CHAPTER
SIX: DK'S SUSPICION
This
makes no sense…why would Waluigi kill Daisy? There is no possible
explanation for this…
Yoshi
pondered the killer's motives as he absentmindedly approached
Donkey Kong with a pile of banana peels behind him. He had just begun
to peel another when he noticed Yoshi walking toward him. He pondered
his own thoughts as he ate silently.
Who
could it be? Waluigi doesn't seem to make sense… we don't know
exactly how Daisy died, though we suspect that it had to do with the
painting that was on the floor near her body…Waluigi couldn't
have anything to do with that… could he? Suddenly,
his head jerked up as an idea entered his mind. Bowser.
If anyone here has access to magic that can possess something such as
a painting, it would be Bowser…of course! But why Daisy? Maybe she
was just his guinea pig…
He
got up to his feet and left the room, on his way to interrogate his
new suspect. Yoshi, confused, followed him quietly. Donkey Kong,
mumbling something under his breath, shut the door behind him,
leaving Yoshi inside the room—if he opened the door, Donkey Kong
would know he was following him. He decided to press his ear to the
door and listen to what he was saying in the hall outside the room.
It sounded as if someone else was crossing paths with him.
"Watch
where you're going!"
It
was Bowser Jr.
"Bowser…
Bowser… Bowser…"
Jr.
heard what DK was mumbling and immediately jumped to the conclusion
that he was blaming his father for killing Daisy.
"Wait
a minute… are you thinking that my dad is the killer?" DK didn't
bother to respond. "Answer me! The only person my dad killed was
Waluigi, and that was for the sake of protecting everyone else! My
dad is justice!"
DK,
dumbfounded, stared at the child with a pained expression. Jr.
wouldn't understand.
Look
at the little tyke…I wouldn't put it past him to be working with
Bowser in eliminating everyone else…stupid kid.
Jr.
continued to defend his father until DK simply walked away, which
finally alerted him that he wouldn't be changing DK's mind
anytime soon. Yoshi heard all this, of course, and once he was sure
that DK was out of earshot, he sneakily opened the door and crept
after him without being noticed by Jr.
"Why would I murder Daisy?" Bowser asked from the kitchen table, forking a whole waffle into his mouth. DK repeated his point, but to no avail. "I killed Waluigi only, because I didn't want Mario dead," he said, showing no signs of lying. DK's suspicions began to wear off. Yoshi continued to watch DK, who was thoroughly convinced that Bowser was the killer. Later that night, he followed DK up into the attic, the reason for which he entered remaining a mystery. Yoshi had followed him all day, and was quite interested by the fact that his previous wanderings took place where the murders of Daisy and Waluigi had happened. He had spent quite a long amount of time at each place, closely inspecting the distance between them and the spots where the bodies had ultimately fallen.
The
attic was a gloomy, empty room with one of its walls being completely
made of glass. DK looked outside to find that dead trees spotted the
land far below.
I
have calculated that Bowser's next murder will take place here…
when I realized that the final resting place of the body would be
outside the house's perimeter, I knew that the only way… was this
window. He
turned around and faced the opposite wall. A trapdoor in the floor
was the only entrance to the attic, and it was located near that
wall. Bowser's next victim would have to enter through there. Once
somebody climbs through that door, he
thought, I
will warn them that they are in danger and Bowser's plans will be
foiled. I know that there is a pattern in the killings; the only
thing that seems random… is the victim.
Just then, the trapdoor began to shuffle about. Somebody was having difficulty in moving it so they could climb up. This is it, DK thought, I will save this person from Bowser's clutches. I… am justice. Finally, the door was lifted up and pushed to the side. A short figure pulled itself up to the attic and stood up to face DK. DK could not believe his eyes. This could not be the victim, it simply couldn't be. It was Bowser Jr.
DK suddenly realized what was going on. Bowser Jr. was not the next victim. He was.
Yoshi could not see what was happening, but he was hidden behind a wall in the floor below. He had seen both DK and Jr. go up to the attic from his hiding place, but had no way of finding out what they were doing. His only choice was to wait and find out who would come back down alive.
DK
turned around and looked at the window, then turned back. Bowser Jr.
chuckled merrily and walked dramatically to DK, who could not escape.
He knew what was coming. He could not find a way out. It was then
that he realized that he truly had the upper hand—Bowser Jr. was a
defenseless child, while he was a hulking brute with five times his
strength. While he would have preferred to avoid beating up children,
his life was on the line.
"You
think my father killed Daisy."
DK
took a swing with his large fist, but Jr. avoided it and
continued.
"You
actually expected him to come up here and kill someone ELSE."
DK
began to back up, as Jr. kept walking toward him and wouldn't allow
him any space.
"You
know what?"
DK
was forced to press up to the glass wall. Bowser Jr. stopped in his
tracks.
"I'm
going to kill you."
DK
roared in fear. Jr. charged at the glass with his shoulder. A large
crack appeared. He charged again. The crack spread all over and
branched off. He charged again. The window gave away; Donkey Kong
fell backwards and barely saved himself by grabbing onto the edge
with one hand. The small shards of glass that remained on the frame
pierced his skin and blood slowly spread all over his palm. He
groaned in pain. Jr. looked down at him disapprovingly. DK ushered
all of his remaining strength to utter "Bowser is guilty…"
above the pain in his hand. He finally gave in and let go of the
glass frame and plummeted down under the night sky. Jr. cackled at
the sound of several flumps
as DK's weak body fell on the tree branches. A loud snap said his
spine had been broken. DK was dead. Jr. strode away with
pride.
Yoshi had heard. Oh no…
