SA chap 4- Instead of a Party
They hadn't heard Rancis leaving so they returned to the party. It was not much of a party any more. They noticed that Swizz had left before Candlehead died but they thought that maybe Candlehead was the only one who was going to die. They packed up the party and went home, hoping to sleep.
Swizz didn't know what to do. He wanted more time to figure out who it was but he knew he had run out of time. He decided it would be best to stay there and think about who would want Candlehead dead and him to be blamed. He was tired though and fell asleep. Before he knew it, the arcade was opening and he rushed out of his house to the starting line. When he got there nobody was in their karts. That's strange. He got out of his kart and went to where everyone was standing. What's in front of my stands? When he got there, everyone turned to look at him.
"Where were you last night after the party, Swizz?" Taffyta asked.
"I went home and fell asleep." He replied. "Did something happen?"
"You should know!" Taffyta cried upset over her boyfriend's death.
"Chill Taffyta," Vanellope instructed her. To Swizz she said "Rancis was found her this morning by Minty."
"Which one? Sakura or Zaki?"
"Zaki." Gloyd stated while holding Vanellope's hand. Swizz wanted to high-five him for that but he couldn't.
"We need to ask Jubileena." He stated with a frown. He could tell that they wanted to intimidate him. "Do you really think that it was me?"
"He was found in front of your stands!" Taffyta said with tears.
"That doesn't mean it was me. Don't you think that if it was me I would move the statue somewhere else?"
"We thought of that but we figured that you did that to not expect you." Vanellope said.
"Why would I even want to kill Rancis?"
"Did he find out about what you did before?" Taffyta said.
"Did before?"
"Candlehead's murder?" Sticky said.
"You think that they are connected?"
"Of course they're connected!" Adorabeezle cried pulling up in her kart. "They were both creative and happened last night. What's the chance of two different murderers in Sugar Rush?"
"Not very high." Gloyd replied.
"It's not my fault!" Swizz cried.
"It's almost time for the arcade to open and Jubileena isn't here yet." Tovarld said, looking around trying to help Swizz.
"She's not on the roster. She figured she would take the day off." Snowanna said fixing her hair.
"Swizz you're not on the roster today. Go see Jubileena." Vanellope stated trying to avoid accusing him without evidence. He nodded realizing what she was asking him to do. He went and got in his kart determined to find Jubileena. He drove up in front of her house and got out. He went and knocked on the door.
She opened the door. "Hi Swizz, I heard what happened."
"Jubileena, you seem to know about this."
"I'll tell you all about it. Come in." He walked in and she shut the door behind him. He went and sat down on the red cherry couch. "Do you want something to eat or drink?"
"No, I'm good." She came and sat down across from him on a pie crust chair. "So what is it?"
"The perfect murder? I've never been sure. It's been attempted many times but it's never been successful."
"You've never been sure?" "I was told about it by someone else. I was at Tapper's one day; it had been a tough day of racing and had to have a cherry soda to relax. Suddenly a man sat down next to me and said hello to me. I asked him how he was doing since he seemed upset."
"Did he say his name?"
"No. He replied that his day was okay and he had been part of a new untitled project that would allow a character to be part of a game but they were actually kicked out of their game."
"Really?"
"Yes. The game creators called it the perfect murder since the character would still be seen by the gamers but the character would be dead in the game."
"How did this guy know about this?"
"He said he was one of the first test characters. He didn't stay much longer and he seemed to be looking for someone."
"I bet he could figure out who is doing this."
"Without a game, I don't know what happened to him."
"Thanks Jubileena." He said standing up and getting ready to go. "Wait so what if there are less than 9 people left in Sugar Rush?"
"The roster will be random and the gamer won't know." He turned to go as she called "Get some sleep. I feel this is going to happen for a long time."
"I will." He said and closed the door.
Out in Sugar Rush, the murderer sat inside her house with a nail file and a giant block of lollipop. She had been working for the whole day to get this done so it would be ready for tonight. "She's finally going to get what she deserves. I hope she enjoys racing today because it is the last time that she will."