Bennett and Salvatore: Murder on the Atlantic
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The Interviews
Can you spot the murderer?
The suspects were all waiting in the lounge. Stefan was waiting for them by the bar. Caroline and Klaus were sharing a seat, when Bonnie and Damon came into the room. Both of them looked irritated at this meeting, it was almost as if they had more important things to be doing. Lockwood, was sitting by the bar was slurping some gin. The man looked like he had the world on his shoulders, and he looked like he was dreading this inquiry. Kol and Davina were sitting on a small table, next to Klaus and Caroline. Kol looked perfectly content, but Davina looked like she had something on her mind.
Enzo was still looking depressed, but he seemed interested in what this meeting will hold. Elena and Elijah, were as far from their family, as possible. They were on the other side of the room, Elijah and Klaus were still giving each other cold looks, Elena on the other hand; looked completely bored. They were both drinking some martinis. Lady Katherine, wasn't drinking anything, she was sitting in the middle table, looking like she was about to be sick, maybe she wasn't a very good traveller?
Bonnie and Damon, didn't sit down, after surveying the crowd, they stood in front of the crowd, and every eye was on them.
"You're probably wondering why we've asked you all here." Damon began.
"Is this going to take long?" Klaus, complained, "Some of us have important things to do"
Lady Katherine looked like she was about to be sick, but seeing that she couldn't leave, swallowed it. Her face clenched in disgust.
"Are you not feeling very well, my Lady?" Bonnie asked her.
"Just a stomach bug" Katherine, answered quickly.
"Just get to why we're here" Klaus pressed.
"The crime occurred between 10 and 1 in the morning" Damon told them, "The entrance to the party was blocked off, and the staff have all been accounted for, the only ones who did not attend the ball, were all of you, and Andon Genov"
"What crime?" Tyler wondered.
"Andon Genov, was murdered" Bonnie answered him.
There was a collective gasp, all around the room. Bonnie paid attention to their reactions. Klaus and Caroline looked, bewildered and relieved, at the same time. Lady Katherine's interest was piqued, but she looked like she was going to be sick again. Davina's eyebrow was raised, while Kol now looked slightly irritated. Enzo, was still looking depressed, and was now drinking more gin. Elijah and Elena, were staring at them with confused expressions. Tyler looked frightened, almost like he was scared of someone.
"How?" Kol asked them.
"That is not something we need discuss for now" Damon refused, "Bonnie and I, are private detectives, and we need to interview, every one of you"
Stefan stepped out of the shadows, and looked at them all.
"My name is Stefan Salvatore, and I own this liner" he informed them, "I have hired them to do this, and they have my permission and my blessing to do this. When we reach New York, the case will either, be handed into the police, or the murderer will be"
They all looked annoyed at this statement, almost as if they've all got something to hide. Bonnie thought, that this case would prove interesting. Stefan and some employees would keep an eye on the suspects, while Bonnie and Damon interviews them all, one-by-one, in the study. The first to be interviewed was Caroline Mikaelson, before she left to be interviewed, Klaus and her, shared a look- what that look meant; Bonnie couldn't guess.
Damon and Bonnie, were sat behind the desk, and Caroline was sat on the other side. Damon could detect, a spark of panic in her eyes.
"Your name is Caroline Mikaelson?" Bonnie, asked her.
"Yes" Caroline nodded.
"Can you tell us a bit about yourself?" Damon questioned.
"My maiden name was Forbes" she explained, "I was born in a small-town in Virginia, My father was a lawyer. I worked as food columnist, for a local newspaper for many years. That was until I met Klaus, we had a rough start to begin with, but we began to fall for each other. A year later, we were married. Ever since then, I've been assisting in my husband's business, in London. He is a business man, buying clubs, businesses, restaurants, that sort of thing. We're going to America for a short stay"
"Why?" Bonnie, wanted to know.
At this question, her expression flickered a little, but she soon composed herself.
"We fancied a change of scenery"
Damon could tell she was lying, but decided not to go into it; just yet. Instead, he asked a more conventional question.
"Where were you, between 10 and 1?" Damon asked.
At this one, she answered it pretty quickly, and with confidence.
"We were in our room, we didn't feel like joining the party so we…" Caroline blushed a little, before continuing, "Found something else to do"
It didn't take that much imagination, to determine what she meant by 'Found something else to do'. Not every blush is a blush of guilt, but Damon will take that blush into account. Bonnie, wanted to find out why things were so cold between her husband, and his brother.
"Why does your husband and Elijah, seem to hate each other?" Bonnie inquired.
Caroline had to think about this, it took her about ten seconds to answer.
"They just don't get along" she answered, vaguely.
"There had to be a reason" Damon pressed.
"They're just so different in…their personalities" Caroline explained, awkwardly.
Bonnie and Damon shared a knowing look, she was clearly lying about something- not necessarily about the murder.
"That will be all for now, thank you" Damon told her.
Caroline gave a quick smile, and left the room.
"What do you think?" Bonnie asked her partner.
"I think she's lying her arse off" Damon responded.
"Let's call her husband in"
Klaus Mikaelson, on the other hand, turned out to be a better liar than his wife. He came in with confidence, and sat down on the chair. Bonnie noticed he smelt of very expensive aftershave. He looked completely bored as he looked at them as if they were a temporary irritation.
"Go on then" Klaus scowled.
Damon took an instant dislike to him.
"Where were you from ten until one, last night?" Damon asked him thinly.
"My wife and I were in our room"
"Doing what?" Bonnie questioned him.
"Well, that would be telling wouldn't it" Klaus wriggled his eyebrows.
"Just answer the question" Damon demanded irritably.
"Do you want the brief points or a graphic kiss-by-kiss description?"
"I want a straight answer!" Damon yelled.
Klaus merely gave them a smug grin, before suddenly deciding these two were worth this time.
"My wife and I, were having intimate relations, and then we fell asleep" Klaus finally answered.
"That wasn't so hard was it?" Damon complained.
Bonnie rolled her eyes, and decided to get a background story on him.
"Tell us about yourself"
"My name is Klaus Mikaelson, and I'm the CEO of Mikaelson industries. I'm mainly based in London, but we decided to go to America for a short visit. I married Caroline a couple of years ago, and she'd love to see her folks again"
That's funny, Mrs Caroline Mikaelson never said anything about visiting her parents. She said that were going to the states to get a change of scenery. Bonnie could tell that Damon noticed this as well, and decided to keep it to himself. It was true- they were lying. They asked him about his brother and all he said was:
"Elijah and I never got along"
When Klaus left, Damon and Bonnie started whispering to each other.
"Mrs Mikaelson, never mentioned anything about visiting her parents" Damon told her.
"I noticed it too" Bonnie nodded, "We should keep an eye on them"
The next to come in was Kol Mikaelson, who told them about this being a last minute trip, and that he and Davina had been taking a drink in their room. He looked very smug about something- like a kid on his birthday. That made Bonnie slightly weary of him.
"Why are you so happy?" Bonnie wanted to know.
"I'm young, healthy, handsome, successful, and I've bagged the most beautiful wife in the world. Why shouldn't I be happy?" Kol answered vaguely.
Bonnie didn't trust him at all.
Davina was the next one, and she said the same thing as Kol, but when asked why they suddenly decided to come on this trip she just said:
"We're very in-the-moment kind of people" Davina beamed.
"So there was no other reason? Why are most of your in-laws on this boat?" Damon wanted to know.
"We knew they were coming on this trip, so we decided to join them" Davina explained, "There's no law against that, is there?"
When she left, Damon leaned in and whispered:
"There's something they're not talking about"
"I agree" Bonnie told him, "Let's see what the others say"
Katherine was the next to come in, she was looking very pale and looked like she'd just been sick. Did she suffer from sea sickness? Or is it something else?
"Tell us about yourself" Damon told her.
Katherine rolled her eyes and scoffed.
"You all know who I am, and don't pretend that you don't know every sordid detail of my private life"
There was an uncomfortable silence before they asked the next question.
"What were you doing between 10 and 1?" Bonnie asked.
"I was in bed, I didn't fancy going to the ball. I've been feeling…ill lately"
There was a weird pause between 'feeling' and 'ill'. Damon could tell she was lying, but that didn't mean she was the murderer, just that there was something she didn't want people to know.
"Is there anyone to confirm that?" Bonnie wondered.
"No, bully for you" Katherine rolled her eyes, "I was completely alone last night"
"Did you know the man?" Damon asked her.
"Of course not"
Suddenly Katherine put her hand on her mouth to stop her from being sick. She ran to the port hole and vomited it out, before sitting back down.
"Are you seasick?" Bonnie quizzed.
"Just something that's going around" Katherine shrugged off.
"Your cabin is next to the victim's" she noted.
"It is" Katherine nodded.
"Did you hear or see anything?"
"No, I was fast asleep" she shook her head.
"The gun shot didn't wake you up?" Bonnie wondered sceptically.
"I'm a heavy sleeper" Katherine responded drily.
Enzo seemed to barely register what they were saying, he told them that he was reading a book at the time of the murder. Enzo told them that he was an ex-serviceman, and that he just wanted a new environment in America. He looked seriously distracted and haunted.
"Did you know the victim?" Bonnie questioned.
"No, I've never met or heard of him"
There was something about his answer, that didn't sit right with her. She sensed that he did know him. So why was he lying?
Tyler, came in the room and sat down. This man looked like he had the world on his shoulders. He even looked slightly paranoid- not a man who got a good night's sleep.
"I was in my room, writing to my wife" Tyler told them, "and I didn't hear anything, I fell asleep quite quickly"
This man? Sleep? The bags under his eyes told another story.
Bonnie and Damon, both felt that something was weighing on his mind. But what would be so bad that he isn't able to sleep during the night?
Elijah Mikaelson walked into the room in a regal fashion. He bid them hello, and sat down. Bonnie was struck at how remarkably similar he looked to his brother Kol. They asked the usual questions, he told them he was in bed with his wife at that time, and that he hadn't heard anything.
"You and the rest of your family don't get along" Bonnie commented, "Why is that?"
"We just drifted apart" Elijah shrugged, "Brother's tend to do that"
"There had to be a reason" Damon pointed out.
"He was a bit of a playboy, when we were younger" Elijah told them, "I didn't like that"
That seemed like a pathetic excuse, but he was obviously unwilling to go deeper into it- yet.
"Did you get a chance to talk with the victim?" Damon asked.
"No" he answered a bit too quickly.
It was his wife's turn after that. Elena seemed quite at ease, as she sat down. Damon couldn't help but notice how pretty she was. She too, gave the same answers as her husband.
"Klaus and Elijah have never got on" she explained, "There's nothing else to it"
Damon sensed there's was.
When they'd left, Bonnie and Damon were left to organise they're thoughts. Damon thought that they'd all been acting suspiciously. Bonnie thought that too. It was quite late by the time they'd finished, and so they decided to go over their notes. The suspects were back in their rooms…for now.
"I think they're all hiding something" Damon told her.
"Yes, but most of what they're hiding is irreverent" Bonnie reminded him, "All we need to know is who murdered the victim"
"True, but don't you think it's weird that none of them heard or saw anything?"
"I agree, but it is possible to sleep through a gun shot, these walls are quite thick, so if you're a couple of doors down, it would be easy not the hear"
"Katherine wasn't, she was right next door" he argued, "If anyone is lying, then it's her"
"Let's go order some food" Damon suggested, "It's gonna be a long night"
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