Despite my anxiety going on and off, I was trying my best to fill myself with determination on my walk to the courtroom. Since Gordon is no longer hear to make me feel better, I can just rely on someone to comfort me. I have to know how to feel in these situations.
I was the last one to arrive to the courtroom. With the exception of Den and Zoe, everyone looked scared or worried.
"Finally!" exclaimed Bat Wing. "Time to get the show on the road!"
Bat Wing lead us all into the courtroom where he flew to his chair and we took our usual places at our podiums. Portraits of Gordon, Clay, and Seth now had places in the circle of podiums. I couldn't help but shiver at seeing Gordon's portrait.
"Okay people!" said Bat Wing. "Before we begin, a quick go over on the rules. As always you will all make your arguments on who you think the killer or killers are. Then you will vote. If you vote correctly, then people who killed someone today will die. But if you vote incorrectly, everyone who is innocent will die and depending on how your votes go, a killer may be able to leave this school. Since this trial is about two murders, you will have to vote correctly on each victim's killer to survive this trial."
"I'm still unsure about all of that honestly" replied Maxwell.
"Damn it you're dumbass!" cried Bat Wing. "But let me go over every possiblity. If there is only one killer and you guys vote for that person for both murders, the killer will die and everyone else survives. If the killer isn't selected at all, they will survive and everyone else bites the dust. If the killer is only chosen for one of the murders, then everyone dies since the killer was still found out at least once and the rest of you guys voted wrong once."
"I think I get it" responded Maxwell.
"Just to be sure, now I'll tell you each possibility for if we have two killers in the courtroom" replied Bat Wing. "If both killers are selected for the murder they committed, they will both be executed while the remaining students live. However if neither killer is found out or only one is, then things will get a bit complicated."
"Please keep explaining" said Bethany."
"We then go by the order of the murders" continued Bat Wing. "If both votes are wrong, then the killer of the second victim and anyone who is innocent get executed while the first killer lives for a bit. But then since they failed to identify the second killer correctly, they also will have to be executed."
"Oh damn" said Den.
"Now for the outcome of the first vote correct and the second incorrect" continued Bat Wing. "The first killer will die, then all those are who innocent are next, leaving the second killer earning the right to leave this school. However, if the first vote is wrong and the second vote is right, then the second killer and everyone who is innocent will die and the first killer gets to leave."
"We get it already" stated Zoe. "Can we please just start already?"
"Yeah yeah" replied Bat Wing.
"We should begin by figuring out who was killed first." said Grace.
"Hang on Grace" cut in Bradford. "You're getting too far ahead. First we should just identify how Clay and Seth were killed."
"Agreed" agreed Zoe. "Get the basics out of the way first so any idiot here hopefully understands."
"First up should be Clay" I put in. "Bradford and I witnessed Clay in his final moment." He was bleeding from a cut across his throat and the file confirms that."
"Obviously the killer smashed the glass vase of flowers in the lounge to get a big enough piece of glass to slash Clay" added Den.
"I agree with that" agreed Bradford. "The glass vase appears to be the most obvious choice and nothing else was found that could be the murder weapon."
"That issue should be settled then" replied Bethany.
"If the glass vase was found smashed in the lounge, then Clay was also attacked in the lounge?" asked Harry.
"I think that can be agreed on" responded Leah.
"For sure" I agreed. "Bradford and I found Clay clinging to his life crawling out of the lounge. He was definitely attacked there."
"We should talk about Seth was killed now" added Laurel. "The file didn't really give out any clues on him."
"Well the fatass was found with a sandwich on the floor" replied Maxwell. "He probably choked."
"Maxwell!" growled Bethany. "Show some respect for the dead!"
"For real man" agreed Harry.
"Whatever" replied Maxwell.
"Could Seth of died from choking on his sandwich?" asked Grace.
"Not at all" replied Zoe. "His body showed no signs of choking."
"Also Seth was the ultimate eater" I added. "He knew how to consume large amounts of food in a short amount of time, so he should of known how to avoid choking."
"Also I found this" Laurel added pulling out the bottle of poison.
"Where did you find?" asked Harry.
"In the hallway of our rooms" replied Laurel.
"That is a good clue, but is it possible the killer killed Seth another way and left the bottle of poison to lead us down the wrong track?" asked Leah.
"Or maybe the killer left that bottle of poison near a certain room in the hallway for a reason" countered Den.
"Whose room was the bottle found by Laurel?" asked Bradford.
"Grace's" answered Laurel.
"That certainly is something to focus on" replied Zoe.
"Hey!" exclaimed Grace. "If I was the killer, why would I leave the bottle of poison near my own room?"
"That does make sense" I added. "The killer wouldn't want to draw attention to themselves by leaving the evidence near their room."
"How about this" suggested Den. "Grace put it there so she could say if she was the killer, she wouldn't do that. Thus leading us down the wrong path."
"Seth also was eating one of the sandwiches she made for lunch as well" added Maxwell.
"Wait!" exclaimed Grace. "This isn't enough for anything!"
"I'm so sorry Grace" replied Leah. "But something definitely was put in the sandwiches. Laurel and I fell asleep after taking one bite."
"Roofies" Laurel agreed while pulling out the pills."
"It appears the sandwiches definitely had some extra ingredients" responded Zoe. "Some were roofied and some were poisoned."
"But why would both be used?" asked Harry.
"Why don't we ask Grace?" suggested Maxwell.
"I didn't do anything!" exclaimed Grace.
"We can't go deciding who the killer is just yet" replied Bethany.
"I think this is a good lead so far" countered Den. "Grace poisoned some sandwiches in hopes of whoever eating one dying easily and roofied the rest just for an extra bonus of hoping someone would fall asleep and die in whatever way we wouldn't be able to discover."
"And it appears that Seth was poisoned, while Laurel and Leah simply fell asleep for a bit" replied Zoe.
"Please!" begged Grace. "You're wrong! I didn't do anything like that! I always made you all food so you wouldn't be hungry!"
"Grace has always taken care of us when it came to food" I stated.
"Doesn't mean shit" countered Den.
"She could of simply building a trust and waiting for the time to strike" replied Zoe.
"I can't say for sure now if Grace is a killer" added Laurel. "But someone definitely roofied the sandwiches Leah and I ate."
"We need to think about this" replied Bethany. "When would Grace of been able to to add that stuff to her sandwiches."
"Seven of us had lunch together" added Harry. "Grace, Bethany, Laurel, Leah, Annie, Clay, and myself. Nobody saw any drugging or poisoning during lunch."
"And we all helped Grace clean up after we ate and still nothing like that happened" I replied. "Also we all left the cafeteria together."
"What about before any of you got there?" asked Maxwell.
"The dumbass actually has a point" agreed Den. "Grace could have had the normal sandwiches out for you guys to eat and the tampered with ones in the fridge."
"Was there extra sandwiches for later in the refrigerator?" asked Zoe.
"...Yes.. there was" replied Grace.
"I hate to say it, but it seems possible" said Bradford. "Grace could of poisoned and roofied the sandwiches before anyone else came down to the cafeteria and put them in the fridge for leftovers."
"As well as put the bottle and drugs near her room to try to throw suspicion away from herself" added Maxwell.
"And Seth being the heavy eater he is" added Zoe. "He got a sandwich to eat and it lead to his death."
"Please stop!" pleaded Grace. "I didn't kill anyone!"
"Can you prove that?" asked Den.
"Back off Den" growled Bethany. "Nothing has been decided yet."
"It is still possible for other people to be killer" I agreed.
"But I hate these kinds of thoughts" I thought to myself. "I'm sick of having to accuse my friends of being killers."