High School Massacre

« February 25th, 2032

Today, I witnessed something incredulous that put my lifelong beliefs in jeopardy.

This morning a bunch of people, claiming to be governmental officers, visited my domain to make a deal with me.

They wanted to recruit me to work on a certain project.

As an enthusiastic scientist, my curiosity was immediately picked and I accepted.

I was escorted to an isolated research facility on an island.

They led me to an underground lab where I met it.

A being that defies the logic and the law of nature.

They explained what my role was in the story.

Study it, discover its abilities and …. create a weapon capable of killing it.

There were many more beings like it roaming outside. The government feared their existence and wanted to eliminate them.

But I was sceptical …

If they are as powerful as they claimed them to be, will there really be a way for us weak humans to defeat them?

But more importantly,

Where did they come from?

And …..What do they want from us ?

Dr.Moon , Journal of the unknown

Page 1

To be continued…."

It was another ordinary Monday.

The sun rose from the east, who got a job went to work, who doesn't stayed at home. The children were sent to the kindergarten, the teenagers went to school, the stores opened up, the streets crowded up.

Each day was no different from the last or the next. It's the same, humans were trapped in an infinite loop called 'routine'.

Like every week day, the seventeen years old Logan Farley had to go to high school.

Like every morning, he would seat in his desk and dazingly watch the clouds navigate through the blue sky.

Like every first period, math teacher took attendance and started his teachings by writing formulas on the board, back facing the students.

Unlike any Monday, the classroom door was opened an hour after the class started.

Teacher and students turned their attention to the door.

Before the teacher could ask anything, the figure swung his axe and sliced the teacher's head off .

Fresh blood splattered on the face of a female student sitting in the first raw. Before she could unleash a scream , her head was cut off.

More blood splattered as one after another heads fell on the ground.

The slaughterer smiled devilishly under his hood as he swung his axe left and right across the classroom.

Raw after raw he advanced and everywhere he went heads fell .

One after another they died until one remained.

The last student fell in a puddle of blood, trembling in fear.

The slaughterer turned toward him , he dragged his bloodied axe as he made his way toward the frozen male student .

He stopped right in front of the student .

Logan Farley lifted his gaze up and saw the axe fell right on him .

****

Tic!...Tic!...Tic!.....

Rhythmic sounds echoed in the hospital room .

The patient slowly opened his eyes and looked at the white ceiling .

"You woke up at last ?"

An unfamiliar voice made the boy's turn his head toward its sources .

A young man , probably in his early twenties, was seating cross legged on the couch not far from the bed.

The boy was confused "Who…"

The young man stood up , adjusted his dark blue uniform and walked to the bed side.

He took a badge from his left pocket and showed it to the boy " I'm Leonard MacGrath , Diamond Grade Detective from the Bureau of special affairs affiliated to the Astral Union"

The boy opened his eyes wide , he may have never heard of the Bureau of special affairs thing but… The Astral Union he sure knows what he was dealing with. The governmental branch which controls the police department and all the law enforcement in general. He had never seen an agent of the Astral Union before, they usually only handle major cases that surpass the power of the police.

Now that the boy looked closer, there were a golden insignia on the upper right of the man chest , the insignia of the Astral Union , an eagle with outstretched wings ready to catch its pray .

The boy sat up and immediately bowed his head "Hello, I'm Logan Farley , may I know what brought an agent of the Astral Union here?"

Leonard frowned "You don't remember?"

"Remember what? "Logan was puzzled.

"What happened early in the morning"

"The morning …." Suddenly images flashed in Logan 's mind , there were heads many heads looking at him with empty eyes .

"Argh"

Logan put his hand on his mouth, trying to hold the liquid surging in his mouth. Leonard immediately backed away and flung a container on Logan's lap.

Bleurgh!

Logan couldn't hold himself and threw up in the container, every time those bloody images appeared in his mind, he would throw up another mouthful .

It took a while before he stopped, probably because he had no more to vomit.

"Can we talk now?"

Through the whole process, Leonard was standing away from the bed , in fear of dirtying his uniform "I have come here to ask you some questions about this morning incident , I hope you would cooperate with our investigation and answer truthfully our questions"

"I'll…do my best" Logan wiped his mouth, he looked haggard .

"Great" Leonard smiled "First question"

His gaze became cold as the smile on his face disappeared " Why are you still alive?"

Logan shivered "P-Pardon?"

"All your classmates were found dead at the scene, all beheaded , and yet you are here , alive without a single injury , why that ? why did the killer let you alive ?" His tone was filled of suspicions.

Well, he couldn't be blamed for it , sure it was a fishy situation .

"I-I don't know, I-I swear, I have no idea"

Leonard didn't press on the matter and passed to the next important question "You must have seen the killer, right? Describe him to me"

Logan frowned and tried to recall what he had seen. He suppressed his disgust and urge to vomit as he went through his memories of that morning .

The moment that person entered , the moment the teacher was killed , then the female student ,…. He recalled it all, but strangely every time he focused on that person , he only saw a blur .

Logan frowned .The last thing he remembered was seeing the man approaching him with his axe , he was right in front of him but it was blurry , like a very poor definition image , he saw him lift his axe and swung it down at him.

"Ah?!" Logan gasped in horror and hugged his quivering arms.

"Did you remember something?"

"It was a person, probably a man with an axe, he entered our classroom out of nowhere , killed the teacher then ….the others , I was sitting on the last raw , I was the only one left , he approached me then … I'm not sure what happened , he swung his axe down on me and then it's all black, that's all what I remember"

"The killer, what does he look like?"

"He was wearing a long black rain coat with the hood down hiding half of his face» Logan looked at Leonard and added " I couldn't see it clearly, I'm sorry , I can't be of a better help"

Leonard's eye fell on the floor pondering "Mm , don't worry, you can help us more than you think "

Before Logan could ask him about what he means,

Leonard walked to the door and said "Tomorrow, you'll be discharged from the hospital, we'll need to bring you over to our office for another interrogation, so be ready" As such he left and the room became quiet once again.

Logan looked at his trembling hands, droplets fell on his palm as tears slid down his cheeks.

****

The next morning, after one last check up from the doctor, Logan was escorted by two agents to the Astral Union branch in Xia city.

They entered a big skyscraper.

They passed the security check and took the elevator to the twelfth floor. Logan was led to a room and asked to wait in there .

The room was painted in grey, with only a single metallic table and three chairs. One facing the other two.

Logan sat on the one facing a big mirror glass reflecting his figure.

Unbeknownst[MSD1] to him, behind that glass mirror, Leonard was observing him while leisurely drinking his morning coffee. He was accompanied by two other characters .

One was a middle-aged woman, who looked tough and strict. The other was a bespectacled young man, same age as Leonard .

"What do you think of Logan Farley , Leonard ?" The woman crossed her arms as she observed Logan.

Leonard swallowed the coffee in his mouth and answered lazily "I don't feel anything special about him, his bearings have nothing suspicious , he acted like a normal human who has survived a tragedy"

"What about his background?" This time the woman turned to the other young man who upon hearing her question handed her a file.

"Logan Farley , seventeen years old , lived in Nilas Valley, raised in Sunshine orphanage since he was five years old after his transfer from Blue orphanage in Yin city , his parents were ordinary workers who died after the factory they worked in caught fire"

The bespectacled young man nodded "Yes, from his origins, birth and childhood nothing is out of ordinary"

"And yet, there must be something" The woman squinted her eyes as she stared at Logan "Why would the Slaughterer who never leave a single witness behind , let this teenager live ?"

Leonard shrugged and said "Well, now we have a witness who had seen The Slaughterer up close, we have a chance to caught him for good this time"

The woman nodded "After five mass kills , we can't let this demon roam freely any longer , the higher ups are also pressing me on this matter , so whether this boy is an enemy or just an unlucky bystander, let's get the most out of him, Collins , are you ready ?"

"Yes , Chief O'Hanly, I'm ready" The bespectacled young man named Collins , nodded .

"Then let's go" Chief O'Hanly left the room, followed by Collins .

Leonard stayed there.

He took a sip of his coffee and looked at Logan.

"It's now that your future is determined, kid , if you turns out to be an enemy of humanity…"

An ominous aura enveloped the room as Leonard' pupil turned pitch black along with the white of his eyes.

"I'll personally kill you"