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REMEMBER! CHARACTER DEATHS!!!!!
Chapter Eight
"Oh my God, Joey!" Tea cried, turning away. Tristan patted her shoulder as Malik walked carefully over to Joey and crouched down.
"Well?" Tristan asked, looking over at the Egyptian, avoiding looking at his old friend lying dead in the sand.
"He died late last night, the body's cold. Drowned, according to the blue tinge to his skin." Malik mused, standing up and wiping his hands off on his khaki pants. He frowned, cocking his head to the side.
"Should we move the body?" Tea whispered into Tristan's shoulder. She trembled slightly, and Tristan hugged her slightly.
"Yeah, but let me and Malik do it, okay?" Tristan said, and Tea shuddered to think what she would do if she had to do it!
Together the two boys were able to get Joey up to his room and they locked the door behind him. Tristan removed the little key that went to the safe down in the pantry, the safe that held all possible weapons and the two Millennium Items. He put it in his pocket.
"Do you still have the second one?" Tristan asked Malik. The Egyptian held up the other silver key. Tristan nodded and they headed back.
They went back out to where Tea was waiting nervously, shifting anxiously as she looked up at the two of them. She jumped at the slightest thing, even when one sea gull flew close to her.
"So Joey was the one who got 'swallowed by a fish.'" Tea said softly. Her voice cracked.
"Yes."
"And I went and read the next line." Tea continued. She was still jittery.
"And?"
"'Three little kids walking in the zoo,
A bear hit one and then there were two.'" Tea stated, and shuddered. What horrible psycho would kill people according to a poem??
"There aren't any bears here, though." Malik said, confused. He scratched his head and fiddled with one of his gold neckbands nervously.
"There aren't, are there?" he whispered, glancing back and forth as if expect a large bear to come barreling out of the rocks and attack them all.
"I know. That is what's confusing me. There are no animals here except birds." Tea said. "And even then, there aren't a lot of birds about."
"Maybe it's a play on words, like the 'fish swallowing' thing. A fish didn't swallow Joey. And the bee thing." Malik suggested, thinking back. The others looked at him, and he shrugged.
"I don't know, but if we stay together, we might be able to avoid anyone getting killed." Tristan said. He turned to go back to the house.
"I noticed that you ruled out any of us as the killer." Malik pointed out, and Tristan stopped in his tracks.
"Well, Joey was the only one out of his rooms." Tristan said carefully.
"But you had plenty of time to go kill him and then come knocking on our doors." Malik accused suspiciously. Tristan snapped around to face the Egyptian.
"You can't possibly mean that I would kill Joey!" Tristan gasped.
"Well, you had better come up with a good excuse how you didn't!" Malik pressed, purple eyes narrowed.
"It could have been any of you as well!" Tristan continued, and when it didn't seem to impress Malik and even Tea was looking a bit suspicious, Tristan took off running towards the house.
"I'll prove it to you!" He shouted, still running. He had a sudden idea on how to prove his innocence.........but who killed Joey, if those two didn't seem to know?
Malik. It may have been Malik. He could be pressing this issue just for this reason.........to get Tea alone.
Tristan halted, unsure what to do.
Malik and Tea looked at each other, and began walking after him.
"We'll have to be careful. If he is the killer, he might be luring us into a trap." Tea said.
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Tristan ran, anger evident on his features.
He passed under the garden arch, and ran towards the door.
When he reached the door he heard a low laugh from up above, and then everything went dark.
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Malik and Tea came walking up, when they saw a still form on the ground.
"Oh my God!" Tea gasped, staggering back from Tristan's body.
"'Three little kids walking in the zoo,
A bear hit one and then there were two.'" Malik whispered softly.
There, sitting on the floor, was a marble clock in the shape of a bear.
How did it happen?
They were both together.........which means that only an outside person could have done it.
Tea was all a flutter, panicking.
Who killed him? Malik had been with her the entire time!
And the clock was from her bedroom! This could be framed on her!
Malik suddenly laughed, surprising Tea. She snapped around to face him.
"So it was you?" Tea asked, nervously glancing at the door. To think, all along it had been Malik. But there were times when he couldn't have done it.........how did he do this?
"Yep." Malik said, grinning broadly. He twirled the Millennium Rod with one hand. Tea stared at it.
"But you said Marik had it!" she accused, backing away.
"I lied." He said simply.
"Why?" Tea asked. She didn't specify why he killed everyone or why he lied, but that didn't matter.
"Not important." Malik said, waving off her question.
"How? There were times when it would have been impossible for you to do some of the murders!" Such as when Duke was poisoned, and when Tristan was killed. Malik had been with her at those times.
"Well, it was actually quite easy." Another voice said.
Tea spun around.
"RYOU!"
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(End Chapter.)
Thanks to all reviewers!
Do you guys like my surprise?
Sorry people, but I just couldn't stand it to kill Ryou!
Rainystar186: No, I would NEVER kill Malik! Thanks for your review!
Ryou's Kitty: Well, since I wouldn't want to be haunted, here is another chapter!
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The Inspector: You are cursed. You keep guessing who is going to die! Do you like my little surprise? I couldn't stand having Ryou dead, so I brought him back to life! Thanks for your reviews!
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TCDOO12: Lol, "fish managed to have his dinner??" That's hilarious! Thanks for your review!
Anime Crazed: Well, now you know how Joey was killed. See, Ryou was helping! Thanks for your review!
Yami No Marik: I never really liked Tea, she annoyed me, but I don't hate her. Now, Mai I have a healthy hatred for, and I can't figure out why. She doesn't seem like that bad of a character, but I don't like her anyways. Joey is a constant source of amusement to me, so I didn't want to kill him right off. Hope you liked the chapter and thanks for your review!
Queen-galux: Lol, thanks for your review. But see? See! Ryou's not dead!