Chapter 9 - The Second Floor (Part 1)
Blossom was heading to the canteen. She tapped her handbook and noticed it was 07:23 AM. After all, she couldn't sleep well after watching Mordecai's execution so she woke up slightly later than usual. It's not like her peers wouldn't mind, she believed most of the others were also uncomfortable with yesterday's events.
She was surprised when she only found Bubbles and Buttercup, apparently waiting for her.
"Hey, girls. Where are the others?" she asked, emotionless.
"Hey, Bloss." Buttercup greeted "They went to investigate the second floor."
"Second floor?!" Blossom's eyes widened.
"Yeah, Monokuma opened a brand new floor as a gift from the last trial." she responded.
"We left you a sandwich!" Bubbles said "I made it myself! It has the same recipe as the ones Professor would make us... Professor..." she sighed.
"We miss him too, Bubs." Buttercup said, patting her sister's back "But we'll see him after we get out of here!"
"If we ever get out of here..." Bubbles said, sadly lowering her head.
Blossom sighed and sat down, taking a bite of her sandwich. "Have you girls checked the new floor yet?"
"Nah, we were waiting for you." Buttercup replied.
"You didn't need to, y'know? But thanks."
"No prob, sis. But I think we should go check it now."
"Let's go then." Blossom said as she and her sisters walked out of the canteen.
"Hey, Bubbles, are you feeling better after yesterday?" Blossom softly asked her sister.
"I- I think I am. T- this is just t- too much for me." Bubbles whimpered.
"It's okay, Bubbles. Don't worry, we'll get out." Blossom replied, receiving a small smile from Bubbles. All of them remained silent and climbed up the stairs to check the new rooms.
The first room the girls walked into had "Art Room" written on its door, along with a draw of a brush and a canvas. Blossom pushed the door open, revealing a colorful room full of paintings on its walls. However, there was only a wall that was just painted white, written on it was "Give wings to your imagination!" in red. The room had everything you need to paint. From big brushes to tiny colored pencils.
In the room there were Steven, Ben, Gumball and Darwin, looking around.
"Ooh!" Bubbles immediately grew a smile. "An art room?! I love art! And I can paint whatever I want to on that wall!" she pointed to the white painted wall and immediately ran towards it.
"Shouldn't we have split into the groups Robin formed?" Buttercup asked them, while Bubbles was plunging her hands in a blue paint bucket.
"Meh." Ben shrugged "It's not like it matters at this point."
"So, is there anything useful in here?" Blossom inquired.
"Nope. It's just a normal art room." Gumball responded.
"However, it is a really good place to spend free time." Darwin said, smiling.
Blossom looked around at the room for a while and noticed Steven was just staring blankly at a paint plastered on the wall.
"Are you okay, Steven?" Blossom rested her hand on the boy's shoulder and gave a slight smile.
"I am- I'm feeling better today. But it is... hard, you know?" he muttered.
"I know, Steven. But Connie's... death..." Blossom hesitated on saying the 'd' word "is not going to be your downfall. It is going to be your motivation! I know it is hard and it will be hard and you'll cry a lot later but for now we just have to concentrate on getting away from here."
He looked at her and slightly smiled "Thank you, Blossom. That actually really helped."
"No problem, Steven." she smiled back "Well, I'm going to investigate the other rooms, see you later."
"Bye." he waved at her.
"Bubbles, are you coming with us?" Buttercup asked.
"Sorry, girls, I'm going to stay here and paint a little more! See you later though." she replied, while painting something on the wall.
"See ya." Blossom and Buttercup left the room.
"At least she's feeling better." Buttercup commented.
"Yeah, and that's what's important." Blossom replied, walking towards the next room with her sister.
The next room they entered was a Chemistry Laboratory. It looked like a typical Lab someone would find at school but a bit bigger and with more instruments.
There were Dexter and Mandy examining the room.
"Hey, guys." Blossom greeted.
"Greetings, Blossom." Dexter dryly greeted back, not even looking back at her.
However, Mandy ignored her.
"Hey! She said 'Hey!'" Buttercup shouted.
"I heard it and I'm not exactly forced to reply, y'know, Green." Mandy said, making Buttercup growl.
"Don't bother with her, Buttercup." Blossom softly told her sister, as she placed her hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah, you're right." Buttercup replied "Bloss, I don't think there's anything important here."
"I think you're right. This just seems like a normal Chemistry Lab. Let's search for more important stuff." with that, the girls walked out of the room.
The next room was a Medical Center. There were Princess Bubblegum, Mindy and... Monokuma? What was he doing here?
"What is he doing here?" Blossom immediately asked, pointing at the bear.
"I don't know. I think he might be organizing some stuff." Princess Bubblegum replied.
"Ha! I finally did it!" Monokuma exclaimed proudly as he made his out of the room. However, he was stopped by Blossom.
"Hey, what were you doing over there? Is it some kind of trap or whatever?"
"A trap?! Blossom, don't be stupid!" he snapped "I was just organizing some stuff over there."
"Don't call her stupid, MonoAsshole! And what were you organizing?!" Buttercup shouted.
"You know, some vacines and diseases. I was placing them on the cabinet for safety. Nothing to worry about." Monokuma said.
"What do you mean 'diseases'?" Blossom asked suspiciously.
"Diseases! Things that make you not okay! Sheesh, grow a brain." he replied.
"What the hell is this doing in a school?!" Buttercup exclaimed.
"Yeah, you do know that that can have all of us killed, right?" Princess Bubblegum intervened.
"Yeah! What's your idea?!" Mindy shouted.
"Oh don't worry about that. As long as no one breaks it or injects them to someone, we're all okay! Now, get out of my way, hippos." he said, walking out of the room.
"Someday I'll get my hands on that damn bear..." Buttercup muttered.
The next room they entered was a...
"... a s- sword room?" Blossom muttered as she entered the room with Buttercup. There were all types of swords someone could imagine plastered on the walls.
The two sisters walked around the room to examine it.
"Why does this school even has a sword room? Someone could end up being injured!" Buttercup exclaimed.
"I thought we were all sure this was not a normal school. I'm pretty sure this room only exists for the killers to have a murder weapon." Blossom replied, emotionless.
"Aren't these cool?!" a voice suddenly asked. The two girls turned around to see who that voice belonged to. It was Finn.
"Cool?" Blossom repeated.
"Yeah, I'm pretty good at using swords, I used to fight monsters back in Ooo with them." he explained "And this one is exactly like one I used for a while." he said, grabbing a sharp red sword. "Jake would've loved this room..." he sighed sadly.
Ooo?, Blossom thought.
"Yeah, just watch out with that. We don't want any more murders." Buttercup said.
Finn ignored the comment and asked them "Have you two seen the simulation room yet? It's pretty cool."
The two sisters looked at each other "Simulation Room?"
"Yeah. Wanna check it out?"
Buttercup shrugged "Meh, why not." as the three made their way to the other room.
"Woah..." Buttercup said in awe as she looked around at the simulation room. It was a normal sized black room with a couple of stands and a giant monitor plastered on the wall. Beside the stands were black virtual reality glasses.
"Honestly, it's getting harder to hate this school." the green powerpuff girl said, as she walked towards one stand. She picked up a pair of the virtual reality glasses and put them on. "What am I supposed to do now?"
"You can say what you want to experience out loud! It will immediately play on the screen." Finn explained.
"For real?!" Buttercup asked, surprised. Finn nodded in response.
"Okay, let me see..." she though for a bit "I want to experience a big, fun and deadly rollercoaster!" she exclaimed. And as soon as she did, the big monitor turned on and showed the image of a rollercoaster. The ride was going to start.
Rollercoaster... Blossom immediately remembered Mordecai's execution.
"I'm going to head to my dorm, Buttercup. See ya." Blossom said, feeling uneasy, as she walked out of the room.
"Woah, this is so cool!" Buttercup exclaimed. She didn't even notice her sister leaving the room.
Blossom fell on her bed with a sigh. Another murder had occurred and she had seen another execution. She knew she was going to need therapy after getting out of that school. I just can't take this anymore... I can't even imagine what the other might be thinking, what Finn and Steven might be thinking... losing someone so close... what if something happens to Bubbles or Buttercup? I can't keep them safe forever. They are everything I've got right now... and I have to protect them! She sighed Hopefully, there won't be another murder... that is unless Monokuma gives us another-
"Hey hey hey, my favorite bastards!" she was taken off her thoughts at the sudden sound of Monokuma's squeaky voice through the speakers. "Please gather in the gym in ten minutes. I have a surprise for you! Upupupu..."
"What's taking him so long?" Buttercup grumbled impatiently. The peers were all gathering inside for about ten minutes and their lunatic principal hadn't appeared yet.
"I hope he's dead." Mandy coldly said.
Honestly, me too, Mandy. Blossom thought.
"If he's not going to appear then I'll-" Mindy was muttering when suddenly Monokuma popped into existence and landed on his stand. "I'm sorry for being late, my students, I was doing something important." he admitted.
"As if you actually have a life." Princess Bubblegum rolled her eyes.
Monokuma ignored that comment and continued "You might be wondering why I called you guys here. Well, the reason is... I wanted to give you guys your next motive!"
Before anyone could reply, thousands of dollar bills came falling out of the ceiling and landed on the stage, all bundled up with little rubber bands. They kept falling until they created a mountain of money.
"If someone kills someone in the next three days, they will not only leave the school but also win a MILLION DOLLARS!" he practically shouted.
"A million dollars?" Mandy questioned, uninterested. "You think that is able to drive someone to kill?"
"Don't worry, I got you!" he excitedly said as suddenly way more money started falling from the ceiling. "What about, a BILLION DOLLARS!"
Silence. No one said a single word. The pupils just stared at the absurdly huge pile of money in front of them. That was a bad sign.
"Well..." Gumball finally broke the silence "that's a lot of money..."
"It sure is! And all you have to do to have it is to kill someone!" Monokuma said smiling as he rubbed his paws together.
At first, Blossom didn't think this motive was anything special. But that was only for her. Deep down she knew how powerful this motive was and, although she didn't want to accept the fact, she knew someone was going to die and someone was going to be the murderer.
New Rooms: Art Room, Sword Room, Medical Center, Chemistry Lab, Simulation Room
Sorry for the long wait. School has arrived and is harder than ever.
I hope you liked this introduction chapter for the third case. This will probably be one my favorites and one of the most important too.
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