A Story of Betrayal

Dagger

Blue shook his head looking at Blackberry, like he didn't want her to say what happened. Was she actually the killer? Was Blue covering for her, why? Why would she confess now?

"It can't be you though, you were with me when Pink's body was discovered." Coconut said looking at Blackberry in complete confusion. "Why are you trying to defend him?" I asked her. Why would she try to help a killer. "I'm not.., I'm only telling the truth." Blackberry said quietly sitting back down next to Coconut. "How?" both me and Coconut asked at the same time, but me in complete confusion and her in both confusion and sadness. 

"I'm sorry" Blackberry said staring down at the table. Everyone including Blue looked concerned and confused, except Cherry who only barely looked up from the table. I didn't fully catch her expression but from what I saw she looked slightly angry at Blackberry. "You didn't do anything, I was with you, I know you didn't." Coconut said quickly and panicked. Blackberry looked into Coconut's eyes before getting up again and walking over to Blue. 

"B-but I saw Blue, h-he was the only person in the room w-when Pink was killed." Cherry chimed in, probably trying to save Blackberry they seemed very close. "So you saw Blue and Blackberry confessed to the murder, so who's telling the truth?" Cyan asked Cherry. "I swear I'm not lying." Cherry cried even harder.

"Well, all the evidence points to Blue and Blackberry has an alibi." I said knowing Blue was the killer. It's been clear that he was for a while, but now there was actual evidence proving it. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure everyone has suspected him for a while now." Purple agreed with me. 

Coconut placed her hand on Blackberry's. Blackberry calmed down a little bit, and didn't reply to me and Purple. They both sat back at the table. "We should take a vote for who we think it is." Cyan said, trying to settle the debate. 

"Ok, if you think it's Blue raise you hand." I said raising my hand. Purple was the next one to follow, then Lime, Cyan, Cherry. Coconut and Blackberry just sat there with Coconut trying to comfort her. Blue didn't say any thing, he just turned towards the hallway and started to walk to communications. 

We all followed him as Lime walked next to him. Everyone was quiet. Blue just walked in and sat in he chair he was sitting in yesterday. The one in front of the computer. I know Blue is the killer, but something just feels off. Why didn't he say anything this entire trial? Why would Blackberry say she was the killer when she isn't? This whole thing just feels wrong and odd. 

"We should finish our tasks." Coconut said stepping backwards out of the door looking uncomfortable. "Y-yeah" Blackberry said following behind them. "We should go to." Purple said grabbing Cyan's hand as we all walked out the door. Cherry was the only one who stayed. Why didn't she go with Blackberry. 

"Did that trial seem off to anyone else." Cyan asked as soon as we got to the next room, admin. "Yeah, it went fast, and almost nothing was said." Purple agreed. "There was barely any evidence  even discussed." Cyan said. "We should check the body, it should still be there." Lime said walking to navigations. It seems that everyone felt like that was off. 

"We'll pass by communications on the way there, we should check on Blue." Cyan said. At this point maybe we should. Maybe he could actually explain something. "Why did Blackberry try to defend him, and why didn't he say anything all trial." I asked, summing up the main things that were weird about what happened. 

"Hey, Blue..." Cyan started and then paused before asking. "Are you really the killer?" "Lime, I'm sorry for punching you earlier." Blue didn't answer the question. "Is there anything you have to say about the trial?" I asked wanting him to at least say something. A confession or anything. "No." He stated. He looked sad and just stared at the floor. He looked like he felt guilty about something, so he probably did kill Pink. This felt even more off then before. It's like even though we caught the killer something just didn't feel right. 

We continued to walk to navigations. Maybe there was something there that could explain everything. No one had been there so the body wasn't moved. Since we're the next ones to check it we might have to be the ones who get rid of it this time. Even though there was no other way we could dispose of a body on this ship putting them in the trash shoot still felt horrible, and morally wrong. 

When we got there, the body was gone. There was just a blood stain and the dagger left. "Were did the body go? No one else should have been here." Cyan asked what we were all thinking. "Blackberry and Coconut left before, maybe it was one of the them?" Lime said. That was most likely what happened, but I thought they went the other direction to med bay. Maybe they did and just went around to navigations. "We should investigate what's here." Cyan said walking over to look at the dagger. It was engraved with spiral flower designs, and painted with gold, green, and red lines. The blade it's self was covered in blood. 

The blood stains on the floor were smeared. It didn't look like the stains were where they were when the murder was first committed. "We should take this to med bay, we might be able to get finger prints." Lime said carefully picking up the dagger, trying not to touch it to much. 

"Who's finger prints do you think will be on it?" Purple asked as we walked across the cafeteria to get to med bay. "Probably Blue's." I said. I still think he's the murderer even though this case is so strange. 

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