Chapter 5: Crunch, Groan, Ka Blam!
"Ted!"
screamed. "Don't…"
"Oh, but I will," Ted smiled.
"One by one."
"Wait, then who killed Nick?" I asked,
disturbed.
"David
Kross, who else?"
"But…" I trailed off. "Have you seen
him?"
"Well…yes…"
"Where?"
"He was
walking to the church right when Daisy was poisoned, so I saw him set
up for when James would come back," Ted replied.
"Why are you doing this?!" Selena cried, tears running down her eyes.
"This is my island," Ted snapped.
I then remembered I was still carrying a knife from the kitchen.
I took a deep breath, and walked up to Ted. "Kill me first," I told him.
He
smiled. "I'd love to."
He took out his knife, and I nudged
mine in him as hard as I could. I got his chest, and I could hear the
crunching of the knife rip through him, and feel the blood ooze out.
He groaned. "Run!" I cried. They all ran up the stairs, and he groaned again. "Go to Hell," I told him, taking the knife out and nudging him in the chest again.
He fell to the ground, and I took the knife and ran upstairs.
"You killed him?" Carmen asked, sounding relieved.
"Yeah," I said, in shock that I did.
"So now we only have 1 killer?" Michael asked.
"I think," I replied.
"Good," Michael simply said.
"Hey, Nicole?" Julie asked.
"Yeah?"
I replied.
"I need to talk to you."
"Ok," I said, and I walked with her.
"I'm…I'm scarred," Julie told me.
"Yeah, same," I sighed.
Then I saw something move in the shadows.
"Julie,"
I whispered. "We need to go back to the hotel."
"He's
out here?" Julie freaked out.
I
nodded. "I think."
"Run!" She screamed.
We
started running. I heard a boom and turned to see she fell.
"It's okay!" Julie cried. "Go!"
I kept running, then
heard her final words, which made me turn and gasp.
"You're…you're not Kross!" Julie cried. "What are you doing-,"
Ka-BLAM!
I ran faster.
I slammed the Hamilton main entrance door closed.
"Julie's
dead," I took a big breath.
"You know," Selena suddenly
said. "Why are you at every
murder so
far?"
"Well…" I trailed off. "Look. Someone shot her
with a gun. I don't have a gun. Wait!" I cried. "Julie said…
she said… 'you're not Kross. What are you doing-. She was going
to say the killers name, which means she knows him. Or her. There are
2 killers. Kross and whoever shot Julie. Ted did the rest."
"So…3 killers?" Ashley asked.
"Yeah,"
I nodded. "I think."
"So whoever's not in this room, is
out there, and shot Julie!" Derek cried.
I nodded.
"But
we're all here," Michael said.
Carmen nodded. "I…I
don't think anyone left besides you two. And I saw Nicole. She
didn't take a gun. It's not her."
"But one of us had to
leave!" Kyle said.
"But who?" Selena asked.
We walked to the dining room table. Sure enough, Julie and Michelle's wood figures where gone.
Ashley
sighed. "I can't take this anymore."
Kyle sighed. "I
know. I'm sorry, Love."
I looked at him and nodded. He knew
what I meant.
"Guys!" Selena said. "I have an idea!"
"Yes?" Carmen asked.
"Well, isn't there some kind of police department around here?" Selena asked.
Carmen
thought and nodded. "Yes, I think so. The police don't go there,
because, well, the place is deserted. Why?"
"Err, shouldn't
there be some sort of helicopter or boat there? They couldn't leave
the island totally deserted, incase someone came back," Selena
said.
"Well….we don't know that…" Kyle said.
"A
couple of us should look," Michael said. "Just in case."
Kikko shook her head. "But it's too dangerous!"
"Well…it's really the only choice," Derek sighed.
"Or we could stay here and be killed one by one," I said.
Ashley
put her hands to her face. "So who's going to go?"
"Who
do you think, Carmen?" I asked, and turned to see she was gone.
"Where's Carmen?" I asked.
"Wasn't she just here?" Kevin asked.
Kyle
nodded. "I…think so?"
Kevin rolled his eyes. "Great."
"We don't know she's dead," Michael said. "She could have
left…or something…"
I popped my lips. "We should
hurry."
"I'll go," Kyle said. I looked at him, instantly
remembering about the ring. Ashley gasped. "But…"
Kyle
looked at all of us. "Who else will go?"
Kikko sighed. "I
just remembered I have some portable rice."
"And that has to
do with?" I asked.
"I
dunno. But it's mine!" Kikko said, stuffing some in her mouth."
"I'll go," Kevin said.
"2 should be fine," Selena
said.
"We'll cause a distraction, so you have time to get
to Carmen's car," Derek said.
"I can hotwire it," Kevin
nodded.
I made a noise, and looked at Kyle. He nodded.
"Ashley,
can I talk to you?" Kyle asked, stepping back. Ashley nodded, tears
in her face.
I heard everything.
"Kyle…I…I…please don't go out there, I don't want you to…" Ashley gasped, through her tears.
"Ash," he said, taking the box out of his pocket.
"Yes?"
"I was gonna ask you something, but, I'll save it until I get
back.
"What,
what is it?"
He opened the box and showed her the ring. "Can
you hold this until I get back?"
I heard a smile in his voice,
which made me smile.
"Oh, my! Oh, of course I'll hold it!" Ashley laughed through her tears.
Kyle laughed, and I turned to see them kiss. "I love you," he told Ashley. He kissed her again.
Kyle
stepped back to the group. "Ready?"
Kevin nodded.
"Ok,"
Derek said, coming from the kitchen. "One cocktail right here."
I smiled. He used this when we where little for a magic trick.
Throw the bottle, sparks fly, smoke puffs out, ending with a fire.
"Ready?" Kyle asked again.
"Yeah," Kevin said.
"One,
two…three!" Derek yelled, and threw the bottle.
"Now!"
Kevin yelled, and they ran right to the car.
Ashley and I hugged. "It'll be ok," I promised her.
"And
what do we do?" She asked.
"Well…we could go to the
library and wait. It's only 5 minutes away. We could just run.
David will be too busy trying to get the car," Kikko suggested, and
stuffed some more rice in her mouth.
"Yeah, Kross could be in here. And we'd all be fine in the library. We'd fit, and there is no windows, or anything," I said.
We
went out the door once the car left, and ran.
We all survived
the run, no shooting at us or anything.
"This
is the library?" Selena asked. "Wow."
"Yeah, it's a
tiny thing," Michael replied.
"I'll
watch for anyone," Ashley said. "Maybe Kyle and Kevin will come
back quicker then we think."
Selena sighed. "Ugh, there is
no signal
on the island."
"Yeah, I checked," Ashley sighed with her.
So then we waited.
