= Murder III =
By StarFoxRocks
Chapter Three
The Setting: Yellow Comet HQ, up in the Mountains
The Time: 6:59 PM
The Situation: Brutal Murder!
"This can't be happening... I mean, what the hell is going on?"
"We're being stalked by a madman!"
"What is he tryin' to pull?"
Everyone sat in the dining room, where they were before the past two incidents.
"We need to lock this place down!" Hachi said.
"It's too late for that!" Flak said. "He's probably already inside! And waiting to kill us all!"
He turned and ran.
"Wait! Flak! Come back!"
Everyone got up and followed him.
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Flak had ran down the path as fast as he could. He had to get out of the mountains!
But, unfortunatly for him, there wasn't going to be a way out. For when he arrived at the bridge enterance.
Flak stopped dead, and fell backwards. Everyone caught up to him.
"Flak! What's the big- oh, shit..."
The bridge ropes had been cut. They were trapped!
"Everyone, get inside," Eagle said. "Now."
Lightning flashed.
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The whole Headquarters had been locked down. All doors and windows that lead outside had been locked and secured tightly. The mess in the Hall where Andy was murdered had been cleaned. Nobody wanted to smell or see what had happened.
Lash was sitting in the kitchen by herself. Or, at least, until Sonja came in.
"Lash, are you okay?" she asked.
"What do you think?" Lash said. "We're trapped in a headquarters building, being stalked by a killer maniac. Do I seem okay to you?"
"Well..." Sonja sat down next to her. "I know this is a hard time..."
"Obviously..."
As lightning flashed again, they saw a figure pass by the window outside.
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"Eagle, what are you doing?"
Eagle was looking through a book.
"Nothing... just reading this book I found..."
"What is it?"
"Just some action novel..." Eagle put the book down on the desk.
Just then, Nell joined them. "How are you two working out?"
"Just fine," Eagle sighed.
"Well, the stench of blood has left the hall," Nell said. "We can finally walk through it without having to cover our noses."
"I'm way too tired for this..." Drake said, lowering his head against the couch pillows."
"We have to stay awake," Nell said. "The killer may strike again at any time!"
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Sensei opened the door to a fuse box in the basement.
"Does this power everything?" asked Sami. "Yeah," Sensei said. "The whole HQ. We didn't want to put it outside, it'd give the enemy too much of an advantage."
"Good idea," said Sami. "All of 'em on?"
"Yeah... wait a minute..."
Sensei flicked a switch. "Now all of 'em on."
"Which one was off?"
"3rd Floor Window locks... who'd guess?"
He slammed the fuse box door shut.
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Up on the unoccupied 3rd floor, lights covered everything in the hallways and rooms. Up in a windowed hallway, a window slowly opened.
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"Do you really think we should check the third floor?"
"Better safe than sorry, Sami..."
"Well, true... but... still..."
As they reached the top of the staircase, they walked into the windowed hallway. The first thing they noticed was that a window was open.
"Oh no..."
Sensei walked up to it and looked outside. "He used this window..."
As they looked outside, the figure stepped into the hallway behind them. Sami heard a footstep and saw him raising an axe!
"Sensei! Look out - it's him!"