Chemical Engineering

Chapter Twenty Six: Queen Bee

Going to her podium, Kumiko's thoughts were racing.

We barely have any clues... how the heck am I gonna pull this off?!

"OK um, I suppose we should start with our alibis once again right?" Akiko stuttered weakly.

"Well me, Hiroko, Aiyanna and Kaori were all together. The three of us were trying to wake Kaori up, in a sense."

"I was with Gin, playing monopoly." Jiro explained.

"I watched a kids movie with Misaki, one about two dogs or some shit." Maiko sneered.

"I had been washing my clothes cause some fucker spilled spaghetti on me." Ryozo said, glaring at the culprit.

"I was in my room AS ALWAYS." Kenta said, annoyed.

"And I was looking over the 'gift' Shockbolt gave me." Kumiko announced.

"Speaking of gifts, I think now would be a good time for everyone to say whom got what." Jiro calmly suggested.

"Alright reject, what'd you get?" Maiko sassed the electrician.

"I got my cat's tail... her name's Bonnibel and She's a calico." He spoke, tearing up at the thought of animal being hurt.

"Damn Jiro. I'm in almost the same boat. My boy, Zoom, he's a St. Bernard and I got his collar, all bloody." Gin spoke next.

"Me have toy, made by friend. Ultimate Toymaker, make toy for Kaori. Left it back home with him so freak Kaori out."

"Um well. My brother got me an albino mouse named Perkins... and I got it's tail..." Akiko stuttered.

"Alright, I'm up next I guess. I got a braid of my sister's hair. She just had blue high lights put in before I left, so that's how I knew." Ryozo shifted nervously at the thought of his sibling injured.

"Me, I got my dad's wristwatch, only it was broken and had blood smeared on it." Hiroko said, solemn at the discovery.

"Okily dokily, me next! Um so I had gotten my little brother's soccer ball with a bloody message on it... To be careful cuz mommy is having fun..." Misaki looked ready to cry thinking of her mom.

"OK, I'll take the reigns I guess. I got a record of my hospital stay for my miscarriage and my mom's wedding ring, bent and broken."

"Hang on, making sure I understand. YOU had the miscarriage? " Kenta said bluntly, raising his brow at the small woman.

"Yea, titstain. Got a problem with that?" She snarled at him angrily.

"Actually-"

"Yeah so because I know you two would try to kill each other, I'll intervene. I... got a bloodied doll. It was one for the child I'm in charge of." Aiyanna grew a saddened expression at what could have happened to the child.

"That's pretty rough. NEXT!" Kenta snickered, earning shocked looks and angry glares.

"Actually that would be you, dickless." Hiroko scoffed.

"Uh Kumiko never went." He interrupted.

"She said what she got, very bravely, at the beginning of this bullshit. So sorry, YOUR TURN." Glaring, Hiroko would not let this tidbit of info go unnoticed.

"Fine bitch. I got a pierced ear. My brother got his pierced for his 8th birthday recently. Satisfied?"

"Yes, thank you for your contribution."

"OK as of right now, 3 people were alone at the time of the kill. We have Kumiko, Ryozo or Kenta. So if you guys could, please tell us why it couldn't be you?"