Murder Mystery 2018

Chapter four

Written by Sam

Neon demanded everyone to step away from the body. This had been the third death already, there was no doubt: these weren't accidents. An ominous feeling creeped up on her. There was no way they could get out of this motel. It was late at night, it was cold outside, the car didn't work anymore and the nearest small village was a five-hour drive from here.

"Neon," Kal took Neon aside, "we have to come up with a plan or something. Either there is a stranger in this motel killing everyone off one by one, just because they're crazy mad, or it is one of us that is killing their own."

"But why would someone of us kill... us?!" exclaimed Neon hysterically but softly enough for only Kal to hear. She tried to calm herself down before the others noticed. She didn't want to alarm them.

Clovie was trying to comfort Stalene. The impaled body of Rotten looked horrid. The piece of wood stuck out through her back and the pool of blood underneath her body kept growing.

"Let's get out of this room. I don't think it's a good idea to stick around a dead body," Kal suggested. Neon nodded and told everyone to move to the next room.

They stumbled into a big living room. Although the outside of the motel looked abandoned and old, the inside could surprise you sometimes. There was a fireplace and big couches. Bear immediately ran towards the fireplace and started to build a fire with some pieces of wood she found in a crate next to it. Lemon quickly followed her and helped out.

Neon convened the Leadership team and they sat in a corner of the room to discuss what they should do with the situation. The time of games had passed, they had to take things serious now.

"Mandy!" Mira called for Mandy and gestured her to come closer. "Look at this photograph." As Mandy inspected the photograph, she raised her eyebrows. It was a small team of young people: people their age. For some reason she felt like she knew the people in the photograph, but she was sure she had never met them in person before. "Weird hmm?" Mira mumbled. Mandy nodded.

"Aaargh!" Lemon whined. Everyone looked up in shock by the sudden noise. "Why do I have no connection?!" Lemon shook his phone up and down before throwing it next to him on the couch.

Clovie shook her head. "This really is a desperate situation. There is no other option than staying at this motel. But I for sure will not be sleeping alone in one of the rooms. I think we should stay together. Maybe we can sleep here."

The other three nodded. This wasn't the time to split up.

"There are only three couches though. I don't think anyone is up for sleeping on the ground," Neon pondered.

"Let's get some mattresses from the rooms upstairs. We can lay them on the ground and then everyone has a place to sleep." Sam sat up to propose her idea. She turned her face to the exit of the living room. "Although... I don't think I'm up for walking upstairs to get a mattress."

"I think it's a good idea," Kal interrupted. "We are with... how many? Ten people? We could take six people upstairs: two people can carry one mattress. We would have to walk up twice, but no one will be alone at any time. You, Sam, can stay here together with..." Kal looked at the group behind him. "In any case, Stalene. She doesn't seem to be taking Rotten's death very well. And maybe Clovie and Mira."

Sam nodded.

Neon added: "Alright. Then you, Kal, I, Mandy, Bear, Beth and... what's his face? Lemon! We will go get the mattresses."

The other three agreed before getting up to collect their teams.

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