Bloodshed

Chapter 9

F. Jesse and Olivia returned downstairs to the restaurant. Nathan, Amanda, Lawrence, and Peri eyed the girls nervously, waiting to see if they were going to tell Lukas and M. Jesse to grab someone and pin them down for evidence.

Instead, the girls pulled the boys aside and they talked privately at a distance away from the suspects in the room.

"Did you guys find any clues?" whispered Lukas.

"No. Nothing that can be a hint on any of them being the killer. It's almost ten, so we need to have them empty their inventories and catch whoever is guilty now," said F. Jesse.

"Alright. But what if they're all not guilty?" said M. Jesse.

"Then we have to hurry and find more clues," said Olivia.

"I don't want to suggest this, but we best to split up and go alone each to find more clues. We have torches now, so as long as each of us have one, we'll be safe on our own," said F. Jesse.

She checked over to see if the suspects were watching. They weren't, so she quickly pulled out two torches and handed one to Lukas and one to her brother.

"Don't let them know, in case one is the killer..." she whispered.

Lukas and M. Jesse only nodded their heads. They didn't need to be told twice, so they quickly put their torches away in their inventories.

The four walked up to the suspects. Nathan and Amanda nervous eyed them, Lawrence was shaking a bit, and Peri was biting her nails a bit. All four of them looked worried.

"Did you... figure out who it was?" asked Amanda.

"Everyone, please step away from each other," said F. Jesse.

The nervous looks faded from the four suspects, but they all took a few steps away from each other as well as the order.

"Alright, now I ask that everyone please empty their inventories. All of it," said F. Jesse.

One by one, each of the suspects emptied out the items they had in their inventory. Once they were all done, the four members of the order stepped up and inspected each inventory.

"Hmm... nothing that looks like a weapon or a stole item here..." said M. Jesse, inspecting Nathan's inventory.

"Music sheets, a journal, an mp3 player, but no weapons or stolen items on you, Amanda..." said F. Jesse.

"Nothing but parts to inventions, and as a redstone expert, none of it can be lethal or deadly," said Olivia, looking over Peri's inventory.

"And you didn't have much on you, Lawrence. Still, no weapons or stolen items..." said Lukas.

The four stepped away.

"Did you all empty your pockets?" asked F. Jesse.

She eyed the four suspects suspiciously. Nathan, Amanda, and Lawrence nodded their heads, though Peri reluctantly pulled out something. Though it wasn't a weapon. It was just a photo of her with her roommate again, and they were with some sort of puppy in it.

"Sorry... I was afraid you'd take this from me..." she said, showing it to them.

"You can all pick up your items. We just needed to inspect your inventories. Thank you for your cooperation," said M. Jesse.

The four suspects picked up their stuff. While they did, the twins, Olivia, and Lukas regrouped and stepped away from the suspects.

"None of them had anything on them, so I guess we're wrong about them," said M. Jesse. "But the tunnel led us to here, and there weren't any twists or turns."