Brooklyn was right by May-lin's side as she fell against the wall. Elizabeta doubled over, clutching her stomach. Bile was rising in her throat as she tried to wipe the blood from her face. Ming-Ming buried her face in her hands and cried loudly. More footsteps were heard. "What the hell is going on?" Johnny inquried followed by Oliver and Hiro. Nathan shrugged his shoulders.

"You're guess is as good as mine." he muttered before looking over to May-lin, Ming-Ming and Elizabeta. Jemma crept closer to the kitchen door and pressed her ear against the wood. The laughing had stopped but now all she hear was heavy thumping. "Girls, what happened in there?" Nathan questioned as he knelt down in front of his friends. Silence past between them. May-lin refused to look at the boys. Ming-Ming continued to cry to herself. Elizabeta took another deep breath in. She then straightened up, trying to ignore the after-taste of bile in her mouth.

"I don't know. One minute we were all joking around, the next the killer walks out of the fridge. I remember Crusher opening the fridge and asking Lin if we knew about the body in there." Elizabeta paused and coughed. She spat out the bile and wiped her mouth. "Then the killer takes a swipe at Crusher and cuts him clean through the shoulder and then kills...Julia." the Scottish girls eyes teared up. Spinning round, Elizabeta hugged someone round the middle and began to cry into their chest. Johnny rolled his eyes but did not try to pry Elizabeta away. Nathan rubbed his forehead.

"Jemma? What are you doing?" Mariah questioned. The group turned to look at Jemma as she carefully tipped over a small glass statue and held it like a baseball bat. The english girl said nothing but motioned for the others to be quiet.

Suddenly splitters from the kitchen door flew through the air. Mariah screamed and held onto to Ray's arm. The hacket was swung into the door again. Tala and Kai backed up until they hit the wall. The tip of the hacket was seen. Johnny, Oliver and Hiro dragged Ming-Ming and Elizabeta behind them. The hole in the door got bigger. May-lin pulled Brooklyn behind her. The hole now was big enough to fit a face in but the hacket kept on swinging. "Jemma!" Nathan yelled. Then the killer's face appeared in the hole, an insane glint in his eye.

"Heeeeeeere's Rich..."

-SLAM!-

The glass statue shattered as Jemma slammed into the killer's face. The killer howled in pain and backed away, clutching his nose which was bleeding from the impact. "Owie!" Jemma cursed and clutched her hand. A large chunk of glass was embedded into her palm. Glancing back at the hole, a wide smirk broke out on Jemma's face. "That's for stealing a great movie line ya shameless hack!" she yelled. Nathan grabbed Jemma's arm and the folder before pulling her behind him. Blood poured out from Jemma's hand. The half-japanese male followed Hiro and the group locked themself into the gym.

--

"Who the hell is that guy?" Johnny swore. He paced feverishly while the others remain seated. Mariah and Ray did there best to comfort Ming-Ming. Jemma bit her lip hard as Nathan tried to get the glass out of her palm. Nathan sighed, looking up at Jemma.

"If you don't stop squirming it's gonna hurt even more." he pointed out before setting off to work again. Kai looked at May-lin who rubbed her sore shoulder. Brooklyn handed her his jacket after seeing the chinese girl shiver. Nathan dug into Jemma's palm again before managing to pull out the chunk of glass.

"MOTHER PUSSBUCKET!"

Jemma clutched her hand as blood poured from the wound. Elizabeta pulled out a long blue ribbon, that kept her braid in place, and handed it to Nathan. The male nodded his thanks and proceded to wrap Jemma's hand up. "So? Who the hell is the killer? If Jemma hadn't have hit him, maybe we would have known his name." Johnny snapped, breaking the silence. Oliver silently pleaded with Johnny to keep quiet but the flame-haired Scot was not having any of it.

Jemma glared at him. "Listen, he was about to shamelessly use one of the best lines from The Shining. I have my reasons." Jemma shot back in defence. Johnny snorted and crossed his arms over his chest. "Although, I do wonder..." Jemma turned her attention to the folder an opened it carefully. Nathan watched in confusion as Jemma flicked through the endless sheets of paper.

"Jemma?" May-lin called but her friend continued to search. Suddenly a frightened look washed over Jemma's face as she picked up a photo and turned it round to face everyone. The group gasped loudly when they saw it. They were staring back at the face of the killer.

"I knew it." Jemma whispered before the photo fluttered to the floor and Jemma burst into tears.

--

The group had returned to the kitchen once they knew it was safe to do so. The Kitchen had been splattered in blood. In a mad fit the killer had hacked Crusher and Julia into pieces. Julia's head was nowhere to be found. "Jeeze, this is just nasty." Hiro muttered and stepped away. Elizabeta glanced at May-lin and whispered something in her ear. The chinese girl nodded her head and placed a hand on Jemma's shoulder.

"Jem, I think the killer may have been in The Room before. He said something about Shinzu being a devil and asked how he got out that room." May-lin began. Jemma turned to face her friend, then looked at Nathan. "What?" May-lin asked. Jemma looked back at May-lin.

"It's just before the killer tried to kill Brooklyn, Nathan caught him pounding on the door. I think you're right. The killer must have been in that room but wouldn't it have killed him rather then spat him back out?" Jemma wondered, placing a hooked finger to her lip. Kai snorted. The members of Team Dark-water all looked at him. "You have anything to add Hiwatari?" Jemma hissed.

"You can't honestly believe in that crap about the room? I still believe it was made up to pull more customers in." Kai shot back. Elizabeta glared hard at Kai, a glare that could have matched Johnny's.

"We didn't make The Room up. It's been that way since we moved in!" Elizabeta snapped. Suddenly a noise above them was heard. Ming-Ming shrunk further away from the gang as the noises got louder. "That's coming from the air-ducts. He's on the move again." Elizabeta whispered. She latched on Johnny's arm who was too busy staring at the ceiling. The noise suddenly stopped.

"He must have gone back to The Room." Nathan muttered. "We're gotta try to stop him." He added and raced towards the stairs. Only Tala and Kai remained behind. Kai crossed his arms over his chest and snorted again. Tala watched in disbelief as the group disappeared.

--

Team Dark-water bounded up the stairs faster then the others before coming to a stop. "The other's can't come up." May-lin reminded. The trio nodded their heads and ducked down the long corridor. In the distance, the group could hear the others wonder where they were. Slipping down another short corridor, the team came to a dead with what looked like a Dumb-Waiter.

"This should support our weight. But just to be safe, we'll go two at a time." Elizabeta informed. The other three nodded. Elizabeta smiled and pulled open the door. She gasped loudly and backed up before screaming loudly. This helped the others find out where the team was. Jemma, Nathan and May-lin clasped their hands over their ears, unable to see what had gotten Elizabeta so worked up.

"Jesus Bluebell!" Jemma yelled, slamming a hand over Elizabeta's mouth. "What the bloody blue blazes is wrong with you?" The english girl asked. Elizabeta pointed to the Dumb-Waiter as everyone else appeared. Brooklyn gagged as Mariah fainted on the spot. Nathan shook his head and backed away from the scene. May-lin glanced over to Jemma who still had a hand over Elizabeta's mouth.

"Well now we know where the head went." May-lin whispered. Jemma could do nothing but stare dumbly at the object. Julia's dismebered head stared back at the group. It looked as though her mouth had been forced open as if in a silent scream. The sight was horrible enough as a pool of blood had gathered round the head. Jemma slowly lowered her hand away from Elizabeta's mouth and looked at the carpet.

"No wonder we couldn't see the blood trail." Jemma muttered, making out a faint line of blood. "I forgot the carpet here is Blood Red."


Thank you to SchoolBoredom once more for her review.