Baptism Of Fire

GHOSTS OF THE PAST

AMBER'S POINT OF VIEW

"Amber! Wake the fuck up!"

The dirty tiled floor greeted me when I open my eyes. I cringed when felt sweats dampening my body. My face crumpled.

Why am I still wearing a dress? Where the hell am I?

I raise my head and look around. The room looks absolutely filthy. This place is obviously abandoned base from the flickering lightbulb and the dust covered furniture.

My gaze turned to Ashley who called my name. I frowned when I saw her tied arms and feet.

"Damn, what the fuck is happening?"

I throw Ethan a glance, and my heart sank when I saw that his position is not different from Ashley's.

My heart starts to beat erratically when our situation finally dawned me. Ashley, Ethan, Pierce, Sloane, Evan, and I are tied in a chair.

The door suddenly opens, and the person we are looking for just an hour ago emerged from the darkness. Her face is void of any emotions, but her eyes tell otherwise, it was ablaze with rage and contempt.

"Summer," I called her name underneath my breath.

Her lips curled into a sneer. "Miss me, Amber?"

A heavy silence falls among us. We just stared at her blankly, unable to process everything.

"S-Summer? What is the meaning of this? W-We thought you were abducted by the killers," Ashley asked her.

She chuckled humorously. "Abducted by the killers? Why would I even abduct myself?"

Ashley gasped in surprise. "W-What?"

Summer walk towards her. I saw how the latter flinched when she bowed her head and caresses her cheeks. "Aw, still the naive and slow-witted Ashley that I used to know. How pitiful," she insulted her.

Tears started pooling on my friend's eyes. "W-Why are you doing this, Summer? You lied to us!"

The grin on Summer's lips faded. She stares at Ashley with a dead-pan look. "Oh, so your beloved friend Amber hasn't told you yet?"

I swallowed a lump. They look at me with a questioning look. I shake my head and averted my gaze.

"What the hell are you saying?" Evan asked her.

Summer scoffed. "Why don't we ask Amber instead?" She walks towards me, her heavy footsteps reverberating in my ears. "Let's ask her how she betrayed me just because of jealousy."

I scowled. "I was never jealous of you."

"Really? That sounds like an absolute lie to me. Oh well, what should I expect from someone like you," she taunted.

"Amber? What in the world is she talking about?" I turned my attention to Pierce who asked the question.

I bit my lips to stifle my cries. "I-I don't know what she's saying."

Summer's face darkened. Without any preamble, she grabs my jaw and stares at me fiercely. "Tell them everything, Amber! Tell them how you abandoned our friendship just for your own sake! Tell them how you destroyed my life just to save yourself! " she exclaimed furiously.

Tears escaped my eyes. "N-No, stop this, Amber!

"Tell them before I lost my patience and kill you right where you're sitting!" Her eyes are gleaming with animosity while she's spouting those words like a venom. "You're selfish and obnoxious, Amber!"