Chapter 11 - Double Trouble (Part 3)

Soon, every other pupil was gathered around Ben's lifeless body. Most of them were just staring in shock, while others like Bubbles, Dee Dee, Steven and Darwin had tears forming in their eyes.

"I can't believe this..." Steven muttered "He was alive like an hour ago and now he's just... gone..."

"I can't believe another one of you did this again!" Buttercup frowned as she folded her arms.

"One of us? Don't act like you're innocent. I bet you're the one who did this!" Mindy accused.

"Oh yeah? Because I think you're the one who did it!" Buttercup accused back.

"Hey hey hey." Robin stepped between the girls so they couldn't start a fight "Let's not accuse anyone now. We should investigate first."

"Robin is right. We have about two hours to investigate this, let's not start a fight right now. Maybe after the trial." Mandy said.

"Shouldn't there be a Monokuma File or something?" Dexter asked before everyone's handbook's receive a notification.

"Here they are." Blossom said, emotionless "Any volunteers?"

"Meh, why not." Buttercup cleared her voice. "Monokuma File #3 - The victim is Ben, the alien shapeshifter. He died at around 9 AM in the Chemistry Lab. The cause of death is still unknown since there are no apparent injuries."

Clue: Monokuma File #3

Blossom looked at the clock that was suspended on a wall. It was nearly 9:30 AM. Was he dead for thirty minutes and nobody noticed...?

"Wait what?!" Mandy exclaimed, gaining everyone's attention "No apparent injuries? How the hell are we supposed to figure out how he died?!"

"I guess you'll have to find out some way to figure it out." Monokuma said, appearing out of nowhere, making everyone jump.

"Stop doing that!" Gumball shouted.

Monokuma ignored the blue cat "Hehehe, good luck with this case. It's my favorite so far!" he then walked out of the room.

Bubblegum squatted near Ben's body and analyzed it for a bit. "No apparent injuries... Oh no!" she exclaimed.

"What is it, Bonnie?" Finn asked, concerned.

"Oh it's nothing." she said, looking a bit shaken "I just have to do something." she then walked out of the room in a hurry.

"Weird." Blossom commented. She then took her gaze towards Ben's body.

She noticed that his eyes were completely red. Something she had never seen before. She took her E-book from her pocket and took a picture.

Clue: Red Eyes

She searched the room and didn't find any more clues, so she decided to head out of the room. However, she was obstructed from doing so by a very shaken Bubbles.

"Bubbles? What is it?"

"It's just that... I- I wanna help." she sniffed "I want to help you discover who did this. I feel like I haven't been very useful these days and I... I want to change that!" she said.

Blossom blinked "Uh... okay then. I guess you could... ask everyone where they were at the time of the body announcement."

"Okay!" she exclaimed happily "I'll just grab a notebook!" she walked out the room.

"The body discovery announcement..." Blossom thought aloud. The rules say that the only way to trigger the body discovery announcement is when three people other than the murderer find the body... but only Robin and I found it... This is really weird...

Clue: Body Discovery Announcement

Blossom walked out of the room and went to investigate other rooms.

After searching a couple of rooms and failing on finding clues, Blossom entered the Medical Center.

She immediately noticed the shattered glass on the ground and the mess that was in there.

What the hell happened in here?

She leaned over to have a better look. There was an empty test tube of something called 'Experiment Z53'. "Huh, I've never heard of this before..."

Clue: Empty Test Tube Of Experiment Z53

She picked it up and saw that there was some type of text on the back of the test tube.

"Experiment Z53..." she read in her mind "is an extremely poisonous blue liquid that makes the victim collapse lifeless in less than two hours. It cannot be injected but it can be poured in food and liquids. Some side effects include very intense pains on the stomach, nausea, attenuation and change of eye color, usually to red."

"This is... incredible." she muttered, in a loss of words.

Clue: Experiment Z53

"This would explain Ben's eyes... but could this actually be the murder weapon?... But most importantly, who would do such thing?"

Blossom's gaze turned to the other diseases that were placed on the cabinet. Some of them were injectable and others, like Experiment Z53, were not.

"So these are the diseases Monokuma was talking about-" she was interrupted by a ear-piercing scream that came from the same floor.

"... Bubbles?!"

"Ding Dong! Another body has been found! Woah, not bad, kiddos. After a set period of time, that will be used for your investigation, a class trial will start!"

"W-what?!" she shouted before dashing off the room.

As soon as she arrived at the simulation room, which was a mess, she noticed that there only Bubbles, Dexter, Gumball and Darwin there yet. They were all staring in horror at...

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...Bubblegum's lifeless body. A big red sword was stuffed into her stomach and a pool of blood was surrounding her body.

"Oh god..." Blossom's eyes widened as she took a step back. "Another person... was killed..? B-but how?!" she shouted, shaking.

"We don't know but we have to figure it out fast." Dexter said as he went to analyze the corpse.

Soon, Mandy entered the room. "Oh..." she stared at the corpse "Another murder in a day... I see..." she placed her hand on her chin, not taking her gaze from the body.

Blossom noticed Bubbles was curled up into a ball, shaking, with a horrified expression, muttering "I didn't kill them. I didn't kill them." over and over.

"Bubbles? Are you okay?" Blossom leaned towards her sister and placed her hand on her shoulder.

"I-I was going to ask her where she was when Ben's body was found and... and-" she then broke down.

"I know, I know..." Blossom uttered, patting her on the back "But did you ask everyone else where they were when Monokuma announced the discovery of Ben's body?"

Bubbles simply nodded and handed her notebook to her sister. Her hand was still shaking.

"Thanks." Blossom replied.

Clue: Where everyone was

The redhead then pulled her E-book from her pocket. Just as she expected, there was another Monokuma File. She read it out loud. "Monokuma File #4 - The victim is Princess Bubblegum, the candy scientist. She was found exactly at 10:07 AM in the Simulation Room. She was stabbed by a red sword from the sword room in her stomach. Other injuries include a small hole on the victim's leg."

Clue: Monokuma File #4

"Hey, guys, we heard a scream coming from here and-" Finn entered the room, along with some other pupils, and paralyzed as soon as he saw Bubblegum's lifeless body lying on the ground.

"W-wha-... BONNIE!" he shouted before breaking down in tears beside the body "Why did this have to happen again?!" he shouted and then turned around to look at his peers "Whoever did this I'm warning you... I will kill you." he coldly said, making most of them take a step back.

"Now I'm all alone on this hell!" he shouted before running out of the room still in tears.

"Should we go check on him?" Buttercup asked.

"I think it is better if we don't. He might kill us or something." Blossom said "Though he has the right of being mad and sad. Losing two people..." Blossom couldn't even imagine the pain Finn must be feeling at the moment. But it just seemed like reality had hit her now. Two people were killed, on the same day. Why would someone need to kill two people? That just didn't make sense.

The redheaded powerpuff girl was taken off her thoughts when Mindy arrived at the room.

"Who the hell screamed like that?! Don't you know that-" she stopped when she noticed that Bubblegum's corpse was there on the ground.

"Oh great." she threw her hands in the air "My main suspect is dead!" she exclaimed.

"What?!" Blossom turned to her "What do you mean 'main suspect'?"

"I saw Mrs. Candy acting weird a couple of minutes ago. She seemed concerned with something." Mindy revealed "Plus, I found this near Ben's body." she showed Blossom an empty test tube of something called 'Experiment B61'.

She took the test tube from Mindy's hands and narrowed her eyes. She read it in her mind its description "Experiment B61 is the most successful disease created yet. It kills the victim as soon as it is injected on its body. It makes the victim lose its balance by making them weak and it makes the victim die in less than 10 seconds."

"Woah..." Blossom uttered "I can't believe it."

"I know right?! Now I don't have anyone to put the blame on! Ugh!" she grumbled as she walked out of the room, with an annoyed expression.

Clue: Mindy's account

Clue: Experiment B61

Blossom approached the body to examine it. There were Dexter and Robin doing the same.

"Did you guys find anything?" she asked.

"Not really." Dexter shook his head "We only know that she died because of this red sword. There's nothing that can tell who murdered her."

Blossom sighed in understanding and looked beside Princess' body. There was a long blonde hair strand on the ground. She picked it up and started thinking about who could it belong to. The only blonde people that were alive with them were Mandy, Dee Dee and Bubbles.

Clue: Blonde Strand Of Hair

"Huh, weird..." Robin muttered as he stared around the room.

"Is there something wrong, Robin?" Blossom asked.

"Hm? Oh it's just that I find it weird that the Chemistry Lab was all cleaned up when Ben died but the Simulation room is a mess. Bubblegum clearly fought back whoever killed her. However, Ben didn't..." he scratched his chin in thought.

"You're right..." Blossom agreed, also in thought.

Clue: Sign Of Struggle

Clue: No Sign Of Struggle

"Ding Dong!" Monokuma's voice blasted from the intercoms "Another body has been- Oh wait, wrong announcement!" he cleared his voice "Well, it's time for the class trial, y'all better don't arrive late. This will be my favorite case so far!" he exclaimed happily before ending the announcement.

The elevator ride was completely silent. Blossom was just now reading the notebook with the information Bubbles had collected. There was something off about that list but she couldn't figure out what.

She looked at her right. Gumball and Darwin both with sad looks on their faces, with Darwin almost crying. There were Mandy and Dexter who were both just staring at a wall, their eyes showing zero emotion. There was Finn who looked both sad and angry at the same time, and had his fists locked, trying not to cry. There was also Steven who had brought his knees to chest, covering his face. Blossom could hear him whispering "I just want this to finally end" over and over.

She looked at her left. There was Dee Dee, someone who had entered that school with a bright smile and lot of energy, was now trying to keep it together and not cry. There was Mindy who was just fixing her hair while looking at her mirror, also with no emotion in her eyes. There was Robin, who was crossing his arms and had his head turned to the right, he seemed to be deep in thought. And finally, there were Bubbles and Buttercup. Bubbles was trying her best not to cry while Buttercup was trying to comfort her, also with an expression of sadness.

One of those people was a killer. A killer that had just killed two people. And Blossom was about to discover who.

Suddenly, the elevator gates opened, revealing the room where they were going to debate to discover who had killed not one, but two innocent people. There were now the portraits of Mordecai, Ben and Princess Bubblegum, all with a red cross over them.

"Here we go again..." Buttercup sighed as she took a step beside Blossom.

"Welcome, students!" Monokuma, who was seated on his throne, greeted them. "It's time to start with the third class trial!"

Alive: Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, Robin, Gumball, Darwin, Mandy, Mindy, Steven, Dexter, Dee Dee, Finn

Dead: Jake, Rigby, Connie, Mordecai, Ben, Princess Bubblegum

Clues:

1) "Monokuma File #3 - The victim is Ben, the alien shapeshifter. He died at around 9 AM in the Chemistry Lab. The cause of death is still unknown since there are no apparent injuries."

2) "Monokuma File #4 - The victim is Princess Bubblegum, the candy scientist. She was found at exactly 10:07 AM in the Simulation Room. She was stabbed by a red sword from the sword room in her stomach. Other injuries include a small hole on the victim's leg."

3) Red Eyes: Ben's eyes were completely and mysteriously red for some reason.

4) Body Discovery Announcement: The rules say that when at least 3 people other than the murderer find the body, the body discovery announcement will activate. However, the body announcement activated when only Robin and Blossom found the body.

5) Empty Test Tube Of Experience Z53: Blossom found an empty test tube of a disease called 'Experiment Z53' on the ground of the Medical Center.

6) Experience Z53: Experiment Z53's description says: "Experience Z53 is an extremely poisonous blue liquid that makes the victim collapse lifeless in less than two hours. It cannot be injected but it can be poured in food and liquids. Some side effects include very intense pains on the stomach, nausea, attenuation and change of eye color, usually to red."

7) Where everyone was: Bubbles collected a list that said where all the pupils were at the time of the body announcement:

Bubbles - Art Room

Gumball Darwin - Kitchen

Dee Dee - Music Room

Buttercup - Simulation Room

Finn - Gymnasium

Dexter - Library

Mandy - Sword Room

Mindy - Medical Center

Steven - Dorm Rooms

8) Mindy's Account: Mindy claims that she saw Princess Bubblegum acting weird, as if she was concerned with something.

9) Experiment B61: Mindy found an empty test tube of another disease called 'Experiment B61' near Ben's body. Its description said "Experiment B61 is the most successful disease created yet. It kills the victim as soon as it is injected on its body. It makes the victim lose its balance by making them weak and it makes the victim die in less than 10 seconds."

10) Blonde Strand Of Hair: Blossom found a blonde strand of hair near Bubblegum's body.

11) Sign Of Struggle: There was a struggle where Bubblegum died.

12) No Sign Of Struggle: There was no struggle where Ben died.

This case is an interesting one for sure, I don't think many (or any) of you saw Bubblegum's death coming (at least so soon) but it was necessary for the plot.

Who do you think killed both of the victims? Are the cases even related? I'd love to hear your theories.

If you have execution ideas don't hesitate on PMing me!