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Chapter 10 – the touch of death

Athrun rushed forward, peering through the mists.

There washed up on the shore was the body of Murrue Ramius. On further inspection, she had been killed in the exact same way as Miriallia. This time, it wasn't a mannequin. It was the real thing.

Athrun looked at the pale faced Cagalli, understanding her fear. Both of them were still considered young, and had never really experienced death in their family. (This is of course assuming that both their parents are still alive) to see death so close to them was overwhelming.

He took her hand in his giving her a reassuring hug and led her back into the house, at the same time wondering how he was going to break the news to the others. He didn't need to worry.

During breakfast, as Athrun continued to contemplate how to tell everyone about Murrue Ramius, Azrael rushed in and whispered something into Lacus's ear.

She went pale and dropped her fork; abruptly she got up and excused herself from the table, following Azrael out of the house and onto the beach. Kira left after her.

When they came back, Lacus's face was tear stained, her eyes still red from crying.

"Murrue Ramius was murdered." Kira said in a shaky voice.

At this, Lacus dissolved into tears once again.

The table was silent as everyone digested the news.

Meanwhile, Kira brought Lacus back to her room.

"It's all my fault Kira. I shouldn't have invited all of you here."

"Lacus. This had nothing to do with you. Lie down and sleep for awhile, you look awful."

" I feel awful. How did things turn out this way? How many days have passed? We have to call the police."

"You know very well we can't. Go to sleep and we'll talk about this later. You need some time to clear your thoughts. I'll go bring some food up for you. You barely ate."

"Thanks kira."

Kira left her bedside, returning to the breakfast table.

"How's she?" Nicol asked. He had recovered quickly and was back on his feet once again.

"I made her go to sleep. She blames herself."

"Who would have expected our summer vacation to turn out like this?" Yzak commented.

"It's not her fault, but this sudden murder is for real. We can't treat this as a game anymore." Dearka.

"Yes. And Miriallia is still missing." Fllay said.

"I'm bringing some food up for Lacus. Be back later." Kira said, taking a tray of breakfast up to Lacus's room.

The rest at the table, started to discuss the murder. There were so many questions that needed answering. The most important one being, who was the game master and what was he playing at.

They heard someone running down the stair, and a very flustered Kira ran into kitchen asking if any of them had seen Lacus.

She had gone missing from the room and a frantic kira made a quick search of the house.

The group had guessed what had happened, and a quick check of the living room table confirmed their suspicions.

Lacus was the next victim.

Alyssa walked into the dining room with 2 envelopes in her hand, as Cagalli tried in vain to clam her brother down.

The group huddled around Alyssa as she read out the new clues.

"This time we're taking a break from Cluedo. The new name of the game is fairytales. How well do you know your fairytales? Well this will be a very good test. Your long lost friend is snow white. Who will be her prince charming and wake her from her death-like sleep? That's the one for Miriallia I guess. The second one should be fore Lacus. It goes like this. Rapunzel! Rapunzel! Let down your hair. That's it."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Dearka asked.

"Who knows? These clues are getting more and more difficult."

"And it's no point searching, because we never seem to be able to find them."

"So what now?"

"We sit down and think. Fairytales. They have to have some sort of link."

"She's right."

The group adjourned to the living room, going through the fairytales in their mind.

"Snow white."

"We're looking for locations."

"Somewhere white?"

"I don't think so."

"It says that Miriallia is snow white."

"So maybe places where she lived?"

"That could be it."

"Well, she lived in the palace, then ran away into the forest and then the dwarves's house."

"And where on earth are we supposed to look?"

"There's no palace or dwarf house near by."

"It also says that her prince has to wake her for sleep."

"Where was she when she died?"

"Um…in the dwarf's house."

"Glass coffin."

"Where are we supposed to find a glass coffin?"

"I don't know."

"Can we try the other one then?"

"It's even worse. Rapunzel."

"She was locked in a very high tower."

"Is there a very high tower around here?"

"I don't think so."

"Wait…look out there." cagalli said pointing through the window.

"The lighthouse!"

"That's right. It's worth a try."

"Then what are we waiting for?" Kira said and in a flash he was off running towards it.

It was an old abandoned lighthouse and the doors were all boarded up, however that didn't stop Kira. With Athrun and Yzak's help they managed to tear down the boards. Carefully, the walked in.

It was dark and musty. A thick layer of dust covered the place. For safety reasons only 3 of them went in. climbing the creaky wooden stairs they reached the top of the lighthouse.

They had been right. There at the shattered window, lay Lacus's body. At least they though it was Lacus's body. Her head had been chopped off and the sigh sent shivers down the 3. They walked closer, and just as kira was about to grab the body, the boards gave way and his foot went through the floor.

Kira yelped in pain as the other 2 watched on in horror. They weren't much they could do. Going any closer might cause the entire floor to give way.

They were stuck and every minute that passed put Kira in more danger.

The boards splintered and fractured as Athrun and Yzak moved away. Kira didn't dare move muscle afraid that he would fall to his death.

However Kira's weight was already too much for the old rotten boards. More and more started to crack under the strain of his weight. Kira looked around frantically, he needed something to hold on to.

Suddenly with a loud CRACK the boards gave way, giving rise to a gaping hole in the floor where Kira originally was. The boards fell onto the ground five stories below.

Note: another cliffhanger ending…well hope that everyone who read this likes this and pls review…I like getting reviews. They brighten up my day. So thanks to all those who have reviewed! Btw…a little tidbit for all those Yzak fans, I heard that he has a gf ever since gundam seed. Is it true? Someone confirm it for me? Although…it would be quite cute for Yzak. Eek…I'm rambling. Well until the next update…see you!