"It must have been that man...", a young girl thinks, "Why did he take my phone?"
A silent sigh echoes in the room, creating an uneasy feeling, the girl looked at her younger brother, "Hey, you awake?"
No reply was received from the little brother, understanding that he's still asleep, she put her right hand on his left shoulder and proceeded to slightly shake him. It seemed to be quite difficult to penetrate this deep sleep of his, but bit by bit, his consciousness came closer to the real world.
Sleepy grunting came from the young boy, "Uh? Who's there?"
"It's me, you dumb-dumb.", blurted out the sister.
Still consumed by his sleepy confusion, the young boy asked, "Why are you waking me up, dumb-dumb?"
"What?" a confused reaction came from the big sister after hearing her brother's words, "I'm not the dumb-dumb, you are. Dumb-dumb."
"Uh?" his confusion seemed to slowly wash away as he kept trying to look at his sister's face, "Ooh, hey, it's you! Why did you tell me you're dumb-dumb?"
Slightly flustered from what he said, the girl defended herself, "I didn't! I was calling you that!"
"Eh?" not being able to believe what she said, he replied, "Nah, I'm pretty sure I heard you right, sis. You okay there? You must be tired from today."
"You little..." she got a little bit mad, but then all that emotion withered away as she remembered about her phone, she sighed, before addressing her brother, "By the way, have you seen my phone anywhere?"
He froze up a little bit, something went over his mind, but the thoughts didn't seem to form anything sensible; all he could remember about was of finding his sister's phone. Without saying anything, he moved around in the chair a bit as he was trying to get something out of his pocket. The girl only looked at him with a confused and almost frowning expression; all came clear to her as she saw her phone appearing from his pocket.
"Here.", he says, while handing the phone to her, "I found it lying down on the ground."
"Wow, thank you, little bro," she gave out a snarky smile and showed her appreciation by gently messing up his hair.
"Argh...stop it!" the little kid demanded as he felt embarrassed.
The girl got distracted by her cute little brother that she didn't notice the vibration coming from the phone. She only continued to mess with his hear and have fun; a big wonderful smile was on her face that seemed as if it had been engraved. Finally, admitting his defeat as he understood that resistance is futile against the tyrant that is his sister; the boy stays with his arms crossed as he put up an impressive display of his pouting prowess.
"Oh, you don't need to be so sad, Mika, I was just kidding.", a gentle, but still amused smile shined from the big sister.
"You're just saying that..." he continues with his pouting.
"Nope, nope.", the girl focussed her eyes on him, " I really mean it, you were just being too cute, so I couldn't hold myself back."
"Okay...", his pouting seemed to diminish.
Satisfied by her work, the girl gave out a kind smile, but something caught her attention; a weird feeling on her leg didn't seem to stop. A quick glance at her leg, made her realize that the phone she got from her brother was vibrating and something on the screen.
It was a message from an unknown number; she picked up the phone to read it:
'Oh, Curiosity, my beautiful child! HAHAHAHA, HOW DARE YOU LOOK UPON ME? Ah, but I guess it's alright, they are coming after all. GOD, FUCK, MMMmmmh, I wonder just how delicious you are HAHAHA'
Chills run down her back; fear came over her; she didn't understand why such a nonsensical message must have been sent by someone who isn't right in their head. Those are the thoughts she had, but still, something stayed at the back of her head, some uneasy feeling.
"Hey, are you J-," someone suddenly started speaking, but didn't finish.
The girl, absolutely terrified from the sudden voice, started screaming, "Holy fuck!!"
Not expecting this reaction, the man also got startled and stepped back with an odd facial expression, "You okay there?"
Pure fear was flowing through her, and all of it was clearly displayed for the man, "Uh, sorry, I didn't mean to scare you..."
Silence continued after his words, causing a slightly awkward scene as everyone's face was covered by confusion. The man just stood with his hands by his side, not knowing what to do and expecting some kind of answer. All he could receive as an answer was the neverending heavy breathing from the girl.
"Uhm, sorry about that, she has a problem with scary things...", the one who broke the silence was the young boy.
"I'm not a scary thing...", in a confused voice, said the man, it almost sounded like a question.
Now after hearing the two talk, the girl began to slowly come back from her frozen state. She looked at the man and looked away in a split second, trying to hide the blushing face of embarrassment.
Slightly flustered from the girl's blushing and the unexpected situation he arrived it, the man forced himself to ask his question, "Anyway, what I was going to ask is if you are Jasmine."
Hearing her name, the girl got surprised, "Yes, but why are you looking for me?"
Any emotion left on his face got erased and switched to stone-cold, "You're in danger."
Fear once again swallowed her whole, but nothing could beat the curiosity beating inside of her. All her mind could think about who this man is and what he is talking about. The real world she knows of seems to be slowly fading away right in front of her eyes.