Black Rose

Laughter in Slaughter

"Well. It seems your daughter knows where the flowers are from but she wont tell us anything. She says something about not giving the flowers up for death or so." Haleson sasy as he talks to Matthew and Jane. "Well, I'm not surprised. She's always had a thing for roses." Jane says. Jason and Haleson look to each other for a second before Jason steps forward. "Maybe you can get her to tell you? And then you tell us? This is very vital information that we need." he says. Tye parents are already shaking their head before he finishes. "You don't understand, agent. Once she has her mind set on not telling anyone, she won't do it. No matter who the person is. Besides, she's still getting used to the feeling of being here. If we do something to make us loose her trust, its would be a catastrophe. We can't let it happen." Jane says and sighs. The agents look to each other again before nodding,"We'll be in touch." they say shortly before excusing themselves and leaving.

"There's something weird about that little girl." Haleson says as they walk outside, towards their car. "Oh yeah? Like what?" Jason replies. The two pause as they see their car, the windows scratched up in letters. 'LEAVE THE ROSES ALONE. LET THEM BE OR THEY WILL TORMENT YOU.' the windows say. "Besides the fact that our car just got scratched by a four year old, who also knows how to write and spell suprisingly weird." Jason adds on to his previous statement. Haleson shrugs and they get inside the car, starting the car and driving away. "She seemed...I dont know how to explain ut. With usual children, they'd be all pouty and whiny but we could still pry out some type of information. But with her, she seemed smart way beyond her years. Not only that, she had those eyes that shouldn't belong on anyone's face but a person who's been in the military. 's kinda scary." Haleson finishes as they come to a red light.

"We'll look into her past. See what we can find. Don't sweat about it." Jason says and smiles over at his partner. Hale shrugs and the rest of the ride is in comfortable silence.

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Alice watches the agents go from the atic window. 'They really think they're onto something. It's very funny. I suppose they'll check my records now. I kind of want to be considered a suspect. It'll be fun to mess with their heads.' she thinks to herself and chuckles slightly. 'Time to find a new victim.' Alice comes down from the atic and walks towards her bedroom, thinking of logging into some databases and scoping everything out. "Alice. Get dressed. We're going to the beach." Jane yells from downstairs. Alice sighs and enters her room. Going to her closet, she gets out black shorts and a blue tank top. After dressing herself, she walks downstairs to wait. "Alice. Where's your swim suite?" Matthew asks. "I don't think I have one." Alice replies softly. "Well I guess we'll have to do a little shopping then huh?" he smirks at her and ruffles her hair. After that he walks upstairs to go get ready. Alice sighs and quickly runs up the stairs, taking her phone off the charge and then running back downstairs to wait again.

After a few minutes, the rest of the family comes down, ready to go and they all walk to the car. Once they get in, they pull out of the driveway and head to the beach. "You know, this is the first sunny weather we've had since summer started. I suppose it'll start warming up again." Jane says. Michael, Chelsea, and Alex cheer and laighs. Then they start texting their friends and talking loudly to each other. Alice is in the back of the car, playing games on her phone. No one really notices the car that's trailing behind theirs.

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After an hour or so, they make it to the beach where it has become sunnier by the minute. The sun is high in the sky and the beach is slowly starting to pack with people. The family finds a nice parking spot close to the beach and gets out all their equipment. Then they go through the sand and find a nice spot by a cliff with some big rocks leading into the sea. After they set up the umbrella and towels, Micheal, Chelsea, and Alex immediately dash off to swim. "Alice. Come here. You need sunscreen; don't want your pale skin to have a sunburn now do we?" Jane says smiling and holding the bottle up. "I don't need any. I don't burn, or tan. I'll be fine." Alice days and takes a step back. Jane sighs,"Are you sure, sweety? I could put it on just in case." Alice shakes her head and fails at trying to put a reassuring smile on. "I'm fine. Thank you though." she says. Then she pats Jane's hand and runs off towards the rocks. "Don't go off too far! Don't want you to get lost!" Mike yells as she goes off. Alice throws a thumbs up in the air in lieu of an answer and starts climbing over the rocks. Dropping down on the other side, she comes through an unoccupied area of the beach, filled with sand and some pools of water, craddled inbetween rocks that lead up to a wall of rough cliff sides.