The Risen HODWII

Chapter 1 : Basement

** Drena's POV **

Claire is the heiress of the dark world... It’s so hard to believe. What did they do to my friend? I’ve been crying the whole time, thinking of the possibilities of how she became like this... so ruthless.

She looks like an innocent angel, but earlier she was a person without a heart, craving... craving to kill. She was a—no!

Whoever did this to her is the real monster. I’m so furious; they are evil! What will happen if Xenon finds out about this? He will definitely be furious...

Too many surprises have happened today. What could be more surprising? We are walking in the hallway of this old building. I think we're on the third floor. "You’ll be meeting Uno," Claire answered Cassy.

"Ahhh! Oh my gosh!" she screamed excitedly, and I laughed. "So childish, Cassy."

The moment we reached the stairs, I saw Claire smirk while looking down below. "You’re late."

"I'm sorry, I got caught in a load of traffic." I immediately looked at the person who just spoke downstairs and saw her walking toward us, smiling sweetly while holding two bloodied swords in both hands.

Cassy and I gasped. "You!?" we asked in surprise, stepping down the stairs. It’s the nerd, Claire just bumped into earlier! What is she doing here? How did she even get here!?

"Why are you here? It’s dangerous; you shouldn’t be here!" Cassy said worriedly, but I poked her.

"Look at her," I whispered, pointing at the nerd.

She’s still wearing her big eyeglasses, but her uniform is stained with blood, and... she’s holding two bloodied swords! What the hell is happening in the world!?

She stopped in front of Claire. "I... I thought you wouldn’t n-notice me. I really had to make Daniela beat me up to get your attention.." the nerd said softly, smiling innocently. She’s so cute! Too innocent! But her looks today say otherwise! Wait. Does she mean that the incident in the restaurant before was just her setup to get Claire’s attention!? Who the fuck is this nerd!?

"Tch. Where did you put my phone?" Claire asked. Phone? She was just holding it earlier. Ours got stolen by the kidnappers... I thought hers did too.

"I h-hid it under the bushes..." she said, smiling nervously. How did she have Claire’s phone? Oh yeah! They bumped into each other earlier!

"Wait! I’m going insane! How did you get here?" Cassy asked, still in surprise.

She played with her hair strands. "Um... Clai—wait, c-can I... call you Claire too?" She looked at Claire with puppy eyes. Aww, so cute! Aish!

Claire nodded, and the nerd looked at us again. "Claire gave me a letter earlier stating to follow you..." So bumping into each other earlier wasn’t an accident but intentional! "By the way, uhm... I’m Stella." She smiled sweetly. She’s so sweet!

"I’m Drena, and this is Cassy." I pointed at Cassy, who still wore a confused look.

"Nice to meet you," Cassy smiled.

"Nice to meet you too! It’s a great privilege to meet the friends of the heiress," Stella said softly with admiration.

She knew Claire is the Silencer!

Claire walked again, and we followed her while Stella walked beside her. "I thought you wouldn’t need us! I... I’m so happy you gave me that letter... It was a great privilege that our master asked for my help." Master??

'They are working for me'. Wait—

"You’re a member of the Scorpio Gang!?" I asked, shocked as we stepped down to the last stair. She faced me and nodded hesitantly, looking very innocent!