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"Are you sure...?" The spaceman asked Martyn, letting the realisation kick in that it might not have been Lalna.
"Positive. It's him..." Martyn answered. "What happened...?"
"Well..." Xephos took a step closer, observing. "Appears like a fire... Or a chemically induced explosion. The killer must have tampered with his equipment..." He said, rubbing his chin in thought. If it wasn't Lalna... Then who? "Sorry friend... I should have known."
"It was the most obvious solution friend..." Honeydew said, patting the spaceman on the arm.
"Where's Kim?" Ridge asked from behind them. They fell to silence, which was when they heard quiet sobbing from the cupboard. The reaper walked over and opened it, holding an arm up in defense. But what he received was a bear hug from the frightened girl. "Its OK Kim..." He said, patting her on the back. He looked to the others. "Kim... How come you survived...?"
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They were making their way back on the boat, Kim barely spoke, Xephos seemed confused and held a hand to his head to try and stop a headache from coming on. And everyone just solemnly sat there, not wanting to speak in case they said something wrong.
Everyone clambered off the boats and walked towards the Jaffa factory.
The dwarf and spaceman were in front. "Mate... Do you need some medicine...?" The dwarf asked.
"No... No I'm fine..." Xephos answered, not looking at his friend.
"Xeph... I am not blaming you in any way here... But... We both know you get blackouts sometimes when you're angry..."
The spaceman looked to him from the corner of his eye.
"Just... Promise me you didn't do it...? Any of it...?"
"...I promise..."
They walked into the factory, sitting around. "So, Kim, what exactly happened?" Ridge asked.
"W...well... Um... Lalna was working, really hard on proving his innocence! I told him he needed a little rest... He wouldn't listen. And so I went into the cupboard to get some stuff... Next thing I knew there was a loud bang and the door slammed shut... There was smoke coming in from under the bottom of the door and I didn't know what was going on! After a couple of minutes I heard footsteps leading away and I opened the door thinking Lalna would still be there... But..." She broke down into tears. "Why would someone do that?! Why is this happening...?" She sobbed. Zoeya began comforting her and everyone decided what their jobs would be. Seen as the Jaffa factory was still functional and needed some work doing, the spaceman and dwarf decided to go upstairs and work on it.
The rest decided to stay downstairs and the reaper was the one who left to collect food and supplies. He walked around the area near pig island, bewildered as to why they decided it would be a good idea. But there were a couple of pigs left, so he made the most out of it and began to kill them. "Right... Food down. Now supplies."
He turned, hearing the sound of a machine whirring up. But by the time he had turned fully a flash shot at him. He just managed to jump out of the way, landing on his back on the floor. Another shot and he rolled to one side, hiding behind the giant pigs leg. "Fuck..." He mumbled. But, after a couple of seconds, he smirked. He couldn't run from this. He could teleport sure, but... If he wanted to come out of this seeing who the murderer was... He would have to face them.
The smirk remained as he stood, still hiding behind the pig leg. He readjusted his collar and sleeves, before combing his fingers through his hair, and putting his hands up, turning the corner and looking straight at the murderer.
"Unexpected." He smirked, and the machine whirred one last time...
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"Honeydew can you pass me a wrench...?" The spaceman asked. "Honeydew?" He turned, looking at the empty room. He sighed, he should have known the dwarf would wonder off and skip work. He made his way down to the lowest floor, where the dwarf was talking with the others.
"Good to see you're helping friend..." Xephos said. The dwarf looked to him.
"Sorry Xeph, you know I don't get along well with technology. You're the tech whizz I figured I'd leave you to it." He shrugged and the spaceman sighed.
"How long was I up there for?"
"Bout 2 hours." Martyn answered. There was a silence. The spaceman made his way to the door. "Why? Where are you going?"
"Ridge should be back by now..."
They all looked to each other and leapt up, making their way out of the factory and looking around for the reaper.
"If he was looking for food he'd probably make his way to pig island." Sips suggested. The group agreed and made their way over, stopping as they reached it.
"Well where is he?" Strippin asked.
"There..." The spaceman pointed a shakey finger up to the reaper. He was pure dirt, crumbled slightly. A strong gust of wind and their reaper friend would fall to the ground. And would be lost forever. "Can someone grab a box or something? We need to keep him in it until we can find a way to bring his back."
"Whoever the killer is... He's smart. Not only did he take down our best bet of defeating him... He managed to make a machine that would do it." Honeydew told the spaceman.
"We need to get Ridgedog out of here... No matter what state he's in... If we can find a way to reverse-" as the spaceman spoke the wind grew slightly, and the dirt that formed their friend slowly began to drift away until there was nothing left. "Reverse it..." He finished.
"What do we do now?" Kim asked, tear stains on her cheeks. "Ridge was our best defense!"
"Are we just supposed to sit here and wait for the murderer to pick us off one by one...?" Benjii added. They all looked to the spaceman.
"I... I don't know..."

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"Are you sure...?" The spaceman asked Martyn, letting the realisation kick in that it might not have been Lalna.
"Positive. It's him..." Martyn answered. "What happened...?"
"Well..." Xephos took a step closer, observing. "Appears like a fire... Or a chemically induced explosion. The killer must have tampered with his equipment..." He said, rubbing his chin in thought. If it wasn't Lalna... Then who? "Sorry friend... I should have known."
"It was the most obvious solution friend..." Honeydew said, patting the spaceman on the arm.
"Where's Kim?" Ridge asked from behind them. They fell to silence, which was when they heard quiet sobbing from the cupboard. The reaper walked over and opened it, holding an arm up in defense. But what he received was a bear hug from the frightened girl. "Its OK Kim..." He said, patting her on the back. He looked to the others. "Kim... How come you survived...?"
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They were making their way back on the boat, Kim barely spoke, Xephos seemed confused and held a hand to his head to try and stop a headache from coming on. And everyone just solemnly sat there, not wanting to speak in case they said something wrong.
Everyone clambered off the boats and walked towards the Jaffa factory.
The dwarf and spaceman were in front. "Mate... Do you need some medicine...?" The dwarf asked.
"No... No I'm fine..." Xephos answered, not looking at his friend.
"Xeph... I am not blaming you in any way here... But... We both know you get blackouts sometimes when you're angry..."
The spaceman looked to him from the corner of his eye.
"Just... Promise me you didn't do it...? Any of it...?"
"...I promise..."
They walked into the factory, sitting around. "So, Kim, what exactly happened?" Ridge asked.
"W...well... Um... Lalna was working, really hard on proving his innocence! I told him he needed a little rest... He wouldn't listen. And so I went into the cupboard to get some stuff... Next thing I knew there was a loud bang and the door slammed shut... There was smoke coming in from under the bottom of the door and I didn't know what was going on! After a couple of minutes I heard footsteps leading away and I opened the door thinking Lalna would still be there... But..." She broke down into tears. "Why would someone do that?! Why is this happening...?" She sobbed. Zoeya began comforting her and everyone decided what their jobs would be. Seen as the Jaffa factory was still functional and needed some work doing, the spaceman and dwarf decided to go upstairs and work on it.
The rest decided to stay downstairs and the reaper was the one who left to collect food and supplies. He walked around the area near pig island, bewildered as to why they decided it would be a good idea. But there were a couple of pigs left, so he made the most out of it and began to kill them. "Right... Food down. Now supplies."
He turned, hearing the sound of a machine whirring up. But by the time he had turned fully a flash shot at him. He just managed to jump out of the way, landing on his back on the floor. Another shot and he rolled to one side, hiding behind the giant pigs leg. "Fuck..." He mumbled. But, after a couple of seconds, he smirked. He couldn't run from this. He could teleport sure, but... If he wanted to come out of this seeing who the murderer was... He would have to face them.
The smirk remained as he stood, still hiding behind the pig leg. He readjusted his collar and sleeves, before combing his fingers through his hair, and putting his hands up, turning the corner and looking straight at the murderer.
"Unexpected." He smirked, and the machine whirred one last time...
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"Honeydew can you pass me a wrench...?" The spaceman asked. "Honeydew?" He turned, looking at the empty room. He sighed, he should have known the dwarf would wonder off and skip work. He made his way down to the lowest floor, where the dwarf was talking with the others.
"Good to see you're helping friend..." Xephos said. The dwarf looked to him.
"Sorry Xeph, you know I don't get along well with technology. You're the tech whizz I figured I'd leave you to it." He shrugged and the spaceman sighed.
"How long was I up there for?"
"Bout 2 hours." Martyn answered. There was a silence. The spaceman made his way to the door. "Why? Where are you going?"
"Ridge should be back by now..."
They all looked to each other and leapt up, making their way out of the factory and looking around for the reaper.
"If he was looking for food he'd probably make his way to pig island." Sips suggested. The group agreed and made their way over, stopping as they reached it.
"Well where is he?" Strippin asked.
"There..." The spaceman pointed a shakey finger up to the reaper. He was pure dirt, crumbled slightly. A strong gust of wind and their reaper friend would fall to the ground. And would be lost forever. "Can someone grab a box or something? We need to keep him in it until we can find a way to bring his back."
"Whoever the killer is... He's smart. Not only did he take down our best bet of defeating him... He managed to make a machine that would do it." Honeydew told the spaceman.
"We need to get Ridgedog out of here... No matter what state he's in... If we can find a way to reverse-" as the spaceman spoke the wind grew slightly, and the dirt that formed their friend slowly began to drift away until there was nothing left. "Reverse it..." He finished.
"What do we do now?" Kim asked, tear stains on her cheeks. "Ridge was our best defense!"
"Are we just supposed to sit here and wait for the murderer to pick us off one by one...?" Benjii added. They all looked to the spaceman.
"I... I don't know..."