Chapter 1
Since the end of the school year, my friends and I decided to go on a vacation to their province.
We informed our parents, and they agreed, so our trip was confirmed. We also rented a vehicle. My companions were Kesha, Kiro, Keyo, and Xiona.
As we were about to leave, I suddenly felt a shiver, as if something was holding me back from leaving.
Kesha: "Why are you staring blankly? Is something wrong?"
Me: "Um, I'm fine. Why? Let's go."
So the five of us got into the vehicle.
After five hours, we arrived and, upon getting out, I was surprised because the house looked weird—it was so large and seemed haunted.
Ke~~ Kenzo: "Aaaah, are you sure this is where we should stay?"
Kenzo: "Yes, Irine, why?"
Me: "It's just that the house is so strange."
Kenzo: "Um, let's just get our things and bring them inside. Stop overthinking."
So, Kenzo, Kesha, Kiro, Keyo, and Xiona continued into the house.
Since the house was big and we found a large room, we decided that the five of us would sleep there together.
When we went outside, we met an old woman who spoke to us.
Ale: "Hey, you kids. It's still early. You should leave this house."
But we didn’t listen and asked her questions. Suddenly, she disappeared, so we went to town to buy some food.
After two hours, we returned with our groceries and clothes, and cooked our meal.
We lost track of time, and before we knew it, it was already 6 PM, approaching 7 PM. We decided to play for a while, and a few hours later, it was 9 PM. We decided to go to sleep and all went to bed together.
A few hours later, I suddenly noticed someone pulling my blanket. We all woke up because we heard someone screaming. We quickly turned on the lights and realized Xiona was missing.
We hurriedly searched for Xiona and found her crying in a room.
Kesha: "Hey, Xiona, are you okay? What happened?"
Xiona: "I just went to the bathroom, and suddenly a man in black chased me and tried to kill me."
They all laughed.
Kenzo
**Chapter 2**
After we finished our coffee, we decided to take a tour of the house.
As we were walking around, the five of us noticed an intriguing door. We opened it easily since it wasn’t locked, and when we opened the drawer, we found pictures of dead people—some were even beheaded. We also found a USB stick and quickly took it, plugging it into the laptop we had brought.
We watched the video together, horrified. It was already 6 pm when we finished. We were all nauseous, and that’s when we realized that many people had died in the house we were staying in. We decided that we would leave the next day, but first, we cooked our meal.
We all ate, and by 9 pm, we went to sleep. But around 3 am, we woke up to someone screaming again. We rushed out and saw someone being beheaded upstairs, with a dead body beside them. The girl was crying for help.
The two men saw us, and the five of us quickly ran back to the room.
"Kero: You two stay in the room and don’t come out. Keyo and I will handle things outside. Kesha and Xiona, don’t leave, all three of you."
But the three of us were stubborn.
"Me: Kenzo, where did you get that gun?"
"Kenzo: Umm, we actually brought it with us just in case."
He gave us guns, and we saw the man outside about to kill the girl.
Kenzo quickly shot him, and the two girls with us screamed.
We quickly untied the girl, but she fainted.
"Kenzo: Oi, someone carry her!" But no one moved, so I ended up carrying her. I was mesmerized by her beauty, but as I carried her, she suddenly bit my neck.
We walked back to the room, and as I was carrying her, she suddenly spoke, "Oi, don’t leave me, please."
I quickly took her to the bathroom, but nothing happened—just kidding!
I removed all her clothes and quickly gave her a bath while the others stood guard. After I finished bathing and dressing her, she suddenly kissed me on the cheek.
She told me her name was Zaniyah. The six of us quickly packed our things so that we could leave at dawn.
I asked her, "Oi, Zaniyah, how did you end up in this place?"
She began to tell us her story.
"Umm, I ended up here because of my male friend. They left me here, thinking I had already gotten into the van with them. But I was alone in that house, and someone wanted to kill me—there were many of them."
She continued, "So we should leave while we still can."
I said, "Oi, Zaniyah, don’t cry. We’re here now."
We finished packing, and the next morning, we were ready to leave. However, we suddenly heard footsteps. We quickly turned off the lights and hid in a corner.
Someone suddenly opened the door and turned on the light. Luckily, we were all well hidden.
The person said, "You can stop hiding. You’ll never leave this house. If you hadn’t discovered the dark secret, we wouldn’t have killed you."
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**Dali-dali na nga itong umalis.** Napag-isipan namin na lumabas na, at may dala kaming baril. Nang lumabas kami, may humabol sa aming anim. Buti na lang at may dala akong baril; agad ko siyang nabaril sa ulo. Tumakbo naman ang dalawang kasama ng mamamatay-tao.
Natagpuan namin ang maraming lalaking patay sa labas. Pati na rin ang dalawang lalaking nakita namin ay nakabigti. Napag-isipan naming matulog sa van, pero nang umaga na, nagulat kami.
Napaka-linis ng paligid, walang bahid ng dugo, at walang nakabiting lalaki. Dali-dali naming kinuha ang aming gamit at bag.
"Umm, Zaniyah, gising," sabi ko sa kanya. Nung iiwan ko sana siya, bigla niyang kinuha ang aking braso at yumakap sa akin nang mahigpit, parang takot na takot.
"Zaniyah, tara na, sama ka sa amin. Kukunin na namin yung aming mga gamit."
Dali-daling sumama si Zaniyah sa amin, ngunit naka-pasan siya sa likod ko dahil may sugat ang paa niya.
Kinuha na namin ang aming mga gamit at napagpasyahan namin ni Kiro at Keyo na sunugin ang bahay. Marami kaming nakuha na gasolina, at ibinuhos namin ito mula baba hanggang taas. Bago kami lumabas, marami kaming iniwang container na puno ng gasolina. Dali-dali kaming lumabas, at hinagisan ko ito ng posporo. Agad din kaming lumayo habang nasusunog ang bahay na tinirhan namin.
**Zaniyah's POV:**
"Oi, aalis na ba tayo? Salamat nga pala sa pagliligtas sa akin. Utang ko sa'yo ang buhay ko."
Sabi ko naman kay Zaniyah, "Umm, ano ka ba, wala yun." Bigla akong natanong, "Oi, Zaniyah, may nanay at tatay ka pa ba?"
"Umm, wala na," sagot ni Zaniyah. "Iniwan na nila ako. May nanay at tatay naman ako, kaso ayaw na nila sa akin. Sakit lang daw ako sa ulo."
Sabi ko naman kay Zaniyah, "Oi, Zaniyah, sa amin ka na lang tumira. May sarili naman akong bahay."
Dali-dali na kaming umalis at sumakay sa van.
Nakatulog na si Zaniyah, at sabi ko, "Cute mo pala matulog, Zaniyah."
Xiona, Kiro, Kesha, Keyo. Sabi nila sa aki......
