Down the Alleyway

Chapter 7

Allie

A drop of blood-- it echoed the emptiness I'm in. This hourglass won't last for long. It's downside is spilling therefore, I wouldn't be able to turn it upside down. I'm gonna have to refill it... if I had the chance.

Mister Adam did not say anything when I showed this to him. I wonder what he's thinking?

I've had too much fun playing this mind game with him that I eneded up showing him more than necessary.

A laugh escaped my lips.

Maybe it would come back to haunt me someday but it doesn't matter.

My goal is to keep him coming back here and I'm pretty sure I achieved that.

Information is the most important thing in this world. Although vague; if intriguing enough-- humans will most likely be baited.

Now, Mister Adam I already layed out everything you need to know. All you have to do is ask the right questions.

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Layelle

I was on my way home thinking about why Adam is in a state of shock earlier when a bunch of men started following me.

It was already past 7 pm and I was walking on the part of the city where most buildings closes early. All the roll up doors were pulled down and the glass doors were already reinforced with steel bars.

It started with 3 of them matching my step. I thought they would stop if I walk more but instead, they just kept on adding and adding behind my back and now I've got a lot of them on my tail.

Now that I'm sure that it's not just conincidence I picked up the pace. My steps became faster and faster until I was eventually running with no place in mind.

What are these men? Why do they keep following me? Do they want to kidnap me? Not again.

My childhood kidnapping experience flashed back in my head as my lungs exasperated for air.

I clearly remembered the smaller version of me being tied up on a chair inside a warehouse. A circular light is hanging up my head just like what you would see in an interogation room.

I was crying. I was asking for mom and dad. They pointed a camera at me. It blinked red, marking the start of a recording.

Flash.

All the men in black masks are laughing at me.

I looked back and these men are laughing at me too. They're not wearing any mask and I could see their grin. Their fitted black clothes shaped their buffed upperhalf and their steps are wide, gaining on me by the minute.

My balled fist went cold and I remembered what Ellisa told me.

"When your pursuers wears a mask there's a chance that they will let you go when they got what they want but if they're not wearing any and they're identities were exposed, they won't let you go alive, they'll leave you in a ditch somewhere."