Chapter 13: All that Jazz

A whole week passed and the month changed bringing with it rain and cold. On the Eve of All Hallows the school was adorned with fake bullet holes, posters with students portraits on with the word 'wanted' printed in big red letters. The high school gym was filled with students dancing under the sounds of jazz trumpets at this years 20's theme dance.

"historical accuracy gives room for harlots I see"

Rebekah commented with her British accent to herself seeing every girl in super short dresses that reminded more of bedroom clothing than flapper dresses. Bella who was sipping her non-alcoholic drink next to her, heard her and laughed.

"This is the Hugh Hephner edition, you know"

she commented to the original vampire that was watching Matt dancing with Caroline, with somewhat jealous eyes. The latter laughed. On the other side of the room Stephenie walked to her cousin who was engaged in a low voiced argument with his ex-girlfriend.

"Jer?"

when the English teacher had their attention, she handed them both a white envelope and made her rounds between the slightly inebriated students handing out the rest of the invitations.

"what's this?"

Jeremy asked examining the old parchment-like envelope. In it were a copy of a newspaper called 'Gangster Gazette', an invitation to a murder - dinner party and a character sheet along with a note with the words 'leave now' scripted on it.

Caroline shivered recognizing the private party her uncle had warned her about. Someone had tried to kill her mother twice the past week and the only reason Liz was alive was because Caroline had acted as her bodyguard and was quick to feed her vampiric blood to her mother.

Soon a parade of cars was pulling in front of the 'freaking museum' that the Lockwoods called 'home' and the teenagers invited were escorted to the large living room. Carol Lockwood played the hostess perfectly.

"Hello everyone and thank you for coming to our private party. As you've read in your envelopes this is a murder party and we all have assumed identities. Mine is Mabel Biggs and I'm the Mayor's wife"

she chuckled at marital status of her assumed role seeing as it was identical to her real life, relaxing everyone. As the last standing Founder descendant, Liz spoke next.

"My name is Rosie Marie and I am the Owner of Juicy Joint where we all are gathered"

"Notorious Nick, the Mob boss" Klaus said smirking at the irony

"Natalie, Nick's sister" Rebekah spoke next

"Mugsy Malone, nick's right handman" Stefan grimaced

"Cy, the bouncer and a gang member" Tyler said grinning

"Kitty, waitress and Cy's girlfriend" Bonnie made googly eyes at Tyler

"Sal, Southside mob boss" Damon grinned happily

"Flora, Nick's ex-wife" Lucy Bennett grinned at her cousin's shocked expression

"Molly, Nick's girlfriend" Bella blushed avoiding Klaus smiling face opting to glare at the too innocent smile on her father's face

"Hal, Movie director" Elliott Forbes grinned showing his dimples

"Diana, singer of the joint" Tracy Fell did a small curtsied

"Biggs, the mayor" Joseph Salvatore said in his thick Italian accent enjoying the less than stellar expression of the Salvatore brothers

"Chief Cameron, police chief" Jeffrey Lockwood pulled his rubber police gun and posed

"Cindy, cigarette girl" Elena said annoyed.

"Matt, bartender" matt rolled his eyes

"Bennie, I'm a bootlegger" Jeremy grinned raising his rubber beer bottle

"Flirty, a humble patron" Meredith Fell blanched at Tracy's catlike smile

"Anna Marie, Rosie's daughter" Caroline smiled

"P.I. Pinkerton, private investigator" Charlie said and pulled his dark sunglasses on, in a Horation Caine fashion.

With the introductions out of the way Liz handed everyone a nametag to attach to their clothes and read the introduction aloud and the guests mingled.

Stefan dove into his past with a resigned expression as he danced with Rebekah. however he couldn't help but shake with silent laughter upon finding out that 'Natalie' was spoiled rotten and annoyed by her brother's over-protective nature and kept a lot of secrets from him. Similarly she giggled with his 'Nick is my boss and I will do everything I can to protect him' attitude.

near them Klaus was dancing with Bella whose eyes were monitoring the room.

"why so alert?"

"I'm the girlfriend of a very much hated mobster; I really don't wanna find myself with a knife in my back"

she fake joked with a double meaning in her words

"I'll protect you"

Klaus replied swirling her around not seeing her rolling eyes.

At the bar matt was doing his job by serving drinks and much to Bonnie's annoyance she had to serve them. However Elena was far more annoyed as she was the butt of Damon's joke upon hearing that 'Cindy' was responsible for ruining many lives. Unfortunately for her all the supernatural creatures in the room heard his 'these roles are really well thought off' response making the young doppelganger contemplate hitting him.

suddenly the lights switched off and a loud bang was heard. When the lights turned back on 'notorious nick' laid on the floor obviously dead. 'P.I. Pinkerton' used yellow tape to mark the body's position on the floor

and 'chief Cameron' had 'Cy' & 'Gino' remove the body to another room, allowing Klaus to get up and walk away, while 'Rosie Marie' handed everyone instructions what to do after the murder.

Smelling fresh human blood in the air though Damon followed the scent to a bathroom where carol was sitting against the wall with a knife protruding hr body. he bit into his wrist and fed the older woman his blood watching as the wound slowly closed before she blinked rapidly and slowly stood up. Damon watched stunned as carol smiled and reached behind the sink to grab a small camera.

"Gotcha"

carol exclaimed before thanking Damon for saving her sorry butt and the two returned to the party after she fixed her dress.

"All done"

she whispered to Elliott and handed him the small bright red camera who in turn texted Stephenie to inform her to come over and then along with Joseph, Charlie, Liz and Jeff sat at a long sofa enjoying the view as the party guests were at each other's throats playing their part perfectly.

Even when they had no clue they were doing it.

Soon all the 'who dunnit' sheets were handed back to 'P.I. Pinkerton' and he revealed the killer in the form of 'Flora' who according to the directions had enough of her husband leaving her for a much younger woman.

What no-one saw was Bonnie and Lucy grabbing hands to magically secure the house by connecting to the spirits of the dead witches forcing the real killer of the Founders council to lose their power.

The killer had to charge alone at carol for the second time that night only without extra help this time. Their swift moves caused Charlie and Liz to draw their weapons and fire at the killer just as the killer pulled the trigger.

Elena screamed her mind pulling her to 'plan B' as she swept behind Liz and tried to choke her using her long pearl necklace.

"not my mother you bitch"

Caroline said loudly and backhanded forcibly her old friend throwing her backwards to Elliott's awaiting arms who was quick to inject the younger girl with a sedative and lay her senseless form to the couch.

Being free from the attention the killer limped to the front door but before he could leave Stephenie marched inside and with a taser knocked him unconscious

"so, what did I miss?"

she asked casually reminding everyone of her late father.

"is everyone alright?"

Charlie asked aloud securing the killers hands behind his back with a pair of handcuffs. A chorus of 'yeah' replied as most of the men held their women behind them and had hid letting the professionals deal with the crazed killer.

Liz rubbed her neck unable to speak just yet as Tyler pulled back the black hood of the unconscious killer gasping at the face he saw.