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CHAPTER 1: missing

The red haired police officer stepped into the Chief's office; He just got to work so he needed a case.
''Hey chief,'' he said casually,
''Well, good to see you, Jonah!" The chief exclaimed happily.
''Good to see you too,'' Jonah smiled, "I need a case to work on...''
''Good! Good! I have one right here, a college student in Georgia went missing not too long ago and I need someone to help find him.'' he said more solemnly, much unlike the normal cheery attitude he normally had.
"Yes sir, I will do my best."

"All we have right now is the students phone. Here take it.'' the chief said handing Jonah a black smart phone. Jonah took the phone and went to sit at his office chair. He turned the phone on, and after a minute of the phone turning on a simple "slide to unlock'' lock screen came up with a picture of a 20 year old male with pale skin, black hair, and bright greenish-blue eyes, hugging a black and white Alaskan husky with blue eyes. He unlocked the phone and to his surprise and dismay, nothing came up. Absolutely nothing. No apps, no messages, no. nothing. Just then a pop-up came up reading: "This phone has received a lot of damage most data has been erased; Do you want to undo the damage that is repairable: yes/no" Jonah clicked yes. The pop-up changed and said "A.I.C repaired.'' an app popped up at the bottom of the screen. Just as it was repairing "messages'' the phone glitched and what seemed like a scream sounded, making Jonah jump. The phone stopped repairing. Instead A.I.C sent a message
"Welcome back, Soma!" it started, "this phone seems to have been damaged considerably and..." it stopped messaging for a second ''wait...you don't appear to be Soma.'' Jonah froze, what does it mean he doesn't APPEAR to be Soma. "Who are you?'' Jonah clicked in the text box and typed a reply
''My name is Jonah,''
''Well, Jonah, can you please return this phone to Soma Delaphino?''
"I don't know where he is.''
''Are you saying Soma is...missing?"
"yes.''
"Do you want me to help restore the data on this phone?" Jonah was puzzled, what could this APP do that the actual phone could not? Nevertheless, Jonah typed a simple,
"yes" in response. A minute later he went to the home screen and all the apps were restored, Jonah was astounded. This app just restored everything the phone itself couldn't. He clicked messages first, in response a bunch of contacts came up. 'Looks like this Soma kid is Mr. Popular.' Jonah thought as he clicked on the first contact which was named "Jillian" which only had TWO conversations restored, which he thought was strange.
''Hey, pretty boy!" she started
"Hey Jillybean!"
"So, I was wondering if you could come to a party this weekend with me and James?"
"I don't know, Jill...I have a project to do, and I have a lot of Homework, too.''
"Oh come on, bookworm! It'll be fun!"
"Alright, alright. Fine. I'll come.''
"YYYAAAAAAAAAYYYY!"
''Jeeze, calm down Jill.'' the conversation stopped there. The next conversation was on March 5, and it goes like this:
''Jill, where are you and James? I can't find you.''
Jillian didn't respond.
''Jill?"
No response.
"Jill, I'm in the middle of nowhere, where are you?''
Still no response.
''JILLIAN I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, PLEASE ANSWER ME!''
no response, still.
''Jill....I'm really getting scared here....''
There was no more texts after that. They just stopped. Jonah clicked out of that contact and clicked on one named "yarouko" the only conversation was on March 5.
"Hello, friend." ''yarouko'' started
"I'm sorry, I think you have a wrong number, I don't know you.''
''No, my friend, you are Soma Delaphino, correct?''
"How do you know my name?"
"I am a friend of Jillian, she told me to pick you up for the party.''
"Why have I never heard of you then?''
''I like to keep a low profile. I am on my way to pick you up.''
''I would rather you not, please."
"Nonsense, my friend, it is completely safe, I am getting closer to your location.''
"No, please stop where you are.''
''I am almost there."
"Stop, please.'' and that was the end of the conversation. Jonah felt a chill go down his spine, and he quickly got out of that contact going to one named "James."
''HEYHEYHEY!'' James texted.
''Hey, James! Whatchu want?''
"So i found outsome good things for your research.''
"Keep going..."
"It's some deathritual taht apparently if you do it you will die soon after''
"Sounds fake.''
"Yeah i did it and imstill her"
''James, your typing upsets me greatly ;-;''
"OHSHUTUP'' Jonah exited that contact and went to one more named "Jimmy"
only one conversation caught the policeman's eye. It was on March 5.
"Hey buddy!"
no response from soma
"Me and the boys were wondering if you could come visit us soon?"
no response
"It's been a long time since you've visited us."
no response
"Hello?''
none
"Soma?"
nope
"are you ok?''
no
''You're not usually like this''
none at al
"ARE YOU OK?''
no response
"I'm coming to your house to check on you.''
the conversation ended after that. Jonah clicked out of messages completely and went to ''gallery". He had a few videos so Jonah decided to watch them. The first one was innocent enough, Soma and Jillian having a snowball fight, joking around and teasing each other. The second one, however was more disturbing:
"Ha, Soma are you really gonna record this?'' a brown haired, slightly bigger man asked. Soma looked back at his friend
''Of course, this could be a good video to give to my proffesor." he said in a low calm, but teasing voice. They were in a dark, candlelit room, with what Jonah believes to be a ouiji board. "Is anyone there?'' Soma asked as both of them put their fingers on the shot glass they were using for the ouiiji board. The shot glass then moved to "yes"
"Woah, dude did you do that?" the other man asked Soma
"No I didn't, did you, James?''
''No I didn't....'' James said and Soma turned back to the camera. He took a deep breath then asked
"Are you a good spirit?" the shot glass moved to "yes'' again. James butt in after that
''What's your name?'' he asked with a slightly shaky voice. The shot glass moved
''S-A-R-A-H" Soma read aloud "Sarah? What do you want?" he asked ''K-I-L-L...k-kill?!" they both immediately took their fingers of the shot glass as it started moving around the board on its own spelling "Kill" over and over again until it stopped. They said goodbye and Soma shakily stopped the recording. The next video started out with Soma sleeping in presumably a hotel room bed as his friends snuck into the room. When they got to the bed they screamed

''HAPPY BIRTHDAY SOMA!!" while lifting the sheets, and him, off the bed and dropping it, bursting out laughing.
''I HATE YOU GUYS SO MUCH!" soma laughed and the video ended. That was the last video that was restored. Jonah tapped out of videos and ended up going to "photos" the first photo was of soma sleeping, most likely taken before the ''happy birthday'' video. He swiped and the next photo was of Soma and Jillian on the couch wrapped up in a blanket, asleep, with a bowl of popcorn next to them. He swiped again and saw one of Soma nuzzling his husky. There were more non-suspicious pictures until he got to the end. The last three pictures were...highly disturbing.
The first one was of a person in an anonymous mask walking around in the cover of trees, at night. The second one was of that same masked figure holding presumably Soma who was tied up with a burlap sack over his face. The last one was Soma,sitting at a dimly lit desk looking blankly ahead at a wall, with a gag in his mouth.

Jonah was so engrossed in these pictures that when A.I.C messaged him he almost jumped out of his chair.
"I was able to restore one more video would you like to see it?" it asked
''yes please" he replied. A moment later a video popped up. It was extremely dark but Jonah could make out Soma's features, just barely. He pressed play, imagining the worst. "Oh god.....I hear footsteps...'' Soma whispered in a panicked way ''Oh god oh god....where is he....'' Soma had visible tear tracks going down his paler then usual cheeks; "Oh my god...I-I'm gonna d-die...'' he started running, dead leaves crunching under his feet. Soma whimpered a little "I-I'm gonna die I'm g-gonna die.'' the video then abruptly ended. Jonah decided he had enough of going through the boy's phone for now. He put the phone to sleep and slipped it into his back pocket. He got onto his computer and found out the dorm room and college Soma goes to. He immediately stood up and went to his car; Jonah started the car and drove all the way to his college, then walked to his dorm. Jonah opened the door and walked inside. Looking around he saw papers everywhere, the walls were painted white and the carpet was a grey color.
"Hello?'' he called wondering if there was someone taking care of Soma's dog. To his surprise a 20 year old male walked into the living room. He had light brown hair, pale skin dusted with freckles, and amber eyes.
''Who are you?" the 20 year old asked skeptically.
"Jonah Fredrick, I'm from the Georgia police department, I'm here investigating Soma Delaphino's disappearance.'' Jonah stated formally.
"Oh thank god...I'm Jimmy, his friend, I'm here taking care of his dog.''