1. Monobear file #3
Victim: Counterpunch
Location: Autobot Storage Room
Cause of Death: Stab wound in the back. Death was nearly instantaneous.
Time of Death: 11:30 P.M.
Additional notes: Victim had trace amount of high-grade in his systems and has a few dents and scrape marks. Victim obtained multiple knife wounds to the back post-mortem.
2. Location of Body
Counterpunch, despite being a Decepticon, was located in the Autobot's storage area.
3. Body Discovery Announcement
Blurr discover the body by himself, meaning two other people had to have found the body before him.
4. Kitchen Knife
Knife found embedded in the body. Does not come from the dorm rooms and lacks the amount of energon on it associated with a fatal stabbing.
Confirmed to come from the bar's kitchen.
5. Lack of Energon
There was a lack of energon found at the body.
6. Signs of a Fight
Scraps and dents suggest Counterpunch got in a fight before he died.
7. Lack of evidence
Location of body lacked any signs of a fight.
8. Smell of Cleaning Fluids
The Decepticons' Storage area had an overwhelming smell of cleaning fluids.
9. Stab Wounds
They were placed to spell out 'PUNCH.'
10. Missing ElectroID
Victim was missing his electroID.
11. Killing Blow
Stab wound went through the victim's spark.
Not part of the message.
Slightly larger than the other wounds.
12. Wildrider and Dead End's Alibi.
Both testify to be with each other all night at the bookstore, barring a brief interval between 11:45 and 12:15.
13. Dead End's Testimony
Saw Beachcomber loitering about the mall at about 11:15.
14. Beachcomber's Testimony
Claims to have been asleep in his room since 10:00
15. Combat Knife
Found hidden on a ledge. Covered in energon.
Confirm to match the fatal wound in the back.
Belonged to Counterpunch
16. Onslaught's Testimony
Saw Beachcomber on the first day at the mall buying a bunch of anti-depressants.
17. Missing Anti-depressants
Anti-depressants were missing from the pharmacy.
18. Pharmacy Cashier's Testimony
Someone came to buy a syringe after whoever bought the anti-depressants.
19. Bartender's Testimony
Attest to seeing Counterpunch at around 11:00 in rough shape.
Saw Wildrider come by after him at an unspecified time.
20. Gold Dust
Gold dust was found on the railing in front of the bar.
21. Maintenance Hall Door
Held shut by adhesive to prevent entrance.
22. Maintenance Hall
There were signs of a fight in a part of the hall.
23. Syringe
Found broken in the maintenance hall and missing its needle.
Didn't have any substance in it when it was broken.
24. Clean Section of Maintenance Hall
A part of the maintenance hall was recently cleaned.
25. Jazz's wounds.
Jazz has wounds that come from a fight.
26. Needle
Found inside the fatal wound in the back.
27. Motive
After a certain amount of time had passed, everyone's secret would've been revealed.
28. Syringe and Needle Unmatched
The two don't fit each other.
29. Counterpunch's Files
List an operation that Counterpunch was in that was headed by Jazz.
30. Mixmaster's Testimony
Talked to a roughed up Jazz from 11:00 to 11:20.
Saw Beachcomber entered his room at a little after 11:20.
31. Groundbridge usage
Used at 11:20 and 11:47.
The trial 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
"Chromedome, it's you, isn't it?" Nightbeat asked him.
"What!?" Rewind shouted, slamming his desk on the podium.
Chromedome didn't react, instead gazing at Nightbeat with an unsettling calmness. "Well, I guess you can't make that accusation without a good reason. Best explain why you think so," he told him.
"No he doesn't, because he's wrong," Rewind argued, getting in-between them.
"Rewind, please calm down and let him explain. It's only fair," he tried to soothe him. Rewind hesitated, thinking it through. Nightbeat didn't give him a chance to finish.
"It's quite simple," Nightbeat began to explain, a bit unnerve by Chromedome's calmness. "Counterpunch needed to get rid of Punch for good, a person which resides in his own mind. Tell me, who would be the best equipped to deal with the mind like that?" he asked them.
"A mnemosurgeon," Jazz murmured, seeing what he meant. "We used one to insert Counterpunch in Punch's mind in the first place."
"Counterpunch probably came to Chromedome at an earlier time, wanting his help in the matter since he is definitely skill at mnemosurgery. They agreed to meet in the maintenance hallway, where the two ended up in the fight, with Chromedome stabbing Counterpunch to death and moving his body to the Decepticon storage room. That is how I believe it went down," Nightbeat finished, glaring at him. Chromedome didn't react, taking it all in, before finally saying something.
"Well, that is a probable answer to how Counterpunch met his end," Chromedome agreed.
"No it isn't. It's all lies!" Rewind shouted. "You need proof! Give us the proof."
"Man, I feel really uncomfortable right now," Skywarp murmured, watching it all.
"Tell me, do you have any proof?" he asked him.
Nonstop Debate!
Ammo available:
Syringe
Needle
Stab Wounds
Location of Body
Syringe and Needle Unmatched
REWIND: Why are we even discussing this?
REWIND: Chromedome wouldn't murder anyone.
HOIST: We've though of that before…
HOIST: …and have ended up disappointed.
REWIND: Not this time.
BLURR: It's sure isn't looking that way.
BEACHCOMBER: Why did he do it?
REWIND: He didn't, you drugged-up moron.
REWIND: He's completely innocent of this crime.
BLUDGEON: The lies you spill are unpersuasive.
KNOCK OUT: I see no reason to think he didn't do it.
REWIND: How about the fact that nothing links him there?
SKYWARP: Since when did you get so feisty?
REWIND: Since you guys started blaming Chromedome for a crime he didn't commit.
CHROMEDOME: Oh Rewind…
NIGHTBEAT: That's wrong.
Ammo Used: Needle
"Rewind, we've found this needle during our investigation. At first, I assumed that it had to come from a syringe of some sort, but now that the truth is expose, it makes more sense if it comes from Chromedome's fingers," Nightbeat told him.
"Menomosurgeon do use needles from their hands to go through the patient's mind," Ratchet said, thinking it over. "It would make sense if it came from him."
"Exactly, which means-"
"But-but-but that doesn't make sense. You guys found something that directly contradicts that," Rewind said, trying to poke holes in their arguments.
"I'm not wrong very often," Nightbeat told him, unamused by his interruption.
"Well, get ready to be proven wrong!" Rewind told him.
Cross Swords Battle!
Swords Available:
Syringe
Needle
Stab Wounds
Location of Body
Syringe and Needle Unmatched
REWIND: What you said doesn't make sense.
REWIND: It directly contradicts a piece of evidence you found.
REWIND: To ignore that is to sends us on the wrong path
REWIND: That means the real killer will get away.
REWIND: We will all die and it will be your fault…
REWIND: …because you didn't realize that.
…
Development
…
NIGHTBEAT: Exactly what is it am I missing?
REWIND: The syringe of course.
REWIND: The fact that exists means it didn't come from Chromedome.
REWIND: It has to come from that.
REWIND: That means that all your claims are false.
REWIND: Which means that Chromedome is completely innocent.
NIGHTBEAT: I can destroy that claim.
Ammo used: Syringe and Needle Unmatched.
"Hoist tested out the needle and the syringe and he found that they didn't match," Nightbeat told him.
"What, but-"
"Furthermore, something else proves that the syringe is nothing more than a red herring."
Present Evidence!
1. Monobear file #3
2. Location of Body
3. Body Discovery Announcement
4. Kitchen Knife
5. Lack of Energon
6. Signs of a Fight
7. Lack of evidence
8. Smell of Cleaning Fluids
9. Stab Wounds
10. Missing ElectroID
11. Killing Blow
12. Wildrider and Dead End's Alibi.
13. Dead End's Testimony
14. Beachcomber's Testimony
15. Combat Knife
16. Onslaught's Testimony
17. Missing Anti-depressants
18. Pharmacy Cashier's Testimony
19. Bartender's Testimony
20. Gold Dust
21. Maintenance Hall Door
22. Maintenance Hall
23. Syringe
24. Clean Section of Maintenance Hall
25. Jazz's wounds.
26. Needle
27. Motive
28. Syringe and Needle Unmatched
29. Counterpunch's Files
30. Mixmaster's Testimony
31. Groundbridge usage
"There was nothing in the syringe. Tell me, if the syringe needle was broken in use, then why is their nothing in it? If it was used, there would've been something in there," Nightbeat told him.
"Guh!" Rewind shouted, surprised. "Uh-uh, that-"
"Rewind, that's enough," Chromedome told him calmly. Rewind turned to him and was about to say something until he saw that Chromedome was showing off the needles on his fingertips.
One of them was missing.
"I see no reason to keep this up," Chromedome told them. "Let's just get this over with."
"Wha-but-but-but," Rewind sputtered uncontrollably.
"Why is he so opposed to hi being convicted?" Skywarp asked convicted.
"You mean besides the fact that they're conjunx endures," Ratchet chided him.
"Yeah! I mean, love can only go so far," Skywarp said.
"Tell me, when did you star suspecting me?" Chromedome asked Nightbeat.
Nightbeat hesitated. Chromedome was giving up way too easily. He did it, no doubt, but it was quite disturbing. "It would be when we first talked during the investigation," he answered.
"Really?"
Yes, you see, you refer to him as a 'Bot instead of a 'Con," he told him.
"Now where is he?" Swindle murmured.
"Where's who?" a voice asked and they turned to see Chromedome and Rewind sitting together at a table.
"Hoist," Swindle answered.
"Ah, he went to the science lab in the first building," Rewind answered for him.
"Hah, thanks for that," Nightbeat thanked.
"You're welcome. I do hope you find the 'Bot's murderer," Chromedome told them before discussing something with Rewind again in hushed tones.
"Ah, I did. A slip of the tongue," Chromedome told him. "Well then, I guess we can-"
"No!" Rewind shouted, getting everybody's attention.
"Ugh, now what?" Swindle complained. "We know he did it."
"No, he didn't. He was just an accomplice," Rewind told them.
"Huh?" Nautilator wondered. "Is he serious?"
"Counterpunch was trying to kill Chromedome. In the fight, he knocked the blade from him. I wanted to protect Chromedome so I grabbed it and… and I stabbed him in the back with it while he wasn't looking," Rewind confessed to them.
"What! Rewind-" Chromedome tried to stop him.
"No! I can't let you die for my mistake. Please, I'm telling you, I'd killed him. He's just an accomplice," he told them.
"What they, that can't right… right?" Skywarp asked, unsure.
"I don't know. He sounded sincere," Ratchet said, thinking it through.
"Please, vote for me. Chromedome has to live," he told them.
"I don't know who to vote for," Scavenger said, unable to figure it out.
"Well then, allow me," Nightbeat said, glaring at Rewind. "You're lying to us! Chromedome is the killer, there is no denying it."
"What! You- you are willing to let everyone die just because you can't admit you're wrong?" Rewind badgered him.
"No, I'm saying he did it because he did," Nightbeat reaffirmed, glaring at him. "You are the accomplice, not him."
"No, that's… that's… that's wrong. I won't let you do that!"
Panic Talk Battle!
SHIELD X10
REWIND: I am the killer!
SHIELD X9
REWIND: Chromedome is just a killer!
SHIELD X8
REWIND: You're arrogance is killing everyone!
SHIELD X7
REWIND: All you tell are lies!
SHIELD X6
REWIND: You're a sham!
SHIELD X5
REWIND: Shut up!
SHIELD X4
REWIND: No more!
SHIELD X3
REWIND: Why do you keep arguing!
SHIELD X2
REWIND: The killer is me!
SHIELD X1
REWIND: You're a moron!
Shield Destroyed
REWIND: Chromedome couldn't have killed him.
Found wound needle in
Needle found in wound
NIGHTBEAT: That's it!
"Rewind, you know Chromedome's needle?"
"What about it!
"We found it inside the wound caused by the combat knife." Rewind's falter at hearing that. "You get it. The only way it could've broken off during the battle is if he was driving the knife into Counterpunch. There is no alternative," Nightbeat finished, staring sympathetically at him. "I'm sorry we have to do this."
"No… that's not… true," Rewind continued to deny it.
"Nightbeat, perhaps you could explain it from the top. Maybe he can finally recognize the futility of it," Chromedome requested of him. Nighbeat glanced at him before giving a nod.
"Alright, here goes," he said.
Climax Logic!
Chapter 1
This all began with Counterpunch researching into himself. As he look through more and more files, he realized the answer for his blackouts: a split personality. In order to get rid of it, he set up a meeting for someone later. That person being the killer.
Chapter 2
Counterpunch's final hour began with him getting in a fight with someone in the maintenance hall: Jazz. The two fought, gaining many wounds from each other. After the fight, Jazz went somewhere else while Counterpunch went to the bar, leaving the maintenance hall the way it was.
Chapter 3
Not long after, he left and went to the pharmacy to try, and fail, to buy some neuro booster. There, he met another person: Beachcomber. During the talk, Counterpunch revealed to him that he was killing the other personality tonight, causing Beachcomber to run to his room, leaving Counterpunch to go by himself to the meeting spot: the maintenance hall.
Chapter 4
There, he met his killer and the accomplice. After the three talked, a fight happened. Counterpunch lost his knife and resulted to his bare hands. This led to his downfall when the killer got the knife and stabbed him in the back by the knife, hitting his spark and killing him. During the fatal blow, a needle from the killer's fingertip broke off and landed in the wound, leaving it unseen by them.
Chapter 5
Realizing what has happened, the two quickly began a cover-up. One of them quickly took the body to the storage area and used Counterpunch's electroID to open the Decepticon area and dump him there, hoping to cast blame to any of the Decepticons.
Chapter 6
At the same time, the other person went to the pharmacy and bought a syringe. He went back to the maintenance hall and broke the needle and placed the syringe where Jazz and Counterpunch fought, subspacing the needle from the syringe.
Chapter 7
After that, they cleaned up where they killed Counterpunch and then headed out and used some adhesive to keep the door from opening. After that, they began cleaning any energon that may have been spilled in the mall and in the storage area not in the Decepticon area. With that done, they headed for the groundbridge on the third floor, leaving the area.
Chapter 8
However, they were watched by someone: Wildrider, looking at them through a telescope. He glimpsed the tail-end of their cover-up and went to the storage room that they had just finished cleaning. He entered the Decepticon storage room to find Counterpunch's corpse there. Instead of leaving and telling everyone, he had a different idea.
Chapter 9
Wildrider, thanks to the motive, knew of Counterpunch's disorder and took advantage of it, deciding to have some fun. He grabbed the body and carried him to the Autobot's storage area, using Counterpunch's electroID to enter the area.
Chapter 10
From there, he used a knife from the bar and stabbed out the message 'PUNCH' on it. After that, he left, taking Counterpunch's electroID with him. From there, he cleaned the Decepticon's storage area to hide the fact that the body was there to begin with. After that, he left, leaving Counterpunch's body behind to be found by Blurr not long after.
The killer and the accomplice that caused the death of Counterpunch was you: Chromedome and Rewind.
"Well, I guess that's a good explanation," Chromedome said, looking at Rewind. "Wouldn't you agreed, Rewind?"
"But, I don't want you to die," Rewind murmured.
"Well, we both knew the instant Counterpunch was dead what would happen. Voting for me means that everyone else will survive and I'm fine with that," he said, sounding relieve.