Warnings: mentions of murder, police officers, I mean could be taken as LAMP if y'all really wanted, or even TLAMP, suggested murder, mentions of serial killer, basically, mentions of death and homicide and stuff, ya get the jist?

Patton's POV

I was just going about my day, cleaning up from dinner with Virgil when I not a notification from my phone.

I stopped what I was doing for a second to check it and realised I had missed my daily Duolingo lesson. I wanted to try and learn some Spanish so I could understand what Roman says sometimes and we can talk together in Spanish! And what better way to learn than use what all the kiddos are learning on?

"Who was it?" Virgil asked, stopping what he was doing momentarily.

"Oh just a notification, I missed my Duolingo lesson, I'll just have to reset my streak toni-"

"You. What?!?!"

There was the sound of a plate falling to the ground and smashing as Virgil stared at me with wide eyes.

"Kiddo, you broke a plate! Don't worry, we can clean it up!" I turned to go get the dustpan but Virgil stopped me bring grabbing my shoulders and turning me back around.

"Do you realise what you've done?" He asked, sounding very serious.

"Uh.. no..? Did I do something? If so I'm sorry-"

"No, Popstar, you're in danger! The Duolingo bird is going to come kill you, we need to hide you!"

"Uh-huh.. and how do you know this?" I asked, a small smile on my face as I was beginning to realise that he's probably pulling one of his rare pranks, just trying to scare me. Though he hasn't pulled one of those since we accepted him as a light side..

"Because... Because of this!" He yelled, letting go of me and pulling out his phone, scrolling through Duolingo memes.

"Oh kiddo, I think you've been looking at too much of those me-me's! Maybe you need some fresh air!"

"Patton, did you just say me-me's?" Roman asked out of nowhere.

I nodded and he burst out laughing.

"What seems to be so impeccably hilarious, Roman?" Logan questioned, walking up beside him, a usual neutral expression on his face.

"Patton called memes me-me's!!" He gasped through his laughs.

"...... Quite hilarious."

"THIS IS NO TIME TO BE LAUGHING!" Virgil yelled, causing Roman to almost immediately stop, covering his mouth a bit so that he didn't start again.

"What seems to be the issue Virgil?" Logan asked.

"Oh, I missed my Duolingo lesson and-" I started before Roman interrupted me.

"YOU WHAT?!"

"That's exactly what Virgil said! Except a little less loud.."

"DO YOU REALISE WHAT YOU'VE DONE?!"

"Also exactly what Virgil said."

"WE'RE ALL GONNA DIEEE!!" Roman cried dramatically.

"I'm sorry, I seem to be confused. Why are we, quote, 'all going to die'?"

"Virge thinks that the Duolingo bird is gonna come kill us or something but he's just been looking at the me-me's too much lately."

"Yes, I'm, Virgil why would you think the Duolingo bird would be coming to murder us? I use Duolingo to practice my languages all the time and I have not been murdered yet, have I?" Logan reasoned.

"Have you missed a lesson yet?" Virgil shot back.

"Touché. So basically you're accusing a fictional animated owl with very unrealistic bright colouring meant to allure kids and encourage them learning, as a serial killer? Because of... Me-me's, as Patton calls them."

"........ Yeah pretty much-" Virgil agreed.

"Now Virgil, I think you're just being a bit para- irrationally anxious."

Virgil looked away, glaring at the ground.

"I say let's all just continue on like normal and perhaps watch a movie to calm our nerv-"

Suddenly there was a loud knock at the door.

"I'll get it!" I smiled and cheerily skipped to go get it, opening the door.

"PAT NO-"

~This part rlly ain't important or anything, it has nothing to do with SS I just thought it'd be fun to add in since I like this stuff and got carried away so y'all don't gotta read that if ya ain't interested~

Third Person POV

"No evidence of forced entry and no bodies or body parts found. Minimal blood scattered.. they could very well still be alive, but there's no evidence as to where they could have been taken." A young male voice said.

"This isn't our first case like this, and there's been plenty more all around the states. But they all end up the same. A cold case. A dead end trail. The blood suggests they haven't been gone long. Probably taken just last night, a little past 8pm I'd guess." An older male voice said.

"So what are your orders, sir?" The younger asked.

"Search the place one last time for anything that might suggest why or how this happened and where they could have gone. If nothing comes up.. well we might just have to consider this case a dead end along with the others.."

"Alright, let's do one last search boys, then we'll wrap it up!"

"Are you sure you want to give up this case so easy just because you can't find a bit more evidence? That Mr. Sanders seemed very keen on finding the four residence and I've never known you to back down from a challenge." A different voice came in this time, woman. Her voice sounded as though it was only just a few years older than the young police officer from before, but her tone would suggest that she and the older cop had a lot of history together.

"Maybe. But I've changed since you last knew me, Linda."

"Well, the Jeremy I knew would do whatever he could in his power to protect people and would never back down from a case. And that's the Jeremy I fell in love with."

And with that, the sound of heels hitting against the wooden floor boards, gently fading, it was clear the woman had walked away.

The man stayed facing forward. Thinking about what the woman, Linda, had said. They rattled and stirred his head so crazy, but on the outside he looked calm and ready.

"Sir, there's something you should probably come see."

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This was fun lmao! Idk what I was really doing at the end but I found it quite enjoyable, maybe I should do a cop au with the Sanders sides! I love cop AU's.. and crime shows.. like the ones where they solve homicides.
I wanted to be a detective in homicide but I'm not very good at solving puzzles or paying attention to things or noticing little details so I don't think I would be very good at it ;-;

Word Count: 1,130

Date Published: May 6th, 2020