Still playing with my ponytail, I joined my classmates in once again taking our assigned seats in the courtroom. Portraits of Raj and Kirsty were now apart of the circle, it only made me play with my hair even harder.
"Will we have to keep doing this?" I thought to myself. "Just how many of us will be represented by these creepy ass portraits?"
Aqua Tail got into his chair, and then turned to face us. "Okay people! Settle down and get ready! Once again, you will debate on who you think the killer is, before voting for your final answer. If you vote correctly, then the killer will be killed, while the survivors continue this wonder killing game! If you vote incorrectly, everyone besides the killer will bite the dust, and the killer gets to leave this island! Ready, set, go!"
"Alright guys!" Sam exclaimed. "Let's do this!"
"It won't be artistic, but it must be done." Bridget replied.
"I'll beat the killer's ass!" Harvey added.
"Would you idiots stop being idiots?" Ellen asked. "Start the discussion."
"Ellen is right." Henry coldly stated. "Start, now!"
Nearly everyone was taken back by how Henry was acting.
"Henry, you really need to relax." Gavin said.
"I don't need to fucking relax! I need to see the dead body of my darling Kirsty's killer!" Tears started to fall down Henry's eyes.
"Henry, are you alright?" Dana asked.
"Shut up! Just shut up!"
"Let's just get on with the trial." RK suggested.
"Good idea, RK." Irene agreed. "Who would like to throw out the first topic?"
"I would!" Sapphire volunteered.
"Oh fucking great." Simon rolled his eyes.
"HEY!"
"Shut up!" Henry screamed. "You people are just wasting time! I'll end this trial now!"
"How?" I asked.
"Don't be stupid, Natalie. The killer is obvious."
"Henry, tell us who you think the killer is." Irene requested
"Gladly, the killer is whoever had my darling Kirsty as their target!"
"Target?" Miranda asked, a bit confused.
"The motive." Dane added. "The motive was each of us had another person as a target."
"And if somebody killed their target, they would walk always with one billion dollars if they survived this class trial." Ellen added.
"So Henry." I began. "You're saying the killer had Kirsty as their target."
"Exactly!" Henry shouted. "Who had her?! Who did it?!"
"Obviously they aren't gonna admit it." Rory replied.
"Then how can we settle this?" Sapphire asked.
"Fucking easy." Simon replied. "Everyone reveals their targets, right fucking now."
"But we aren't allowed to." Sam added.
"No problem!" Aqua Tail cut in. "Since a murder happened, I don't care who reveals their target! In fact, go for it!"
"Hell yeah!" Harvey cheered. "This will be easy!"
"But...is having Kirsty as your target proof enough to convict somebody?" Miranda asked.
"We'll settle that later." Irene replied. "Right now, finding out everyone's targets is at the top of our list."
"First up?" Rory asked.
"I guess I'll go first." Dane answered. "I had Harvey." Dane held out his tablet to show us who his target was.
"Ha!" Harvey laughed. "I'd like to see you try and kill me!"
"Cease!" Irene growled.
"I'll go next." Gavin said, while holding up his tablet. "My target was Sapphire."
"You made the right choice." Sapphire replied, quite smugly. "Not trying to kill me."
"I...had Rory..." Miranda went next, holding up her tablet.
"And mine was Gavin." Ellen added, while holding up her tablet.
"Simon." Henry growled, while holding up his tablet.
"Killed by fucking Spongebob, what a way to go." Simon laughed.
"Simon, show us who your target was. Now!" Irene ordered.
Simon shrugged and held out his tablet. "Cosmetology cunt."
"Excuse me?" Ellen demanded.
"Mine was Dane." Irene held out her tablet.
"Wow, thanks for not killing me, Irene." Dane thanked.
"My target was Henry." RK went next and held out his tablet.
"And I unfortunately had Irene." Bridget held out her tablet, while looking a bit down. "Not artistic at all."
"But your choice in deciding not to give into the motive was." Irene smiled at Bridget, who returned the smile.
"I had RK for my target." Sam stated, while holding up her tablet.
"Bridget." Rory held out his tablet.
"Natalie was my target." Harvey added, while holding up his target. "But don't worry Natalie! I would never kill you!"
"Thanks...Harvey..." I replied, not fully knowing how to really reply to that.
"Natalie, who did you have as a target?" Gavin asked.
"...Miranda..." I replied, a bit nervously as I held up my tablet.
Miranda looked away, quite uncomfortable.
"I had Dana!" Sapphire yelled as she held up her tablet.. "Be thankful!"
After a few moments of silence, most eyes turned to Dana, who was the only person who hadn't revealed their target, she appeared to be a bit nervous.
"Dana." Irene started with. "Who was your target?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Ellen asked.
"No?" Harvey replied, confused.
Dana took a deep breath. "Kirsty."
"Huh?" Miranda asked.
"Kirsty!" Henry exclaimed.
Dana nodded she held up her tablet. "Kirsty was my target."
"Your target was the victim?" Bridget asked.
"And by process of elimination, that would leave Sam as Kirsty's target." RK added.
"Hooray!" Sam did a few backflips. "Then I should be crossed off the list of suspects!"
"And why the fuck do you think you get to be crossed off the fucking list?" Simon asked.
"Well duh! Because..." Sam paused as she realized she didn't have an answer.
"Just shut up." Ellen ordered. "Nobody has been proven innocent yet."
"But we do have a suspect!" Rory added.
"Dana!" Sapphire screamed.
"You killed my darling Kirsty!" Henry roared.
"No, listen to me..." Dana pleaded.
Nonstop Debate
"You did it!" Henry roared. "You killed my darling Kirsty!"
"Henry, please calm down and listen to me." Dana requested.
"Why bother?" Rory asked. "We got you right where we need you."
"Kirsty was your target!" Sapphire added.
"Only you had a reason to kill her." Harvey added.
"Nothing can prove you innocent!" Henry continued to roar. "You're done for!"
"Could Dana really be the killer?" I thought to myself. "Sure, her having Kirsty for her target is definitely suspicious, but is it enough to convict her? I need to think about this...No! Henry is wrong! There is a piece of evidence that can prove Dana innocent!"
"Hold up everyone!" I cried. "Just calm down for a second.
"Something to add, dear?" Bridget asked.
"Don't waste my time, Natalie!" Henry growled. "Dana is the killer, and that is that!"
"Just shut the fuck up and let the office bitch talk." Simon replied.
"...We can't just decide that Dana is the killer, solely based on Kirsty being her target. In fact, she's innocent."
"Really?" Miranda asked.
"Please explain, Natalie." Irene requested.
"The file." I replied. "If you recall, Kirsty's time of death was roughly 6:00PM."
"So?" Sapphire asked.
"Dana's first aid class started at 6:00PM, and now way she could of killed Kirsty a few minutes before that time, and made it to the beach to start the class."
"Oh wow!" Sam exclaimed.
"Then it looks like Dana is innocent." Gavin added.
Dana sighed in relief. "Thank you, Natalie."
"It isn't an issue at all." I replied.
"If the murder happened around the same time as the first aid class began..." Dane stated.
"Then everyone who attended should be able to be crossed off the list of suspects." RK finished.
"Everyone who attended was there on time." Bridget added. "No way any of us could be the killer.
"Just to be clear and so we know for sure, who attended Dana's first aid class again?" Irene asked.
"Well, Dana of course." Sam replied. "And if I recall... Gavin, Dane, Miranda, Sapphire, Harvey, RK, Bridget, Irene, Natalie, and myself."
"So all of us aren't suspects?" Harvey asked, quite happily. "Hell yeah!"
"That is over two thirds of us." Irene smiled.
"But...who would that leave as the remaining suspects?" RK asked.
I gulped. "Four people, Ellen, Simon, Rory, and Henry."
"No! It isn't me!" Rory cried.
"You dare accuse me of killing my darling Kirsty!?" Henry demanded.
"Hold up guys!" Gavin exclaimed. "We aren't saying either of you is the killer!"
"Just that one of you punks might be!" Harvey added.
"Henry's...feelings about Kirsty were artistic, but in the wrong way..." Bridget stated.
"And I think we're forgetting something so obvious!" Sapphire yelled. "Kirsty was found in one of Rory's rope traps!"
"I'm sorry guys." Dane apologized. "But both of you are looking quite suspicious right now."
"Hold up." Irene interjected. "They aren't the only ones."
"Yeah!" Sam agreed. "Don't forget about our two villains!"
"Anything you have to say? Simon? Ellen?" I asked.
"Shut the fuck up." Simon replied.
"You aren't helping your case, Simon." Dana replied.
"What about Ellen?" Harvey asked.
Ellen didn't respond.
"How do we determine the killer out of these four?" Miranda asked.
"Simple." Irene replied. "We question them about where they were during the end of the scavenger hunt and beginning of the first aid class, then we can see if they an alibi."
"Then let's get on it!" Sapphire yelled. "I wanna be done this stupid trial as soon as possible!"
"Hey!" An angry Aqua Tail screamed.
"Let's start with Simon." Dane suggested. "He did attend the scavenger hunt, but didn't attend the first aid class."
"Well Simon?" Bridget asked.
"Well fucking what?" Simon asked.
"Where were you?!" Irene demanded, quite angrily.
Simon snickered. "On this stupid fucking island."
"You really aren't helping yourself right now, man." Rory stated.
"He won't answer because he's the killer!" Harvey exclaimed. "Let's vote!"
"Wait!" I shouted. "Remember, this is Simon here! He's probably acting this way for laughs right now."
"We need answers right now!" Henry roared. "Tell us where you were, Simon!"
Simon snickered again. "Fine, you fucking got me. I was in the universe."
"Come on Simon!" Miranda cried.
"You prick!" Sapphire whined.
"Forget this right now." I suggested. "Let's come back to Simon later, we should question someone else right now."
"But who?" Dana asked.
"Why not Henry?" RK suggested. "His behavior surely has changed just now."
"Damn RK!" Sam exclaimed. "Didn't know how savage you can be."
"Where were you Henry?" Irene asked. "During the scavenger hunt?"
Henry looked like he was ready to explode again, but he slowly calmed down. "I was..." Henry appeared to have trouble finishing his sentence.
"Where?" Dane asked.
"Spit it out!" Demanded Harvey.
"I was on the beach...making a present for my...darling Kirsty..." Henry slowly finished, with tears in his eyes.
"Henry..." I replied sadly.
"I'm so sorry, Henry." Bridget added.
"What kind of present were you making on the beach?" Rory asked.
"...Seashell gift..." Henry slowly replied.
"That's fucking stupid." Simon snickered.
"Simon!" I exclaimed.
Henry started to tear up a bit more.
"Henry, we all offer our sympathy." Irene stated. "But..."
"You doing whatever on the beach isn't an alibi." Ellen finished her sentence."
"Maybe this fry cook killed Kirsty because she wouldn't fuck him!" Harvey shouted.
"Harvey!" Irene screamed.
"No!" Henry cried. "I didn't kill her! I would never!"
"You did say you would attend the scavenger hunt, Henry." Dana stated. "But you never showed up."
" And unfortunately, we can't agree on that if you don't have an alibi, Henry." Gavin replied.
"So we're all going with Henry?!" An eager Sapphire asked.
"No!" Henry cried.
"Hey, shut up dumbasses!" Simon yelled.
Everyone grew silent.
"What if I can prove Spongebob fag was at the beach and he didn't kill anyone?"
"Can you now?" RK asked.
I grew suspicious. "What are you hiding Simon?" Then what Simon told me during the investigation hit me. "Simon is hiding something, spill it!"
Simon snickered. "Fine, I'll fucking tell you. Towards the end of the stupid fucking scavenger hunt, I grew bored, and I was on the beach at the time, and guess who I saw on the beach?"
"Henry?" Miranda asked.
Simon nodded. "Yeah, I found the stupid fucking faggot playing with shells on the beach, and the way he was doing it and the fact he was singing about his darling bitch, it was the most amusing thing to happen all day, so I stuck around to enjoy the show."
"What did you say?!" Henry demanded.
"Very interesting." Irene commented on. "If Simon did witness Henry on the beach..."
"Hold up!" Sam cut in. "How do we know for sure Simon is even telling the truth?! He could of just decided to lie once he heard what Henry said!"
"That is possible." Dana agreed.
"If you want, I can describe what the Spongebob fucker was doing, bitches." Simon stated.
"Hey!" Gavin shouted, angrily.
"Simon did say Henry was singing." I added.
"Where you singing, Henry?" Dane asked.
"...Yes..." Henry slowly replied.
"We shouldn't need to know anything else about what Henry was doing." Irene suggested. "It does appear Simon is Henry's alibi."
"Which would also mean Simon has an alibi as well." RK added.
"Hold up, people!" Sapphire yelled. "I'm not convinced! How do we know for sure that Simon was watching Henry during the murder!?"
"If you fucking paid attention, you stupid, ugly whore, you know I said I spotted the krabby patty fucker on the beach towards the end of the stupid, fucking scavenger hunt, we were both there before, during, and after 6:00PM."
"There wouldn't of been enough time for either of them to kill Kirsty and be back at the beach at even a bit before or after 6:00PM." Dane stated.
"Also, Henry and Simon arrived at the crime scene about the same time." Bridget added. "Even if Henry didn't notice Simon on the beach with him, I find their stories check out."
"Neither Henry or Simon is the killer?" Miranda asked.
"Correct." I replied. "Since Simon can prove that Henry was on the beach, as well as prove what Henry was doing or saying at the time and Henry can back that up, neither of them could of killed Kristy around 6:00PM."
"Burn bitches!" Simon snickered.
"Will you ever grow up?" Irene asked.
"Probably never." Sapphire answered.
Henry sighed in relief.
"Why didn't you tell us of all this earlier?!" Sam demanded, quite angrily.
Simon just snickered. "Fuck you."
"Uuuuggghhh!"
"Well if we're crossing both Henry and Simon off our list of suspects..." Dana began. "That leaves just two people."
"Rory and Ellen!" Sam exclaimed.
"Fuck!" Rory replied.
Ellen didn't respond.
"You're looking like a killer there, prankboy!" Harvey stated.
"Hang on there." Bridget cut in. "I think it is quite unartistic about how quiet Ellen has been. I think we need to question her next."
"She has been quite silent recently." Miranda agreed.
"Speak up, Ellen!" Henry demanded.
Ellen gave us a bit of an evil smile. "Is it my turn?"
"Yes!" Gavin answered.
"No more guessing games." Irene stated, quite sternly.
"Fair enough." Ellen replied. "Of course, I never planned on attending any stupid and worthless event any of you had planned."
"Nobody expected you to!" Sam shot back.
"Anyway, while I don't recall the exact time, I was by the huts and somebody, most likely the killer, they hit me on the head from behind, which knocked me out."
"Somebody knocked you out?" RK asked.
"Sounds pretty fishy to me." Sapphire replied.
"Natalie and Rory can both attest as I they were the first people I saw after waking up." Ellen continued. I woke up behind Kirsty's hut with a wound on the back of head, which Dana treated."
"Ellen's wound didn't require immediate attention." Dana agreed.
"She did appear like she just woke up from being knocked out." I added.
"Yeah, at the time it appeared legit." Rory agreed. "But now that I think about it, she could have been faking it!"
"Huh?" Asked Miranda.
"Ellen could of killed Kirsty, then hurt herself, and just lied down wherever near the huts to appear knocked out incase someone saw her."
"Rope Fuck actually has a point." Simon agreed.
"This is Ellen we're talking about after all." Bridget added. "She isn't artistic."
Nonstop Debate
"I already told you idiots, I was knocked out near the huts." Ellen stated.
"Yeah, right!" Sam replied.
"Like we'll believe you!" Sapphire added.
"Maybe you were attacked" Harvey began. "But you probably just did it to yourself!"
"You can't prove it was another person that hit you on the head." Rory smiled.
"I need to think about this." I thought to myself. "Do I know for sure that Ellen was actually knocked out? Was she just faking it? Think Natalie! Think...Wait! Rory is way wrong! There is proof someone attacked Ellen!"
"Hang on everyone!" I cut in. "I know for sure that someone else attacked Ellen!"
"Really?" Dane asked.
"Please explain, Natalie." Irene requested.
"Gladly, but you should know, Irene." I replied. "In the area a bit away from the huts, we found that can of spray paint."
"Oh wow, how could I forget?!"
"What can of spray paint?" Bridget asked.
"Irene and I found a can of spray paint that had some dried blood on it." I continued. "It was on the bottom of the can."
"What if that blood was Kirsty's?" I asked.
I shook my head. "Kirsty's blood was still fresh, while the blood on the can was more dry."
"It was." Irene agreed.
"Even if that is true, how would that prove Ellen was attacked?" Sam asked.
"I believe the killer used the can of spray paint to knock Ellen out, and then either panicked and tossed it nearby or chose a bad place to hide it. And think about it, what could of Ellen knocked herself out with? And even if she used the can fo spray paint, how would it have gotten away from the huts when it was obviously used in the murder."
"I know!" Harvey replied. "She hit herself with the can first, then knocked herself out by running into a hut or simply punching herself, which she did after tossing the can away!"
"I would have had more than one injury, idiot." Ellen countered.
"Ellen did only have one injury." Dana confirmed.
"Then I guess we do have to go with Ellen was in the wrong place at the wrong time and was attacked by the killer." Gavin stated.
"And she was knocked out by the can of spray paint." Miranda added.
Irene sighed. "If Ellen has an alibi, then that only leaves one person."
"Everyone else has an alibi, the ropes, and now the spray paint!" Sapphire exclaimed. "I knew the killer was obvious!"
"I know who they mean." I thought to myself. "I don't want to believe it, but this person is looking like the only one who could of killed Kirsty."
CHOOSE
Natalie Bowie
Sam Robinson
Gavin Trigg
Sapphire Baldwin
Donald Warn-Deceased
RK Manning
Ellen Rowe
Raj Griffin-Deceased
Dane Anders
Irene Blair
Henry Drake
Miranda Lancer
Kirsty Fair child-Deceased
Harvey Masters
Dana Foster
Simon Thorn
Bridget Silver
Rory King
Rory King-Chosen
"YOU!"
