The Murderer||Glee

Humpty Dumpty

"Did you hear them scream?" Matt burst out laughing, outside of Puck and Finn's cabin. Mike was on the floor laughing, wearing a white sheet which resembled a wedding dress.

"That – was - too funny" he managed to say through fits of laughter.

The door of the cabin swung open, revealing an angry looking Puck, who had undoubtedly heard the laughter of his two classmates.

"Never do that again" he started. Matt and Mike were still unable to contain their amusement "Never do that again without me"

Puck slammed the door and went back to bed. Mike high fived Matt.

"Should we scare anyone else?" Mike asked "Quinn and Rachel?"

"Quinn's pregnant" Matt reminded him "We can't go scaring pregnant people, it might make the baby pop out early"

"Ok. Brittany and Santana?"

"No way. Did you see how scared Brittany was?" Matt said

"True" Mike agreed "Kurt and Artie?"

"Dude, we couldn't scare Artie. That's just cruel"

"That's a good point" Mike agreed.

"That leaves Mercedes and Tina"

"No, I wouldn't want to do that to Tina"

After deciding it would be a ridiculously foolish idea to scare Will or Emma, they headed off to bed for their first night in their cabin.

Little did they know that this night would be someone's last...

***

"Has anyone seen Puck?" Finn asked, banging on Quinn and Rachel's door the following morning.

"No, we haven't seen him" Rachel answered.

She opened the door and kissed Finn as he kissed her back.

Quinn got up too, looking concerned.

"Well when did you last see him?" she asked

"In bed last night and when I woke up he wasn't there. I'm worried about him" Finn said.

Everyone began to come out of their cabins, ready for a breakfast of barbecued sausages.

"Mr Schue, I don't know where Puck is" Finn told his teacher, worriedly.

"Maybe he's with Artie. I can't find him either" Kurt suggested.

Mr Schuester looked concerned.

"We'll need to search for them" he began.

Just as he said it, a dripping wet Puck emerged from the forest, with a towel wrapped around his bottom half. Quinn ran over to hug him.

"Where did you go?" asked Finn, still slightly shaken.

"I went skinny-dipping in the lake" Puck responded, winking

"Well don't do it again" Finn snapped.

"Whoa calm it, dude. What's the big deal?" Puck asked

"Artie's missing too" Tina joined in, a tear trickling down her cheek. Mercedes went and put her arm around her.

"Don't worry, girl. I'm sure he'll come back in a second, with a big smile on his face. You'll forget what you were worried about." She said, stroking Tina comfortingly.

Mr Schuester went in his cabin to fetch his coat, and emerged a minute later with the photograph and a note. He looked horrified.

"Who's been in my cabin?" He bellowed, angrily. Everyone stared at him, worried.

"What's happened" asked Emma. He handed her the photograph and note.

"Oh my gosh" she gasped.

The others huddled around to see. Artie's face had been scratched out the photograph, like photos in a creepy horror movie. Tina put her face in her hands, breathing heavily. The attached note read:

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.

"What - what does it- mean?" cried Tina, stuttering.

"It means we have to look for him" Will demanded "If this is some kind of sick joke, it's disgusting."

The gang went off in small groups to search the island. Santana, Brittany and Matt, who had gone up to the highest peak of the island, found Artie.

"What's that down there?" asked Brittany, pointing to something many metres below. Matt and Santana shrieked. Down below was Artie's mangled body, a small distance away from his wheelchair.

***

"He's – he's dead" Mr Schue sobbed. Tina broke down in tears as Mike hugged her.

"He must have fallen. I'm so sorry Tina" Mercedes said, tears rolling down her cheeks.

"He wouldn't have been able to get up the hill in his wheelchair. It's too uneven" Rachel said, still looking at his  body "Someone pushed him" she stated, looking around at the group.

"But, who would push Artie? Who could be that evil?" Kurt stammered, looking at Rachel

"We all saw the nursery rhyme. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. He was murdered" Puck hesitated. "It was one of us"

"Don't be ridiculous, Puck. We all loved Artie. Why would anyone want him dead?" Mr Schue asked. Everyone looked round at each other.

"Finn. Would you go and get Alan and get him to phone someone off the island? An emergency team. Don't go on your own, take Puck." Mr Schue ordered.

Finn and Puck obeyed.

"We can't leave him here" Kurt whispered. Everyone agreed.

Will, Matt and Mike carried the body to the bed in Emma's cabin.

Emma had decided to share with Will, as she didn't want to be alone.

***

"Mr Schue, Mr Schue," Puck and Finn came running back, ten minutes later.

"The – the phone cable has been cut. We can't contact anyone," Puck began, shaking.

"And Alan and Andrea, its – they're -" Finn stopped.

"They're dead," Puck finished.