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Chapter 1-The Xtreme

Present Day

A woman is in her office, working late. She looks at the time, 12:00 am. She packs up and goes to the parking lot. She gets into her car and leaves. She drives in the road. The streets are empty and the streetlights are on. Perfectly safe, or so she thought. She notices something on the road. She drives closer. She got a little too close and saw what it was. Broken glass. She drove over them and popped her car's tires. She gets out of the car. She goes to the trunk to get her spare tire. She opens the boot, empty. She starts to panic. A breeze blew behind her. She turns back. Nothing. She checks the time, 12:30 am. She dials the helpline and asks for a tow. She starts to relax a little. She looks down. The streetlights have caused a shadow of her. Until a bigger shadow overlaps hers. She starts to get scared. She mustered courage and looked back. A man with black shoes, black gloves, black coat and an entirely white mask stood before her with a knife. She screamed, but the man put his hand in her mouth to muffle her scream. The woman pushed the man and started running. The man staggers and gives chase. The woman finds a warehouse and runs in. It is dark inside. She takes her phone and dials the police. She checks the time, 12:45 am. She starts praying.

She was interrupted by a loud 'clang' sound. The sound keeps repeating like heartbeat. The clanging starts to get closer. She repeatedly mutters "Oh Savior Jesus, save me from fear and death!" The clanging speeds up. Her heart is racing. The clanging stopped. "Amen" SLICE! The woman's throat is cut sideways. She looks at who cut her, the man in the mask. The woman makes a gargling scream. The man cuts her throat to make a cross cut in her throat. Blood squirts out of her throat. She falls down on the pool of her own blood. She died staring at the merciless man. "I am sorry. It's just fate that you had to die!" The man said. His white mask had a little blood smeared on it. He wiped it and looked at his victim.

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The man dragged his victim and laid her in the car. As he turned to leave, police cars swarmed in the area. A policeman got out of his car and pointed his gun at the killer. "X. You can't get out of this now!" the policeman said. "Detective Ford McAllister! Always been a displeasure meeting you!" X exclaimed. "Always a wiseass at the wrong time!" Ford said. "Let's see that attitude in jail" he held up handcuffs "Shall we?" he asked. X acted like thinking. "Hmm, let's see. No!" X dived to the left and started running. "GET HIM! I DO NOT WANT TO LOSE HIM AGAIN! Ford ordered while giving chase. X ran to an abandoned building. He took the stairs to the roof. Ford caught up to him.

"You are very active for a man in his mid-30's!" X said. "But it is still at vain. You will never catch me!"

"You sure about that? 'Cause I am about to prove you wrong!" Ford said with a grin. "Don't worry. I'll take care of you!"

X looked behind to see a lake. Ford started to take small steps forward. "Be a good boy and GO TO JAIL!" Ford ordered. X laughed an evil laugh! "After 1 year, you still think I can't do hardcore things?" he asked. "NO!" Ford shouted. He ran towards X, but X jumped into the lake. Ford shot at the lake, but was in vain. "SHIT! SHIT! SHIIT!" Ford screamed. "Target has evaded, I repeat, target has evaded! Over!"

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The next day, Ford goes to the police station and goes for a briefing. "Let us go up to speed on the guy from yesterday's fiasco was X. We don't know this guy's identity, but we call him so because he cuts a cross mark on his victim's throat. He is wanted for the murder of 15 people including yesterday's victim." Ford slams his fist on the table. "We have been chasing this guy for a freaking year! So let's all work together to catch this killer!" Ford shouted and then dispersed everyone. He leaves until he comes across an officer. "Hello Luke! Where were you having a vacation yesterday?" Ford said sarcastically. "I am sorry. I will work overnights from now on. I brought a report of the victim." Luke said. "Good, now tell me about the victim." Ford asked. Luke read his report. "Her name was Jennifer Carsen. She worked at a high position in a famous building company named J.I Industries." Nobody responded for a while. "Fine, we'll go in the end of the week." Ford said

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After a long day of work, Ford drives back on his car. He turns on the radio. The song 'Riders on the Storm' is playing. He listens to it and drives. He finally reaches home. He gets into his apartment. As he goes to switch on the lights, a familiar voice interrupts him. "Switch it on, you die!" the voice said. "X! How are you? Would you like tea or coffee?" Ford asked sarcastically while sneaking to the switch for the light. "Stay away or else I will be forced to kill you!" X said. "Fine, but I won't die, I will just arrest you!" Ford shouted. He finally reached the switch on and switched on the lights. X was not there. There was only a speaker on his dining table. "Well played, X!" Ford said. But X didn't respond.