Murder House (Part One)

Confidence?

'I notice students were missing for nearly a week then come back to kill their victims. But the number reduced to two days, then twenty-four hours. I looked up how someone could hypnotize a person and discovered it just takes mere seconds to hypnotize someone that is if the person is a professional. It also says you can hypnotize someone by using the Dave Elman Induction but it is used for therapy, a way of helping someone remember something. This brought up a lot of theories that lead to nowhere no matter how hard I tried to investigate. I told the police but none of them believed me. They told me that I was reading too many thriller fantasy novels and sent me on my way. I looked up more information on hypnotizing but everything was just the same thing! More students went missing from different classes and later appear to kill them but things began to escalate when teachers began to die.

It was during lunch and I was to a friend who was a teacher when she began to choke on her food. She coughed and began to foam in her mouth and when I looked around me, I saw a half of the teachers were reacting the same way. I panicked and rushed to the cafeteria because the teachers always collected their food from the cafeteria but the students were fine. No one was choking to death.

Well, I called the police who investigated the case and arrested the cook who swore she knew nothing about it. It was a lie. They checked the spice cabinets and saw half a bottle of liquid arsenic hidden behind the spices. Most of the teachers were given immediate medical treatment but my friend passed away on the way to the hospital.

I know many will have a lot of theories about this but here is mine; the cook is innocent because the demon hypnotized her to poison the teacher's food.

Sadly this is not going to bring my friend back from the dead.

I ponder on that. 'Dave Elman technique huh? This is interesting. The victims will go missing for a week then two days then a day just like Ms. Brittany's case. So what kind of hypnosis makes someone do something against their will?'

I shut the book and look back at Gwen who was still sleeping next to me. 'Should I leave her here? What if something happens to her while I am gone? What if he...'

The thought of him breaking down the door with a knife in hand, covered in blood, and a grin on his face me shiver especially after that dream I had a few minutes ago. 'Curse me for picking a Motel. It can't guarantee our safety but I have to go to work. My overnight bag is still there.'

So I rip out a page on my notebook, scribble out a note and after placing it on the bed stand, I leave the room and lock the door behind me.

'Please be alive when I get back.' I pray while taking the taxi to work. As usual, we didn't have customers during the early morning shift so this gave me enough time to think.

'Adrien never mentioned ghosts haunting the school in his book. Could it be something he missed? Come to think of it, the way she died is similar to Eric's and...'

The bell rang and I leave the room to attend to a customer sitting at table no.4.

"Good morning. What would you like today?" I ask ready to pen down the order on my notepad.

"I will have Emma Cross-wood served on a platter please." a familiar voice said as she dropped the menu card.

"Gwen! Thank goodness you're..." but she grabbed my arm and dragged me out of the restaurant ignoring Amanda's yelling.

"What happened last night?" she asks pinning me to the wall. "What did you do to me?"

"Calm down and I..."

"The last thing I remember was waking up on a bed in a sleazy motel with a note in your handwriting. I tried calling but you didn't pick up the phone and I feel drained. Mind telling me what is going on?"