11 The Nightmare Begins

In the previous chapter-

"You were screaming, I came to your room and found you unconscious. Don't make me worried, please!" Jack was sweating.

I got up from the floor. "Um it was a nightmare." Exception it wasn't just a nightmare. It was a repetition of a memory. A petrifying one.

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Cold water dripped off her face as she got out from the washroom. Jack was having breakfast she made. He was too 'busy' to make it, as always; though watching news could be used as an excuse.

'Hello, welcome to 'you should know it' show, I'm Cokie O'Donnell, here to give you the latest news. Today's terrifying news is the number of the mysterious murders doubled this month. Yes you heard me right. Every month 15 used to die, now it's become 30. People are freaked out as well as the authorities. Government is pressuring MMIO. We'll come back after a short break. Stay tuned. Stay alert' the reporter said.

Jack turned down the TV's volume.

"What the fuck did just happen?" Jack exclaimed.

"She informed us a fact" Jenny said while drying her hair.

"A fact that the chances of us getting killed has increased by 50%!"

"Yeah I guess" She sat to have breakfast, in a daze.

"Be serious Jenna!" He furrowed his eyebrows.

"Says who?"

"Urgh never mind. So... what do you think? The killer started killing more people or... is there a partner?" Jack said in a low voice.

"Hmm, a psychopath who is satisfied by killing people won't want a partner to drag him down unless they're doing this together for revenge. They're increasing the numbers as time passes by. But most likely, either the killer is killing more people by himself/herself or there's another separate killer" she sipped her tea.

"Wow, you've become smart because of me" Jack smirked.

"My IQ has gone down because of you" she rolled her eyes.

"Whatever. But how can you be so sure that he's a psychopath and not a terrorist?" Jack asked.

"A terrorist doesn't act like that. That person could've thrown a bomb, why go through these troubles?" Jenny sighed.

"Hmm but what fascinates me about this is how all the young people's face show that they were really shocked and scared of something... as if they saw your face or a deadly weapon."

"Can't you just shut up?" She asked.

"No. Also, after their death, there's the same stylish tattoo on everyone's neck."

Jenny's blue eyes sparkled with curiosity.

"No not a mark, it's a tattoo so no vampire" Jack raised his right eyebrow.

Her face became dull.

Jack continued, "Their family said they've never seen the tattoos before and the victims were not connected in any way. And why only Canada?" Jack sighed.

"'Cause he lives here? They didn't have any tattoo even some moments before the murder according to the witness and CCTV camera." Jenny yawned.

"That's concerning..." he put his hands on his chin.

"Bro, why are ya worried? Go call Mr. Mendel." She said.

"Yeah I guess. Wait no! Your tone makes me seem gay" Jack panicked.

"Glad you realized"

"Don't have his number either, idiot"

"Stalk him on insta" She smirked.

"Jenna, please! Can you show a bit more interest in these cases? We can get murdered!!" Jack said.

"Yup we can die anywhere at anytime and everybody is talking about it already. All we need to do is be cautious and I've other things to worry about" She finished her breakfast.

"Nothing can be as interesting as this!!" Jack was surprised, as Jenny was the one who took interest in these matters the most. Has she changed?

"Hell no. You ain't me. There are more fascinating things, it takes observant eyes to notice them"

"Whatever. I'm heading to work. Bye." He left.

Jenny chuckled at his temper and left for her university. There was a sound of soft footsteps. Wait... there was more than one, her own... She stopped walking the sound stopped. She turned back. Nothing. She started walking again. The same thing happened. A chill ran through her body. There was none following me right?

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*I apologize for the short chapter >~< I'll make the chapters longer from now on. Thank you for reading this ❤️❤️*