The Body Count

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The guests and the two servants ran into the kitchen to see that the cook was nowhere to be found. Mr. Jade stepped forward from the crowd.

"Well, there seems to be nobody here." said Mr. Jade. The door to the freezer creaked open to reveal the cook stabbed in the back and his eyes rolled into the back of his head. The dead cook fell on Mr. Jade causing him to catch him.

"He's dead." gasped Blue.

"Of course, he's dead. He was stabbed in the back." said Ms. Violet.

"Who could have killed him? We were all in the study together." explained Ms. Silver

"Yes, Ms. Silver, that is very odd. Who would try to kill him? Mr. Jade can you check his pockets?" asked Blue. Mr. Jade dropped he corpse and checked his pockets to reveal a white handkerchief with a silver bell engraved on it.

"Who would attempt to kill the cook? Dinner wasn't that bad." questioned Mr. Navy. Ms. Magenta stepped forward to take the piece of cloth from Mr. Jade and looked at it hardly.

"There's only one person who could possibly have a handkerchief like this... Ms. Silver!" Everyone turned to Ms. Silver whose eyes were wide.

"Why would I try to kill the cook. I didn't even know the cook, or knew where he was. I quite enjoyed dinner, so I didn't have anything against that poor cook." protested Ms. Silver.

"Then, who's handkerchief does this belong to? Do you have one on you?" asked Ms. Ruby.

"Um... no I don't have one with me at this moment." answered Ms. Silver.

"I say before we find out who did this we move the body into the Study." said Blue stepping threw the stare down in between Ms. Silver and Ms. Magenta. The stare between you could say seem... deadly. They all gathered around the body to carry it. The men were in the front and the ladies were handling the back.

They arrived in the Study to see the bleeding corpse of Mr. Black still lying on the floor.

"Where should we put them?" asked Mrs. Gold.

"The couch, the couch should be fine, but just make sure that there won't be blood on the couch." Blue said. They all placed the bodies in a sitting position.

"Are we expecting anyone else, Blue?" asked Valerie.

"No, we shouldn't." When Blue answered there was a knock at the door. The group of suspects froze.

"Maybe they'll go away if we don't answer." whispered Colonel Blood. They all stood in silence for a moment and there was another knock at the door.

"All the lights were on in the house, so we're gonna have to answer the door." said Mr. Jade breaking the silence. Ms. Silver grabbed his hand and they were the first to walk to the front door. They opened it with the rest standing behind them. There was cop in a huge coat. He turned around as soon as the door opened.

"Hello, I'm sorry to disturb you this evening. I'm Officer Bret, and I was told that there was a gunshot near this area, did you hear anything?" asked the cop.

"We didn't hear anything, did you guys hear anything?" asked Mr. Jade peering back behind him. They all shook their heads.

"Okay, do you have a phone?"

"No, not at all. " said Blue stepping in front of Mr. Jade and led Officer Bret into the Entrance Hall. Mrs. Gold ran to close the door to the Study. "The phone is in the library." Officer Bret stepped into the Library and turned around to see the door closed behind him.

"How do we hide the dead bodies when there's a cop in here?!" Mr. Jade whisper-screamed.

"I don't know, but Mrs. Gold can you guard the door to the Study to make sure that the Officer doesn't walk in there to see the two dead bodies." instructed Blue. Mrs. Gold stepped in front of the door turning it's lock. The lights then flashed off.

"Hey! Who turned off the lights?" said Ms. Magenta. There was a creaking sound and a large, metallic Bang! The lights then flicker. The door to the Library was wide open. The suspects saw that the Officer was killed and the Lead Pipe was lying on the ground.

"Mr. Jade, you had the Lead Pipe, did you kill the Officer?" asked Colonel Blood.

"No, I didn't do it! I was standing here right next to Ms. Silver, right?" Mr. Jade said.

"That's right. He was standing right next to me the entire time. We all had the chance to kill the officer. We all left the murder weapons in the Study." explained Ms. Silver.

"Ms. Silver, is right. I say we should the cop's body into the study and put all the weapons in the cupboard." Blue directed. They all nodded and carried the corpse of Officer Bret's body into the Study with the rest of the victims. The guest gathered up the "gifts" that Mr. Black gave to them and put them all in the cupboard ignoring the blood stain on the candlestick that was from earlier this evening. "I will put the key in my pocket for safe keeping, and so the murderer won't try to retrieve the weapons." Blue placed the key in the pocket of his blue suit.

"Okay, so what now?" asked Ms. Ruby.

"I suggest that we split into pairs or three due to us being uneven, and explore the different floors." Blue said. "Okay, Ms. Silver and Colonel Blood will go together and you will take the basement. Ms Violet and Mr. Jade you two will explore this floor. Mrs. Gold, you will come with me to the Second Floor where the bedrooms are. Ms. Ruby and Ms. Magenta you will take the Third Floor where the Ballroom and Bar are. Mr. Navy and Valerie you will accompany each other to the attic at the top floor."

"Okay, this should be fun." said Mr. Navy excitedly looking at Valerie who blushed.

"But what if one of us goes with the murderer?" asked Mrs. Gold.

"Then, we'll know who the murderer is." said Blue. "Now, let's get started." They all split into their assigned groups and explored the house. The groups of the top floor went up the grand staircases to the next floors. Who would of thought that one of the many guests would be murdered by another....

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