Murderer in the Mist
by Alias
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After the initial screams had died down, Hikari was in Takeru's arms crying. Sora was rocking on the couch.
Jou walked out of the circle the group had formed around Mimi and held the only one he loved.
"Who did this. . ." He asked, in an angry whisper. "Who killed her!" He yelled and bit off the end of his sentence.
No one spoke. The murderer lay silent.
What Jou said next addressed the whole group. "This won't go unpunished, I'll find you. You'll pay."
He looked down at his blood-stained shirt and cried. "Why, why Mimi?"
Tai tried to console him but he ran into his room.
Later That Evening:
Jou had tried to call the police, but the phones were out. Whoever the killer was had cut the lines. Then he tried walking to the main ski lodge or even a ranger post, but the area was under a blizzard and the cabin was to far away. More than one of the group were starting to think the location of Ken's cabin was a little bit too conveinient. So Jou waited until the bleeding had stopped, cleaned her up somewhat, and had brought her down into the basement.
Izzy decided to check out Ken's background. Izzy hacked into the credit card company's database. But because of the phone lines being cut, he only accesed part of the file. But he did get what he was looking for. He learned that the cabin was purchased by Ken only a month before. Izzy felt suspicious and called in Matt.
"Say Matt, look at this." Izzy motioned Matt toward his laptop and pointed out the purchase on the balance sheet. "The timing is to conveinient to be a conincidence."
"You're right Izzy, that's a little odd. "
"But that's not all Matt, look at the other purchases."
Matt looked over the screen and saw that Ken had bought a large amount of kerosine. "What does Kerosine do, Izzy?"
"Burns things, plain and simple."
"That's odd. But you know what Izzy?"
"What's that Matt?"
"Well, after Ken was defeated in the Digiworld, I didn't think he was all that bad of a guy. Heck, we even became friends. And so, about a month ago, I figured out that Ken had a lot of connections. So I asked him to buy all that Kerosine for me."
Izzy swallowed, hard. "What do you need Kerosine for Matt? Pyrotechnics for your band?"
"No Izzy, I bought it to burn things, plain and simple." Matt said, in a heavy mocking tone. "And you see that cabin? I told Ken to buy it."
"So..."
"Yes Izzy. I do play my coincidences." Matt took his gaze from the computer to his red-headed companion. "To bad you have to be so smart Izzy.."
Izzy closed his eyes and shudders. Then almost whispered, "What are you going to me?"
"Why Izzy, almost the same thing I did to Mimi. But not with a knife, that is all to messy. And I'm not sure I really want to kill you. I got Mimi because she has been whining and going after me since I made it into the band. So I had to do something about it."
Matt grabbed Izzy by the collar with one hand and but his hand over Izzy's mouth with the other. Izzy struggled, then bit Matt's hand.
"Now now, don't do that." Izzy had injured Matt's hand badly, biting down far enough to cut the muscle. But Matt didn't flinch.
Matt pulled Izzy over to his closet and tied Izzy's hands together with a belt. Then he shoved one of Izzy's socks into Izzy's mouth.
"Makes you kind of glad you keep your socks clean."
Izzy only replied with a string of mumbles.
Matt opened the door only a hair to check if everyone was really on the ski slopes as they said they would be. They were, there was no one in the house.
"Ok Izzy, coast is clear." Matt pushed Izzy out of the door and marched him down the stairs. Then he pushed him toward the kitchen and opened the trap door to the basement, the only other entrance besides outside. Izzy stepped down into the darkness and Matt closed the trap door.
"Hope you're comfortable."
Matt walked away whistling. "Two down, 9 to go."
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If you think this one is a cliffhanger, just wait until the next one. And yes, dear Yamato is the killer. If you don't like it, neither do I. But he was the only one I could think of as a murderer. Mimi was dead, Ken I didn't want to be evil because it would be so obvious, Jou loved Mimi so why would he kill her, and all of the other Digidestined I considered made better victims than killers.
by Alias
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After the initial screams had died down, Hikari was in Takeru's arms crying. Sora was rocking on the couch.
Jou walked out of the circle the group had formed around Mimi and held the only one he loved.
"Who did this. . ." He asked, in an angry whisper. "Who killed her!" He yelled and bit off the end of his sentence.
No one spoke. The murderer lay silent.
What Jou said next addressed the whole group. "This won't go unpunished, I'll find you. You'll pay."
He looked down at his blood-stained shirt and cried. "Why, why Mimi?"
Tai tried to console him but he ran into his room.
Later That Evening:
Jou had tried to call the police, but the phones were out. Whoever the killer was had cut the lines. Then he tried walking to the main ski lodge or even a ranger post, but the area was under a blizzard and the cabin was to far away. More than one of the group were starting to think the location of Ken's cabin was a little bit too conveinient. So Jou waited until the bleeding had stopped, cleaned her up somewhat, and had brought her down into the basement.
Izzy decided to check out Ken's background. Izzy hacked into the credit card company's database. But because of the phone lines being cut, he only accesed part of the file. But he did get what he was looking for. He learned that the cabin was purchased by Ken only a month before. Izzy felt suspicious and called in Matt.
"Say Matt, look at this." Izzy motioned Matt toward his laptop and pointed out the purchase on the balance sheet. "The timing is to conveinient to be a conincidence."
"You're right Izzy, that's a little odd. "
"But that's not all Matt, look at the other purchases."
Matt looked over the screen and saw that Ken had bought a large amount of kerosine. "What does Kerosine do, Izzy?"
"Burns things, plain and simple."
"That's odd. But you know what Izzy?"
"What's that Matt?"
"Well, after Ken was defeated in the Digiworld, I didn't think he was all that bad of a guy. Heck, we even became friends. And so, about a month ago, I figured out that Ken had a lot of connections. So I asked him to buy all that Kerosine for me."
Izzy swallowed, hard. "What do you need Kerosine for Matt? Pyrotechnics for your band?"
"No Izzy, I bought it to burn things, plain and simple." Matt said, in a heavy mocking tone. "And you see that cabin? I told Ken to buy it."
"So..."
"Yes Izzy. I do play my coincidences." Matt took his gaze from the computer to his red-headed companion. "To bad you have to be so smart Izzy.."
Izzy closed his eyes and shudders. Then almost whispered, "What are you going to me?"
"Why Izzy, almost the same thing I did to Mimi. But not with a knife, that is all to messy. And I'm not sure I really want to kill you. I got Mimi because she has been whining and going after me since I made it into the band. So I had to do something about it."
Matt grabbed Izzy by the collar with one hand and but his hand over Izzy's mouth with the other. Izzy struggled, then bit Matt's hand.
"Now now, don't do that." Izzy had injured Matt's hand badly, biting down far enough to cut the muscle. But Matt didn't flinch.
Matt pulled Izzy over to his closet and tied Izzy's hands together with a belt. Then he shoved one of Izzy's socks into Izzy's mouth.
"Makes you kind of glad you keep your socks clean."
Izzy only replied with a string of mumbles.
Matt opened the door only a hair to check if everyone was really on the ski slopes as they said they would be. They were, there was no one in the house.
"Ok Izzy, coast is clear." Matt pushed Izzy out of the door and marched him down the stairs. Then he pushed him toward the kitchen and opened the trap door to the basement, the only other entrance besides outside. Izzy stepped down into the darkness and Matt closed the trap door.
"Hope you're comfortable."
Matt walked away whistling. "Two down, 9 to go."
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If you think this one is a cliffhanger, just wait until the next one. And yes, dear Yamato is the killer. If you don't like it, neither do I. But he was the only one I could think of as a murderer. Mimi was dead, Ken I didn't want to be evil because it would be so obvious, Jou loved Mimi so why would he kill her, and all of the other Digidestined I considered made better victims than killers.
