The fifteen stood in silence as Monokuma stood up. "Welp, congrats guys! You all correctly identified Smile's killer as Boom Box!"
He says congrats...but this doesn't feel like a win...I think I would have preferred to be wrong...
"So, Boom really did kill, Smile...?" Rip asked, paled.
"Yo...It be the truth..." Boom admitted.
"Why...?" Clover simply asked. "Why did you do it, Boom...?"
"You're a dirty little bitch aren't you?!" Toxic spat. "Killing someone else for your own personal gain! You make me fucking sick!" Boom turned to him.
"I had to get out of here!" He yelled. "I had to...I had to know if my sister was okay!"
"Your...sister...?" Memory inquired.
"Y-yeah...my older sister, OG...she's awesome...real good to me and ev'ryone around her...polite, smart...but she's got one hell of a dangerous job that I ain't to talk about...she could be killed at any second y'see...I...I needed to know if she was still on dis plant, yo!"
"Grk!" Toxic's eyes widened. "D-dammit..."
"I needed to know...that if I get of this island...if she'll still be there for me...I just wanted my older sister!" Boom turned away, a few tears starting to leak out. Everyone stood in a silence again as Boom wept to himself.
He just did this...to see his older sister...
"Well! That was a nice heart-warming whatever!" Monokuma killed the mood. "But you realise what time it is, right...? It's time for Boom Box's punishment!"
"P-punishment...?" Boom repeated, turning to Monokuma. "Y-you mean...execution...?"
"Now, I've prepared a very special punishment for the 'Super Middle School Level DJ', Boom Box!"
"Please, stop this! Let me know if my sister is alright at least give me that!"
"Let's give it everything we got!"
"Stop it!!! OG!!!"
"Iiiiiiit's PUNISHMENT TIME!!!"
"BWAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
A large red button had risen from the ground and a small wooden gavel had materialised into Monokuma's paw. He gave one last laugh before hitting the button.
Game Over!
Boom Box had been found guilty!
Commencing Execution!
Boom Box slowly backed up as a door beside Monokuma flew open and a chain had shot through, it passed all the other students and gripped onto Boom's neck, dragging him off to another room. The monitor in the trial room flashed on, revealing Boom, tied to a chair with the legs of said chair down in small gaps. The lights flashed on, revealing a huge turntable with two vinyl records sitting on top.
Boom Box's execution
Put your records on.
The was a mechanical sound as the turntable started to turn along with Boom. Slowly but surely, the speed of the turntable increased and eventually, Boom had closed his eyes from being unable to see past the wing that was blowing against him.
It was at that moment that several bars had appeared on the record, as Boom approached, the bars went back and snapped back at him, hitting him full force in his face, knocking him back but because of the chair, he stayed in place. When his face appeared again, he had blood coming from his mouth and nose and one of his eyes had been sealed shut. He approached the bar and the same thing happen only this time it was his chest that was struck with the force.
He threw-up blood as the final bar came closer though at the same time, the speed was deceased quickly. It got slower and slower to the point that when he was right in front of the bar, he had stopped completely. There was a pause before the bar reeled back and thrust forward with enormous force, snapping the ropes and throwing Boom onto the other vinyl.
The other students in the trial room had just witnessed that. They had watched Boom get battered about before being hit with a fatal blow. They were all left speechless, the tense atmosphere could have been cut by a knife. Monokuma broke the deadly silence with his cold cackle.
"HAHAHA! How exciting!"
"B-B-B-B-B-B-B..." Laser continued to repeat the same letter.
"How did you...create that...?" Toxic asked, stunned.
"Hmm? How?" Monokuma tilted his head. "That's a secret..."
"Why...?" Bud whimpered. "Why would you do such a thing?! Even for what he did, that is far to cruel!"
"I don't see how it's cruel. I mean, he took and life and was found guilty. He should have his life taken as punishment...that's how the death penalty works, right?"
"Yes, but it isn't supposed to be for entertainment!" Swift yelled. "And it's obvious you're treating it like that!"
"Well your ways are pretty boring. Injection, electric chair? Where's the excitement in that?"
"It's the ending of someone's life, how in any way can you justify what you're doing?" Pure glared.
"Because, this way I can get what I truly want from you all..." Monokuma's eyes sparked. "Despair..."
"That's your reason for making middle schoolers kill each other? Just so you can see them suffer?" Toxic gritted his teeth. "As if we'll give into your tricks."
"Upupupu...nice enthusiasm..." Monokuma chuckled. "But seriously, if I can't get teens to kill each other, you guys will hardly be a challenge. So you may as well enjoy life while it lasts..."
"Also." Toxic continued. "Why didn't you tell Boom about his sister? Even if he didn't get away with murder, he still had the right to know!"
"Yeah, you said you'd restore the memories of whoever made the first move and killed someone..." Memory recalled.
"Well, true...but I never said when I'd restore the memories, did I? I'll restore the memories when I feel like it...and maybe I'll restore some memories for you guys..."
"Honey, that won't fix what's been broken!" Clip yelled. "We already saw two people die! I...I can't handle things like this!"
"Then you'll die." Aqua told him coldly. "It's as simple as that...you either become the hunter or the hunted...pick which you'd prefer..."
"See, this girl I like." Monokuma laughed.
"You're so bad! You can't keep doing this to them! You know the real reason you're doing all of this and so do I!" Monomi yelled.
"The real reason...?" Rip tilted her head.
"Nrk!" Monokuma's claws sharpened. "You should keep quiet and stay in the background!" He grabbed Monomi's ears and ran off somewhere.
"Waaaaaah! Don't do that! My ear are vewy delicate!" Monomi wailed as the two disappeared. The now fourteen students stood quietly again.
"What...does he expect us to do now...?" Clover asked.
"Go to sleep, most likely..." Bright folded her arms.
"He makes us kill each other...investigate the death of our friend, in our pyjamas, no less...and then basically execute them?!" Quick trembled. "This...this is just messed up...! I wanna go home...!"
"All of us do, Quick..." Bud said. "But...with Monokuma in the way...none of us know what to do..."
"Fight him!" He yelled without thinking. "I don't care if I might die! I wanna go home! I don't wanna do this!"
"Get a hold of yourself!" Aqua told him, walking over to him and backhanding him. "You aren't helping anyone, just giving them headaches! I don't frankly care what you do. Just don't get us involved with it..." Everyone went silent once more.
As cold as it was to say...she's right...complaining about this isn't helping anyone...but, what does she expect us to do...?
"Come on..." Bright broke the silence. "It would be best if we rested up...it's been such a long day..." Nobody said anything but did as suggested and filed into the elevator.
Techno sat by the pool, staring at the water that was reflecting the moonlight. On the first day, Smile would have come out of his cottage and noticed him by now. Techno ran his foot around the water, creating a ripple effect.
Smile...and Boom... He fixed his glasses and sighed. We're all so young for this to be happening...and yet...we were forced to see dead bodies...someone being executed...this isn't right...but I can't complain...I just have to try and survive, I guess... He looked up into the starry sky. Or at least hope that someone appears and saves us...
Techno pulled his legs up to his chest and rested his head on top of his kneecaps. "...Please...help me..." Little did he know the presence of another was just over by the cottages.
"We'll be out of here soon..." They muttered. "Don't you worry about it..." They walked off.
Chapter 1: A Murderous Memory
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