Chapter 4: The Last Man Standing

"Would you all just SHUT UP?" she said in an irritable manner, "You need to get your job done. If you would just shut up it wouldn't a problem, but you all have to argue about who's gonna kill who instead of actually doing it."

"What? What are you talking about?" Schu said innocently.

"I'm talking about you arguing with Brad and Brad here." Kotori said talking down to Schu.

"Wha-?" Bradley said from the ground. Kotori kicked him in the head and knocked him unconscious.

"There, now go get the last guy and stop arguing!" Kotori said.

"Yes mother," Schu said under his breath.

"Excuse me?" Kotori said, Schu could hear the anger in her voice and left as quickly as he could. Nagi looked at her and smiled. She looked back with a huge grin, "I know, I went a little over board, but at least I could tell them off."

"Schu wouldn't go and give you a heart attack. So I didn't want to tell him off, because he would have done that to me," Nagi said, looking at the door that Schu had just gone through.

"It's okay, I strike fear into the hearts of many men," Kotori laughed.

Ran opened his eyes, although it didn't make his vision any better, it was just as dark. Shapes began to come into view as he looked up. He could hear a voice, though he didn't know what it was. The shape was now distinct. It was a man, wearing some sort of vest. The sign of a beard could be remotely seen. The voice came in clear now.

"Are you right there, old chap?" the figure said, "You had quite a fall there good sir, I'm okay, but it gave us all quite a scare there sir."

"What happened?" Ran said in a confused manner.

"Ya fell over me when you were running, bloody Hell it was scary."

"I fell?" Ran asked.

"Aye, but it wasn't too big of a fall, you tripped over me leg," the man said, "I'm all right, you?" "Yeah, sorry about that. How did I not see you?" Ran asked.

"I dunno, it's all right, I wouldn't be surprised if I had tripped yeh meself! I have great eyesight and I can't see a thing in this blasted hole in the ground!" he said, helping Ran to his feet.

"Well I have to go, I was following some body through here," Ran said apologetically.

The Englishman looked up at Ran confusedly and said, "Following? Who? Nobody came through here." Ran looked down at him and thought. He then turned and ran out of the room.

As Ran entered the study he saw that there was nobody there. He turned and walked out of the room confused as to how he could have fallen, and as to what happened to the man he was chasing. He walked down the hallway and noticed he could slightly see the hallway where he walked. There was a certain warmer feeling about the house now. He didn't know why. He listened carefully as he walked. He heard a sound from the billiard room and went to investigate.

Inside the room he found Ken shooting pool. He went in to join him. Looking out the window he noticed that the sky had a slight pink shade just over the horizon. He looked and smiled at Ken as he said, "It's almost morning Ken, look at that beautiful sunrise. it's been quite a while since I saw one of those, hasn't it."

Ken walked over and stood next to Ran, then he decided that he would rather sit. So he pushed the pool table forward and sat down on it. He patted the spot next to him implying that Ran should sit next to him. Ran saw this and did so. They both sat staring at the sunrise. The shades of purple lay on top of the shades of pink that lay gently on the grass in the distance. Slowly the pink faded into a purple color as the sun came over the distant hills.

Ken's eyes slowly began to wonder. His eyelids slowly slid down over his eyes as he went to sleep. He then leaned over and fell asleep on Ran's shoulder. Ran saw this and smiled, he realized his own tiredness and rested his cheek on Ken's head. They sat there fast asleep.

Farfarello walked into the Ballroom to find Nagi and Kotori in deep conversation. They sat at the love seat drinking champagne and smiling. Farfarello looked over to check on Brad, who still lay behind the piano. Over in the corner of the room he noticed that the drunken man from before and another tall lengthy man. He lay there on the ground limp and lifeless. He noticed the body of Mr. Green was still in the doorway. So he took the liberty to clean up. He dragged Mr. Green over to Bradley and Parker, and threw him on top. Then he looked over to Brad and sat down next to him.

Brad sat up abruptly and looked at the grandfather clock. He saw that it was 5:30 and went back to sleep. Farfarello sat and stared at the sleeping Brad. He had no idea how it happened but it truly scared him. Brad began to sit up ten-minute or so intervals. It was at 6:00 that he sat straight up and checked the clock. "What on earth are you doing?" Farf asked confusedly.

"Coffee." Brad said in reply. He then got up and walked out the door. Farf watched as Brad left the room half-asleep. He decided it might be safe to follow in case any thing was to happen. He found Brad sitting in the kitchen with a mug of coffee and a piece of toast. As he further examined the mug he found that Brad had written #1 assassin on it.

"What ARE you doing?" Farf said raising an eyebrow.

Brad looked up and smiled, "I always have my coffee and toast in the morning, at exactly 6:25. Always." Brad went back to drinking his coffee. Farf looked down to see that Brad was wearing slippers. He gave Brad a look of confusion. Brad realized what he was looking at and said, "Oh, I picked these up from the car. I put them in just in case."

Farfarello rolled his eyes and left the room. As he left the room he ran into a man of about forty. The man looked at him for a moment then said, "Hey! You aren't a character! What are you doing?"

Farf looked at him and stared. "I uhhhh. wanted to watch."

"I see," the man said, he slicked back his blonde hair and pushed his glasses up. "So did any body die yet?" he asked excitedly, "I hope so, because I really want to play this."

Farf looked at him in disgust. "You mean that you want them to die?" he asked in out rage. "That is disgusting, how could you regard the life of another human like that?"

"Oh please. It's not like any body will miss them. Besides, it's too late, because one of them is a trained killer. So no matter what we do, one of them is going to kill some body."

"Wait a minute! The characters of clue don't die! Other wise they wouldn't be suspects!" Farfarello yelled as though he was a far superior human being than the other man was.

"True, but one of these people in this place is supposed to be killed. You would have to ask one of the other people in charge of this; I just set up the house. My brother and his friends got the people. I did all of the background work," he continued, "I hope that person did die already, because it's been a pretty boring night."

Farf began to become agitated; he sat huffing at Parker. "What's wrong with you?" Parker asked.

"You disgust me. You low life, disgusting, poor excuse for a human being. How could you just think of other people as toys in this little made up world of yours?"

"Please, one person out of millions isn't going to make a difference! Japan can live." Parker argued.

"I hope that when you are down in hell, that you will remember the face of the man that sent you there. I am Farfarello. Now die."

"What?" Farf stabbed the man in the heart. The last man was gone. They could go home. The hallway was now illuminated from sunlight.

"OKAY EVERY BODY! WE CAN GO HOME NOW! LET'S GET OUT TO THE CAR!" Farfarello yelled across the house. Brad came out of the kitchen sipping his coffee. He was now wearing a bathrobe.

Kotori and Nagi came out of the ballroom, Kotori had her arms linked with Nagi's and Nagi had a large grin on his face. Schu came out of the lounge and walked down to the rest of the group and looked oddly at Kotori. He looked over at Brad and smiled, "Never fails, does it Brad?"

"Hey, I like my coffee and toast, in the same environment at the same time every morning." Brad said to Schu.

"Whatever."

Ken opened his eyes and saw Ran asleep on the table beside him. He could hear distant voices calling his and Ran's names. He woke up Ran and they both went to join the rest of the group. When they got there, "Colonel Mustard," "Ms. Peacock," "Professor Plum," and Yuriko all stood in the hallway talking to Schu and Brad. Nagi and Kotori were by themselves. And Farfie sat outside in the car honking the horn. Although none of them knew how, they managed to fit all eleven of them into the car. They drove off into the distance and all stayed at the old flower shop.