Frenzy (REBOOT) (Pokémon Danganronpa)

Chapter 5: Investigation

THIRD PERSON

The two Pokemon that had gathered in the room held completely still as their eyes locked onto the bloodied corpse beneath them. The moment the shock had settled, the Gallade wasted no time in venting his overwhelmed emotions.

"O-Oh god..." Galant's voice croaked as he shook under the pressure. "A-Arceus, please...what the f-fuck!"

Leon did not say a word, his eyes were glued to Talus' rotting corpse.

The poor midday Lycanroc's pupils were fading along with any colorful life to his brown tone. A patch of blood soaked the top of his head as the rest pooled in large amounts under him. The side of his head was seemingly ripped open by an incision as a knife stained with his blood lay next to him.

Finally, the jackal managed the courage to speak.

"I-I..." Leon stammered, his attempt now in vain as he couldn't form any thought as to what was happening.

They were so confident that nothing was going to happen, yet their greatest fear had occurred.

Talus the Lycanroc is dead, his murderer still on the loose.

"We need...to tell people." The Lucario shuddered, his head shaking in immediate realization. "We have to go back!"

Right before they could say anything more, a pair of footsteps—clearly in a hurry—made their way into the room.

"Who screamed?" Loki quickly questioned as she trudged through the garage connector. Her eyes had to adjust as she made her way into the darker room, but the moment the smell and the sight of the body hit her simultaneously, she let out a frightened yelp in surprise.

Leon couldn't say anything in response as the sound of an intercom screeched throughout the building. A static and ironically friendly tune chimed before the voice of Sam was heard.

"A body has been discovered! Everyone meet in the garage to begin your investigation!"

Even though the jackal was still processing the other canine's death, he couldn't help but replay Sam's words in his head.

His thoughts landed on the word 'investigation'. Was this what Sam was hoping for?

On queue, the rumbling of numerous footsteps made their way across the hall and directly into the room.

If there was any sense of organization, it was already gone by now as everyone in the room let out their own appropriate reactions to the scene.

A wave of despair-filled screams and curses filled the air as the room dispersed to either approach the corpse or run away from it.

However, the loudest one in the room currently was Lancer, his brother.

The midnight Lycanroc had weakly limped his way up to the lifeless body of Talus and sobbed against his fur. Not a word was said by him, just the sounds of his cries leaving no room for silence.

"Is anyone here medically trained?" Rayne timidly walked up to the pooling blood next to the corpse. It was quite a shock to everyone seeing even she was frightened.

"What are t-they gonna do, bring him back to fucking life!?" Vince spat out, his webbed hand waving at nowhere in particular.

"It's to see if we can get an autopsy, dumbass!" Inu shoved her elbow against the Greninja's chest.

"Don't fucking touch me, bitch!" He retorted.

"I need everyone here to be quiet!" Vanta called from the center of the room, gaining at least half of everyone's attention. "I know this is all too stressful, but if we stay calm, we can solve this!"