"Sacrificial lamb..."
In a wretched looking apartment, on the fourth floor, sitting close to the window was a young girl with dark red straight hair that danced to the rhythm of the evening breeze. She was staring at the tall tree close to her window, that was shedding its leaves.
Her slender fingernails laid on the window railings as she inhales the smell of wood and earth. She was a true fan of nature.
"Bella?" A soft yet loud voice broke the peaceful silence and Bella's face lost its graceful light as her smile was replaced with a frown.
"Yes, Anna?" Bella's delicate voice rang in the hair. "Can I borrow your red dress?" Anna asked, her lashes blinking rapidly, with her doe eyes supporting her cute yet whining gesture.
"Why?" Bella asked. Fully anticipating this question, Anna coughed slightly before answering Bella, "Easton's birthday party...I wanna attend it." Anna replied.
"What time?" Bella asked. This question totally threw Anna back and she swallows hard. "9:00pm....and I'll get back by 11pm."
"You aren't going!" Came Bella's firm reply. Not willing to back down, Anna decided to press on. "Why?" Anna asked.
"Too late" Bella replied.
"Easton would bring me back safely." Anna added.
"Still no." Bella disagreed again.
"Oh my God! Bella! I'm 15...I can go out whenever I like....stop this!" Anna yelled angrily.
"Stop what?" Bella said as she feigns ignorance.
"Controlling my life!! When you were my age, you went out whenever you liked... why can't I?" Anna questioned angrily.
"You're young and I have to watch out for you.... besides, Easton's not a good guy." Bella tried to reason with her sister.
"Don't tell me that.... I'm going and that's final." Anna stated before leaving Bella's room, slamming the door angrily.
Few minutes later, Anna, cladded in a pink flower dress made her way to her room door and tried to open it but it didn't open. "Argh! Bella open this goddamn door!" Anna yelled as she kept banging on the door.
Getting no response from Bella, Anna stopped banging on the door. She goes to her window, and opens it. She pokes her head outside, to see the height, and sensing that it wasn't a tall height, she drops her bag and shoes out the window, then she climbs down and runs away.
Hailing a taxi, she arrived at her destination only to see that it wasn't a party. Infact, everywhere was desolate. Fear creeped in. "Easton?!!! Everyone?!!" Anna yelled and her voice echoed in the building.
Suddenly the door closes and she turns around to see a man, his face was covered with a mask and he was wearing a dark cloak, with dark hand gloves on his hand.
"W...who are you and where's Easton?" Anna asked, trying to sound bold. A loud thump on the floor from behind her caught her attention and she turns around to see Easton on the floor, kneeling in pain.
"Easton!!" Anna yelled as she was about running to him when the strange man stopped her, "Don't!" He ordered.
Frightened, Anna stopped in her tracks, confused. "Sir...please let me go ..I promise to keep quiet.." Easton pleaded but the man, holding him to the floor pressed his neck from behind making him scream in pain. He was utterly wounded.
"Wanna bargain with the Master?" The one pressing Easton down asked him, but Easton couldn't reply. He was scared.
"Let him be Deus. Easton Audrey, wants to bargain with me. Ohh Easton, you remember our earlier deal, show me that you are worthy!" The masked man said and the one known as Deus let go of Easton.
Easton stood up and faced a confused Anna. In the blink of an eye, he was in front of her, his scarred skin, looking normal and his injuries gone. This made Anna swallow hard.
What was going on?
"Easton...what are you ....are you human?" Anna questioned but the latter didn't reply. Rather, he dragged Anna closer to him, leaned into her neck, "I'm sorry," he uttered to her before tearing her clothes.
Anna, knowing what Easton was about to do to her tried to push him away but the latter was far stronger than her. He striped her naked with his bare hands.
"E...Easton .....please .. don't do this .. I beg of you ... don't rape m--" Before Anna could finish her statement, Easton's hand went through her body, with blood slipping out. Anna's eyes widened.
"Who said anything about raping you dear Anna? I can't defile myself with a disgusting creature as you. See you in hell." Easton said as he lets go of her body, and Anna fell on the floor. After few seconds, her breathing stopped.
Easton dropped dead beside her. Funny enough, Deus striked him down.
"Master, would this bring the chosen one out?" Deus questioned.
"Video the scene, the caption should be about Anna being raped by Easton and brutally murdered by him. Make sure his body isn't seen and found. Make it look as though he ran away, and spread it on social media and different news channel. It should be world wide and it must go viral. " The masked man said before disappearing.
After several hours, a loud knock on the apartment door startled Bella. "Hold on!" She says before heading to the door, and opens it.
"Sam?" Bella said or more like asked him of his purpose in being here. Sam walked in. "Where's Anna?" Sam asked. "Why do you ask?" Bella demanded to know.
"Where's Anna?" Sam demanded. "She's in her room. " Bella replied and Sam hurried to Anna's room and tried to unlock it but it was locked.
Bella, not knowing why Sam was acting weird, opened the door. She was surprised. Anna wasn't inside the room. "Didn't you say she was inside her room...now where is she?" Sam asked.
Bella looked at the opened window. "She left .... through the window." She replied in shock.
Sam left the room and Bella followed him. They both arrived at the living room and Sam put on the TV.
"That's it. Why are you here and looking for Anna all of a sudden?" Bella asked. "Have you seen the news?" Sam asked Bella. "Answer my question Sam!" Bella commanded.
Sam, not knowing how to explain things to Bella, turned her around to watch the news.
Bella felt her whole world collapse, as darkness envelopes her.
"Bella... Bella.... Bella" Sam called her as he carries her up.