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Chapter 8- Third Trial

     Olivia found Max. I was coming out of the Art room, when she grabbed my arm and said,

    "Lizzie!"

    "Jeez! Olivia! Are you trying to scare the shiz out of me?" I asked.

   "Tell the others to meet me by the pool." Was all she said.

    "Um... ok" I said, very confused.

   I told the others, and soon Olivia stood in front of us, next to the lockers by the pool.

    "So what's this about?" Nick asked.

   "Yeah, why are we here, when we should be getting evidence?" Ross said.

   "This" Olivia answered, her voice monotone.

   She opened the locker closest to her. Stuffed inside was the Justice Robo costume. We gasped.

   "Is the person still in there?" Jess asked.

   We worked together, and the suit came out, with a little difficulty. The helmet came off, and Max was looking very confused.

    "Um, can someone explain to me why I'm in this suit... GAH!" He started, then cried out when he fell, "Dang it! This thing doesn't bend at the waist!"

     "Oh, cut it out! We know you're guilty man!" Barney cried.

    "Guilty of what?" Max asked as Jess and I unlatched the suit.

   Max stretched once he got out, and said,

   "Thanks" to me and Jess.

    "To be honest, I have no idea what you guys are talking about. I got a note from someone saying to come to the game room. Whoever wrote it said that they had possibly found a way out. So I went there, then... I don't really remember anything after I breathed in this funny smelling  stuff someone put up to my face." Max said.

    "Huh. So we're supposed to just believe you." Ross asked.

    "Let's focus less at playing the blame game, and more on gathering evidence, shall we?" Olivia said.

   I nodded.

    "Yeah, let's go." I said.

    I checked around to see if I could find anything that could be a clue. In the workshop, a couple hammers were hanging up. The largest one looked like it had been washed. I went to the art room, and found Olivia already examining the bodies. She looked at me as I came in.

    "Lizzie... Do you notice anything odd about Ashlie's face?" she asked.

   I looked, and Something strange did stand out. Weird. In the corner of the room, a trolley thing had pink blood on the wheels.  After thirty to forty minutes, It was time for the Trial to commence.

Em pointed to Max.

   "All the evidence points to you, Max."

   "What? I told you! I just woke up in that suit!" Max yelled back.

   "Ashlie tried to say your freaking name, Max, don't try to deny it!" Tommy called.

   "Yeah! You killed Ashlie and Sasha in that Robo Justice cosplay! Then you ran across the school and hid the bodies to throw us off! Then you went and hid in the pool locker!" Barney cried.

    "Actually, your story makes no sense Barney" Nick said, "Max couldn't have run anywhere in that suit."

   The others took this into consideration.

   "You're right Nick." I said, thinking, "another thing he couldn't have done in that suit is move the bodies. The flatbed cart is too low for him to use in the cosplay, because it doesn't bend at the waist."

   "That might clear his name." Em said, "then what about Olivia? She was missing for the duration of these events, was she not?"

   "Even with the flatbed, do you think I would be able to not get any blood on me? Let's look at a different theory. Ashlie simply moved herself." She looked at me.

   "Lizzie, you know why this a possible case."

   I remembered what Olivia had pointed out to me in the art room.

   "When we found Ashlie in the Nurses Office, blood covered her face. In the Art room, the blood around her eyes had been wiped off. She probably used her sweater. There was blood on the front."

     "But, if we're going by order of hammers, didn't Em get hit, then Ashlie got hit, then Ashlie got killed, then Sasha was killed?"

    "I'm guessing that Sasha was killed before anything else. The numbers were there to throw us off. Ashlie was killed by another hammer. Let's call it Justice Hammer 5" Olivia said.

   "And where is this mysterious hammer?" Em asked.

   That's when I entered. "There was a big hammer in the workshop, it looked like it had been recently washed."

    I heard the others talking, but it sounded like background noise. We were kind of at a standstill. I tried to think back to something that could point us to the culprit...

   "...Gameroom...Killed... Justice Robo... exactly like they were..."

    I turned to Em.

     "Em, what was the thing you said earlier? When we found Ashlie in the nurse's office?" I asked.

   "Hmm, let me think. I believe it was something about being 'picked off one by one, exactly like they were.'" She said.

    "Yeah, that's what I thought." I said, "but how did you know Em? We hadn't told you yet."

   "I'm afraid I don't know what you mean Lizzie" she said.

    "You said they, before Barney had told us about Sasha... how did you know there were two bodies before anyone told you?"

    "I don't appreciate your humor." Em said.

   "You and Ashlie were the only one who saw this 'mysterious character'" Nick pointed out."

    "And what about the picture of Justice Robo attacking Ashlie?" Em asked.

    "Simple. Ashlie wasn't being attacked by Justice Robo, she was trying to carry an unconscious Max in the suit!" I said.

   "Ashlie wasn't an innocent victim, she was one of the perpetrators!" Olivia said.

   There was a gasp.

   "Ashlie must have killed Sasha, then she was double crossed." I said, "By En, the person who convinced her to kill in the first place"

    "THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE! ASHLIE WAS TRYING TO SAY MAX!" Em yelled, "ARE YOU DEAF AS WELL AS NAÏVE?"

   "Ashlie's tongue was swollen when when we found her. Her words were all garbled" I continued.

   I looked at the others.

   "Try sticking your tongue out and talking." I told them.

   They all attempted it, and all of them almost perfectly replicated how Ashlie had spoken. 

   "If Ashlie had been trying to Max's name. It wouldn't have sounded that much like his name." I explained.

   "If you really have nothing to hide Em, power on your student handbook and show us" Olivia said, "it displays our name and YouTube speciality. I'd like to see yours"

   Em said nothing. Then, to everyones astonishment, she started giggling.

   "Huhu~ I guess I shouldn't have underestimated you." She said, "oh well, I guess I should explain"

   "I took 'it' from the room in the library and hid it somewhere else. Then I told Ashlie that Sasha had stolen it in hopes of getting herself out and leaving the rest of us here to rot. As you can imagine, that was the trigger for Ashlie. She and Sasha already hated each other, I simply need to give her a...push in the right direction.
   We came up with a plan to frame Max and kill Sasha. What Ashlie didn't expect was for me to double cross her. She thought we'd both be getting out of here."  She said with a shrug.

  "That's terrible..." Jess said.

   "Quite" Em agreed.

   "What about the thing Ashlie said before she died though?" Dan asked.

   We turned to Em, who said,

   "Ah, yes. My true profession. Ashlie was the only other one who knew it. See, with the money Monokuma had offered, I could do so much more. But for the next few minutes, I'll still be working at Sky Media." Em said.

   She smiled. I didn't iderstand how she could be so calm. Then Tommy actually put those thoughts into words.

   "How can you be so calm about this? You know you're going to die!" He asked.

   "Anything to get out of this place." Em replied.

   "Alright, enough chatter! It's Votin' time kiddos!" Monokuma cried.

   Once again, we voted on our student handbooks. Once again the slot machines appeared on the screens. Em's faces lined up on them.

   "Jeez! I can't believe you ignoramuses actually managed to figure it out again!" Monokuma crowed.

   He got that evil glint in his eye.

   "And now... PUNISHMENT TIME~!" Monokuma practically sang.

   We were back in the room. Behind the chain link fence, Em was tied to a tall stake, fire licking at her feet. It looked like a witch burning. Em was sweating. Burning's such a horrible way to go... I thought. Then we heard sirens. Monokuma was driving a fire truck. It was hurtling at full speed at the stake. Em just had time to widen her eyes, before we all heard a SPLURCH! And Em was no more.

   FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER!! I'm sosososososososo  sorry, I know it's been forever, BUT I PROMISE!! Schools out, which means I can put more time into Wattpad. More chapters are coming your way! Luv you all! -Lizzie<3

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