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Chapter 5: Busted and another body
Zoe was startled out of her light sleep when she saw Psymon slide in through the window with a trembling Kaori in his arms. She ran to them and quickly wrapped a blanket around Kaori. Kaori was too tired to even say 'thank you' to Zoe. They took her out of the room and walked her to Mac's room. Psymon reached out and turned the knob of the door. He and Zoe looked at each other with startled eyes, the door was not supposed to be unlocked. Psymon cracked his knuckles a few times and balled his hands into fists and nodded to Zoe. They both quickly kicked the door and flicked on the lights, Psymon with fists up. Mac and Allegra both cursed loudly as they were caught unclothed together. Psymon and Zoe both looked shocked at the naked pair, who were equally embarrassed. Kaori lifted her head to see Mac scrambling for his pants, but she figured out quickly enough what had been going on. Kaori glared madly at Mac and shook her head, mouthing several curses in Japanese. Then she looked at Allegra, glared even more angrily at her and even managed to lift her arm to point at her.
"Slut!" she shouted in plain English, trying to attack Allegra but barely having the strength to walk. Zoe quickly took Kaori back to their room while Psymon stood in the doorway, shaking his head. Mac knew he was in the wrong, but couldn't allow his ego to falter.
"What? I didn't know she was still alive." Psymon shook his head and closed the door, walking back to Zoe's room. Mac and Allegra sat in stunned silence, he then looked at her and sneered.
"If Kaori doesn't take me back, I will never forgive you."
Psymon walked into the room and closed the door. Kaori shuddered under the blankets as Elise held her close. Psymon raised an eyebrow but said nothing.
"It's to bring her body temperature up, nothing more." Zoe said, slapping his arm. Psymon smirked and raised his hands without speaking. Zoe looked at him. "How are you doing?" She touched his bare arm and looked at him with concern. "You're freezing."
"I'm fine." He was weak vocally now, and frost still lined the tips of his spiked hair. His face and arms were bright pink and red in several spots and his lips were a pale grey.
"No, you're not." Zoe said sternly to him. Elise looked up at them and then looked solely at Psymon.
"Psymon, you were out there in a tanktop, get in here. Kaori's warming up, it will help her to get your heat up to." Psymon looked down at Elise.
"I had a sweater on."
"That you gave to Kaori, you were out there for a long time without a sweater, you need to warm up. Hypothermia isn't funny." Psymon sighed and looked at Zoe, she begrudgingly nodded.
"Do it." she said one more time, still stern.
"Where will you sleep?"
"I'll sleep in Seeiah's room, I don't think anyone else is in there." Psymon still looked at her with uncertainty.
"Do it, it's okay." Zoe smacked her brother on the chest and walked out of the room. Psymon looked down at Elise. Kaori was fast asleep, and Elise looked up at him with suggestive eyes.
"My offer from that night at the bar still stands." Psymon paused in removing his shirt.
"Elise, is this to get Kaori warmed up, or a hope that I'll change my mind? I told you before, now is not a good time for me to be in a relationship." Psymon reminded, Elise raised an eyebrow and sat up, displaying a skimpy bra and small underwear.
"Come on, how can you say 'no' to two beautiful young ladies like Kaori and myself?"
"Kaori's asleep, not expecting some kinky encounter."
"What difference does it make, it will still look damn good when word gets around you were in bed with both of us."
"We've been over this, Elise."
"How long are you going to put your life on hold to play big brother? Don't you think Zoe wants you to be happy?" Psymon released his shirt and let it fall back over his abs and was about to retort. The mood was broken as the sound of Zoe screaming alerted everyone. Psymon shot out of the room and didn't even bother to close the door behind him. He ran through the open door of the room as Zoe stood there with tears running down her face and her hands cupped over her mouth. Seeiah laid on her back, staring up at the ceiling with lifeless eyes. Other boarders ran into the room, some taking longer than others to make themselves decent. Zoe buried her face into Psymon's chest and sobbed into his shirt. He put his cold arms around his little sister and tried to comfort her. Brodi cautiously approached the body and investigated. Her hands were bound behind her back with a detachable electrical cord that seemed to belong to a portable stereo. He put his ear to her face and touched her neck.
"So breath, no pulse." he said grimly. "Looks like she was strangled." Moby now made his way through the group and knelt next to the bed to get a closer look. Brodi pointed to her face and neck. "See? Look. Her lipstick is smudged, but all in one way, like someone forced their hand over her mouth, leaving the other hand available to strangle her, see?" Brodi pointed at the handprints and bruises on her neck. Moby sighed and shook his head. Brodi also sighed and began untying her hands. "I don't know when this could have happened, must have been a while ago though, her body is already cooling."
"Okay, enough, seriously." Marisol said in a distressed fashion. "This is scary enough, we don't need you adding to it." Nate approached the body and lifted it gently.
"I'll put her out with Luther, someone come with me." Psymon cut Nate off.
"We're all going. We're going to camp out in the sitting room, every single one of us. Wake up whoever is still asleep, and un-naked anyone who isn't dressed, bring a pillow and a blanket, we're going downstairs."
How creepy would THAT be? How's the crew going to get through the night? Will the murderer come at them all at once, or will this sicko find a way to separate them and keep getting them one at a time? What will happen between Kaori, Mac and Allegra? And what about Elise and Psymon? Will Psymon finally allow himself to have a woman every man would want, or will Elise simply give up? More next time.
