Mayweather stared at the spring fling banner that was posted on the notice board in the hallway, the spring fling was coming soon and this spring fling wasn't going to be any different than the rest.
As usual this spring fling was going to be lonely and boring, just like always.
Mostly because she had no one to go with. She felt a hand on her shoulder. "hey girl what's up, why are you staring at that poster" Her friend Eleonore said and May sighed, "I told you, I could ditch my date and we could go as each other's dates" Eleonore said in her Spanish accent.
"No that'll be weird besides you wanted to go with Luke so making you ditch him will be selfish" May said and Eleonore rolled her eyes. "So?. Live a little, its spring fling." Eleonore said as they walked to the cafeteria, "I don't have a date" May said, "Oh my God. Don't tell me you're going to go volunteer and the Homeless shelter again." Eleonore said and May sighed, "it looks good on my application, extra curricula activities count" May said as they both grabbed a tray.
"okay that's fucking stupid, you're a teenager May, you're supposed to enjoy high school before going to college but you're too busy worrying about college to enjoy high school." Eleonore said.
"I know" May said with a sigh, Eleonore was right, she was too busy building up her grades that she'll totally miss out on all the fun things in high school.
Eleonore wasn't advising her to stop being serious with her studies, she was advising her to enjoy it and make fun memories before it all ended but high school was a challenge for everyone.
Based on your status or reputation you kept going higher and kept getting popular or you can remain at the bottom like all the others.
It was like an animal food chain, other's kept going higher in the food chain while eating up the other at the bottom. In Mayweather's case, she was at the bottom of the food chain, she wasn't a nerd or a punching bag for the bullies.
She was more like that student no one really noticed or payed attention to, most people even forgot about her existence in the school and most even thought she was mute because she barely spoke to anyone aside from Eleonore.
If anything, everyone remembered Eleonore as the girl whose parents were murdered by the red room killer. That was how she was remembered. "Hey what about Jamie, I saw you starring at him in AP chem" Eleonore said as she bit out of her sandwich while wiggling her brows teasingly at her friend.
"it's not like that, we just had a group project together once" May explained and Eleonore nodded, "I know that's like foreplay to you guys" Eleonore said and may shaked her head, "okay that's gross" May said as they both chuckled.
They both talked for a while as they ate and soon the bell rang and everyone went to class. Eleonore was May's only friend and she appreciated it, she couldn't trust anyone but Eleonore proved her wrong.
Even though May had tried to avoid Eleonore a couple of times before they became friends, Eleonore still proved stubborn, she was always tailing May mostly because everyone saw may as a creep and a sorry case because of the rumor about her dead parents, while everyone avoided may like a disease, Eleonore was intrigued and wanted to know may, she was the only person that warmed up to may, that was why May loved her so much and could actually trust her.
The death of Mayweather's parents wasn't a rumor, it was true. Her parents were truly murdered but may wasn't there to witness it. After the murder she was taken to a foster home but no one really knew the full story or what really what happened. And may refused to talk to anyone.
Everyone still suspected the red room killer, A sociopath that murdered innocent people in their homes, the cops had never caught him before which was strange to everyone that was why this sociopath was still a mystery to everyone.
The sociopath was called the red room killer because after each murder, this person will drain the blood of his victims and spray it all over the room the killer had murdered them in. it was like a signature to his work.
And that was what happened to May's parents after their murder, the room they had been murdered in was red mostly because the light bulbs was sprayed with their red blood and the walls causing the room to have a red illumination.
It traumatized May but she still moved on with her new foster parents that treated her nicely except for her foster brother that always reminded her of her dead parents and managed to make her life a living nightmare.
Miles was the school quarterback which made him popular and he was dating Kimberly, the school cheerleading captain. It was a terrible match made in heaven because Kim was a mean fabrication of a living Barbie doll. She was mean to everyone but for some reason everyone still loved her.
Still may avoided troubles and wasn't really Kimberly's target since she was always quiet and mostly invisible to everyone, May avoided getting in trouble mostly because she hated it, she avoiding crossing anyone's path because she didn't want anyone to cross hers.
The following day at school was okay, the bell rang and it was recess, everyone left the class to go rest before the next class.
"What's up may" Eleonore said as she sat down on the grass beside may, "hey Elle" May greeted not taking her eyes off her textbook, "are you kidding me, you're still studying?" Eleonore said and May raised her head to look at her friend that was eating chips. "I have AP bio next class and Miss Kelly might give us a pop quiz" May said and Eleonore rolled her eyes, suddenly everyone's phone beeped at once.
It was an emergency notification about a murder that happened last night, "oh my God, it's a slaughter house" Eleonore said, "Are you smiling?" May asked her friend as she pocketed her phone.
"it's the red room killer" Eleonore said and may laughed, "Again. the red room killer isn't real Elle" May said to her friend. "okay how do you explained the murders that had happened in the last few months hmm" Eleonore said, "May I just say that the cops actually caught a guy that was responsible for one of the murders" May said, "okay so what about the rest?" Eleonore said folding her arms and Mayweather remained silent, "it's not the red room killer" She said while packing her stuff after the bell rang.
"then who is it?" Eleonore asked as they headed to class, "I don't know...probably some sociopath" May said as she put some of her books in the locker.
"This screams red room killer to me" Eleonore said and may rolled her eyes. "I mean have you seen the creative ways he kills people, he used a nail gun to puncture someone's stomach and it turned out to be in the shape of a heart" Eleonore said, "who even thinks of something like that?" Eleonore asked rhetorically.
"A sick sociopath" May said with a bored expression, "well...a sick artistic hot sociopath." Eleonore corrected with a smile, "Are you fascinated by this sick person and how did you even know about his creative methods of murder worst of all how do you know if he's hot?" May asked looking at her friend in disbelief.
"Okay first I'm not fascinated by the fact that he's a sick sociopath that kills innocent people, I'm just saying he's creative that's all and second my dad's a cop and I sneaked into his office one time they were working on a case and I saw this crazy mad picture. Man there was so much gore and third I mean he's a serial killer he must be some hot sociopath like in the movies" Eleonore said. And may shaked her head.
"Well this guy murdered my parents and how do we even know it's a guy, the cops never found this person" May said as they walked to class, "but that's what makes it great...he's a mystery...like batman" Eleonore said and may shaked her head with a smile, "you're crazy" May said. "Well you do seem to like crazy" Eleonore said while poking her friend with her finger and may laughed. "Alright I gotta get to class, love ya bye" Eleonore said as she ran to her class.
School was over and Eleonore
dropped Mayweather at home, "alright be safe, if miles does anything stupid. Do exactly what I told you okay" Eleonore said as may closed the car door, "what's that?" she asked, "kick the motherfucker in the nuts" Eleonore said and may shaked her head with a laugh.
"I'm not doing that" May said with a laugh, "suit yourself, bye" Eleonore said as she drove off. May sighed as she entered the house.
"Hey may, welcome back...so how was today?" her foster mom asked and May responded with a tight smile, "it was fine" she said silently, "hey, it's okay. You can talk to us" her foster dad said and she nodded with a smile, "okay" was all she said and suddenly the front door barged open. Miles was back home and now her day was definitely going to take a turn for the worse.
"Oh so the mute's back" Miles said and his mother hit him, "hey..." he whined, "what was that for?" he asked rubbing his arm, "that's for talking rudely to your sister" His mom said to him. She's not my sister" he said as he went up to his room and slammed the door.
His mother shot may an apologetic look and may smiled, "its okay...I'm kinda used to it" May said before leaving them in the kitchen.
Mayweather sighed as she lay on her bed, school was already tiring and so was putting up with miles rude attitude. Her room door barged open. "Hey mute dinner's ready" miles said, "you should really learn to knock" may said, "what's that mute?" Miles mocked while placing his hand at the back of his ear, May glared at him angrily.
"I said you should learn to knock" she yelled and miles starred at her surprisingly, "wow! Would you look at that? The mute speaks. Miracles happen every day." He said with a smirk as he walked downstairs. May sighed before walking downstairs.
Dinner was okay as usual with miles making snarky comments and insensitive jokes and may silently eating while still trying to get through dinner. "So miles I heard you'll be going to football camp next summer, how's football practice?" his dad asked, "oh it's great, you know being a quarterback and all. Everyone loves me" he explained confidently.
"that's a load..." may mumbled silently with a soft chuckle, "what did you say mute?" miles asked glaring at her, "Nothing" she mumbled looking down at her plate.
"Miles don't ever call your sister mute" their mother scolded and Miles scoffed. "She's not my sister and she never will be. You're nothing but an orphan whose parents were murdered and now you're looking for refuge in my own home...know your place in this family...it'll have been better for everyone if you ended up like your parents" he blurted and his father smacked him across his face. "Go to your room" his father said but miles kept glaring at her.
"ugh whatever...I'm out of here" miles said as he left the tables.
And then there was awkward silence, May looked down avoiding eye contact. As she laughed silently. A spine chilling laugh. Startling both parents.
They looked at her surprisingly...both exchanging glances. then she raised her head, she felt someone's hand on hers. "I'm sorry about that" her foster mom said. "It's okay..." Mary said with a smile. "I'll go talk to him" their dad said as he followed miles. "I'll help with the dishes" May said as she helped their mom clear the table.
The two peacefully washed the dishes and soon they were done. "Hey Mayweather I know miles has been making things hard for you but maybe with time he'll warm up to you" their mom said and May smiled. "It's not his fault" May said with a warm smile. "oh!" their mother said as she hugged her, "you're so patient, kind and innocent...anyone will be lucky to have you as a daughter" her foster mom said and may grinned, "thanks" she said. "You should go to bed" she told May and may nodded, "okay goodnight" she said as she went up to her room, after changing into her night wear she stared at the window for a while before she decided to lay on her bed.
She tried to fall asleep even though she found it hard to fall asleep every night.
Eleonore and may were sitting on the bleachers with a few other students, just chatting while other watched the football and cheerleading practice, May on the other hand was studying for her math's test while Eleonore was mocking the cheerleaders while munching on her chips, "I hate her" Eleonore said and May looked up to see who she was referring to. May's blue eyes stared at the cheerleaders that were practicing their routine and her eyes landed on Kimberly.
That was who Eleonore was referring to. Kim was cheer captain and the hottest girl in school that boys foolishly lust over.
The two watched as Kim made it hard for her cheer squad. She was being too hard on them while pushing them to their limits. "We're done for today girls. Brittany you suck, work on your flip and Nora, what was that you did at the end of our routine?" she asked, "I was trying to light it up a little" the girl said and Kim glared at her, "don't ever do that, it looked fucking stupid. Now let's go girls" she said as she walked with her squad.
"Is it me or does it look like they're walking towards us" May said. "I swear if she comes here and makes any snarky comments I'm gonna punch her in the throat" Eleonore said, "no one is punching anyone in the throat" May said with a sighed and she realized that they were actually sitting in the way. "I think we're in the way, let's move" May said as she stood up but Eleonore dragged her back down.
"we're not going anywhere they are a lot of ways here but she choose to follow this one on purpose and I'm not moving my ass and neither are you so sit down" Eleonore said and may sighed. "you're in my way" Kim said while sipping her soda, "and you're in my face" Eleonore said standing up to Kim literally.
"move" Kim said, "no" Eleonore replied looking down at Kim, mostly because Eleonore was taller than she was.
"Eleonore we shouldn't really make a scene, come on let's go" May mumbled as she dragged her friends shirt. "You should probably listen to your mute friend" Kim said, "I swear call her mute one more time and I'll punch your stupid ass into next week" Eleonore said to Kim.
"Why are you mad after all I only said the truth. She can't speak up that's why you're always defending her" Kim said. "I'll prove it" Kim said as she poured iced coffee all over may's head.
May was breathing heavingly as she felt the cold beverage on her head.
"See not a word" Kim said as she laughed with her squad. Then Eleonore snapped as she looked at her wet friend, she suddenly started cursing loudly in Spanish, then she started to take off her earrings, May knew if she didn't stop her, Eleonore was definitely going to start a fight.
And before things got worse. May packed their stuff and grabbed her friend's hands.
"let it go",
"but..."
"Just let it go" she told her friend that was looking for an excuse to beat up Kimberly.
They left the bleachers and headed to class since it was almost time for eight period. "why did you stop me, I would have punch that bitch in the face so hard, she'll black out on the spot" Eleonore said shoving her books angrily in the locker, "yeah but you didn't have to make a scene violence isn't always the answer" May told Eleonore, "yeah well that's probably why they keep treating you like a sorry case" Eleonore said to may.
"May. everyone gets you're this cute innocent girl trying to get through high school without getting into any kind of trouble, but you have to start standing up for yourself, things aren't always gonna be easy...you might tolerate them but I won't...it's not always cupcakes and rainbows...take a risk, punch someone in the throat, do something." Eleonore said honestly to her friend.
May knew that her friend was telling her the truth, she had to start speaking up, she had to make herself heard but she just couldn't even think about being mean to someone. She didn't know how to be rude to someone.
she was always so nice to the point of stupidity that was probably why everyone took advantage of her. "I know" May said to Eleonore. "I gotta get to class" Eleonore said as she left may, May sighed as she walked to her class.
Eight period was over and students were swarming the hallways before ninth period although May couldn't find Eleonore she wondered where she was until everyone's phone beeped in the hallway, it was an emergency notification.
Another murder had been found again, everyone was supposed to be on alert, and May was worried for her friend.
She looked around for her then she felt a loud bang. Someone had banged the door of her locker that caused noise.
Unfortunately it was Miles and Kim, "hey mute where your mean friend is" Kim said. "Uh...I...I don't really know" May mumbled, "awn so no one's here to protect you..." Kim said but may remained silent.
"bummer" Kim said mockingly with a pout. "she does need anger management thought" Miles said and they both chuckled.
"aww look it's a pictures of you and your parents" Kim said as she brought out the picture from May's locker, "how are they?" Kim asked and May swallowed nervously, "oh I forgot.... they're dead" Kim said and May's mouth quivered, "hey don't cry, it's only a matter of time before you join them" Miles said.
"Hey what's this" Kim said as she brought out a big book from Mays locker. Kim opened up the book and to their surprise it was about the Red room Killer.
There were pieces of cut newspapers that contained little information about his whereabouts and everything the cops had offered to the public eyes about the red room killer, the number of times he had murdered and the names and families of poor victims, where the serial killer was said to had been spotted and the suspects. "O...M...G, you really are a creep." Kim said with a small laugh as she continue to flip the pages.
"Let me see that" Miles said, "please give it back" May said as she tried to grab the book from miles but he only shoved her. "Crazy fan huh...wow you must be so obssessed after he killed your parents in cold blood" He said with a huff as he continue to flip the pages of the book. "Wow everything about the red room killer huh, that's crazy...wait is this supposed to be the location where the red room killer was spotted" he asked and May nodded hesitantly.
"W-well that's what...the cops found" May said. "Here's your book creep" he said. Then miles hit her with the book and it fell to the ground, she silently took the book and placed it back in her locker then she closed it.
"But wouldn't it be cool though" Miles said and Kimberly looked at him with a confused look.
"What do you mean?" she asked, "since the cops found his location. We can go there and maybe we might catch him red handed" Miles said, "no that's crazy" Kim said, "listen, he won't be armed, he's not gonna be expecting anyone and then boom. We catch him and then we take him to the cops...we'll be heroes, everyone will love us" Miles said, "okay but what if he isn't there" Kim said, "then we'll come back home" Miles said and Kim grinned, "okay I dig it, you got me at the part of being heroes" Kim said as they both laughed.
"I don't think this is a good idea..." May said, "Shut up May, no one was talking to you" Miles said, "okay so when do you think we should go" Kim said, "tomorrow" miles said and she smiled.
"Listen... I know you think this is some sort of... good idea but it's not okay, trust me. it's a terrible idea and messing with this sociopath is dangerous and besides...it was suspected that, that was the location but it was never approved...please listen to me" May explained but they only laughed.
"aww how cute the mute is trying to stop us but unfortunately no one can hear mute people, because they can't speak" Kim said as they both left her standing. She stared at them thinking of how to stop them before they took action on the terrible decision they made.
School was already over and May found Eleonore waiting for her in her car, "yo! are you coming or what?" Eleonore said and May got in the car, "where were you? I was looking all over for you, there was another murder that had been discovered, and I was worried are you okay?" May asked and Eleonore laughed, "woah, hey slow down, I'm okay" Eleonore said, "Where were you?" May asked.
"oh I uh...I had to take care of some things" Eleonore said, May stared at her friend silently as she drove her home, "is that blood?" May asked as she wiped the blood from Eleonore's neck. "Oh yeah...I uhm...I had an accident" Eleonore said but may only silently stared at her.
"Okay" May said. "Something bad just happened" May blurted and Eleonore glanced at her, "Jesus may I was only gone for half an hour. You couldn't take care of yourself until then" Eleonore said and May rolled her eyes, "it's not like that, miles came by my locker" may said, "what did the asshole do this time?" Eleonore asked, "No it's not like that...he didn't really do anything" may said, "okay, so what happened?" Eleonore asked. "I have to show you something but promise you won't judge" May said and Eleonore nodded, "okay fine sure" Eleonore said as she parked the car in front of May's house.
"Come on", May said and Eleonore followed May into the house after locking the car. "Where's everyone?" Eleonore asked, "They're at work and miles is still yet to come home" May said, "oh" was all Eleonore said as she walked in the house, "hey...no, take off your shoes first" May told her, "I didn't know this was a no shoe house" Eleonore said, "well it is...take off your shoes" May said. "Alright fine, geez" Eleonore said as she took off her shoes, May took and before she placed it by the door she noticed that they're were fresh blood stains under the Soule of her Adidas sneakers.
May swallowed as she silently placed the shoes beside the door then she turned and saw Eleonore holding a carving knife. Mayweather's breath hitched. "Uhm...Eleonore what are you doing?" May asked, "Oh...I saw this really delicious chocolate cake in the fridge...can I have some?" Eleonore asked and May nodded, "uh yeah sure" May said with a sigh.
"Are you okay? You're acting weird" Eleonore asked as they went up to her room, "yeah...I'm fine" May said as they sat on the bed, Eleonore took off her clothes as she ate her cake and May noticed that Eleonore had changed her shirt, "you changed" May said, "uhm...oh yeah. They got stained" Eleonore said and may nodded, "you said you wanted to show me something?" Eleonore said as took a bite out of the cake. "Oh yeah...promise you won't judge?" May said and Eleonore sighed, "I won't judge okay...so just show me already, the suspense is killing me" Eleonore said and may sighed, "okay" May said as she brought out the same book that Miles and Kim took earlier.
"what's this?" Eleonore asked. "It's everything we know about the red room killer" May said and Eleonore's eyes widen as she grabbed the book with a wide fin on her face. "No this is crazy...I knew you were a fan" Eleonore said with a laugh, "I'm not a fan okay...I just gather information about this serial killer" May said. "When did you even have time to do all this" Eleonore said quite amazed as she kept on flipping the pages.
"This is so cool" Eleonore said, "if you're not a fan then why all this do?" Eleonore asked, "I'm just trying to keep track" May said. "Oh I know, you think this person is gonna come after you, since they murdered your parents..." Eleonore said and may rolled her eyes, "look listen, Miles and Kim saw this book and now, they saw the location that the cops supposedly said that they spotted the Killer and now they trying to be heroes, they wanna go catch him so they can turn him in" May explained to her friend and Eleonore only burst into a fit of laughter, "they wanna what?...oh my God...they're gonna get their self-killed" Eleonore said in between laughs.
"it's not funny Elle, I tried to stop them but they didn't listen" May said, "when did they say that they're gonna go?" Eleonore asked, "tomorrow, we have to stop them" May said, "wait we...nah fam I got stuff to do tomorrow...I'm going out with...uh...my parents so I can't really help, but I suggest you call the cops and stay home don't go after them" Eleonore told her and she sighed, "but I need your help Elle" May said, she watched as Eleonore walked around her room looking at stuff, "what's this?" Eleonore asked as she found a CD behind a picture frame that had the picture of May and her deceased parents.
"I...please put that back" May said, "okay I wanna see what's in it" Eleonore said, "please..." Eleonore said with a small pout and May reluctantly agreed, "Sure" May said and Eleonore inserted the CD in the cassette player.
Playing in the background was a funeral, it was May's parent's funeral. Suddenly Eleonore felt bad for playing the cassette, "hey...I didn't know it was..."
"No...I-it's fine" May said with a tight smile, the pastor was talking in the background and then there was May standing there looking down at the two coffins. She looked empty and emotionless but not a single tear was shed from her eyes.
Eleonore then removed the tape, "okay I can't, sorry I played it" Eleonore said as she placed it back where she found it. "Nah...it's cool...so are you gonna help me now?" May said with a wide smile, "nice try" Eleonore said and may rolled her eyes, "Elle please" May said with a small pout, "look I wish I could help you but I can't...just try talking to miles again, and if they don't listen, don't go after them unless you wanna get killed too and call the cops" Eleonore said.
Then her room door barged open, "Mute brought a friend" Miles said. "Oh the assholes back" Eleonore said while glaring at miles, the she grabbed her jacket, "I heard you're going to find the red room killer...I knew you were dumb but I didn't think you were dumb enough to go after a mass murderer" Eleonore told him. "Mute told you that huh" he said, "no she told me to try to warn because she did and your stupid ass didn't listen so you know what have fun getting killed with your sorry case of a girlfriend" Eleonore said and May face palmed herself.
"Jesus" May silently mumbled. "Who are you calling stupid?" miles said glaring at Eleonore, "oh no, I didn't call you stupid. I just told you what everyone else knew...well aside from you" she said. "You know what...screw you and go kill yourself" Miles yelled and Eleonore laughed. "If I wanted to actually commit suicide, I'll climb up to your ego and jump down to your IQ idiot" Eleonore told him with a glare and he remained silent.
"I'm leaving May, take care of yourself, and you..." she said referring to miles, "if do anything mean to her or upset her in any way, I'll kill you". Eleonore said before she left the house.
Miles and May heard as Eleonore drove off then he stared at May for a while. "She never comes back here, ever" he said before walking out of the room. May sighed and lay on her bed silently, she knew Miles and his stupid friends were still going to go through with the plan. Eleonore was right. the safest thing to do was to call the cops.
It was Already Nine fifty Pm. Miles and his friends decided to go to the location that the red room killer was spotted, Kim, tiffany, Adam, miles and Will, drove in there while blasting the music at full volume, drinking beer while Making jokes and Chatting, they were casually doing what teens did.
Soon enough they drove into the abandoned neighborhood and it was quiet dark, the street lights kept flickering and the area looked deserted, there were houses but it didn't look like anyone lived in them.
"Hey are you sure you got the right address this Place already looks so creepy" Kim said. "yeah of course it's the right address" Will said since he was the one who was driving, "homicide happened in this neighborhood Kim, no one in their right mind will still wanna stay here" Adam said, "is it me or does this place smell gross" Tiffany said and the car stopped. "Hey, what happened" Miles asked, "the car broke down man" will said as everyone got out of the car. "What now..." Tiffany said, "look everyone just calm down okay...Adam let's go check it out" Miles said as they Joined miles in the front of the car trying to figure out what was the problem.
"Ugh this place is so creepy, why did I agree to do this" Kim said as she rubbed her arms.
The neighborhood was oddly quiet and the street light were flickering. Nothing but the soft wind blew across the street. "Uhm...guys" Kim called.
"there's a guy staring at us" Kim said.
Everyone turned to see what she was talking about. Kim was right. "There was a man just silently standing there, far away from them.
It looked like he was in a long black raincoat and black boots. "Oh shit." Adam said. "He's just standing there..." Tiffany said. "c-could it be..." "No it's not" Miles said cutting Will off. "Hey...excuse me. Our car just broke down, is there any where we could get a mechanic?" Miles yelled but there was no response.
"Miles I don't think he's gonna help" Kim said as she slowly walked back. "Why?" Adam asked. "Because he has a knife" Kim said and they all noticed the long knife he was holding firmly.
"Why isn't he moving", Will asked, "how I'm I supposed to know, maybe it's a crazy person" Miles said, "I don't think it's a crazy person miles" Tiffany said, "I think we should call the cops, this was a bad idea" Kim said as her breath hitched.
They all quietly watched the man that silently stood there just staring at them, until he started moving.
"Guys run!" Miles said and everyone ran in different directions.
The person in the raincoat didn't run, they only kept striding towards them.
Will continued to run in the trees that were amongst the houses in fear of being caught by whoever it was that was after them, he was running without direction and he couldn't see where he was going due to the lack of light, until something sharp clamped on his leg.
He fell down and yelled in pain. He wailed in pain and looked down at his leg, it was the metal clamp that was used in catching wild animals and now the sharp jaws were clamped to his legs. Will felt the adrenaline rushing through his veins, His breath hitched as his heart raced.
He breathed heavily as he looked around him, he tried opening the clamp but it only got tighter and the sharp jaws of the clamps pressed through his flesh, deep into his bones.
Will's eyes teared up as he tried harder to release the clamp but it was no use, with every struggled the clamp only got tighter. Then he started yelling. "Help, miles, Adam...please someone help me" he cried then he fell silent as he heard, the footstep of someone matching on the dried leaves and branches.
He swallowed the lump that formed in his throat. He hid behind a bush as the footsteps got closer. Then there was silence, he looked around but he saw no one.
In front of him was the scary person.
Will couldn't see the person's face because of the hood. Then he struggled and tried to call for help. But as he opened his mouth the long sharp knife was vertically thrusted into his mouth.
Blood streamed down his nose and the sides of his mouth. The sociopath didn't stop there. The killer forcefully dragged the knife down will's stomach, the bright red blood splattered on the killers face as they cut will's stomach open.
Exposing his bloody lungs, digestive and reproductive organs. The killer sighed.
Will was dead.
And now he was coming for the others.
Adam watched as his friends ran into one of the empty houses, "guys I think we should go back to the car" Adam said, "are you having memory loss or something. our car is fucking broken Adam...it's a terrible idea to go back" Tiffany yelled, "we'll figure something out" Adam said, "no I'm not going out there when that sociopath is still on the loose, you can go if you want but I'm not going out there" Kim said.
"well fine, I'll go then" Adam said angrily as he left them. Adam ran towards the car and then he got in.
he silently looked around, there was no one in sight, The first thing he did was to turn on the headlights, then he tried to kick start the car but it wasn't working.
"shit" he cursed as he hit the stirring wheel in frustration. He sighed and looked up.
His breath hitched as he spotted the killer standing in front of the car, the color from his face drained as Adam hastily tried to kick start the car.
The killer broke one of the headlights, and then he did the same to the second light.
Plunging both of them in darkness.
Adam breath quickened, his heart was racing, he didn't want to lose his life. Maybe Kim, tiffany and miles were right, it was better to stick together splitting up was a terrible idea.
He couldn't see anything, everything was dark, then he heard a loud band in the window beside his head, the killer was bashing the window.
Adam started panicking as he continued to kick start the car, then luckily the car started but he couldn't see where he was going. As he moved back, he noticed the killer staring at him. Then he did what he thought was a smart move. He ran over the killer, but the killer only kept banging on the windscreen, with the long knife.
Adam started hyperventilating and only kept yelling as he drove into a tree. He bashed the tree so hard that he hit his head against the stirring wheel and blacked out.
Adam eyes fluttered open, everything was blurry for a moment until his vision adjusted to the dark environment, his head hurt as he looked around, then his eyes widen as he remembered the life threatening situation he was in but he didn't see the killer in sight.
he heaved a shaky sigh, then the window beside him shattered he felt the hand of the killer around his neck, forcefully dragging him and choking him at the same time.
Adam struggled for his life...his vision blurred as tears welled up in his eyes, the color drained from his face as his heartbeat quickened.
The Killer choked Adam but Adam held the killers hand Then he forcefully punched the killer's face and the murderer fell to the ground with a groan.
Adam exited the car and was a bit surprised by the fact that a cold blooded killer wasn't fit enough to take a single punch. The killer groaned on the ground and Adam laughed.
"Not so though now are ya?" he said and before he turned to run, the killer grabbed his and Adam fell to the ground slightly hitting the back of his head. The killer then grabbed a handful of Adams brown hair. Adam struggled as he kept on yelling and begging. "Please, please don't kill me" he cried but the killer remained silent as he dragged him by the hair towards the car door.
Then the killer placed his head in-between the entrance of the car and then he grabbed the door and forcefully hit Adam's head with the door.
Adam yelled but it was no use.
The killer continued to bash Adams head with the door, Adam yelled and was too weak to move but the killer didn't stop. He continued to bash Adams's head as Adam screamed until there was silence.
The yelling stopped and Adams skull had been cracked open. Adams cracked skull remained open, his whole body drenched in his own blood.
Adam was dead.
The killer then looked towards the house where the rest of his victims and started walking towards the house.
"Call the cops" Kim said, "I've been trying, there's no service out here" Miles said. "God what if Adam and will are...d-dead" tiffany stuttered in fear.
"Hey just calm down okay...we'll be safe here" miles said as he turned the house lights on.
"Everything here is working just fine" Kim said as they searched the house. "It's almost like the people staying here just left" Tiffany said as they searched the house.
They Kim let out a shrieking scream. Tiffany and Mile ran to her, Kim was standing in front of the store closet, her hand pressed against her mouth as tears welled up in her eyes.
Her body retrembled in fear. "They didn't disappear...they were m-m-murdered" she said and miles dragged her away from the sight of the dead bodies that were in the closet.
Tiffany kept staring at the bodies in the closet, there was a man, a lady and a girl about her age. It was a family that had been murdered and hidden in the closet. "Kim look at me calm down okay, I'm still trying to reach the cops" Miles said trying to calm his girlfriend down. "Hey guys" tiffany called, and miles went to meet her, "look what I found" she grinned holding up the satellite phone. Then miles grabbed it. "Yes I'll try to get the cops" he said as he dialed the number.
Kim was seated in the living room while tiffany only kept searching the room. She entered one of the rooms and started messing with their stuff. Tiffany felt a funny feeling, as if someone was watching her.
She turned and her gut feeling was right. There was someone staring at her from the window, the killer was right outside the window. Tiffany swallowed the lump that formed in her throat and quickly ran out of the room, "miles, miles" she said her body trembling, "t-t-the k-killer he's....I saw... him out there, he's coming" she rambled, "what? Wait slow down" he said, "okay talk" he said. "I saw him, he's here, the killer" Tiffany said.
"we're gonna die" Kim cried. Both girls were being pessimistic and it didn't help that they were freaking out.
"look we have to figure out a way to avoid that...thing that's out there, and flipping out isn't gonna help" he said in frustration. "What of the cops didn't you call?" Kim asked, "I tried...the call is waiting" Miles said raking his hand through his hair.
Then there was a bang on the door, Kim yelled and everyone separated. Tiffany ran into the kitchen then miles and Kim ran upstairs in a fit of panic.
The constant bang on the door only got louder, and then the door barged open. Tiffany remained hidden behind the kitchen counter, tears streamed down her face and she pressed her hand to her mouth. Her body trebled in fear as she heard the soft footsteps of the murderer.
She watched silently as the killer entered the house. Then they walked in and stopped in between the passage between the hallway leading to the other rooms and the stairs. The killer slowly walked to the kitchen. He stopped behind where tiffany was hiding.
She closed her eyes as she tried not to make a sound. She noticed the killer wasn't armed then she spotted bottle of wine on top of the counter, she squatted as she tried to reached for it, the she waited for the killer to walk a little further. When the killer was on the spot.
She heaved a sigh and pounced on the killers back, they struggled for a while as the killer hit her on the counter, and she fell to the ground.
The killer grabbed her by the hair. She screamed as she hit the killer's head with the bottle. The bottle didn't break and the two fell silent.
"Strange...this was supposed to break"
The killer hit her head against the edge of the counter, the killer grabbed the bottle broke it on the outer and then forcefully pushed its sharp edges into tiffany's stomach.
Tiffany fell silent, the screaming stopped. She stayed still as blood gushed out of her mouth. Then she fell to the ground, cold and pale.
Tiffany laid lifelessly on the kitchen floor board with the sharp edge of the broken bottle still in her stomach, in a short amount of time, Tiffany's blood had already started flooding the area.
Tiffany was dead.
The killer then grabbed a carving knife from the knife rack and headed upstairs. "Oh My God miles he just killed tiff, tiffany's dead" Kim cried and miles hugged her trying to calm her down.
"look we have to hide, you go over there and I'll hide behind the door so when he comes in I'll tackle him" miles said, "are you sure?" Kim asked and he nodded, "yeah, we'll be fine" he said as he kissed her.
"Go hide" he told her. Kim went to hide under the bed and miles hid behind the door. The two could hear the gentle footsteps of the killer as he walked up the stairs.
Soon enough he killer was in the room, he stood in the passage. Right where miles wanted him, the killer slowly walked in and as he did, miles quickly shut the door and tackled the killer, as the two struggled. Kim tried to help miles but he yelled at her to go back and she did as she was told.
Miles was surprise that the killer wasn't as tall as he was and didn't have enough stamina, miles removed his pocket knife and stabbed the killer in the arm. The killer groaned and grabbed a lamp, then the killer smashed the lamp against miles head, miles fell to the ground and groaned in pain.
The killer was also bleeding, the killer pulled out the pocket knife that was in their arm. Then he gabbed miles by the hair and dragged him towards the bathroom. The bathtub was full with water but the water was bloody, one of the murders had taken place in the bathroom, the killer then shoved miles head in the water, Miles struggled for air.
Then he used his leg to kick the killer, the killer fell and miles got up, "who are you anyway?" miles said as he grabbed the killer, All miles wanted to do was to see the killers face but before he could remove the killer's hood.
The killer stabbed Miles's hand with his pocket knife, miles yelled in pain, the killer pushed him into the bathtub that was filled with water. Then he grabbed Miles's head and hit it against the edge of the tub. Miles head was already bleeding, and he felt dizzy and weak.
The killer spotted a hair dryer that was already plugged in. the killer picked it up and walked to the tub. "Please..." miles said his voice shaky and weak. But the killer remained silent as he dropped the hairdryer into the tub.
There was a spark and miles was screaming and yelling. The house light flickered until all the lights were off plunging everyone in darkness and there was silence.
White foam was coming out of miles mouth, his eyes remained closed amd his dead body remained in the water.
Kimberly was the only one left. All her friends were dead. The killer walked towards her and stood right in front of her, the killer wasn't armed. They just stood there, they were both staring at each other. Kim could see the creepy psychotic grin as the moonlight lit the dark room.
Kim knew that moving was a terrible idea. Then she broke into tears. "Please" she said as she slowly got up. Kim had successfully moved away from the bed but as she moved the killer kept moving closer, her breath hitched and her heart was racing.
"please let me go, I swear I won't say anything" she cried her body trembling In fear but there was no response, what made it worse was that she didn't know who it was.
Kim was taking gentle steps backwards while facing the killer that was also taking the same steps forward. What Kim didn't know was that she was walking towards the window that was behind her. The killer knew about it and continued to move closer knowing that in fear, Kim was going to end her life by herself.
Kim had noticed that she was already at the edge of the window, and as expected she fell out the window. Adrenaline rushed through her body and her survival instincts kicked in then she quickly grabbed the windowpane.
She looked down and noticed that there was a rake laying outside the sharp edges pointing up.
She looked back at the killer. That was silently staring down at her. Then the killer forcefully stepped on of her hand and she removed it. Her whole survival was relaying on the hand that wasn't wounded. Kimberly's heart beat was so loud that she could hear it in her ears. Tears brimmed her eyes as her body trembled in fear.
"Please don't kill me. I promise I won't tell anyone about this...if you let me go" she said but there was no reaction from the killer. "Hey...uh, w-w-we could even be friends" she said as she swallowed nervously.
Still tightly holding on to the windowpane. For the first time the killer laughed and she heard what they sounded like. Kimberly's eyes bulged. "You should have thought about that before being a mean bitch" the killer said and aggressively stepped on Kim's hand.
Kim lost her balance. She fell. The prongs of the rake had impaled her chest. Kim broke her neck and arm, causing internal bleeding. Her cold lifeless body laid on the ground. Kim was dead and so were the others. Now it was left for the cops to find the bodies.
Mayweather, Eleonore and other students were at the funeral of the deceased murdered victims of the red room killer. The priest was giving a speech and soon their coffins were lowered into the hole. "We tried to stop them" May said, "yeah but they didn't listen...this isn't our fault may" Eleonore told her friend that was silently staring at the coffins. Eleonore stared at her friend and noticed that may was staring at the coffins but her mind was somewhere else.
She had a distant look in her face. "Hey...may" Eleonore hit her friend slightly on the arm, "yeah..." May answered. "Look I know this is horrible right...but they got their selves killed okay. They're dead so what...people die every day may...and look no one's gonna make your life miserable anymore. Miles is gone and so is Kim...it's over" Eleonore said with a smile. "yeah...it's over" May said.
The funeral was over and the principal decided to have a memorial service for the dead students. Everyone was at the school. The principal gave a big speech and so did other students. "Man people are really milking this stuff huh..." Eleonore said and May shaked her head. "Can you be a little more sensitive?" may said Eleonore looked up. "Not really" Eleonore said and may sighed. "They were jackasses, honestly they got what they deserved, and karma sure beat their asses" Eleonore said. "Well you're kinda right" May said. "I'm bored of all this stupid speeches, I need to eat" Eleonore said, "do you think of anything aside from food" May said rhetorically.
"You know what my dad said?" Eleonore said. "What did he say?" May asked, "well he said during the investigation, they found the car that miles and his friends drove in and they figured out that someone had messed with the car, the car battery had been messed with and the fan under the hood had been tempered with...I think he said that was what caused the car to overheat. So they were stuck in the neighborhood when the car broke down" Eleonore explained. "Wow...that's...that's crazy" May said. "Mmhmm it's almost like someone knew they were going" Eleonore said and May fell silent.
"Either way, it is what it is" Eleonore said. Some people were leaving flowers, toys, and the balls. Representing what the deceased students loved most.
The memorial was soon over and people started leaving the school since it was already getting late. May and Eleonore got in the car and were about to leave. "Shit..." Eleonore cursed.
"What?" May asked with an undertone of worry. "I forgot something in the girls locker room...I need to get it, just wait right here okay." Eleonore said to May and may nodded. "Alright" Eleonore said as she left the car.
The school was now empty and soon the janitor was going to lockup so she had to hurry. Eleonore locker was close to May's locker, she could remember because that was how they became friends. Eleonore always got her locker mistaken for May's locker. She smiled at the memory as she opened up her locker.
She took the stuff she wanted and pocketed it. Then she closed her locker, but before she turned to leave she noticed that May's locker was ajar, then out of curiosity she peeked inside the locker.
Her dark eyebrow furrowed as she noticed something. There was a black raincoat and a pair of black boots that were stained with dried blood. Eleonore didn't get it.
Then her dark brown eyes widen in realization as she put the pieces together.
From the point where she asked May about her hand injury and the bruise on her head, and the denying of the red room killer, then she remembered what her dad told her about someone who knew that the dead victims were going to the neighbor and May being shady and secretive about her life.
It was all May.
The color drained from Eleonore's face as she had now come to know the bitter truth about her murderous friend but she was hoping to pretend and act normal in front of her friend. Because with one wrong move, she knew that now her best friend is a deranged sociopath and will kill her in the spot if she had to.
Eleonore put everything back in May's locker and heaved a sigh. Then she heard a soft yet spine chilling laugh. As she turned she saw Mayweather with a psychotic manic and crazed look on her face...she grinned deviously like a mad evil villian and Eleonore noticed.
May was holding a carving knife and was slowly approaching her.
