A/N: A bow tie is also a Conan's Hint. I forgot to add it in there on the other chapter. Sorry!!! Don't yell at me!! Back to the story.
In Today's Case: Random Murder Night Part 2
They starred at the head who was once Mrs. McSail. Mr. McSail had shown up at the scene. When he saw the head of his wife he broke down in tears. Richard's drunken face had turned into a serious one. He looked back at Rachel.
"Rachel, take Mr. McSail to the other room." He said. Rachel nodded her head as she placed her hands on his shoulders taking him into the living room where the party was. Richard looked down at Keiki. "Did you find you're mother like this?" Richard asked. Keiki nodded her head. Alexis who was standing by the phone picked it up to call the police. When she picked up the phone; she looked at everyone.
"The phone's dead." She said. Everyone looked at her in shock. Conan looked around the kitchen. The Richard grabbed Conan by the shirt.
"A CRIME SCENE ISN"T A PLACE FOR KIDS!!!" Richard yelled. Tess was then standing behind Richard.
"And that includes you to Uncle." Richard jumped letting go of Conan's shirt. Richard looked at Tess then he crossed his arms. Conan stood up from the floor. He looked around. He looked on top of the counter at the steak knife holder. The Boucher knife was missing. Tess looked at Conan. "What did you find?" Tess asked. Conan looked at Tess then back at the knife holder.
"The Boucher knife is gone." Conan stated. Tess looked at the knife holder.
"He's right." Tess said. Tess turned to look at Chris. "Chris how often was the Boucher knife sharpened?" Tess asked.
"It's sharpened everyday." Chris answered. Tess looked at the head.
"That's sharp enough to cut off a head." She said. Richard nodded his head. Tess started too looked in all the cabinets. "Where there's a head..." she then opened a cabinet, pieces of Mrs. McSail's body fell out. Tess backed up before anything could fall on her. She looked at the pieces of the body.
"Finish what you were going to say." Richard said as his drunken face came back. Tess looked at Richard.
"I was going to say body but not like this." Tess said as she turned back to look at the body.
"Okay!!! Everyone away from the kitchen." Richard said as he forced everyone out. They sat in the living listening to Keiki cry and Mr. McSail's sobs.
"I'm going to make some coffee." Chris said. Richard stood up.
"No one goes in that kitchen!" Richard yelled. Chris looked at Richard.
"There are two kitchens." Chris said. Then Alex stood up.
"I'm going to the bathroom." Chris and Alex went their separate ways. They sat there. Then the lights went out. Everyone looked around. Then Alex screamed. Tess and Conan looked down at each other. They ran down the hall way. They looked around. Conan opened a door to see Alex lying on the ground. Dead. His head was chopped off! Conan's eyes widened as he took a step back. Tess looked into the room. Tess just starred at Alex's corpse. Then she heard something. She looked around. She then saw someone dressed in black holding an axe above their head. The killer's target... was Conan. The killer swung down. Tess grabbed the back of Conan's shirt. Tess threw him to the side. Conan slammed against the wall hitting his head. Conan rubbed his head.
"Ouch." He said. He looked up at Tess as the axe hit the ground. Tess side kicked the killer in his face. He fell back. The killer grabbed his axe then ran off. Then the lights started to flicker. Tess and Conan looked up as they watched the lights turn on. Tess looked at Conan.
"Are you okay?" she asked. Conan stood up.
"YOU THREW AGAINST THE WALL!!! DO YOU THINK I'M OKAY?!" Conan yelled. Tess smiled. Then Rachel and Richard came around the corner. Rachel bent down next to Conan.
"Conan are you hurt?" Rachel asked. Conan shook his head.
"No I'm fine." Conan answered. Tess crossed her arms.
'You yell at me for asking you.' Tess thought. Richard stopped as he looked down at Conan. He walked up to the room. When he looked into the room he saw Alex's corpse. Richard looked around to see that the room that Alex's corpse was in wasn't the bathroom.
"Wait, this isn't the bathroom." Richard stated. Tess looked at Richard as she peaked into the room. Tess' eyes widened.
"You're right." Tess said. Richard looked at Tess.
"Of course I'm right!! I'm always right!!" Richard yelled. Tess rolled her eyes. She turned her back then walked away. Rachel and Conan watched her.
"Where are you going?" Rachel asked. Tess stopped. She turned to look at Rachel.
"Well, someone has to tell Alexis."
"Tell me what?" Tess turned around to see Alexis in front of her with everyone else behind her except the butler. Alexis placed her hands on Tess' shoulders. "Tell me what! I know that was my husband who screamed, no what happened?!" Alexis yelled. Tess looked down.
"Um... Alex is... well... dead." Tess told her. Alexis' eyes started to fill up with water. Keiki walked up to her placing her hands on her shoulders. Alexis turned toward Keiki. She rested her forehead on her shoulder then started to cry.
"Who ever is doing this must be committing random killings. So no body will be leaving the living room." Richard said. Rachel stood up.
"But dad..."
"What happens if we have to leave?" Yuri asked. Richard looked at Yuri.
"Then you go with a buddy." He answered. Then Chris came running down the hallway.
"I heard someone yell happened?" he asked. Everyone looked at him. Chris looked at Alexis who was crying on Keiki's shoulder. He looked at Richard.
"Alex was killed." Richard answered. "All right everyone to the back to the living room!" Richard yelled as he pushed everyone to the living room. Tess stopped then looked down the hallway that the killer ran off. She then looked at the hallway that Chris came out of. She shook her head. Then they all were sitting around in the living as the clock ticked away. Conan, Rachel, and Tess sat on a couch. Keiki was standing by the window trying to calm Alexis down. Richard stood by the grandfather clock on the other side of the room. Yuri sat on a chair next to Mr. McSail. Conan glanced around the room. He then stood.
"I have to go to the bathroom." Conan said. Richard looked at Conan.
"You're not going by yourself." Richard stated. Tess stood up.
"I'll go with him." Tess said. Conan and Tess walked down the hallway toward the bathroom. As Tess and Conan walked down the hallway; Conan entered the room where Alex was murdered. Tess looked around. "This isn't the bathroom." Tess said. Conan looked at Tess.
"I know, I never really had to go." Conan said. Tess nodded her head.
"Oh, okay." She said. Conan crawled underneath a table. Tess stepped into a room. "What room is this anyway?" Tess asked as she looked around. Conan looked at her.
"Don't you know?" Tess shook her head. "It's an extra room that mansions usually have." Conan said turning back around. Tess nodded her head. Conan lifted up a small rug finding the missing Boucher knife. He smiled. "Found it!" Conan yelled.
"Found what?" Tess asked. Conan pulled out a cloth from his pocket. He came out from underneath the table then showed it to Tess. "That's the..."
"Yes, the missing knife."
"Did you ever notice that Chris is never around when the murders happen?" Tess asked. Conan looked at Tess.
"Now that I think about it no." Conan answered.
"I was thinking that he could be the murderer." Tess said. Conan looked at Tess.
"How do you know?" Conan asked. Tess shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know maybe that knife could be the answer." Tess said. Pointing to it. Conan looked at it.
'Now that Tess said something about it... Chris is never really around when the murders happen. He's always in the...' Conan stopped thinking. "THE KITCHEN!!!" Conan yelled. Tess looked at him funny. Then she looked up. She placed her foot out in front of her.
"JIMMY!!! LOOK OUT!!!!" Tess yelled. Conan turned around to the killer dressed in black with an axe above his head swinging down. Tess ran up to him grabbing his hand. Conan dropped the Boucher knife on the floor as his feet was lifted off the ground carried away by Tess. The axe hit the floor. Tess turned the corner as she headed back down the hallway when the lights went out. Tess stopped as she looked around. Conan's feet was set on the ground. Tess turned around as she watched then killer the run off in a different direction. Tess chased after him. Conan's feet again lifted off the ground. Conan looked at Tess.
"What are you doing?!" Conan yelled.
"Well, I'm saving you and chasing after the killer." Tess answered. Then Tess bumped into someone. Her and Conan fell onto the floor. They looked up as they saw Richard standing there.
"What are you two doing?" Richard asked. Tess stood up helping Conan up.
"I was chasing after the killer when I bumped into you!" Tess yelled. "Oh and Conan's been a target twice." Tess said.
"TWICE!!!" Richard yelled. Tess nodded her head.
"Yeah, the first time was when Conan found Alex's body and the second time was near the bathroom. Tess said as she glanced down at him. Richard placed his fingers on his chin in an L form.
"Then the killer must be committing random murders." Richard said.
"And what are you doing up here?" Tess asked. Richard looked at Tess.
"Well Keiki and Alexis went missing." Richard answered. "They said they were going to go make coffee. But since the power went out again they wouldn't be able to make it." Richard added.
"Was Chris in the room?" Conan asked. Tess and Richard looked down at Conan.
"What?"
"Think about it. When ever something goes wrong Chris is never around." Conan said. Tess looked at Richard.
"That's true." Tess said. Richard then looked at Tess. Then they heard something coming down the hall. They all turned around. Something was crawling. They were using their arms to crawl with. When they got closer... they knew who it was. It was Keiki. They ran over to her. Keiki looked at them as they bent down. She was covered in blood. She had the Boucher knife in her back. Blood then started to pour out her mouth when she opened it.
"Th..."
"What?" Richard asked.
"The... the... k... killer... is..." then the next thing they knew was... she was dead. Tess looked at the Boucher knife as the lights kicked on. Richard stood up. He took off his jacket then placed it over Keiki's body.
"Well, if she's dead then Alexis is dead." Richard said. "Come on you two let's go back to the living room." He said as he walked away. Tess and Conan looked at each other as they took off in a different direction.
"Tess! Where are we going?" Conan asked. Tess looked down at him then forward.
"To the basement." She answered.
"We don't even know where that is!!!" Conan yelled.
"We'll find it." Tess said.
Richard entered the living. Rachel stood up from the couch.
"Dad." Richard looked at Rachel. "Where's Conan and Tess?" Richard jumped turning himself around. Not seeing Tess or Conan anywhere.
"URGH!!!! They were right behind me!!!" Richard yelled.
Tess and Conan found their way to the basement. Tess flicked on the lights. She walked down. She looked around as Conan bumped into her leg. He looked up at her. Conan stared at her as he saw surprisement in her eyes. He looked forward. He then saw Alexis. She was hanging from the ceiling of the basement by a huge hook that was in neck. Blood dripped down onto the floor as she swung back and forth slowly. Conan jumped back landing on one foot and placing his arm around his chest. Tess walked forward toward the body. Tess walked around. She stopped, standing behind it.
"That's an odd way of killing someone." Tess said.
"AN ODD WAY?! That's a disgusting way!!" Conan yelled as he placed his other foot on the ground. Conan walked toward Tess. "What are we looking for again?" Conan asked.
"The light box." She said as she walked toward a wall. She found the light box. She opened it to see all the switches switched off. She looked at it oddly. She then found a remote sitting in side. She picked it up. She turned it around. She read the back then placed it in her pocket.
Conan looked around. He found something lying on the ground. Bent down that picked it up.
'What's this?' Conan looked at it. His mouth then dropped open. "Tess!" Tess turned around to look at him. She walked toward him.
"What?" Tess asked.
"Look. It's Chris' bow tie!!" Conan yelled as he held it up for her to see. She took it. She looked at it.
"Your right. That means..."
"CHRIS IS THE MURDERER!!" They both yelled. They ran upstairs finding their way back to the living room. Richard looked at them as he took a seat on the end of the couch.
"WHERE HAVE YOU TWO BEEN?!" Richard asked. Tess smiled. She placed her hand on the back of her head.
"We got lost." Tess answered. Conan flipped up his watch. He then shot a needle at Richard as Richard fell asleep. His head bent down toward his chest. Conan ran behind the couch. He took off his bow tie.
"I worried about you two!!"
"I'm sorry uncle." Tess said.
"Now, I have to say something."
"What is it dad?" Rachel asked as Chris entered the room standing next to Tess.
"Chris, come and join us." Chris walked over then stood in front of Richard as everyone waited for Richard to speak. "Now that we're all here. I can reveal who the killer is." Everyone placed a shock look on their face except Tess. Tess walked over then stood next to Richard's sleeping body. Conan handed her then bow tie. Tess slipped the bow tie into Richard's hands without anyone seeing her doing it. "I found this bow tie down stairs in the basement next to Alexis' dead body." Tess kicked the couch. Richard's hand then flipped over revealing the black bow tie. Mr. McSail looked at Chris.
"Chris... is that your bow tie?" Mr. McSail asked. Chris placed his hand on his neck. He felt around not finding his bow tie.
"Chris was the one committing all the murderers."
"He switched on and off the lights with a remote." Tess said as she took out the remote. She showed the back of it. "This remote says number two on it. Meaning there's another one. Which is lying in Chris' pocket." Tess stated. Chris shook his head.
"No, how could I've killed Keiki and Alexis?" Chris asked.
"We didn't even tell any one that Keiki was dead so how did you find out? I know, because you're the killer!" Richard supposedly yelled. Chris fell to his knees.
"It's true I did do it. I killed Mrs. McSail, Alex, Keiki, Alexis. Because... because I hated them. Just like I almost killed that boy! I hated the way he looked." Chris said.
"That's no reason to kill someone. Just because you didn't like them. The only thing you did was take lives the price you pay for that is going to jail for life."
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