Sex, Death, and the Hunt

Chapter 4

It was about four in the afternoon when she got back from class, and headed into her room. It was just as she'd left it. Really cramped and messy. She tosses some of her dirty clothes into the laundry basket and promised herself that she would take them down to the washroom later, then opened the blinds.

Everything was normal out over the campus, the groups that normally assembled, the people going too and from class, etc. The only real odd thing about the day was that some of the guys had given her a second glance or two.. Along with some of the girls. She turned on the TV and flipped to the local station that showed Buffy re-runs.
She wasn't disappointed, and there was plenty of Buffy to behold. It was the one with the Buffy sex bot that was first discovered. It was a good to relax to. Though, towards the end it was interrupted by a knocking at her door. "It's open!"

One of her friends from Woman's Lib came in, a little red faced, and shut the door with an envelope in hand. "What's up?" Yuri sat up on the bed, making room for her friend.

The woman walked over to the bed and had a seat, then looked over at her. "Um... I.... There's these things..."

"Yeah, hon?"

She offered her the envelope to her, then looked down at the floor. Yuri took the envelope and opened it. Inside, she found computer paper photos that had been printed out. They were of her, doing various things. Especially anything that would be considered 'risque' or her changing. There were about ten in all.

"What the fuck?"

"Those are just *some* of the ones that are going around some of the dorms..."

"Where did you...?"

"I grabbed some that were being passed around, and took down some from in-dorm bulletin boards.."

"Thanks." Yuri reached over and grabbed her phone off her desk, dialing the number for the police.

"It's ok, I'm sorry I couldn't get a hold of more of them." She sighed and leaned back against the wall.
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Yuri could almost hear a soft snicker as the phone clicked. "They sending someone?" Judy asked.

"They'd sure as hell better, or I'll sue."

She laughed a little bit. "And they wouldn't like that. Where do you think the camera is?"

"I don't know."

"Want me to go ?"

"No."

"Alright.. Guess I'll stay then." Judy smiled a bit. "What would you like to do ?"

"Find this creep and strangle him?" Yuri suggested, then shook her head and grabbed her keys and her pepper spray. "Come on. We're going to hunt down some of those pictures."

Judy looked a little suprised then chuckled and got to her feet with a smile. "Sure thing, I'll follow you. So we take down all the pictures, grab them all... What else?"

"Ask people if they saw who put them up.... try to see if anyone else took them. That kind of stuff."

Judy nodded then walked towards the door and opened it, then shivered as a thought flashed past her. "If the camera is in here.... That means whoever it is has been coming into your room.. At least once."

Yuri shivered a little. "We'll look for it when the cops get here. Right now, we've got to grab those pictures." Yuri stopped suddenly. "Scratch that. We'll look for it now, so the perp can't get back in here or anything."

Judy nodded and turned, closing the door behind her then walking back into the room and looking around with her. "Ok..." After their combined searching, they'd managed to turn up a digital, small spy cam, one hidden at two different spots for different angles. One was at thrfecrfect spot to watch her while she slept. They'd each found one.

Yuri (who had insisted they use gloves during the search) looked at both cameras and scowled.

"I wonder if any of the other girls have this in their rooms... You know anybody that would do this? Or wanted you but you said no?"

"I can't think of anyone..."

Judy nodded a bit. "Well... Look on the bright side... With all those prints that got around, maybe you'll get a date now ?"

"Not funny."

"Sorry. Just thought I'd try to lighten the mood..."

"Where the hell is that cop? I called twenty minutes ago!"

"Wow... This is really stressing you out... Anything I can do ?"

"Just.... god, I don't know. I need a drink, but I need to be clear headed... dammit!" Yuri punched the door. It sounded firmly, then a dull pain settled into her hand. Her friend reached out and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"If you want, you can stay at my dorm.... Or just get a drink. Think there? I don't think the police are coming anytime soon..."

"I'm not leaving till that damned cop shows up." She picked up the phone and pressed the first button on the speed dial.

"Alright then... I'll just chill here until your ready to do whatever."

The phone rang, and her father answered. "Hello ?"

"Otusan? I need you to call Mr. YamamotI neI need a lawyer."

"What? Is everything ok, daughter Are you under arrest?"

"No, but some creep has been taking these pictures of me, and the police aren't doing anything about it..... and I want a lawyer down here."

There was a pause before her father spoke. "Yes, I'll send one down there right away, it shouldn't be long. Perhaps the lawyer could just call them, too ?"

"That would be just fine. Thank you, Otusan."

"It is fine, daughter. Is there anything else I can do for you?"

"Have you been cutting down on your fats like your doctor told you to?"

"Yes daughter... After all, I want to stay around. At least long enough to see you graduate..."

"You tell Okaasan I said hello, alright?"

"Alright. I hope this business gets resolved quickly and without incident... Take care daughter. Be careful."

"Bye, Otusan."

"Bye, daughter." He hung up, and Judy looked at her.

"What did he say ?"

"He's gonna send a lawyer down."

"Good. Cause I doubt they are taking this very seriously."

"They're sure as hell gonna take this seriously when they get sued."

She shrugged a little bit. "I suppose they will now... Or rather when the lawyer is done. What are you going to do when you catch the guy?"

"What I'd like to do is pull his nutsack over his head.... but I'll settle for getting him put in jail for invasion of privacy or something."

Judy chuckled and shook her head. "Thought so, it sure fits you. At least your not embarrassed or anything."

"I'm embarrassed, but I'm not going to let that stop me."

"You are? You sure don't seem to be, or look it. You seem more annoyed really."

"Lets just say I'm more annoyed than embarrassed."

"Alright. So we wait for the cops then."

"Yep."

It was about an hour or so later when a cop finally knocked at her door, and announced his presence. "Police." He said, his voice obviously flat and bored. Yuri slammed the door open, a picture of righteous fury and indignation.... quite a feet for someone who just barely topped over five foot three. But now she had backup, as she had spent the last hour calling every girl on campus that she knew.

The cop looked around the room, tchecchecked the address. Then he looked back to her. "Party? I think I have the right address..."

"This is no party, bucko. This is a protest. Our rights and our privacy have been VIOLATED, and you took over an HOUR to get here! What if the guy who took those pictures had come back with a gun or something?!" Each sentence was punctuated by a violent poke to his chest.

He raised an eyebrow then shrugged a bit. "There are more important things to take care of then some small little college prank, miss. You don't even have an idea of whom it is."

"Prank? PRANK? YOU CALL BREAKING INTO MY ROOM AND LEAVING DIGITAL CAMERAS, INVADING MY PRIVACY, A PRANK?!"

"Yeah? It wouldn't be the first time it happened. Some guy, or girl, thinks it'd make for a cute joke, and they do it. Unless of course, it was one of those voyear guys to put the things up on the net, feed wise." He shrugged.

The mob that had formed behind her slowly pushed outward, backing the police officer against the wall and forming a solid semi circle three people deep around him, with Yuri at the center. "You know what? The newspapers are going to *love* this. And so will my lawyer." She jotted the officer's name and badge number down in her notebook.

The officer sighed and shook his head. "I honestly have better things to do and things to take care of, rather then being herded about by a group of angry students. All that would have happened was someone taking the cameras or whatever, then leaving. If you don't want me to look for them or take them, that's fine. But I didn't come for a lecture."

One of the girls passed the cameras, secured in little plastic bags, forward and shoved them into his hands. A small opening formed, a narrow corridor for the officer to escape through. He left, and someone was chuckling in the room as she watched the door close behind the officer. If looks could kill, the police officer would have long since been reduced to a tiny pile of ashes.

The group of ladies looked at Yuri to see if she needed them for anything else while they were here, some grumbles being heard. "This is only the first step. It is clear that the police don't care about such a flagrant invasion of our dorm. And it is also clear that the 24 hour locked door policy is not enough to protect us."

"Just lead the way, Joan of Ark, and we will follow." Cindy spoke up from somewhere in the crowd and there were a few chuckles. "Yeah. What have you had in mind ?"

"A rally in front of the police station. We'll call all the local newspapers and TV stations, get the word out. And letters to the school administration. This kind of thing can't be allowed to go on! Who knows who, or what, will be next? Hell, for all I know, this pervert already has cameras set up in the showers! In the rest of the rooms!"

A few of the women shivered and blushed. "Alright then, which do we do first ? Who does what? Do we go and look through the rooms and the showers for more cameras or... Just not worry about it? Get something to find them?"

Yuri climbed up on top of her bed and looked down at the assembled women. "Cindy, Kate, Marianne, you start looking through the bathrooms and the showers. Melissa, you get on-line and see what our rights are in this. Jackie, Sandy, Judy start making flyers."

A few of them saluted but most of them just nodded, then the room slowly emptied out as the woman went about their assigned task in the manner efficiently as they could.

Yuri flopped down on her bed, feeling utterly drained. Today was.. 'interesting' enough. At least she didn't have dates. It could be argued having pictures of her with her date would be worse. She poured the last of the coffee from the pot and drank it.

It was better then usual, at least. Maybe it was in the karma.. Crappy day, good coffee, good day, crappy coffee...