Chapter 6 - Mirage! (Part 2)
Okay here's the second murder! I hope you enjoy :3
"Good morning, students!" Monokuma suddenly appeared on everyone's televisions "It is already 7 AM, so get your asses off your beds and let's have another despairing day on Cartoon Network's Special Academy!" the TV's shut off.
Blossom opened her eyes slowly as she tiredly yawned. "Finally, a good night." she muttered before getting off of her bed and heading towards the shower room. There had been three days since Jake's and Rigby's deaths and, thankfully, no one else had been murdered. Although some of her pupils seemed sad and traumatized by Jake's murder and Rigby's execution (mainly Finn and Mordecai) they had been trying to move on and have hope that they would make it out alive.
She quickly got out of her dorm and headed towards the canteen, in a better mood than days before - still not smiling though.
Inside were already Mandy, Mindy, Dexter, Dee Dee, Steven, Connie and Bubblegum, waiting for the others to arrive.
She greeted them "Morning, guys." with not much emotion in her voice, as she took a seat.
She received some greetings back. However, some of them didn't even bother to reply.
After about ten minutes, everyone was already inside the place.
"Good, we're all here." Princess Bubblegum said "Now we don't have to worry about being murdered."
All of them enjoyed our breakfast and, after, went to different places.
Blossom went to the library, where she found Bubblegum, Dexter, Connie and Steven. Probably all of the bookworms, along with her, that were inside that school. Except from Steven, he just seemed like he was only there to accompany Connie.
She had already finished reading her book the day before so she went to pick another one to keep her entertained during her stay inside the Academy.
"Searching for something?" Steven who was also looking for some book on a big bookshelf along with Connie, inquired. She was carrying a book with her left hand.
"Yeah. The other day I borrowed a book from here to keep myself entertained but I've already finished reading it. So, I was searching for another one to read." she informed.
"Well, I also borrowed a book and I found it interesting. Here." Connie spoke up as she showed Blossom the book "It's called 'The Unfamiliar Familiar'. I actually knew about this book before getting into this school and I really like it. I wasn't expecting them to have it here so I decided to re-read it." she said "Want to read it?"
"Uh, yeah why not?" Blossom responded. "Thanks."
"No problem." Connie replies "Tell me if you liked it, as soon as you finish reading." the two of them walked away.
"I will!"
Huh, these two seem to be nice people. Maybe I should get to know them after we get out of this place... Well, that is if we ever get out of this place... No, Blossom! We will get out! Just believe in hope! Don't let the despair consume you...
It was about 2:30 PM and Blossom was sitting on her bed, reading the book Connie had given her.
"This is actually pretty good." she commented. She was already on the 33rd page and was enjoying thus far.
However, her reading was interrupted. "Students," Monokuma's voice blared out from the speakers "Please gather inside the gym for a... special announcement. Upupupu..."
I should just do as he says. Don't wanna get in trouble, she thought.
Blossom arrived at the gym, where she found everybody else chatting with each other. She spotted her sisters and walked towards them.
"Hey, girls."
"Hey, Bloss." Buttercup greeted back "So, what do you think he wants?"
Bubbles shrugged "Maybe he'll let us out of this school?"
"This sick game of his barely started. I don't think he would let us out just when his diabolical plan started." Blossom said.
"Don't worry, my dear students, I have arrived!" Monokuma announced, appearing out of nowhere.
"God, we don't know what we would do without you." Mandy sarcastically said, rolling her eyes.
"So, why did you bring us here?" Finn annoyingly asked "Are you gonna make us kill each other again?"
"Oh, I don't make you kill you each other. I just give you a little push." he replied, as if he was the most innocent being in this world. "And that's the reason why I'm here. Since the last execution, I feel like there hasn't been much going on."
Resuming, he wants blood, Blossom thought.
"So, it's time to give you your second motive!" he excitedly said "I like to call this one: Mirage..."
"Mirage? I don't get it." Gumball said.
"Of course you don't, idiot! I haven't explained it yet!" he shouted. "This motive - Mirage - will consist on... hallucinations!"
"Hallucinations?" Robin repeated confused.
"Yes! Hallucinations! You all will have hallucinations, and they will certainly not be pretty." he told the pupils "If no one gets killed within the next five days, then you'll have to live with these hallucinations forever!"
"As if." Bubblegum scoffed. "You can't make us have hallucinations. That's just impossible."
"She's right." Dexter agreed "Plus, you can't just expect us to kill someone just because of silly hallucinations."
"First of all, yes, I can make you have hallucinations. Just close your eyes." the bear ordered them. The pupils wondered what he was going to do to them but just decided to close their eyes.
After a couple of seconds the bear told them to open their eyes again.
"I feel nothing." Mordecai said. "Did you really do something to us?"
"Oh yes I did. And, Dexter, about your previous statement... believe me, someone will give in for sure... Bye bye!" he walked out of the gym and disappeared.
"That bear is really full of bullshit." Mandy said, walking out of the gym.
"Yeah, no way he'll make us have hallucinations." Mindy muttered, also exiting the gym. With that, everyone abandoned the gym.
Blossom entered her dorm and sat on her bed. Buttercup had created a group chat on their handbooks so they could check on each other. She typed:
Blossom: Hey, girls. So, has any of you experienced any hallucination?
Bubbles: Nope, I'm good.
Buttercup: Yeah, me neither. I bet that stupid bear was just toying with us.
Blossom: I hope that's the case. Where are you at?
Buttercup: I'm with Gumball and Darwin at the pool. They're actually pretty cool dudes.
Bubbles: I'm at the music room with Steven and Connie. Steven is teaching me how to play the ukulele.
Blossom: I'm going to the library. See ya.
Bubbles: Bye.
Buttercup: See ya later, sis.
Bubbles: Wait, girls... Do you think someone else is going to die...?
Buttercup: Really, Bubs?
Blossom: Of course not, Bubbles. Last time was just bad luck. There won't be another murder... I'm sure of that.
Bubbles: Well, if you say so... Bye, girls.
Buttercup: Bye.
Blossom: Bye.
Blossom stepped into the library and spotted Robin, Bubblegum and Dexter. Judging by their looks, they also hadn't experienced any hallucinations. She was going to try to find the sequels of the book Connie had given her. She hadn't finished the first one yet but it was so interesting that she was already planning on borrowing the other ones.
"Huh, let's see." she muttered while scrolling through the bookshelves. "Aha!" after a while, she found the whole series of book. She had to read more three books to end the series. She began taking them out of the bookshelf.
However, something caught her attention. In the corner of her eye, she saw the tray of a red substance near a bookshelf. She slowly walked towards it until she discovered it was blood. Oh no... She knew exactly what this meant.
She followed the blood tray that led behind another giant bookshelf. Afraid of what she was about to see, she gulped and slowly headed behind the bookshelf.
Blossom could swear she could hear her heart break as soon as she saw that scene.
There were...
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... Bubbles and Buttercup lying on the ground. Dead. Lying on a giant pool of blood.
Blossom screamed as she fell on her knees, her tears falling to the ground. Her only reasons to believe in hope were gone. She had failed on protecting her sisters. She had failed on being a good leader. That moment she could hear Bubbles and Buttercup's voices muttering "It's all your fault, Blossom..." "Blossom..." "Blossom..."
"Blossom! Blossom!" Robin shouted, while tapping her back "Are you okay? We heard you scream." Dexter and Princess Bubblegum appeared behind him with concerned looks on their faces.
"I... I lost everything..." she whispered, covering her eyes with her hands, crying.
"Um... what?" Dexter asked, confused.
"Can't you see?!" she shouted "Bubbles and Buttercup are dead! They-" she then stared at where her sister's bodies were... there was nothing. There was no blood and her sisters were nowhere to be found.
"No... this can't be..." she uttered "They were... they were right here!"
"Blossom, are you sure you're okay?" Bubblegum asked her.
"I..." she stood up and turned around to face her classmates "Guys, I think Monokuma wasn't kidding about the hallucinations..."
Th days passed. Everybody had faced at least two hallucinations a day. And everyone started locking themselves inside their rooms with the fear of something happening to them. The only reason why they would get out of their dorms was to eat and nothing more.
They also had struggle on sleeping because they were too paranoid about the hallucinations. It also seemed like the mirages would intensify as long as the days passed, but it was at night that they would appear more frequently.
It was 5:48 AM. Blossom was lying in her bed, staring at the ceiling. Dark circles formed around her eyes because of the lack of sleep.
This is getting ridiculous, she thought.
She headed towards her shower room and turned on the tap.
Closing her eyes, she leaned down and splashed some of the cold water onto her face. That felt really good...
...but only for a moment, because she felt an odd sensation... a stickiness, across her face and her hands. Confused, she opened her eyes, looking at her hands. They weren't wet with water, but soaked in a bright red color. Her eyes flew up to the mirror... her face was dripping with the same red and sticky substance.
She screamed, falling back from the sink and landing on the ground. Make it stop! Make it stop! She tried to wipe it off her face but it was in vain, the thing wasn't getting out. Wait! This has to be another illusion! She closed her eyes and repeated to herself "It isn't real, it isn't real..." until she opened her eyes. She slowly looked down at her hand again. The red thing was gone... her hand were a little wet with water, but nothing else.
She stoop up and stared at the mirror. There was no sign of the red substance.
"It worked..." she whispered "It worked!"
Everyone was eating at the canteen, more silent than ever. Some of them had bags under their eyes and others looked pretty tired. Blossom thought it was time to put an end on this.
"Okay, guys." she spoke up "I think this has gone way too far."
"What?" Ben asked, confused.
"These hallucinations! Just take a look at you guys. You're tired as heck!"
"And what do you want us to do about it?" Finn asked.
"Yeah, it's not like we can stop them." Mordecai frowned.
"I know, but we can prevent them." Blossom said.
"Prevent? How?" Steven inquired.
"Listen up," Blossom started "When I was having a mirage this morning, I muttered to myself 'It isn't real' over and over. And after a while, everything went back to normal." she revealed "Whenever you guys feel like you're living another situation like that, just remember that it is not real!"
"Are you sure?" Darwin asked, worried.
"Yeah. And also, don't stop doing the things you want to. That's exactly what Monokuma wants. Don't lock yourselves in your dorm all day. It isn't healthy."
"Blossom's right." Robin said "By doing that we just consume more and more despair. We can't let that happen to us."
Most people still looked unsure about that. Blossom decided not to force their opinion.
Blossom headed to the library, where she found Connie, Steven, Dexter and Mandy.
Huh, it looks like they heard me.
"Hey, Blossom!" Steven waved at her. "Your plan actually worked!"
"Really?"
"Yeah. I was having a crazy and creepy hallucination and I did what you told us to do. It suddenly disappeared!" he exclaimed.
"I'm glad I could help." Blossom smiled. "What are you guys doing?"
"We're looking for some book that can give us information about this-." Connie stopped when she spotted a book and then took it of the shelf "Woah, what is this thing."
"It says 'The Creation Of Cartoon Network'". she read out loud "I think this might get us some answers about this whole situation. I'm going to read it." she said as she brought the book to a desk.
Blossom noticed both Mandy and Dexter had left already. She looked at the clock on the wall "It's almost 9 PM. I think we should head to our dorms."
"Blossom's right, Connie." Steven said "We should go back to our dorms."
"I'll just stay a little longer. I have to find out the truth about this school." she responded.
"Uh... are you sure, Connie? I don't think it is safe for you with this hallucinations and-" Steven was interrupted by his friend.
"Steven, I can take care of myself, okay? Don't worry, I'll be back in my room before time is up."
He sighed "If you say so. See you tomorrow then."
"See you tomorrow." Connie waved as Steven and Blossom walked out of the library.
Blossom yawned as she threw herself on her bed. At least I didn't have more hallucinations today. Was her last thought until she closed her eyes.
Little did she know that a murder was taking place as she slept.
"Good morning, bastards!" Monokuma started his announcement "It is already 7 AM so get yourself prepared for another beeeeeeautiful day on Cartoon Network's Special Academy." he paused "Ooh, and one of you was really naughty last night. Upupupu..."
Blossom's eyes widened. Please don't be what I'm thinking, please don't be what I'm thinking.
She quickly jumped of her bed and went to the shower room. Then, she quickly headed to the canteen.
She sighed of relief when she saw both Bubbles and Buttercup sitting inside the canteen. There were also Dexter, Dee Dee, Mordecai, Bubblegum, Mandy and Steven.
After a couple of minutes, every other student appeared at the canteen. Well, all except for one...
"Hey, where's Connie?!" Steven asked, worried "She isn't one to arrive late."
"I haven't seen her yet." Gumball responded.
"I think it was the best if we went to search for her." Robin proposed.
"Let's go then." Steven quickly stood up.
Blossom, Robin and Steven went to search the girl.
"I'll search in the library. Blossom, you can check in the trophy room, and, Steven, you check in the music room." Robin ordered. They did as he said.
"I found nothing." Steven said.
"Me neither." Blossom said and Robin shook his head "no", meaning he also hadn't found her.
"Has anyone checked the pool yet?" the unafraid hero asked.
Everyone stared at the pool's entrance at the end of the hallway. They walked towards the door and pushed it open...
...just to find Connie lying on the ground. Dead. With her neck in a weird position.
Blossom covered her mouth in horror. Someone else... was killed...?!"
"Connie!" Steven shouted as he fell on his knees, crying. "It's all my fault, my fault." he uttered.
"Ding Dong!" Monokuma's voice bursted from the speakers "A body has been found. After a set period of time, that will be used for the investigation, a class trial will begin. Good luck!"
"This... this can't be true..." Robin muttered.
It was. Someone actually gave in and killed Connie... It was becoming more and more difficult to believe in hope, these days.
So, Connie's dead. I didn't really want to kill her, but it had to happen. I was enjoying writing her... such a shame.
Who do you think is the culprit?
Reviews and constructive criticism are always appreciated.
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