Whoa! Recently looked on the stat area, and can't believe the reviews I have for this story. I only put up about 5 chapters, and I have half the ones for my other one, which has twelve chapters. I like this story better though, because it's easier to write. The other one is hard for ideas. Anyways, here you go.
Oh, and last time, I made a huge mistake, though no one noticed, I accidentally used "Raven" instead of "Thea". I'm sorry, but I hope you'll pretend that I didn't, because I plan to use it for the first time later. Sorry!
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Richard looked back at Thea, who sat there, looking extremely confused. She got up, and walked over o the door, next to Richard. Mark then walked away, motioning for them to follow him. They walked after him, still shocked.
"Who-who is it?" Thea said to herself softly. Richard heard her, and he wanted to say it would be okay, but he was scared too.
Mark pointed to the body lying on the ground. Thea screamed at the sight of it, and Richard felt his insides heave. They stood in Gar's room, looking at his decapitated body, and head lying 3 feet away.
Thea dropped to the floor in a crouch, and covered her ear with her arms. Richard kneeled down next to her, and comforted her.
She had begun to sob. He gently took her face in his hand. "I'm-I'm so scared." She said. He wrapped his arms around her thin body.
He helped her up as Bumblebee grabbed the body, and Mark pulled the head up with tongs.
They said Starfire had been the first to see it when she knocked on the door, but there was no answer. She then opened it, saw it, and ran out in shock.
When they got back into their room, Richard sat down onto the bed, and raked his hands through his hair uncomfortably.
He began to think to himself. Who could do it, and still be unsuspected for such a long time. Boy, when he did find out who was killing people, they murderer was going to face some large charges, such as 7 murders, and that was only as of now. He needed to figure out who was doing this before anyone else was killed.
Thea walked out of the bathroom with puffy eyes. She sat next to him, and he wrapped his arm around her neck.
"I haven't been this scared in a really long time. Not-not since the time with mark…" she said before she stopped.
"I know, and I can't blame you. We have to find out who is doing this before they kill anymore, or if one of us gets killed ourselves. I-I think we should make a list of the remaining suspects, and our accusation of why they can or cannot be the murderer." Richard said, looking ahead of him.
Thea looked at him with a very small smile on her face as she wiped her eyes. They then got to work. They talked about what they had missed about being a titan, and Richard managed to get her to laugh.
Richard didn't want to say it, but he knew they were becoming closer. And that's what scared him the most, because if anyone outside of this place found out, that could put her in danger.
Thea was really enjoying spending time with Richard. He was so kind, and happy. He always had a bright outlook on his life. She was smiling more than she had ever had.
Once they finished, they had a long list of notes. Their least suspicious was Mark, and the most was T'Keyah.
Looking at the list, they realized Bumblebee had never been around when there was a murder, but she'd show up about 5 minutes later.
"So, should we tell anyone about this?" Thea said quietly as she flopped onto her bed smiling.
"If you want to get murdered by whoever did it, then be my guest. But, if you have any plans for once we get out of here, then I suggest that you don't." He said as he stood over her bed frame, smiling.
She smirked again. Richard sat on his bed. "Why?" she said softly.
"Because, if you actually knew who did it, would you tell them that you knew that they had done it? We can't trust anyone. We can only trust each other because we were always with each other when there has been a murder." Richard said as he laid back against his pillows.
She rolled her eyes, then sighed. Her eyes, closed gently, but they stopped when a loud scream rang out through out the entire corporation and mansion, breaking a lot of the windows.
Thea sat up, breathing heavily. She jumped off the bed and ran out of the room. Richard sat up as well, and tried to catch up to the running empath, but she was spiriting through the hall. She then stopped short, and saw that there was a long trail of blood stains. She walked into where they led, and saw T'Keyah lying on the ground, butcher's knife embedded in her chocolate colored chest.
Thea placed her hand over her mouth. Richard came in, followed by Kori, and Mark. Kori began to cry as Mark cursed. Richard looked at the body, and had so many memories of Cyborg flood back into his mind.
He looked up at the three remaining people. "One of us has killed 8 people, some of which have been our friends. We are now down to the final four suspects. We shall soon find out who has done this, but for now, I suggest everyone pay close attention to everything that everyone does, because you can't trust anyone, not even the person you thought you knew the best." He said with his jaw square.
He and Thea went back to their room. While Thea was making her bed, she thought of something odd. "Isn't it strange that no one from this room has been attacked, while at least on person has been from every room?"
Richard shrugged and said, "Maybe they're scared of me, so they don't attack you."
Thea gave him a you've-gotta-be-kidding-me look. "Richard, I'm serious. Isn't it a coincidence?"
Richard said, "Do you want someone from this room to be attacked?" before he got into bed.
Thea nodded. "I guess you're right," she said with a deep breath. She pulled down her covers, and switched out the light. "'night," she said to Richard, but he was all ready fast asleep.
That night, Thea tossed and turned, unable to concentrate on sleeping because she was being plagued by so many nightmares. It then hit her.
She sat up frantically, shaking in a cold sweat. "I-I know who did it," she said to herself. She went to wake Richard up, but a small cloth was placed on top of her mouth. She tried not to breathe in the toxic gas that the cloth had been soaked in, but she needed to breathe.
When she realized that she was going to have to breathe in, she hoped Richard would save her in time, so she could tell him who had done it.
But before she could do anything, she felt her body become very sleepy, and she collapsed onto her bed. Her body was then dragged off the bed, and out the hall, where something was waiting to happen.
OOH! I love cliffhangers, don't you? They always get you guys, the readers, so angry with me. I think I'm going to start working on the next chapter right away, so you won't be waiting very long for it. I want to finish this, because there just might be cough asequel cough anyway, if you enjoyed it, please review, and if you didn't go stick your head in an oven!
