"as i said, it stared deeply into my eyes. i thought it was dead, but it wasn't."

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h u a n g    r e n j u n

"i'm terrified." jaemin shuddered as we all sat here in the catacombs, waiting. "i just need to finish this up and we're good to go." weijung mumbled.

"good to go? by that you mean leave right?" jeno asked. i shook my head, "i'm not leaving until i get that book."

weijung sighed, "he's right, i do think we need that book. it contains, information."

i nodded. "are you done?" haechan asked and looked behind her. weijung hummed as a response. she then closed her computer before putting it back in jaemin's backpack. "let's go." weijung stood up and opened her holographic map again.

"it's this way." weijung said and pointed at one of the hallways.

"wait, you fixed the lights?" haechan looked at weijung. weijung nodded, "the person was messing up with the electricity, i had to do something."

"then this switch might work." i uttered and flicked the switch on. the lights down the once dark hallway began to open. "let's go." i said and walked first.

"geez, what do they even keep down here?" jeno mumbled.

"hmm, dead bodies? or perhaps... mysteries?" weijung raised a brow.

"no wonder it rots here." haechan huffed.

"hey look!" i pointed as i saw an old table, it seemed like an old lab. i looked around and found dusty books, old papers and such. "woah, this is a sketch of the school like year ago!" i exclaimed and pointed at the blackboard which had a blueprint of the school.

"but how do we find the book?" jaemin questions.

"i don't think that's a hard thing to do so." jeno said and pointed towards glass case. there, i saw the book that i desperately wanted to get my hands on. weijung went closer to it and opened the case, she grabbed the book and handed it over to me.

"is that it?" haechan asked and i nodded.

"then let's go!" jeno said, eager to get out of this creepy place.

"hold up, these are plans." weijung mumbled and pointed at the unfinished papers. "old plans."

"hey, i found these." jaemin held a box in his hand. the box contained usb's and such which i think would be quite useful.

"i think we should go, i'm really starting to get the scary vibe." jeno said.

"drop that," i told weijung. weijung furrowed her brows and looked at the black notebook. "weijung drop it!" i shouted. she did what i told her to do as i grabbed her wrist and pulled her out the place. we all ran out the catacombs, finding that it was already day time.

"what's wrong with that book?" weijung asked me. to be honest, i don't know either. i just had a feeling that that boom wasn't up to any good.

"what did you see in the book?" i asked her.

"um, nothing much actually. it was fully of sketches.. sketch of some occult. it was sketches about.. about.."

"about?" i asked her.

"about eunji's death."

.

z h o n g    c h e n l e

"you guys are back!" i exclaimed as i jumped out my seat. "you guys look.. terrible." jisung pointed out. i nodded and laid my eyes on weijung. her hair was a bit messy so i decided to grab one of heeyeon's headbands and put it on her.

"i don't like wearing these stuff, chenle." weijung stated and was about to take it off when i stopped her. "it looks cute on you, keep it on for now, it's better if your hair is not in the way." i told her.

she rolled her eyes in a playful manner, "alright then."

"so, what did you guys get there? and renjun-hyung? you okay?" jisung furrowed his brows.

renjun nodded and drank his drink, "totally fine. i just.. i'm gonna go get some fresh air alright? be back in a couple of minutes." he muttered before leaving.

"you didn't get hurt right?" mark asked.

"no, we're perfectly fine." jaemin assured him.

"good." mark nods.

"minyoung is requesting for a video call!" nayoung announced as we all gathered to her computer.

"where are you going?" i asked weijung. weijung waved it off, "just to my office." i nod and let her be.

"i heard that some of you went to the catacombs?" minyoung said. jeno nodded, "00 liners did." he answered.

"what happened?" nayoung asked.

"apparently, we almost got hacked by someone but luckily we have weijung and she blocked the attack!" jaemin said.

"is that all she did?" minyoung furrows her brows.

"she killed the computer." jeno said.

"oh.. anyways, have you guys been getting strange messages lately? i've been getting messages to about i should regret leaving and not helping you guys? and like i'm such a fool for letting weijung join dream team. it's kinda scaring me, what's with the unknown sender and weijung?" minyoung pouted.

"maybe.. maybe the sender knows weijung!" heeyeon exclaimed.

"we have two of suspects though." jeno said.

"two suspects? suspects of what?" minyoung asked.

"there's been a ton of incidents going around inside the school grounds. itms
either, rin or someone we don't know." mark mumbled.

"r-rin? it's been a long time since i heard that nickname. say, how's she doing?" minyoung raised a brow.

"she's doing, fine. but still, people are
blaming the innocent for the things she has done. like, killing cats cause like what they said, curiosity kills the cat. and by that i mean– whenever she gets like close to being caught there'd be reports about cats being killed." nayoung uttered.

"other than that, she's trying to cover up everything by befriending almost everyone in the campus." nayoung continued.

"oh hold up, i have classes! i need to go, talk to you guys later!" minyoung exclaimed before ending the call.

that's when renjun entered the room. "did i miss anything?" he questioned as i shook my head, "nothing much."

"chenle, i actually need your help." renjun said.

"help on what?"

"help on this." he mumbled and revealed something from his bag. it was a book, a book with the hand and a number 2 inside the hand on the cover. "i'm getting the gravity falls vibe." i grinned.

"we need to sketch what happened yesterday, the rock incident." renjun said. "we need to finish that by today so that the others could already edit the blog and post on the secret society."

i nodded and grabbed a pencil and paper. a knock was then heard on the door. i dropped my pencil as i decided to open the door. i saw a box there on the ground so i pulled it in. i opened the box and fear took over my body as i let out an ear-piercing scream.

"THAT'S A FREAKING HEAD AND IT'S STARING AT ME!!"

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"was it real?"