The manor became darker and spookier as the night went on, approaching closer and closer to midnight. Music, which once held the fun halloween vibe, slowly went into a more suspenseful whistle around the abandoned home. Every student gathered in the main ballroom as the clock was about to approach Midnight. Excitement and giggles raced throughout the crowd as they waited. A rumor spread around that something special would appear at Midnight in the abandoned ballroom. What could it be? Many hoped to see a ghost, even if no one said it aloud. A few seconds passed, and there was nothing new to report. A chiming ring came from the grand clock as it struck midnight. The bell echoed throughout the room, catching everyone's attention. By the second bell a couple kids laughed, thinking the myth had been an old wise tale. The manor could not possibly be haunted. On the third ring of midnight, a booming thunder rattled the house. The lightning, which followed, brought on a power surge as everything went back.
A couple shrieks and giggles rang out. Jack's laugh the loudest, before everything went dead silent. The lights never came back on, meaning no one could see a thing. Bruce noticed the lights did not flicker before shutting off. He felt the blackout was not the work of the storm. His eyes squinted, trying to find Barbara. He predicted the worse, especially feeling Selena no longer by his side. Her arm had disappeared from being wrapped around him. The music did not help the situation, going soft. A key change to high pitched organ music, floating around the room.
A soft gust of wind picked up, feeling cold as if someone opened the door of the ballroom. A loud crash came over from the snack table, making Nora scream. She clung to the Victor in fear of what was happening.
Little did they know the noise was the least of the everyone's worries because it was Harleen. The second crack of thunder had caused the young blonde to become startled, making her jump. Her hope was her boyfriend would catch her, as she lept forward to jack's hands. In the dark she could not see that he had left. Harleen crashed into the snack table, landing on all the vanilla pudding cups. Where did he go? She wondered,trying her best to squint. Harley could hardly see everyone in the light, the darkness made it impossible. Harley choose not to move anymore as she felt sticky and gross.
A few moments later the lights snapped back on, blinding everyone for the first few seconds. Groans from the startling brightness erupted around the started to laugh uncontrollable at his girlfriend covered in pudding. "Hey sweets, looking yummy." He took a lick of the pudding, messing with her. He appeared to be in a much better mood, than before.
Harley giggled with a smile, no longer upset he did not catch her. He must have really liked her in pudding, because Harley noticed how fast his heart was beating when she hugged him. "Ya know the saying...puddin for my-uh?" She paused trying to think of a word that rhymes with pudding. Coming up without one, and trying to not look foolish she smiled. "Puddin." She kissed his cheek. While Harley shared her moment with Jack, another couple seemed to have trouble.
From the moment the lights came back on Bruce's focus was on Selena. He immediately started to look for her, his eyes scanning the ballroom intensely.
"Looking for something?" Selena purred, right next to him. Her hand gently placed itself on his shoulder. Selena tilted her head in a manner so her brown hair moved out of her face.
Bruce paused, before looking at her smirk. He knew that grin, which made Selena appeared to be the cat that ate the canary. Selena had done something. His voice went to a lower tone, lightly taking her hand off his shoulder. "Where did you go?"
"No where." Selena said, dropping her smile. Her demeanor changed to act like he was being paranoid. Bruce did not care. He felt like she was lying to him. "Come on, Bruce." Her voice tenderly spoke to him, "Relax a little, there was nowhere to go."
He knew someone left. Bruce heard the door shut softly in the sounds of chaos when the lights first went out. His gut told him to push on, "You let go of my arm."
"Bruce you need to stop being so paranoid, it's not a good look for you. I was grabbing my phone for the light." Selena had an innocent look in her light blue eyes.
Bruce was not sure he bought that lie, but let shook his head. He had to let it go as Barbara came up to him. Maybe she caught on to something. "Everyone seems to be okay." Barbara whispered, staying nonchalant. "I guess your theory was wrong-"
Before Barbara could even finish her sentence a loud, horrifying scream echoed around the ballroom. Everyone's attention went to the grand doors, where Pamela Isley busted in. The redhead was dripping head to toe in blood, and uncontrollably shaking. Her makeup smudged across her face, destroyed by her tears as she fell on to the floor, muttering something about a fire.
"Red!" Harley gasped, running to her side.
Selena's eyes widen, running to her old friend."Pam?...Pam! What's going on?" She seemed scared for her on again, off again, friend. "Are you hurt?"
Harley didn't understand where all the blood was coming from as she searched for a wound. She tried her best to stay calm.
Ed ran up with a glass of water, trying to help out. He shied his eyes away from the ripped part of her dress as he handed Harley the water. Harley took the drink and set it by Pamela's side. Her friend was in no condition to drink it. Pamela did not respond to Selena's question, but instead remained trembling uncontrollably. A few kids looked over Selena's shoulder, while Ed seemed to be evaluating the situation.
No one spoke for a while as they all tried to help. To their dismay, Pamela's condition only became worse. She acted like the water burned her, making her whimper in fear.
"She might be in shock." Ed said, with a sick feeling in his chest. Everything seemed too familiar to the genius, like he had seen the symptoms before. An unsettling feeling came about as Jonathan stepped by Ed's side. The pale crow like face showed no expression as he watched over them. Ed wished to have the chance to pull Jonathan aside. Harleen's face went pale, distracting him.
"Guess...It's real blood..." Harley gasped, backing away. She didn't know if it was safe or not to touch.
The words seemed to catch Jonathan's attention, for the first time he truly looked down at Pamela. His eyes went wide, for the first time noticing that Pamela had blood all over her. He seemed surprised.
Barbara had borrowed gloves, from a kid in a biker costume. She use them to get a closer look, carefully searching for the source of the blood. Her voice wavered unsteadily. "Her body...it's freezing cold..."
Barbara froze, knowing they should not be handling this case. They needed a Doctor, or her father, not a high school student.
"Pam can you speak to us..." A pudding covered Harleen said, taking ahold of her friend's hand. The blood did not matter anymore to Harley. She knew her friend was in danger.
Pamela stared back, unresponsive with her bottom lip quivering. Her emerald eyes felt tired, starting to close ever so slowly.
"Pamela!" Selena snapped loudly to keep Pamela awake.
Pamela stared up at everyone, "stop...stop...leaveee her...leave them..stop.." She could not make a full sentence. She tried to point to Harley, or catch the blonde's attention. One word became clearly mouthed, 'Run'. Harley noticed, looking around to see that no one else had seen Pamela mouth the word, that is except Jonathan. Harley's baby blue eyes looked up at him worried. Jonathan just turned away, unable to look at her.
"We should call the GCPD." Barbara said, not knowing how else to get Pamela medical attention. Bruce stayed back, collecting his thoughts as he looked around the room. His expression was a scold, he knew Barbara would have Pamela in good care soon. Now was his time to figure out who did this, while the evidence stayed untouched.
Rachel eyed them for a second, before taking a sip of her drink. She felt someone's eyes on her and went to go over to see the cheater. Rachel did not seem to care what happened to 'Madame President'. "She's not dead, what's the Police department going to do?" She muttered, not really concern. Pamela faked a lot of stuff for attention. Why should anyone believe this was different?
"Not yet anyways." Oswald corrected Rachel on how serious the situation was. Ozzie knelt down between Harley and Selena. He handed his ghost costume to Harley, which she used to wipe up some of the blood. Her attempts to figure out where the blood came from had no luck.
Barbara looked up at them in disbelief the two were having this conversation. "Call 911."
Jonathan spoke up quickly, shaking his head no. "And then we all get caught for breaking and entering."
Everyone went silent, until Oswald threw up his hands. "Then what are we to do?"
Selena made a motion for everyone to quiet down. She could not handle all these conversations right now. "I'll leave, I'll go grab someone who can help-" Selena stood up, making Barbara frown.
"Running from the scene of the crime already?" Barbara spoke quietly, turning everyone's attention to her.
Selena looked at Barbara like she was crazy, "What the hell are you talking about?"
Ed shrugged, "Well we all heard you and her fighting earlier..." He added only to receive her glare. Harley looked up at Selena in shock that she'd do this.
Rachel rolled her eyes, "Everyone fights with her, that's not proof."
"Oh shut it debate club, it was probably you." Selena growled.
"Me?"
"Yeah little jealous ex?"
Rachel became defensive fast, "No, it wasn't me!"
"Really?" Selena and Rachel were inches apart from one another. "Let me guess. You found out that him and her hooked up while your nose was stuck in a book, and this was your sick way of getting revenge." Selena accused, sounding upset. The kitten was smart enough to put together how Pamela won the election. She knew exactly what type of person her friend was. Selena never trusted the quiet ones like Rachel.
Rachel froze for a second, but only a second. "No. No..." She did not back down from her innocent plea."I was waiting for Harvey by the punch bowl when the lights went out."
Selena cracked a smile, "Alright then, where is he?"
"Who?" Rachel replied confused.
"Your little boyfriend, Harvey."
Rachel did not speak. Her eyes scanned the ballroom to notice everyone's gaze on her.
Selena smirked, catching wind of Rachel's nervousness. "Want my theory? It goes a little something like this. The lights went out so Harvey could sneak off with her, you caught a hold of what was happening and your innocent act disappeared."
"Selena!" Barbara gasped, not believing the two were really discussing this. Sure, her theory could be true, but now was not the time.
"No!" Rachel said, shaking her head.
"So you're saying he did it?" Selena spoke curiously, trying to twist Rachel's words and keep the attention off her.
"No, Harvey isn't like that." Rachel said quietly, lowering her head.
"Oh please everyone has their dark side." Selena rolled her eyes.
Jack, casually laid back, watching the group. He chuckled a bit at the mayhem and confusion that was caused. "Oooo the kittens getting interesting." Jack's voice giggled, standing at the snack table. Both girls turned to him with a glare.
"And what about you?" Rachel snarled, spitting out her accusing words like it was second nature. "You were fighting with her moments before the lights went off. You are the only one that causes trouble for fun, besides Pam, and YOU are the one laughing!" She pushed passed Selena, moving over to Jack.
Harley's eyes darted to her boyfriend. Her heart dropping a little in fear he may have done something.
Jack had a sick, sadistic grin on his face, "and?" He taunted Rachel like this was just a game. His light hearted attitude spooked Rachel into taking one step back. "And? Is that all dearie, because girl let me tell you I laugh all the time. Ha-Ha-Ha." His bloody vampire fangs flashed as he smiled.
Selena stood right in front of the boy with arms crossed. "J, you and Pamela have never gotten along."
"And?" He repeated, sipping his drink with a smile. Jack seemed to care less about being accused.
"Guys this is pointless! I'm leaving to get my dad." Barbara said, heading for the door. At the mention of the police again, everyone started to talk, only caring about themselves.
Harley looked up at the students, stressed out. "GUYS! Pamela's getting worse EVERYBODY SHUT IT!" Harley screamed almost in tears at the sight of Pamela.
Jonathan hated to see Harley like this. He placed a hand on her shoulder, which did make her feel a little better. "Calm down it'll be okay."
"But how do you know Johnny?" Her voice sounded like a child's, so small in the big room. Everyone looked down or away, realizing Pamela had only gotten worse since the bickering began. Jack glared at Jonathan, moving the freak's hand away from his girl. He gave Harley a hug, making sure Jonathan knew his place.
Bruce nodded, stepping forward. "Because I got a plan." He said, catching everyone's attention. Bruce figured out what to do while they were all arguing. Pamela needed attention now, or else they would have a murder their hands. One way or another everyone knew that. "I have my limo parked here. Alfred's inside, in case any of you think I did it. I am not leaving the ballroom. I will make a call to Alfred who will take her to the hospital. He will by my instructions take her and tell them he found her like this. That way no one leaves the manor until we figure out who done it?" A crackle of thunder echoed throughout the room as Bruce reached for his phone.
A/N Ready for a little fun?
Let's see how good you are with the game of Clue™. I'll shout out the person who gets the answer right, so good luck! In case you don't know how Clue™ works, here's what you need to know:
•Who do you think hurt Pamela? •What do you think happened or with what was she hurt with?
•In what room? (okay this is a random question, totally not applied to the story so not counted for the shout out but it's how the game of clue played so you need a room ?) Comment below! ~E