Death Mansion

Ch 7

Disclaimer:: I don't own InuYasha or any other copyrighted materials mentioned in this fic. I only own my original characters and the mansion!

Important author note:: This is sort of a "sister story" to At The Work Place. The character's are going to be killed, so obviously this story has no affect on the other one. It isn't essential that you read At The Work Place, though it might help. And, no, the flower shop crew is not in the other story.

WARNING:: Violence, murder, mild language.

CLUE: Dragged body.

Prime suspect(s) from last chapter: Reithil.

Saturday 2:45 AM

"I don't think going after him will do much," Spork bit her tongue worriedly.

"And why not?" Sango narrowed her eyes suspiciously.

"Because setting a trap, or going after him, would probably require people going outside or separating, which is obviouslt a bad idea," Spork explained.

"If we're careful--"

"We've been saying 'be careful' to everyone and they keep ending up dead!" Spork threw her hands up, she was frustrated.

Without warning, InuYasha yelled angrily and jumped up, he ran out the door saying, "I'm going to get revenge!"

"Shit," Spork jogged after him.

"Wait!" Ginta whined, scared to be left alone without the only other male.

"Son of a bitch, Spork!" Trey hissed and ran after the other two.

"I thought we were going to stay together?" Sango scoffed.

"I can't stay here... It isn't safe... We're all going to die... " Ginta mumbled.

Minutes past and everyone inside grew more worried.

"I hope Spork's okay," Squirrel squeaked.

Ginta screamed as the lights flickered and went out.

Trey ran back in panting. Lightning flashed and showed her hands covered in blood.

"I... I... couldn't stop him," she wheezed.

"He got both of them?" someone asked.

Trey's figure could be seen nodding in the dark.

"NO!" Squirrel yelled.

Everyone screamed as a window was shattered and someone came inside.

Pan, thinking quickly, grabbed a flash light and--with shaking hands--held it up.

The dark figure darted skillfully from the beam of light.

"Reithil, we know it's you," Trey tried to sound bold, but her voice came out shakey and scared.

A scream was heard and the figure jumped back out the window... holding someone else.

"Who's missing?" Pan threw the light on the guests, inspectign each of them.

"Rin..." Ginta said.

"We have to get the lights back on," Shikyo stated the obvious.

"Yeah, right. Any volunteers?" Pan scoffed.

"I'll go," Shikyo's smirk couldn't be seen in the dark.

"You're nuts," Trey had moved away from the entrance cautiously.

"I know," Shikyo walked toward the door and left without a moment's heitation.

"She knows something," Sango glared at the door as it swung back and forth.

"What do you mean?" Pan blinked, not quite sure what Sango was talking about.

"Why would she walk willingly into the night when there's a murderer out there? She wouldn't go unless she was sure she wouldn't be killed," Sango thought aloud.

"You're not suggesting it's her?" Pan sounded appalled.

Sango shook her head, "No, but I think she knows who it is..."

Saturday 3:10 AM

"She's taking a long time," Squirrel mumbled. "The fuse box isn't that far..."

"Maybe she's meeting with Reithil," Sango glanced around.

"You're crazy, lady," Trey laughed.

"Am I?! Hey, Trey, tell us this: How did you get blood on your hands?"

"I was feeling to see of InuYasha had a pulse," Trey explained.

"Feeling for his pulse, huh? What about Spork?" Sango's suspicious glare was unseen in the pitch black darkness.

"There was a trail of blood into the woods... I was guessing he dragged her off... I looked for footprints or signs of someone dragging someone else... But I guess the rain washed it away," she shrugged.

"Uh huh... " before Sango could ask another question the lights came on.

Everyone squinted as their eyes adjusted.

"What we need to do is look at every possible person and find solid alibis. We haev to eliminate possible killers," Sango nodded.

"What do you mean? We already know it's Reithil," Pan raised an eyebrow.

"Do we? Look," she pointed at the muddy prints by the broken window. "Shoe prints, aren't they?"

"Why is there so much blood?" Squirrel blinked, pointing at the floor, just in front of the window.

"Jumping through a window can do that to you," Sango rolled her eyes, as if it was obvious.

"Not that much," Squirrel held her chin in thought.

The other guests had come over to look at the scene.

"Squirrel is right... Why is he bleeding so much?" Sango looked at the large spots of blood.

"Maybe someone fought back... Spork or InuYasha I'm guessing," Aurora nodded.

"Where's Shikyo?" Trey looked around.

"We have to go save Rin... That is, if he hasn't killed her already," Ginta whimpered.

"Chances are he has, it isn't worth the risk," Aurora told him.

"I have a question... Trey, did you notice what side InuYasha was stabbed on?" Sango asked, kneeling down and inspecting the blood and shoe prints closer.

"He wasn't stabbed..." Trey looked down. "He was sliced across the stomach, horizontally."

"Hm... Well, that doesn't help," Sango mumbled.

"What are you getting at?" Squirrel narrowed her eyes at Sango.

"Who's left handed?" Sango turned and looked at the crew.

"Left handed... " Trey thought a moment. "Spork is... Actually I think she can use both... Huh, never really thought about it... Reithil is left handed as well."

"Well, that explains the blood here," Sango pointed. "See how all the blood marks are only in front of the right foot... If Reithil attacked Spork face to face, she probably clawed out at him with her left arm. She scratched what would be his right... " The blood marks corresponded in the said way, they were all in front of the right foot prints.

"Then Spork can still be alive?" Squirrel looked hopeful.

"Hate to say it, but it isn't likely..." Sango shook her head. "She put up a good fight though."

"Wait, if she saw him head on, then why didn't she scream?" Trey tilted her head.

"Easy... She was inspecting InuYasha's body. Reithil knew someone would follow InuYasha, so he left the body for them to find. As Spork looked to see if InuYasha was alive, Reithil came up behind her. With her sensitive squirrel ears she heard him, turned around, and only had a moment to attack, not scream." Sango shrugged, figuring it was a reasonable explanation.

Squirrel was deep in thought. "Well, that makes sense... But, don't you think it's odd that Reithil moved her body?"

"What do you mean?" Sango blinked.

"Trey couldn't find her body," Squirrel reminded. "He hasn't moved any one else, has he?"

"What does that have to do with my theory?" Sango arched an eyebrow.

"Nothing, really. But it means that Spork could still be alive," Squirrel smiled a little. "Maybe he's holding her captive for some reason."

"I guess that's true," Sango nodded.

"And maybe Shikyo, too," Pan shrugged. "And Rin, if we're lucky."

"Or they could all be dead," Trey laughed and was promptly smacked by Squirrel.

"We should go look for them, that is, if you guys truly believe they could still be alive," Sango looked to Squirrel, then Trey, and Pan.

"I think they're still alive," Aurora looked hopeful.

"Well, then we should go," Sango went to the kitchen and grabbed knives, came back and passed them out to everyone.

Ginta was hesitant, "This is a bad idea. He probably planned this."

Sango stopped to consider it, "That's true, he could hae planned that we'd go searching..."

"I doubt it, he was never that bright," Trey scoffed.

A/N: Who is it? Who is it?! WHO IS IT?! Still haven't figured it out? Oh, I will tell you this... At least one of the reviews I got was correct in their guess... Hehe...