Hey! Guess who gets killed tonight!! I won't tell ya! SO, here goes
nothing. I don't own Digimon in any way or form, as much as I would like to
say otherwise! Anyway, read on.
CHAPTER 1 - IT HAS BEGUN
JOE STARED STRAIGHT DOWN AND FINGERED THE HEM OF HIS BLACK TIE. NEXT TO HIM, MIMI HAD A COMFORTING ARM AROUND HIS SHOULDERS, BUT IT DIDN'T DO MUCH, FOR HIS HEART WAS THE REAL PROBLEM. LAST WEEK, ASHLEY CARTER, HER GIRLFRIEND HAD BEEN MURDERED. SHE WAS KILLED ON THE WAY TO HIS APARTMENT, WHERE HE HAD HOPPED TO PROPOSE TO HER.
"I DON'T GET IT; SHE NEVER DID ANYTHING TO ANYONE." TAI WHISPERED FROM HIS OTHER SIDE. JOE AGAIN KEPT QUIET.
"WE ARE GATHERED NOW, BEFORE GOD, TO DEPART THE SOUL OF OUR BELOVED SISTER, ASHLEY CARTER." THE PRIEST SAID OPENING A BIBLE.
JOE FINALLY HAD THE WIT TO LOOK UP. ASHLEY'S MOTHER WAS CRYING HER HEART OUT, NEXT TO HER HUSBAND. SOME OF ASHLEY'S RELATIVES WERE THERE, AS WELL AS HER FRIENDS. THE OTHER 11 DIGIDESTINED WERE ALSO THERE, FOR, ALONG TIME THEY TOO HAD GROWN FOND OF ASHLEY.
"RECENTLY, THE LIFE OF YOUR CHILD WAS SELFISHLY TAKEN AWAY. WE NOW FIND HER WITH YOU, AND LIVING A BETTER LIFE, A LIFE THAT YOU HAVE PROMISED TO US ALL WHEN OUR OWN TIME COMES." THE PRIEST SAID PLACING ONE HAND ON THE PAGES OF THE HOLY BOOK, AND LOOKING UPWARDS.
"JOE.PLEASE SAY SOMETHING." MIMI INSISTED. JOE TOOK A LOOK AT HER AS HE DUG HIS HAND INTO HIS POCKET. OUT OF IT CAME A SMALL BAND OF GOLD, HOLDING A DIAMOND. HE TWIDDLED IT BETWEEN HIS FINGERS, BEFORE CLUTCHING IT HARD IN HIS FIST, AND SHEDDING A COUPLE OF TEARS.
"I CAN'T BEAR THIS." JOE WHISPERED AND TURNED AROUND AND WALKED AWAY. HE WINDED UP AT THE FAR END OF THE CEMETERY. SITTING ON A BENCH JOE BURIED HIS FACE ON HIS HANDS.
"OF ALL PEOPLE.WHY HER.WHY." JOE SAID TO HIMSELF NOT BOTHERING TO HOLD TEARS BACK ANYMORE.
"THAT BITCH DESERVED TO DIE, JOE." A VOICE SAID FROM BEHIND HIM. HE WIPED AROUND TO SEE A SHADOW LEANING AGAINST A TREE. HE CAME INTO THE LIGHT, REVEALING A KNIFE IN HIS HAND.
"YOU! OFF ALL PEOPLE IT WAS YOU! AND TO THINK I TRUSTED YOU!" JOE YELLED, STANDING UP FROM THE BENCH
"YOU KNOW.YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU DID TRUST ME, BAD MISTAKE SONNY JIM." HE SAID ARROGANTLY BEFORE RECEIVING A PUNCH TO THE FACE, "JOEY IS LEARNING TO FIGHT.GOOD."
"SHUT UP! HOW DARE YOU TALK LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED?!" JOE YELLED THROWING ANOTHER PUNCH AT HIM, BUT THIS TIME HE DUCKED AND DODGED IT, GIVING HIM A STRAIGHT PATH TO JOE'S STOMACH, WHICH HE TOOK AND DUG THE COLD STEEL INTO HIS STOMACH. JOE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND.
"UGH.YOU.YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS." JOE SAID WEAKLY, CLUTCHING HIS STOMACH.
"YEAH WELL, ENOUGH TALK, I'LL SEE YOU IN HELL." HE SAID RAISING THE KNIFE ONCE MORE.
"WAIT." JOE MANAGED, HOLDING HIS ARM WITH THE LAST OF HIS STRENGTH, AT THE SAME TIME USED HIS OTHER HAND TO WRITE SOMETHING ON THE GROUND, "ANSWER ME THIS.WHY, WHY US?"
"YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER OF ALL PEOPLE, JOE, THIS IS YOUR OWN FAULT." HE SAID PUSHING THE KNIFE TO HIS THROAT. "IT WAS YOUR FAULT; ALL NINE OF YOU.AND YOU WILL PAY FOR MAKING ME SUFFER LIKE YOU DID."
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT! WHAT DID WE DO TO YOU!?" JOE PLEADED, TRYING TO BUY MORE TIME, HE WAS ALMOST DONE WITH THE TINY NOTE.
"YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW." HE SAID FINALLY PULLING ON THE SHEET OF STEEL THROUGH HIS THROAT. "ONE MORE DOWN.EIGHT TO GO." SHE WHISPERED, BEFORE RUNNING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND AWAY FROM THE CEMETERY.
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"WHA.WHAT HAPPENED?!" MIMI YELLED AS HE NEARED THE CROWD SURROUNDING AN AMBULANCE. "JESUS CHRIST!" SHE GASPED AS SHE SAW JOE'S MOTIONLESS BODY. "WHAT.HAPPENED?" SHE SAID.
"WE DON'T KNOW, WE FOUND HIM LIKE THAT." IZZY ANSWERED.
"COME ON PEOPLE, MOVE OUT OF THE AREA, NOTHING MORE TO SEE HERE!" A COP YELLED FORCING PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE INCIDENT, "ANYTHING WE FIND OUT WILL BE REPORTED TO YOU RIGHT AWAY, RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO." ALL OF THEM GATHERED LATER IN A SET OF BENCHES IN THE ENTRANCE OF THE COMMENTARY.
"COP'S RIGHT, THERE IS NOT MUCH WE CAN DO." TAI SAID AND TURNED TO LEAVE. SOON T.K., KARI, KEN AND DAVIS WERE GONE WITHOUT A WORD.
"YOLEI.WE BETTER GET GOING TOO." IZZY SAID TO HER AND HUGGED TIGHTLY, SHE WAS CRYING IN SILENCE, BUT STILL NODDED. IZZY NODDED ONCE TO THE REST AND LEFT ALONG WITH YOLEI.
"LET'S GO SORA." MATT WAS NEXT, ALONG WITH SORA, SHE HAD MANAGED TO HOLD TEARS IN, BUT SHE LOOKED DESTROYED ON THE INSIDE. "YOU GUYS COMING?" MATT SAID LOOKING BACK AT THE TWO REMAINING, MIMI AND CODY.
"YEAH.JUST ONE MORE MINUTE." MIMI ANSWERED QUIETLY. "YOU REALLY LOOKED UP TO HIM DIDN'T YOU." SHE THEN ASKED CODY. HE IN TURN ONLY GLANCED AT HER AND NODDED. "I LOOKED UP TO HIM TOO." MIMI CONTINUED STILL LOOKING AT HIM. THIS TIME CODY FIXED AN ICE COLD STARE ON HER EYES FOR LESS THAT A SECOND, THEN GOT UP AND LEFT. MIMI GOT UP QUICKLY AND FOLLOWED. ON THEIR WAY HOME, TEN OF THE GROUP STARED SADLY AT THE FLOOR AS HE OR SHE WALKED, WHILE ONE OF THEM LOOKED STRAIGHT FORWARD, SMIRKING IN VICTORY.
HAHAHAHA!!! ITS DONE!!! THERE ARE ELEVEN DIGIDESTINED LEFT, THERE IS STILL A RANGE OF VICTIMS AND CULPRITS. BY THE WAY, I'M ALTERNATING FROM HE TO SHE, WHEN REFERRING TO THE MURDERER, SO IT CAN VIRTUALLY BE ANYONE. REMEMBER, GET IT RIGHT AND WIN..SOMETHING!! AND NO I'M NOT KIDDING, THE CONTEST WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE FIRST TO LAST CHAPTER! SO START PIECING THOSE CLUES TOGETHER.
CHAPTER 1 - IT HAS BEGUN
JOE STARED STRAIGHT DOWN AND FINGERED THE HEM OF HIS BLACK TIE. NEXT TO HIM, MIMI HAD A COMFORTING ARM AROUND HIS SHOULDERS, BUT IT DIDN'T DO MUCH, FOR HIS HEART WAS THE REAL PROBLEM. LAST WEEK, ASHLEY CARTER, HER GIRLFRIEND HAD BEEN MURDERED. SHE WAS KILLED ON THE WAY TO HIS APARTMENT, WHERE HE HAD HOPPED TO PROPOSE TO HER.
"I DON'T GET IT; SHE NEVER DID ANYTHING TO ANYONE." TAI WHISPERED FROM HIS OTHER SIDE. JOE AGAIN KEPT QUIET.
"WE ARE GATHERED NOW, BEFORE GOD, TO DEPART THE SOUL OF OUR BELOVED SISTER, ASHLEY CARTER." THE PRIEST SAID OPENING A BIBLE.
JOE FINALLY HAD THE WIT TO LOOK UP. ASHLEY'S MOTHER WAS CRYING HER HEART OUT, NEXT TO HER HUSBAND. SOME OF ASHLEY'S RELATIVES WERE THERE, AS WELL AS HER FRIENDS. THE OTHER 11 DIGIDESTINED WERE ALSO THERE, FOR, ALONG TIME THEY TOO HAD GROWN FOND OF ASHLEY.
"RECENTLY, THE LIFE OF YOUR CHILD WAS SELFISHLY TAKEN AWAY. WE NOW FIND HER WITH YOU, AND LIVING A BETTER LIFE, A LIFE THAT YOU HAVE PROMISED TO US ALL WHEN OUR OWN TIME COMES." THE PRIEST SAID PLACING ONE HAND ON THE PAGES OF THE HOLY BOOK, AND LOOKING UPWARDS.
"JOE.PLEASE SAY SOMETHING." MIMI INSISTED. JOE TOOK A LOOK AT HER AS HE DUG HIS HAND INTO HIS POCKET. OUT OF IT CAME A SMALL BAND OF GOLD, HOLDING A DIAMOND. HE TWIDDLED IT BETWEEN HIS FINGERS, BEFORE CLUTCHING IT HARD IN HIS FIST, AND SHEDDING A COUPLE OF TEARS.
"I CAN'T BEAR THIS." JOE WHISPERED AND TURNED AROUND AND WALKED AWAY. HE WINDED UP AT THE FAR END OF THE CEMETERY. SITTING ON A BENCH JOE BURIED HIS FACE ON HIS HANDS.
"OF ALL PEOPLE.WHY HER.WHY." JOE SAID TO HIMSELF NOT BOTHERING TO HOLD TEARS BACK ANYMORE.
"THAT BITCH DESERVED TO DIE, JOE." A VOICE SAID FROM BEHIND HIM. HE WIPED AROUND TO SEE A SHADOW LEANING AGAINST A TREE. HE CAME INTO THE LIGHT, REVEALING A KNIFE IN HIS HAND.
"YOU! OFF ALL PEOPLE IT WAS YOU! AND TO THINK I TRUSTED YOU!" JOE YELLED, STANDING UP FROM THE BENCH
"YOU KNOW.YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU DID TRUST ME, BAD MISTAKE SONNY JIM." HE SAID ARROGANTLY BEFORE RECEIVING A PUNCH TO THE FACE, "JOEY IS LEARNING TO FIGHT.GOOD."
"SHUT UP! HOW DARE YOU TALK LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED?!" JOE YELLED THROWING ANOTHER PUNCH AT HIM, BUT THIS TIME HE DUCKED AND DODGED IT, GIVING HIM A STRAIGHT PATH TO JOE'S STOMACH, WHICH HE TOOK AND DUG THE COLD STEEL INTO HIS STOMACH. JOE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND.
"UGH.YOU.YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS." JOE SAID WEAKLY, CLUTCHING HIS STOMACH.
"YEAH WELL, ENOUGH TALK, I'LL SEE YOU IN HELL." HE SAID RAISING THE KNIFE ONCE MORE.
"WAIT." JOE MANAGED, HOLDING HIS ARM WITH THE LAST OF HIS STRENGTH, AT THE SAME TIME USED HIS OTHER HAND TO WRITE SOMETHING ON THE GROUND, "ANSWER ME THIS.WHY, WHY US?"
"YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER OF ALL PEOPLE, JOE, THIS IS YOUR OWN FAULT." HE SAID PUSHING THE KNIFE TO HIS THROAT. "IT WAS YOUR FAULT; ALL NINE OF YOU.AND YOU WILL PAY FOR MAKING ME SUFFER LIKE YOU DID."
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT! WHAT DID WE DO TO YOU!?" JOE PLEADED, TRYING TO BUY MORE TIME, HE WAS ALMOST DONE WITH THE TINY NOTE.
"YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW." HE SAID FINALLY PULLING ON THE SHEET OF STEEL THROUGH HIS THROAT. "ONE MORE DOWN.EIGHT TO GO." SHE WHISPERED, BEFORE RUNNING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND AWAY FROM THE CEMETERY.
**************************************************************************** ***************
"WHA.WHAT HAPPENED?!" MIMI YELLED AS HE NEARED THE CROWD SURROUNDING AN AMBULANCE. "JESUS CHRIST!" SHE GASPED AS SHE SAW JOE'S MOTIONLESS BODY. "WHAT.HAPPENED?" SHE SAID.
"WE DON'T KNOW, WE FOUND HIM LIKE THAT." IZZY ANSWERED.
"COME ON PEOPLE, MOVE OUT OF THE AREA, NOTHING MORE TO SEE HERE!" A COP YELLED FORCING PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE INCIDENT, "ANYTHING WE FIND OUT WILL BE REPORTED TO YOU RIGHT AWAY, RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO." ALL OF THEM GATHERED LATER IN A SET OF BENCHES IN THE ENTRANCE OF THE COMMENTARY.
"COP'S RIGHT, THERE IS NOT MUCH WE CAN DO." TAI SAID AND TURNED TO LEAVE. SOON T.K., KARI, KEN AND DAVIS WERE GONE WITHOUT A WORD.
"YOLEI.WE BETTER GET GOING TOO." IZZY SAID TO HER AND HUGGED TIGHTLY, SHE WAS CRYING IN SILENCE, BUT STILL NODDED. IZZY NODDED ONCE TO THE REST AND LEFT ALONG WITH YOLEI.
"LET'S GO SORA." MATT WAS NEXT, ALONG WITH SORA, SHE HAD MANAGED TO HOLD TEARS IN, BUT SHE LOOKED DESTROYED ON THE INSIDE. "YOU GUYS COMING?" MATT SAID LOOKING BACK AT THE TWO REMAINING, MIMI AND CODY.
"YEAH.JUST ONE MORE MINUTE." MIMI ANSWERED QUIETLY. "YOU REALLY LOOKED UP TO HIM DIDN'T YOU." SHE THEN ASKED CODY. HE IN TURN ONLY GLANCED AT HER AND NODDED. "I LOOKED UP TO HIM TOO." MIMI CONTINUED STILL LOOKING AT HIM. THIS TIME CODY FIXED AN ICE COLD STARE ON HER EYES FOR LESS THAT A SECOND, THEN GOT UP AND LEFT. MIMI GOT UP QUICKLY AND FOLLOWED. ON THEIR WAY HOME, TEN OF THE GROUP STARED SADLY AT THE FLOOR AS HE OR SHE WALKED, WHILE ONE OF THEM LOOKED STRAIGHT FORWARD, SMIRKING IN VICTORY.
HAHAHAHA!!! ITS DONE!!! THERE ARE ELEVEN DIGIDESTINED LEFT, THERE IS STILL A RANGE OF VICTIMS AND CULPRITS. BY THE WAY, I'M ALTERNATING FROM HE TO SHE, WHEN REFERRING TO THE MURDERER, SO IT CAN VIRTUALLY BE ANYONE. REMEMBER, GET IT RIGHT AND WIN..SOMETHING!! AND NO I'M NOT KIDDING, THE CONTEST WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE FIRST TO LAST CHAPTER! SO START PIECING THOSE CLUES TOGETHER.