JANVIC
So here’s the tea: Philip and I followed what Rabiya’s text had wanted us to do. To go to the Building F as sooner as possible and with no doubts of turning back. However, there is one thing we both decided to choose not to follow. To go there individually. Yes, we did not follow this rule for no reason. Or if there was, perhaps it was none of us had wanted to go first, nor neither of us had wanted to go last. So, for the peacefulness of our souls, we decided to just go there together and ignore the only warning that Rabiya had included in her text message. Of course, we were aware of the cameras installed and hidden everywhere, and of course, they were really many (if I were to sum them up, they were twice as many as what I expected), and it was indeed a difficult job to get rid of them and try our best not to be caught. So, if anyone’s asking how we made it to the other side of the covered gym wi
It was a tough time for me and Philip. We were done searching for the seventh floor and it took us approximately twenty minutes searching that floor alone. At least, it was shorter than expected. We expected it would take us more than thirty minutes each floor but thank God it did not. Another thing that we expected was that, there was no Travis on the seventh floor. It was, to me, either he was somewhere between one of the floors from first floor up to the seventh floor, or somewhere between the final floors or the uppermost floors of the building. He could not be here anywhere around the eighth floor simply because it would not make any sense.Time check, it was already three o’clock in the afternoon. I took a full glance on one of the tens of windows panes on the left wing of the lobby of the eighth floor and from there I watched and had my own view of what were the thing going on outside. There was nothing much, unfortunately. Other than the flock of b
PHILIP There was nothing more important right now than the bond that I had established with Chuck. While I was in the peakest of my fear and trembling, he was on the calmest state of his mind. While I was on the verge of turning back, he was there behind me to make sure that I only had to take a step forward and not backward. He was at his bravest while I was on my weakest. He was at his fullest determination while I was at my emptiest. To simply put that, if not because of him being by my side, I would have gone out of this building already. I would have had returned to the protest area, or perhaps went to my dad to report that Travis was missing instead. Luckily, he got my back.As we arrived in the front of the door of the third classroom from the elevator, we stopped and halted for a minute one last time. I did not know why we did it, but I think, we did it unconsciously so I would have my time to think
PHILIP There was nothing more important right now than the bond that I had established with Chuck. While I was in the peakest of my fear and trembling, he was on the calmest state of his mind. While I was on the verge of turning back, he was there behind me to make sure that I only had to take a step forward and not backward. He was at his bravest while I was on my weakest. He was at his fullest determination while I was at my emptiest. To simply put that, if not because of him being by my side, I would have gone out of this building already. I would have had returned to the protest area, or perhaps went to my dad to report that Travis was missing instead. Luckily, he got my back.As we arrived in the front of the door of the third classroom from the elevator, we stopped and halted for a minute one last time. I did not know why we did it, but I think, we did it unconsciously so I would have my time to think
TRAVISThink it through. Think it through. Think it through. But how?As I stared on the sanguine blood that washed and stained almost the entire front of my uniform, I squeezed my brain only to pulp out ways on how could I get rid of this upper garment without getting suspected as the killer of the poor dead sophomore student. Philip and Chuck were both true. This was very critical to me, because I was the only person who had the only evidence of the crime scene. Although I had already hidden the murder weapon which was the butcher knife (a replica of butcher knife used to slaughter the past victims of this serial killing), I still was not guaranteed to be safe. None of us here are safe. However, none of us here were also in deep chamber of hazard and vulnerability. It was only me. I was the only one who is prone in being jailed because of being accused as the killer.Anyway, I hid the
RABIYAThe moment I received the command coming from Travis Exposito himself, Janvic and I decided to take our actions right away. So, without letting another at least split of a second to pass, we began walking across the lobby of the second floor and into the stairways that led us to the third floor. It was an exhausting and severely energy-draining activity, but we had no choice but to move as fast as we can. To be honest, we already forgot that we were supposed to be careful because as what Travis and Philip had said, the killer might appear us along the way. None of us knew that he or she had weapons, but at least, at some point until we reached the fifth floor in at most twenty minutes, we had not encountered the killer yet.By the time we landed our feet to the staircase of the fifth floor, Janvic and I decided to take a short break. We were both exhausted by the time we sat on the first step of the s
RABIYA The moment I received the command coming from Travis Exposito himself, Janvic and I decided to take our actions right away. So, without letting another at least split of a second to pass, we began walking across the lobby of the second floor and into the stairways that led us to the third floor. It was an exhausting and severely energy-draining activity, but we had no choice but to move as fast as we can. To be honest, we already forgot that we were supposed to be careful because as what Travis and Philip had said, the killer might appear us along the way. None of us knew that he or she had weapons, but at least, at some point until we reached the fifth floor in at most twenty minutes, we had not encountered the killer yet. By the time we landed our feet to the staircase of the fifth floor, Janvic and I decided to take a short break. We were both exhausted by the time we sat on the first step of t
There was nothing more humiliating that what Janvic had did. I mean, he was so out of his mind and out of his temper than he even thought of saying those kind of words right in front of Travis Exposito as if he was not there. As if he was just a mere particle of dust floating in the wind for a second and disappearing right away forever. I would have not said those things if he was me.Chuck suddenly unleashed a powerful sigh. Powerful enough that I felt how the wind coming from his nose ripped through the bareness of my own skin. “You know what, Janvic, it is not that hard to pass, you know? If you want to back out, then go. If you want to leave the building and betray us by reporting everything to the police and even to the Detective, then you are free to do so too.But just remember this, this is going to be the last time I will be talking to you if that really happens. Are you okay with that? Because to me, it is one hundred percent okay. I do not mind l
After quite a while, Janvic, who was the one who sparked the argument a while ago suddenly shared something. “I have an idea,” he said. “I know this might sound crazy, but I am sure this might actually work. Of course, as a curious cat, I asked him the question that was meant to be asked only for that specific question.“Okay, what is this idea of yours? Mind sharing it to the group?”The moment Janvic prepared himself to let out a deep breathe was the moment I figured out that what he was about to suggestion was something crazy.“What if we stab you in the abdomen? What if we give you an injury and make you bleed to make them believe that the blood in your uniform was yours? After that, let us just then act that you are a victim of attempted homicide, too. However, you survived but you have not caught a glimpse of the killer. That might just work, right?”I knew it. It wa