" Valencia! Get your ugly butt over here right now!" Joelee shouted as she charged after the taller male.

" Ugly? I believe most all of the female's and even some of the males here will disagree with you." Alaric said as he hesitated to turn around to confront the angry raven haired girl.

" Who cares what they think?! I know what you did!" Joelee snapped which caused him to cock an eyebrow.

" Care to elucidate?" Alaric questioned curiously as Joelee pointed her finger at his finger accusingly.

" You ransacked my room. And not only that, but some poor guy is missing a slab of skin because of you!" Joelee snapped which caused Alaric to cover his heart as he gave her a look of quite obvious, fake shock.

" Somebody is missing a slab of skin?! How grotesque!" The edges of Alaric's lips twitched as he held back a smile.

" You're a horrible actor." Joelee gritted out, quite obviously holding back from attacking him as she clenched her fists.

" And you're pretty." Alaric said but Joelee didn't even seem surprised as she gave him the, 'don't mess with me' look.

" Where is the proof behind your accusations?" Alaric asked nonchalantly as he studied her dark red eyes.

" Your disgustingly good smelling cologne. I could smell its overwhelming stench as soon as I entered my cell." Joelee snapped which caused Alaric to chuckle quietly.

" Your borderline stalkerish personality is quite cute. You realize that I'm most certainly not the only one who wears that cologne, correct?" Alaric smirked at her while she shook her head no.

" Only Jerry has that type of overly expensive cologne. Besides you. So, I know you did it." Joelee said flatly as she crossed her arms over her chest.

" I see. Well, let me know when you get some evidence besides your... Sense of smell." Alaric booped her nose as he rolled his eyes before turning and walking away.

" That little...." Joelee narrowed her eyes after Alaric as she gritted her teeth.

" Hey..." A males voice startled Joelee, causing her to whip around in surprise.

" Oh... Hi, Kai." Joelee tilted her head to the side as she eyed the male suspiciously.

" So you do remember me.... Good.... I came to apologise.... And kinda explain." Kai rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly as he spoke.

" Apologise? Really? For what?" Joelee asked sarcastically as she crossed her arms over her chest.

" For being so rude the day we met. I didn't mean to be... I just had a lot on my mind and... Well the situation just got out of hand fairly quickly." Kai looked down awkwardly as he spoke which made Joelee smile a bit.

" That's a lie and you know it. You were being rude because you don't want your little reputation to be ruined. You're a bully, it's as simple as that. Next excuse?" Joelee batted her eyelashes as his expression hardened.

" It's not an excuse! People just make assumptions about me because of the way I look!" Kai insisted as he mimicked Joelee's movements, arms crossing over his chest as he eyed her with a look of annoyance.

" Look, I'm not some starstruck little girl who's gonna fawn over you if you pull the misunderstood bad boy act. So just forget about trying to win over our heart, kiddo." Joelee warned in a low voice, causing Kai to arch his eyebrows.

" Our-?" Kai murmured but Joelee had already turned and stalked away, completely ignoring the raven haired male as she stalked towards where she knew her friends were gathered.

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" So, I found out who's missing a slab of skin." Killian said nonchalantly which made Joelee look up quickly from where she was tracing her name into the picnic table with a fork.

" Who?!" Joelee asked eagerly which made everyone give her a weird look.

" Ignoring the fact that you almost sound excited, it was a dude named Connor. He was found in a broom closet with his identification tattoo cut off and a concussion." Killian said which made Joelee grin as she dropped her fork onto the table.

" You think he could identify Alaric as his attacker?" Joelee questioned with a large smile that made Killian give her a weird look.

" Maybe.... You'd have to ask him that." Killian shrugged a bit, deciding it was better not to question literally anything the young girl did.

" Great! See you later, guys!" Joelee exclaimed excitedly as she darted away, leaving the others to exchange awkward glances.

" Should we go too?" Alyssa asked after a moment, running a hand through her messy, platinum blonde hair as she spoke.

" No, cause I'm soaking in some nourishing chemical waste out here. I'm getting kinda low on it, you know." Satana said sarcastically as she leaned up a bit from where she lay across the picnic table.

" You're just too lazy to move." Killian teased which made Satana smirk as she turned her gaze back towards the dark sky.

" You right." Satana admitted after a moment which made Esther roll her eyes a bit.

" So how did you find out about that Connor guy?" Gadget questioned as he looked up from his sketchbook.

" I have my connections. It's quite amazing what candy can get you in here." Killian grinned as he pulled out a box of chalk candy.

" Oooh, I want some!" Alyssa exclaimed as she reached for the box, only to have Killian yank it away from her.

" What do you have to trade?" Killian asked as he narrowed his eyes at the blonde.

" .. Nothing. But... Please?" Alyssa begged as she stuck out her lower lip, eyeing the older male hopefully.

" Nope. You don't have a buck, you're sore out of luck." Killian said as he tucked the candy back into his pocket after popping one into his mouth.

" You're mean." Alyssa huffed as she crossed her arms over her chest.

" No. I'm a businessman. There's a difference." Killian grinned as he leaned back on the picnic table, watching as a helicopter passed overhead.

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Joelee hesitated outside of the black medical door as she took a moment to think over what she would say to this guy.... Connor.

" Hi, how are you? Your skin is in my room, want it back? ....no, too forward... Hmm... What about... Hello, my name is Joelee... Did you happen to get your skin sawed off by an annoyingly handsome man? No! I've got this... Chill." Joelee muttered, running a hand through her hair, she inhaled and exhaled heavily before knocking on the door a few times.

The door slid open, revealing a heavyset woman in a nurses outfit. Her pale skin was greasy, not unlike her gray hair which was pulled up in a very loose ponytail. Her yellow eyes sized Joelee up with a look of disdain as she curled up her lip as though Joelee had a particularly nasty appearance to her.

" Can I help you?" She asked in a deep, nasally voice.

" I'm here to check in on my roommate." Joelee lied which made the woman scoff before allowing Joelee inside.

" Fifteen minutes, starting now." The woman snapped before practically stomping away, into the office near the front of the room.

Joelee rolled her eyes and headed towards the medical beds, eyes darting into every curtain for this person.

" Connor?" She asked the first male she saw, but he shook his head.

Joelee groaned under her breath and moved on to the next bed.

" Connor?" She questioned but the male only smirked as he eyed her up and down.

" I can be whoever you need me to be, baby." The male said to Joelee who snorted and moved on, ignoring him as he yelled after her to come back.

" Please tell me your name is Connor?" Joelee asked desperately which made a black haired male look up from where he lay in a bed.

" That's me." He said in a soft voice, his extremely dark brown eyes studying her curiously.

He was a rather handsome male, appearing slightly older than the thirteen year old girl. He had untamed black hair that hung just below his neck. His face was skinny, showing off his sharp jawline and hollowed cheekbones which seemed to be due to good genetics rather than malnourishment.

" Great, I'm Joelee. Sorry to intrude but I need to ask you a few questions...." Joelee said which made him arch his surprisingly well taken care of eyebrows.

" About?" Connor asked slowly, his expression cautious as he studied her movements.

" Your attack." Joelee replied before sitting in the chair next to his bed.

" Your identification number was removed so that someone could break into my room and steal a few things. I want to know if you saw who attacked you..." Joelee looked at him hopefully which made him frown.

" I.... No, I didn't.... I didn't see him." Connor stumbled out nervously, desperately avoiding Joelee's intimidating gaze.

" Then how do you know it was a him?" Joelee asked which made his already pale face go even paler.

" I.... I can't tell you what I know. Please leave me alone." Connor whispered with a fearful expression, eyes darting around the room as though he'd spot someone trying to listen.

" Look.... I didn't tell anyone else this... But whoever attacked you... Also took something important from me. I want it back." Joelee whispered, eyes showing just how desperate she was to get her item back.

" I.... Can't. Please... Just go." Connor murmured as he looked away regretfully.

" Fine.... But if you find yourself feeling brave enough to tell me anything.... I'm in cellblock 538...." Joelee mumbled before standing up and turning to make her way out of the medical office.

" And please.... Find yourself being brave enough. I need what he stole from me.... It's important to me..." Joelee said in a quiet voice before leaving the curtained space.

Connor watched her go with a sympathetic frown, his thumb rubbing lightly over the cast around his arm as he contemplated their conversation.