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Checkmate

By Lily Evans and Matt Lee

Chapter 2

Izzy sat at home at his computer. It didn't make sense, who would want to kill Tai and Kari? They were great people. Izzy slammed his fist against the desk in frustration. He couldn't figure it out.

"Why them?" he asked to the silence. There had been absolutely no clues to who the murderer was, except a piece of paper next to both their dead bodies that said "Kheckmat". What kind of killer didn't know how to spell 'Checkmate'? Was it some kind of hint?

~*~

Davis walked home from Matt's house because Matt refused to go to his house on account of Jun. He didn't get very far until he was greeted by one of his friends who agreed to walk with him. They began discussing who would want to kill Tai and Kari.

"I was wondering," Davis told his friend. "Do you think it might have something to do with me?"

"Why do you think that?" his friend asked.

"Well, Kari was my girlfriend…" he started, thinking about Kari was painful. "And Tai…" he stopped again, thinking about Tai was painful, too. "Was my role model," he finished, with an effort.

"I think it has a lot more to do with you than you think," his friend told him. "I think it has a ton to do with you." With that he pulled out a knife and stabbed Davis in the back. The murderer then stabbed him in the heart.

Davis, in immense pain, had time to utter one last word… "Why?" and he was gone. The murderer wiped the knife off, leaving the same evidence as before, a piece of paper that read "Kheckmat".

~*~

When Ken got news that his best friend was dead he was devastated. He didn't understand these murders any better than anyone else did, and everyone else didn't understand this at all.

Ken spent all day locked up in his room, only coming out to eat. He wouldn't talk to anyone. He spent all day thinking about the clue the murderer left. Was the murderer so stupid as not to spell 'Checkmate' right? What was that supposed to mean?

~*~

Izzy was the first person to have a guess as to what the clue meant. Maybe the murderer wanted to be caught? Who knew? He gave Ken a call and gave his theory. Ken didn't like it but agreed it was the most logical one. Izzy then called most of the Digidestine to his house to give the rest of them his theory.

"Check Matt," he explained.

"Oh, Izzy, don't be stupid," Mimi told him. "Why would Matt kill Kari, Tai, and then turn around and kill Davis?"

"I think he was jealous that they all were able to live with their siblings and they have full families," he told her, Sora, Joe, and Ken, who were the only ones who were able to come.

"Well, I still don't think Matt would kill his best friend," Sora said, obviously defending him.

"Sora," Joe said. "We have to suspect everyone, now is not the time to be stubborn, we can't be sure he didn't do it."

"But we can't be sure he DID do it," Sora finished.

"It doesn't matter," Ken said. "We still need to investigate him without him knowing it, unless you just want to drop it," he added to Sora.

Sora bit her lip and mumbled something incoherent under her breath. Everyone waited for her reply, which ended up being, "Go ahead."

"It's settled then," Izzy said. "Who's going?"

"I'll go," Sora said. Everyone stared at her. "He'll trust me more than any of you, he's my boyfriend."

"Okay, Sora, be careful," Mimi told her. "I don't want to lose you."

"I'll be fine, Mimi," Sora explained, as her best friend hugged her tightly.

~*~

Sora was just about to ring the doorbell at Matt's house when she heard a scream that seemed like it was from TK. She hesitated, but, in spite of what she felt, she rang the doorbell. It took a while before Matt came to the door. His eyes were big and his clothes had a stain on it, a red one. It looked like food dye, no, blood.

"What's up, Sora?" Matt asked.

"Just thought I'd come and visit you," she explained, putting on the best smile she could muster.

"Oh, I'm a little busy right now, can we visit later?"

"No," she said, quickly. She wasn't sure, but, by the sound of the scream, Matt had just tried to kill TK.

"Okay, then," he said. "Come in."

Sora built up all the courage she could muster and came inside. Matt told her to wait and went upstairs. She didn't know what to do. His house now seemed more eerie than it had before she believed he was a murderer, everything seemed to jump out and attack her.

After sitting for a while, Sora couldn't stand it any longer, she jumped up and bolted for the door. Matt chose that time to come down the stairs.

"Leaving already?" he asked. She heard a challenging tone in his voice.

"I— I just remembered, I promised my mom I'd walk the uh… goldfish!" She knew that wasn't convincing whatsoever but she was terrified, for all she knew, TK had just been killed. "Bye," she said, before running out and slamming the door behind her and ran all the way back to Izzy's house, to give everyone her new revelation.

To Be Continued…

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