3 CHAPTER 3

The horrible night finally passed away. I managed to sleep peacefully even after all that horrifying and otherwordly events. I woke up because of the music Sisanna plays. She can play her flute well. I look at her, and she looks back at me.

"You're finally awake." she said.

I look around me and asks, "Where are the others?"

"Your friends, John and Anna, joined Richard on getting some foods around the forest."

"Where's Carl?"

"He's outside. Getting some fresh air."

I stand up and stretch my muscles. Then, I get out to also have a fresh air to breathe. Lisa and Carl are talking to the side. Lisa's eyes still have a sign of that horrible event. I join them.

"What's up?" I said as I come close to them.

"Hello there." she responded.

I then noticed Carl's arm looks different than it was last night.

"Are you alright, Carl?" I asked him.

He did not respond for the first five seconds, then he said, "Yes... I am." I did not believe him when he said that. I can feel that there is something wrong with him. He's not the same Carl that I met before. He is weird and too silent compared to who he was. I am not comfortable to this kind of Carl, but I just ignored it; thinking that it is because of the horrible event that had happened last night. I stroll around the underground chamber. I saw antiques and other old items everywhere inside a room. Sisanna noticed me. She comes closer towards me and said, "What are you doing in here?"

I smiled, "Just looking around. Sorry, I happened to find this place. What is this?"

"Richard and I placed all of these items in here. We'd collected all of it so that we can gain few informations about the history of this island. We believe that through these old items, we can gather some hints that will point out about the demon living in here." Sisanna answered.

I just nodded in front of her. Then, I return to our room to stay. After a while, John and the others have returned. They brought us fruits and special veggies. Richard is already an expert to this island, so we just listened to him but with a little bit of questions.

After so many hours, it is getting dark again. I saw Richard closed the door of the underground chamber so that the demon will not find out about them. I came in to our room designated for us. I saw Carl's face, and it's horribly pale. I know that something is not right in him, but still I confirms it. I ask what's wrong with him, but he leaves no answer. Then, he glares at me as if he will going to eat me.

"You're getting a little bit scary, Carl." I said, but he continues on staring at me. John puts his hand unto Carl's shoulder and speaks, "Are you ok?"

I'm in big surprise of what he had done next. He bites John's hand, and breaks his arm. I then saw that Carl's arm looks decayed already. We all scream. Richard quickly gets the knife, then tries to stab Carl's back; Carl, however, managed to fend it off. My mind went blank at this moment. I am speechless and actionless. I cannot do anything but stand in the corner, speechless. "My friend, Carl? How the hell did this happen?" I asked myself.

I'm about to be attacked by Carl, but Richard saves me by pushing him away. "Hey! What are you doing? Wake up!" he said unto me. I shake my head, and I alert myself. All of this is real. Then, we decided to get out of the underground chamber. Because of that, the demon heard of us. All in my mind is escape. I separate my way from them, and I try to look for our yacht, for that is the only thing that will help me escape from this island. I heard Lisa's voice. I'm sure that it is her scream. My mind is full of fear and hate for myself. My eyes are teary as I keep on running in the middle of the forest. I look back and I saw Sisanna running towards me. However, that insane thing in the form of my friend, Carl, is following her. Then, Sisanna slips down to the ground, and Carl pounces over her and bites her like a hungry predator. I can't believe my own eyes. I did not dare to help her. This is the worst moment of my life. I continue on running away. I reached a coast, but the yacht is not in here. I look around and I saw the yacht far away. I run as fast as I could to escape this nightmarish island. But my heart pounds very fast, when I heard something running towards me. I did not look back. I just focused on running straight. I'm about to die of exhaustion. I never run that fast and long in my life, but my legs keep on moving.

I heard the demon growls from my back. Finally, I reached the ship. However, when I look back, I did not see anything that is following me. I thought Carl or the demon is behind my back, but I'm wrong. I breathe heavily and fastly. My heart, I can feel it's throbbing. I almost lose my consciousness at that moment. I enter our yacht quickly, then I close the door so that nobody can enter. In this moment, I did not think of anybody aside from myself. Neither John's nor Anna's nor Lisa's. I just want escape from this island. I started the engine of the yacht, and I sighed. I look back unto the coast, and I saw Carl standing over there. I saw in his face the creepiest smile I have ever seen. I stop my yacht for a while. I don't worry since I'm far away from him already. Then, I saw John walking from the shadows of the trees. After that, I saw Lisa, then Anna, then Richards and Sisanna. They all gather in the coast. Marlon also shows himself. They all grin creepily. Then, a large number of people show up. I realized that they are the tribe of the island. They kneel down on the ground, like they are worshipping something. Then, they stand up and point their fingers at me. I'm about to start the engine again so that I can finally escape, but then, I heard a whisper on my ears. That voice is the creepiest voice I've ever heard. "Welcome to our island." it said.