And Then There Were Fewer

7. Still Looking for a Bus

Sam and Puck outside of the house in the street. In the walkway, David is Standing, looking out to the street. Tina and Quinn also standing outside near Artie, talking.

"About that Bus –" Puck said.

"I know what you're thinking Puck. I've asked myself the same question. Where is it?"  Sam said.

"Have you found the answer?" Puck asked him.

"It's not an accident. That's what I think. It's part of the whole thing. It all comes together." Sam told him.

David comes to them as said.

"Yes, that bus isn't coming."

"You think that, too, Artie?" Sam told Artie

"Of course it won't come. We're counting on that bus to take us off to the city. That's the meaning of the whole thing. We're not going to leave this beach. None of us will ever leave. It's the end, you see... the end of everything. He hesitates. "That's peace, real peace... to come to the end, to not have to go on... yes, that's peace...." Dave leaves slowly, unsteadily.

"Another one that's nuts! Looks as if we'll all go that way. However it would take a lot to send me off my head." Sam said.

"Yes, me too. I feel quite sane at the moment, thanks." Puck answered.

Artie starts to roll towards Puck and Sam, when Blaine comes and intercepts him. He is white and shaking, and obviously very scared. 

"Could I talk to you for a second, Artie?" 

"What's the matter, Blaine?" Artie answered.

"Inside, Artie, in the kitchen. It's those little figures, the little china figures. In the middle of the table. Do you remember how many there were?" Blaine told.

"Fourteen. I remember, we counted them. But what is the matter?" Artie said.

"That's it, Artie. Last night, when I was clearing up, there were only twelve. I remember thinking how weird that was, but that's all I thought. But now, when I was clearing breakfast, THERE WERE ONLY TEN!"

As Blaine finish the sentence Quinn and Tina entered the house and into the dinning room.

"The man who brought us out here seemed to be a dependable sort of person. It's really weird that he should be so late this morning." Tina said to Quinn.

"I wish he would come. I want to get away." Quinn reply.

"Don't we all." Tina told.

"There seems no meaning in it at all. But do you really mean what you said at breakfast? Do you really think that Blaine and Kurt killed Sebastian?" He said. "Plus poor Brittany she hadn't killed one of those proffessors."

"Actually, I'm sure of it. The way he fainted, the way he dropped the coffee tray, and the way he explained it, it didn't ring true." Tina Said. "And Brittany may have looked innocent but she had her moments and I don't doubt this one was one."

"The way he looked, like he was scared of his own shadow. He must have always been haunted by it..." Quinn added. "And of brittany she was innocent, but yeah like you said she had her moments, but that wasn't an excuse for her to die, poor Santana." 

"I remember a text that hung in my nursery as a child. Be sure the sin will find you out. It's very true." Tina Said.

"But Tina... in that case... what about the others? All the other accusations, they... they weren't true?" Quinn asked her.

"Well, there is Puck. He admits to have killed Azimio to his death."  Tina said.

"But he was our school, bully. He deserved it" Quinn said.

"Bully or not he was a person. But of course, some of the other accusations were far-fetched and ridiculous. Against Finn, he didn't have the guts to kill Mr. Schue." Tina said. "I want to talk about my case, what I was convicted about. Remember  Dakota Stanley the coach  for Vocal Adrenaline back in 2009. He had no morals whatsoever. It was some time before I found out that he was "in trouble." I tried to help him but  as I was helping him I saw him took his own life. He threw himself into the river."

"What did you feel like when you knew she'd done that?" Quinn as she shivers. "Weren't you sorry? Didn't you blame yourself?" 

"Me? I had nothing to blame myself for."

"But what if your help drove him to it?" Quinn tell her.

"His own action – his own sin – was what drove him to it. If he had behaved well with others, none of this wold have ever happened." Tina said.

Quinn looks at Tina in disgust. Both have come to the dinning room .As  Artie, Puck, and Sam come back to it.

"Puck, can I speak to you alone?" Artie tells him.

"What Up"

Both move to the side while the othrers keep talking.

"How do you think Kurt and Brittany died? Do you think it was suicide?" Artie tells him.

"I would have considered it, if it hadn't been for Mike's and Mercedes. Actually I don't think Mike and Her committed suicide at all. I think they were murdered." Puck said.

"And Kurt, Brittany?" Artie said.

"I could believe in their suicide, if it wasn't for Mike's and Mercedes, and vice versa. But I don't know." Puck answered.

"I might be able to help you with that. The little china figures on the dining table? They've gone from 14 to 10." Artie said.

"But don't you realize? Fourteen little soldier boys, going out to dine. Two went and choked themselfs and then there were twelve. Twelve little soldier boys sat up very late. Two overslept Themselves and then there were Ten. It fits too well to be a coincidence. Mike and Mercedes died of asphyxiation or choking, and then Kurt and Brittany oversleep themselves with a vengeance. And therefore it's another kind of puzzle." Puck said.

"Ah! You agree. But you see what this involves? Blaine swore that there was no one but ourselves and them on the beach. And he's not lying. He's scared." Artie said.

"No bus this morning. That fits. Weston wants Atlantic Beach isolated until his job is done." Puck said.

"The man must be a lunatic!" Artie clarifies.

"There's one thing he didn't realize. The beach's more or less a bare rock. We can search it quickly enough. We'll soon ferret out this unknown crazy." Puck said.

"He'll be dangerous." Artie said.

"I'll be dangerous when I get hold of him! But we'd better rope in Sam to help. We shouldn't tell the women. As for the others, the Karofsky lost it, andFinn's forte is masterly inactivity. The three of us will be more than enough for this job." Puck said.