𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈 𝙄𝙑

chapter 3 - heavy lifting.

the same day of the last chapter, after everyone was out of school raphael was still there working out since the school had a weight room they allowed the students to use in after school hours. he was there on a lucky day, nobody else was there. he was working on the barbell when he heard a metal sound across from him, he put the barbell up and looked.
there was nobody there. he called out, "hello?" he looked around and still couldn't see anyone.
he got back down on the bench and began working on the barbell again, as he was in the middle of doing that..his phone started ringing, it made him jump a bit catching him off guard.

he put the barbell up and grabbed his phone, he saw it was from an unknown number. he didn't think too much of it and answered, "hey?" the voice responds, "hello, raphael." raphaels confused, "how do you know my name?" the voice chuckles, "wouldn't you like to know." raphael stops and looks around, "..i'm hanging up." raphael goes to hang up when the voice yells, "you really wanna do that? especially after you know that i know what you did." raphaels blood runs cold, "..what do you want." the voice responds, "i just want what i deserve..but hey, isn't this what you guys deserve?" raphael replies, "you know wh-" raphael stops. he thinks back to what the voice just said, "isn't this what you guys deserve?" raphael thinks back to when they all were in the courtyard, he's the one that said they deserved this. someone in that group is doing this, "..what'd you say?" the voice chuckles, "i said isn't this what you guys deserve..?"
raphael clears his throat, "who the fuck is this. i know you're someone in the group..we all did it, you're just as responsible as we are." the voice responds, "..i didn't do shit, that was all you guys."
raphael asks, "..so what? are you seeking out vengeance for john?" the voice responds, "oh no, this isn't about john..it's about me..getting what i want."
the caller hangs up, raphael looks around. "..fuck this."

raphael gets his stuff together and goes to open the door..only to see that there were two large crates full of gym equipment infront of it, he tries to push it open..but its no use. he then hears the metal sound again. he turns around, he looks aimlessly around the weight room. he doesn't see anybody, "just go away, man!" raphael yells out. he begins to kick at the door trying to kick it down, but it doesn't seem to do much. he then feels a tap on his shoulder, he turns to see the masked person. he gasps as they swing their knife at him but he ducks just in time, he tackles them to the floor. he's about to get the upper hand when they reach and pull on one end of a barbell, causing it to hit raphael in the back of the head. he yelled out in pain and let go as they kick him off of them, raphael feels the back of his head and looks at his hand. theres blood. the masked person runs at raphael but he quickly pulls himself up and begins running, they chase him as he grabs a dumbbell and swing it at them. they narrowly dodge it as he continues running, raphael comes up with an idea all of a sudden. as they're chasing him, he turns around and causes them to run straight into him. catching them off guard, he throws them into the wall as they fall to the floor. they lay weakly as raphael reaches for their mask, just as he's about to pull it off..they quickly slash his arm, catching him off guard. raphael runs off to the door, and kicks it one last time..causing it open just a crack. he looks out and sees a janitor cleaning the gym. he yells out, "PLEASE HELP ME!" the janitor doesn't even notice him, having earbuds in. raphael continues trying until..the masked person inches up behind him and hits him over the head with a dumbbell, knocking him unconscious.

that night, daria was at home laying in bed. about to go to sleep when she heard a chime come from her phone, she was nervous to see what is what and reluctantly grabbed her phone. she looked at the screen to see a newly created group chat, she saw the number that made it was..johns number. and everyone in the group was added except for raphael, darias confused until a video attachment is sent by johns number. she clicks on the video, to her horror she sees..raphaels face getting bashed in with a dumbbell, she screams seeing this. it makes every ounce of her completely freak out, her heart is racing so fast.

maisie was at serenitys house as they were on a livestream when they both saw the video, their reactions are completely caught on video as they both watch in complete shock and terror.
renae was texting brandon when she saw the video, she gagged at the sight of raphael. it was so graphic, his whole face was gone as one of his eyes were popping out. carmen was drawing on her desk when she saw, it made her drop absolutely everything. she didn't know what to do, or think.
steven was on the phone with rio when they both saw it, they both were freaking out on the phone as they had just been talking about whats been happening. ryan had been preparing to text maisie to try and ask her out again when he saw it, he completely forgot about his plan for maisie and couldn't say anything.

as daria laid in bed, still in shock..both her parents came barging in as kym asked, "what's wrong?!" she looks very frantic as xander looks worried as ever.
daria doesn't know what to say, "i-i..raphael..he's.."
daria doesn't know what else to do so she just hands the phone to kym, kym clicks on the video as it begins to play. her and xander watch in horror, realizing their daughter is probably going through the same thing they went through. kym looks at daria, "..who sent you this?" daria doesn't know what to say, she can't say johns number or it would just seem suspicious. "um..it was from an unknown number." she lied. xander sighed, "of course it is." kym and xander both give eachother a longing look as they both look very worried.