"So you wanna go to where the killing happend"
Standing up from the chair she said nonchanty "yeah". Something about this just didn't feel quite right I couldn't really expin it. Also standing up from my chair I said to her "hey you're sure about this I don't we should" but she already standing at the side of the road waiting for an oppertunity to cross just interrupted me and said
"come on it'll be alright"
something about just didn't stick right with me and so I tried to argue again
"but.... " To only get interrupted again
"what you think the ghost are going haunt you or something"
Capituting to her I said
"Okay fine"
And so we both went across the street and to the alley. Walking through it we stopped at what to me seemed like an ordinary corner in the alley. There was a trash bag and some bad graffiti on the walls.
"This is the pce" Touka said in a low tone. Honestly I didn't feel so well about this pce at all and the fact that people died some time just where I am standing didn't help me to feel better about all this so I asked her.
"So uhm why are you so interested in this"
"You know it just facinates me a bit 65 stab wounds both of them and nobody knows the culprit" looking at the alley wall her voice seems to shift a bit and she continues in a darker tone "I mean can could you imagine how they must have screamed heeeeelp heelp arrghh" she started imateting somebody dieying a gruesome death. And adding to the whole vibe of this pce it didn't make it anymore calming infact It did the opposite. And so I said
"Hey ah can you stop you're kind of freaking me out"
And then she stopped herself "oh ah sorry didn't mean to" she said and looked at me in a apologetic way. And then turned back to the wall tracing a hand along side it she said
"You know the killer made one little mistake here and pointed towards a mark on the wall"
Me looking at a what to me seemed to be a little dent in the wall didn't seem much to me. And so I said
"well that's just an ordinary dent in the wall I think Mr. detective over here"
Looking at me she said "mmm ... I don't really think so"
Grabbing something in her bag she pulled out an quite antique looking dagger it looked quite worn and had scratchy marks but it's bde looked razor sharp. She then proceeded to stick the knife directly at the point where the dent was and it fit like a puzzle piece. Then something clicked in my head a suspicion and it ran a chill down my spine where did she get that knife from why does she know all this could she be no of course not. But as quick as that thought came I just as quick dismissed it. Feeling uneasy I asked her
"where did you get that dagger from I mean it does fit really well."
Pulling it out from the wall she looked at it with almost an kind of sad look "I mean it's a sort of family heirloom it got passed down from generation to generation "
Taking a deep sigh she adds "it reminds me of my mother sometimes" and then puts the knife back into her bag.
Still curious about the knife I ask her "so you just like carry everywhere wouldn't better to leave at home at some pce safe I mean wouldn't it be bad if you lost it or something ?"
For a moment she thought about my Question and then awnserd "yes it would be but i like to keep my favorite daggers always close by"
"Wait you Cary multiple daggers around you at all times ?"
As I asked her that I could see a little grin forming in her face.
" to be exact it's set of 24 dagger's in total" she said in a slightly amused tone.
24 dagger's in her bag at all times as I heard that I felt shocked, And also a bit uneasy about her.
"So ... So what do you need 24 dagger's for ?"
As I asked that the suspicion that had early resurfaced in my mind. Could It be that she is the one the one who had done this. That she was the killer thinking about it I just noticed how much about her felt of and how much strange behavior I have been btantly ignoring since the day meet. And as she opened her mouth to awnser me a part of me hoped really badly that what I thought wasn't true. And so she said
"What do you think I need the daggers for" in a low voice.
The tension between us sundenly rose as my mind started too race. But I don't want to wrongly accuse her of something so grim. But on the other hand I felt a need to know to ask her if it was her. And so weighing my options I choose a sort of middle way and kind of sarcastically ask her as if I was just joking.
"Pfft I don't know what you need all those dagger's for I guess you could be the mysterious killer" I said in a tone as if telling a joke but when I turned to look at her her expression had completely shifted. Her eyes felt completely lifeless as they started at me and her grin was now wider then ever. And she said
"I am "
Hearng that I frooze and I low voice asked her as if not hearing her.
"What did you just say"
And as I just stood there frozen in pce she took a step forward and confirmed what she said
"I did it I stabbed them to death Niko"
At this point I couldn't process what was going on anymore. I just stood there Infront of her under shock of what she just said. Unable to move due too all the emotions that ran through me paralyzing me she approached me. As she came closer I feared the worst am I next ? What does she want from me ? But in an unexpected turn off events she just hugged me. And said to me
"And I thought I had too spell it out to you I made so obvious, you know I hate keeping secrets from my friends" she said in a light hearted tone
But to me it was everything I was in full on panic mode and so pushed her off of me. Stumbling too the ground infront of her. I back off from her until I hit the wall on the other side of the alley.
"GET ... Get away from me "
But she just looked at me confused "what's wrong Niko I thought you said you would always accept me as your friend"
"How ... How was I suppose to know you actually killed somebody" I yelled at her.
"So your saying that you would break your promise ?"
"Who in their right mind would just accept that"
Her expression darkend and that terrifying expression on her face once again stared at me. She then started moving towards me while saying
" i thought I could be honest with you but I guess I have no other choice then"