Hey, Nukia here!
This fanfiction is a side story to Beyond This Love.
I don't know if any of my old readers are reading my rewrites anymore, but I am going to tell you what happened in the Midnight Slasher case in The Wammy House Memories in the next few chapters. I never finished The Alternative Story, but I'm going to tie it in with this fanfiction because I enjoyed writing A's story.
But thank you for the reviews ( even if there is just 8 ), favorites and the alerts! Also to the unknown people who read my fanfictions, I promise it will pick up at some point! If you don't like it, then don't read it.
Chapter 11!
Watari had picked me up from my Great Aunt Thora's cottage just before 8pm, he drove me straight to the orphanage and showed me which student bedroom I would be staying in for the next two days. The room I'll be staying in is on the second floor of The Wammy House, it was pretty small bedroom with the basic furniture each students would need well they lived at the orphanage. I hung my clothes up in the room's wardrobe, I put my backpack under the bed and went to have a quick wash in the bathroom. I put my nightie on, brushed my teeth and switched the light off in the bathroom.
" SJ!" I heard someone call from outside of the bedroom's door as they gently knocked on it. " Open up, it's A!"
" One moment!" I replied." I'm not decent!"
I grabbed my yellow house coat from the bed, I quickly put it on as I walked towards the door and stopped in front of the it. I unlocked the door, I opened it wide and gave A a big smile as he quickly barged pasted me into the bedroom. I watched him walk over to the bed, he got onto his knees and took a brown paper folder from underneath the bed.
" What are you doing?" I asked.
" I'm just collecting some of my property, I'll be gone in about two seconds..." He replied and got up from the floor. " We can hangout tomorrow at breakfast, I'm afraid Backup will be there though and the other students of The Wammy House. You won't mind that though, right?"
" I guess not, but I don't want to sit near Backup..." I answered, I tucked some of my hair behind my ear as leant back against the door frame and sighed deeply. " I've not seen him since I delivered a package on the behalf of my Aunt Thora, he was being disgusting and dissecting worms!"
" You're get use to him, just do what I do and pretend he's not there..." He smiled.
" Okay, I'll try your method the next time I see him..." I giggled.
" Do you mind if I use your bathroom?" He asked and put the folder under his arm. " I need to pee, I don't think I'll make it make to my bedroom in time..."
" Yeah, I guess that's okay..." I answered with a laugh. " Just hurry up, I'm tired and ready for bed..."
I watched A quickly disappear into the bathroom, I quietly closed the room's door and ran over to the bed. I jumped onto it and stretched out on it as I yawned loudly, I rolled over onto my side and pulled my knees to my chest. I heard the chain flush in the bathroom, I sat up on the bed and tucked some of my hair behind my ear as A walked out of the bathroom.
" Don't go in there until the morning, it's radioactive in there right now..." He chuckled and closed the bathroom's door behind him. " I better get going, I've got to take this file to Watari's office before I retire to my room. My bedroom is just down the corridor though if you need me, I'll most probably be awake until the early hours studying or reading or just staring at the ceiling like I do most night..."
" A, may I ask what's in that folder under your arm?" I asked.
" My folder?" He asked.
" Yes, I mean what was it doing in this room?" I asked and placed my feet down on the floor." Even more, what's in it?"
" Oh this folder!" He replied, he took his folder from under his arm and smiled. " It's nothing important, just some newspaper clippings I've collected over the years..."
" Just newspaper clippings?" I asked.
" Yeah, nothing else in this folder besides newspaper clippings and maybe some study notes for science..." He replied. " Anyway, I'll come by in the morning and knock on for you with Backup. Remember, breakfast starts at 8:30am and finishes at 9:30am. No oversleeping or you'll have to go without until lunch, did you get all of that?"
" Yes, I've got it!" I replied with a smile " I'll set my alarm clock for 7am just before I go to sleep, you have my word on it this time..."
" Alright, I'll see you in the morning then..." He smiled.
I watched A walk over to the bedroom door, I quickly got up from the bed and ran over to him. I gently took hold of his arm, I pulled him away from the door and sighed. I closed the door, I led him towards the bed and smiled at him.
" We need to talk before you go..." I said.
" About what?" He asked.
" The Midnight Slasher, I need to ask you about him..." I answered quietly and let go of his arm as I sat back down on the bed. " He's the person who took your Mum and your Sister away from you, am I right?"
" You still remember that after all of these years?" He asked quietly.
" Yes, I remember most things you tell me about your past..." I replied with a nod. " He's the person who killed those young girls in Martyr Worthy, am I right about that too?"
" I can't answer that, I'm not really sure myself just yet..." He replied as he ran his fingers through his blonde hair. " But you'll be the first person I'll tell when I know something, okay?"
" A, I know when you're hiding things from me..." I smiled slightly. " You always run your fingers through your hair when you're lying, you can tell me. I swear I will not tell anyone, we're best friends right?"
" Oh course we're best friends! we're best friends until the end of time, I just don't know yet..." He replied.
" You're still lying, come on and tell me the truth!" I smiled.
" Alright bossy boots! We're not really sure yet, the person could be a copycat serial killer..." He answered. " It says in criminal sicastis reports that it's been shown that most of the people who mimic crimes mostly likely have seen them in the media. In most cases they have earlier criminal records, prior severe mental health problems or histories of violence suggesting that the effect of the media is indirect rather than direct. We believe that the person maybe a nut job or an obsessive criminal searcher, in this case we cannot rule out that it maybe the real The Midnight Slasher..."
" Who is this we you mention?" I asked.
" Oh, I mean me and Watari..." He replied as he sat down next to me no the bed. " You know I can't tell you everything that is going on right now, but I can tell you just this one thing. You're safe here at The Wammy House with us, we've got a level four security system running through this old building which is the highest form of security technology you could wish for at this very moment..."
" That's very reassuring, but why have I been brought here?" I asked.
" Didn't Watari tell you anything?" He asked as he got up from the bed. " Those photographs and the letter you got posted to your cottage are like the ones the two female victims received a few days before they were murdered in Martyr Worthy. Do you understand why you're here now?"
" You mean I'm in danger?!" I gasped, I jumped up from the bed and covered up my ears. " I don't want to die, I'm to young to die! I want to live, I want to go to college and be makeup artist to the stars when I'm older!"
" You want to be makeup artist to the stars when you're older?" He asked with a slight chuckle." Are you serious?"
" It's not funny at all!" I frowned.
" Aright, it's not funny..." He sighed. "But you're not going to die, well not today anyway. You're safe here like I said before with us, we'll catch this guy and he'll get justice like all the other bad guys L as put behind bars before him. So don't you worry about anything, okay?"
" Who is L?" I asked.
" Oopsies, I didn't mean to say that!" He replied, he quickly walked over to the bedroom's door and opened it wide. " SJ, just get some sleep. I'll come and walk you to the dinner hall before you see Watari, I've kind of said too much at this point..."
" You're not right for an 11 year old boy, why can't you like cars and football instead of crime?" I asked and uncovered my ears. " How do you expect me to sleep after what you have told me?"
" I'll be 12 years old in two months time, I'm not really a fan of football or cars..." He replied as he looked over his shoulder at me and gave me a smile. " I've got a game you can play until you fall asleep, do you what to borrow it?"
" I don't want to play any silly games, I want some answers!" I replied.
" Alright, you can get your answers in the morning from Watari..." He said as he took a rubik's cube from his jean pocket and placed it down on the floor. " I'll leave it here anyway in case you change your mind, I'll see you in the morning for breakfast..."
" Don't go yet!" I frowned. " You have not explained wha..."
" Goodnight SJ!" He interrupted.
" A!" I yelled.
" Goodnight, sleep tight!" He said quickly.
I watched A close the bedroom's door quickly behind him, I let out a frustrated sound and stomped my foot on the floor. He can be so thoughtless at time, but I know he doesn't mean to do it. I just want to know what is going on, am I The Midnight Slashers next victim? I let my arms fall to my sides, I looked over at the rubik's cube he left on the floor and walked over to it. I picked it up from the floor, I walked back over to the bed and climbed into it. I covered myself up, I took a look a the rubik's cube and turned one of the rotating cube faces of the puzzle.
" Why do boys have to be so stupid?" I asked myself.
I jumped up in the bed when I heard my alarm clock going off, it was 7am and it was time to get up. I yawned as I crawled over to the window next to the bed, I drew back the green coloured curtains and opened the window wide. It was a beautiful morning, the birds were sing and the sun was shining bright in the morning sky. I got out of bed, I hurried to the bathroom and got washed. I picked my dirty clothes up from the bathroom floor that I left in there last night, I carried them over to the bed and stopped when I put my hand in my jean's pocket. I bit at my bottom lip as I took the necklace with the golden cross hanging from the chain out of my pocket, I threw my dirty clothes on the bed and put the necklace on.
" Finders keepers I guess!" I smiled.
I quickly got changed into my long-sleeved blue dress, I put my black buckled shoes on and tied my hair up into a ponytail. I put my dirty clothes into my backpack, I zipped it up and put it back under the bed. It wasn't long before I heard a knock on door, I opened the it and was greeted by A with a tray full of food in his hands.
" Room service!" He smiled, he walked into the bedroom and placed the tray down on the dressing table. " I thought I would bring breakfast to you, the dinner hall is quite crowded right now..."
" Where's Backup?" I asked. " I thought he would be joining us for breakfast, did he change his mind?"
" He's in Isolation for tipping a jar of strawberry jam over a kid's head cause he called him a freak, it was pretty funny though..." He replied with a chuckle. " Well, not for the kid of course. You should eat quickly, Watari want's to see you in his office by 8:30am..."
" Okay..." I nodded.
I walked over to the dressing table and took a look at the breakfast foods on the tray. It was manly sugar related foods like jelly with marshmallows or fruit in it, candy apples, bananas, currant bread, chocolate mousse, cartons of fruit juice, bottles of chocolate milkshakes, chocolate chip muffins and cookies with cream. I decided to have a pot of jelly with pineapple chunks in it, I grabbed a spoon from the tray and sat down on the floor by the dressing table.
" Is that all you're having for breakfast?" He asked.
" Yes, I don't really eat sweet foods for breakfast..." I replied and ripped the lid from the jelly pot. " Don't you serve porridge or toast at The Wammy House for breakfast?"
" Sometimes we do, but that's rare seeing as food with fiber in it wouldn't fuel our brains better that sugary based foods..." He answered as he picked the tray up from the dressing table and placed it down in front of me. " Help yourself to more, there's plenty left. You'll need all the sugar you can get today, once my mentor starts asking you questions he'll not stop unless it's to take a sip of his tea..."
" Watari is your mentor, right?" I asked.
" I guess he his in a way, but you'll be questioned by someone else too..." He replied and sat down on the floor next to me. " It will get clearer when I've taken you to meet him, do you mind if I help myself to some of the food? I'm kind of hungry still, all I've had today for my breakfast is marshmallow jelly and seven toffee muffins..."
" Seven toffee muffins?" I asked with a giggled, I leant forward and grabbed a chocolate chip muffin from the tray as I smiled. " Wow, that's a world record! They must be delicious if you can eat that many, but help yourself to more breakfast..."
" What's that around your neck?" I heard A ask.
" It's a necklace..." I answered as I held the muffin towards him. " Don't tell me that you've never seen a necklace before, don't they teach you stuff here about jewelry or fashion?"
" It's not that, where did you get your necklace from is what I'm asking..." He replied hastily. " It's important, I need to know now!"
" What's wrong?" I asked.
" Please SJ, where did you get your necklace from?!" He asked, he quickly got up from the floor and forcefully yanked me up from the floor by my arm." We've got to go, I need to take you to Watari right now!"
" You're hurting me!" I frowned. " Please let go of my arm!"
" Please SJ, you've got to trust me on this one..." He said as he walked me over to the bedroom door." That necklace, it was found around the two female victim's necks in Martyr Worthy. It was the same all those years ago in Stafford, it's his signature and basically his target item. You're in danger, I'm in danger!"
" I don't understand, what are you on about?" I asked.
" He's going to finish off what he's started, he wants to end his twisted game he began all those years ago..." He replied, he opened the bedroom's door and turned around to face me. " SJ, I was the only victim who managed escape his clutches when he murdered my Mum and Sister. I was meant to die with my family that night, but fate had other ideas for me. After all of these years he as come back for me, he kills because of sin!"
" I still don't understand, you're scaring me..." I said quietly.
" I need to show you something, I need you to come with me to Watari's office!" He said as his voice began to shake. " Please, I don't want to lose anymore of my family or friends. You will come with me, right?"
" Okay, I will come with you..." I answered quietly.
I placed the chocolate chip muffin back down on the tray, I took hold of A's hand and let him lead me out of the room. We walked together down the corridor, he led me into another corridor which led to a staircase. The corridors were empty, I guess most of the students were still in the dinner hall having their breakfast. We quickly made our way down two flights of stairs that led to the bottom floor, he led me into another corridor and stopped me in front of a door saying headmaster on it.
" Is this Mr Wammy's office?" I asked.
A gave me a nod, he slowly opened the door and led me into Watari's office by my hand. I took a quick look around office, it was quite stuffy with many file case folders stack around the room. I saw Watari standing by the window of the office, he looked at me over his shoulder and gave me a smile. I heard the office door close behind me, I let go of A's hand and spooned some of my jelly in my mouth.
" Good morning Elizabeth, I hope you had a pleasant nights sleep..." Smiled Watari.
" Yes, I slept quite well thank you..." I said and jumped slightly when I felt someone remove the necklace from around my neck. " Hey!"
I turned around quickly to be greeted by a tall thin looking boy, his was quite pale with round dark eyes and messy black hair. I watched him walk oddly past me, he hopped onto a chair at the desk and held my necklace between his finger tips as examined it. He was dressed in similar clothes to what Backup likes to wears, but he was wearing a white shirt instead of a black one and wore no shoes on his feet.
" It's perfectly fine my dear, do not be alarmed..." Chuckled Watari.
" Watari, have we received the coroner reports yet for the Martyr Worthy victims?" Asked the boy.
" Not yet sir, I shall ring the Winchester police department once again and inquire about the delays..." Replied Watari as he walked to the desk and picked a file case folder from it. " But until then I would like to introduce you to someone, this young lady is in my care for the next two days. She is the great-niece of my dear friend Miss Havisham, I believe she may be able to help us with our inquiries. She is the young lady I told you about who received the letter and those photographs through the post, they are very similar to the Martyr Worthy victim's letters..."
" Yes, I believe you maybe right..." Said the boy.