La Farfalla

Chapter 002

A few minutes have gone by, and I decided to go down to fetch Ava. I was interrupted by a scream coming from the fourth floor.

"W-What's going on..? Should I go check it out?"

Without hesitation, I went up to check the fifth floor, it looked pretty gloomy. The hallways were lined with several doors, and I saw one that was laying open, as if someone had just entered it.

A chill ran down my spine as I walked through the narrow hallway, and when I entered, there I saw...

"O-Oh... my.. god...."

She was just giving a lecture in front of us just a few minutes ago, so how did she wound up dead?!

Her chestnut hair was messily scattered on the floor, and her chest was stained red. She was lying on the ground like a puppet.

I immediately rushed out of the building, and I reached my hand towards my pocket. My phone's missing... Damn it! I must've left it at the laboratory!

I saw Ava in the distance, and requested for her phone.

"Oh, yeah, sure but why?"

"I have to contact Connor! Someone just got murdered in there!"

"I quickly typed the message with my fingers that were dripping with sweat"

[Mirai Suzuki murdered in 5th floor.]

"I hit the send button, towards my phone which I left. I hope Connor sees the message."

Immediately, a darkness clouded my head, and a series of numbers started to appear.

Then I was returned to the very same scene in Rerton again, except the streets were no longer bustling with people.

In the distance, I saw Ava cluelessly standing there.

"Hey Ava!"

"Yeah. Mark?"

"We better go back to the lab!"

"But why?"

"Because someone was murdered in there, didn't I tell you?!"

"N-No...?"

What's going on... Why did the people suddenly disappear? Why did Ava forget her memories? Was that just all a dream...?

"Anyway, let's go back to the lab."

"Okay then... I bought some canned snacks for you two. You owe me later, okay?"

"Fine."

"Yay!"

It wasn't long after we got back there, the laboratory was just a couple of blocks away from the Office Tower. 

"Oh hey Mark, you left your phone here."

"I know."

"Aww.. I'm starving... I'm going to get a box of fried chicken."

As she put the chicken in the microwave, bursts of electricity filled the room. And a minute later, the chicken went missing from the microwave.

"Huh? Where's my fried chicken...? Aww... It went missing..."

"Ava, you forgot to remove the phone from the microwave. Now my hair's all shriveled up."

"Sorry!!!"

There was a rumble in the room, I hope Mr. Jackson, the guy downstairs, gets mad at us. But more importantly, I think we made a new discovery."

"Ha... Ha... Mwahahaha... HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA..."