Twelve of Daylight Academy

Next Leader

"What's your nightmare, Willo—"

Yael left all the words he was blabbering when they heard a loud scream from where Mauve was.

"Mau mau~" his tears continuously flowing down to his cheeks, remembering all the happy memories with Mauve for the past three months.

"What nightmare?" Madisonne asked.

They are all confused about what Yael's talking about. Willow was just silent, recalling all the scenes of her nightmare. And one thing is for sure, there is a big help for them behind that dream.

Help them to escape from this hell. The answers in all the questions she has in her head. And the hidden story they want to know.

"Why is he still alive?"

"What happened to their school mates?"

"Why is he doing this?"

"Did we do something wrong to him?"

"We don't know about his wife and that land. Why is he so mad?"

All the why's are inside her head. She wants to know the truth.

"Willow, what's your nightmare?" Madisonne calmly asked her.

She was hesitating to detail it but finally gave up.

"A farm. The farthest part of this farm..."

"A deep hole like a snare..."

"There's a hidden passage there..."

"A metal wall..."

"Automatic doors..."

"Twelve huge incubators..."

"Full of screen monitors. Two girls inside. Monitoring us..."

"A variety of guns and knives displayed on the corner..."

She explained everything she saw in her nightmare. It's her first time dreaming about that kind of dream.

"A deep hole like a snare?" Caleb confirmed what he had heard.

"Wait, guys... remember our first day here? Sheantal trapped in a deep hole at the farthest part of this farm?" Yukaria said.

"But we are far from that part. At the other end of that house, right? Do we have to go back just for that?" Yuan retorted. He doesn't want to go back.

"He's right. What if something happened to us." Hillary added.

"What if we meet the killer? We cannot sacrifice our lives just for Willow's dream!"

"Yah, shut up! We need to do this to escape! If you don't want to run away from this hell, then I'll do it on my own!" Yael affirmed and stood up, readying herself for running and hiding.

"We can't let you do that alone, Yael." Nari said.

But the latter seemed not to listen to them. Yael roll his hoodie's sleeves up.

Others have done nothing but prepare. They can't let this freshman rush alone. Somehow they still have to work together because they can only hope for themselves right now.

Even if Yuan refuses or disagrees earlier, they still can't let Yael go alone. They enter it together, and they will also end it together - although they are not complete anymore. Even though it was hard for them to lose Harris and Mauve, that was a sign that they needed to do team work. Simultaneously and nothing will be left behind.

They started running, unbuckling all the chains they used on the gates.

"Let's split up!" Madisonne commanded and the others nod.

"Ooooh! Look who's here! The kids are here! Willing to be my food, now?" The killer suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

The students started to curse. Yukaria was just hiding behind Willow. Nari was silently praying.

"Guys, I want you all to be safe. Madisonne, please take care of the girls. Go now, I'll handle it. Make sure you all will survive." Caleb whispered to Madisonne.

"What? No! Let's fight this asshole together." the older whispered back.

"Please, Madisonne... Just go." Caleb pushed Madisonne lightly. "Go guys! Run!"

The remaining students ran away, leaving Caleb behind.

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"Sacrificing?" the killer asked him.

He started moving forward while Caleb stepped backward.

"I like that..."

At that moment, Caleb's world stops. He can't hear anything. His vision was getting blurry.

The killer just pulled out a gun and shot Caleb's stomach. He started coughing blood.

The killer was targeted so Caleb was unable to survive when a bullet hit him in the dead center and penetrated his spinal cord.

His lifeless body was lying on the dirty, dry mud ground.

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"Done killing?"

"Not yet, just give me more time. I'll be their next leader. And, I think they're going there. Lock the doors."