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If Looks Could Kill

I Become a Suspect for a Murder I Commited

I step out of the New York airport with my small carry on kardashian handbag, my long red hair flowing do to my waist. I have my new shades covering my eyes from the burning hot sun.

I think I need to buy a pair of shorts. These jeans may not be appropriate for this hot weather. I guess it is called summer break for a reason. But I like my jeans, they match my heels.

I don't want to catch a bus or a taxi! I want my car here.

I walk up to a taxi stop and see hundreds of yellow taxi's lined up. I walk up to one and inside is a old Indian man. He seems nice enough. In Piccadilly, the taxi drivers are creeps. Did you know that nighttime in Piccadilly is a dangerous place. A few girls in my class had been raped and murdered just because they went out by themselves. I almost got kidnapped once that's the day I took up street fighting.

I became the best street fighter around. I could beat up guys twice the size of me. I loved wearing my heels and jeans in a fight. For some reason they made me feel more balanced and quick. Plus people always thought that I'd just be a weak pushover. The looks on their faces when a heel kicked them in the nuts.

I clamber into the cab and give him Aunt Sally's address. I haven't seen Aunt Sally since I was just a little girl. My cousin Perseus was a couple of months older than me and Sally and Percy flew over. Percy hated flying. When it was time for them to leave he tried to hide on our theater room. I smile at the memories of us playing together and can't wait to see him.

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I practically run up the stairs to Sally's Apartment in excitement. I raise my hand to knock on the door and realize that I need a new manicure. Well I am in New York, I could always get one. I knock on the door and wait only about five seconds before the door opens. I see Aunt Sally standing there. She has tears running down her face and I instantly know something is wrong.

"Charlie?" Sally says confused. "I just heard that your parents are dead," she cries. "My step-brother and his wife were killed." She continues sobbing. A man comes up behind her and leads us both into the house.

"Hello, I'm guessing you're Charlie, I'm Paul Bloifs," He greets me. He seems nice. I wonder what the connection is.

"Paul and I are engaged." Aunt Sally says happily wiping tears from her eyes.

"Congratulations!" I say genuinely happy for Sally, I wonder what happened to that creep Gabe.

"Anyway, I've just been notified that your mother and father were killed and you were missing!" Sally says curiously. "What happened?"

"I, I killed, I killed them." I stutter out. Tears fall down my face as I admit what I've done for the first time. "I didn't mean too, I didn't even touch them!" I cry. Paul looks bewildered but Sally's mouth open into a small 'o' of surprise. She knows something. "Dad said that you'd know what to do." I say meekly.

"Well I do have a suspicion but it can take be that because your parents were your parents." She mumbles to herself. She gets up ans flicks on the t.v, the first thing that comes up is a picture of my two parents lying dead on the floor covered in blood.

"There is no sign of the daughter. There is no sign of a break in. We are looking for the daughter. At the moment she is our number one suspect. Anyone who can give any information on her whereabouts can you please contact the police as soon as possible. BREAKING NEWS."

Then a picture of my bio teacher shows up. "The victims were killed in the same way as the daughters Bio teacher was, almost a year ago." Blood drains from my face as I watch the next person come up. My manager.

"Charlie was my best fighter. Last night when she didn't show up to her fight, I instantly knew something was wrong. I went to their house and saw the door wide open. I went in calling for Charlie but all I found was the dead bodies of her parents."

Shit! I totally forgot about my fight! I was facing, The Bone Crashes, lame name (another rhyme) he has beaten me before and I was really looking forward to the fight.

"Let me call Percy," Sally says, "he's at camp at the moment but he'll want to hear about this." She says getting up and walking into the bathroom?! Why on earth would she go into the bathroom?

I sit and chat to Paul for a few minutes but I'm pretty sure that the whole time he was just thinking, "Omg, there's a murderer in front of me!"

When Sally comes out of the bathroom she says that Percy is coming as fast as he can.

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I explain everything that happened in the last week to Sally, including the Medusa at the airport. For some reason she doesn't look that surprised. Then I remember Medusa talking about Perseus.

"When I met 'Medusa' she said something about Perseus." I say looking for answers but as soon as I say Perseus, the door slams open and a tall, dark haired guy steps in.
"Percy!" I exclaim jumping up and wrapping my arms around him in a massive hug. Then I see the other people behind him. There's a beautiful blonde girl with stormy eyes, a short younger looking, cute, goth-y guy and a almost Cherokee girl with choppy brown hair and rainbow-kaleidoscope eyes.

They look like a powerful bunch.

They all sit down and Percy introduces the others. "This," he pulls the blonde girl into his arm, lovingly, "is Annabeth, my lovely girlfriend, " He then pats the goth guy on the head, "this is Nico, my younger cousin," the guy squirms out from under him but Percy just laughs. "And last but not least, Piper, one of my camp friends." I say hi to all of them and they all seem nice.

I then explain my dilemia. When I say I murdered someone without touching them all the kids get fidgety, as if all they want to do is leave. When I mention Medusa I get a reaction from both Annabeth and Percy.
Percy gets up and takes his mum out of the room. I can hear bits of their argument, including Camp and Prophecy.

Then they both come out and Percy says with a massive grin, "We're going to Camp."