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Black clouded his sight, not being able to see anything instead of darkness

We can hear the heavy breathing of a man, confusion, and fear on his face as he stands up

"Hello ?! Is anyone there ?! Hello ?!" He shouted as he looked around, hearing his voice echoes in the place wherever he is. The man would shout again and again.

"Is anyone there ?! Help! Help me!" He shouted again as his heavy breathing reached his ears

He also did not know why he was asking for help, but out of fear of the dark place he was going through, he shouted and shouted, now tears falling from his doe eyes

His voice enveloped the surroundings and the sound returned to him.

Until Cato sees a light in the distance. And he stopped screaming.

Rotate his eyes around, little by little, there will be small lights around him. Like stars in the sky.

He would raise his hands, trying to reach the little stars but they seemed to be moving away from him.

...and all we can hear is his breathing.

More and more stars, but not one he could reach.

There is a star that catches his eye, it does not move in place, unlike the others.

"Cato! Help!" A voice echoed as he looked at it

"Cato. . .help me. . .Cato. . .Cato. . ."

The brightness of the star was gradually fading but it was slowly approaching him. He would raise his hand to reach the star but just kept his hands raised while staring intently at a star that remained in front of him while the others were slowly moving away.

Gradually he approached it and when he tried to reach the star, he suddenly swayed and fell into nothingness, away from the stars he wanted to possess.

"A-"

Ring...Ring...

He sat up straight on his bed as he jolted awake from his sleep. His body cascaded in sweat and heavy pants and breathing escape his lips

He didn't quite remember the dream, but he remembered the voice of someone screaming for help...

He turned off the alarm and rubbed his head as he walked towards the bathroom, splashing water on his face as he looked at the mirror,

"Ok calm down... It's nothing..." He said as he began his morning routine...

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"Good morning class, we have a special guest today. Mrs. Madmosela Hiti is here to announce something very important, I want you to behave" Miss Solei said, eyes on the camera

Mrs. Madmosela Hiti, their principal, joined the Zoom meeting, immediately noticing the names that showed on her screen

"Oh. Mr. Cato Solomon, Ms. Scarlet Guevara, you're in this section. I guess this section is for stars and model students"

"Good morning, Miss Madmosela, I may say that you look very pretty..." He smiled and continued "as always."

Miss Madmosela smiled as Cato smiled also

"Oh, how nice of you Hijo, thank you! But anyways. I came to visit you this morning because I want to inform you personally about the problem facing our school... Yes, you heard it right. This is bad news for us today. Whatever I'm going to tell you today is I want it not to get out of school first, no one will post about it. It came to me from the IT department of our school that there was someone who could access our online examinations answer key and even the summative test of all grade level and online quizzes. And to make it worst, even the grades of the students he enters and he manipulates them... and all the information he gets he shares with the students of the school. We don't know yet what in return he gets for sharing this."

Cato's eyes widened as he tried to not show his surprised face. And Cato who knows very well what the Principal is saying is still chilling in front of the camera and not revealing how he feels.

"But according to our school's IT masters, only Hiraya students may have done all this. Because of the limited evidence available, but not enough to know who it really is.

But we assume that if it is a student it is not from outside. The student behind it has intelligence because who else can access it so easily with a money brain? We believe that he or she is a master when it comes to hacking accounts, other private sites, and systems. So far, our talented and knowledgeable IT staff are fixing and working on this problem and they are trying to trace the person behind it all, but ..." Mrs. Madmosela paused as the whole class zipped their mouth

"If any of you know this person it would be good to let us know. Because it's not just the school situation that will be ruined, but you as well. We all depend on it, all the parts and makeup of this school. You may be at risk, so if you have been passed on or shared by this person please just kids, don't be afraid to let us know."

Miss Madmosela removed her mirror and raise an eyebrow, at the same time pointing to the student's faces at her laptop.

"And if that hacker is in this section, give up, and let's fix this mess.

That's all children, Ms. Marie Solei, thank you for the time, and may the Lord God bless you all"

"Thank you very much for visiting and providing information, you can hope that if we can find someone to help solve this problem, we will tell you immediately, Miss Madmosela." Ms. Solei said as Mrs. Madmosella nodded

"Goodbye 4-A, and always remember we are watching you. Our school didn't name 'Hiraya' which means vision for no reason."