Twilight at the Inn: Part Four - Mister Pickles

by avidwriter88

"Do you think it's him?"

"You're OBVIOUSLY right! I mean, the way Wolverine was there ALONE with Monster Boy!"

"Mister Pickles, I think you're dreamy!"

Mister Pickles flashed a smile and adjusted his bow tie, much to the love of the crowd. Ever since Monster Boy died he was considered a hero for 'catching Wolverine in the act' of "offing" him. He was a celebrity in the Ski Lodge and was back to his former popularity even outside the Ski Lodge. Neopians loved him so much--they even made T-shirts with his mug on it.

Everyone hated Wolverine. They just KNEW he was the murderer! No one wanted to talk to him and he had no friends, not that he had any to start with.

Wolverine was furious. These people were perfectly ready to tie him to a chair or lock him in the dungeon, just they had no proof but Mister Pickles' word. Then the idea came.

Wolverine would make them see just how worthless Mister Pickles' word was, so they wouldn't trust him. Perfect.

All that week Wolverine scrounged through his clothes and snipped and snipped and sewed and sewed. You could hear the snip snip snip of his scissors from outside his room. The next week Wolverine found an old hair pin and a bit of string. For all that week all you could hear from outside his room were his constant howls as he pricked himself by accident while sewing something...

On the eve of Sunday night, Wolverine had a sigh of relief. His suit was finished. Tomorrow he could put his plan to work.

The next day Mister Pickles put on his suit, fixed his bow tie and got ready to eat breakfast. His stomach was rumbling. Mister Pickles hurried out of his suite, forgetting to lock the door and who could be lurking in the shadows just at that moment other than Wolverine!

Wolverine slid open the door with a smile of glee. This was too easy! he thought. He knew film critics were bad, but this guy...c'mon! And so Wolverine sat patiently in his suit, right in front of Mister Pickles' 1st floor window.

When Mister Pickles returned to his suite, he took off his coat and hung it on the WOLF?! It was snow white and it growled.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Mister Pickles cried and ran out into the hallway. "WOLF! WOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLFFFF!!" People rushed out of their rooms, but when they reached Mister Pickles' room, no one was there.

"You imagined it," Rhiannon said dryly. The others joined in.

"Don't be such a baby, Pickles," Mister Shankly chimed in.

"Go back to sleep, if you can," Number Six said.

"Better go to a doctor when I get out of this joint!" Mister Pickles said.

Mister Pickles muttered some curses under his breath and decided to go to the library. Now, you must be wondering where Wolverine went in his wolf suit. He couldn't jump out the window--the ice covering it was too thick to break.

This is where the genius of Wolverine's scheme comes in. When Mister Pickles goes out into the hallway to call for help he jumps into the window and clings to the ice with these fake claws he put into his suit. Then the snow white color of the suit meshes in with the snow and he is camouflaged.

Wolverine did this again the next night, and the night after that. By this time people didn't trust Mister Pickles, but just one more act would make them hate him.

It was harder to do every time Wolverine did it because each time Mister Pickles would get more and more on his guard. Wolverine managed to steal a key from his 3rd visit to Mister Pickles' room. He couldn't wait until the night he could make people hate Mister Pickles as much as he did.

The next day Mister Pickles left his room, looked around nervously, and locked the door. When Mister Pickles was out of sight Wolverine came in and took his usual spot. Then suddenly something grabbed him from the ice. It pulled him in and stuck his face in snow. Wolverine tried to escape, but it was no use.

When Mister Pickles returned he found the chalk outlines of the wolf.

What could have happened to Wolverine? Who killed him? Why would anyone do such a thing? So many questions, so little answers! I guess we'll get to see when there's only one lodger left standing. Go check out the Ski Lodge to watch the events unfold.

The End