The school bus opens in front of a waiting shed where two boys from two different schools are waiting, they entered. They look at each other so sneakily. They look at the seats with their school names and their names on it. They saw that they were to sit across one another. Both looked at each other and glared before sitting down as the bus door closed and accelerated. They knew that just from that, they would be rivals. After a few kicking kicking and "accidental" throwing, they started to fight inside the bus. The others cheered, watched in disgust and amusement and the rest just didn't care. The bus suddenly stopped to a holt and both of them fell down. They heard the bus doors open and close. Everyone in the bus fell silent. Clicking of heels echoed as it clanged along the metal steps of the bus. The two slowly stood up and went back to their seats along with everyone else as the newcomer stops by the first row to look for her name. "She's so beautiful." The crowd starts whispering. She walks past the duo. Her scard flows along with her hair as she passes by each aisle, the crowd looking at her with amazement. The two boys looking at her as she passes them. She sits down behind one of the boys. The taller boy sighs and relaxes. He reaches out his hand to the shorter boy across him. " I'm Joshua, Manila College and Technological Institute." He introduced himself. The other boy shook his hand. " Ken, St. Altheo." He replied. The newcomer shuffles and leans on her side.She smiles and reaches both of their free hands. She giggled. " I'm Kylie. University of Sto. Domingo."
Nicko whistles as he roams around the school building. Like as if anybody would hear or find him anyway, everyone's at the dance night party and there's no guards around. Well inside the building there's none. Everyone else is outside by the fields, holding hands with their partners and dancing with their friends. Nicko suddenly smells iron nearby and just as he approaches one of the classrooms, he starts hearing chanting. Nicko stops in his tracks and starts to feel very sick. When he was about to turn around and make a run to the bathroom, he hears screaming and things being torn apart. Nicko turns back around and steps in front of the classroom, out of fear and curiousity. He sees one of his batch mates in the center of a summoning ring, looking up at the ceiling and smiling. Nicko read his name tag on the fallen and torn polo on the floor. "Reuel." He whispered, Nicko looks around even more to see see what else happened. Reuel was covered in blood, but it was not his. It was someone else's, Nicko starts to shake in fear. There were corpse strewn all over the place. It was mixed, Nicko couldn't tell whose were whose, along with the corpses, there were cloaks, all torn apart and blood stained. It took Nicko a view of the whole room before he noticed Reuel was now looking at him. His smile was now from ear to ear. And his eyes were all red. Nicko fell back down as Reuel stood up and started walking towards him. Reuel's smile disappeared as soon as he had Nicko against the wall, trembling.He stops infront of Nicko.Nicko looks at him with fear. He reaches out his hand, Nicko closes his eyes and starts crying. Reuel's eyes comes back to normal. " I-It's okay." Reuel said, Nicko opened his eyes and grabbed Reuel's hand, standing up yet still shaking. They smile at each other. Reuel then pats Nicko on the head. "Don't worry kid, I wouldn't want to hurt anyone unless they the one I love." He scruffed his hair then starts walking away, disappearing into the darkness of the school corridors. Nicko relaxed a bit and took a quick look back into the classroom before leaving. He saw a sickly pale child and white hair with green eyes quickly appear before noticing Nicko has seen him.He looked at Nicko with such fear and curiousness and amazement.Before disappearing, the child whispered into the air.
"She'll be back and you'll be in your device."
David sighed as he kept scrolling down the webpage. Classes just finished and there weren't any hot or cute girls for hi to take home, not even the professors.Most girls already know him and have already gone home with him. David leans back and forth and stretches in his seat. But other than chicks, he wanted a companion. Someone who'd stay by his side even till death does them apart. He quickly thought of the girl in the bus. What was her name again? Aileen? Miley? RIley? Ah! Kylie. He quickly fixed how he was sitting then began searching her school and name. There were alot of Kylie's but he found the one he was looking for by the Student Council section. A scarf around her neck and on her white blazer that was adorned with orange and yellow linings and their school emblem. David knew it was her. He opened up a chat box and typed "Hi". It took a few minutes before he got a reply. "HI! ****** (^o^*) Sorry, was busy doing treasurer stuff. Student council and all. ↜(╰ •ω•)╯ψ Hohohohoho." He chuckled and typed back. "Are you free tonight or do you have any family meetings to go to with the student council?" A few minutes went by, then hours. It felt like an eternity. David typed sorry and pressed send. He closed the chat box and exited the school site. He went to the usual site he goes to and went to look for companions. There he met Daviid. His description fits what David wants. Loving, kind, brunette, shorter than him, great with seeing gals, and much more, a virgin. David didn't really care whether the companion will be a guy or a gal. He just wants someone beside him in bed, someone he'd hug in the dark of the night. He contacted David and after a week of cleaning his apartment, Daviid moved in with him.
As Lianne opens the door of the cafe, the whaff of coffee and pastry greets her. And as she looks around,she sees familiar faces seated among the crowd.It was the two girls she saw inside the bus. Even if Lianne was usually lost in her niche, she found the time to notice the girl she recognized from the bus. It was an uncommon thought that she accost this person, she blushes before heading to her and introducing herself."Uh..um.." LIanne's heatbeat beagan to race. Kylie adjusted her scarf and looked up from her book."Yes?" Kylie asks her. "I..uh..I saw you at the bus days ago and.." She saw Kylie raise an eyebrow at her. "I was wondering if I could get to know your more!" Her face was as red as a tomato, her hands were shaking. Kylie chuckles at how cute Lianne is. Lianne notices the book she was reading and calms down. "T-time keeper? Mitch Albom?" Kylie looks at her book then looks back at Lianne and nods. "Sure, you can get to know me more. I don't really have that much friends after all. And i can relate to some character in this book. Have you read this before?" Lianne lights up and sits down in front of her. Kylie put down her book. They had a conversation that seemed like it lasted for hours. They got closer and closer and knowing more of each other. They also talked a bit about some small gossips. And boys. Lianne noticed the small girl watching them with sadness that was sitting alone few tables away. She beckoned the little girl to come to them. The little girl's face lit up with happiness and went to them."I'm Leanna." the little girl says, giggling. After getting to know each other, the three of them got into a deep conversation. "No one is safe anymore." Leanna says. Kylie looks out the window " I see humans. Not humanity." Lianne and Leanna's eyes widen. " W-why is that?" Lianne tilts her head. "Ah.. it's nothing. " Kylie says, adjusting her scarf once more then adjusting her sleeves. They continued to have more conversations about random things. From boys to rockets in space to bands they like. Then they laughed. Kylie grabbed her phone and checked the time. Her eyes widen. "A-ah! Shit, it's already 12:30 am, and a sunday. Shit, I still need to do my projects. It's already due on monday." She quickly stood up and organized her bag. She props the bag on her shoulder and quickly walks away and out the cafe. "I'll see you guys again next time!" Kylie waves goodbye to the two as she leaves the cafe. Lianne grabs the book but she was too late. " Your book!" Lianne said, but she was already gone.
My,my,my how the seasons change. From when they first meet and when one of them is already dead.
Ken felt like he was drowning. That was until he opened his eyes and recoiled his head out the toilet. He screamed and quickly got toilet paper to wipe off the toilet water. "Where the hell did I end up?!" He stumbled as he was standing up, rubbing the back of his head.
He decided to get out the bathroom. He felt unfamiliar in his surroundings. He wasn't at his at his house. The hallway he got into didn't feel familiar. He walks to his left when he suddenly heard something metal clang on the floor behind him. He turned around and grabbed it. He recognized it as the knife that was used to kill Kylie. The knife he used to kill her. His body felt very heavy. Even though he didn't ask the others the specific details of what happened, He just instantly knew just by touching the item. He felt guilt, fear, regret and anger. He'd never have enough strength to kill somebody he loves. A white light flashed at his eyes. A door opened in front of him, he held the knife tightly.
He walked towards the door and walked through it."Things are not normal.." He thought as he saw a grave shaking, it was breaking. He was again at the church. Ken backed away and saw the door behind him was already gone. He turned back and quickly ran, dropping the knife and not looking back at the grave. He blinked and found himself face first with a wall at a nursery room. He fell on his ass and made a little ow. "Why do i always have my head hitting somewhere?!" Ken looked at his left, a sickly pale child was in the corner ,looking at him and embracing a red gown. "That's... Lianne's.."
He turns around and sees nothing but darkness. He stands up and a large spotlight shun up the space in front of him. A chained up and wounded version of him was in the middle, he was looking down and crying. Ken looks at the scars on his arms. "Her scars.... she only told me about it." He starts to walk towards his chained up self but before he could get to himself, there was loud ringing in his ear. He dropped to his knees and covered his ears and screamed. "It hurts". He opened his eyes. Ken's chained up self was replaced by Kylie's corpse laying in front of him. Her cold empty eyes staring at him. Her pale dead skin, her torn apart clothes, the cut on her neck, the raised skirt. The air has gotten cold. He couldn't move. His eyes wandered around the dead body. There was white liquid streaming out from in between her legs. Her legs were spread and twisted. He realized what he had done. He closed his eyes.
He opened his eyes and he was back at St. Altheo.
Nicko walks around, wondering what he's supposed to do. He looks around the empty school rooftop. It's like those anime moments, heh." He said to himself, He lifted the pole and waved it around, it unfolds itself to be a scythe. Walking around and near the ledge, he finds a plain white mask. It's just those ones that you use for art projects. Nicko took it and held it with his free hand. His phone rings in his pocket. He is confused and throws the mask off the ledge. He doesn't hear the soft "ouch" from below. He takes out the phone. He didn't notice what was written behind the mask. Nicko and the others were suddenly transported into different places after the group call. He sighs. He saw who was calling him. It was Reuel. Afer answering the call, they both agreed to look for Lianne. "Hey, when we find Lianne, Let's eat lunch altogether again by the rooftop!". And here he is now, wandering on the rooftop. The sky's gotten dark , air's gotten colder, but the surrounding is still clean. Feels like it's been empty for so long. Nicko walks back to the ledge of the rooftop. He didn't hear the mask drop. He heard foosteps from below and he looked down the ledge. He couldn't quite see due to the roofs on the classrooms but someone was there looking up at him. Nicko heard slow swinging behind him but he ignored it and jumped over the railings. He saw Lianne looking at him from below, she was wearing a mask.He looked closer at the mask. It was a light green mask with a pinkish blindfold covering the eyes, the eyebrows were furrowed upwards and the lips were down to a frown. She lifted it up and laughed at him. Nicko stood there, scared. He heard the swinging coming closer and closer. Is he gonna jump? He has no way out of this.
There was a tree behind Lianne, he could get there if he jumps quickly. Once he gets off the tree, he'll run and find Reuel.He was a bit happy Lianne found him. But he was anxious about the heavy swinging getting close behind him.Cables dropped in front of him from the sky. Some of the white cables dropped onto the ground, the black ones were strong. Nicko prepared himself and he jumped to hold onto the cables, at the exact moment,he felt pain by his waist and his insides and he heard the sound of a blade slashing as it hits flesh. He managed to hold onto the black cables yet he got entangled in the rest. He looked down and saw his lower half was on the ground. Lianne was walking away with the scythe, her mask on the floor. Nicko screamed in pain as he bled because of his missing lower half of his body. Why isn't he dead yet? He continued screaming in pain. He took a quick look behind him. There was a colorful yet demonic wrecking ball swinging side to side, heading towards him. Its eyeball staring at him, its mocking smile.
It was just a few feet away from him.He heard Ken's voice as he faced forward and closed his eyes, crying and screaming yet smiling. Ken called out to him one more time. Swoosh.
And everything went silent.
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Trauma,Fear,Regret, Ken stared at what's left of Nicko, it was his hand holding onto the phone. And Nicko's legs sprawled across the ground, his organs , a mess near his legs. The blood and guts covered ledge and wrecking ball-like demon were just there, hovering over for Ken to see. The demon laughed. Ken broke down.
He heard whirring of the blades of a helicopter and police calling out to him,the sirens of police cars blaring .Ken fainted. Lianne fainted nearby, underneath the tree.
"8 Missing Children Found. 7 Injured, 1 dead." They are all being treated in the same hospital. But none of them dared to ask what Ken saw of Nicko. He was too traumatised.
And he was too cowardly to face the truth.
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