Results [Issue 55] Continue The Story III

[Night-Sisters 2,139]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well folks, here it is. The winner of the third and final chapter of Continue The Story.

 

 

Congratulations to @BlackPanther101_XXX for taking first place and 40,000 crystals, with his solid, well-written ending to this story.

 

 

Bloodshed

Chapter Three: Evanescent Memory 

by @BlackPanther101_XXX

 

My heart pounded hard against my splintered ribs as the answer slowly sank in. How could Liam be the accomplice? I had known him for at least 6 years, and we had bonded like brothers.

                I held a hand against my chest to staunch the bleeding. “Commander, I think you have made a mistake, Liam would never do such a thing! You have it wrong!”

                My commander looked at me with a strange light in his eyes. He hesitated briefly, and then spoke. “There is sufficient evidence pointing toward Liam, and also, there is support that you are suspect number two.”

                My wrecked body and mind could no longer function as these two blows, like Stefan’s brute force, hit me like a tidal wave. The infirmary bed once again swallowed me, and unconsciousness took me.

 

                When I opened my eyes, I knew that again I was still dreaming, because instead of Stefan in front of me this time, it was Liam.

                I tried to moved, eager to talk to him again, thinking that he still might be alive. I looked at his face, and he seemed oddly calm, quite the opposite of Stefan.

                 “Liam, I know that you know something about what happened with Stefan. Can you help me get the answers I need so his deed will not destroy both of our names?”

                Liam walked forward. “You have the answers inside you, but yet you fail to comprehend. Do you not remember? We three were there at the time of Juniper’s death.”

                I frowned at him. “Liam, we were not! All we were doing was…” To my surprise, I did not know what had happened at that time, or even where we were at.

                A gentle smile broke over Liam’s face. He looked me in the eyes, and said five powerful words, “Your memory has been modified.”

                Before my mind could react, he spoke one last time, “ I will give you one word, and you must do the rest: poison”

                My mind jolted. “What?! What do you mean about my memory? Poison?!” I shouted at him, perplexed. Suddenly, my chains vanished, and for one horrible second, everything became clear.

                Terror gripped me and clawed at my heart. Anguish and grief swam through my mind. Then I fell into a deep cavern of my own thoughts, falling, falling, falling…

 

                “You have been in a coma for the last three days.” My commander said dryly, looking at me as I opened my eyes groggily.

                I leaped up like a thunderbolt, ignoring the fire-hot pain in my ribs. Purpose burned in me; I had to tell him what had really happened.

                I struggled to sit up, blurting out words as they came, “Commander, I gave Juniper the cup of coffee that contained cyanide! I did not know, but Stefan handed it to me and told to give it to her. I did not remember beforehand; Stefan wiped me and Liam’s memory with a drugged needle, and then his own to hide the evidence! Comm-“

                “Captain”, my commander said calmly. “This we already know. Stefan was captured and under the influence of Sodium Pentothal confessed and revealed everything. Do to much of the confusion and deaths, you and Liam have been determined not guilty, and Stefan has been charged with multiple accounts of manslaughter and battery and has been placed on life sentence.”

                I laid myself back down on the cool white sheets again, feeling a quite relieved, but sad. Everything made sense now, Stefan had been caught, my name had been cleared… but Juniper and Liam were gone.

                “Do not grieve Captain. Juniper and Liam will receive full honors, and Stefan is now jailed. Justice has been served, and as your commanding officer, I now order you to rest and heal properly. You need to move on.” Saying this, he left the room, leaving me with a new day, grief, and finally, the truth at last.

 

 

 

Of course, that was certainly not the only notable entry to be found. Congratulations are also due to KillerGnat and ismadjou, who both wrote pieces worthy of the 10,000 crystal consolation prize.

 

@KillerGnat: Clarity - 10,000 crystals

 

@ismadjou: Entry - 10,000 crystals

 

 

 

A huge thank you to everyone who participated, you can find the finished product here.

 

Even though this was the hot-potato contest in the judging department, it was interesting to see the story unfold. :P Well done all, for a good series. Crystals will be delivered on the first of August.

 

 

 

Edited July 20, 2017 by Hexed

[KillerGnat 3,135]

Ty, and congo to BlackPanther :). 

 

 

I think I'm the new Mr. Consolation now, as this is the third issue in a row that I've got conso in. lol

[Rico_Viking_9000 942]

Grats

[BlackPanther101_XXX 2]

Ty, and congo to BlackPanther :). 

 

 

I think I'm the new Mr. Consolation now, as this is the third issue in a row that I've got conso in. lol

Thank you everyone! Thank you everybody for your consideration of my story! Congrats to all the others! This is the first contest I have won so far! I needed the crystals for my tank as a glitch took away 30k of them some time earlier. Thanks again!