This chapter...is NOT the end....but it's the longest chapter...I've ever done.... People...thank you SOOOO much for giving me your support...ahem, people who reviewed, that is.... Like last time, you guys can find my messages at the bottom...
As usual, I'll have to warn all readers about my English...ummm, just don't expect any fancy words or phrases...
Then, without much further ado, here's the last chapter...ahhhh, it's SOOOO bad...
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(Serge's POV)
When I woke up, I could see beams of light that shot through the window and lighted the whole room. I looked around and saw that both Zoah and Kid were still sleeping. It was 7:00; soon it would be time for breakfast.... Hmm, I have to say...these clocks are quite magnificent...it even shows dates! From what Kid told me (relaying the message from Leena, who writes to Glenn), these clocks are made in Porre...and Norris gave General Viper tons of them...as a personal gift. The date on the clock reminded me that today's the last day...the last day to find the evidence and solve every mystery...
Well, so far, I didn't hear any screams coming from anywhere...nor did anybody come door to door informing us about the death of others...which is a good thing.
I still have about 11 hours to go before finding that crucial piece of evidence...
"Hey Kid, wake up..." I went to her side and on her face lightly. She let out a groan, "Hurry up or you'll miss breakfast."
"Hmm..." Kid sat up, still sleepy from last night's meal, which I can bet the dragons that it was induced with sleeping pills... "Hey mate...did anybody..." She gave me this worried look.
"So far, no," She was relieved as soon as I told her that, "But this is not the end...I have a feeling that something would happen...later on..." Of course, if nothing happened, then what's the point of making all of us go to sleep?
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Since there are still some time left before breakfast, I've decided that I'll go on the search again...if I can't find it, then there'd be no evidence to support my inference on Miki's death.... Arrrghh, where did the killer hide that thing...
"Serge...? You seemed...troubled."
"Huh? Oh, good morning Steena," I was too into my thoughts to have noticed the chief of Guldove come out of her room. "And, thanks for your concern...but it's really nothing."
"Are you sure...?" Steena asked me worriedly, "Well then, don't think too much...come, it is time for breakfast."
"Oh...alright..." I said, "What about Guile, though...?"
"He is still sleeping...I tried waking him up but...it is no use," Steena sighed, "Seems like the pills in last night's meal had a greater effect on him..."
"What...you know...?" I asked, but again, doesn't everyone...? After realizing how sleepy they are last night...all of us should have came up with the same conclusion...
"Yes, but please...do not worry, Guile is alive and well..." Steena gave me a mild smile and slightly opened the door to her room, "...Oh...would you wake him up for me?"
"Uhmm...sure," I chuckled, it's always fun to wake someone up, so why not?
As Steena led me into the room, I can see Guile breathing lightly, the bed sheets on top of him moving slowly up...and down. He's deeply asleep, I can tell. Steena is right...last night's meal really did have an impact on the poor magician...or whatever his profession is...
"Um, on second thought, I'd rather leave him alone..." I whispered, not wanting to wake Guile up from his deep sleep.
"Then...let us make our way to breakfast..." Steena smiled warmly as we made our way towards the Main Hall.
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We were right on time we got our destination, I can't help but notice that everyone all appeared to be as sleepy as I am this morning.... When Kid arrived, it was already 7:40, ten minutes after breakfast has started. As she came in, everyone all threw Kid a look. Well, she DID serve food last night, so it's only logical that they all suspected her to have put the pills into dinner last night, after all, Luccia was guarding the kitchen...but if nothing happens today, then Kid would be fine...or so I hope.
I counted how many people there are in the Main Hall. Marcy seemed to be in a better mood today...at least she got some of her energy back. Nikki still kept his cool face...for some reason. Glenn...hmm, something must have happened between him and Kid, he seemed pretty much back to normal...just down a little bit. Besides the deceased, everyone was there, well, except Guile.
"Serge, all these people are looking at me..." Kid came to me and whispered, "I don't like this feeling..." From the corner of my eyes, I could see a figure coming towards us...
"...Kid, I give my most sincere apology..." Riddle bowed to Kid, "I did not expect last night's meal to be--- "
"Ahh, it's alwright, Lady Riddle," Kid laughed, "Besides, the Lady of the Manor shouldn't bow to guests, ya hear?"
"Kid..." Riddle looked at her worriedly.
"Hey Kid, if nothing happens today, you should be fine..." I told her, just to make things go easy on her...
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After breakfast, Kid and I walked back towards our room in dead silence. She must be in a really bad mood, I guess, to have been thought of as the prime suspect already.... Then, to make things worse...everyone seemed to have confirmed that in their own minds...as Luccia pointed out during breakfast that the meal from last night was, indeed, induced with sleeping pills again.
Things are just bad for Kid...now if something else happens...or if someone was killed...
"...Serge?" A voiced called my name as we walked down the stairs. We turned our heads to find Steena on top of the stairs, "Could you...help me wake Guile up...now?" She showed me her usual smile.
I looked at Kid, who shrugged her shoulders in delight. Hmm...seems she really wants to do something fun, too.
"Sure!" I replied energetically.
"HEEEYY!!" We heard a loud roar of some sort from behind where Steena is standing, "We wanna join you guys too!" It was those "lovable" creatures.... Well, they've all experienced a few days of dead atmosphere in the Manor...that's why they're looking for something fun to do...sigh, we just had to let them come as well...
When we all arrived just outside of Steena's room, I didn't hear any snorting...maybe he's up already...bummer. Wait, what am I thinking about...there was no snorting to begin with.... Kid gave a light chuckle, though...she must be planning to wake Guile up by jumping up and down on his bed...just like what she did to me all the time.... Well, that is, if she could get her chance to do that before the creatures make their move...in any case, it's good to see that she's got some energy back...
The room is still awfully silent as we all went in, just like earlier in the morning. But...somehow, I don't have a very good feeling.... As Steena reached beside Guile's bed, she remained standing but bent her back to put an arm around Guile's neck and the other gently on the bed sheet. Hmm, it's what lovers do...I mean, just look at the fond smile on her face...
Suddenly, her whole expression changed. She seemed...shocked, eyes wide, and slowly stepped back...her whole body is shaking...
"S-Steena...? What's w-wrong...?" Kid asked as she went over and stared directly into her eyes, hands clutching her fists, "Um, Serge..."
I went to check up on Guile, fearing the worst...
"Kid...Guile...Guile is dead..." I gulped.
At the instant I declared that statement, all the creatures let out a loud and clear scream...and it drew everyone to the room within minutes. Steena knelt down on the floor...her hands covered her face...and sobbed. No one needed any explanation after they observed what happened in the room...everyone was quiet...
"Well, Kid...?" Karsh looked at her informatively, "You know what this means...."
"NOT THAT WE DON'T TRUST YOU, BUT..." Zoah added, "YOU DID SERVE FOOD LAST NIGHT..."
Everyone was quiet...all of us can only hear Steena's weeping.... I threw Kid a worried look, but she just shrugged her shoulders...
"Fine, lock me up!" Kid said, putting her hands together in front of her, as if ready to get handcuffed, "And...Serge! I'm all counting on ye!"
"Kid..." I could only watch her get taken away Karsh out of the room. Then, everyone left the room quietly...as to give me some time to be alone.... Zoah and Doc carried Guile's body out of the room...and Orlha led the half-collapsed Steena out. Soon, only Glenn and Riddle remained in the room....
"I am truly sorry..." Riddle looked elsewhere to avoid giving me any eye contact.
"It's not your fault, Riddle..." I replied. Damn, now I don't have much time before the end of the 'party'.... What should I do...? Okay, let me check what time it is first...
Wait, where's the clock?
"...Serge? What are you looking for?" Glenn must have noticed that I was desperately looking for something in the room as I flipped over the bed sheets and checked all the drawers of the desk.
"The clock in this room..." I answered, and Glenn soon joined me in my search for the clock in this room, "Riddle...tell me about the clocks in the Manor..."
"Oh...the clocks? Norris gave daddy just enough for us to put in every room and hallway..." Riddle answered, "They're made in Porre with the latest technology available...so, as you can tell from the one you see in your room, they tell not only the time, but the dates as well..."
"No...I already know those things..." I said while checking under the beds, "Are there anything else...things that I wouldn't know about these clocks?"
"Well...the clocks, although it may seem perfect..." Glenn answered for me, "They actually gain a minute each week...so, um..."
"So...we have to manually turn the minute hand back one minute every once in a while," Riddle continued, "...At least that's what Norris told us, but there is a tricky thing about it..."
As they went on explaining things to me, I can mentally picture the giant puzzle coming together...
"...So...that's basically it." Glenn finished with the explanation, "Why ask about the clocks, all of a sudden?"
"You guys won't believe this but..." I whispered, one hand clutching to the chin, "...I think I know who the killer might be...!"
"WHAT?!" They both exclaimed.
"Lady Riddle, Glenn..." I said seriously, "Please...I need both of your help...in order for the plan to work..."
They nodded.
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(Third person view)
Riddle soon left the room on Serge's errands, leaving only Serge and Glenn in Steena's room afterwards.
"Okay, Glenn...for your part," Serge turned to him, "I need you to help me find something in this manor..."
"And...?" Glenn asked curiously.
"Just that, because I've looked everywhere for that thing yesterday, and I couldn't find it..." Serge gritted his teeth, "And time is running out...!"
"Well, have you check the top of the library?"
"Yeah...it's not there..."
"The dragon stables?"
"That too..."
"The bluffs?"
"Glenn...I've checked EVERYWHERE..."
"Hmm...the sewage?" Glenn said after thinking for a moment.
"Yeah...no! The sewage..." Serge put slapped his hand on the forehead, "Why didn't I think of that...!"
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When Serge and Glenn made their way to the prison cells, they could see that the bodies of the dead are all stacked together in one cell, and just beside that cell...is the cell where Kid is locked in. The other cell is empty...but the door is, like always, unlocked. Glenn almost froze when he made it down and saw the bodies...one of which he recognized is his dead fiancée....
"Hey mate! Found out who's the killer yet?" Kid jumped from her bed in the cell as soon as she saw the two people arriving at the basement, and Serge just nodded his head to her question, "Well then, get me out!"
"Sorry, but you've gotta stay locked in here until late tonight..." Serge said, grinning.
"Wait, whaddaya mean?!" Kid exclaimed, only to see Serge put an index finger in front of his mouth, hinting at her to be quiet.
"Kid, people can hear you in the Manor..." Serge whispered, "Don't worry, everything is taken care of.... Look on the plus side, I found what killed Guile in the room unexpectedly while searching for something...and I just need to find 2 more things in the sewage..."
"Um...Serge?" Glenn called out, standing on the stairs, "I'll check the sewage from the entrance right here..."
'Seems like he wants to stay away from the bodies of the dead...' Serge thought, 'Can't blame him, though, after all those that happened...'
"Sure, Glenn...just be careful of monsters down in the sewage..." Serge replied and made his way into the sewage from the empty cell. (The entrance to the sewage from Kid's cell was locked, well, it needs to lock a prisoner, after all...)
"There's nothing here, Serge!" Glenn's voice was heard from the entrance besides the stairs.
"Serge, Glenn said there's nothing there..." Kid relayed the message from her cell, "...Serge? Are ye listening...?"
Serge was already down at the bottom of the sewage, and there he saw a broken machine of some sort...and, not surprisingly, a clock that's still running besides it...
Serge grinned to himself and gathered what he found carefully in a bag. Then, he ascended up the stairs...
"So, Serge...ye mind telling me who it is...?" Kid asked as Serge made his way back into the basement. Serge nodded once again...
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Meanwhile, Riddle is greeting a guest at the front of the gates of Viper Manor. She quickly led the guest inside....
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"REALLY?!" Kid exclaimed, "I-I can't believe this..."
"Yes, we just don't know the motives of such acts..." Glenn sighed, "I don't know what I'm going to do anymore...knowing the killer being that person..."
Serge leaned his back against the wall and sighed as well.
"Well, I think I have some clues..." Kid put his hand underneath her chin and squinted her eyes hard, as if trying to remember something, "Yeah...I've noticed something weird about that person..."
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Riddle led the guest into her room cautiously, without anyone noticing that there was a new guest in the Manor. They exchanged a few words, and Riddle received a nod. Then, Riddle headed to the basement...
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"Is that so?" Glenn asked curiously, "Then, there would only be one logical explanation for all of this..."
"Kid, could you give me what you found...?" Serge received a nod from Kid. She searched her pockets...grabbed something, extended her arms out of the bars and gave Serge a ring, "...Thanks. That person must be still looking for this..." Just then, Riddle descended the stairs into the basement.
"Serge...our guest has arrived..." Riddle informed Serge cautiously, "So, that is done, and I have told Doc to re-examine Guile's body already...and I will take care of your last request tonight at dinner..." Serge nodded at her.
"And I'll inform the others about tonight soon after that..." Glenn said to himself.
"Eh, guys...? Who's here?" Kid asked.
"You'll know soon enough..." Glenn dismissed Kid's question, "So, Serge, this guest of ours will be the..."
"Witness." Serge replied.
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6:00 PM. Time for dinner. Everyone but Kid was there and seated in their seats, still remaining as quiet as they can be in hopes to leave the Manor as soon as possible without further unfortunates from happening.... However...
"People, I have an announcement to make..." Riddle stood up from her seat and faced everyone, "I am postponing the end of this thing...until tomorrow morning..."
"But why, Lady Riddle...?" Orlha asked.
"So...so people can have time pack their stuff..." Riddle avoided Orlha's eye contact, her posture swayed while she tried to think of something else to add to her statement, "And, um, I just want to apologize to you all by giving you all another night here..."
"Um, we've packed our stuff already..." Leah raised her hand from her seat, "And um, I don't think--- "
"It doesn't matter, I have told the guard to unlock the door tomorrow..." Riddle cut her off, "I am truly sorry..." When Riddle sat down, people began to whisper among each other, and among them was a particular person who grinned in relief...
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The time now is 3 AM. A figure is standing in the Main Hall, searching for something on the floor.... The whole Main Hall is dark...with only moonlight shooting through the windows...but it is still difficult to see who that person is.
"Oh, what are you doing right here?" Serge appeared suddenly in front of the door of the Main Hall.
"Uh...I'm just...looking for something..." The person replied weakly.
"Huh, is this what you're looking for?" Serge held up the ring, and it shined in the moonlight...the dark figure stepped back at an instant...
"H-how did you...!" The person stuttered, still stepping backwards.
"Oh yes, I knew everything..." Serge chuckled, "And by that, I was talking about the murders that happened in the Manor, hmm?"
"!!!" Serge could hear the dark figure gasp, and soon, saw the figure got into a fighting stance...
"Sorry, I'm not here to fight you..." Serge said and snapped his finger. Suddenly, everyone rushed into the Main Hall from the front door.
"...Why is everyone here...!" The figure mumbled.
"Heh, I told everyone BUT YOU to gather over at my room, so I could take them all here at once..." Glenn answered, "Give it up already!"
"Wait!! You mean this is the person who killed Miki, Leena, Irenes, and Guile?!" Karsh exclaimed as he saw who it is in the dark.
"But, like, HOW?!" Marcy cried out loud, "And more importantly...WHY?!"
"This ring...explains why..." Serge turned and let everyone see the ring as it shined in the moonlight.
"That...that's the ring that I...!" Orlha exclaimed.
"Yes, all of your tricks have worked perfectly...until you made a simple mistake..." Serge walked up to the figure, who is just standing there, shaking, "However, this simple mistake you made...messed up everything..."
"A...simple mistake...?" Doc raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, this ring...you lost the ring in this room during the dinner the day Miki was killed...right...?" Serge grabbed the person's arm suddenly and put the ring back on onto the ring finger. At that moment, the light of the Main Hall lit up, revealing who the ring bearer is...
"STEENA! You are the mastermind behind all this!" Serge pointed his finger at the shaman and chief of Guldove, who remained expressionless.
"...DO YOU RECOGNIZE THAT RING, ORLHA?" Zoah asked.
"Y-Yes, that's the ring that Guile asked me to make..." Orlha replied as she put her hands to cover her mouth, not wanting to believe the person standing before them all is the killer... "He said it is...it's for Steena...but..."
"...Nice try, but, how are you going to frame by just by this ring...?" Steena asked coolly, "How could I have killed Miki if her room was locked, without leaving footprints and not making the bird see me and alert the others?"
"Yeah, like, how's that even possible?" Marcy asked.
"First...let's recall that it rained that night, so the muddy areas outside of the broken window should make anyone trying to get into the room leave footprints. The door was locked...but there is still a way to murder Miki." Serge said confidently and showed a machine from a bag, "People, this is what killed Miki..."
"Um, what's that?" Leah asked.
"It's a mist maker, using the science of dry ice..." Serge replied, and Steena just stood there.
"Dry ice...?" Starky stared at the machine curiously.
"Yes, dry ice is the solid form of carbon dioxide." Serge explained, "And carbon dioxide is a heavy gas, so by injecting large amounts of carbon dioxide made from dry ice using this mist maker...through the keyhole of the door...the carbon dioxide would stay at the lower portion of the room, leaving the higher areas intact with oxygen...that's why the bird survived, and Miki didn't."
"So, that explains why..." Nikki added...
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"Whät ist wrong?" Irenes asked, "Ist it löcked?"
"Yeah, but the doorknob..." Nikki turned to face Irenes, "You try touching it..."
When Irenes put her hand on the doorknob, she immediately threw back her arm... "Ja...thät ist very cöld..."
"It's freezing, Irenes..."
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"...So that explains why the doornob is freezing cold..." Nikki said.
"Yes, and you have to break the window in order to get the carbon dioxide out of the room..." Serge continued, staring back at Steena, "So when Nikki and Irenes go back, they wouldn't feel like there is no air....
"But...Guile said he heard the window shatter at 1...and Miki...died at 3 in the morning!" Karsh said.
"Yes, I'm 100% sure Miki died at around 3 in the morning, judging from the components in her stomach..." Doc added.
"What is if the clock in the room showed the wrong time?" Serge replied.
"WHAT?!" Orlha cried out loud.
"Glenn...?" The dragoon nodded at Serge's request and began explaining tidbits about the clock. As he went on, Serge could almost remember the conversation he had with Glenn and Riddle earlier in the day...
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"Are there anything else...things I wouldn't know about these clocks?"
"Well...the clocks, although it may seem perfect..." Glenn answered for me, "They actually gain a minute each day...so, um..."
"So...we have to manually turn the minute hand back one minute every once in a while," Riddle continued, "...At least that's what Norris told us, but there is a tricky thing about it..."
"Norris also told us..." Glenn added, "Because of the aforementioned problems, these clocks are designed to be able to have the minute hand turned backwards, however..."
"Yes, the only problem is that it cannot be turned forwards again..."
"...So...that's basically it." Glenn finished with the explanation, "Why ask about the clocks, all of a sudden?"
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"And this morning, when we all found Guile dead in his room...I noticed that the clock is missing..." Serge continued as Glenn finished explaining about the clock. Steena just stood there, speechless.
"Later, we found the clock in the sewage...along with the mist maker..." Glenn added and glanced at the clock in the Main Hall, "It is now 3:05 in the morning..."
"Yes, and take a look at the clock that we found in the sewage..." Serge held the clock up, letting everyone see it.
"That...that thing shows 1:05 AM!" Karsh exclaimed and turned his gaze onto Steena, who's just standing idly.
"But...didn't the meals the night just before Miki died...included sleeping pills?" Luccia reminded Serge.
"Not everyone ate the sleeping pill..." Serge explained, "Didn't Steena, Guile, Kid, and Riddle sat at the tip of the table? So systematically they shared the same dish at that portion of the table...so..."
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"Yeah, they all left...but really, I do not think Viper Manor could hold any more people if they stayed..." Glenn replied, "and for some reason, I feel kind of sleepy right now...huh, I usually practice until midnight but it's just 10:47 right now, but..."
"So am I..."
"Me too..."
"SAME HERE."
"Nah, it's all because we ate too much. Alwright, the dance is tomorrow night, make sure you don't miss it!" Kid exclaimed and went into the room.
"...is she the only one not sleepy here..? Oh well..." Leena said, "She's always so full of energy..."
*~*
"So...that's why Kid still had energy that night.... It explains why Riddle is still up when Marcy went back into her room with Nikki and Irenes...and it also explains why Guile was able to wake up when the window of the next room shattered..." Serge continued, "And...it made you awake for you to carry out your plans that night, Steena...."
"...Very nice, Serge." Steena chuckled coolly and applauded, "That clock is something in my room, and we're all not induced with the effects of the sleeping pill because I put the pills in all other dishes but the ones I ate. But, how would you explain that I own the mist maker...? Hmm?"
"For that...Riddle?" Serge looked upward at the escalator that moves perpendicular, and it started to lower itself, revealing the people standing on top of it: Riddle, Kid...and Janice.
"YOU!!" Jance skipped towards Steena as soon as they reached the floor, "You killed Sneff! I saw you come to our cruise ship and borrow Sneff's mist makers! You gave a gift to Sneff as thanking him, right?! I should have told Sneff is was a BOMB!! You bombed our sleeping quarter...our ship...so Sneff doesn't live to tell anyone about this!"
"That explains why Steena is the last one to arrive at the Manor that day..." Kid added.
Steena was silent.
"Um, Kid, why are you here?" Leah asked.
"Riddle got me at midnight..." Kid replied, "For yer information, I turned on the light at the right moment...heheheh..."
"Wait, so if Steena didn't lose her ring that night, then she wouldn't be looking for it back then..." Karsh said, "That means..."
"...How do you know I killed them...?" Steena turned to stare at Karsh, who instantly shut up.
"I'm sorry, Steena..." Riddle spoke, "But under Serge's request, I went to check your luggage while you weren't in your room..." Steena's eyes grew wide at her statements.
"AND?" Zoah asked.
"And..." Riddle took a deep breath, "All of your blue elements...are missing..."
"...Then, how do I kill Guile? Serge, you saw it too, Guile was alive that morning when I showed you to my room..." Steena took her last chance at getting away with this.
"On that...Doc! Did Lady Riddle ask you to re-examine Guile's body?" Serge asked.
"Well y-yes..." Doc replied.
"What did you find?"
"Uh, a black dot on his neck...but I don't know if that's what caused Guile's death..."
"A...black dot?" Orlha mumbled to herself.
"Yes, that's what killed Guile..." Serge said, "I found this in Steena's room..."
Serge held up a needle of some sort with caution, and Steena looked away...sighing...
"What is it?" Karsh asked.
"It's a poison needle..." Serge answered, "It can kill a person immediately...hey Leah, remember what happened this morning when we all went into Guile's room?"
"Um, let me think..."
*~*
The room is still awfully silent as we all went in, just like earlier in the morning. But...somehow, I don't have a very good feeling.... As Steena reached beside Guile's bed, she remained standing but bent her back to put an arm around Guile's neck and the other gently on the bed sheet. Hmm, it's what lovers do...I mean, just look at the fond smile on her face...
*~*
Everyone was silent now. It was evident that Steena is the killer...
"...Yes...I killed them...all of them.... I killed Leena and Irenes while I was trying to find my ring..." Steena gave up, "They just happened to be there...while I was looking for this ring..."
'So that's why Leena had a peaceful expression while Irenes looked like she died of torture...' Serge thought, 'Leena must have died not knowing it...and Irenes must have saw what happened...'
"Can you...tell us why...?" Riddle asked sadly.
"...Guile moved to Guldove in my world shortly after we annihilated Lavos. He...proposed to me, and gave me this ring..." Steena showed her ring that Serge has put on her finger, "I was so happy...but then...he suddenly changed one day...the day...after Nikki and Miki came to perform at Guldove..."
"Hold on! That must mean..." Nikki seemed to understand where Steena's story is headed...
"Like, what is it, Nikki?" Marcy tugged Nikki's shirt.
"Miki...said that we can only be partners...working partners, that is, and not anything more. She said that... the day after the performance in Guldove..." Nikki answered, "I was okay with it...I was just a bit surprised at what made her change so much in one night..."
"...Guile showed his affection for Miki..." Steena gritted her teeth, "That's when he...started to lose his interest in me...it is all because of Miki..."
"Um, what does it have to do with the ring...?" Leah asked.
"This ring is my only memory of the old times I had with Guile...he...never asked me to return the ring to him...but I can see that he just doesn't care about me anymore.... Well, that's when I thought of...getting rid of Miki during this gathering of people...so I went to visit Sneff.... But...later on in the Manor...Guile told me how much he loved Miki and... he's thinking about proposing to her instead...and he was apologizing to me..."
'Ah, so that is why...' Riddle recalled something a few days earlier...
*~*
As Riddle walked down the walkway towards the Main Hall, she can't help but notice that Steena and Guile talking to each other. 'Hmm, so the rumor is true...they ARE going out...' thought Riddle.
"Hello Lady Riddle," Steena slightly bowed her head as Riddle walked closer, "It is to my understanding that a grand feast would be ready for us all, I do not know how to express my many thanks to you..."
*~*
"...That's when Lady Riddle came," Steena continued, "I could not accept the facts that Guile is...leaving me all alone...and all I want to do is to change the subject..."
"I-I did not know..." Riddle said sadly, "I, I'm..."
"It's not your fault, Lady Riddle..." Steena chuckled, "But because of that...I've decided to end this with Guile by killing him as well...BUT NOW I'LL FINISH EVERYTHING!!"
Everyone was startled as Steena suddenly yelled and ran up to the platform that moves perpendicular, ascended to the top, and disappeared behind the door.
"Orlha! Doc! Stay here and watch the little ones!" Serge yelled as Glenn ran to the switch behind the second pillar on the left and lowered the escalator, "Riddle!"
"Do not worry, I locked the doors on the top..." Riddle replied, "But that means...she is headed for the roof...! Karsh, Zoah, Marcy, Luccia, and Orcha! Head to the bluffs at once!" At that instant, they made their way out of the Main Hall, and just then, the escalator reached the floor again.
"Oh dang...what's she thinking?!" Kid mumbled to herself as she stepped up the escalator along with Serge, Glenn, and Riddle.
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I think I've written too much...and so, the epilogue would be up next time.... Don't you all just love cliffhangers, hmm?^^
Bombay and Gabbygirl...I'm sorry that I killed Leena!! But as I've said, Leena's death plays a huge role in the story...so, sorry! . Heh, I was thinking of continuing this fic, focusing on Glenn's life and how he copes with this...for more info, read my response to Dixxy! And, thanks for supporting my poor English...writing really does help me improve my English, though...so yeah, I hope you can see new and improved writing skills as I keep updating and stuff...
Dixxy, so, does it fit your bizarre theory?^^ Um, I'm not sure how revive or full revive would work in this fic...let's just pretend they don't have any~~~(lame, very lame, I know) And yes, I've been thinking about hooking Glenn up with the other Leena from the start...and I'm actually considering writing a sequel to this focusing on that...but probably not, I dunno, junior year in high school is really important for me...so...ehh, maybe wait until winter vacation?^^
Mr. Soulblighter2, thanks for encouraging me...I just don't know how long it'll take before I could write at your level..._ Sigh, for me, 7 years of speaking English really doesn't do much, I suppose...how long have you been writing, anyway?! Ughhhh, I'm going to 11th grade and I'm writing like this?! Sigh...well, back to the story, don't worry, I'll keep most people alive if I wanna write a sequel to this...^^
Oh yeah, so what took me this long to update? It's a long story...but hey! Lemme tell ya guys what happened! I went to the Kingdom Hearts Consumer Demo Day in San Francisco the past Friday...it was absolutely amazing!! I played the KH demo, received a keychain and a poster...and most importantly...I met with Tetsuya Nomura!! I even took picture with him, David Gallagher, and Hayden Panettiere!! It was just wonderful...I mean, getting to meet TETSUYA NOMURA!! That's like, the biggest thing that ever happened in my life...^^...because I'm one of his admirers...heheh...