The Killers

[Chapter 17]

A louder noise quickly shook me out of my thoughts. "Jeff? Is that you? You need to stop!" I yelled out. No answer. Not even a noise. I noticed a door across from me in the kitchen. It was like something was pulling me to it. Was that the door leading to the basement? I'm haunted by the thought of basements, ever since the incedint a few weeks ago. I nearly died in a basement. They horrify me now. This means something though. I have a feeling, that i need to go down there for a certain reason. Is it because Liu's down there? Is he trapped? Or is this just my imagination. I will never know until i go down there, sadly. I slowly walked to the door, and began twisting the door handle. "Try not to make any noise Jane." I whispered to myself. But the door handle felt never ending. I just couldnt open it. Finally, i somehow pushed the door open. The stairs below were dark, and scary. Like in a crime movie. Like that part in a scary movie when the kid goes down the stairs to get something terrified, and then they hear something that haunts them for years. Shit, i guess that already happend to me. So how much worse can this be? I took a deep breath, and i made my way down the stairs. There was one single light that was hanging from the ceiling. It was haunting. It was just dangling, and the lighting was faint. "Hello?" I called out. Nothing. "Liu, are you down here?" Nothing, once again. "Please, if you're here, give me a sign. Anything. Even if its Jeff, please just give me a sign." I said aloud. I was an idiot for saying all that, but maybe the sign could help me find a way to Liu. It was silent for a few seconds. Then, i heard a horrifying noise. Like the one i heard during the inicident between jeff, liu and i. It was the sound of Liu screaming. "Help me Jane! Help! He's trying to kill me!" I heard him yell out. "Liu?!" I yelled out. No response. Is he dead? "Liu! I'm coming for you!" I yelled out. I ran around in the basement. It was dark, and i nearly tripped a few times. No matter how many times i yelled out asking if it was Liu, i got no response. I cant believe Andy his family hasn't awoken yet. I ran up the stairs, and i looked around for a kitchen knife. I found one. It was large, and i'm pretty sure it was good enough to kill someone. Or an it, in Jeff's case. I stampeded back down the stairs. "Come out, come out wherever you are!" I yelled. I went a little crazy for a second. I wanted to kill. Nothing was stopping me, i wanted to feel blood splattered on my face, and hear the sweet sounds gasping breaths fill my system. I ran around in the basement. "Jeff! You leave him alone!" I yelled. Eventally, i heard the crash noise again. I stopped myself. "Jeff, stop playing games. Are you here or not." The basement was quite again. Muted. Then, i felt two arms wrap around my body. "Oh Jane! I got you now!" I heard a voice whisper in my ear. I reconized the evil voice imeditely. I dropped my knife. It slid across the floor behind us. "Jeff?" I asked. I felt fear grow within me. "Why don't you just kill me now?" I asked him. His arms were still wrapped around me. He chuckled in my ear. He swung me around to face him. "Where's Liu?" I asked angrily under my breath. He was laughing hystericly now. "He's over there." He said pointing behind me. I had the feeling not to turn around. I just couldn't. Liu's slaughtered body was probaly pinned up against the wall, like crist on the cross. I didn't need to see anything else that was disturbing. I already have been through enough. "LOOK!" Jeff said, and he flipped me around. I leaned against him. I screamed. I was right. There was poor little Liu, pinned up on the rusty basement wall. His chest was bleeding, and his own face was covered in his own blood. He was hanging by his neck, with a rope. He looked like he killed himself. I knew what Jeff's goal was. To make it look like he killed himself. It was fucking clever. I turned around, and did my best to stare into his eyes. I noticed he now had no eye lids. They were just, two large eyes. Also, his skin was now a pale, pale white. His hair was pitch black like mine, and his awful smile he cut into his own cheeks was healing up. It actally looked more terrifying now. "What happend to you, Jeff?" I asked him. "I burned myself." "How did you survive?" I asked. "No qhestions! He yelled, spitting in my face. "You're sick, and you don't deserve to live. You're an awful monster, you aren't human." I said. He suddenly became angry. "Don't associate with humans, they're pointless idiots." He said, and he smiled. And this time, he actally ment to smile. He quickly pushed me against the wall right next to Liu's dead body. He kept me still by pinning his hands in mine. I screamed. I was helpless. I kicked him right in the knee, and released myself. I scurried around on the ground for the knife. I couldnt find it. It was so dark in the basement. I finally got my hands on it, and soon i got up with it gripped in my right hand, jeff was right infront my face. His hot breath hit my cheeks. "What were you going to do with that Jane? Kill me?" He said, joking to himself in a way. "Yeah, i'm pretty sure." I said. He looked shocked, at my reponse. I stuck the knife right in his arm. I saw a large blood stain soak through his already blood covered white hoodie sleeve. He pressed down on it, and he smiled right at me. "Nice try Jane, but do you really think thats going to stop me? Ha! That's just a damn boo boo, silly girl!" He said. He laughed crazy. It was like nails on a car. I shook at his laugh. It gave me a headache. He pushed me away from him. I just stood there at the other side of the room, while he was at the side across from me. It's very simple jane. Whenever i ask my victim, "am i beautiful?" And they respond, "no," they die. If they respond with a simple "yes," i cut their mouth just like mine. "So i have a qhestion jane." He says leaving me in tears. There's no escape. I either die or look like him. Look so terrifying that no one will want to be near me, except him. I would have to watch eveey victim get killed, since we would stick together. But maybe, i do kind of want to see a person get their throat slit. Is that crazy? And i also want to die myself. This is probaly my ome chance right now at dying, and suceeding, without anyone finding me. I could escape this horrible life. But i also don't want to die. If Jeff ever turns into his old self, and finds out he killed me, he wouldn't know what do with himself. I need to make my descion. I need to come up with a response quick. "Jeff, i used to love you. I don't know if i do anymore, since you're doing this to inocent people." I respond trying to convince him not to slit my throat or cut my mouth to the ends of my fucking ears. I quickly see anger fill his face. His white, pale, face turns a light red, his hands turn into fists. He begins to shake. Panic hits me. He runs up to me and grabs me by my collar. My head hits his. "Oh jane. I loved you so much as well. You hurt me so much. The rejection fucking felt like hell. And you didn't fucking care. And sadly, i still love you. And maybe if i could just fucking kill you,- he said with a grunting tone, and he stopped and lowered his head. He raised it again, and whispered "it would all be over." But since you won't be my partner, i guess i'm going to have to kill you like you killed me." I could see the tears begin to slowly fill his widened eyes. And i suddenly remembered his blue eyes i loved. They werent there anymore. Just scary eyes with the eye lids slit off. His eyes werent even a pretty blue anymore. They looked red. A hellish red. But for some reason they seemed familar. I knew the Jeff i used to know was still in there. Trapped. But he was gone. You could just tell he was cold inside, and he wasnt going to change for a while. I wanted to say, "you're beautiful Jeff," but he grabbed me by my collar harshly, before i could say anything at all. He took his knife and gently slid it across my neck past my adams apple. Blood began filling the soft cut. "You were supposed to be here with me forever! We were supposed to be together forever Jane! But you let me down!" He yelled, and his cold breath hit my face. He threw me hard onto the ground, and kicked my side. I watched him slowly walk away from me, the farther and farther he went. The dazed sound of his footsteps got lighter and lighter. I was alone. "He was gone."