𝙇𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 || CC walker x Cairo Sweet AU

Chapter 11 | Onions

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 CC's third person POV:

CC bursts into the hospital room, out of breath and full of panic, immediately seeing Caleb laying in a hospital bed. Even though his shoulder was heavily bandaged, You could still see blood spreading out.

Loxley and Tori follow behind her, Loxley's eyes immediately looking to Ally with concern, but CC eyes seem to find Cairo's in a quick moment, who looked frozen with fear.

"What the fuck happened to you guys?" Tori exclaimed, eyeing Caleb's injured shoulder.

"They came after us, again." Cairo says, wincing as a nurse finishes recasting her arm. It made me come to the horrible realization that Cairo got hurt, again.

CC knew the people Cairo were referring to were the killers, which only made her fear grow, swirling in her stomach like a whirlpool.

The nurses exited the room before Loxley said, "Okay, this isn't fucking okay anymore!" They yell, "Why the hell are they coming after us?!"

"They have to have a reason for it." Caleb says, his voice much weaker than before, a rasp in his tone, "Otherwise there's no reason for the killers to be doing this, and serial killers always have a reason for their killings."

"Well they've been going at random." Tori grumbles, crossing her arms, "We don't even know for sure how many killers there are, or when they'll strike again!"

"How did they even know you guys were meeting?" Loxley inquires, falling silent, "Do you think that girl you guys were meeting with set you up?"

"Winnie wouldn't do that!" Cairo defends a lot quicker than CC expected, "She literally protected me from the killer, why would you protect your main suspect?"

Everyone falls silent, realizing what Cairo just interpreted. 

"M-Main suspect- What are you talking about, Cairo?" CC finally speaks, her voice coming out a lot more nervous.

"I-I.." CC could hear the panic in Cairo's stuttering, her words piling in her throat.

CC steps forward in anticipation, actually interested and confused on what Cairo had to say.

"Cairo, was is it?" Ally mumbles, glancing to her best friend with concern.

Cairo sucks in a deep breath, before speaking, her voice shaky when her words spilled out. "Ever since the murder of Mr. Smith, I knew there was something strange going on. Every single suspect up until Ellie, I knew." CC's eyes widened in alarm. Was that why she was so on edge at the sleepover?

"I knew Freida from one of my classes, Mr. Smith was one of my high school teachers, I knew Evelyn from Art club in Freshman year, and Ellie was an old friend of mine in high school." She bit her lip, clenching her free hand into a fist. "They're all connected to me, and the next victim could be dead any moment now, and I'll know them, I'm certain." She screws her eyes shut, like the pressure of all of them staring at her was burning, "I'm the suspect they're looking for, I'm the prime victim. I'm the one putting you all in danger."

The rest of the friend group is left in shock once she finishes her explanation, a few of their jaws hung open.

"S-So, you're saying," Caleb mutters, "you knew each of the victims this entire time, and you didn't tell us?"

Cairo bites her lip, "I-I couldn't. I know you, Caleb. You'd just put yourself in more danger by venturing off with me."

"Well no shit!" Caleb shouts, trying his best not to move from his position on the hospital bed, knowing it would only cause him more physical pain, "I'm one of your best friends, Cairo! Of course I'd go with you!"