"Oh my gosh..." Jess said.

   "I can't believe it...." Tommy murmured in shock.

   "I promised...I promised them we'd all get out..." Nick said.

    Everyone else could only stare in shock and horror.

"You knew? You knew about the Vacktors?" Max asked.

   "Yeah, I knew about your little AI friends. I'm the headmaster! I make it my duty to know things like that!" Monokuma confirmed, "before you go, there's a little P.S. note down here... *ahem*

   Here's a message for you to pass on Lizzie. The Mastermind altered our bodies....

   "Like I'm gonna tell you about that!" Monokuma interrupted the reading, "G'night kids! Ain't I just awful?"

  Then the monochrome pest left.

   "C'mon guys..." Barney said, "we might as well head upstairs."

   "Wait!" I cried as everyone started leaving.

   They all turned to look at me.

   "I-I..." I started, "I'm so sorry! I tried to kill all of you... I don't expect to be forgiven any time soon."

   Jess walked up to me, and put a hand on my shoulder.

   "Hey, it's ok. It takes time to get over things like this, but I think we can all find it in our hearts to forgive you. I have." She said.

   "Ok, I'm really sorry" I said again.

   "How long are you going to say that?" Max asked,"just say it and get over it"

   "O-ok." I said.

   Then we headed upstairs
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   "SCREW YOU TEDDY BEAR!"

   The yell startled me at my desk, where I was sitting. I got up. The sound had been slightly muffled, so it had come from another room. I stepped out and heard more yelling from the gym. When I entered, I saw Barney, who had Monokuma by his almost non-existent neck.

   "I'M SICK OF YOUR LITTLE GAME YOU RAT!" Barney yelled.

   He turned to the sound of my footsteps. He threw the bear as hard as he could away from him, and ran to me. I heard footsteps as the others approached the gym.

   "Lizzie, listen to me. It's the Mastermind, I know who he is. It's..." Barney started, but before he could finish, a thousand pounds of dirt crushed him.

   "Lizzie, what- AHHGH BARNEY!" Tommy yelled, coming in just in time to see Barney get crushed.

   "Upupupu~oops! My finger slipped!" Monokumas voice said on stage, "no trial for him!"

   Another death had happened.

   "Why is there a huge pile of dirt in here?" Max asked, walking in.

   "Who screamed?" Nick asked.

   "It sounded like Barney..." Jess said, "where is he?"

   Olivia looked at the pile of dirt.

  "He's under there, isn't he." She inquired to the bear on stage.

   "Yup! Old Eyepatch broke the most important rule! No Attacking the Principal." Monokuma said with a shrug.

"What!?" Jess, Max, and Nick gasped.

"Welp, you're down to seven now!" Monokuma cried with happiness.

   Then he disappeared, leaving the rest of us to stare at what had been Barney.
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   Like after every other trial, a new floor had been unlocked.

   When we investigated, we found a huge garden, with a ceiling painted like the sky. There were several empty classrooms, but something terrible had happened. When we opened the door of one, the stench of blood hit me so strong, I gagged. The crimson liquid was splattered across the walls, it was everywhere.

"Urgh..." Tommy grunted.

Jess covered her nose and mouth from horror and the smell.

"A lot of people died here..." Nick murmured.

"Let's go" Max said.

We found several of the classrooms like that. And the Headmasters office, which was locked. When we tried the door, a familiar monochrome pest popped up almost out of no where.

"Hey! This is a restricted area! It's locked for a reason!" Monokuma cried.

"What's the deal with the classrooms?! What did you do to them?" I asked.

"Blaming me! I'm offended. I didn't do anything to those classrooms!" Monokuma said, "I left them exactly like they were, mess and all! That's all the hint you're getting!"

"What?" Jess asked.

But Monokuma was already gone.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Tommy wondered aloud.

"The bear is trying to mess with us again." Ross said, "let's continue to explore."

Also on the fifth floor was a dojo, which had lockers and everything. After we investigated, we met up in the cafeteria. Olivia wasn't there.

"She's probably gone of to explore on her own again..." Ross said.

"Hey guys, I need to show you something. I found it on the fifth floor." Jess said.

She held out a survival knife.

"I think Nick should keep it safe." Max said.

"What? Why?" Nick asked.

"Because you're probably the most likely to not use it." Was Max's answer.

"It's become clear to me that you punks need a refresher in discipline!" Monokuma's obnoxious voice filled room.

"Gah!" Tommy cried.

"How long have you been a there?" I asked.

"YER LOWER THAN THE TICKS ON MY FUR!" Monokuma roared, "HOW DARE YA STEAL MY TREASURE YOU LITTLE DELINQUENTS?!"

"Treasure?" Tommy asked.

"Don't play dumb with me! You even broke the surveillance cameras! That's a clear violation of school rules!!!" Monokuma yelled.

"Man! I've lost all faith in the younger generation!" Monokuma cried, storming away.

"What was that about?" Max asked.

"He accused us of stealing his treasure?" I said, confused.

"It was probably Olivia. She's probably the only one who could steal something from Monokuma." Tommy thought out loud.

"Maybe..."

Later that day, I thought I saw Olivia slip into the Headmasters office out of the corner of my eye. But when I looked, everything was normal.
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   I didn't sleep very good that night. In fact, I woke up pretty early and couldn't go back to sleep. I went for a walk around the first floor. When I passed the gym, I saw... something lying on the floor.

   It was Monokuma.

   He looked like a deactivated robot, not moving or showing any signs that of life. I should get the others, I thought. Soon, Max, Jess, Ross, and Tommy were down in the gym. Max had taken his tool kit (the girls got sewing kits, boys got tool kits) and started dismantling the robot. Nick walked in later, his eyes widening at the sight of the pieces of Monokuma.

   "Guys! What are you...?" He started.

   "I found him earlier." I explained, "and we've gotten this far without being executed."

"Max extracted a bomb from that thing!" Jess exclaimed.

"Jess could you get the Mattock from the garden?" Tommy asked.

"Sure!" Jess answered, running to the Garden.

It wasn't long before she came running back terror.

"In the garden, there's someone....with a knife shoved through them!" She gasped.

We went to the garden. Sure enough, the survival knife we'd found yesterday was embedded in the chest of someone with a mask and a lab coat that hid the persons physical features. We couldn't tell if they were male or female.

"The bleeding' stopped, but it hasn't dried, this wasn't to long ago..." Nick said.

"It's probably Olivia... She's the only one unaccounted for..." Tommy said.

"Let's see who it is!" Ross said.

He went up to the body, and started to remove the mask.

There was a BOOM!!

And the body burst into flames.