I and Damon arrived at Alexa's party. He looked good as always owning the black leather jacket he wore while I wore a pretty red dress which was mandatory for all red angels it was chosen for me by Riley who after a back and forth conversation I had managed to convince not to attend the party, I couldn't live with myself if she got hurt. All I could do was to hope that the plan which Damon and I had set in place would be successful a red angel life was counting on it. I could hear the track corvette by popp hunna playing as we were feet away from the door. The party was just like any popular college princess party would be it was crowded. I felt Damon grab my hands gently leaning over to whisper something to me
"I'm gonna keep a lookout" then he was gone in the midst of the rowdy crowd. Just then Alexa approached me along with a guy.
"Hey niks" she giggled holding onto the her companion who laughed along with her
"I thought you had better plans. Anyhoo this is my boyfriend Gareth" she wrapped her hands around his neck.
"Hey" Gareth smiled at me "I'm Gareth Bentley. What's your sweet name"he wiggled his brows but before I even got the chance to give him my name he was slapped hard on the chest by Alexa
"Ouch, that hurts"
"Stay away from her. Enjoy the party niks" she lead Gareth away
"Veronika " I turned to face the sound and it was Eva
"Hi Eva" I greeted with a smile
"Are you enjoying the party?" Honestly I'm not but I couldn't say that so I just smiled and nodded
"Well I'm not. I hate this party forget the party I hate princess barbie" was she referring to Alexa as "princess barbie"?
"Are you referring to Alexa? " she nodded her head as we both burst out into laughter
"Well if you hate her soo much why are you here? " I asked a question I later regretted
"Eeeey... Sorry I can't tell you it's top secret and if I told you then I would have to kill you" we both fell silent for a while in those seconds the music seemed to fade away
"Why the long face it was just a joke" she continued her laughter which I later joined in a bid to comfort myself from the weird joke
"But honestly I don't know why I'm here. Maybe I'm just sticking around to see how it all ends" she said with a smirk on
"Oh shit! Just got a text barbie doll wants us upstairs for a private tea party" she mocked, but this was great news. Now all red angels would be gathered in one room
"Come let's go " she lead the way ahead of me as we walked through the crowd I bumped into Gabe
"Oh I'm sorry " I apologized
"Ugh! Not you again. You are like always in my way, tell me something do you like have a crush on me or something " he crossed his arms as he smiled. He wore a blue folded denim jacket with a white T-shirt
"You wish" I rolled my eyes at him trying to hide the little smile that formed from my lips
"Well in that case it is all good cause sincerely you aren't my type" he moved to the punch bowl to grab a drink
"That's a huge relief" I said giggling
"Happy I could relief you " he smiled at me drinking from his red plastic cup grinning
"OK why are you being nice to me?" I asked with a smile
"I'll answer that question if you answer mine. Deal?" he smiled at me with ease
"OK deal "
"Tell me what is happening with you"
"I-" I was cut off
"And don't lie to me that it is nothing. I'll know "
"I won't lie, it is just that I can't tell you " I really didn't want to drag him into my problems, it definitely wouldn't be fair to him
"OK but just know I'm gonna find out" he took his leave just then I received a call from Riley.
"Hey Nikki, I know we agreed I wouldn't come to the party but it was so boring staying in my room so I... " my heart began racing wildly against my chest as I anticipated her next words. I really wished she it wasn't what I feared
"Where are you? " I chimed in on her
"I'm just walking at the driveway, I'm so sorry I was just bored" she answered confirming my fears
"Stay there I'm coming to get you " I raced for the to the driveway
"Ok. Nikki someone in a creepy red ghoul costume is coming towards me" I stopped on my tracks on hearing her words.
"He- He has an axe" she stuttered, sounding terrified
"Run! Riley run he wants to kill you " I heard a ear piercing scream then the call ended
"Riley, Riley " I kept repeating her name terrified of whatever fate may have befalled her. I quickly called Damon but I was continuously sent to a voicemail. I dashed out of the party in search of Riley.
Riley POV
I ran faster than I ever thought my legs could take me heading deeper into the woods. Stamping my feet on the cold hard ground with every step, my own blood trickled down my hands, the blades of my attacker succeeded in slicing my left arm but it didn't hurt or my thoughts were clouded by fear to feel any pain. I took a quick glance behind me and I couldn't find my attacker but I could hear something coming from the woods quickly my mind thought of wherever would be the best hiding place. I ran for the bloody cabin it felt like the best hiding spot at the moment. I hid behind a cupboard in the kitchen my heart saying a fast prayer to whoever anyone or whoever listened. The door creaked making a loud groaning sound like a rusty old gate swinging open. I knew my attacker had found me. I could still hear the floorboards creak with every step my attacker took. I saw a huge red figure at the frame of the door leading to the kitchen. My heart pounded loudly as though it intention was to serve as a drum and lead him right to me. After what felt like an eternity of him standing there he took a right turn heading for one of the rooms, I heaved a breath of relief when I looked around me my heart sank by my realization. I saw a trail of blood, my blood all around the kitchen I stood up slowly to find the red figure looming over me. We were so close I could hear its slow breathing. I gave out a terrifying shriek as it attacked aiming for my head, I quickly moved out of the way and raced for doors. I got grabbed, I screamed trying to get free of whoever held me
"Riley its ok it is me Veronika" as soon as I realized it was indeed Veronika I hugged her tight as we both cried, she quickly pulled away looking all around frantically
"Are you okay, I followed a trail of blood"
"I'm fine, it's only a cut" I tried to calm her a little
"Where did he go?" We both looked around but we couldn't find anyone. Suddenly my attacker emerged sending Veronika to the floor, all I could do was scream as he gripped my hands with his axe in the air, the silver tip glimmered as it was swung at me. I screamed with my eyes closed, warm tears trickled my cheeks waiting in terror for whatever feeling that would follow but it never came. I opened my eyes to see Dave holding the hands of my attacker, I struggled and got free from his hold
"Veronika. Riley get out of here " he yelled
"What about you"Veronika asked holding onto my hand tightly
"Don't worry about me just go" he held onto my attacker to buy us time, we both ran away out into the dark night.
"We should wait for him" Veronika hit the break as we both breath heavily
"No let's just run away and get help" I begged not wanting to be around here anymore
"You go get help I'll go back for him" she declared running back to the bloody cabin, I quietly obeyed running to get help.
Veronika POV
I hope he is alright. I couldn't live with myself if he died trying to save us that would be so much for my conscience to bear. I stared at the bloody cabin from the outside, it seemed so quiet suddenly I felt a touch on my shoulder. I screamed at the top of my lungs arching back
"Whoa calm down its just me. Gabe" I looked closely and met his sirene blue eyes, the next thing I realized was that I was holding on to him burying my face into his chest
"it's okay now I'm here" I felt his hands stroke my hair unto my back and I strangely felt at peace
"What happened?" I was about to tell him the full story when we both heard a loud groan, it sounded like Dave. We quickly rushed to find him sitting with his back against a tree.
"Oh my god" I gasped at the sight of Dave, he didn't look good. He was placing his hands over his bloody shoulder but he was luckily alive
"Oh shit! What happened to you? I'll call an ambulance" Gabe said placing his device over his ear
"Veronika I'm okay" he tried to calm me down with a smile but it was obvious that he was in pain "This doesn't look okay to me"
"That psycho only wanted to keep me down" he positioned himself
"What do you mean?"
"I mean he could have killed me but he only pierced my shoulder and walked away "
"Psycho! Did I just hear the word psycho? That's interestingly terrifying" Gabe said as he mumbled some things to himself while pacing around. But I was glad Dave was okay but it got me wondering why the killer let him live?. The ambulance came and took Dave to get care, while detective Derrick Presley questioned me but the only information he got out of me was all that happened in the woods.
Riley and I rode in the backseat of the detective's car in silence. The only good thing that came from this whole fright was the end of Alexa party and everyone was adviced to remain in their dorm as it was official that the red ghoul of Caston college was back. After waiting till Riley was asleep I quietly slid out of her room on my way to my room I saw Damon standing at my door and all I could think about was how unreliable he was tonight and it infuriated me
"What are you doing" I walked up to him, he looked a bit startled
"I thought you were in your room"
"Not yet, is there anything I can help u with?" I crossed my arms trying to escape the chill that suddenly engulfed the room
"I just wanted to see if you were still alive and okay" he searched me with his eyes
"As you can see I'm alive, you can go now" I reached for the doorknob when I heard him speak
"I'm sorry I wasn't there" he cleared his throat "I should have been there" he looked down at the floor as if there was something to find
"Yeah you should have been there, I called you like a thousand times where were you?"
"I was busy doing something"
"What do you mean by 'doing something' " I needed to know what important thing he was doing that was so important that he had bailed on me
"I can't say and don't ask" I could feel him tense up a little
"Fine. Whatever you say just stop making plans that you can't keep" I went into my room and threw myself on my bed trying so hard to clear my head and find some peace in the thoughts that at least no one died today, the party was over and no red angel died, I won. I could hear a familiar ringing in my head and then I slowly faded into the dark.
Derrick POV
I got a call to come to Caston immediately I knew that this couldn't be good, I already prepared my mind to find another dead teen. I got to the scene glancing at my pocket watch the time was 3:33 am
"Hey Rick" Amalia called out from behind holding a Styrofoam cup and a file which belonged to whoever had been killed
"Bet you weren't expecting to drive back here by this time" she said with a smile handing me the cup of coffee, we have been partners for two years now and I have gotten used to her offering me a cup of coffee to start the day.
"Thank you" I took a sip and gave out a smile she knew I loved my coffee black with no sugar
"And here's everything we know about our vic" she handed me the case file. We walked over to the corpse of a dead girl. I opened the file and read out the victim's name
"Kara Mason" I stopped reading and bent down to take a closer look I could see the damn mark of a crescent moon with thorns engraved on her forehead with perfection
"We have to figure out who is this copycat killer and who is his next victim will be" I stated as I walked away from the crime scene. This had to be a sick psycho copycat killer who wants to play a few games and recreate something that has happened before. I need to quickly figure out the motive and the connection before more people die.