Do you have the facts straight?
1. Monobear File #2
Victim: Vortex
Location of Discovery: Archives.
Additional Notes: Victim's body has sustained massive amounts of blunt force injury, multiple parts being dismember. Multiple stab wounds littered the body. Head decapitated.
2. Knife
Found embedded in the victim's chest where the T-cog resides. Unable to be removed.
Is a regular kitchen knife.
3. Vortex's T-cog
Tried to use it when the knife hit him.
4. Knife Wounds
Victim was covered in Knife wounds, but they looked different from the knife embedded in his chest.
5. Wire
Used to restrain the victim to the table.
6. Broken Table
Table used to torture Vortex was from the library and split in half.
7. Numbers under the table
Numbers are etched under the tables. The one Vortex was tied to was number eight.
8. Archive Door Opening.
Door was opened at 11:30 PM last night.
Scavenger was the one who opened it.
9. Swindle's Testimony
Saw Hound passed his door at 1:00 PM.
Met Vortex at the library at 11:20, engaged in a struggle with him, and eneded up stabbing him. Returned to his room at 11:30 where he stayed up the rest of the night.
10. First Floor Infirmary
Still barred shut to keep Knock Out in.
11. Knock Out's Testimony
Heard footsteps walking past the first floor infirmary to the stairs at a little after 12:30.
12. Ammo Gained: Chart of Desks
Shows placement of desks. The number nine desks appeared to be out of ordered and the number eight desk missing.
13. Giant Crack in Floor
A crack on the floor that came from a massive impact. Found under table nine.
14. Third Floor Railing
Railing on third floor catwalk was bent inward.
15. Beachcomber's Testimony
Up at A/V room from 8:30 PM until 1:00 AM.
16. Mixmaster and Blurr's Testimony
Up at fourth-floor lounge together. Saw no one. Both were there at 10:30 PM. Mixmaster left at 12:45 AM while Blurr left at 1:15 AM.
17. Constructicons' Strange Behavior
Both of the Constructicons were trying to sneak into archive.
18. Energon at Body
Definitely bodily energon.
19. Strange Neck Wound Pattern
Neck was mostly ripped apart except for a small part that was cut off.
20. Obsidian Shard
A piece of Obsidian found in the body.
21. Green Paint Scrape
A jagged piece of metal had green paint scrape on it. Doesn't match any of the paint jobs in the school.
22. Energon-Stained Figure
Vortex's right index-finger is stained with energon.
23. Fifth Floor Railing
Railing at fifth floor outlier was bent outward.
24. Messily Cleaned Energon
Energon stains found on the fifth floor next to bent railing.
25. Energon Pool
A pool of unclean energon found behind a datapad shelf.
26. Swindle's Name
Found behind a datapad shelf behind written on the floor.
27. Bookshelf Corner
Jutting corner from bookshelf with energon dripping from it.
28. Energon Trail
Trail starting at bookshelf and leading away from it.
29. Location of Fifth Floor Struggle
The location of the struggle is right above the number nine desk's position.
30. Hound's Testimony.
In art room next to library's third floor entrance from 7PM to 1AM.
31. Broken Obsidian Scalpel.
An obsidian scalpel that had the tip broken off.
32. Bit of Tubing.
Found in the trash with some energon in it.
33. Clean Medical Equipment
The fourth floor infirmary equipment was cleaned recently.
34. Missing Wire
Wire in the fourth floor infirmary was missing.
35. Gash in Victim's head.
Severely damaging attack done to Vortex's head. Could've killed him or majorly injured him.
36. Broken Spinal Strut
Spinal strut at base of neck is broken.
37. Broken Face
Face appear to be broken by a cylindrical object.
38. Swindle's Knife Block
Two knives were missing.
39. Swindle's Note
Note asking Swindle to come to library at 11:30 PM
40. Vortex's Journal entry
Send notes to the Combaticons beside Onslaught to meet him in the fifth floor of the library.
40. Strange Device
Knock Out found it in his room
41. Map of dorm rooms
A map that identifies which dorm room someone lives in.
Court is now in session
Make an accusation!
Jazz
Brawl
Mirage
Dead End
Bumblebee
Mixmaster
Blurr
Skywarp
Counterpunch
Bludgeon
Drift
Nautilator
Hoist
Blast Off
Rewind
Wildrider
Chromedome
Onslaught
Beachcomber
Swindle
Smokescreen
Knock Out
Ratchet
Scavenger
Perceptor
Shockwave
Hound
Vortex
Nightbeat
Soundwave
"Scavenger, would you tell what your involvement in all of this was?" Onslaught asked.
"Me?!" Scavenger asked, shocked.
"Yes. You. Now," Onslaught emphasized. Scavenger was looking at him, confused.
"But, I wasn't involved in all of this," Scavenger said, shaking a bit.
"Onslaught, I know you're trying your best to protect Swindle, but Scavenger? Really?" Blurr asked with a chuckle.
"Now, now, let him speak," Mirage said.
"What, about how that dysfunctional wreck who's constantly on the verge of a mental breakdown could kill Vortex? That's impossible," he shot back.
Onslaught gave a short groan as another debate sparked among the group.
Nonstop Debate:
Ammo Available:
Archive Door Opening
Swindle's Testimony
Constructicons' Strange behavior
BLURR: This is all a big waste of time.
BLURR: The real murderer is right in front of us…
BLURR: and you're concentrating on Scavenger!
CHROMEDOME: Well, several people's whereabouts are unaccounted for.
MIXMASTER: Look, Scavenger being involved is impossible.
MIXMASTER: I know him and he wouldn't kill anyone unprovoked.
HOIST: I've heard that come from murderer's love ones before.
PERCEPTOR: He's got a point.
MIXMASTER: No he doesn't!
NAUTILATOR: Can we stop this?! Besides Swindle…
NAUTILATOR: …no one has been acting suspicious.
BEACHCOMBER: Haven't we covered this enough?
BEACHCOMBER: It's still obvious that Swindle is the killer this time around.
ONSLAUGHT: That's wrong!
Ammo used: Constructicons Strange Behavior
"The Constructicons have been trying to sneak their way into the archives throughout the whole investigation. I wouldn't exactly call that 'normal," Onslaught told him.
"Heh, well, I guess that's true," Nautilator agreed. "That was pretty suspicious looking."
"That's hardly enough evidence to go by," Blurr told him.
"Still shady business," Onslaught told him.
"Yeah, well the difference is that Swindle's has a metric ton of evidence against him, while you have shown none that he was there," Blurr scoffed.
"I would, if you would shut up for a moment," Onslaught talked down to the racer. Blurr glared at the tactician before backing down.
"Fine, but if what you show isn't definite proof that Scavenger's involve, I'll make a motion to go ahead a vote for wasting our time," Blurr told him.
"Blurr, patience," Ratchet told him. "We lose nothing from hearing him out."
"Nice to hear a voice of reason," Onslaught praised.
"The evidence," Blurr pressured.
"Right, as I was saying,, there is one conclusive piece of evidence that proves that Scavenger is involve and that is…
Present Evidence!
1. Monobear File #2
2. Knife
3. Vortex's T-cog
4. Knife Wounds
5. Wire
6. Broken Table
7. Numbers Under the Table
8. Archive Door Opening
9. Swindle's Testimony
10. First Floor Infirmary
11. Knock Out's Testimony
12. Chart of Desks
13. Giant Crack in Floor
14. Third Floor Railing
15. Beachcomber's Testimony
16. Mixmaster and Blurr's Testimony
17. Constructicons' Strange Behavior
18. Energon at Body
19. Strange Neck Wound Pattern
20. Obsidian Shard
21. Green Paint Scrape
22. Energon-Stained Figure
23. Fifth Floor Railing
24. Messily Cleaned Energon
25. Energon Pool
26. Swindle's Name
27. Bookshelf Corner
28. Energon Trail
29. Location of Fifth Floor Struggle
30. Hound's Testimony
31. Broken Obsidian Scalpel.
32. Bit of Tubing.
33. Clean Medical Equipment
34. Missing Wire
35. Gash in Victim's head
36. Broken Spinal Strut
37. Broken Face
38. Swindle's Knife Block
39. Swindle's Note
40. Vortex's Journal entry
41. Strange Device
42. Map of dorm rooms
"The archive door opening," Onslaught told him.
"Huh, what does that has to do with me?" Scavenger asked.
"In order to use the archive door, you have to wave your electroID over it. Once it accepts it, it puts it in its own archive of people who activated it. And Scavenger…"
"You were the one who opened it at 11:30 last night!" Onslaught declared.
"What?!" Scavenger yelled out, holding his head.
"You were the one who opened it. There's no arguing against it!"
"Yes there is!" Mixmaster butted in. "Yesterday, Scavenger let Vortex borrowed his electroID and he didn't give it back," Mixmaster explained.
"You only saw fit to tell us that now?" Blast Off questioned, annoyed.
""Does it matter?" Blurr scoffed. "It suggests that Scavenger has nothing to do with it, so it's best just to move-"
"No!" Bludgeon yelled, slamming his fist on the table. "I know for a fact that what he says is a lie."
"What, how can you be so certain?" Mixmaster asked.
"Wait, I remember," Beachcomber said, thinking it through. "It would be impossible for Vortex to have borrowed Scavenger's electroID."
"Okay, I'm confused," Onslaught said.
"Look in your rules," Bludgeon told him. Onslaught quickly brought his electroID out and looked in the rules section and quickly figured it out.
"Ah," Onslaught let out. "This proves you're lying Mixmaster," Onslaught accused.
"What, how dare you," Mixmaster growled out. "I bet you're bluffing."
"Mixmaster, must we really-"
"Shut it. I've had enough of you," Mixmaster interrupted. "Nothing that you have can disprove this.
Panic Talk Battle!
SHIELD X7
MIXMASTER: You're bluffing!
SHIELD X6
MIXMASTER: Scavenger wasn't anywhere at the crime/
SHIELD X5
MIXMASTER: There isn't any other indications that he was there.
SHIELD X4
MIXMASTER: Quit protecting Swindle!
SHIELD X3
MIXMASTER: You know Swindle is the real killer.
SHIELD X2
MIXMASTER: Nothing else indicates Scavenger's involvement.
SHIELD X1
MIXMASTER: There's no evidence!
SHIELD DESTROYED!
MOIXMASTER: There's nothing that proves Scavenger didn't give his electroID to Vortex!
DECIPHER BULLET!
WASN'T ALLOW TO HE
HE WASN'T ALLOW TO
ONSLAUGHT: This does!
"Rule 12," Onslaught told him.
"Huh?" Mixmaster asked.
"Rule 12 forbids anyone from lending their electroID out to anyone, correct Monobear?" Onslaught asked.
"Exactly, Onslaught. If Scavenger had lend out his electroID out to anyone, he would be dead already," he agreed.
"Therefore, the only way Scavenger's electroID card to be used was if he had used it himself," Onslaught explained, glaring at Scavenger. "Now, how about you explain how your electroID card was used," Onslaught ordered.
"But… but I had nothing to do with it," Scavenger whispered.
"Repeating it to yourself isn't going to change the facts," Rewind said.
"I wasn't, honestly. I just wanted to escape," he said.
"This building, so you killed him," Brawl said, cracking his fists together.
"No. I wanted to escape the archives," he said.
"Huh?"
"Yesterday morning, when we were exploring the archives, I went to check the upper floors to see if I could find any different information on them. When it came time to leave, I didn't heard it until the door closed. At that time, I got left behind, so I had to wait there for twelve hour until door opened," Scavenger explained.
"What? That can't be, can it?" Bumblebee asked the group.
"You know, I don't remember seeing him for the rest of the day," Blast Off said.
"Neither did I," Blurr agreed.
Slowly, everyone chimed in that they didn't see him for the rest of the day.
"Nice to see everybody remembers me," Scavenger said, depressingly.
"Why didn't you say anything?" Dead End asked.
"Tell me, who would be the first person people suspect in this case?" he asked.
"The person who opened the door," Hoist said. "It makes sense to keep quiet about t, whether you're guilty or not."
"We still haven't figured out if he's guilty or not," Perceptor remarked.
"There's one more thing I want to said," Scavenger requested.
"Hmm?" Perceptor wondered.
"I saw Vortex," Scavenger said.
"You did?" Brawl asked.
"He was dead," Scavenger explained. At that, the court was confused again.
"Wait, that doesn't make sense!" Brawl butted in again. "When we found the body, the state of it had to mean he was tortured."
"Well, let me say again, he was already dead," Scavenger told the courtroom. "I was walking through the library, heading for the steps n the middle, to get to the second floor and head to my room. On was on the second floor catwalk when I noticed something," Scavenger began to explained.
"What?" Swindle asked.
"Vortex's body was on the first floor, on top of a desk that was broken. His head was hanging on by two wires barely connected to the rest of his body. An arm and a leg was dislodged as well. It looked like the chest had caved in on itself in the center. There was energon all over where he was. It was pretty easy to see because the nighttime lights still shine on most of the first floor," Scavenger explained.
"But, that isn't possible," Drift said. "We all saw the body, right?"
Onslaught thought this through. He needed to think before he gave his thoughts.
Logic dive!
…
Question #1: Is Swindle telling the truth for once?
A Yes
B No
…
A Yes
…
Question #2: Is Scavenger telling the truth?
A Yes
B No
…
A Yes
…
Question #3: What killed Vortex?
A The gashed to the head
B Torture
C. Something else
…
C. Something else
ONSLAUGHT: This is how it went!
"Scavenger and Swindle are both telling the truth in their testimony, which means that we've gotten something wrong from the very beginning," Onslaught said.
"What's that?" Blurr asked.
"The cause of death! And I won't let us vote until we figure it out."