Murder House (Part One)

Kidnapped

Standing in front of the biggest house in the suburbs on the Eastside of Town, I stared at the "For Sale" sign on the lawn. This means the inhabitants of the house were gone.

'It looks like I am stuck.'

"Hello, Emma. You are not going to work today?"

I look to my right and see Mr. Yamada walking toward me wearing his business suit.

"Good morning sir."

"Good morning." He stands beside me. "Looking to buy a house?"

I sigh at his weak joke, "No."

"Well, I recommend not buying this one because it is haunted."

"Haunted?"

He nods. "The owners of the house were found dead in one of the hidden rooms. Whoever did it tied them up and left them to starve to death."

That's when I recalled Jake saying something about his parents never loving him and shudder. "Did...did the owners have a child?"

"Yes, but he was declared missing and then declared dead after a few years. No one knows where the child is to this day." then he looked at his watch. "Oops. I am going to be late for work. Have a good day!"

I watched him run down the street and look back at the house. Curious, I walk to the back of the house and take a peek inside through the windows.

'There is nothing out of the ordinary.' I think. 'It's just an empty house.'

"Useless!"

I jump back in horror and land on my butt. Standing by the window and screaming at the top of her lungs was a skinny woman with grey skin, white eyes, and yellow teeth wearing what looked like a pink blouse. As she banged on the window, huge chunks of her hair fell off and I see the ropes around her bony wrists.

"You useless child! You useless stupid child! Release me! You useless stupid child!"

I spring to my feet and run away. Stopping to catch my breath by the telephone pole, I take out my phone and call Gwen but it went straight to voicemail.

"Hello, Gwen? I haven't heard from you since last night. I discovered something about Jake. Please call me back."

I turn it off and look over at the horizon and leave the neighborhood. The time belonged when I paid to use one of the computers in the Cyber Cafe.

'It says in his file that he is an assassin.' I thought typing away. 'Let's see why.'

I press the enter key and a newspaper article appeared.

MAD MAN'S ARMY CAMP EXPOSED

The police uncovered an illegal army camp situated on the outskirts of Green Tea City led by an Ex-Military Colonel who calls himself General Ming. Police raided the area on November 2016 and found many young boys ranging from seven to twenty-one. Some of the boys admitted they were sent there by their parents who were tricked into thinking this was a military school for boys while most of them were orphans. They were taught how to assassinate and fight using firearms, knives, swords, and martial arts skills following the code of the Samurais. Some of the training includes learning how to cover up crime scenes, make their crimes look like 'accidents', and what to say when they are interrogated.

The Police investigated the camp and recovered tons of firearms and swords all bought on the black market. A shallow grave was also discovered in the area containing bodies of young boys all victims of the brutal treatment they faced in the camp. An autopsy on them reveals some of them died from starvation and hypothermia but most of them perished in the hands of the Commander or their mates in brutal combat.