The Death Game

Chapter 3 I'm Not Alone

"Level 2: Avoid her"

"Avoid who?" Koe stared at the board as if hoping for it to give answers. Only for it to actually do! The already written words disappeared in dust to see another set of words written on it.

"Rules"
"Find the key"
"Escape"
"She lies"
"Avoid her"

"Avoid her?...who am I expecting to see?" Koe sighed. "This nightmare sure is dragging long.."
Koe started to search for the supposed key she was expected to find. "This is ridiculous am I suppose to search this whole school for a tiny damn key?"
She searched under the tables, the chairs, cardboards, even the teacher's desk. There was no place left that is not searched in the room.
Koe decided to look for the principals' office because if there's any place a key to a school is, it should be in there.
As she searched for a room labeled the principals' office she couldn't help but notice the random "C" letters marked on  each corridor.

"What does that even mean? Koe asked herself. "Whatever! This is a soon to end dream, what does it matter! There are bigger things to wonder about like who is this random girl I'm supposed to avoid? Whoever it is, I don't want to run into her and that's certain! I don't care if it's a dream! A scary girl IS scary!"
Once Koe was done with her thoughts she was already in front of the rather old dirty looking door that labeled "Principals' Office"..Atleast it seemed like it did because the glass cover had crack marks on it which covered some of the letters, so it spelled "Prin  pals  Of ice"

Koe searched the drawers in the table,under it, under the chair, in cabinets. Nothing. All she found was dust and dust and more dust. If there was anything different, it was webs. That's all she found.

"Gosh.." Koe sighed and fell back in the principal's chair. She started to think where else she would find a key. Mid thought she glanced at an old dusty picture slightly slanted on the wall. It was a picture of a pale ebony haired women in a crimson royal looking dress with black frills bordering the edges. The background was a yellowish dirt color with a darker shade of it splattered around. When Koe looked a little closer she could see five set of numbers, almost fading into the background but still a little prominent.

"2..7..0...2" Koe squinted harder to see the last number more clearer. "9..." Koe leaned forward. "Maybe those numbers are a passcode to some safe or something..." she thought. As she leaned forward to analyze the picture. She saw some fingerprints on the frame where the picture is tilting.

"Maybe it is a safe.!" Koe quickly got up and headed over to the picture. She grabbed the tilted side and lifted it up. Just as she expected, there was a silver safe perfectly fitted in the wall. As if someone hammered it in there like a nail. On the safe was a screen with numbers from 0 to 9 placed in the bottom. Koe leaned her head back and looked to the side so she can memorize the numbers written on the painting. She quickly typed in the the passcode. "Yes!" The safe made a small click sound indicating that it is now unlocked. It slowly opened and there it was. A small antique gold key, untouched for god knows how long.

Once she grabbed the key and was ready to turn. A pale hand grabbed her shoulder and roughly turned her around.
"Aaaaaah!!!" Koe screamed. Hunching her shoulders,facing down and eyes shut tightly.
"Who are you?" A female voice asked.
"Huh" Koe opened her eyes.
"Who are you?"
Koe lifted her head to face the figure holding her so tightly.
"A-are you that monster girl..?" She asked and quickly closed her eyes realizing that she should avoid her and somehow shutting her eyes seemed to be an example of avoiding in her head.
"I'm not the ghost lady...wait are you-.."
"YOUR LYING!" Koes' mind quickly went back to the words on the board she saw before leaving. "She lies"
Koe shoved the girl off of her and made a run for it. She dashed out the office and made a b line to a random classroom. "Wait! Hold on!!!" The girl called out.