South Attic -- Hysterics

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After what happened in Sociology class. Phoebe ran up to her dorm and slammed the door behind her. She had tears in her eyes and she was fighting to see past them.

They had taken him... they had taken Cole.

Phoebe threw their books down and paced the main room.

She had to do something! Cole was innocent. He never would have attacked anyone and especially not now! He was good, damn it!

She went to her phone and dialed.

She called Piper first. Then Lana. Then Kiki.

She needed calmer heads than hers right now.

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[kikidelivers.livejournal.com]

Not while our muns persist in torturing us...

"Yes. I'm sure he will. This all has to be a big misunderstanding, I'm sure -" Or a plot by someone who wants to get Bel - or Phoebe? - badly "- We just need to think through this. Where is Bel now? And why was he arrested?"

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"Fraser took him to the Troopers in town. They accused him of attacking someone last night. Piper went to see what she could find out because if I went I might make things worse by doing something stupid.... like taking Paige up on her offer to bust him out of jail."

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"OK...then all we have to do is find out where Bel really was last night - and prove it," Kiki half-muttered. "At least in prison he should be safe, sort of. Oh, this is horrible - Who was attacked?"

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Phoebe nodded. "Yeah, we need to find that out so he at least has something to back up that he couldn't have done this." Phoebe swallowed. "Allie Cameron seems to be the one that was attacked."

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"Allie? They're friends, aren't they?" Kiki thought hard. "Who, then, has a reason to frame Bel? Although... with his earlier reputation, it could be that he was just selected as the most convenient person to frame..."

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Phoebe nodded. "They're very good friends. I think that we could probably make a list of people who'd want to frame him for a variety of reasons."

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Kiki rubbed her temples. This was such a complicated and tangled mess it was impossible to figure out what angle to approach it from. Who'd hurt Allie? Who'd be out to get Bel? Who had something to gain from this? Was she being too logical in trying to find the motive behind this tragedy - was it really just an act of senseless violence done by one bent on sowing discord?

Sowing discord. Kiki froze for a second, then, disgusted with herself and hating herself, pushed away the suspicion. Mr. Crowley might delight in livening the town up with a little misdirected phone service or a wicked bit of song and dance - literally - but this wasn't his style. He didn't go for brutal violence; it lacked depth, finesse, style - it wasn't flash.

But the biggest question still lingered in her mind. Phoebe was right: Why couldn't Bel get a break?

"A demon attacks Allie," Kiki reasoned slowly. "Why? For being friends with Bel? Friends with a demon?" Kiki raised her gaze slowly to meet Phoebe's eyes. "Just like you are. Just like I am. Just like the two other girls at this school who have been attacked at this school not so very long ago. Phoebe, what if we've been looking at this the wrong way? We thought we were attacked because we were witches - what if... what if that wasn't the true reason? We only know our attacks were connected - but we never figured out why, we just assumed!"