Music & Murder

Chapter 5: Reunions and Jobs

So now, we arrive in present day, and we resume. We were going to get the music store at the mall to find some cassettes and records, when we saw the two of them, Troy and Maxine. When we saw them, we were shocked and ran to them shouting so loud, Troy jumped and fell down. We were all filled with excitement, not only because we met our friends again, but because they had some great news. Both are now moved back in town and Troy just got offered a job here. Let me give you a description of where exactly we live. We live in Brighton, England. Lots of tourists come here for the beautiful scenery, but little do most people know about our hometown, we have great job opportunities. We could range from A job in the film industry, to the Carpentry business. Troy got offered a role for the film, Apocalypse Now. One huge benefit about being in the film is that the director is Francis Ford Coppela. Who had recently directed the film most critics are praising as one of the best films ever created, The Godfather. "How would someone as unknown as Troy be chosen to star in a movie by a legendary director?" Well, he had joined drama club both in Brighton and London (where he moved after the whole movie theatre incident). He has proven to have extraordinary talent at his acting, so much in fact that it caught the attention of Francis and sent him a letter, telling him if he wanted to audition. Now the auditions took place in America, but if he accepted to audition, all flights and hotel services would be covered by Coppela himself. Maxine also had plans for when she moved back. She thought of having her own radio show, which depicts of news that range from all around Europe. She would feature Rock music, interviews from people for details of some news that they could have some details about. She could have some success if she plays out her cards right. When they told us about their jobs, we were excited and couldn't be more proud of them. So then, Maxine asked Marcel if he would be her Co-Worker, in which he accepted. Troy told us that he could take all of us with him if he goes to audition. We all agreed, since one of the things we all wanted to do in life was to travel around the world. Sure, Brighton is a beautiful place, but once you're there for a while, you get bored as shit. Once we finally went to the Music Shack, we look around for some records and cassettes that wouldn't make our parents awkwardly sing along to, so I picked out a album by a band I've never  heard of before. The Sex Pistols, sounds like a porno. I didn't really care, I still picked it up anyways. I look at the time on my watch, 5:42. I forgot about my Piano lessons, no good to go over there now though, if I went over there now, mum will be pissed at me. If I go over there four hours later, she'll be high as a kite. So high in fact she'll even forget that she had a daughter. I was starved, as well as everyone else, so we go to the Food Wagon. When we arrive, we see Britney, Duncan, Felicia and Brock. Everyone but Brock were already introduced. Brock acts as if he didn't even exist. He doesn't hang out with anyone, so he's not with Britney's 'squad'. To be honest we wouldn't mind trying to help the poor guy. Why we use the term 'poor guy' is because he was raised by the wrong parents. No, they're his biological parents, but they don't deserve to be. They were ruthless criminals, treating their son like shit, which is ironic once I get to the point. He did have an older sister, but she was dead 4 days before they found Brock, covered in... what I previously mentioned.  It was horrible, and yet 12 years later, he's still bullied. We get our orders and go sit down by Brock giving him a friendly greeting. We would have continued our conversation, had someone in a Nun inspired mask ruin the night. He or she or whoever the hell they were pulled out a pistol and shot Felicia and Britney in the head. We all ran away and we're lucky since we were the furthest away from where that was taking place. The same can't be said for Duncan, all we could hear were his sudden cries for plead. A few seconds later, silence. We hid in that same spot for a hour and 21 minutes, yes I counted. We thought the coast should've been clear and it was, thanks to Marcel for checking to see. We all went to the treehouse and I must say, it was crowded. Considering that there were seven people in there. But we didn't really care, since we were all traumatized by the events. We all had a discussion thinking of who it could be. Maybe it could've been Topher, but he would've never went that far, right? We only had one day of school left until summer was over, and I'd say it be a tribute to the three students who lost their lives. But I knew what I wanted to do over the course of the summer. It may not be a job, but it would be a summer to remember. We all agreed to find out who it was that killed the three students, they probably had a link to the theatre and burger incidents. People now call this killer 'The Brighton Butcher'. I don't know why they used butcher, probably for alliteration.