[Daniel's Point of View]
I also don't understand why we all received the message. In our group, I admitted that I am actually the most weirdo. I would rather just usually keep quiet than say what's on my mind.
Nicole: What should we do about this? Should we call the police?
Sierra: Why would we do that? The message is not even a threat
Shane: Stop being a dumb Sierra, can't you see? The message is a threat already.
Sierra: Threat? Whoa guys, don't be too exaggerated, don't you think that this is just some kind of prank?
My messenger kept ringing because of their group chat messages. I'm a little annoyed with them too. On the other perspective, Sierra does have a point. Maybe their reaction towards the message was just exaggerated.
I honestly didn't know why I didn't feel anything when I read that message.
Nicole: If this is some kind of prank, who would do such thing?
Kean: We should calm ourselves down, I'm still thinking.
I was about to shut my phone off, when someone suddenly messaged me. This time, it didn't come from the messenger, the sound came right from my phone.
I frowned because the message came again from the unknown number that messaged us all.
Full name: Daniel Marasigan
Age: 18 years old
You are currently living at #43 ***********
Congratulations! You are part of Eliminate The Deceiver Game! Be at the address of your school at 4 in the afternoon or else something bad will happen. See you there! : )
I scrolled through the message and there was a photo attached, and it was a photo of our house.
Okay? This is getting serious.
Dexter sent a photo.
Clark: What the fuck? I also received the same message.
Brix: Me too, what's really happening?
Alexis: I'm really scared right now, the message is more than a threat.
Kean: Guys, I think we need to meet up, we can talk about it better if we talk in person.
[Clark's Point of View]
One by one we got to Kean's house where he said we would talk. We were almost all complete, but I noticed one was missing because there were only nine of us.
I was about to speak but Nicole preceded me "Sierra isn't here yet, contact her"
"Leave her alone, I don't think she has any plan to meet us" Shane replied but Nicole just shook her head "No, she's also part of this, she must be here, I'll contact her"
And just like what Nicole said, she did call Sierra and talk to her for a few minutes.
That woman, she really is a bitch, she always wants to be treated like she's a queen.
A few minutes later, Sierra arrived with her frown expression.
"You're finally here, what took you so long, queen Sierra?" Shane's sarcastic greeting.
"I don't want to be here either"
"Guys, stop it, we're here to talk about what's going on" Nicole sighed but Sierra just glared at her.
"Kean, have you gathered any information about that game?" Nicole spoke again but Kean just shook his head.
What is really in that game? It's just a simple online game, but why does it seem like it's getting different.
"This is all your fault Kean, you should have made a way to fix, this and why did you even include us with your nonsense obsession in online games?" we were surprised when Sierra said that right in front of Kean's face.
"Can you stop your mouth, you bitch? You're not helping" Kean replied sarcastically but Sierra didn't let go and shouted at Kean.
I just closed my eyes in restraint because they were all in a mess.
My feet suddenly felt like it has its own life that I stepped towards where they were and then stopped Sierra from trying to pull Kean out, I held her left wrist as tight as I could.
"Fuck you! Just fucking shut up okay?! All you do is goddamn bullshit thing! We went here to fix things out and talk about what's really happening, not to get into fight. Now, if you're here to do nonsense shits, then you can fucking leave! You're not needed here! Just fucking leave!" I scolded her and that made everyone stunned from what they are doing.
I can already hear some of them are trying to stop me, but I've had enough already.
"Let me go!" She pulled away and I finally let go of her hand. "What do you care?! You've always been that dictatorial person who thinks he's always right when he's not, when he's just like everyone else, dumb as fuck" She crouched down and I could see the tears welling up in her eyes.
"Whether those threats are real or not, Kean should take the blame! Why are you so against with me?!? I'm just telling the truth" She continued and wiped her teary eyes.
"I was never really belong, now is the time to leave this useless group!" Sierra turned and walked to the door but before she opened it, she turned to all of us and then looked abruptly at me.
"And you Clark, fuck you too!" She shouted as she opened and slammed the door shut.
I looked into their faces and they all sighed. "You shouldn't have done that, she's still our friend" Nicole calmly told me.
But instead of answering her, I just let out a sigh. One thing is for sure, I don't feel sorry for what I did.
[Brix's Point of View]
"Why don't we try to find out who sent us the message?" Kean's suggestion made them all think.
"But how?" Keisha asked and I was already on the verge of what would happen next.
They all slowly looked at me and just thought that I could say immediately what they wanted to convey. "Okay" I smiled.
I love computers so I've learned a few ins and outs of it. That includes hacking, so I knew they would try to get me to find out who the person behind this.
"I'll try everything to find out" I said and took out my phone. "I'll try to call the person texting us first"
"Kean, open your computer, I'll use that" I continued and he just nodded.
"The number you have dialed is unattended or out of coverage area. Please try again later"
I tried calling the number for countless times already, but the line I hear is just the same. This is bad, it would help if he answered the call even for a second, so that I would know his location.
I tried searching for the SIM's serial number but it's weird that I can't find anything. It would also help me to trace where the messages were coming from, but nothing, not even a trace of information I could find.
"Did you see anything?" Nicole asked me but I just shook my head. "The weird thing is, it's usually easy to find it, but it's different now "I said and Nicole just nodded.
This is all I can do.
"So, what now? What should we do?" Alexis asked "Let's just wait until---" Nicole couldn't continue what she was going to say because one by one our cell phones rang.
I frowned before opening the send message
From unknown person: Where are you guys at??? It's almost 3 in the afternoon, don't you have any plans to go? Or maybe you want me to scare you first before you come here? Be here at 4 or else...
I continued scrolling down the message and was shocked when a picture popped up. It is a photo of Sierra tied to a chair. Her eyes are blind-folded, with a handkerchief tied around her mouth, there is a man wearing a mask behind her. It is also obvious that her body is being wrapped tightly. What scares us the most is that there's a gun being pointed at Sierra's head.
I was even more startled when I have come to realize where Sierra was.
At our school. The photo was taken at our school.
[Alexis' Point of View]
I almost dropped my cell phone when I read the message and saw that picture.
I heard that my friends, who had been calmly talking before, were now starting to turn into messy ones
"W-wait, i-is this some kind of joke?" and the others are already shouting.
"Stop it!" Daniel shouted and that made everybody fell into silence.
Although it is surprising because we never heard Daniel yelled like that, everyone still chose to keep quiet and wait what he would say next.
"It won't help if we panic, this is getting serious and until now we still have no idea who is the person behind it, we need to calm down because we will not be able to think properly" Daniel added and there was a deafening silence in the room.
Confusion and fear is all I can see on my friend's faces now, I can't blame them because even me, I feel the same way. But Daniel is right, we can't think straight if we panic.
"D-Daniel is right" I broke the silence and waited for someone to speak.
My attention turned to Nicole when I heard her sigh. She's the smartest person I know, but at this point, I know she's confused as well.
"Let's call the police, that's the right thing to do, Sierra's life is in danger, we don't know why and how Sierra got there" Even if there is a trace of trembling in Nicole's voice, I know the presence of her courage is still there.
"Wait, can't this be Sierra's prank? Look, maybe---" Shane's suggestion but she couldn't continue when Nicole cut it off. "Are you serious? We are not dumb enough to believe that this is just a joke" Nicole answered seriously and silence formed again.
"Let's go to the nearest police station before anything bad happens" Kean said and we all agreed with him.
We were all about to go out but suddenly one by one our cell phones rang again.
We looked at each other for a few seconds because we knew what that meant. Uneasily, I still chose to take my cell phone out of my pocket to check the message. As expected, it was from the unknown number.
Don't ever try to report to the police, I'm watching everybody's move.
My heart almost went out of my chest when I read that message, but I almost ran out of breath when I saw the photo attached with the message. It is a photo of the police station we're planning to go to.
Little did I realize that tears were trickling down from my eyes already. I can't explain how I feel, but fear is the most prevalent of all.
I don't know what to do anymore.
"G-guys? What should we do now? They seem to know what our plan is" I stuttered, and bursted into tears.
My mind turned into completely blank.
Keisha approached and hugged me, I hugged her tightly because I was really afraid of what could happen.
I cried even more when I heard my phone ringing and saw the unknown person calling my number. "Shhh..." Keisha tries to calm me down and picked up my cell phone and gave it to Brix. He then answered the phone call and pressed the loud speaker.
I stopped crying for a moment and listened intently.
We were all shocked to hear Sierra's voice, she was speaking but it obviously had a gag in her mouth so we couldn't understand what she was saying.
It was shocking to hear her voice traces of fear and apprehension.
[Third person's Point of View]
After receiving that call, they did not hesitate to go at their school. Although it was a few miles away from everyone's home, that did not prevent them from saving their friend
"Brix, stay here, find out who and where the line is coming from" Clark commands Brix but he refuses
"Don't you see he's watching over us? You might be more in trouble if you leave without me" he replied, Clark couldn't do anything but agreed.
Kean immediately pulled out of their car and they huddled there. They were all feeling scared because of the still unexplained events, but they had only one goal --- to save Sierra.