Chapter 4: Guilty Until Proven Innocent.
"Hey… Where's Bakura?" Asked Emily suddenly worried.
"Oh no…. Not another one!" Said Yugi fearing for his friend's life. With that they all darted out of the kitchen door to the entrance and through the door to the living room.
They all suddenly stopped to see… Bakura; asleep on the couch.
"Hey why aren't you dead?" Asked Sophie looking at Bakura rather confused.
He stirred and came round and said in a drunk voice,
"Why aren't… You?" The others looked to each other in confusion.
"How come everyone else who was left on their own died yet he didn't?" Asked Serenity.
"The only explanation is…" Said Yami.
"He's the killer!" Finished Joey while stepping back with widened eyes.
Bakura hiccupped and smiled; he was totally pissed,
"Hey did you find Mai?" He asked while trying to keep his droopy eyes open.
Before the others could answer he was asleep with a bottle of drink in his hand.
"Someone call the police." Said Sophie still looking at the killer.
Lizzy darted out of the room to the phone that Kaiba had used not long before.
"Should we try and move him?" Asked Mokuba looking at the sleeping tomb robber.
"Negative. He might wake up; he's a light sleeper." Said Ryou knowingly.
"But he might try and kill us if we leave him!" Said Serenity who was still scared.
"How can he kill in that state?" Asked Joey, "He's out of his head!" "Er the same way he killed Malik and Mai!" Pointed out Kaiba.
"What if he didn't kill them?" Asked Weevil.
"Exactly he's hammered he wouldn't have the brains to kill them in that state!" Said Rex.
"He doesn't anyway!" Said Lizzy returning.
Everyone looked to her to see what was happening,
"Police will be here in a few minutes!" She said relieved that it would soon be over.
Sophie was deep in thought and was unaware her friend had re-entered the room.
"Sophie? Are you ok? What you thinking about?" Asked Kaiba looking to the unusual site of a thinking blonde.
She came out or her trance and looked to the sleeping Bakura,
"Its not him." She said merely; unaware of the attention she had now caught.
"What are you talking about?" Asked Lizzy.
"Here was in the room when Mai died. It couldn't have been him!" She said looking to the gang.
"But we cant even be sure when she did die." Replied Liz.
"Er I know!" Said Kaiba.
Everyone looked to him suspiciously,
"I saw her when she was alive… And the rest of the time I was with Bakura… He couldn't have killed her!" People's eyes widened as the thought washed over them that the killer was still lurking about somewhere.
Just then a loud banging was heard from upstairs.
The faces of many of the females and some males went to pure fright,
"The killer's still here!" Whispered Sophie slightly scared.
"What do we do? Were goin to die!" Said Serenity once again looking for someone to cling to.
"Pull yourselves together!" Said Lizzy being brave for once.
"She's right! We need to catch the killer before he can escape or kill any more." Said Sophie.
"But how do we do that?" Asked Yugi looking to Yami for support.
"We need to search the house." Said Yami catching on to Sophie's plan.
"Exactly. The more groups; the better chance we have." "ER the more groups the smaller right?" Said Emily not quite liking the plan.
Sophie continued,
"Maybe its best to go round in two's. But suitable groups." "What do you mean suitable?" Asked Rex.
"I mean like a millennium item holder with… a Pansy… That could be you Rex!" Said Sophie trying not to laugh.
"Ok so what are the groups?" Asked Lizzy.
"Yeah there's no way near enough magic people to go round." Said Kaiba.
"Hmm…. Here we go;
Emily…. And…. Yami Malik….
Tea…. And…. Marik….
Serenity… And Joey….
Bakura….And Ryou… Kaiba and Mokuba….
Yami and….. Yugi… Akifa, Rex and Weevil.. Sorry dude…." Not many people were happy with the arrangements but agreed it was probably the best way.
"And Me and Lizzy will go around kicking ass!" Finished Sophie smiling at her life long friend.
"So who's going where?" Asked Kaiba.
"Just split up and cover all ground and no matter what don't split up and no pranks!" Said Sophie looking specifically to the two Rod holder boys who were sniggering.
"Lets move out!"
"Hey… Where's Bakura?" Asked Emily suddenly worried.
"Oh no…. Not another one!" Said Yugi fearing for his friend's life. With that they all darted out of the kitchen door to the entrance and through the door to the living room.
They all suddenly stopped to see… Bakura; asleep on the couch.
"Hey why aren't you dead?" Asked Sophie looking at Bakura rather confused.
He stirred and came round and said in a drunk voice,
"Why aren't… You?" The others looked to each other in confusion.
"How come everyone else who was left on their own died yet he didn't?" Asked Serenity.
"The only explanation is…" Said Yami.
"He's the killer!" Finished Joey while stepping back with widened eyes.
Bakura hiccupped and smiled; he was totally pissed,
"Hey did you find Mai?" He asked while trying to keep his droopy eyes open.
Before the others could answer he was asleep with a bottle of drink in his hand.
"Someone call the police." Said Sophie still looking at the killer.
Lizzy darted out of the room to the phone that Kaiba had used not long before.
"Should we try and move him?" Asked Mokuba looking at the sleeping tomb robber.
"Negative. He might wake up; he's a light sleeper." Said Ryou knowingly.
"But he might try and kill us if we leave him!" Said Serenity who was still scared.
"How can he kill in that state?" Asked Joey, "He's out of his head!" "Er the same way he killed Malik and Mai!" Pointed out Kaiba.
"What if he didn't kill them?" Asked Weevil.
"Exactly he's hammered he wouldn't have the brains to kill them in that state!" Said Rex.
"He doesn't anyway!" Said Lizzy returning.
Everyone looked to her to see what was happening,
"Police will be here in a few minutes!" She said relieved that it would soon be over.
Sophie was deep in thought and was unaware her friend had re-entered the room.
"Sophie? Are you ok? What you thinking about?" Asked Kaiba looking to the unusual site of a thinking blonde.
She came out or her trance and looked to the sleeping Bakura,
"Its not him." She said merely; unaware of the attention she had now caught.
"What are you talking about?" Asked Lizzy.
"Here was in the room when Mai died. It couldn't have been him!" She said looking to the gang.
"But we cant even be sure when she did die." Replied Liz.
"Er I know!" Said Kaiba.
Everyone looked to him suspiciously,
"I saw her when she was alive… And the rest of the time I was with Bakura… He couldn't have killed her!" People's eyes widened as the thought washed over them that the killer was still lurking about somewhere.
Just then a loud banging was heard from upstairs.
The faces of many of the females and some males went to pure fright,
"The killer's still here!" Whispered Sophie slightly scared.
"What do we do? Were goin to die!" Said Serenity once again looking for someone to cling to.
"Pull yourselves together!" Said Lizzy being brave for once.
"She's right! We need to catch the killer before he can escape or kill any more." Said Sophie.
"But how do we do that?" Asked Yugi looking to Yami for support.
"We need to search the house." Said Yami catching on to Sophie's plan.
"Exactly. The more groups; the better chance we have." "ER the more groups the smaller right?" Said Emily not quite liking the plan.
Sophie continued,
"Maybe its best to go round in two's. But suitable groups." "What do you mean suitable?" Asked Rex.
"I mean like a millennium item holder with… a Pansy… That could be you Rex!" Said Sophie trying not to laugh.
"Ok so what are the groups?" Asked Lizzy.
"Yeah there's no way near enough magic people to go round." Said Kaiba.
"Hmm…. Here we go;
Emily…. And…. Yami Malik….
Tea…. And…. Marik….
Serenity… And Joey….
Bakura….And Ryou… Kaiba and Mokuba….
Yami and….. Yugi… Akifa, Rex and Weevil.. Sorry dude…." Not many people were happy with the arrangements but agreed it was probably the best way.
"And Me and Lizzy will go around kicking ass!" Finished Sophie smiling at her life long friend.
"So who's going where?" Asked Kaiba.
"Just split up and cover all ground and no matter what don't split up and no pranks!" Said Sophie looking specifically to the two Rod holder boys who were sniggering.
"Lets move out!"