Chapter nine
The killer is going to either murder Claire or Irene tonight. Once those two are out of the way, next he's going to murder Grace, then it'll be the rest of us. The two huge and main groups of the class. This will be fun. I wonder who's going to die first out of all of us. I know for sure it's not me, but I can't tell them that or they'll be suspicious and wonder why I would know that.
"Where did the others go?"
"Kylo went to visit his family, and the others went somewhere fun."
"Why didn't you go?"
"Didn't want to. Don't know why but I feel safe here."
"I guess being stuck here for a while means once you get one day of freedom, you only want to stay here worried something bad is going to happen. Am I right?"
"Yeah, I guess so."
We just sat in the library talking, not playing anything. "Hey just out of curiosity, but why do you wear the hood and bacalva now? It's just me."
"Well that's why you're here and I can't show my identity when there are people around. Even if it's just you. Sorry got to keep it a secret."
"That's fine."
We didn't do much after that. Just walked around in the gym. Then I got a text from Elaina saying they're coming back. It's been three hours since they left.
"Who's that?"
"Elaina. They're coming back. They said they'll be back in 15 minutes."
"Ok then. I better go now in case they come back early. I'll see you tonight?"
"Yup, see you."
He gave me a soft long kiss and left. I was all alone again. Walked to my room and grabbed my earbuds and went outside in the front on the hill and waited until they got back. They came back in ten minutes and got up and I walked towards them.
"Hey guys, how was it?"
"It was so fun. Wish you came." Quinn said excitedly.
"What did you do while we were out?" Questioned Alice.
"Well I did nothing really. Just watched some movies I brought with me."
"That sounds fun," replied Elaina
"I know."
We headed inside and they grabbed some lunch and I sat with my friends talking about what they did. They went to the mall the whole time and enjoyed themselves. And see I'm not the type of person who goes to the mall and spends the day there. Kylo is still out with his family.
Later that day, we all played cards. We played cheat and crazy 8's with two decks. God it was fun. I won one round of cheat and three rounds of crazy 8's. We are all bound together and not doing our own thing. Kylo still hasn't come back so he must be enjoying his time with his family. After ten rounds of crazy 8's, we headed into the library and watched two movies. The movies we watched were Happy Death Day and the Escape Room. Quinn got so scared for both movies, especially Escape Room, she lost ten pounds by the end.
I've seen both of them so I'm not scared but Happy Death Day still gets me. Once the movies ended, ten minutes later Kylo came and talked to his friends. It was fun all of us bonding together, playing cards, and watching movies. Now everyone is gone their own ways. It was supper time and all of us had hamburgers. We ate and chatted. We talked about who might die tonight. I look around and say, "I think it's either going to be Claire, Irene, or Grace tonight. Sorry guys."
"I say the same." agreed Colton. "Same here." agreed Quinn. Everyone but the three agreed that'll be them.
"I think it's Makayla. Sorry." says Grace. I can tell she hates me. "I think It's Quinn or Carter. I don't know why." says Claire. "Alice or Gurpreet for me." replied Irene .
"We'll find out tomorrow who dies. Then we'll see who's correct." reclaimed Hunter. I know it's not me so Grace is wrong. "Hey Makayla, can I talk to you outside." asked Grace
"Why?"
"Because I want a word with you."
"I don't trust you so nope."
"I need to."
"What do you want to talk to me about."
"Something." I can tell she got annoyed.
"Ok. Any violence and I'm gone." I smiled at her and got up to head outside. She closed the door and yanked me to her.
"I hope you die tonight! You stole everything from me! If I were the murderer, I would definitely kill you tonight to get back from what you've done to me."
I've had no idea what she was talking about. "What are you talking about?"
"You know what I'm talking about. When Aria died, you didn't come to me or you didn't say sorry for my loss. You were always her friend and go to friend. She gave you hugs all the time and barely hugged me. She always came to you for help. You've got good friends and grades. And you have a great boyfriend."
"Hold up, first of alI I don't have a boyfriend. Where did you get that false information? And second, I work for those friends and grades."
She ticked me off so much. "You were always a goodie two shoes and never got suspended or did anything stupid."
"That's because I choose not to. You on the other hand chose to do that stuff."
"Excuse me, I really do hope you die tonight."
"Alright then, let's have a bet. If I die tonight you win, but if you die tonight I win."
"Deal, and if we both don't die tonight, we will keep going until one of us wins or we're both survivors and no one wins."
"Ok then. Game on Grace."
"Game on."
At that I left. I went back in the room and everyone was staring at me. "What." I say. "What happened out there," asks Harper. Everyone was done and worried something happened.
"Nothing. She ticked off at me, though."
"What did you do?" asks Ethan. "Nothing. It's what I didn't do."
"Is it that bad?" Questioned Kylo. "Depends on what it is." I say.
I helped Kylo with the dishes while everyone left. He washed and I dried.
"So, how was your family?"
"Good. They were excited to see me alive. How about you? How was your day?"
"Good. Is anyone listening?"
"No not that I know of. Let me check."
He went to check and no one was there.
"So, the killer came and we played cards and talked for a bit."
"How nice. Let me guess, when the others came back and asked you what they did, you lied and told them nothing or something else so they won't know."
"Correct. I 'watched movies' the whole time."
"Sneaky."
"I know I am."
"So what happened with Grace? What did she want?"
"She wanted me dead for sure. She blames me for taking everything she wanted. Grades, great friends, and boyfriend. I told her I didn't have one. She also said that I was a better friend to Aria. To be honest with you, I've known her longer than she has. So it doesn't surprise me."
"That's sad. Blaming you for everything she wanted that you have. I blame her. It's her fault that she doesn't have good grades or good friends."
"Thank you. Can you do me a favour and not tell anyone about what I said to you?"
"I won't."
"Thanks Kylo."
"No problem. I knew once you came in, something was wrong."
We put the dishes away and left the room. All of a sudden, he grabbed my wrist and took me out the green pod doors. "What the hell are you doing?" he took me around the corner where there is a big gap between the two walls. "What's going on?"
"Shh."
"Excuse m-"
He covered his hand over my mouth and hushed me. We stood there quietly and I heard voices. I didn't recognize it. "Stay here and don't move. Stay hidden in this corner." he whispered. He left me here alone. "Hey there." I hear faintly. "Do you know who's going tonight?"
"Yes I do." I can't tell what's going on. Why did Kylo bring me here? I was confused and scared. My breathing slowed down and I sat on the ground. The voice went away and I checked to see what happened. No one was there. I turned around and there was someone dressed in black, like the killer. I thought it was him but he's about my height, maybe a bit taller. I walked right into the wall and stood scared. "Hello. Who are you and what are you doing outside all alone?" His voice was deep, though not like Kylo's or the killer's.
"Uhh..." I was stiff and couldn't think of any words to say. I opened my mouth but no words came out. "It's ok I won't kill you. Yes you might be wondering if I'm a killer and yes, but not to this school."
"What are . . . you doing here?" I managed to get out. "I'm the friend of the killer here." I gulped. "You must be the girl he's been seeing at night."
As he said that, the killer came up behind him. "Hey, what's going on?"
"Hey, I think I scared your friend here."
"Yes, you did Daniel. It's fine, just my friend."
"Hmm . . . ok." I stuttered over the words, knowing that there's more killers out there at other schools. He held out his hand and pulled me to him. "Sorry for scaring you. The name's Daniel. You?"
"Makayla."
"Nice to meet you Makayla."
"Nice to meet you too."
We shook hands and I felt comfortable about him.
"He told me all about you."
"Really?" I looked up at him and he looked down at me.
"What are you two doing here, anyways?"
"Business."
"Ok." I could see a bit of his hair from his hood. It's blondish brown.
"Who do you think I should kill tonight? I'm debating either Claire, Irene , or Grace."
"Depends on how bad the girl is or how she acts."
I'm surprised that Daniel would say who he is. Maybe because I don't know him and he doesn't know me.
"Who do you think I should kill?"
"Grace."
"Alright it's her then."
I can't believe that Grace is dying tonight. She thought I'd die tonight. Well Grace, I won the game and she lost. She won't know what's coming. I chuckle a bit.
"What's so funny?" the killer asked.
"Well earlier, I said that Grace may die and she said I may die tonight. So I put a bet that if she dies I win, and if I die she wins. She got on my nerves and it triggered me."
"What did she say to make you trigger?" questioned Daniel.
"Well she said that I had everything of hers and blamed me. She thinks I stole things from her, and that I'm better than her."
"Like what?"
"Grades, great friends, boyfriend, but I don't have one, no offence."
"None taken." the killer said.
"It upsets me. I don't like to be better than anyone else that I know. Unless they do horrible things. And what she said about Aria and I." I leaned against him, about to cry thinking about it. "She said that I took Aria from her, Aria loved hugs so I gave her hugs and Grace complained that she didn't get enough. And when she had a problem, she'd come to me and not her. I've known Aria for three years and Grace only one. You know what I'm saying?"
"I do. I get it. I had a friend who complained that I didn't come to him for any help." explained Daniel. "I don't have any similar experiences but, I do know how you feel. No one hurts you both mentally and physically, or else they get hurt."
"Thanks."
"No problem."
"I know him so well that if anyone hurts him or the people he loves, between us, he gets vicious and protects them. He goes beyond his killing. You see what he's doing to your friends, that's nothing compared to what he does if someone hurts his loved ones."
"I don't like it when my loved ones get hurt."
"Wow. So beyond what he does now?"
"Yes, much worse. I once caught him ripping out bones, lungs, organs, and pieces of their body parts and feeding it to them. What else did I catch you doing? Oh yeah. When you bruised them with their own b-"
"That's enough now. I'm sure she gets the picture of what I can do."
I'm freaked out. I'm scared of what he's going to do to Grace.
"Are you going to hurt bad, beyond what you're killing?"
"Oh no. I only do that in private and only to the people who ticks me and the others off."
"You're lucky you didn't walk in on him killing his victim."
"How many times have you walked in on him?"
"To many to count."
The sun setting and it's almost night, which means killing time soon.
"What time is it?"
"It's.... 8:45"
"I better get going. Nice meeting you, Daniel. And have fun killing tonight."
"Nice to meet you too, goodnight."
"Goodnight."
I left them and headed in through the front office doors. It was nice meeting one of his good friends. Walked to my room and got ready for bed and read a book. So much has happened today. My first kiss with the killer and first kiss ever in my life! Sleeping with him last night. Meeting up with him and spending part of the day with him, and meeting his closest friend. And spending the remainder of the day with the others watching movies and playing cards with them. My eyes were tired so I put the book down, turned the lights off, and went to sleep.
I woke up because I had those nights where I couldn't sleep through the night fully, I was thirsty so I headed over. No screams or anyone awake so either the killer hasn't gotten up yet, or he went back to bed as I got up. I turned on the light and it blinded me. I checked all the fridges and managed to find a bottle of water. I heard that scream of dying.
I won the game.
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