The girls were eating together in the cafeteria, and everyone's cellphone buzzes at the same time. Like it was an automated message. Altogether, they took their phones out of the bag and checked their messages. There was a text message that said they should go to room 23 in the building. All the girls check the time, and it's already 7:00 p.m yet, and it's not usual for the sorority to call them at that hour, where there were still classes, and consider that it was still Monday. They usually met with the sorority during weekends.
The girls got out of their chairs and left the cafeteria. Many students were walking around, but they ignore the girls who were walking with their anxious expressions. They went to the building and found room 23. The girls open the door and found a room filled with candles and clean tiles. They were confused, and the room is pretty big for just them.
And since there was no one in the room, they just close the door and wait.
Suddenly the door opened, and a lady came in. She was wearing a long white gown, and her hair was in a bun. She just closed the door and stared at them. The girls were still confused, and a mask covered the girl's face. That was when Dennise and Leira realized that she probably is a doctor since what she was wearing truly looked like a doctor's laboratory gown.
The girl started talking to them, saying that the sorority has something to ask from them. The girls were confused when the girl said that they have to make a blood donation. Yet, they were suspicious because they think that it's not the usual blood donation activity. They wanted to know the reason why they have to make a blood donation. The lady insists that they have to do it because it's a requirement for their pledge.
The girl gives them each a white paper and tells them to read it. They were confused, but they take it anyway.
The paper said:
"Congratulations, you have been accepted for a blood donation activity. As a sorority applicant, you must meet the requirements of the sorority. This is a mandatory activity as part of the requirements to get the badge of " blood philanthropist". Also, this activity is a way to have you got closer to the members of the sorority.
The time for the event has been set, and you are expected to be on time.
Please don't think that this is an ordinary blood donation activity. It is not.
We have chosen you for a reason, your body types and your blood types are important to us.
We will be the ones to extract your blood."
The girls were confused, but they try to reread the paper. Still, they can't find information about the body types and blood types. They try to ask the girl why they have to donate blood, but the girl ignored them.
They got scared because they suspected that it wasn't an ordinary blood donation activity. Yet, they were still forced to do it because they wanted to be a sorority.
They go into the room and found a lot of metal chairs facing each other. There's a lot of blood donation kits on the floor. Their confusion was still there as the mask-wearing girl told them to sit down. The girls did as they were told.
There was a weird fume that came out somewhere inside that room. It was strong and smelled toxic.
The girls started to feel dizzy, and they feel weak. They couldn't even raise their heads. They were losing consciousness.
The last thing the girls remembered was the mask-wearing girl grabbing their arms and they felt like they were falling asleep.
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Ella woke up and found herself in the same room with her friends. They were lying on a metal chair, feeling so weak, pale, and dizzy. That they can hardly utter another word as if they took too much blood from them. The girl that they assume was the mask-wearing girl came and smiled at them. Just this time she was not wearing a mask anymore and not with a lab gown.
"Thank you, gir, and you had successfully fulfilled your first community service. By the way, take out some food for you here, and you better eat it before you go home." She walked to the door left thee in a daze inside the room with her last smile.
It took them almost half an hour to regain their strength.
Zara groaned as she tried to move her stiffened arms.
"What are they doing to us? It seemed like they are about to kill us with this and simply leaving us a little life to survive."
That was the first time for Ella to hear Zara complained about the sorority. She was always a pro sorority. Yet now, she was talking like she had already considered the danger they got.
Ella didn't say a word to fuel Zara's doubts nor say anything to comfort her and be optimistic with their belief in the sorority. Because she too was beginning to get scared and suspicious about it. The lost girls and everything about how they became missing were as enough for her to be suspicious of the sorority. Still, her investigation wasn't enough to truly believe that she was right.
She needed more information, she needed to investigate more. However, she has to do it for herself y. She won't want to include her friends and might cause trouble in her investigation instead.
Leira at the same time also having her own thought and doubts, but she couldn't afford to leave the sorority unless Dennise was also leaving. She is the reason why she was there. She should also be the reason that she won't or quit.
"Don't be too overdramatic Zara. This is nothing. The after-effect of blood donation is so common. They took some blood from us, so we must expect our bodies to react this way.
We only need to eat, fuel our body, and everything will be fine." Dennise optimistically answered, using a little of her knowledge being a nursing student.
Not long, each of them slowly got out from their seats and started to devour the food as prepared for them. They can't even believe it when they open the large boxthey actually filled it with foods, delicious and different varieties, more like a complete buffet.