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Chapter 2 - Chapter 1 : Before The Destruction

The heavy sounds of the rain was heard heard through the room of the bustling crowd. It was annoying, He wanted to leave this place and go somewhere quiet however he still need to attend school.

"Hey, Prince! Why don't ya join us? We're about to prank the teach, how funny would that be!" Prince looked at the boy in front of him, he scoffed at the sight- ragged clothes, messy hair, This is the type of person he didn't want to get involved with.

"No." The boy looked at him in disbelief, Prince eyed the boy, he was trying to smile despite being rejected, perhaps he was hiding his annoyance to that smile of his, How funny. The boy seemed to be conflicted on how he would say next, his friend behind him begun to laugh at him - how pathetic he looked right now. He and his friend started to fight, did they forget something-? I'm right here you know.

At last, they finally left. Leaving Prince sitting alone, gazing the world beneath him, his eyes lost at the beauty of nature, alongside the radiance of the sun and the harmony of the wind and birds tweeting, flying on their will. Also the black- no blue hole...? 'What?' He stood over to see what it was. 'Is this some kind of novel?' He pinched himself, 'ouch.' He observed the giant hole, particles was created along with the distinct sound it was creating.

He seek to perceive it but to no avail, the ground shakes with great intensity, screams and agony filled the school. Prince looked over once again to see the blue hole, faintly seeing a light beneath it. Then his vision went all black, 'what is that light?' He asked himself. 'Some kind of saviour..?' No matter what that was, he need to kept it all in his mind and focus on the events happening.

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His vision gradually came back bit by bit, he looked around with his blurred vision. It was dark, he was having an eerie feeling. Not to mention, where are the other students..? They should also be here with him, he pushed himself to stand upright, he limped his way over to a wall and also scruntinizing his environment. An easy spot on the light that was coming from the corner, he began to skip little by little to the light.

He eventually reach to the light, he saw the other students panicking on what do.'I'm gonna die right?' 'Oh Lord-' 'Mom...Dad...'. The crowd stopped on their own thoughts when someone spoke up.

"Come on now! Don't just mingle there, we should find our way back." It was Leslie Del, the class president of their room. She's quite famous, mostly known for her looks and kindness. The others looked at her, some have hope and others have doubt.

"Sorry but what if there was no way out? The internet also doesn't work here and we cannot call for help." Leslie looked at the student and smiled. "But we still haven't tried finding it yet right..?" Students look at each other and nodded.

They commenced on finding their way out, slowly finding clues on how to get out.

"There are holes in some corners, maybe some of us may fit in there."

They gathered the students, thinking who will fit in and who will not. In conclusion, five students can fit in there. Initiating their plan to go through the holes went smoothly, now they just need to find help.

Slowly and surely they will get out right..? Perhaps not.

"Wha- What is that thing!?!" The five students screamed, screaming and trying to get inside the holes again. 'What was happening there?' The remaining students started to panic. Prince peeked onto the holes, analyzing why they screamed. Leslie joined in too and holy moly, there he saw a centipede, not some ordinary one but a gigantic one.

'Splatter-!' The students from the other side screamed in agony as they watched their friend got crushed. As one by one began to die from the centipede, silenced. Leslie must have been conflicted on what to do, Prince looked at the dead bodies, perhaps some have been eaten. He looked over to see the monster, 'shit. It saw me.'

"Everyone back off!" He said as everyone scattered to different places.The Centipede banged the its way inside, as the rocks began to fall over the centipede makes its way inside. It screeched loudly as it attacks everyone inside, the students trembling, and praying. Not that it can help, wait, maybe it can...?

The students ran like crazy along with their screams, but they can't outrun the centipede when it is literally bigger than all of them. An hour passed yet still no help, 'What was the goverment doing? Are they experiencing the same events like us?' The students thought run wild as they kept running to survive.

"Running won't do anything-! We should at least damage it!" Leslie barely said because of exhaustion. Others looked in disbelief, 'how the heck are we gonna damage that?'

Leslie looked at the long metal scraps scattered around the area, "This might be useful! Here!"

She threw the metals one by one to the students, "Careful with it!" They raised their metals although they still trembled with fear.

"Shit-! I can't do it!" One of the students said as he ran somewhere far away, resulting for the centipede to move towards him. "AH-!"

'Keuk-!' Blood bathe everywhere on the boy's body. How unlucky, Screams filled the room once again.

... "Ah. Everyone! Don't make noise!" Prince said, the noise gradually fell silent. The centipede also stopped, as he left without causing another destruction.

"The centipede is blind, it only focuses on noise." Prince whispered to the crowd, the crowd only nodded as a response. Their movements also decrease, afraid to make noise.

"We don't have time, the centipede can also smell us. Its better to find the way out now than later." Leslie commented as they tried to pry their way out, now how can they even get out? The whole place is literally destroyed by that goddamn thing-!