"Digital Code..." Serenade said.
"Wha-wha-wha-wha-wha-WHAT?!" Samurai stuttered out messily.
"How are you still alive?!" Olive yelled out.
"So this is Digital Code, eh?" Grimdark said, no shock in his voice at all.
"Yes but we all saw him burn alive!" B said.
"...no, I do not believe we did..." Orion says. "We saw what happened just before he was burned."
"Just before?" Olive repeated.
"It's true, it seems...you all never saw my magic surge..." Digital folded his arms.
"Magic surge? So that is what happened..." Orion smiled.
"What's a 'magic surge'?" Samurai asked.
"It's like the unicorn adrenaline." Beau answers. "When in certain situations, unicorns can release a certain amount of magic power without control over what it does."
"What happened with me was that the beam hit the firewall shutdown button and the flames extinguished..." Digital explained. "But, I didn't get out without any injuries." He rolled up his sleeve and showed them the burn marks on his right arm. "Luckily I had the change of clothes in the laundry room, so I wouldn't have to wear those burnt clothes."
"You shouldn't even be here!" Olive said. "You killed Gold!" Digital's mood dropped at the mention of it.
"I know I did...I've had to live with that..." Digital sighed. "But can you blame me for wanting to live? You saw how I was just before my execution, I had lost myself...lost all of my hope. I had nothing left but my life...I didn't want that to be taken as well..."
"...Digital..." Serenade said, stepping closer to the black unicorn. "What's important right now is...that you're alive and well..."
"S-Serenade?" Digital gave a shocked expression. "After everything I said to you in the class trial, you still think I deserve to live?"
"Yes...but you do need some form of punishment for what you did..." Digital just looked at him in awe.
"I can't believe you..." Serenade shrugged at the statement.
"I just don't have the ability to hate people...it can be a good trait to have, y'know?"
"But, Serenade. He still killed-"
"I know he did...he made a mistake because of the mastermind..." Serenade cut Samurai off. "You just wanted to know if your family was alright..."
"Yeah...my little brother is only nine, I don't want to think of anything bad happening to him..."
"I have a nine year old brother as well so...we're kind of stuck on the same boat..." Serenade says.
"Well...." Samurai started wearily. "...I'm still not comfortable about this but...I guess we should give him the chance..."
"But, he should stay in here..." Beau says.
"Why's that?" Olive asked.
"The mastermind will probably want to finish Digital off since he escaped his execution..." Digital winced at the thought. "So, keeping him away from Monokuma will be our goal..."
"Monokuma...right..." B says.
"And if the mastermind is one of us, how do you expect us to keep Monokuma away?" Grimdark asked.
"Yeah, there's that..." Digital said.
"Oh, you don't need to worry about that!" There was an angered voice by the entrance. Monokuma's voice.
"No..." Digital started to back up.
"I saw you all come in here and just had to know what happened! Never did I think I'd find Digital Code who apparently escaped his execution!"
"Please...no...I don't want to die..." Digital started trembling.
"Well too bad!" Monokuma's claws sharpened. "You killed Gold Coin so you gotta pay!"
"No way! He could just escape your execution again, there's no point!" Samurai argued.
"Oh well, I'll just keep trying, won't I? Even if he escapes once, he can't escape forever! This may not be a trial room but it's as good as one...IT'S PUNISHMENT T-"
"No..." Samurai cut him off.
"...what?"
"It's not 'punishment time' not anymore..." Samurai reached back to his sword holder, a small glint of silver appeared.
T-that's....Samurai's katana!
"You won't kill another soul, Monokuma! I'll cut you into pieces!" Samurai charged forward, cutting through Monokuma with his sword.
"It was...that easy...?" Grimdark said in surprise.
"WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?!" Monokuma yelled, a second one appearing.
"T-they're multiplying?!" Olive gripped the sides of her head.
"Do you even realize what you've just did, Samurai Blade?" Monokuma's claws sharpened. "You just attacked your headmaster...I guess that you'll have to be disciplined accordingly...." Serenade looked at the area around Samurai's feet, holes had opened up all in Samurai's direction.
"Samurai, get away!" Serenade grabbed the earth pony's wrist.
"Wha-?"
SPLAT!!
Time stood still for a few seconds. Spear had shot out of the floor, penetrating Samurai in various areas of his body. Samurai's eyes widened and Serenade felt something trickle onto his hand...blood. Blood started to leak out of Samurai's mouth as he began to speak.
"N...no...I...I thought I could...I could be use...ful..." The spears returned to the ground, letting Samurai's now dead body fall to the ground all entry and exit wounds visible and bleeding heavily.
"No..." Serenade started shaking, all the others with their mouths hung open in shock. "No...no no no no..." He feel to his knees. "S-Samurai, don't fucking die here...not to him..." There was obviously no use in trying to talk to the corpse, it wasn't bringing him back anytime soon. "Samurai...."
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"And you'll have me by your side when we get out of here! That's a deal, alright?"
"You bet" Serenade gave a weak smile.
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"I couldn't...keep my deal..."
"Samurai..." Olive covered her mouth.
"This is all my fault..." Digital mumbled to himself.
"Well, that's what happens when you try to break one of the rules!" Monokuma said nonchalantly. "Now onto the main event!"
"NO!" Serenade stood up with pure anger and hatred in his voice. "You think that's how this is gonna work this time around?! You aren't killing another person Monokuma!"
"Oh? And give a valid reason on why I shouldn't execute Digital for his crimes? Last time I checked, he was the one that murdered Gold..."
In that moment, Serenade felt something boil in his blood, causing him to say something that would fill him with regret the exact second after.
"Digital isn't the culprit!"