It only took me a year to write this chapter. Thanks to zerowing21 for beta reading!


Rule One: Excess violence is forbidden on this island. Let's live peacefully and quietly together.

Rule Two: Let's gather "Hope Shards" by deepening our bonds with our friends.

Rule Three: Throwing garbage and damaging the environment is forbidden. Let's live in harmony with nature on this beautiful island.

Rule Four: The supervising teacher will not interfere directly with student activities, unless any rules are broken.

These were the four rules set in place by Usami, now known as Monomi. These rules were put in place to ensure the sixteen students could live in peace on this island. That is, until Monobear and his Monobeasts showed up. Once Monobear was in the picture, the Field Trip of Mutual Killing began, and new rules were added to go with this event.

Rule Five: Once a murder takes place, a class trial will begin shortly thereafter. Participation is mandatory for all surviving students.

Rule Six: If the killer is exposed during the class trial, they alone will be executed.

Rule Seven: If the killer is not exposed, the remaining students will be executed.

Rule Eight: As a reward, the surviving killer will be forgiven of their crime and allowed to leave the island.

Rule Nine: The Body Discovery Announcement will play as soon as three or more people discover a corpse for the first time.

Rule Ten: Destroying any property on this island without permission is extremely prohibited. This includes the surveillance camera and monitors.

Rule Eleven: You are free to investigate this island at your own discretion. Your actions in this regard are not limited.

Rule Twelve: Additional Field Trip rules may be added at the headmaster's discretion.

Edd looked up from his NanoCom after reading the new rules. He was sitting outside his cottage, staring into the night sky. The stars looked like snow, ready to fall into his hands. He released a large sigh.

"A student who murders their classmates will be allowed to leave this island..." he repeated. Monobear's words scrolled through his precious little head. Edd rose from his seat, heading into his cabin. He couldn't take this anymore and needed some sleep.

"Ding, bing, bong!" Monobear's voice cried from the monitors around the island the next morning. On the screen, he sat in a chair, sipping from a small glass which held a martini. "Hope's Peak Field Trip Committee has an important announcement to make! Gooooood morning, everyone! It looks like today is going to be another perfect, tropical day! Now then, let's show some enthusiasm and give it our all today!" The screens switched off. Edd glared at the monitor.

"It wasn't a dream..." he muttered. The boy shrugged before walking outside. He opened his door before running right into somebody!

"GAH!" Coop yelled after Edd collided with him. "What was tha-!? Oh, it's just you, Edd."

"S-Sorry!" Edd cried, backing away.

"It's fine..." Coop said, brushing off his sides. "Say... Have you seen it yet? The bridges?"

"The ones that lead to the other islands?"

"Those are the ones." Coop rubbed his temples. "Those monsters are blocking the gates. Guarding them!"

"They aren't monsters, they're Monobeasts." an eerie voice sang. Monobear was standing behind the two boys, and he greeted them with a wave.

"GAH!" Coop cried in shock, "HE'S HERE!"

"The Monobeasts are the guardians of Jabberwock Island. They're there to help me keep you bastards in check and prevent you from crossing over to the other islands." And in the blink of an eye, Monobear had disappeared.

"WHERE DID HE GO!?" Coop screamed, "HE'S GOING TO KILL US!"

"... H-He's gone, Coop." Edd said while looking around.

"Awe, man, I can't take this..." Coop sighed. "How can I enjoy a tropical vacation when monsters are probably about to eat me?"

"What is up with all the noise!?" Betty cried, walking up to the two. Coop jumped behind Edd.

"SOMEONE ELSE IS HERE TO KILL US!" Coop cried. Edd offered a wave.

"Don't yell at me..." Betty growled, "I just came here to call you two over to the hotel."

"Call us?" Edd asked.

"The rest of us are having a meeting." Betty began to explain, "We didn't know if you two were going to show up, so I came to get you two."

"O-Oh!" Edd nodded in response, "Of course."

"I'm not falling for that!" Coop yelled, "I'm not gonna die!" With that, Coop took off, running away from Edd and Betty. Edd looked to Betty after Coop ran off.

"Uh... Sorry about him." The boy would rub his head under his sock cap, "I'll go with you."

"We'll have to fill him in after he's done losing his mind." Betty sighed, "The hotel is this way."

Edd nodded to Betty and followed her as she walked off. They reached the grand hotel on the island, entering as they arrived. Sonya was in the lobby. She was staring at the ceiling, and she looked to be lost in thought. Upon the entrance of Edd and Betty, she moved her gaze to them. She shrugged at the sight of them and headed upstairs. The two followed, seeing the rest of the students on the second floor ballroom.

"You're late, Double-Dork." Mandy seethed, sitting at a table. "Where's Coop?"

"He ran off." Betty explained as she walked over to a longer table with food on top of it. There was an entire breakfast bar there!

"Where did he go?" Juniper asked.

"He's paranoid that he'll get... murdered." Edd replied.

"He's just being a big weirdo!" Finn laughed, "There's nowhere to run to!"

"Eerie." Dexter noted before scribbling in a notepad.

"We can't blame him after what happened yesterday..." Rex said.

"Did something happen yesterday?" Brick asked with a sneer, "I don't believe anything. There's no way all that is actually happening." He forced a laugh.

"Anyways, why are we all here?" Zak asked.

"We're not starting until Coop is here." Mandy barked.

"The cold-hearted chick wants to discuss a plan." Suzy said.

"To take down those monsters!" Yumi cheered with a fist-bump.

"Those things have heavy firearms." Ben said, "We can't go against heavy firearms without our powers."

"BULLETS CANNOT CRUSH OUR SPIRIT!" Goo cheered. "My mama told me that if I just believe in anything I want then I can do absolutely whatever I please, so I'm just gonna believe that someone is going to come get us and take us off the island and back to school, right guys!?"

"Let's just start already!" Numbuh Five cried.

"We're not starting until everybody is here." Mandy sighed, rubbing her temples. "I'm not going to repeat myself."

"I'll go get him, jeez…" Betty said, "I'll tie him up if I have to."

"Oh, I wouldn't mind being tied up by Betty." Brick sang as Betty left. "How kinky! I should run away too."

"Until they show up, let's eat breakfast!" Ben cheered. "Let's eat!"

"Where did all this food come from?" Edd asked as he picked up a fork.

"It was all here this morning." Sonya said quietly.

"Monobear must have made it, yes." Dexter said while continuing to scribble in his notepad.

"Can we really trust that food if the bear made it?" Edd asked again. He was so full of questions. Just then, Betty walked back in while dragging Coop by an ear.

"Have I kept you waiting!?" Betty growled, "He's here, damnit!"

"Let go of me!" Coop yelled while breaking free from Betty's grip. He rubbed his ear. "You're gonna rip my ear off my head."

"He looks like he's pissed himself!" Yumi laughed. "You know people who act like that usually end up being the first victim, right?"

"Whatever, let's start." Mandy said, standing from her seat, "First, I'd like to pose a question to you all. We've been ordered to murder each other by Monobear, but if we wish to live through this extraordinary ordeal, what do you think is of the utmost importance right now?"

"Just get to the point." Zak sighed before shoving a piece of toast in his mouth.

"Then answer my question, twat." Mandy barked.

"Utmost importance...like eating and sleeping?" Suzy asked.

"You're forgetting bowel movements!" Brick cried, "Sleep well! Eat well! Shit well!" Mandy rolled her eyes.

"Does anyone have a serious answer?"

"I think she's talking about making bonds." Goo said, "Yeah, we're all Super High-School Level somethings, and if we all work together, we could probably do anything. Alliances! Let's make alliances, oh yeah! My mama said making alliances would always help me get far in things like game shows and stuff."

"She does have a point." Juniper said with a nod, "Monobear designed those rules to make us paranoid and suspicious of each other. To stop us from working together."

"Yes, that's a splendid answer, even if she won't shut up." Mandy said before nodding to Goo, who was still running her mouth. "What we need most right now is a gifted leader to be in command of our little alliance. I'm sure you'll all be thrilled to hear that I will take on that responsibility."

"What?" asked several students in unison.

"And, now that we're done with the preliminaries, we can address the main issue here." Mandy continued.

"Wait a second!" Numbuh Five called out, "Numbuh Five doesn't like that you just elected yourself to be the leader!"

"I took charge here." Mandy replied, "If I didn't grab this situation by the balls and take charge, no one would have."

"You're being too aggressive!" Numbuh Five spat back.

"Whoa, Abby, chill out for just a second." Suzy said, stepping between the girls. "In this current situation, I believe it was appropriate to be aggressive. At the very least, to even volunteer to lead in a situation like ours… that counts for something, doesn't it?"

"... I guess so." Numbuh Five took a sit at the table in front of Mandy. "If there's no objections then go ahead."

"So it has been decided." Mandy nodded, "As long as I am the leader, I will make sure there are no victims until we find out who is the mastermind behind this."

"Until then...?" Zak asked while rubbing his chin.

"Let's get to what I had been wanting to tell you." Mandy said as she walked off. "Follow me, to Jabberwock Park."


The sixteen students walked towards Jabberwock Park. Everything looked the same. The statues that previously stood in the center of the park were gone, since they were guarding the bridges. But, in place of the statues, was something far worse. Gears were spinning on the pedestal, with a large black ball sitting on top of them. The ball had two ear-like balls sticking out from the top, and the right side of the ball had a strange red marking that looked like Monobear's deformed, mechanical eye. The countdown had 21 days and three hours left on it, with the seconds ticking down.

"I was walking around the islands this morning and found this." Mandy explained. "It wasn't here yesterday."

"Monobear must have installed it..." Coop muttered.

"Why is it counting down?" Zak asked. "Is it a bomb?"

"A BOMB!?" Coop screamed. Betty would slap Coop's butt in response, causing him to quiet down.

"If they wanted to destroy the island, they would have done it already..." Finn pointed out. "There's no need for a flashy countdown, besides the cool factor."

"Dis is cuwiose!" Usami's, er, Monomi's voice called out. The now pink and white Monobear rabbit was sitting behind them.

"M-Monomi!?" Edd cried out.

"I was patrolling the area and thought I would come see what was going on." the rabbit would reply.

"Didn't Monobear, like, kill you?" Suzy asked, as she raised an eyebrow as she spoke.

"Oh, ywou're worried 'bout that?" Monomi followed with a giggle, "Don't worry 'bout me! I can't die, after all!"

"That makes sense." Sonya said with a shrug, "Monomi is a mechanically stuffed doll. You can't kill something that isn't technically alive, right?"

"As long as she has spares, we're all good, yeah?" Rex said with a sigh of relief.

"I dwon't wike the sound of that..." Monomi shuttered. "Spwares..."

"Anyways," Mandy began, disregarding everything said since Monomi showed up. "Can you tell us what that thing is counting down towards?"

"I'm vewy sorry..." the robot would say before pausing, looking towards the countdown. "Dis is hward for me to understand. I'm not aware of ewerything Monobear is doing..."

"Do you really not know?" Dexter asked. "You are his little sister, after all."

"I am not my big bwother's little sister!" Monomi screamed, throwing her claws into the air. She grunted as she pulled her arms back down to her side and turned away from Dexter. "Anyways, let's solve this mystery together! Let's drive Monobear woff this island!"

"If you don't know anything about this countdown then you're useless." Mandy spat. "Go away."

"Bwut if we work together-" Monomi tried to plead.

"Go. Away." Mandy barked. Monomi began to cry, somehow, and ran off.

"You didn't have to be so cruel." Numbuh Five said.

"We shouldn't sympathize with that rabbit anyways." Brick grunted, "She's probably in cahoots with the bear."

"We should forget about those stupid toys." Juniper intervened, "That clock is of the utmost importance right now."

"It is ominous." Suzy said while looking at the countdown.

"How could something so big have been set up out here overnight?" Coop asked. "It took forever to get Megas working..."

"That's not the only thing that doesn't make sense." Edd cried, "Nothing that's happened in the past 24 hours makes any sense! How did the sixteen of us get to this island? Why do the ones with superpowers suddenly not have powers? Why do we have to kill each other!?"

"Jabberwock Island is a famous vacation destination as well." Mandy pointed out. "Why is it deserted? No tourists…The local population isn't even here either."

"An extravagant civilization, fated to fall into ruin." Ben spoke. "Void became existence and existence void..."

"Civilization is extremely akin to fruit." Goo began to say after taking a deep breath. "Shortly after ripening, fruit will rot and, without fail, fall. Growing wealth makes fanatics of private enterprises. Bureaucrats shape the law into a tool that serves only to keep them in power. As a result, the weight of vested interest sinks the country into conservatism, and all attempts at reform are crushed. It's sad, I guess."

"Obviously Monobear used the Monobeasts and massacred everyone on the island." Yumi said. "Duh."

"It makes sense." Zak shrugged. "But we won't know for certain... This mystery is still a mystery."

"All this is clearly the work of some powerful organization." Ben added. "There's no way some after-school club put all of this together."

"Monomi, Monobear, the Monobeasts..." Dexter muttered. "To construct and program sophisticated machines like these takes considerable expertise..."

"It would cost a pretty penny too." Coop said. "You don't even find parts like that in the Junkyard."

"That organization is probably controlling those machines and watching us through the surveillance cameras." Numbuh Five said.

"Do you think they're hiding on the island?" Finn asked. Mandy and Dexter both shook their heads in a negative manner.

"It wouldn't make logical sense for them to be here." Dexter said. "They are probably somewhere else. Somewhere where they're safe."

"Big organizations include companies such as Dexlabs, Providence, and the Plumbers." Mandy pointed out.

"The Plumbers would never do such a thing!" Ben barked at Mandy.

"Yawn…The extra is talking again." Brick laughed.

"Extra?" Ben questioned.

"Why did you want to keep that watch anyways, Tennyson?" Brick continued, "I'm guessing you wore it to look cool since your personality is so shallow."

"That's rich coming from you." Betty spat in Brick's direction.

"What reason would any big organization have for doing this, anyways?" Zak asked.

"Our top priority is to find out our captors' identity." Numbuh Five said. "Then maybe we can find some escape."

"We must leave to investigate." Dexter called out. "We have 21 days until that countdown reaches zero. Let's make sure it never does. We have no time for foolish ideas such as murder. We have to concentrate on the things we must do right now. Let us observe, infer, perceive and understand. If that much is impossible for any of you, at the very least move your bodies."

"More importantly," Mandy stepped in front of Dexter. "Follow me. I will return us all to normality."

With that, the sixteen students all agreed before walking off. The rest of the day was spent exploring all the areas open to the students. Most of them grouped up while others prefer to investigate solo. They were friends. Friends with a common goal in mind; solving these mysteries. As the next day rolled around, so did more beary interesting activities.


"Ahem, um, this is an announcement from Hope's Peak Academy's Field Trip Executive Committee." the voice of Monobear would buzz from each screen on the islands, the screens showing footage of the bot sipping a martini. "It's time for the long-awaited recreational activities! I can just bet you bastards are just dying to figure out what exciting activities await you. Hell, I can't wait to find out! Let's not delay! Meet at Jabberwock Park!"

And the students did just that. They all met up at Jabberwock Park, but there was a major difference. Sitting in front of the countdown clock was a fully set up stage, as if a concert was going to be performed soon. As one could expect, the students noticed. Without warning, Monobear appeared on the stage in a puff of smoke, and he was in a blue suit.

"Surprise!" he cried.

"What's with the outfit?" Rex asked.

"It's for the recreational activity!" Monobear barked. "Duh! I'm performing a two-man show fit for a tropical island!"

"Don't you need two people to perform a two-man show?" Zak asked. As if on cue, Monomi ran up on stage dressed in a pink, fluffy, dress.

"Hwello eweryone!" Monomi cheered.

"Enough!" Monobear cried. "It's time for Monobear's Big Laughter Fun Show!" A sudden laugh track played as the lights dimmed and spotlights closed in on the two. "I'm Monobear!"

"Um, and I'm Monomi!" the rabbit added.

"And together, we're the Monobearz!" Monobear cried. A sign that read 'MONOBEARZ' lit up above the two. "To start things out, I will now show off my mind reading techniques!"

"What!?" Monomi cried. "Ywou can do that?"

"I'm going to guess your favorite food, let's see..." Monobear placed a paw on Monomi's shoulder.

"You can do it!" the pink and white toy cheered on. "Here's a hint; I'm a wabbit!"

"Your favorite food is... Ca..."

"Go on!"

"...davers!" Monobear pointed towards the audience. "Monomi loves Cadavers!"

"Wha!? I don't like eating dead bodies!?"

"SHUT UP! It's your turn, Monomi. Tell us your best killer joke!"

"B-But, I'm nwot a kwiller!"

"Oh, Monomi, it's easy!" Monobear placed his paw back onto Monomi's body. "You just got to know how to please the God of Comedy. Speaking of, which do you think is better: draining your blood while you're still alive or waiting until after you die?"

"That's a crwuel qwestion..."

"The God of Comedy will bestow the gift of comedic genius onto you in return for a large sample of your own blood."

"Why do they want my bwlood!?"

"Pretty please!?"

"I will not be wooed by your sweet talk! I won't let you have even a dwop of my blood!"

"Monomi gets very angry, doesn't she?" The bear stared at the audience. "You bastards should be careful. Monomi is dangerous when she's angry. Just between you and me, Monomi selfishly stole all your memories!"

"What the hweck!?" Monomi started crying. "I mean, huh!?"

"None of you bastards remember how you got to this island, do you?" Monobear cackled in response, clenching onto Monomi's shoulder. "That's because she stole your memories! And they aren't just some silly, clichéd stuff like the details of your arrival here. Nope, she took away several years of your bastards' precious memories! Your years at Hope's Peak Academy!"

"Howhaa-!?" Monomi was in tears, which wasn't rusting her mechanical parts, somehow. Monobear sighed, removing his paw from Monomi.

"What a relief it was to get that off my chest." he sighed. "Memory loss is such a boring plot line. A cheap fanfiction would shamelessly leave that revelation hanging until the last chapter! Can you imagine?! Fortunately, I'm not that cowardly."

"Stop it!" Monomi screamed. "Plwease!"

"Upupupupu!" Monobear's signature laugh sent chills down the spines of the students, who watched in awe. "Aren't you bastards surprised that you're not actually freshmen? Forgotten! Upupupu! Jeez, that plot device just seems so familiar... It's not even original. It's plagiarism!"

"Y-You can't do this!" Monomi cried before Monobear threw a punch into the rabbit's cheek. "Wrong punch-line!" The rabbit continued to whine as she ran away. All the students watched, speechless.

"W-What...?" Finn muttered.

"How was my comedy?" Monobear asked, jumping down from the stage. "Did you laugh? Was my comedy too sophisticated for you bastards? Probably."

"What was that all about?" Mandy asked dully, crossing her arms.

"What was what all about?" Monobear giggled.

"Our memories." Coop added.

"Ohh, that!" The bear giggled. "It's simple! They were taken away!"

"Nah, that's crazy, it can't be." Goo laughed. "I mean, two days ago was my first day at Hope's Peak Academy. We all got taken straight here after that, it'd been very eventful. When I came here as the Super High-School Level Good Luck, I never expected all of this, so it's pretty cool. I feel like I'm in a hor-"

"Shut up!" Monobear growled. "That's what you were made to think! In reality, Monomi stole all of your memories from your life at Hope's Peak Private Academy. I wonder how many years it's been. How long have you all been students? Upupu, and what about your families and friends? What happened to them?"

"I haven't heard a sillier story in all my life." Sonya said, followed by a shrug.

"You can't listen to what he's saying!" Monomi's voice cried. The rabbit ran back up to the students, now lacking her party dress.

"This is too much..." Suzy muttered.

"This is probably some sick joke." Juniper said. "You're all in on it. Nice try."

"It's real." Monobear said bluntly. "Every single one of you experience intense dizziness when you stepped foot in Hope's Peak Private Academy, right? That was the point your memories were broken off! Upupupu!"

"That's a load of shit!" Brick barked.

"Who would believe that?" Numbuh Five asked.

"Don't fear my students!" Monobear cheered. "I'm here to give all your memories back to you!"

"What!?" Monomi cried.

"I just have one condition." Monobear began to walk among the students, weaving between their legs. "I want a mutual killing out of you bastards. This is my one and only non-negotiable condition. You bastards are dying to know, aren't you? You want to remember your school life? Then kill, kill, kill!"

"You're sick!" Yumi spat, followed by actually spitting at the bear.

"Why so angry?" the robot bear laughed. "I just gave a motive out of the kindness of my heart. Until now, you all were too scared to kill. But that's natural. Humans come out of the womb bawling. You're all cowards from the beginning. That's why a motive was in order. You need justification in order to murder."

"Do you really think anyone here is going to kill just because you told us such a delusional story?" Dexter growled.

"Yeah, I don't even believe your stupid memory loss story!" Zak yelled.

"You don't, but are you sure somebody among you does?" Monobear laughed. "You know nothing about each other. You all haven't even noticed the traitor among you!"

"Traitor...?" Edd asked.

"There are sixteen of you bastards here." Monobear rubbed his tummy. "But there was only supposed to be fifteen Hope's Peak Academy students coming to this island? It's strange, isn't it? So, obviously, one of you must be a traitor. A traitor whose identity is unknown, even to me! Would any of you even notice if one of you was scheming murder? I don't think you would! Do you?!"

"H-He's trying to confuse us..." Ben muttered.

"It would be horrible to have a traitor among you." Monobear giggled. "Your only choice is to attack first! Whoever is the fastest will win this lottery. If you want to live, kill before you get killed. Upupupupupu!"

And in the blink of an eye, Monobear was gone.

"... Is one of us really a traitor?" Coop asked. "It's not me! I swear!"

"Stop it." Mandy growled.

"There is probably no traitor among us." Dexter added.

"Hey, Monomi, you could answer our questions, right?" Yumi asked.

"Eh!?" the rabbit cried.

"Is Monobear telling the truth about the memory loss and the traitor?" Yumi continued.

"Um... Well..." Monomi rubbed her ears. "If you dwell on the past, you'll lose sight of the Future! So fix your eyes on the Future and only the Future!"

And, just like Monobear, Monomi was gone in the blink of an eye.

"Worthless rabbit." Mandy grunted. The screens throughout the islands flipped on, showing Monobear on the screen.

"Um... This is an announcement from Hope's Peak Academy's Field Trip Executive Committee. It is now 10pm. Night Time has begun. Please rest peacefully to the sounds of the waves. Sweet dreams. Goodnight."

"... What now?" Sonya asked as the screens turned off.

"If you guys have any stupid idea, abandon them." Mandy said. "That is an order from your leader."

"Let's meet in the restaurant after Monobear's morning announcement." Zak suggested. Mandy nodded in response. They all agreed and dispersed, heading to their rooms for the night.


"Ding, bing, bong!" Monobear's voice cried from the monitors around the island the next morning. "Hope's Peak Field Trip Committee has an important announcement to make! Gooooood morning, everyone! It looks like today is going to be another perfect, tropical day! Now then, let's show some enthusiasm and give it our all today!" The screens flipped off and the students did as they agreed to the previous night. As the last person entered, their leader spoke.

"Is everyone here?" Mandy asked the group. The students would nod or verbally show their agreement. "Good, now I can inform you all that I am throwing a party tonight."

"A party?" Coop asked. "At a time like this?"

"It'll be a grand, all-night party." Mandy continued. "Absence is prohibited. This is the perfect time for a party."

"What if Monobear shows up?" Betty asked.

"I think this is the perfect time to have an event where we can get to know each other better and deepen our friendship!" Goo cheered. She continued to speak as the others continued.

"My reasoning doesn't matter." Mandy said. "It is extremely necessary for all of us to be gathered in a single location tonight."

"Where should we have the party?" Zak asked. "Here in the restaurant?"

"No." Dexter spoke up. "If we're going to throw a party, we want to throw it in a place that isn't so accessible from outside. A closed space we can keep Monobear out of."

"We could use the lodge next to the hotel grounds." Finn suggested.

"That shabby little place?" Suzy asked.

"If we clean it up, it would be good for a party." Finn nodded.

"But the doors were locked on that lodge." Brick pointed out. Monomi bounced in, landing on Brick's head.

"Don't worry!" she cried. "I heard your whole conversation! If it mweans our frwendship bonds, I will gladly let you use the lodge! Conswider the dwoors unlocked! Let's enjoy the party together!" And, again, she was gone as fast as she appeared.

"Well now we know who is looking at the footage from the surveillance cameras." Numbuh Five said.

"Ohhhh! Let me clean it!" Goo cheered.

"By all means." Ben replied.

Almost as fast as Monomi disappeared, Goo dashed out of the restaurant. The rest of the students dispersed, doing their own thing all day. Everything seemed to be peaceful, and there was no sight of Monobear until the Night Time announcement. His prerecorded voice told the students to have sweet dreams, but really, the fun was just starting. The students migrated to the lodge, pausing as they entered the entrance hallway.

"Alright, stay still and stick your arms out." Ben announced.

"W-Why?" Edd asked.

"Mandy appointed me to do body checks." the hero explained. "She wants flawless security."

"Alright." Edd muttered, sticking his hands out. All the students passed the pat-down, and when they entered the lodge, they were surprised to a clean, well-put together party. Goo was jumping on a table, praising herself. All of the windows in the lodge were boarded up and bolted shut.

"Good work, Goo." Mandy praised. "This place was nothing but cobwebs and disappointment this morning."

"There is one issue we need to address before we begin to, er, 'turn-up'." Dexter said to the group. "Monobear. We need somebody to make sure he doesn't hinder our fun."

"I got this!" Brick yelled. "I WILL SHIT FURY ALL OVER THAT BEAR!"

"Wait, starting a fight with Monobear would just cause more trouble." Rex said.

"I'll get it." Sonya said.

"But, a little girl like you handling Monobear...?" Coop muttered. "Isn't that dangerous?"

"It's not dangerous." Sonya gave off her signature shrug. "I'm not going to do it alone."

"What are you gonna do, employ Monomi?" Yumi teased.

"Yeah. I think I can cajole her with some flattery, and get her to help."

"Oh, you were being serious..." Yumi rubbed her head.

"Well, that rabbit is pretty gullible." Suzy said.

"If I sense danger, I'll return." Sonya said before walking off. The students began to dig into food that Juniper prepared, and Numbuh Five turned on a radio she found in the storage room for the lodge. The CD inserted had some funky, mystery music playing. They all laughed and cheered, dancing and feasting. Except for Mandy; who more or less watched from the sidelines. Brick has walked to her looking down in disappointment.

"Mandy, I must return my room." he said to her.

"Nobody leaves." she replied. "Sonya should be back by now."

"You don't understand. My manhood is at stake."

"Go have fun."

"I'M GOING TO SHIT MY PANTS! MY MANHOOD IS AT STAKE!"

"Um, there's a bathroom around the corner." Betty pointed out.

"SOMEONE IS USING IT! IT'S LOCKED." Brick cried.

"Never thought I'd see someone get so worked up over their bowel movements." Edd laughed. Suddenly, two loud clicks were heard, followed by the room plunging into intense darkness, the boarded up windows not letting any light in.

"Aye! Who turned off the sun!?"

"Don't step on my feet!"

"Watch it!"

"WHERE'S THE SHITTER!?"

The lights flashed onto a dim glow before they slowly grew into the intensity they were at before the power outage. As the room light back up, the students were exposed to the terrible scene in front of them. Suzy was lying on the ground, food covering her. Her skirt was also torn, and a bottle of liquor was shoved down her shirt.

"Hello, fan-service!" Rex laughed.

"Ewww!" Suzy cried while standing up. "Who did this!?"

"I bet it was Brick." Betty said, pointing at the spot where Brick was.

"Where did he go?" Finn asked.

"Probably went to shit himself." Mandy answered. "Do you smell... Blood?"

"This is a violence-free party." Dexter said in response, watching Mandy walk over to a table.

"Explain this smell then." Mandy growled. "Explain this."

Mandy ripped the table cloth off the table before knocking the table over. Sure enough, there was blood sitting under that table, and sitting in the pool of blood was Harold "Coop" Cooplowski, the Super High-School Level Pilot. His gut had been cut open, internal organs and blood spilling out. In his right hand was a knife, while night-vision goggles rested next to his left hand. Monobear's ominous laughter filled the room as the bear sat on a table adjacent to the body.

"Goodness! I see something shocking has occurred!" the bear laughed. "Isn't it just electrifying!? The newly deserted Jabberwock Island has finally seen its first murder!"

"Murder!?" Finn cried.

"Yep!" Monobear giggled. "One of you bastards killed Coop! I wouldn't want any of you bastards to miss this thrilling experience! Let's call the others back!"

The screens had all switched on, displaying a prerecorded video of Monobear drinking straight from a bottle of hard liquor, one that looked like the bottle that was shoved into Suzy's shirt. Monobear's voice rang throughout the island.

"Ding, dong, ding! A body has been discovered! After a short period of investigation, we will begin the School Trial!"


Fifteen Students Remain