Stolen Fate (Final Draft)

Chapter 7; It is me

Tullius arrived at his vacation. He was sitting in his hotel room and just finished unpacking. He went to look outside the balcony. Once he opened the door, a breeze of cold air hit him. Outside was the view of a playground and further ahead there was a beach. It looked as if not many people were there. Tullius thought it was because of the weather. Suddenly he got a call,

"Hello?" He answered.

"Hello, this is Derik." Derik said.

"Oh, hello Derik, how did you find my number? You only had my email." Tullius said.

"Ah, yes, I found it in your bio. I decided to call you to check in." Derik said.

"I see. How is the company doing?" Tullius asked.

"It's going casually, how is your vacation, did you get to you're hotel?" Derik asked.

"Yes, in fact I even finished packing." Tullius said as he leaned on the rail of the balcony.

"That's great." Derik asked.

"Yeah, and the day I arrived was stressful. I had to go through several places to find a taxi. I ended up staying at an apartment instead. It was midnight by that time so not many taxis were available." Tullius said

"That must've been hard, at least you found a place to stay." Derik said.

"Lucky me I guess haha. What about you, are the staff welcoming towards you?" Tullius said.

"Well not all of the staff, but it's alright." Derik said.

"Are you sure? I don't have a probl-" Tullius couldn't continue as he heard screaming from the phone.

"Yeah I am sure." Derik said as if nothing happened.

"Is everything alright over there? I heard screaming on your side." Tullius said.

"Really? That must have been the series I am watching. I am on lunch break so I decided to turn something on." Derik said.

"Oh, haha, well then you can enjoy your lunch break, I need to take a shower." Tullius said.

"You go and do you, I will call you if I need anything." Derik said.

"Okay then, you have a good one." Tullius said.

"You too, bye." Derik hung up.

"Haha, what a great guy." Tullius said. In the meantime, Derik paused his series and stood up. He walked to the storage room and when he opened the door he saw one of the janitors in there.

"I told you not to come in here." Derik said. The worker was shocked, he was staring at the bones being eaten by rats behind the cartons,

"Y-you did t-this?" The janitor said. Derik didn't answer, he just closed the door behind him. "I-I am sorry! I w-wont tell any-anyone! Just p-please, I-I can help you clean t-this up." The janitor said as he took a few steps back.

"Oh really? You know how to clean this up?" Derik said as he grabbed his sword from behind the boxes.

"Y-yes j-just let me g-go." The janitor said nervously.

"Alright, you can help by covering it up with your corpse." Derik said, his sword started blazing with fire as he had a good grip on it.

"W-WAIT! Y-you must be here for a reason r-right? A-are you looking f-for someone m-maybe?" The janitor stuttered. Derik stood and didn't do anything. "Th-then you can ask your secretary! H-he knows everything and, and everyone!" The janitor said.

"Then give me one good reason that will make me spare your life." Derik said.

"I-I have a family! A-a good reputation too!" The Janitor said, Derik got a few steps closer, "I HA-HAVE A DOG TO F-FEED AND KIDS, P-PLEASE!" The janitor started sweating and tears went down his face.