Layers (Danganronpa x OC) ~Being Rewritten~

Ch. 11: Three is an Awful Number

The next day I hear a knock at my door. At first I think it's Kyoko or maybe Hina, but it's Hiro. What's he doing here?! "Makoto dude!" Hiro says, yanking me out of my room. "What the heck?!" I ask. "What's up my dude?! I haven't seen you in forever! You should take a trip to the bathhouse! Make sure to wash behind your ears! Hahaha!" Hiro says. He holds up a paper with something written on it.

Kyoko needs to see you.

"Let's go brah!" Hiro says. I head to the bathhouse. Seems like I've been going here a lot lately. "Relax dude, all that was just for the cameras." Hiro says once we head inside. Everyone, including Toko and Byakuya, are waiting inside. None of them look very happy. Then I see why. The locker that held Alter ego is open and empty.

"The laptop is missing." Kyoko says. "We all know you took it Ishimaru!" Hifumi accuses. "That's a bunch a crap! It was probably you!" Taka says. "Both of you shut up!" Ishani orders. "We can rule those two out. I programmed Alter ego to shriek if either of them came near. It seems I've overlooked another suspect." Kyoko says. "Overlooked indeed. But how do we narrow down our suspects?" Byakuya asks. "None of us had a reason to take it." Hina says. "Maybe, maybe not. Consider this, we could have a traitor in our ranks." Byakuya says.

"No way!" Hina says. "It's becoming more and more believable as time goes on. Of course Monokuma would plant a mole to make sure everyone is behaving the way they should." Byakuya says. No one says anything. "Oh come on. Do you guys still believe that people actually care about each other in here? Ridiculous." Byakuya says. The sound of a clock chiming rings on the overhead speaker. It must be nighttime. We head back to our rooms, a tense silence among us. Who took Alter ego? Is there really a spy?

When I go to the dining hall the next morning, only Kyoko, Hina, and Sakura are there. "Is this everyone? Small group today." I say. "Yeah! Where are Hiro and Celeste? The whole time they've been here, they haven't missed a single one! Neither have the crazies!" Hina says. "Have you guys seem Isha?" Leon asks, walking in. "No. I have an increasingly bad feeling that something is wrong." Sakura says. "We must look for them." Kyoko says, standing up. "So how do we do this?" Hina asks. "Sakura and Leon will check the dorms. Makoto, you've got the rest of the first floor. I'll check the second floor." Kyoko says. "Which means I've got the third floor!" Hina says.

We leave the dining hall and split ways. I look through the windows of the doors for the nurse's office. Nothing. "Somebody help!" Someone screams. It sounds like Hina. I quickly rush up the floors. Hina is standing in front of the rec room. Leon and Sakura come a few seconds later. Celeste is laying on the floor.

"What the hell?!" Leon asks. Celeste wakes up and stands. "I was careless." she says. "What cretin did this to you?" Sakura asks. "It was rather odd. Whoever did it took great lengths to hide their face. They struck me with that." Celeste says, pointing to a painted hammer on the ground. "Justice hammer number one?" I ask, reading the words painted on the side. "Hifumi is in great danger! Whoever did this to me kidnapped him! I saw them take a left before I blacked out." Celeste says. "Take a left? That would put them towards the stairwell to the second story." Sakura says.

"Did you see Isha anywhere?" Leon asks. "Ishani? No. I haven't seen her or anyone else. Is she missing?" Celeste asks. "What are we going to do?!" Leon asks, sounding a bit panicked. "We have to go! The second floor is where Kyoko's searching!" I say. We dash out of the entrance to the rec room and towards the second floor. I almost run into Byakuya on the way. "Byakuya! Have you seen Kyoko, Hifumi or Ishani?" I ask. "Since when is it our job to watch them?!" Jack asks, peeking out from a pillar not too far away. "Is it important?" Byakuya asks. "Yes!" I say. "Over here!" Sakura calls. Hifumi is in the library, blood dripping down his head.

"What happened?" I ask. "Are you okay?" Hina asks. "There's another one of those weird hammers." I say, noticing one on the ground next to Hifumi. "I can't believe it! Robo justice attacked me!" Hifumi says. "This is hardly the time for playing cute." Byakuya says. "He's not being cute. Trust me." Celeste says, holding something up. "Is that a camera?" Jack asks. "Yes. I found it in the rec room. Look." Celeste says. "Look at what?" Hina asks.