skin on skin rang through the air. Enzo clutched his nose which was now dripping thick red blood onto the pavement. He groaned and stumbled back. Trinity's mouth was hanging open and she took a step forward helping Enzo stabilise himself. "There!" Nicky yelled, rubbing his knuckles. Enzo walked forward and threw a punch that hit Nicky in the chest making him whimper and bend over. Nicky started to punch back and Enzo pushed him off; they continued to fight like two small children grabbing each other's hair and screaming until Trinity pulled them apart. Nicky could feel a bruise forming on his chest. He held his arm and kicked the ground, taking his keys and throwing them at Enzo "take the car! I'm walking!" And with that he stormed away kicking dirt and rocks into the air.

"I can't believe you did that!" Maritza stated as she stretched a bandage across Nicky's face. He squirmed and whimpered slightly as she swabbed his face with alcohol and secured the bandage around his head "Why would either of you do that?" She was now directing her anger towards him tugging at his ear and yelling "Why the hell would you bring that up?" Continuing to tug on Enzo's ear, she kept yelling and telling them off. Nicky sighed and held his face. "I'm sorry..." he said, trying to touch his other wounds gingerly. "You better be!" Maritza exclaimed as she stood up and turned to walk to the kitchen.

"What's that?" Nicky pointed at the large hole in the black hoodie. Maritza looked at it surprised "oh!" I ripped my hoodie while I was in the garden!" She showed Nicky a piece of cloth on the table "I need to stitch it back together!" The piece of cloth didn't look like the one on his wall but it did make him narrow his eyes at her "Hm" he hummed as she walked into the kitchen and returned, "let me clean your other injuries." Nicky nodded and smiled.