To say the least, the stranger was right about being a shit show, turns out a janitor & the art teacher discover the dead bodies of Ricky & his friends, they were completely horrified & immediately alerted security, and then the authorities the most disturbing body they found was Ricky's body he was mutilated from his face to his torso & stomach brutal wounds done by a pair of scissors at a rapid paste, with a stab wound to the throat & right eye. Didn't the security guards or staff see anything or hear from the security guard at the cameras? No, they didn't because he was knocked out & tied up with the camera systems turned off & the door locked, a pair of keys was found in the basement along with the victim's phone.
Trixie's phone was the evidence that determined what happened those months ago, the incident that had happened to the young weasel was no accident or misfortune; it turns out that Ricky & his friends had played a cruel prank on the young weasel if they could call it that. It was more of a snuff video than a prank video as poor Jimmy was tied & beaten to almost an inch of his life just outside the school grounds near some bushes by Ricky & Oscar as Trixie was heard moaning as she masturbated filming tt torture of the young weasel, while the rest cheer them on. They had carried on believing that Jimmy wouldn't snitch as he was too scared to do anything but they had failed to hold back & realized too late what they had done to unite him with the made-up bonds of his very own clothes, just barely hanging onto dear life. The prank was supposed to be a stunt that they had brought up previously with Jimmy in a class as a means of getting him to be popular by showing he could take in a little roughhousing or show everyone that he was tough, not a wimp. He had refused the offer but Ricky didn't take kindly to his words to the point of calling Jimmy pathetic in not accepting help from his friends. In school, some people didn't show sympathy for what happened to Ricky & his friends and others didn't know what to think but one football player knew how to feel.
Ben Woods was friends with Oscar, Ricky & Jimmy, he didn't talk too much as he did with Ricky and Oscar before he was kicked out of the team he knew that Jimmy hung around with Ricky more, seeing as Ricky was more popular before Ben took his spot in the team as Captain. When he found out about the video & saw it in the auditorium he felt hurt, angry & disgusted at what they had done, if only he had known that Ricky & Oscar had that much anger when Jimmy refused he could have done something about Jimmy to prevent him from getting hurt. It didn't help that Jimmy was extremely shy & Ricky & Oscar almost didn't like to bring up conversations that included Jimmy cowering out of various activities the others did, it was almost as if he was more of a nuisance to the group. Poor Ben was sitting with Hannah & Gary along with the twin alligators in a park trying to comprehend what they heard this morning before school was canceled for two days. When they saw a familiar femboy, the lynx walked towards them cross-dressing as always.
"Hey I heard what happened this morning, might I take a seat," Jackson said, giving them a soft smile warming them a little about the whole situation. Jackson always was a welcome sight to them.
Jackson had never really hung out with Ricky as much as he did with Jimmy. He and Jimmy were close friends but grew apart as the years went by with the weasel hanging out more with Ricky as he was always dragged out of whatever he & Jackson were doing. Jackson never held it against Jimmy after all people changed he just wished he had more time to spend with Jimmy.
"Sure go ahead, Jackson, '' Ben said with a small smile but with a sad look, Jackson nodded as he took a shit next to the young bear. Silence followed the group for a few uncomfortable seconds before it was broken by none other than Jackson himself, bringing the attention of the group.
"Still hard to believe what happened to Jimmy, right?" Jackson said with his head down & with both his paws together, looking at Ben and getting a nod in reply to Jackson's words before sighing.
"It's just…I knew him for so long that it's hard to believe he does something like this, especially Oscar. Like fuck man." Ben said while dragging a paw over his face with a hint of pain in his voice.
"Does it matter? All it matters is that they killed Jimmy. End of story." Gary said begrudgingly feeling more disgust & anger towards Ricky even if he was already dead. Ben remained silent knowing that Gary had a point.
"It's not that simple, babe…Ricky & Ben were friends." Hannah said with a hint of hesitation as if she wasn't sure anymore if Ricky considered Ben a friend knowing how he carried out the prank that Jimmy refused knowing that Ricky had to ask him just to prank him or in this case pulled out a stunt for the entire school. She felt sick seeing that video. The twins didn't say anything about them being mute just nodding in agreement.
"Just to show how we need to be careful in which friends we choose," Jackson said, giving them a sad smile, another silent pause greeted them before it was Hannah who interrupted the silence again.
"So, Jackson will you be okay to come to school? I know you & Jimmy were close friends, I can't imagine knowing how you are feeling." She said with a sympathetic smile she only got a sad smile in return from Jackson.
"My parents & are moving to another state today, after hearing about the murders that happened they don't think it's safe for me to go to the same school," Jackson said with a sad tone as he gave his friends a sad look.
"Oh…that's understandable, I'm glad you told us before moving. I can see why they think that." Hannah said with a sad tone & understanding why her best friend was moving. After all, which parent wouldn't want their kids to be safe after hearing about kids getting brutally killed?
"You Moving…?" Ben said with a shocked sad tone as he stared at Jackson's beautiful green eyes with a sad yet understandable look.
"Yeah I try to argue but they won't listen to me." Jackson said with a soft chuckle returning a sad smile before placing a paw on the bear's leg with a reassuring smile "Besides we were just friends with benefits, regardless I'm still going to miss you stud along with the twins~" Jackson said in a flirty tone getting a chuckle from Ben & eye roll from Hannah & Gary and tail wags from the mute twins.
"It's not going to be the same without you, cheering us on but we manage ain't that right Ben?" Gary said with a soft smile remembering how they won the game yesterday right before the shit show happened.
"Yeah, I guess you're right Gary, besides I can just find someone else as slutty as Jackson~" The group of friends laughed at the Bear's words before settling down & looking at the lynx Ben said one more thing. "Just take care, alright?" Jackson giggled before leaning in for one final passionate makeout session with Ben, they broke the kiss looking at the park they were in seeing people walking without a care in the world as it was close to the night before Jackson spoke again.
"You know if Trixie hadn't deleted the video, we wouldn't know that Ricky was responsible for Jimmy's death, it's fuck up how he said it was a mistake, an accident before getting brutally killed by a pair of scissors at least that's what he said," Jackson said with a casual yet happy tone as he rubbed his neck, smirking as he looked at the ground.
"Yeah, it's fuck up-Wait! How did you know…" Ben said but suddenly realized what Jackson had confessed, Ricky was killed by a pair of scissors and mutilated beyond recognition, but the news or the police never mentioned what kind of weapon was used to mutilate Ricky, the others picked up too at Jackson words as Ben was cut off by Jackson.
"I hate to leave everything behind, but I leave you to it. I won't be needing this anymore." Jackson said in a more than usual happy tone & there was something else in his eyes they couldn't tell but it was unsettling, he then stood up not before placing something in Ben's leg with a playful slap.
"I gotta go pack, we're leaving at night. I love you guys, take care." He smiled rubbing his head there was again something in his eyes & smiled and felt uneasy they couldn't respond as they still tried to process Jackson's words & without anything else he took off. Silence settled on again & Ben stared at his lap seeing what look like a picture he picked it up, the others staring in curiosity & confusion at the words "Thanks to Game Night" in Jackson's handwriting but most importantly the red stains, their blood froze before Hannah asked what was on everyone's mind.
"Is that blood?" She said shaking in fear. Then Ben turned the photo -- that's when they felt their stomachs drop & blood froze it was the same picture the stranger showed Ricky, a photo of him and his friends with Jimmy in a group with red Xs made of blood & a small drawing of bloody scissors in the bottom of the white border. They soon put everything together, Jackson never helped his parents that night, he came back at night for Ricky, Matt, Steve, Rebecca, Trixie & Oscar, he waited until the football championship game night, Jackson knew the murder weapon since it was not found, a pair of scissors, What most disturb Ben was remembering seeing Jackson glare at Ricky & his friends the day of the incident, as he clutched a piece of paper, a flier to see a new movie that Jimmy wanted to see, he didn't think of it that much but seeing that smile & look in his, it was pride & joy, pure twisted joy with pride at getting away with murder. He immediately got up & rushed to find Jackson. It was clear he was not stable right now the others followed soon but as much as they looked around & when they made it to the walk side & to see his car or any sign of him in the busy streets of Star-struck city plaza there was none.
"Should we tell the police?" Gary asked Ben, unsettled about who the killer was & how he casually sounded happy about Ricky's & his friend's deaths.
Ben thought for a moment about the video of what happened to Jimmy, he thought back to what Jackson had said about Ricky's saying it was an accident before dying, but it didn't matter Ricky knew it was no accident as he was completely freaking out & cursing at the others, especially his girlfriend at the video about not wanting to go to jail. He thought about the times they fool around by fucking Jackson in the locker rooms. He was deeply disturbed about what Jackson had done, avenging Jimmy's death in a twisted way. He felt conflicted about letting him go or telling the police but deep down he knew this was the better outcome a necessary lesser evil of madness as The Descents had left that message in one of their victims, just like The Slasher of Ohio-Woods had done in Ohio & in Nebraska, like The Harvester.
"It wouldn't matter or change anything about Jimmy's death, let's just go home." With those words being said in a serious tone they also knew Ben was right about what was done. Jimmy's death was clear for them, his parents & the whole school that's all that matters.