DARKSIDE

Chapter one: A Mother's Last Message

Washington DC
FBI Headquarters
May 19 2025
12:57 pm
Time skip
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“So would you like to tell us what happened?" One of the FBI agents asked me, looking at me precisely. I was tapping on the table, looking at them with my mouth shut. The only thing I said was "It all happened 3 years ago, when that message came."

3 years ago
Saki Pov

“Yes mom, I got it. I see you there” I said over the phone on my ear. I couldn't believe that I am just graduating high school with the class of 2022. I already got accepted into Harvard and Yale University right along with another Ivy League University. I will officially be the first one who goes to an ivy league school on a full paid scholarship for law.

After a conversation with my mom on my phone I hung it up as, the school bell rung as I catched up with my friends talking about the senior graduation, and one of spoke up "We are going to Harvard together!" She screamed in excitement making us pause and everyone looked at us as my friend giggled softly and bowed to apologize. As we went upstairs to the third floor of the school, as the has four floors. You could say it's an expensive school, but not to the expensive expensive but an medium size school.

My phone started to ring, I had stopped in my tracks as I took my phone out and saw a message, I clicked on the message but right before I read it my friends had stopped me and took my phone right before I saw the message and dragged me into the chemistry classroom as I went back to the table but right before I sat down the teacher lifted his head and told me  "Go down to the office, it's important let me go get you a pass.". I raised my eyebrow in confusion as I walked to the teachers desk and nodded as I took the past and walked out with my stuff.

I had arrived to the office, as the principal led me into his office and I saw the assistant principal and two police officers there. I immediately opened the conversation to ask "Why am I here Mr Principal?". He looked upset as the police cleared his throat, I scrunched my eyebrows as I looked at the police officer. "Ms Gramarye, I'm sorry but we found your sister Carolina and your mom Sakura dead in their car, with both being shot and the car being burned in a back alleyway of the store they went. The only things that was there was their drivers license, a phone and a note." The police said while looking at me. I didn't hear one bit as all I heard that my little sister and my mom was found dead in the car. I had gotten up and walked out trying to hold back tears, the bell had rung also meaning it's class switching.

It was chaotic as I tried from breaking down in the middle of the school. I looked frantically around, but I felt people looking at me but not even actually looking at me. People in black forms tried to touch me, not even knowing they were my friends I cried in their shoulders.

She tried to ask what happened but I shocked my head as I ran out the school, pushing anyone out the way, I heard some "Well excuse you.", "Watch where you going", "What the fuck are you doing?".

I didn't mind them, as I wanted to get out of there immediately. I went to my car, as I put my hair up, put my bag on the top of my car trying to look for my keys. Some school admin rushed out to stop me but I refused to be stopped. I grabbed my keys out my bag, and put them in the lock to unlock my car, and threw my bag in the back seat as I went into the driver's seat, and closed the door. I put the key into the ignition as I drove away from the school, as I sped away from the school when though it said 15 mph I went 25 to 30 mph. I don't care about getting a charge or endangerment the only thing on my mind is my sister and mom. I looked over at my bag in the backseat I grabbed my phone to use it, while I looking at the road and my phone I used it to track my mom phone down. Even with the phone off, I could still track it.

It was in an back alleyway, I guess the forensic forgot all about that phone and it's on and actively being used. So that police officer lied when they found my mother phone, they only found my sister phone. I rammed on the pedal, to go faster even to the point of not stopping at the red light. Well fuck it at this point, why should I follow the rules, but my teachers and my family did say I was impulsive so I take that as an compliment.

I arrived at the back alleyway, as I went out of the car and ran to the back alley, to see glass shatter so I continued walking to see the two stores that was connected to the back alley. It was a cafe store and a shopping market, to my finding I see a man using my mom phone. Cause she has a clear case that has all of our names, my little sister, hers and mines. So I walked in the cafe store and went to him as I said in a sarcastic manner "Well that's a nice new stolen phone you have.". He looked at me, as he knew he was caught but right before he could move I sat next to him to make sure he won't escape. I softly touched the butter knife as I looked at him with my soft brown cat eyes. "Where did you get that phone from if you don't mind me asking?" I asked. It's kinda my way of entrapment, getting them in a compromised situation with the non ability to leave and make them answer my questions. That's how I was able to find the person who stole my friends phone, teenage detective at that.

"I got it at the phone store, that is close in 10 miles from this area." They said with their voice shaking. I know they couldn't had gotten it there because the closest phone store was 50 miles from here, yes it's a small town I live in. So I said "That's wrong, because the closest phone store is 50 miles not 10 miles." Just to prove him wrong also I  said "Plus I know that phone belongs to someone else how I know cause." I typed my mother phone number in secretly under the table and the phone in their hand immediately started ringing once I pressed the that green call button.

The phone rang in his hand as a I smirked as I said cockly while grabbing the phone "Case close.". Right as I was going to leave I said to them "If you going to steal a phone, make sure it isn't a dead person." Then I left the cafe and went back down the back alley way, got into my car and drove away.

While I was driving I heard sirens, from the police. While I looked through my driver's mirror my phone began to ring. I stopped the car on the side of the road as the police stopped behind me.

I answered the phone when I put it to me ear, I heard screaming from a woman? It had to be a joke a person was playing with me cause who would joke about this. "Who is this?" I questioned as I didn't want to take it out of the matter of the fact that this woman is probably or just in trouble. As the person on the other side told me to turn to my left. When I did I saw a man that wasn't a police man aiming a gun at me. I heard a chuckle over the phone and this was a trap but I couldn't do anything stupid or I am going to be killed.

I hung up the phone as I looked at the person and got out the car slowly. I hid my phone in my bra and also my mom's phone in my back pocket.

"I know who you are, cause I know damn well you are not a police officer. You are here to take me to the person who did this to my sister and mother right?" I know I was right cause the fake badge and the phone caller timed too much the same so it's not a convenience.

He had a mask as he said in a groggy but deep voice "Shut it." While still aiming his gun at me. I scoffed as I kicked the guy and taking his gun aiming at him.

"What about you leave me the fuck alone, I don't know any of y'all and if you going to come after me again I will kill you this time and I am not fucking playing." I screamed as I kicked them in the balls and went into my car and drove away.