This story takes place where they left off at the end of Season 1, when there was a knock on the door. (Spoilers: Season 1) This is my first story, so please be kind. LoVe fanfic.

Disclaimer: I do not own Veronica Mars or any other characters.

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"I was hoping it would be you." Says Veronica as she smiles.

"Who else would it be but your brutha?" Wallace says with a smile on his face, glad to see that Veronica is safe. "I was worried about you."

Veronica scrunches up her nose and tilts her head to the side. "So you decide to come over at 3 in the morning?"

"My mom called and told me she was at the hospital visiting your dad, and that you might need some company."

Veronica opens the door wider so Wallace can step through, and closes the door. Veronica limps over to the couch. They turn toward each other, and he get's a good look at her face. He takes a deep breath, holds it in, then slowly exhales. "What happened to your face?"

Veronica looks at him, and finally asks. "What exactly do you know?"

"She told me you called her to go to the hospital because your dad was hurt. Was he on a case? Was he shot?"

Veronica looks away trying to hide the tears in her eyes, but Wallace knows better. "Take your time I can stay as long as you need me."

Hearing those comforting words, Veronica breaks down and sobs. Wallace embraces Veronica in a big warm bear hug, while rocking her back and forth.

Finally when Veronica can control her emotions and get her walls back up, she pulls away and laughs. "I guess I really am a marshmallow." Wallace chuckles, "See I do know the real you."

Veronica sobers up, and faces him, and whispers, "I know who killed Lily."

Wallace just stares at her trying to understand what she said. Finally saying, "Tell me."

Veronica takes a deep breath, and dives right in. "Beaver came to me while I was in school, and told me Logan's alibi didn't hold up anymore. That Logan left Tijuana early the day Lily was killed."

Wallace looked shocked. Though he didn't really know Logan, he never thought of him as the killing type.

Veronica pauses, and then continues. "I remembered Lily liked to hide things in her vent. I knew the Kane's were having a party for the Governor, so I disguised myself and went. When I thought no one was looking, I went into Lily's room. I immediately went to the vent, and noticed one screw was already half way undone. Which was weird. Next thing I know I'm being tackled by Duncan yelling at me wanting to know who I am and why I was in his sister's room. I pulled off my wig and told him it was me. He demanded to know why I was there. I told him it was to find evidence of who killed Lily. He wanted to know why I wasn't searching his room since he believes I think he was the one who killed Lily. I told him to calm down and that I believed he didn't kill Lily. Logan did."

Wallace gives her a questioning look, but she continues on knowing that if she stops, she wouldn't be able to continue.

"I looked in the vent, and there were three tapes. We went to Duncan's room, and watched two of them. The first was of the day Lily died. She was in the Echoll's family pool house, and she discovered there was a camera hidden in the fan above the bed. The second tape was from Two days before she died, and it was of Lily having sex with..."

Veronica pauses and shudders just thinking about who it really was.

"... Mr. Echoll's, Logan's father."

Wallace just sits there with a shocked, then grossed out expression on his face. His lip curls up as if he wants to say, 'ewww'. Veronica just nods her head in understanding.

"I eventually figured out that Lily found the camera in the fan, and took the tapes to her house and put them in her vent. Aaron found out and confronted her. She wouldn't tell him where the tapes were, so he picked up the ashtray and whacked her"... (Pauses), takes a deep shaky breath, "in the face," pausing again, having trouble speaking. Wallace scoots closer to her and puts his hand on her thigh, encouraging her on. "And killed her."

"You mean to tell me Mr. Echoll's, Logan's father, killed Lily because she wouldn't give back the tapes?" Veronica nods her head. "Man that is one sick dude."

"It get's worse."

"What could be worse then that?"

Veronica gives him the just-you-wait-and-see look.

"I told Duncan I was gonna bring the tapes to my father, and Duncan tells me Aaron's at his house. Meeting the Governor. I told Duncan to keep a close look out for him and to call me if anything happens."

"As I was leaving, I called my dad and told him what was going on. He insisted that I stay there and he would come and get me, but I told him Aaron was at the party, and I was on my way."

"As I'm driving home, Duncan calls me and tells me he can't find Aaron. No one has seen him in a while. When I hang up the phone, I look into my rearview mirror and swerve."

Wallace looks anxious, so Veronica continues. "Aaron was in my backseat."

"No way, this is just like Urban Legends."

Veronica gives him the are-you-kidding-me look. "This really happened. He really was in my backseat."

"I believe you, this is just a little freaky, that's all."

"I immediately go to grab for my phone, but he stops me. He grabs the tapes saying he's been looking for them. I check my seatbelt to make sure it's secure, and drive my car into the nearest tree."

Wallace opens his mouth, but nothing comes out. So he closes it. Thinking he knows what to say now, he open's it again. Like last time, nothing comes out. He does this a few times, until Veronica continues with the story.

"When I finally regain consciousness, Aaron's face is in the dashboard knocked out. So I reach into his pocket and grab the tapes. I notice my phone is under his head on the ground, and I go to reach down for them, but Aaron coughs. So I get out of the car to look for help. There's a house across the street, and I run and bang on the front door. No one answers it. I'm about to run to the back of the house, and I look back at the car, and the passenger door is open."

"No way, so what happened?" Wallace is on the edge of the couch now anxiously waiting to hear what's gonna happen next.

"I ran to the back of the house, disposing of the tapes along the way. Then I started banging on the sliding door, and again, no one answered, so I backed up, and almost fell off the deck. I see a bedroom light go on, and I run back to the sliding door and start banging. Someone appears in the door and the next thing I know, I see Aaron and everything goes black."

"You mean... he like"... Wallace is at a loss of words.

Veronica nods her head and says "I think he punched me. Knocked me out. When I came too, everything was still pitch black. And I hear Aaron's voice. He call's me an odd duck for having walkie talkies in my car."

"Because your locker was dirty. Wow I guess that was a sign."

"Well whatever it was, it helped me because I turned the red light on so I could see a little, but there was nothing to see. I was inside a long box of some sort. I thought I was in my trunk again, but the box was too long." Veronica pauses.

Then continues. "He kept going on about Joan of Arc and how people thought she was crazy, so they burned her alive."

"That's when I smelled the gasoline."

Wallace just stares at her with a look of horror on his face. "You mean... he was going to burn you alive?" Veronica nods her head yes. "What a sick bastard!"

"He wanted to know where I put the tapes. I told him they were on the roof. That's when I heard my dad calling for me. I think they fought cuz I heard a lot of crashing going on."

"Veronica tries to hold in the tears as she explains, "then he lit the box on fire. I panicked. I didn't know what to do. I kept calling for my dad. The box opened, and I was free. But the fire was everywhere. My dad..." Veronica's voice breaks on the word dad. And start's sobbing again. But needs to get out what happened, so she continues.

"He was on f-f-fire. My dad, was on fire. I found a blanket and started beating him with it to get the fire out. I finally did."

Wallace has no words as he hears this, except "So what happened to Aaron? Did he get away?"

Veronica sniffles, and Wallace gets up and get's a tissue. "Thanks."

"He was hit by a truck. I picked up my dad's gun and followed him out to the street where he was laying on the ground. Some guy was leaning over him, and I told him not to touch him. I made sure he called an ambulance, the police, and the fire department."

"Needless to say when Aaron get's out of the hospital, he's going to jail for a LONG time."

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(A/N: Well that's the end of chapter One. Let me know what you think.)