Chapter 4: Ding!

The next morning, yes, everyone survived that night; we ate, and grabbed the weapons.

I got a knife from the kitchen, and gave some other people some sharp knives. Derek got a gun, and in about 5 minutes, we went out.

"Where do we start looking?" Kikko asked me.
"Wherever we haven't been. Let's go west," I told her.

We walked, not knowing what to exactly find.

"Hey!" Kyle said, tripping on the ground. I almost fell on him, because I was behind him. "I found something!"
"What is it?" I asked. There where leaves all over what appeared to be a hatch.

"Open it!" Ashley cried, in awe.

"Guys, we found something!" Derek called to everyone in front of us. Kyle pulled at it, but couldn't get it.

"Let me try," Derek said. He got it opened simply.

Kyle rolled his eyes. "Should we go in?"
I nodded. "I think so."
One by one we walked down the steps. It was the sewer, but we didn't know why it had a hatch to get in.

"This is so gross!" Michelle cried in disgust.

"Shut UP!" Kevin yelled.

Michelle rolled her eyes. "What eva, major looser!"
Ashley joined in the fight. "Ok, really? NO one says that! How old are you, 5?!"
"Oh, look whose talking, slut!" Michelle yelled.

"Don't call my girlfriend a slut!" Kyle yelled.

"Shut up, who are you, the queen of England?!"
Kikko sighed. "Shut UP!"
"Oh, so sorry, Miss Asia, didn't see you there eating your stupid eggrolls!"
"Don't diss Asians!" Kikko yelled.

"I already did! Hey, open your eyes for once!"
Kikko gasped. "Oh, NO you DIDN'T!"

"Yes, I DID!"
"I hope you're next to die!" Kyle yelled at Michelle.
"I hope YOU are!" She snapped back.

"Don't say that to Kyle! You ungrateful bitch!" Ashley came up and slapped her.

"Oh, my God. You DIDN'T."
"I. Did."
"Get over here, Blondie!"
"At least I'm a natural blonde!"
"People!" I screamed. "Shut. UP!"
Everyone looked at me. It was awkward. "Thank you!"
"Let's keep walking!" Derek said, tossing his dirty blonde hair off his face.

"Thanks," I whispered. He laughed.

We kept walking, and eventually ended up at the exit. We climbed out, on the other side of the island.

"Wow. Pointless." Michelle commented.

I slapped her. "Shut. Up."
"Fine." She snapped.

We walked around, until it was about 5:30, and found nothing. So we headed back to the hotel.

"That was retarded," Ashley sighed.
"I know," Derek sighed with her.

We all walked in pairs. I was walking with Kyle, and I saw he wasn't really paying attention to anything.

"What's the problem?" I asked him.
"Can you keep a secret?" He asked me, looking at me, to Ashley, then back to me.

"Of course."
"Well…umm… Before Daisy was poisoned, I was going to ask Ashley…something…" He pulled out a little box from his coat pocket.

"Oh, Kyle!" I whispered. "Why don't you do it when you're alone?"
"Because I don't know how long we have…"
"Then do it as soon as you can!"
"But…what if she says no, because of all this stuff happening?"
"Do you love her?" I asked, my face serious.

"I love her more then she knows," he chuckled.

"Does she love you?"
"She says it every day and every night."
"Then what's to loose?"
He bit his lips. "Do you want to see the ring?"
"Yes, please."
He showed me a beautiful silver diamond ring.
"24 carrots," he laughed.

"Um…wow," I laughed, too.

"You don't think you deserve her, do you?" I asked him, examining his face.

"I don't think I'm even close to deserving her."
"Does she disserve you?"
"She disserves more than me."
"Why are you so afraid to tell this to her?"
"Because then I might loose her."
"But she loves you."
"Oh, yeah."
We didn't talk after that. We just walked in silence, back to the Hamilton hotel.

"Guys?" Michelle whispered. We all looked at her. "I…I'm sorry. Can I make it up to you?"
"Of course!" Carmen smiled, face full of calmness.

"My dad hired a chef to teach me some cuisines. I learned how to make some French and Italian cuisines. I could make one for you guys if you'd like," Michelle said, smiling peacefully.

"Oh, that'd rock!" Kevin said. "Thanks!"
She nodded. "What would you like?"
"Italian!" We all said, synchronously.

She laughed. "That's my favorite! I'll make it all. You guys can just lounge around for a while."
"Thank you," Ashley said to her. "Sorry."
"Same," Kevin and Kikko said, too.

Michelle took in a breath. "It's ok, I'm sorry, too."

We all waited around, wondering how long the meal would take. She wouldn't respond when we asked her, she just simply shrugged.
"Dinner is ready!" Michelle called, and we all walked to the dining room, where I helped her serve some ravioli with steamed vegetables.

"Wow, smells good!" Michael said.

We ate, and we ate it fast. We didn't realize how hungry we where until we smelled the food.

After the dinner, she said, "I made some dessert, too! I'll go get it. Be right back!"
"What'd you make?" Derek asked her.

"Ice Cream Ala Chocolate," she laughed.

Julie didn't get that she meant chocolate ice cream. "Sounds unique!"
We waited, still not quite full.

We waited for like 10 more minutes. "What's taking so long?" Selena asked, turning to the kitchen doors.
"Let's go look," I told her. Us 2 stood up, and slowly walked to the kitchen.

Ding!
The noise made us jump and gasp. "I thought she was making chocolate ice cream?" Selena asked.

I went over to open the oven. "AHH!" I screamed.

Stuffed in the oven, Michelle's shriveled body laid.

"Oh, my God! She was burnt alive!" Selena gasped, covering her eyes.

Her mouth was burnt off, dangling from one loose end. I closed the oven door.
"This is really getting sick," I took a breath.

We walked out, terrified. "She's in the oven." was all I said.

"How many people died so far?" Derek asked, in a whisper.

"Including her…4," Selena sighed.

"How is the killer getting in and out without us knowing?"

"There's probably a secret passage or something!" Julie said.

"But we looked all day…"
"Maybe in the sewer, we missed a turn, that could have lead to someplace in the hotel," Ashley said, turning to Carmen.

"There is a secret passage, used back in wars…." Carmen trailed off.
"Why didn't you tell us?" I snapped.

"Well, it's locked off. I don't even have a key to it. But I'll show you where it is," she said, getting up. "Follow me."

She led us to the game room, and then bent down under the ping-pong table. "See this carpet?"
"Yeah," we all said.

She gripped it and threw it off the floor, and we saw another hatch.

She gasped. "Where's…where's the lock?"
She opened it up easily. "Should we go down there?" Michael asked.

"No," Kyle said. "A group of 5 go down, and a group of 5 stay up here."
"I'll go down," I said. I was so curious to see what was down there.

"As well I," Carmen chimed in.

"I wanna!" Kikko cried.

"Yeah, I'll go," Michael said. Kevin nodded, agreeing to go, too.

"I'll go down there," Selena sighed.

We walked down, while Ashley, Kyle, Derek, and Julie stayed up.

I turned my flashlight on, having to jiggle it for it to fully turn on. "Let's go," I sighed.
We slowly walked, but we didn't get far. There was a room, and that's it.
"It's locked," Michael said pulling at the door. "I think it needs a key. The killer probably has it."
"What are you doing here?!" A voice asked.
We all froze. I slowly turned to see…

"Ted?" I gasped.

"Ted! Oh Ted!" Carmen cheered. "What are you doing down here?"
"I…I…"
"Did you kill Nick? Or poison Daisy?" It slipped out of my mouth.

"…What are you doing down here?" He asked.

"Did you kill them?!" Kevin yelled.

"I didn't kill Nick. I saw it, and I was mortified. I didn't know someone else was here…"
"But Daisy? And, and Michelle?" I asked.

"Well…"
"Ted!" Carmen gasped.

Ted Matthews then slowly smiled. "I guess I'll have to kill you, too."