A Murderer Among Us | A Hermitcraft Murder Mystery |

Chapter 11

Iskall woke up. He heard... a scream? It came from outside. Iskall thought, jumping out of bed. He put his shirt on and ran outside. Grian's door is open... He walked to Doc's door and knocked. The door opened, showing the doctor standing on the other side with his hair messy. 

"What?" He asked, staring at Iskall.

"Umm...Grian's missing." 

"Missing?! I-"

"Don't you dare start shouting, dude. I'm going to wake everyone up. Then we'll go search for Grian." He did just that, and soon the five hermits were downstairs at the table. 

"Why'd you wake us up at now? In the middle of the night?" Ren asked, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

"Grian's missing. And we can't let the murderer get a chance if only one of us goes out." Iskall explained. 

"What?! He's missing?! Surely he can't just...go missing!!" Ren exclaimed, now fully awake. 

"I feel like something may have happened to him..." Iskall trailed off, remembering the scream he had heard. The others tensed, sensing where Iskall was going. 

"Hopefully he didn't, and we find him before he gets himself killed," Scar said, looking at the remaining hermits. 

"Yeah...maybe we should start searching?" Doc suggested, standing up from his seat. The hermits nodded in agreement. They hurried towards the backdoor.

"It's not locked...that means he went outside..." Doc said, opening the door. They went outside. It was dark, although there was some moonlight showing through the trees. 

"Guys, how're we supposed to know where he went?? Its gonna take forever if we search the whole island," Scar pointed out, "It'll take even longer with it being night and all," They hesitated, trying to think of a solution. 

"I think I might know where he went," Iskall said. Where did I hear that scream? It came from the forest I think...

"Really? Then show us where he is," Doc said, staring at the Swede. Iskall trotted towards the forest, looking back to see if the others were following. As they entered, it got even darker, making it hard to find any tracks or trails. 

"He probably somewhere in here..." Iskall said.

"Wait, how are we supposed to trust you? You might as well be luring us into a trap or something," Doc said, stopping in his tracks. 

"Why would he do that? I don't think Iskall would ever do that," Ren said, standing beside Iskall. 

"I swear I'm not luring you guys somewhere, I just...thought I heard something going on over here. It could've been Grian!" Iskall exclaimed, defending himself.

"Heard something? Like what?" Doc challenged. Iskall paused. 

"A scream." He said, finally. "But maybe he's not dead! Maybe just in need of help or something," The others stayed quiet, looking at him.

"We should still try and find him at least," Scar said, glancing away from Iskall. "The forest isn't that big, surely we'll find him in no time," The hermits nodded in agreement and advanced toward the forest. 

"Hey, what's that?" Ren pointed at a small abandoned shed. It was mostly torn apart and broken. 

"That seems like a place he would be hiding, don't you think?" Scar said, amused. Iskall nodded. They walked closer. There something ominous about this shed...like, something happened here... Iskall thought, creeping up to the wooden door and opening it. Wait, what if this is where the scream came from? As he thought that, he saw blood trickling down from the center of the room. There was a small crater in the floor and a body on the edge. 

"Grian!" Iskall ran over to his body, which was covered in blood. "What the hell happened?!" The others came up behind him.

"Oh god, he's dead! But how?? " Ren exclaimed. 

"TNT, I suppose." Doc said, leaning over Iskall to see the crater. 

"But how come he didn't escape? There's clearly a door behind him." Cub pointed out.

"It was probably locked from the outside. He couldn't have escaped from there if the door had closed behind him." Doc said, crossing his arms. He looked around. "Hold on, where's Scar?" 

"He's probably outside." Ren said, looking at the open door. Doc and Cub headed outside. 

"Iskall, are you coming?" Ren asked, as he started advancing towards the door. 

"Yeah...in a bit." He said, still sitting beside Grian. His pants and hands were covered in blood from it on the ground. He sighed, getting up. 

Stupid murderer... He though, looking at his blood-covered hands.

Whoever they are, I'm going to show them to not mess with my friends.