The Hunt (An AntiSepticEye story)

Three

Later on that night, around 10pm, Marley and I decided to binge watch the entire fifth season of Supernatural. Marley loved demon-blood Sam, for some reason I didn't like it, even though I was a Sam girl.

Suddenly, we heard a loud blare of sirens go rushing by the house. There had to be more than 10 cars or trucks rushing by. We immediately decided to go outside and look ourselves. We put on our sneakers and sweaters and headed out.

We saw a group of police cars, paramedics and fire trucks surrounding the wooded area near the house. Everybody around the neighborhood was wondering what was going on as well. Me and Marley decided to walk over and take a closer look, only to be stopped by a cop.

"You shouldn't be here..." The cop demanded.
"Well we live nearby and we were wondering what's going on..." Marley asked.
"Well somebody called saying they found a young man going into the woods, and we believe that he could be the suspect in the murder." The cop explained.

I peered over looking into the woods. I couldn't really see anybody or anything but trees and some bushes. I watched as police officers went in with guard dogs to try and investigate.

Marley and I stayed near the scene with the dozens of other people flooding the streets. Marley's mom found us and met up with us.

"Would it kill you to let me know where you're going first?" Her mom asked.
"Well with a bunch of cops here I thought you would know that curiosity got to me and I had to check it out." Marley explained.
"What is going on?" Her mom asked.
"Someone saw the possible suspect go into the woods." I explained.
"Oh dear..." Her mom said.

Suddenly a group of officers came rushing out with what looked like a black hoodie or a sweatshirt. The officer approached somebody, the person who called them, to ask if that's what he was wearing, she nodded. Suddenly, the officer took out a megaphone and spoke into it.

"Ladies and gentleman I would like to ask you all to go back into your homes so we can further investigate." The cop explained.

Without any hesitation, we went back inside.

As Marley and I continued to watch television, I couldn't help but think about Jack when we ran into him in the mall. He was also wearing a black hoodie, almost like the ones the police caught. I then began thinking about the dozens of other people who live in and around this town who also have the same type of black hoodie.

There was no way it could be Jack. He's such a kind and innocent soul and does everything he can to make people happy.

I then finally decided to shake my mind off of it and my friend and I both continued on with our sleepover, actually falling asleep earlier than usual.