Prison of the dead (Labyrinth of Monsters' sequel) A hermitcraft/3rd life fanfic

Chapter 13 - Skizz

It's another normal day, and I'm with the rest of the SO DEAD, practicing fighting. A few days have passed since Scar died, and the only interesting thing to come in that time was the newly-found information that EX's killer had blonde hair, given the fact their was some found at the crime-scene that they 'just happened' to find later. Which means there's been a lot less interviews than first expected. 

'Can I just confirm, with the confidence that if any of us have that we will never tell anyone, that none of us are the killer?' I ask suddenly. Martyn and Jimmy look over at me in surprise.

'I'm not. And I was with Martyn the whole time.' Jimmy replies, mildly annoyed that I was suspicious. 

'Yeah. We were. And that's exactly what we've said in our interviews.' Martyn agrees, dropping the axe he'd been practicing with. I point a sword at Jimmy. 

'Wanna fight?' I grin. He smiles back,

'You're on!'

As the two of us spar, I notice Doc arguing with Bdubs. The latter of the two doesn't seem to be happy at all with it, and I frown. 

'You ok?' Jimmy lowers his sword as he spots my change in attention. 

'Doc.'

All three of us look over. Bdubs is pinned to the wall while Doc screams at him. With a nod to the others, I run over.

'Bdubs doesn't want to be your friend any more, c**kM.' Martyn snarls. The creeper looks over at us.

'Defending your new friend?' He sneers back.

'Yes. Now get away from him.' I poke Doc with my sword. He glared back at me. 

'Fine. And I'm sure the creators won't like your language. Pity you're gonna get blamed for something a bit bigger than that...'

'What's THAT supposed to mean?' Jimmy inquires coldly. 

'Blonde hair at the crime scene? Two of you are looking very sus. And the third was found at the body.'

'I'm sure you can the creators that your suspicious when they kick you out for killing Scar.' Martyn picked up the axe again, and looks ready to fight. I wouldn't mind ending this once and for all as well. 'If you don't get killed first.'

'Is that a threat?' Doc walks towards us, fists clenched. He's got a knife in his pocket, which could be drawn at any second. Bdubs's got well out the way.

'Why you asking? Never been threatened before? I expected someone as horrible as you to have lots of people wanting you dead.' Jimmy goads, clearly out for blood, sword ready to attack. Several other people are looking at us, and while I'm distracted by them, Doc punches me in the face. 

I stagger back. Martyn's run forward, axe raised. He brings it down sharply where Doc was, and it's blocked by the creeper's metal arm. Jimmy stabs, and Doc dodges. I stay behind, ready in case I need to join in. Doc shoves Martyn away, and screeches with pain as Jimmy impales his arm. Lightning sparks, and he's thrown back, now weaponless. I take his place. Now armed with Jimmy's sword, Doc slashes at me. I block, and slice back. Martyn's helping Jimmy back to his feet as I combat the German. He kicks, and I cut across the non-metal part of his face, stepping away, circling around, ready to go in again. Heart racing, blood pumping, I grin, and charge at Doc again. He pushes me away, and I hit the wall, collapsing down. Someone yells my name. I think it's Martyn, who runs at Doc, hitting the creeper in the shoulder with his axe. Doc kicks him back, turning, letting me get back to my feet. Martyn blocks the sword, slicing again. Jimmy's still on the ground, watching everything while recovering from the shock. Doc and Martyn are still fighting, and when it looks like the former is about to win, I run in, dragging him away. Doc twists out of my grip, slamming me against the wall, where I painfully slide to the ground, head throbbing. 

'EXCUSE ME!'@WatcherXanthia storms into the room, followed by Zedaph. 'Skizz, if you're able to, please come.'

'Why? You know I didn't kill EX!'

'But you were found by the body. I want to know what you saw. And know why you lot are still fighting.'

I stand up, glaring at Doc as I hobble after Xanthia. We soon make it to the meeting place, where I sit down opposite her. 

'So. What did you see?'

'Well, I was ahead of Tango, and he just suddenly stopped moving. I went back to see what he was looking at and saw the dead body, lying with the head facing away from us, in a sort-of spotlight thing. Apparently, it was very similar to how Etho died.'

'Interesting... very interesting...'

'Why?'

'Maybe it was the same person.'

'Etho was killed by Impulse. Impulse is dead, and I would like everyone to stop thinking he'd kill someone like that again. Impulse. Isn't. The. Bad. Guy.'

'Then why did he kill Etho and Scar?'

'Because he was avenging my death.'

'Fair enough. Anyway, did you see anyone nearby?'

'No,'

'Was there anyone else who wasn't in the eating-place?'

'I don't know. All I know is that's it's definitely not Impulse.'

'It's amazing how close you two were in the maze.'

'What do you mean?'

'You were really, really close.'

'Yeah? And? We're brothers?'

'It's just... let's just say that you weren't as close before you entered.'

'What?'

'I mean... certainly not close enough to murder everyone present at each other's death, including themselves.'

'I'm confused. So we were slightly better friends inside the maze. What's the big deal?'

'It's a bit more than slightly.'

'How?'

'Skizz, before you and Impulse entered the maze, you HATED each other.' 

'What?! Why?'

'Because Impulse tried to kill you.'

Woo! Plot twist!