Alright, now let's start with those interrogations. First up, Lloyd Irving!

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CHAPTER THREE: LLOYD'S INTERROGATION

Charles and Lloyd walked into a small room down the hall. It had nothing except two wooden chairs a grey table and a bright light coming from above.

"Please take a seat, Mr. Irving," Charles said, in his monotone voice, "so we can get this interrogation over with."

"What's an interrogation?" Lloyd asked.

"……clearly you haven't been in the legal system before, have you."

Lloyd shook his head, odd silence.

"Well, aren't you going to sit down?"

"Oh! Sorry about that."

The both of them were seated across from each other. Charles shuffled the papers that he received from the guard in front of him.

"So, Mr. Irving…"

"Lloyd. You can call me Lloyd."

"Alright, Lloyd, where were you five minutes before Kate Ashford's murder?"

"I was at the closing ceremony, where else?"

Begin Flashback

Lloyd Narrating: I was having a conversation with his majesty in changing his mind about Sheena….

"Your majesty, please, can't you give Sheena another chance?"

"Lloyd, you've seen what she's capable of doing. She is a little violent when it comes to the Chosen. She'll meet people just like him and she'll…"

"Sheena's not like that. She may have her quirks but still, she's a good person at heart."

"Whatever the case may be, I still say that Kate is a better choice."

"… … …"

"Besides, she'll be representing the whole kingdom! If you were king and you saw Sheena trying to kill Zelos, what would you do?"

"That may be, your majesty, but still…"

Kate was about to sing until someone killed the lights. Someone screamed.

"Who is that?" Lloyd asked. "I gotta find out!"

Lloyd dashes out the room, trying to find the voice.

"What's going on?" His majesty asked. "Lloyd is this…"

Lloyd was no where to be seen.

"Lloyd? Lloyd, where are you?"

Lights were turned back on and Kate was found, murdered. Everyone screaming, etc, etc.

End Flashback

"So what was that scream?" Charles asked.

"It was Colette," Lloyd replied. "She was frightened when the lights turned off all of a sudden."

"And what were you and his majesty discussing before the lights went out?"

"It was about Sheena being emissary of the peace. They were considering her and found Kate as a back-up person just in case Sheena got sick or something. After the fight Sheena had with Zelos…"

"Sheena had a fight with Zelos? Why?"

"It was because Zelos spilled his drink on Sheena's red dress on purpose."

"Oh…I see…"

"After seeing that display, they offered Kate a permanent position as the new emissary."

Charles took out his notepad and wrote down: Sheena could have been jealous because Kate took her job as emissary of the peace," he mumbled.

"Did you say something, inspector?" Lloyd asked.

"Uh…it's nothing," Charles replied. "Anyway, could you tell me, what your friends think about Kate Ashford?"

"Well...I think they didn't like her much. They were having a conversation about how much they would like to hurt Kate Ashford."

"Hurt? They actually wanted to do harm to her?"

"Well, they didn't say it like that. The professor wanted to show her what an egghead would do, Presea wanted to show her Kate her version of fashion sense, Genis wanted to kick her in the…well you know…and Regal wanted to show her a few moves he learned in prison."

"Anything else?"

"Well, Kate was talking with Zelos. After that, he looked kind of steamed and was found sulking in the other room."

"Did you know what the discussion was about?"

Lloyd shrugged. "I don't know. I didn't hear them."

He took out his notepad again and wrote: "Reminder, ask Zelos about his conversation with Kate Ashford," mumbling again.

"Did you say something?" Lloyd asked.

"Uh…yes," Charles replied. "Could you tell me more about the blonde girl that told you to be careful?"

"Her name is Colette."

"Oh, so that's Colette. Does she have…I don't know…an intimate relationship with you?"

"Sorry, inspector, but I'm not so good with words. Intimate? What does that mean?"

"You know…I mean…does she like you?"

"Like me? Of course! We're friends after all."

"No, I mean, does she like you like you?"

Lloyd was dumbfounded. "Sorry, I don't follow."

"Uh…never mind," Charles said, taking out his notepad. "Lloyd Irving can still be a suspect. Colette may be covering for him and vice-versa," he mumbled.

"Well, I think that'll do for now," Charles said, getting up. "Thank you for you co-operation."

"Uh…inspector could my friends and I get out of that room? Maybe move around a little?" Lloyd asked.

"Certainly," Charles replied, "Just don't leave the grounds."

"Thanks!" Lloyd exclaimed, as he walked through the door.

Charles walked downstairs and found Jean finishing up.

"Hey, Jean," Charles said, "Anything new?"

"Yes, I found something," Jean replied. He motioned Charles to move towards him and look at the ground. Besides the pool of blood, there was blood splatter on the side. "Check out the blood splatter on the floor; each drop of blood measure five centimetres."

"Uh, and what does that mean?" Charles asked.

"It means that she was stabbed really close and really hard. The force moved all the way to the front of her body by a sharp object."

"You mean like a sword or something like that?"

"Well, it could be a charkham or a knife. I can't be sure until we receive the autopsy report."

"Anything else?"

"No, that's all I can come up with."

"Well, just let me know if you find anything new."

"Gotcha."

Charles went back upstairs and opened the door. Lloyd was telling everyone about his interrogation.

"Next up, Colette Brunel," Charles said. "Can you come with me, please?"

Colette walked up to Charles. "Let's go," she replied.

How will Colette's interrogation go? Please R&R this scene and tell me what you think.