Struck With Chaos | NSB

Chapter 1

THREE TEENAGE GIRLS WERE SITTING ON THEIR COUCH, watching a show marathon of their favorite korean drama.

One of them gets up from the couch and heads to the kitchen. "Do you guys want anything from the kitchen? I'm heading over there to get a snack,"

"I'm fine for now," her friend replied, before looking at her other friend. "Dahlia, do you want anything?" she asks her best friend whose eyes were still glued to the TV.

"No, I'm good," Dahlia says, her eyes not leaving the TV.

The girl in the kitchen opens the pantry filled with snacks and candy, debating on which one she should eat.

Not too far from them, down the hallway, the front door slowly opens.

"Oh my god Nisa. Did you see that?" Dahlia asks her friend Nisa, who was shaking her head in disappointment because of the scene on the TV, not knowing that their front door had been open. There was someone breaking in without their knowledge.

"I know. Karma's going to get back at her. Just watch," Nisa says, shaking her head while Dahlia laughs.

A man in his late 20's stands behind the front door, carefully trying not to make a sound from closing the door.

"Where is it?" the girl from the kitchen mumbled. "Guys! Did you happen to see the Spicy Sweet Chili flavored Doritos that we bought yesterday at the store? I don't see it anywhere!" she yells, catching the man's attention as he slowly makes his way down the hall.

"Look in the pantry, Mabs! It's probably in there!" Nisa yells to Mabs as Mabs continues to look in the pantry with frustration.

"I am looking in the pantry! It's not in here!" Mabs yells back as she groans in frustration, closing the pantry door.

The man slowly makes his way to the kitchen where Mabs was standing, stopping to glance at Nisa and Dahlia on the couch.

"Forget it, now I'm thirsty," Mabs said to herself as she turned to the fridge and opened the door.

The man silently smirked before his eyes landed on a chef knife that was on a nearby counter. He reaches for it and positions it in his hand before slowly making his way behind Mabs.

Mabs grabs a cold water bottle from the fridge and closes the fridge door. Before she opened the bottle, she had a strange feeling.

The man raises the knife, about to strike. Mabs turns around and before you know it, her eyes suddenly widen, letting out a small scream, alerting the girls that were on the couch.

The man plunges the knife down towards Mabs, but before the knife could make contact with Mabs' skin, she puts both her hands up in an x formation, stopping the knife that was in his hands from the knife touching her.

"Oh my god, Mabs!" Dahlia screams as Mabs struggles to hold the man's arm in the air.

"Go and get help! I'll hold him off!" Mabs yells to both Nisa and Dahlia before raising her foot up and kicking the man in his stomach, making him stumble back and dropping the knife.

Nisa and Dahlia both grab their phones and exit through the front door in panic.

They both run to one of their neighbor's front doors and rapidly starts to knock on it.

"Help! Someone help!" Nisa yells in panic and worry, hoping that Mabs is okay.

The door opens, revealing 7 boys about their age who look at both Nisa and Dahlia in confusion.

"Oh thank god! We need help!" Dahlia says to the boys who give each other a look of confusion and worry.

"Calm down, guys. What's wrong?" one of the boys asks them.