They All Fall Down
By: DB
Part 4:
Coincidence
"How!?" Quatre said breathlessly. "it was just water! Wasn't it!?"
Deep blue accusing eyes rounded on Duo. "Why don't we ask the person who got it for him?" Heero said coolly.
Duo's eyes went wide. "It wasn't me.. I didn't do it.. You have to believe me! I would never.."
Heero raised a hand to silence him. "What happened?"
"I went into the kitchen. the glass of water was already out. I looked at it. it seemed fine! Then I grabbed a drink out of the fridge and came back! I don't have any reason to kill Wufei. I'm not a murderer!"
Everyone looked at the Death Scythe pilot incredulously. He chewed his bottom lip.
"Well. someone poisoned him. a glass of water can't kill you." Trowa said calmly. He'd been a soldier since he could remember.. Death between friends was no new thing to him. "Can you tell what poison?"
Heero looked at Trowa and then at Wufei's blue face, grimacing. "Well he died of asphyxiation.. So that rules out Arsenic.. I'm guessing. Potassium Cyanide.. It's the only thing that could have killed him so fast."
"Wait. how does that rule out arsenic?" Quatre asked softly.
"Well. from arsenic. he would have had stomach problems and thrown up a lot before dying. Potassium Cyanide works much faster and he drank it. suffocating him which Arsenic couldn't have done." Heero sighed. "Well. we can't leave him here. Trowa? Will you help me carry him upstairs?"
Trowa glanced to Quatre and the blonde nodded. "Sure." Trowa said quietly, rising and helping The Perfect Soldier carry Wufei's body upstairs.
Quatre pulled his knees to his chest while Duo sat there, shaking his head. "I didn't do it. You believe me. don't you Quatre?"
The blonde looked over at him, smiling softly. "Sure."
Duo frowned and looked at the floor. "This all seems familiar. Like it's happened somewhere before.. " He thought as hard as he could. "I think I've got it!" He shouted, jumping up from the couch and bounding upstairs.. Leaving Quatre all alone..
~ much Later ~
Everyone remaining was in the living room once more. Duo was thumbing through the pages of his book, scanning each one for whatever he was looking for. Heero found an outlet and was typing away at his laptop; Quatre was huddled next to Trowa.
The tension was starting to become unbearable.
'They couldn't believe it was I. That's absurd! No one could ever think it was I!'
'I have to figure this out. who could it have been? Maybe. I wonder.'
'Just keep level headed. stay out of trouble. no one will be the wiser. no one.'
'It's got to be somewhere'
Duo reached over and took another drink of his sprite. Before.
"AH HA!" He shouted, leaping off the couch, scaring everyone in the room out of their wits.
"What are you talking about?!" Heero glared at him from his chair.
"I know why this is familiar! In the book I'm reading. I told you all about it earlier.but that was mindless chatter. This time it's important so listen up. The first person to die in the book was some guy.. He died from poisoning in his drink."
"So?" Heero raised an eyebrow.
Duo grinned. "Death by asphyxiation.. Potassium cyanide in his drink. Now where does that sound familiar? Oh gee. you just dragged someone upstairs who died the same way! Oh wow... And here's another similarity.." He frowned, thumbing back through the pages. " They both kicked the bucket right after some mysterious person accused them of being murderers. and they both were in a sense.. Guilty of crimes the law couldn't get them for." Duo put his hand to his forehead and plopped back down on the couch. feeling very dizzy.
Three pairs of eyes watched the braided boy warily.
"Are you saying. the murderer is reading the same book.. And decided to kill us the same way?" Heero asked skeptically.
Duo yawned, suddenly tired. "Yep. But there's one problem.. In the book. there's ten people. and now there's only four of us. so it doesn't fit." He stretched, yawning once more, trying to keep his eyelids up. "So that means." His eyelids fell. "That means." he whispered. Heero leapt from his chair, rushing over to Duo when the braided boy didn't move or finish his sentence.
He shook his lover. "Duo wake up!" he felt for a pulse. it was still there and pretty strong. Quatre bit his lip and Trowa pulled him closer.
"He's probably just worn out Heero.." Trowa said quietly.
"I don't think so." Heero whispered, smirking inwardly at how stupid he sounded. how believably stupid this all was. His hand wrapped around Duo's braid.
"I think he's right." Quatre said suddenly. "There's a lot of coincidences between his book and our situation. At dinner. he was talking about how they were trapped in a house. with no way of getting back to their homes. Think about it. We're trapped in a house.. If we left. where would we go? Where could we go? We might as well be on an island too."
Heero frowned, then looked at Quatre. "How'd the second person die? Did he say?"
Quatre chewed on his bottom lip. He closed his eyes. "They fell asleep. and didn't wake up." He said almost too softly to be heard. But he was heard.
Deep-set blue eyes rounded back to Duo. "Well. the killer seemed to have miscalculated on how much of a sleeping drug to use. Duo's still alive." Heero reached over and took the book from the sleeping boy's hands. "I remember him telling me. they die the same way these boys do in a nursery rhyme." He flipped through the pages, stopping when his eyes caught italic print. "Got it." And with that he proceeded to read the rhyme:
10 Little Indian Boys went out to dine One choked his little self, and then there were Nine
9 Little Indian Boys sat up very late One overslept himself, and then there were Eight
8 Little Indian Boys travelling in Devon One said he'd stay, and then there were Seven
7 Little Indian Boys chopping up sticks One chopped himself in halves, and then there were Six
6 Little Indian Boys playing with a hive A bumblebee stung one, and then there were five
5 Little Indian Boys going in for law One got in Chancery, and then there were four
4 Little Indian Boys going out to sea A Red herring swallowed one, and then there were three
3 Little Indian Boys walking in the zoo A big bear hugged one, and then there were two
2 Little Indian Boys sitting in the sun One got frizzled, And Then There Was One
1 Little Indian Boy left all alone He went and hanged himself and then there was none.
Heero closed his eyes. "What time is it?"
Trowa checked his wrist watch. "Around 11:30.."
'what perfect timing.' Heero thought bitterly. "This stage has been set very well." he said quietly. "But the next murder won't happen. There's not one place called Devon anywhere near here.."
"Um. Heero. I was rummaging through the desk in our room. and I found a letter.. The last name of the former owner of this house.."
"let me guess. is Devon."
Quatre nodded feebly. "Heero. the email the doctors received from the hackers. did it have a title?" he watched Heero leave the braided boy's side and go to his laptop. Quatre continued. "Duo was telling me. the old record that accused everyone of their crimes.. Was titled."
"Swan Song.." Heero said quietly, reading off the subject line. Doctor J had sent him a copy of the email in question. heero looked up and saw Quatre staring at him, nodding slightly.
"Yeah."
Heero looked over at Duo. "You're the last one I want killed." He whispered, sure no one could hear him.
"We have to leave this house. Now if we can!"
"We can't" Heero said solemnly. "Orders." But his saddened eyes fell on Duo once more. He would do anything to protect his lover from being murdered. even if it meant betraying the orders he had been given.
"And by following those orders. you're condemning us to death!" Quatre shouted, leaping out of his spot next to Trowa. "Heero, please! For once in your life. Don't follow the rules! Think of what might happen to us! What might happen to Duo! Heero."
"Enough." He said coldly, giving Quatre a glare that could melt steel.
The small blonde boy bit back his fear. "No."
Heero didn't need another fight.. He walked over to the couch, scooping Duo up in his arms. "We'll discuss this in the morning." he looked at Duo's pale face. "when we're all awake to hear it." Bitterness and tension filled the room as the Perfect Soldier gave the other two boys a passing lance before turning and heading towards the stairs.
"We aren't going to leave this house." Quatre said quietly. "None of us will."
End of part 4
A/N: yeah, yeah. I know this part was a lil shorter than the others but cut me some slack! I couldn't have found a better place to end it ^_^ Anyway. As you can prolly tell. I've decided to incorporate the book more into my fanfic! Thus making it an all around great fic! (Using Agatha Christie's fantastic book as crutches of course ^_~) ANYWAY! Closer to discovering the killer yet?
Duo: Its.!
T_T it's who Duo!?
Duo: heh heh. Nevermind ^_^;;;;
Exactly. Now its review time!
Heero seemed to know exactly which poison killed his friend and the effects of another kind of poison. Could He be the killer?
Trowa has shown some emotion towards the happenings. but he could be acting. and he's remained quite silent through the proceedings. Could the stoic clown be the derranged killer?
Quatre was all alone in the room.. All alone with Duo's drink. He could have slipped some sleeping pills into the soda can and no one would have been the wiser. But does Quatre really seem the type to murder his best friend? I've read about more innocent characters snapping. ^_~
And Duo.. Duo knew about the connections with the book. Could he be using it to his advantage? Creating a murder crime just like the perfect murders he had read in the book?
But there's still one element at work here.. The possible threat from the outer world.
Who could it be?
I'll let you ponder on it ^_^
~ DB ~
By: DB
Part 4:
Coincidence
"How!?" Quatre said breathlessly. "it was just water! Wasn't it!?"
Deep blue accusing eyes rounded on Duo. "Why don't we ask the person who got it for him?" Heero said coolly.
Duo's eyes went wide. "It wasn't me.. I didn't do it.. You have to believe me! I would never.."
Heero raised a hand to silence him. "What happened?"
"I went into the kitchen. the glass of water was already out. I looked at it. it seemed fine! Then I grabbed a drink out of the fridge and came back! I don't have any reason to kill Wufei. I'm not a murderer!"
Everyone looked at the Death Scythe pilot incredulously. He chewed his bottom lip.
"Well. someone poisoned him. a glass of water can't kill you." Trowa said calmly. He'd been a soldier since he could remember.. Death between friends was no new thing to him. "Can you tell what poison?"
Heero looked at Trowa and then at Wufei's blue face, grimacing. "Well he died of asphyxiation.. So that rules out Arsenic.. I'm guessing. Potassium Cyanide.. It's the only thing that could have killed him so fast."
"Wait. how does that rule out arsenic?" Quatre asked softly.
"Well. from arsenic. he would have had stomach problems and thrown up a lot before dying. Potassium Cyanide works much faster and he drank it. suffocating him which Arsenic couldn't have done." Heero sighed. "Well. we can't leave him here. Trowa? Will you help me carry him upstairs?"
Trowa glanced to Quatre and the blonde nodded. "Sure." Trowa said quietly, rising and helping The Perfect Soldier carry Wufei's body upstairs.
Quatre pulled his knees to his chest while Duo sat there, shaking his head. "I didn't do it. You believe me. don't you Quatre?"
The blonde looked over at him, smiling softly. "Sure."
Duo frowned and looked at the floor. "This all seems familiar. Like it's happened somewhere before.. " He thought as hard as he could. "I think I've got it!" He shouted, jumping up from the couch and bounding upstairs.. Leaving Quatre all alone..
~ much Later ~
Everyone remaining was in the living room once more. Duo was thumbing through the pages of his book, scanning each one for whatever he was looking for. Heero found an outlet and was typing away at his laptop; Quatre was huddled next to Trowa.
The tension was starting to become unbearable.
'They couldn't believe it was I. That's absurd! No one could ever think it was I!'
'I have to figure this out. who could it have been? Maybe. I wonder.'
'Just keep level headed. stay out of trouble. no one will be the wiser. no one.'
'It's got to be somewhere'
Duo reached over and took another drink of his sprite. Before.
"AH HA!" He shouted, leaping off the couch, scaring everyone in the room out of their wits.
"What are you talking about?!" Heero glared at him from his chair.
"I know why this is familiar! In the book I'm reading. I told you all about it earlier.but that was mindless chatter. This time it's important so listen up. The first person to die in the book was some guy.. He died from poisoning in his drink."
"So?" Heero raised an eyebrow.
Duo grinned. "Death by asphyxiation.. Potassium cyanide in his drink. Now where does that sound familiar? Oh gee. you just dragged someone upstairs who died the same way! Oh wow... And here's another similarity.." He frowned, thumbing back through the pages. " They both kicked the bucket right after some mysterious person accused them of being murderers. and they both were in a sense.. Guilty of crimes the law couldn't get them for." Duo put his hand to his forehead and plopped back down on the couch. feeling very dizzy.
Three pairs of eyes watched the braided boy warily.
"Are you saying. the murderer is reading the same book.. And decided to kill us the same way?" Heero asked skeptically.
Duo yawned, suddenly tired. "Yep. But there's one problem.. In the book. there's ten people. and now there's only four of us. so it doesn't fit." He stretched, yawning once more, trying to keep his eyelids up. "So that means." His eyelids fell. "That means." he whispered. Heero leapt from his chair, rushing over to Duo when the braided boy didn't move or finish his sentence.
He shook his lover. "Duo wake up!" he felt for a pulse. it was still there and pretty strong. Quatre bit his lip and Trowa pulled him closer.
"He's probably just worn out Heero.." Trowa said quietly.
"I don't think so." Heero whispered, smirking inwardly at how stupid he sounded. how believably stupid this all was. His hand wrapped around Duo's braid.
"I think he's right." Quatre said suddenly. "There's a lot of coincidences between his book and our situation. At dinner. he was talking about how they were trapped in a house. with no way of getting back to their homes. Think about it. We're trapped in a house.. If we left. where would we go? Where could we go? We might as well be on an island too."
Heero frowned, then looked at Quatre. "How'd the second person die? Did he say?"
Quatre chewed on his bottom lip. He closed his eyes. "They fell asleep. and didn't wake up." He said almost too softly to be heard. But he was heard.
Deep-set blue eyes rounded back to Duo. "Well. the killer seemed to have miscalculated on how much of a sleeping drug to use. Duo's still alive." Heero reached over and took the book from the sleeping boy's hands. "I remember him telling me. they die the same way these boys do in a nursery rhyme." He flipped through the pages, stopping when his eyes caught italic print. "Got it." And with that he proceeded to read the rhyme:
10 Little Indian Boys went out to dine One choked his little self, and then there were Nine
9 Little Indian Boys sat up very late One overslept himself, and then there were Eight
8 Little Indian Boys travelling in Devon One said he'd stay, and then there were Seven
7 Little Indian Boys chopping up sticks One chopped himself in halves, and then there were Six
6 Little Indian Boys playing with a hive A bumblebee stung one, and then there were five
5 Little Indian Boys going in for law One got in Chancery, and then there were four
4 Little Indian Boys going out to sea A Red herring swallowed one, and then there were three
3 Little Indian Boys walking in the zoo A big bear hugged one, and then there were two
2 Little Indian Boys sitting in the sun One got frizzled, And Then There Was One
1 Little Indian Boy left all alone He went and hanged himself and then there was none.
Heero closed his eyes. "What time is it?"
Trowa checked his wrist watch. "Around 11:30.."
'what perfect timing.' Heero thought bitterly. "This stage has been set very well." he said quietly. "But the next murder won't happen. There's not one place called Devon anywhere near here.."
"Um. Heero. I was rummaging through the desk in our room. and I found a letter.. The last name of the former owner of this house.."
"let me guess. is Devon."
Quatre nodded feebly. "Heero. the email the doctors received from the hackers. did it have a title?" he watched Heero leave the braided boy's side and go to his laptop. Quatre continued. "Duo was telling me. the old record that accused everyone of their crimes.. Was titled."
"Swan Song.." Heero said quietly, reading off the subject line. Doctor J had sent him a copy of the email in question. heero looked up and saw Quatre staring at him, nodding slightly.
"Yeah."
Heero looked over at Duo. "You're the last one I want killed." He whispered, sure no one could hear him.
"We have to leave this house. Now if we can!"
"We can't" Heero said solemnly. "Orders." But his saddened eyes fell on Duo once more. He would do anything to protect his lover from being murdered. even if it meant betraying the orders he had been given.
"And by following those orders. you're condemning us to death!" Quatre shouted, leaping out of his spot next to Trowa. "Heero, please! For once in your life. Don't follow the rules! Think of what might happen to us! What might happen to Duo! Heero."
"Enough." He said coldly, giving Quatre a glare that could melt steel.
The small blonde boy bit back his fear. "No."
Heero didn't need another fight.. He walked over to the couch, scooping Duo up in his arms. "We'll discuss this in the morning." he looked at Duo's pale face. "when we're all awake to hear it." Bitterness and tension filled the room as the Perfect Soldier gave the other two boys a passing lance before turning and heading towards the stairs.
"We aren't going to leave this house." Quatre said quietly. "None of us will."
End of part 4
A/N: yeah, yeah. I know this part was a lil shorter than the others but cut me some slack! I couldn't have found a better place to end it ^_^ Anyway. As you can prolly tell. I've decided to incorporate the book more into my fanfic! Thus making it an all around great fic! (Using Agatha Christie's fantastic book as crutches of course ^_~) ANYWAY! Closer to discovering the killer yet?
Duo: Its.!
T_T it's who Duo!?
Duo: heh heh. Nevermind ^_^;;;;
Exactly. Now its review time!
Heero seemed to know exactly which poison killed his friend and the effects of another kind of poison. Could He be the killer?
Trowa has shown some emotion towards the happenings. but he could be acting. and he's remained quite silent through the proceedings. Could the stoic clown be the derranged killer?
Quatre was all alone in the room.. All alone with Duo's drink. He could have slipped some sleeping pills into the soda can and no one would have been the wiser. But does Quatre really seem the type to murder his best friend? I've read about more innocent characters snapping. ^_~
And Duo.. Duo knew about the connections with the book. Could he be using it to his advantage? Creating a murder crime just like the perfect murders he had read in the book?
But there's still one element at work here.. The possible threat from the outer world.
Who could it be?
I'll let you ponder on it ^_^
~ DB ~