It's Complicated

Lesson 101: How To Hide A Body

Jay POV

I wanted to hurl. I wanted to run, and I was mortified. What Lloyd was facing was something nightmares were made out of. A body was hung from neck, and slashes were all along the body. 

It looked like a man, perhaps in his mid-forties. A fight was put up, and that was based on the scratches on his on his arms and wrists. Blood had been dripping from the body. It smelled awful, but it was recent, maybe a week, or as old as a month.

I instantly realized that we were in the middle of a murder scene. We had touched the evidence, it was planted here on purpose. Now if it was for us to find or Libbie and Cliff was a different story.

"We need to do something about the body." I said as I started to panic.

"What is that supposed to mean? We should just leave and act like we were never here, Jay." Lloyd said as he started freaking out.

"WE CAN'T LLOYD!!! WE HAVE TOUCHED THE SCENE! OUR FINGERPRINTS ARE OVER EVERYTHING!!!" I shouted as I started running back and forth. 

"Aggggg." Lloyd shouted as he looked at his phone.

"We need Wu." Lloyd finally said as he tried to calm down.

"What would you tell him? He doesn't even know we're here!" I shouted in agony.

"I don't think that matters right now, Jay. You need to snap out of it, now. Please. He will know what to do." Lloyd said as he pulled up his phone.

"Are you FUCKING kidding me right now!!!" Lloyd shouted as he threw his phone to the ground.

"What?" I asked as I approached him again.

"My fucking phone died." Lloyd growled.

"I've got it." I managed to whisper as I looked back at the body that was hung. 

Lloyd shouldn't have come with me. I should have told him to go home, and that I would have met up with him. I quietly grabbed my phone and dialed Wu.

"Hello. Where are you? Is Lloyd with you?" Wu asked after the 4th ring.

"Yes, Lloyd is with me. We are at Cliff and Libbie's house. But there is an incident, and we need your help now, more than ever." I managed to say as Lloyd kept walking closer to me.

"What do you mean?" Wu asked in speculation.

"We decided to explore the house, and there is a body in the room. We touched the crime scene, and now we need to get rid of it." I panicked, grabbing Lloyd and pulling him out of the room we were just in.

"Why... Alright. I am going to tell you where to put this body, and I will get rid of it. Just tell me where you are so that I can get rid of evidence of you 2 being in there." Wu said as I heard him moving around.

"We are in a hidden room. Under their stairs by the front door, you will find a button. Click it, and it should open up. Then there is another room with a bookshelf. One of the books on the third shelf is actually a lever, and will open up a second room. It looks like a storage room at first, but that is where the body is located right now. There is blood everywhere, Master Wu." I said as I looked over to make sure Lloyd was alright.

"Okay. Here is what I want you to do. Move the body to under one of the first bushes that you find in front of their house. Make sure it is out of sight of anyone who may pass by. In your guys bags, I put clothes in them, and I want you to put them on. Go to Chen's Noodle Shop, and I will meet you guys there when I am done. Got it?" Wu asked as I heard a car start.

"Understood." I replied as I walked back towards the body and hung up the phone.

"We need to move this body under one of their first bushes in front of the house. Wu put clothes in our bags, and he wants us to change into them. Then, we need to go to Chen's Noodle Shop where he will meet us there to take us home." I informed Lloyd as I started unhooking the body from the ropes. 

"What about all of the evidence and blood, Jay?" Lloyd asked me as he took a deep breath and grabbed the body from the legs.

"Wu is going to take care of it, Lloyd. We just need to stay calm." I said as I felt the man's blood between my fingers.

We quickly hid the body, and changed. There was blood and dirt stained to our skins, but there was more blood on me than on Lloyd. We walked in silence as we entered the Noodle Shop. I didn't know what to say, and my voice seemed to get caught into each breath that I took.

"Jay and Lloyd? I thought that you were out today. That is what Kai and Nya said." Skylor said as she greeted us with a nod.

We both stayed silent. 

"You guys look like Hell, especially you Walker. What happened?" Skylor asked as she studied us.

"There was a situation." I finally whispered, looking at the table.

"I will be right back." Skylor said after a minute.

I looked at my hands. The feeling of the blood still seemed to be there. I made sure that Lloyd wouldn't of had to deal with as much, but he still was covered in dirt, and was scarred for life. Quite frankly, I was too.

I couldn't seem to wash the images out of my head. I couldn't stop think about the poor man. Did he have a Family? Friends? Was he a missing person case? Were there people that were looking for him? What was his life like? What were his final moments like? What happened?

I shook my head as I quietly tugged on my curly head. This couldn't have been real. What I just saw couldn't have been real. This all had to have been a nightmare. A nightmare that I was having with Lloyd. That had to have been it. What kind of a person could have been capable of taking away a persons's life? Who could do such a thing?

I looked up at Lloyd. He seemed a little better on the outside. He was much better at hiding what he was feeling than I was. He was in thought. I could tell that much. I wanted to talk to him, but I couldn't find the right words to express what I was feeling. 

"So umm..." I started, but was then stopped by Skylor coming over with Kai and Nya.

Lloyd paled slightly, as to where I kind of just froze. I felt like I was a robber caught in the act.

"What the hell happened? I swear to god if this was Morro related..." Nya started going off, making a minor scene.

"Thanks sweetheart." Kai said as he kissed Skylor on the lips and watched as she walked away before sitting down next to Lloyd.

"It wasn't Morro and Nadakhan related. We ran into..." Lloyd started, but was once again stopped from Nya.

"Nadakhan is in on this too? Why is no one telling me what is going on with them and you, Jay? How come Lloyd and Kai get to know what is going on, and not me?" Nya said as she put her hands on her hips.

I opened my mouth to speak, but that was when food passed. It looked and smelled like the body that I couldn't help it anymore.

"Excuse me." I said as I shot up and ran to the bathroom.

I could taste the throw up that came out of me. I couldn't get it to stop. My body couldn't process anything that I had to witness today. 

Finally I stopped, and leaned my head on the stall. My head was pounding, and everywhere I looked, the room was there. Every corner, there was a body. It felt hard to breathe. I couldn't find it in me to move my body at all.

"Jay? Are you in here?" Lloyd called as he entered the bathroom.

"In here." I barely mumbled as I stuck my foot out of the stall.

"Wu is here." Lloyd said as he stood in front of door.

"Give me one second." I said as I flushed the toilet.

I washed my hands, and held onto the sink. My head began pounding again, and I couldn't find a correct breathing pattern.

"Here, let me help you." Lloyd said as he wrapped his arm around me to support my weight.

"Thank you Lloyd." I said as we left the bathroom.

"No problem, Jay. No problem." Lloyd said as he nodded goodbye to Kai and Nya.

"Let's get you both home. You both don't look good at all." Wu said as he held both mine and Lloyd's weight.