Stories from school assignments

Unaware

March 8th, I have almost finished preparing the murder, it's gonna happen soon! Just a bunch of details and a motive. She has to die as soon as possible. 

From the testimony of Olivia Campbell, receptionist at the Stanley Hotel.

Judge: 'Miss Campbell, is it true that you were the first to see the body of miss Quinn?'

Olivia: 'Yes, Your Honor. I have told you this about a thousand times. I told mr. Lennon that i was going to have lunch on the second floor, in the room where Susan and I had agreed to meet eachother with permission of mr. Lennon. It was room 237, there was a box in front of the door, I openend it for some reason, and there it was, Susans head, with a note that said: "my pleasure" I panicked, and walked inside, unaware of the tear stroking my cheek. I saw her beheaded body sitting up against the cabint, her organs spread across the room.'

Judge: 'I understand that this process is frustrating, miss Campbell, but i need you to tell me what you exactly did when you saw miss Quinn.'

Olivia: 'I froze. I think I screamed, because one of the hotel guests knocked on the door, and asked if everything was okay. I carefully walked to the door and opened it slowly, afraid the killer was behind it. I did not say a word. When the man took a look behind me, he looked back at me while the colour drained from his face.'

Judge: 'And you are sure that this man, Eric Smith, is not the killer?'

Olivia: 'No, it was Elvis! Elvis King! You still don't get it! It was Elvis, goddammit!

Judge: 'Now, why are you so sure about that?'

Olivia: 'Because he wrote a damn book about the whole thing! The murder happend at the fucking hotel, while he was there! I saw his glares at Susan and the time between the murder and the publishing of the book was just the time he needed to write that stupid book! He has so many details in the book that he couldn't have known, unless he was there! And the autopsy had not even been done, while he was halfway on writing his book! He obviously was working on the book every single day, he never left the hotel! I even saw him writing in a very thick notebook when he was eating in the cafetaria, he always had that notebook in his hand!'

From "From Experience" the book of Elvis King

When Susan opens the door the room 237, ready for lunch with her new friend, she sees him. Ethan Krueger. He is wearing a blue shirt with black pants and in the grip of his right hand, there is an axe. Susan starts to feel uneasy, when the strange man keeps his silence. 'Sorry, i didn't know there was someone in this room.. I'll be right out. But as employee feel obligated to tell you that you are not alowed to keep any weapons, such as guns, knives, or axes without permission,' she says with a crooked smile. 'You probably think you're a holy girl, don't you? You're pretty damn proud of yourself, huh?' the man slowly walks over to the girl, the grip on his axe tightening. 'Of course i am proud, it's healthy,' she says, trying to force a smile but fails miserably when her back hits the door behind her. 'Devil!' the man screams. 'Thou salt not suffer a devil to live!' he raises his axe and when Susan ducks, the axe meets the door and Susan can't help but to let a little scream escape her mouth. She crawls away and runs to the kitchen. Ethan runs after her with the axe in the air next to his head, a psychopatic grin growing on his face. She grabs a chef's knife and holds it in the air. 'Go away!' she screams with knife in front of her. She grabs a dishcloth from the counter and ducks again when the psychopath in front of her raises his axe and hits the wall. A muffled scream is heard behind him. Ethan jumps when a dishcloth covers his mouth from behind him and his vision turns blurry. The last thing he hears as he falls to the ground is the running of the scared girl and her attempt to open the locked door.

When the crazy man wakes up, the girl is nowhere to be found. Suspicously, he walks to the door of the hotelroom and checks if it's still locked. When he is sure the door was not opened when he was unconcious, he drags his sharp axe along the walls, making a haunting sound trhough the room. 'Susie... come play..' he says slowly, loud enough for her to hear if she is still in the room. 'Ethan Krueger. That's my name. Can you say it?' he walks over to the bathroom. 'What is my name? Come on, you know it,' he swings the door open. 'Susan...' he walks over to the closed. 'Say it!' he lifts his axe and slams it in de door, swinging it open as he attempts to get the axe out. He swings open the other door, wich reveals a crying Susan behind. Sobbing she sinks to the bottom of the closed. 'Please.. Don't hurt me. I've got so much to live for! I'll do anything! Please!' she says through her tears. 'Please.' she wispers under her breath. 'It was pride that turned angels into devils; humility makes people angels,' he says. The axe meets Susans arm and a scream escapes her mouth. The man hits her in her face. 'Silence' Ethan demants. 'So? What is my name? Say it!' Susan grabs her arm and looks at the man trough her tears. 'Now!' he half shouts. 'Ethan Krueger!' the poor girl screams, pain in her voice. 'What is it?' he says, raising his voice. When Susan screams his name with even more pain in her voice, Ethan raises his axe again and lets it meet her scull. 'What do you think of that?' he says, loudly, satisfaction and enjoyment in his voice. As he repeats his action, blood squirts in his face. His axe meets Susans throat, wich leads to her head falling next to her. He hits his axe in her chest en cuts it open. He then grabs the knife in her hand and cuts out her heart. He carefully cuts out every organ one by one, and throws it behind him in the room. Then he drags the body of the girl trough the room and places it sitting up, against the cabinet facing the door. He grabs the small carton box in the kitchen and walks over to the closed to grabs the hair of the head inside and puts it in the small box. Ethan scribbles a little note and puts it inside the box, before he puts on a bathrobe and leaves the room, leaving the box in front of the door.

"My pleasure. I enjoyed releasing the world of this devil." It reads.