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In The Shadows

AN ABANDONED CITY, KNOWN AS THE CITY OF ELMONT, IS BEEN RULED BY A WOUNDED GOST.  ITS SILENCE ALONE, MELT HEARTS. AND ITS NATURE, IS ONE WHICH NO ADVENTURER WILL WANT TO EXPLORE.  SETTING ASIDE HOW MISCHIEVOUS AND FRIGHTFUL IT IS, IT HAS A STRONG SCENT OF BLOOD WHICH CANNOT BE WATCHED AWAY.  THE CITY IS A GHOST OF ITS FORMER SELF AFTER SO MANY OF ITS RESIDENTS HAVE MOVED AWAY.  IT'S ALSO CALLED A NO-GOING BACK CITY.  THAT IS, THOUGH FEW PEOPLE STUBBORNLY LIVE THERE, THEY DO NOT GET THE CHANCE TO TESTIFY ITS DETRIMENT TO THOSE OUTSIDE.  ITS RECORDS ARE ONES WHICH CANNOT BE NOTIFIED TO THE WORLD. SINCE THE HEAD OF STATE TRY HIDING THE INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE YEARS AGO WHERE SOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE INVOLVED.  BUT ALL THEIR EFFORTS DOES NOT HELP ANY, AS MANY IGNORANT TEENS, MATURED INDIVIDUALS KEEP COMING TO THE CITY FOR FUN.  HOW HAS THE CITY BEEN TO LIVE IN THE SHADOWS OF WHAT HAPPENED YEARS AGO AND WHAT BECOMES THE END OF IT WHEN THAT INCIDENT REPEATS ITSELF? 

Ghassan_ · Teen
Not enough ratings
33 Chs

They have partnership

"Are you sure…you weren't drunk when heading to the restroom?"

She met his soft gaze "I wasn't loaded I swear. Yeah though I…was a little faded in mind before my roommate rushed me to bed but after I woke up due to someone calling me, I was so conscious and still is-"

"Who called you?" Evan takes over

"Uhh, I…do not know. When I was awake my roommates were still asleep so I guess I had a very weird dream"

Evan grew silent for a while before letting out these words "I'll get you out of here but make sure this remains between you and me"

"Why?" I query looking into his eyes

"I can't answer that now. What's important is you leaving this place. Trust me you won't want to get called during the school assembly tomorrow dawn"

She nods understanding the consequences and he gives her a gentle smile holding her little hand while they strolled away.

He sledded into many short cuts without being caught on camera or by a supervisor.

No communication was made on their way and Nice didn't bother satisfying her curiosity after what he told her.

She just kept staring at the side of him once in a while so he doesn't notice her intense stare.

They finally arrived at a semi gate with a locked door by the side. The gate is normally left open for school administrators to get in and out but the student is not bound to pass there except when given access by turning off the alarm.

While the door by the side has been permanently locked for years now though students find a way to get past it and sneak into the girls' dormitory.

"Here we are," Evans says shortly after using a strategy to unlock the door.

"Thank you…Evan" she responds

"…" he gets lost

"Oh I'm…Nice," she says almost like a whisper and he immediately gets it.

"You're good to go Nice" he opens the door for her walk-in.

"Just follow the lights until you arrive at your dorm. Don't stop no matter what" he advises

She nods staring into his eyes though it was dark where they were. "Aren't there any cameras?" she inquires

"Nope. They don't place cameras in girls cite because they assume girls don't do stuff as we do"

"I see…" Nice responds with a nod still not leaving his gaze.

He looks at her blankly and impatiently which she notices blinking off her daze and staring towards her path.

She walks two feet then pauses looking back at him and his notions her the go-ahead and she waves awkwardly then strides away.

She obeys his words though she had so many distractions on her way from weird shadows and sounds.

Arriving in her room, she quickly stumbled into bed covering herself in her blanket completely.

She kept thinking of her experiences in that party chamber and how she appeared in the boys' dorm for an hour before slowly drowning into sleep.

**

The following day she woke up soundly to find Abigale staring at her with sweetly

She wiped her eyes trying to brighten her vision before sluggishly sitting upright.

"Good morning Nice" Ada saluted

"Thank you, Ada and same to you" Nice responded with a faint smile.

"How did you sleep?" Ada questioned and Abigale sealed her mouth firmly out of patience.

Nice gazed Abigale before responding "I slept…Ok and you?" to Ada with the same question in return.

"Perfectly well! Yesterday was really great that I forgot we had classes today" Ada replied about to position herself close to Nice so she could analyze her story but she was interrupted by Abigale's words towards Nice

"Hope you feel ok now to prepare for a shower because that's where I'm heading to"

"Umm…what's the time?" Nice questioned

"It's good you asked. Twenty minutes to Six meaning we have twenty minutes left before breakfast starting from now if not, we'll be chased out of the dorm by SV. Annette" Abigale rises from her bed and strolls towards her trunk.

"To finalize what she said, SV. Annette is our quarter supervisor who is very wicked and strict-"

"And will definitely not appreciate you wasting your time listening to someone who's time table is free instead of nourishing your seconds with care. So please Ada quit talking and let her use the bath if you aren't ready yet." Abigale ends causing Ada to give her a disgusted side look then smiled innocently when she noticed Nice's stare thinking Nice didn't see what she did but the reverse was true and Nice truly confirm why Abigale doesn't like communicating with her due to her cunning personality.

Nice rapidly stood up taking off her clothes to join Abigale before she leaves her behind while Ada went back to whatsoever she was doing.

Before Nice and Abigale strolled away, Nice glance back at Syrah who was still asleep as though she had no school today.

She was about waking her up when Abigale held her back then whispered "Don't. She has her way"

Nice backed down and they walked away fading out of the corridor with every stride.

**

Before SV. Annette came to pulls them out, they were ready excluding Syrah who wasn't back from the bathroom yet.

But SV. Annette didn't bother asking for her as she ordered the rest of them out to the eating hall.

Arriving their hall where Senior girls were mixed with Junior girls while the reveres went on in the boys' section, they settled on their seats as guided to them by SV. Annette and Abigale were sitting opposite Nice while Ada sat next to some Juniors on the same table.

"Why didn't ma'am Annette ask for Syrah?" Nice muttered to the hearing of Abigale and she replied in the same tone forwarding her neck "Because they have a partnership with each other"

"How do you know that?" Nice questions

"I once heard their conversations. I can't tell you more now. If that bitch of a woman catches us conversing instead of eating, we'll be in serious trouble. I don't want to go cleaning her 'settlement'…"

Nice laughs in a low tone while Abigale giggles as they went on with ditching their meals.

To be continued…