As we discussed the case some more, Alec appeared in the courtroom walking from one side to the other.

"Is anyone at all concerned why Bat Wing has a freaking anteater in this school?" asked Harry.

"I am a little concerned, but we can't worry about that now" replied Gordon.

"Gordon is right" I agreed. "We need to keep talking."

Alec disappeared when he made it to the other side of the court room.

"We appear to be at a lost for this case currently" said Bethany.

"What makes you say that?" asked Maxwell.

"We don't know how the exact struggle went down between Mara and the killer" answered Laurel.

"And since you fell asleep while on guard duty Maxwell" continued Clay. "We have no ideas on who could of left their room to go to the library.

"I still say all of that doesn't really matter as the killer is either Gordon or Annie" replied Seth.

"Enough with that accusations!" exclaimed Leah.

"We got nothing else to go on here" responded Den. "Just the fact that the motive applies to those too."

"That doesn't mean Gordon or Annie killed Mara!" argued Grace.

"But what other suspects could there be?" asked Bradford.

"Don't forget because of the motive, it wouldn't be a surprise for two people to team up to commit murder" continued Zoe. "While one person may of made the kill, two people could have easily played parts in the execution of the murder."

I started to get anxious again. If we didn't think of anything else to discuss, they would all start arguing about if Gordon and I being responsible for Mara's death."

"Wait!" I called out.

Everyone turned to look at me.

"Does anyone wonder why it was Mara who was killed?" I asked. "Why did the killer choose her as their target?"

"Well we already talked about the fact she spent a lot of her time reading in the library" answered Clay. "I guess it could be considered no surprise she would get up early in the morning to go there and read."

"And around 5:30am would be a good time to strike" continued Laurel. "Since no one else would probably be around."

"And they had perfect timing to leave their room without being noticed since Maxwell fell asleep while on guard duty" stated Bradford.

"I don't see where any of this is getting us besides wasting our time" said Den.

"No she is right" countered Gordon. "It is important to know why the killer chose Mara to kill."

"If we agree that she spent a lot of time in the library and they would have a good place and time to kill her, does that also mean that Zoe could have been considered as a target as well?" asked Bethany.

"What do you mean?" asked Seth.

"Zoe also spends a lot of her time reading in the library" replied Grace.

"Then she could have been killed as well?" asked Maxwell.

"Not a chance in hell" replied Zoe darkly. "Any of you fools try to kill me and see what happens."

"Please calm down Zoe" said Harry.

"Shut up" responded Zoe. "Anyway, while yes I do spent a good amount of my time reading in the library, it most likely wasn't as much as Mara did as I wasn't always in the library. Also I never got up that early just to go read."

"I see" I replied. "Then Mara was most likely the obvious target then."

"It doesn't freaking matter!" exclaimed Den. "No one can freaking prove the killer was targeting Mara before they actually made their move! For all we know they just went to the library and saw a chance to kill!"

"He does have a point" agreed Bradford.

"Now I believe we should go back to Gordon and Annie now" stated Maxwell.

"Hey we still have more to talk about" argued Gordon.

"Like what?" demanded Zoe.

"What else do we have to discuss?" asked Laurel.

I thought for a bit before thinking of something else to suggest.

"We agreed the killer went to the library while Maxwell fell asleep on guard duty right?" I asked.

"That is correct" agreed Bethany.

"Regardless of when they had decided to murder Mara, they knew that Maxwell would still be in the hallway if they decided to return to their room" I continued.

"I'm not following" stated Seth.

"What I'm trying to say is that the killer may of decided to not go back to their room in case Maxwell had woken up and was awake for his shift on guard duty" I continued.

"And if he saw someone return to their rooms, he would have been suspicious" added Harry.

"But don't you think the killer also thought he might still be asleep?" counted Bradford. "We can't know for sure if the killer returned to their room after killing Mara since it is a fact Maxwell was sleeping in the hallway way past her death and you know this."

"Bradford is right" I agreed. "When I woke up this morning, Den and himself had woken up a little before I did and discovered Maxwell sleeping in the hallway."

"Therefore, why are we wasting time talking about this if we can't know for sure where the killer went after leaving the library?" replied Den.

"We should still talk about it as it is something" I replied.

"I agree with Annie" agreed Clay. "Anything is better than nothing."

"Very well" said Zoe. "But where else can we go with this?"

"Well like I just said, I saw Den and Bradford confronting Maxwell about falling asleep during his guard duty shift last night when I left my room this morning" I answered. "Also when I was talking to Maxwell during the investigation, he told me the three of them stayed in the hallway after I left to see who would leave their rooms."

"Is this true you three?" asked Bethany.

"Yeah" replied Den.

"It is" said Bradford.

"We did stay" stated Maxwell.

"Tell everyone who you saw" demanded Zoe.

"While the three of us waited in the hallway, we saw Harry, Clay, Laurel, Seth, Zoe, and of course Annie leave their rooms" answered Den.

"Which would mean Bethany, Leah, Grace, and Gordon all left their rooms in the morning while Maxwell was still sleeping and before Den and Bradford discovered he was sleeping."

"This can also be proven as before those four claimed they saw Maxwell sleeping in the hallway" added Zoe.

"Are we suggesting those four are suspects since Den, Bradford, and Maxwell didn't see them leave their rooms because they may of spent the whole night in their rooms?" asked Harry.

"Hey!" shouted Leah.

"Easy people" said Clay. "None of them have been proven guilty yet, but maybe the four of you should explain what happened when you got up this morning and left your rooms?"

"Also why you didn't wake up Maxwell?" added Zoe.

"I had no reason to talk to him" said Gordon. "I already knew about his guard duty shift, also add the fact he and the others have been harassing Annie and I, it should be no surprise I didn't care to talk to wake Maxwell."

"I honestly didn't want to know why he was sleeping" stated Grace. "Also I was in a hurry to make breakfast."

"Pretty much the first reason that Grace said" agreed Leah. "No way I was gonna wake him up when he was sleeping in the hallway."

"It was none of my concern, also I was more focused on exercising" stated Bethany.

"Like I thought, waste of time pretty much" said Den. "And just because we didn't see them leave their room this morning, doesn't mean they didn't stay in their rooms the whole night."

"That is right" agreed Bradford. "They simply got up before Den and I and decided to not bother with Maxwell."

"The killer could still easily be someone who left their room while those three were watching the hallway" added Grace.

"But yes, I do think it is a good point to know that we didn't see Gordon leave his room this morning" continued Den.

"But that still doesn't make him more suspicious than anyone else here!" I cried.

"Oh yes it does" argued Maxwell. "In fact, he is the prime suspect now."

"Don't be so stupid" replied Zoe. "We need to be more sure before voting, Annie could of killed Mara and risked being seen by Maxwell by returning to her room."

"That is true!" exclaimed Seth. "It could still be Gordon or Annie!"

"But Den still has a good point about us not seeing Gordon!" replied Bradford. "We gotta consider that too!"

"No!" I cried.

"You still can't just accuse us as there is no actual evidence that points to us being the killer" countered Gordon.

"Gordon is right" agreed Bethany. "I am truly getting sick of all of you simply accusing Gordon and Annie just because of the motive, espically when the killer can easily be any of you."

"We're all equally suspicious" added Harry. "But the five of you harassing, spying on, and nonstop accusing Gordon and Annie is definitely something I will keep in mind."

"I could easily see Den being the killer due to the kind of person he is and he could still be angry about him being accused a lot during the last trial" said Clay.

"What about Zoe?" asked Laurel. "She is the coldest person here and it would be no surprise if she is the killer, remember what she said earlier?"

"I bet it was Maxwell!" cried Leah. It isn't enough he is a disgusting pervert, but he is stupid enough to leave his position to go to the library to Mara and risk being seen coming back by anyone who knew about the guard duty position and then pretend to fall asleep so he can wake up faking he was asleep pretty much his whole shift. Also don't forget he admitted Mara told him where she was going after he took over guard duty for her."

"Don't forget about Bradford and Seth" added Grace.

"Everyone stop!" exclaimed Gordon. "We can't be taking sides now!"

But it was no use, everyone besides Gordon and I were arguing with each other on who they thought the killer was. I felt somewhat guilty as I knew this all started with the theory of Gordon or I being the killer. But I had to remain calm and keep thinking about anything I may of missed. Despite my anxiety, my head was in the game. While the others argued, I thought and thought until...

"Could it be?!" I thought to myself.