Zhaine's POV
Just thinking that Darryl is already gone, I feel like I can't handle it. Darryl is the one who made me believe that love is real. These past few days, all we do is fight and misunderstand each other. If I only knew this will happen, I should avoid the things that will make him mad. I should show him more how much I love him.
And also Tiffany and Dixie… those two are my best friends. I should have been with them.
What did we do to deserve this? We are not perfect people. We are not very kind, but we are still good people.
"Kuya, why is this happening to us? We didn't do anything bad, right? Are we being punished by God?"
Kuya wiped the tears on my cheeks using his fingers. He shook his head.
"People are the one who do wrong things. No matter what happens, don't lose hope. God will not give us a problem we cannot handle. Remember what Mommy and Daddy always say, okay? Everything have a reason, hold on to that, okay?"
His voice keeps breaking and he almost cry, but he is still trying to stay strong.
I nodded and hugged him again. I still can't stop myself from crying so hard.
"You have to be strong, okay? We both need to be strong for Mom and Dad."He keeps saying this to me again and again.
"Kuya… can we still go home alive?"
It hurts to admit, but I really feel like I will not leave this island alive anymore.
"Don't say things like that. We can still go home. Don't lose hope, think about Mommy and Daddy. When we get home, we will watch your favorite cartoons and I will never complain again."
I know my brother is saying this to make me feel stronger, but I can't. I'm really weak. I know to myself that I'm a weak person.
"T-there is a small rubber boat in the guard house," Chief suddenly said, and we all looked at him.
A rubber boat?! That boat is too small for the four of us to fit.
"Chief, maybe there is a bomb again! And also, only one person can fit! Whoever will sail will have a hard time!" Andrey said with worry, but Chief just shook his head.
"I have to take chances. My work is to protect you and other thing is, it's our fault"
I;m very amaze on what he was saying but, what did they do?
We will gonna ask him but he already start talking again.
"Jackson, get this, and make sure that no one will gonna enter or will get closer tayo, stay here in this room. you need to stay alive while waiting for help. I will do everything to get the help" chief said while giving the gun to my brother.
I hope that he will find a help sooner.
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We scream when we found the body of sir silva inside the monitoring room. His head was cut in half and their's a lot of blood and pieces of brain in the floor. After seeing so many dead bodies today, I feel like I'm starting to get used to it. I just closed my eyes.
"Shit, how did this happen, we are here earlier!" My brother said and punch the wall.
"The hell, what are we gonna do?" Andrey screams while putting a cloth in sir silva's body.
We quickly took out Sir Salva's body and immediately locked ourselves inside the monitoring room. The door was blocked with a lot of things for fear that someone might rush in to kill us.
"Whatthe!" Brother and I were just sitting on the floor when we suddenly hear Andrey screamed so we immediately went over to him.
"Sca-scandal" Andrey said weakly and stuttered, his face turning red. He was facing a laptop belonging to Mr. Simon. He had found some private files on it. But I was shocked to see that the three of us, Tiffany, and Dixie were in the video, it was taken inside our room while we were getting dressed. What the hell?! How did Mr. Simon have such a video?!
"He's shameless," Kuya suddenly destroyed the laptop by throwing it at the wall without thinking. "That pervert deserved to die" I suddenly remembered what happened to Mr. Simon; the killer must have deliberately tortured him because he only wounded his stomach and then released the rats and insects to feast on his flesh. Who is the killer? Could it be that the man who killed Allysa escaped from prison and now he is going to victimize us? I'm going crazy because of the thoughts that come's to my mind.
"Zhaine, look at this," he held up a flash drive that looked familiar. "Isn't this what Rex brought last night? How did this end up here?" Andrey opened the files inside and we were shocked by what was inside; Videos of various female students taking a shower. "Andrey, turn it off," Kuya said sternly, so he quickly followed him.
We just watched some CCTV footage of the cafeteria before it exploded. I couldn't bear to watch the last moments of my friends' lives so I slowly closed my eyes.
"Wait! Look, why did the footage suddenly go dark? It exploded at 9:36? Was it only 9:31?!" I suddenly felt alarmed by what I heard. Could that have happened?
"So you mean someone purposely destroyed the camera just before the explosion?!" I was horrified by what I was saying but this was the only possibility that crossed my mind.
"Look closer," Andrey said seriously and immediately pointed to the screen. I was about to take a closer look when my brother suddenly shouted.
"Tiffany!" Kuya's face curved into a very wide smile as he pointed at a monitor, causing Andrey and I to both look at it.
"Oh My God!" I immediately covered my mouth with joy. Tiffany, Dixie, Lee and Nathan were walking together in a hallway. In our joy, the three of us immediately hugged each other.
"Drey, turn on the intercom quickly! Let's send them here!" Kuya ordered casually, almost crying with joy.
"Are you crazy?! Maybe the killer will hear that and will attack them!" Andrey insisted
Suddenly I remembered Darryl, if Tiffany were alive and he should also "W-where's Darryl?! Why aren't they together?!" My heart beat faster again because of nervousness and fear.
"Zhaine, if they survived im pretty sure Darryl survived too!" Kuya comforted me and immediately hugged me. "I'll go get them, Andrey take care of my sister"
Andrey immediately saluted and reached for a radio that looked like a walkie-talkie, "I saw this here, we can use it. We'll alert you if we see the Killer from the cameras."
"Kuya please be safe"
Kuya was about to leave when Andrey suddenly stopped him, "Jackson, before you leave, there are some rules you should know."
"What rules?"
Andrey sighed and immediately took off the headphones that had been hung around his neck since last night. He rubbed his palms together, he was very serious, this was very different from Andrey Anderson that has a brain like a chick, "Everything was rigged from the very beginning, the killer is using the horror movie formula so in order to survive we also have to follow it"
Kuya and I looked at each other, both of us confused by Andrey's actions and words. I think this is the wrong timing for Andrey to be possessed by the spirit of madness/
"First, if you hear something strange, don't follow it because I assure you, you will be in trouble. Second, don't go to dark places. For example, the two guards that Chief ordered to the basement, you can see where they ended up; Third, don't be too brave, you will die, your cowardice has a better chance of saving you. Run, don't rush. Fourth, don't trust anyone-----"
"Andrey, I watched that on Scream!" I shouted, causing his eyes to narrow even more and glare at me.
"That's the point! The killer is following the pattern of a horror movie and the only way to survive is to follow the rules of horror movies! I mastered the horror movie archetypes, I am not wrong with this! Don't worry, just follow my instructions!" Andrey seemed annoyed and scratched his head.
After Kuya left, we immediately locked the door. We didn't put up the barrier just in case Kuya was in a hurry to get in.
"Thekiller is filming everything. He's making his own damn horror movieand unfortunately, we are the to-be-slaughtered ones." Andrey.
"Dudestop scaring me more, okay?!" I said.
I just sighed and immediately sat down next to Andrey. We were both watching the CCTV feeds. My heart was beating so fast because of the nervousness. I hope my brothers don't get hurt. I should be happy because my best friends are alive, but Darryl....
"Relax Zhaine" Andrey threw his iPod at me.
Suddenly, I remembered the fourth rule Andrey had said --- Don't trust anyone.
"Andrey, what do you mean by dont trust anyone?"
"I know this is hard to believe but I'm sure that only one of us is the person behind the demon mask," His direct answer made me immediately stand up, "Think about it Zhaine! The killer knows the ins and outs of our place" he added and hung his headphones around his neck again.
"That doesn't mean anything Andey, in the four years we've been together we've almost grown to love each other's negative attitudes. Its not one of us!" I bit my nails as I was pacing back and forth. I didn't believe what he was saying so I looked for other reasons, Part of me believes it but part of me can't accept it.
"That's what I also told to myself, but my gut feeling is different, Zhaine. My beliefs have changed after what happened with Allysa. Just hear me out, okay? Just sit down!"
I was scared by Robbie's scream so I just nodded and sat down next to him again.
"Let's start with Kevin. Do you remember the party at the auditorium? What if Kevin was really the one who planned it? Didn't we get punished for that? And then the video! Zhaine, after all that happened, I'm sure the video of the woman being turned into a dart board is real, but what if Kevin did it all on purpose?!"
My head was pounding in confusion, "Andrey Anderson, can you hear yourself? For God's sake! Kevin is your roommate! For four years you've always been together." Andrey just shook his head.
"Believe what you want Zhaine but I won't take chances of getting killed or betrayed," Andrey sighed and leaned back in his chair, "Nathan, aren't you two going to be kids? What if he planned all this so he could get back into your life because he knows we're the ones you've become friends with?"
My eyes widened at the thought.
"Dixie, seems so innocent but in horror movies, the one who seems innocent is the one who has a lot to hide. What if her innocent smile and actions are just deceiving us? What if..." Andrey's narrowed eyes widened as if he was afraid of what he was thinking,
"W-what?" I was nervous about what he would say next.
"What if Dixie is obsessed with me? And because Dixie knows that I like horror movies, she's making it real for me?"
I couldn't hold myself back any longer and immediately snapped at Andrey, "You idiot! This is serious! Don't daydream!"
Andrey looked at me, "Your brother? What if your brother is psychotic-----" Andrey was cut off from speaking because I immediately gave him a deadly death glare so he quickly looked away, raising both his hands as a sign of surrender "Okay-Okay, your brother is innocent, peace be with us Zhaine. hehehe"
I just sighed, "Whatabout Blake? Blake's the weirdo and Kevin said his flashdrive was lost but it was found by Blake. Then as far as I know, he's been into Tiffany for a long time" I can't help but to join brainstorming. I love solving mysteries to behonest.
Andrey suddenly clapped his hands while smiling widely, "Hallelujah Zhaine Santos! You're finally getting along! Tiffany;s okay. What if he wants to get rid of you because she's jealous of you. She's jealous because your brother loves you more so ahe wants to get rid of you so he can get all the attention?" All of my hair in the parts of my body suddenly stood on end.
"Okay, that was creepy, but Tiffany is my best friend even before they became lovers. She would never ever do that to me," I insisted and he smiled sarcastically.
I think carefully, "Andrew...Andrew's the smartest among us. What if with his super intelligence he already knows how to make an improvised bomb? What if with his super intelligence he went crazy?"
"Nice theory Zhaine," he immediately high-fived me, "But maybe Darryl! Darryl is so nice, most serial killers in America are smart and nice at first glance. What if you have a crazy boyfriend?"
"Seriously Andrey? Seriously?" I just smirked. "The killer almost killed me. For your information, Darryl loves me"
"That's right. Lee also, because of this his father's business will grow. If what happened to us goes public, it will also be publicity for their business if Lee becomes a victim or survivor, right? Besides, Lee is so unpopular, I didn't even know he was our classmate," he said.
"How about Rex? These past few days I've always seen him alone as if he's hiding something?" I suddenly remembered about his flashdrive here, "No wait! Rex's flashdrive is here, so that means after I bumped into him last night, he came here! There's a high possibility that he killed Mr. Simon!" Andrey's eyes widened at what I said.
"Hershey..." he said, causing my forehead to immediately furrow.
But come to think of it, she can be a suspect, "Sir Salva says Hershey didn't leave. What if she stayed here to hurt us. But what could be her motive? I mean every killer has a motive right?"
Andrey was silent for a moment and seemed to be deep in thought, "Allysa Hamilton.... Her attitude worsen after Allysa died...."
Tears gradually formed in my eyes as I remembered our sin against Allysa, "Andrey, is this connected with what happened to Allysa?"
"We don't know for sure, Allysa was killed by a drug addict and that was a year ago." Andrey shook his head as if in confusion.
Wait, Andrey Anderson... Come to think of it, Andrey was always the crazy one and in four years I think it's only now that I've seen him act this serious, "Andrey...What if you're the killer? What if all this time you been tripping me.? What if you did all this because you love horror movies too much?" I slowly reached for the gun that Kuya had left behind.
"I'm so handsome to be a killer? I kill girl's ovaries because of my hotness" He said sarcastically, so I slowly released the gun. But he's not the murderer. Maybe.
"You Zhaine? What if you're the Killer?" Andrey slowly pulled the swivel chair back away from me and made the sign of the cross.
I smirked, "If I was the killer, do you think you'd still be alive?" I said sarcastically.
"You know Zhaine, they say that if you stare the devil in the eyes, It will stare back at you. What you don't know is that you're just facing the mirror." I was terrified by what he meant, so I just shook my head.
*BLAG!-BLAG!*
We automatically turned around and we screamed in shock when suddenly there was a knock on the door we were at. It was so loud and it was as if someone from outside really wanted to come in. If we weren't in this situation, I probably would have hit Andrey because his scream was even louder than mine.