||Hello Neighbour: A Better Timeline||

||Chapter 66: Police Investigation||

Charlotte sighed,"I, again Miguel, I can't thank you enough for this.", Miguel smiled, handing out breakfast,"No worries, any time; It's no problem especially after all you went through.", Charlotte then turned to Trinity,"Trinity?", "Yeah. . .", Charlotte sighed,"Normally, I would be mad that you suck out so late, but I'm thankful you did as it's better that you were inside the house.", Trinity smiled, her mom did hold up a hand,"But, no more sneaking out.", Alexander titled his head,"Well, we can't exactly ground her if she has no room to be grounded to for a while. . .", Maritza laughed, Trinity too as Charlotte shook her head.
"Alex. . ."
"Heh."

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"And you just do this."
Nicky was sat in the back of the class as Mr Murtaugh was talking about Halloween; You know, what they'd be doing, safety and all that.
Mr Murtaugh flinched as someone knocked on the door, he put the paper down and cleared his throat,"Enter.", Abigail came in,"Sorry to disturb your class Mr Murtaugh, I was just wondering if I could borrow Delory and Nicky for a quick while?", Delroy raised his hand,"We are in trouble?", Abigail shook her head, smiling,"Not at all.", Mr Murtaugh nods,"Alright, Nicky and Delory; You are excused.", so they got up and followed Abigail out, and Mr Murtaugh continued the Halloween Safety Presentation.

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"Oh, hey Leslie."
Delory waved to Leslie, who waved back a little aimlessly and seemed to be dealing with a headache.

"Morning."
It was officer Keith, with Trinity, Aaron and Ivan, Nicky immediately felt scared and backed up a little,"Don't worry dear, you're not in trouble.", Abigail reassured him, taking his hand and sitting them down,"My husband just wants to ask you a few questions.", they all sat down, Aaron turned to Keith,"I didn't know you were married.", Keith nods,"I just don't wear my wedding ring so I don't lost it on the job.", Delory nods,"Fair enough.", seemed like the casual conversation made them a little less tense, Trinity stopped fiddling with her bracelets, Nicky sat up more and Aaron stopped bouncing his leg a little.
Abigail sat with the kids, while her husband shuffled a few papers.
"Right, I wanted to ask some questions. . . Not only about the fire, and about what you talked about earlier."
"About the person in the woods?"
Keith nods,"Yes; We just want to ensure your safety and the others. This person, was definitely wearing a grey/black robe and cloak, hood up and a white mask?", Aaron nods,"Yeah, white mask with a beak; But we also think it's someone with knowledge about Ravens and Crows, cause they attacked us and gave the person a chance for flee and get away.", Keith nods,"That's perfect, noting that down. Now, this is an important question.", Keith took a page, doodling something before holding it up.
"Now, you've seen this masked person but have you potentially seen someone that's dressed like this?"
The main difference between the quick sketches, one had a white mask with a beak that you can clearly see but the other might as well have been a head piece, a huge beak that might be a hazard if you couldn't see or breath.
"Have you seen anyone dressed like this?"
"No, sorry."
Nicky titled his head,"That looks like Crowface, the person in the museum?", Keith nods,"Yeah, a more accurate look of Crowface, we just want to keep an eye out for anyone potentially dangerous hiding behind costumes and masks.", the kids nods, Keith making small notes.
"I see. . . Is there anything else, anything you kids are worried about."
. . .
"Uhm. . . There is something. . ."
Trinity stood up, handing something to Keith and he read it to himself.
"Hm. . . I see."
He handed it back, and made a note,"I'll meet with your parents later today.", Trinity nods, sitting back down.

Outside the classroom, Leslie was handling his headache and cursed himself for drinking last night, but he just. . . He just needed it to get through this month with something.
Though, it was odd to be back st the school. . . Now that he wasn't worried about a murder that happened here, it was odd. . .
But someone caught his eye, someone staring directly at him and was obviously trying to make eye contact.
A boy in a green sweater, white shirt, blue jeans and a fierce grip on the trap of his bag.
His eyes. . . Eyes that Leslie could never forget and never will.
". . .-Leslie?"
Keith tapped his shoulder, Leslie turning around to find Mr Murtaugh,"Oh, hey. Uhm. . . Mr Murtaugh.", he nods,"Leslie Kornwell.", Keith looked between the two, but Mr Murtaugh just smiled and waved his hand,"I use to teach him when he was still a student here; Now, I think it would be best if the kids got back to class.", Keith nods, tipping his hat and leaving with Leslie following, not looking at Mr Murtaugh and shoving his hands into his pockets.
"Okay: So according to the kids, they've seen a cult member, coins have appeared in each incident or they found it after it happened, Trinity Blades was given a threatening that if she lost the coin she'd lose her life, and we're on the look out for two cultist, one dressed as a familiar and another as Crowface."
When going over the street footage, it was someone dressed as a cultist and another dressed as Crowface, both cult members, maybe the one dressed as Crowface is the one in charge?
He definitely set fire to The Blades house.

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"It is a little odd that Mr Murtaugh tends to go from classroom, when he's not teaching, check on everyone or just ease drop, but then again I don't really blame him."
The bell rang; They were off!

Mr Murtaugh watched them all leave, clubs were cancelled that day due to meetings happening.
"Have a nice day, Mr Murtaugh."
"You too, Nicholas and be safe on your way home."
Nicky nods and catches up to Aaron and Mya, Mr Murtaugh took a deep breath and closed the doors after him.