"3....2....1....Ready or not, here I come!"
     Andre and I were playing hide and seek at our school since it was recess. I knew Andre was hiding somewhere behind the building of the school property so I went to check there.
     The school closed that part of the place down but most students who are rebels, such as myself, don't really care and hang out there for fun. Some of them were caught but some managed to keep it a secret and it was told among lots of students. No one knows their identities but they know me, always looking for trouble. This is the best place to hide.
     The school fenced it with wood as high as the second floor but a lot of students found the secret opening underneath, near the other end, and went in. The school provided shade with the balconies that they put up and they draped old cloths on top it so it was pitch-black inside as you go deeper and scary which made it better to be here.
     I called out for Andre but she didn't show up to give away her spot. Clever. I searched for her by feeling the walls to show me where I'm going.
     "I'm going now, I know you ain't here."
     I pretended to leave but I still didn't see any indication she's here. I played this trick and she fell for it lots of times so she must now I'm playing a trick again.
      I looked everywhere there but there was no one, no silhouette, to say she's there. I bumped into something ahead and fell down to the hard concrete ground. It's wood—there's another wall? I felt for an opening and found a small gap I can squeeze through. It leads behind the school.
      I went in and hid behind some wooden crates when I heard some chatters; it sounds like...a song... Someone is singing a very wierd song here, and it sounds like a sacrifice is going on.
      "With the power of Satan, we sacrifice this girl as an offering of Your power and Your glory," someone said as the chanting continued.
      A girl? Andre?!
     I was scared but I had to get my friend out of there so she won't be sacrificed or killed. Both are as bad. I felt the ground for another box of crates and found some nearby and I squat down so they won't see me.
       I heard her scream and she said, "LET ME GO!" lots of times. I can see why—a shadow is rising with claws and is tearing at her mercilessly. She kept on screaming in pain but she somehow managed to get free eventually. I saw all of this behind the crates.
      The people who hid in the dark grabbed her and pinned her down but I knew she never gave up and I was right; she struggled to pry free and punched and kicked them with all her power and she ran but she shadow caught up with her in an instant and she stumbled back. A blood curdling scream escaped my lips as I thought about what might happen.
      They all turn to me and I covered my mouth and nose so they can't hear me anymore but someone grabbed me from the back and dragged me to the crowd.
       "It's a boy!" my captor said. "He seems to care for the girl and the girl cares for him."
       "Let's put him to good use shall we?"
       They dragged me and tied me up and told Andre that if she doesn't accept and give in, they'll use me instead—either way doesn't sound good.
      "So, what's your choice girl? Him, or you?" one of them, a male, said as he point a gun at my head which made me want to pass out of fear and shock. "Give in, and your friend would be free..."
     "Like hell!" she screamed as she fought back and grabbed me and we ran. She got me to the entrance—or exit—and I went, my arms still tied together but she helped me get through.
     She screamed as someone snatched her from behind. And the Shadow clawed at her more until it became her. It went in her body like a ghost was possessing a person. She abruptly stopped and collapsed in pain and her body twitched until it completely stopped. She was still breathing but I knew she was dead because that thing went in her.
      "Good, now stand up..." She stood up with her head hung low. "...and tell us your name."
     "My name is Addie," she said, but it wasn't her, it was the shadow who possess her. "The girl's name is Andre, eighteen."
     "Who's the boy?"
     "His name is Brian, eighteen as well."
     "Can you tell us about him?"
     She told every single detail about me and how well I hide in the dark. Where I lived, who I am, how social I am, how many friends I have, how my parents divorced, the books I read, everything. She never stopped until she had covered absolutely every single detail about me.
      "Do you know where he would be now?"
     "He would be hiding from us and running to get help. He wouldn't stop until he gets back the girl and he would do anything we say to get her back."
     "Enough to sacrifice himself?"
     "No, he is smart and will find a way to get both himself and the girl to safety."
     How did she...? That was exactly what I was gonna do. Andre, she knew everything and she knew me well. She knew everything move I was about to make and everything I would do in my power to get her back. Who is she?
     "He isn't listening, he has ready ran."
     She got that wrong.
     "But, there he is now, listening to us. Listening to me and thinking I got that piece of information wrong. He thinks he could get away but I am right beside him right now..."
     I felt fingers grasp my shoulders and I blacked out.