School of Terror

Chapter 4- Time to eat

        Kiera was confused. She tried to convince herself that the things she saw were only on her mind. She tried to dismiss every suspicion she had but she couldn't.

       Someone suddenly touched her. Kiera flinched. She looked at the two students who are staring at her.

       "You okay there newbie?" Said one of the students. Kiera couldn't answer the question.

      "We get it. You're scared, so are we. But being stuck in fear wouldn't help one bit."

       "By the way, I'm Luke and this guy is Logan." said the charming young man.

       Kiera suddenly realized something. "You're Luke!" she pointed at Luke. "Yes... I just said that..." Luke awkwardly smile. "Is she retarded?" said Logan. Luke slapped Logan's shoulder. "Logan that's mean! Don't call her retarded."

       "I'm not retarded. I just saw posters about Luke. I saw your mother. She was crying for help on the streets." Kiera said.

      Kiera asked Luke about how long does he think he's been here.

     "One week, I think?"

     "Luke you've been missing for 2 weeks now."

     Luke was confused. "What? But I've counted the days. It's only been one week."

    Logan was starting to panic. "I told you Luke they're planning to make us stay here forever! Time works differently. They plan to keep us here until we die!" Logan was being hysterical.

    Kiera was suddenly panting.

    "Forever?! We're gonna die?! I can't die! My family..."

    Luke noticed how Kiera was uneasy.

    "Hey... Hey... Kiera, it's gonna be alright.  Don't worry I'll help you get out of here. I'll protect you, I promise." Luke gently smiled at her. Luke's gentle smile calm Kiera.

    "You look like you haven't eaten. Why don't you come with me and let's have breakfast."

     Kiera couldn't complain. She was hungry and had no choice but to trust Luke.

    They went to the cafeteria. Many tables and seats were placed everywhere. Many students were there as well.

    They sat near the exit. A lot of waiters came and served the students some food. After serving the students they left and went back to the kitchen.

    Luke stared at the chef and began to eat. Kiera didn't touch her food. Although she was hungry she didn't have the energy to eat.

    "What are you waiting for? Aren't you hungry? Eat up, you're good to go."

    Kiera ate just a spoon full of rice. She felt her stomach ache. All of a sudden she heard a loud thud.

    One of the students fell their face on their plate. Her mouth has white bubbles coming out of it. Kiera was terrified.

    "What happened to her?! Is she alright?" She was worried for the girl.

     "She's dead." Logan simply answered. "What!?" Kiera was shocked. "The chef randomly puts poison on the student's food. You'd be lucky if yours doesn't have any."

      Kiera was terrified. She stared at the chef. The chef was mischievously smiling while looking at the dead girl. Kiera stared back at her food.

      As she was staring at her food she saw an eyeball and a finger on her plate. She gasped. She rubbed her eyes. She looked at her plate again. The eyeball and the finger were gone.

    Kiera didn't feel like eating. More and more students were slowly dying. The chef only laughed at the sight of dead teenagers.

     Kiera felt like she was about to throw up. Kiera stood up from her seat. Her knees are shaking. Her chest felt like it was being squeezed. She was panting. Her eyes began to get blurry. She was slowly getting dizzy. She started to see hallucinations. The world turned red as if it was tainted with blood. She heard the echoing sound of the chef's evil laugh. She heard many screams. The chef's evil grin was the last thing she saw before she fainted.