Chapter 2
A Strange Boy and The Story Behind This
Game
(Following the first episode)
The door was opened, and a person appeared.
We heard a loud laughing voice : “Ah, you are silly. Do you think you can still
be safe if I am in the game?” I looked up and saw it was a boy from our
neighbor class. He was Helena’s best friend. They knew each other when they
were still pupils. I didn’t know his name, but I am sure he was Helena’s
friend. I thought if he was Helena’s friend, why would he say things like this,
was he our enemy? I heard Helena gaped. “ Hi, I am Ray,” the boy said, “ don’t
worry, I’m not your enemy, well for most of you.” He pushed me to the side and
walk into the classroom. He walked toward Helena, who was standing in the
middle of the classroom at that moment. “ Hi,” he said. Helena frowned. Ray
smiled and continued, “ You are the hider, my dear Helena.” He took out his
phone and showed it to all of us. I saw there was everything about Helena on
his screen, from birth date to hobby. It even shows what she did in the past
with an accurate time. Ray took back his phone and move the screen upward. He
then showed a detail to us. Yesterday, 15:08:45, Helena answered a call from a
stranger. 15:10:02, Helena finished the call. 19:30:00, Helena went to the Xuan
Wu Park. 19:34:56, Helena met the stranger who called her in the afternoon. The
stranger wore a big mask. Here are their conversation :
Hi, Helena.
Hi... Who are you?
I am the inventor
of this game.
Oh.
Is your new power
great?
Yeah... You are not
here to just talk about my new power, right?
You are smart. You can guess my option.
OK,I need you to kill five students in your class.
Why?
Don’t ask me why. I
won’t tell you. And you can’t own your power anymore if you don’t do what I
say.
Alright. Who are
they?
Here are their
personal information.
How did you get
these?
I’ve told you I am
the inventor. I can do everything.
Athena, Alan,
Astrid, Brian, Emma. Why...them? Why do I have to kill them?
Don’t ask me why.
If you want to know, then I’ll tell you I want to kill them because I want to.
Oh. But how can I
do this?
You know about the
new game called Hide-and-Seek very well, aren’t you?
Yes.
Listen, tomorrow
morning, you’re gonna send a message to other classmates except them to tell
them they can go to school later. And you should come to school earlier and
meet those five students. Then, send me a message to tell me if you are ready,
I’ll start the game. In the game, you will be the hider. You should make sure
that you will not be found. And the finders including those five students will
vanish. Get it?
Oh, emmm, get it...
Can I see your face?
No. No, you can’t.
See you later
“Uhhh!” we all gasped. Emma asked : “ But
how did you know this?” “ My power is to know everything a person I know does.”
Ray smiled. He turned back to Helena raised his hand and slapped on her face.
He barked : “ Now, everyone know your true face. Huh, you are my friend. I want
you to be safe. But if you don’t vanish, all of us will disappear. And, you
betrayed your friends. People like you should all disappear from this world.”
Ray stepped forward, looking about to cry. He hugged Helena tightly. Helena
showed a shock look and then cried. I heard her saying “sorry” quietly. I can’t
see Ray’s face because his back faced us, but I heard him choking, “ Goodbye,
forever, my best friend.” Emma and Athena hold me tightly and cried. Brian put
his arm around Alan’s shoulder. I touched my friends heads and stared at Helena
and Ray. Ray finally dried his eyes and pushed Helena back. Helena nodded. Ray
said quietly : “ I’ve found you.” I saw Helena collapsed into feathers and flew
into the air. I was shocked. Ray caught one feather and murmured : “ Bless
you,” and released it back to the air and watched it flew away. Ray turned back
with his legs shaking. He tried to smile but it looked like he grinned. I let
out my arms to grab him but I saw sorrow and refuse in his eyes. So I stepped
forward to pick up Helena’s phone and handed it to Ray. I turned back, take my
shocked friends and walked out. I said stopped at the door and said thank you.
My friends followed.
That night, I was sitting on my sofa,
watching TV. The news reporter said there was another student missed in our
school. I sighed, reached my hand for my phone.
( To be continued )
Astrid
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