Revealed (Book 2)

Different Endings - Part 1

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"How many deaths have occurred?"

"About 14, it's only been 3 days."

This was worse than a year ago, he's demanding more and more people dead. When I try to stop myself the surge of power from the control overpowers me leaving me vulnerable as I watch helpless students die in my hands.

"Hey Iya...you okay?"

I feel a warm hand on my shoulder as I get snapped back into reality. I was at Glor's place along with other Ruizians as we were discussing the events that were happening because of me.

"Yeah, I'm doing well. I'm just lost in my thoughts." I lied to her. She gave me a reassuring smile and walked back to her side of the couch.

"It's scary how many people we're losing because of this." Shaine spoke out and she fidgeted with her fingers in fear. "Some of my close friends have died because of this...."

I felt torn hearing my friends talk about how deeply they were affected by the deaths that I caused. If it was brainwash, is it my fault that everyone's suffering? I always aspired to be a hero for justice but seeing my actions; would I still be considered a hero?

"That's why we need to stop it immediately!" Reylette exclaimed as she pounded her hand on the table. "I can't let anyone else die. I can't."

"How are we going to stop someone who's killed many many people? We can't even get the help from the school to do this." Zayn replied as he walked back from getting water. "It's going to be very difficult."

"That's why we're here to stop the problem. We need to figure out who's responsible for this and why they're doing it. We can't just kill the murderer right then and there." Kaye explained to us.

I felt scared and frightened. I didn't know what to say or do. My classmates are on their way to figure out who the murderer is and avenge their friends while the actual murderer is inside the same room regretting her life choices.

He was right. This wasn't the only way we could've stopped Xai. This really wasn't. Now I'm the villain of this whole tragedy. I never asked for this; I only wanted to save my friends from danger but instead  I'm now the cause.

"What if....the murderer was actually brainwashed to do this?" Syd suddenly spoke out after quietly pondering and leaning against the wall. "It sounds crazy...but what if."

That's when I remembered that he also went through the brainwashing and all the torment. Maybe he knows Xai's the reason everyone's dying. Or maybe he's still in Xai's control?

"If brainwashing exists and the murderer is being brainwashed, don't you think the person who killed the people are still guilt for killing people?" Glor replied to him.

"Brainwashing would be forcing you to do things that you wouldn't do. Your mind is being taken over and you can't make actions rationally because your actions are being made by the person who brainwashed you." Syd explained further. "The murderer would be just a vessel for the person who brainwashed him or her to carry out all their evil actions."

"Why are we even discussing about brainwashing? We don't even know if it's real or not." Loualdy scoffed. "What we really need to do is to find who the killer is and kill him!"

"Wait wait! I thought we'd just interrogate the murderer?!" Franz exclaimed in a panic. "I don't feel comfortable killing someone...The world doesn't need more murderers, Loualdy."

I could feel the guilt seeping into my body as I hear their discussions. I couldn't shake my fear and worry. This was definitely my fault. But I had to find a way to get out of my brainwashed state.

I put on a concerned expression "So how would we find the killer? They killed a dozen people so they must be really strong." I asked with a concerned tone in my voice to hide away my fear.

"We'd find out who's next on their murder list! And we'll catch them." Shaine answered me. "Although this method would take more people dying and we don't need that right now."

"It's better than nothing. We have to take the chance." Seth replied. "We have to make a lot of sacrifices to bring back the peace that has been taken away from us."

"I-I agree, let's do this." I stuttered to make it seem like I was genuine in the moment. I had to lie so much to make my actions not as obvious.

"Whoever you are killer, you're going down in the hands of us." Kaye said with the tone of seriousness in her voice.

I was afraid of what's to come. I don't know if they'll believe me. I don't know if I'll be killed because of this. I made the mistake of accepting Xai's offer now I have to pay the price.

I'm sorry to those who've been deeply affected.

I've become the viscous monster that I promised I'd destroy

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