Chapter 15

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Suddenly, someone pulled on her sleeves, surprising her. She turned to see Mia who was pointing at something outside the window. She then saw Tyson inside the room, trapped on the chair and stopped. She looked at him dumbfounded.

"Damn, What happened to his hands?" His bloody hands seemed painful to look at. The floor under him was stained with blood.

"It's that little devil!" Emily pointed with her gun at Ray who was giving a curious look to Mia who had suddenly appeared.

He then froze and stared at something behind the two girls in the corridor. After a few seconds he came back to his senses and walked up to Tyson and undid the belts on his arms and legs and stood a few feet away from them as if telling them that he was scared and they can take Tyson away if they wished to do so.

His actions were a little surprising for the three of them but they didn't waste time and helped Tyson up. The three of them rushed out of the room but just as they had taken a step outside, they saw someone waiting for them by leaning against the wall. A bloody bat was placed on the floor beside him. It was Eddie, who was giving them an evil smile.

"Run!" It wasn't known who said it but it made the three run in two different directions. After they were gone, Ray looked at the empty space in front of him, where Eddie was supposed to be and smiled brightly.

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Mia was running down the corridor with all her might. She heard only one pair of footsteps behind her so she figured that only one of them had followed her and the other was somewhere out there alone.

"There goes my plans for gathering everyone up. We've split up again!" She thought in frustration.

"Come on, Emily!" Mia heard the light footsteps behind her and guessed that it was Emily, she couldn't look back behind her to see who it actually was.

They ran through corridor after corridor, in search for a suitable room to hide in. Mia felt that the house was way too big, even if it didn't looked so huge from the outside.

They ran into an unlocked room and Mia closed the door. Suddenly she heard footsteps from outside as someone was dragging something across the floor. She got startled and looked for a place to hide. She caught sight of a wardrobe placed in the room and the two squeezed into it, they closed the door and Mia gave a sigh of relief.

"I think we're safe. I wonder what will happen to Tyson." She wondered out loud but didn't get a response from the person beside her.

"Emily?" Mia was confused at the silence and a bad premonition emerged inside her mind. She turned on her flashlight and slowly flashed it at the person beside her.

"Hello."

Sitting beside her was a red haired young boy with a bloody bat in his hands.

Mia was shocked for a second then screamed at the top of her lungs. She pushed herself away, her head hit sharp edge of the wardrobe and she lost her consciousness as blood dripped down her face.

 She pushed herself away, her head hit sharp edge of the wardrobe and she lost her consciousness as blood dripped down her face

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Eddie looked at the unconscious girl with an amused look.

"Easier than I thought." He said. He opened the wardrobe and jumped out. The door of the room opened and Ray trotted in, holding a chair in his hand as it slid across the floor, creating the dragging noises Mia had heard earlier. Eddie took the chair from him and placed it in the centre of the room, he dragged Mia out of the wardrobe and tied her up on the chair with the belts which Ray had used on Tyson.

"Time to catch a big fish using the small fish." Eddie's eyes sharpened as he looked at Mia, he had a pair of calculative eyes which were just waiting for their prey to fall into the trap.

"'Where's May?" Ray asked. Eddie gave him a smiling look. "She's with Ella, don't worry."

Ray nodded and sat on the bed in the room, his eyes were drooping a little as if he was just about to fall asleep. Eddie took out Mia's phone from her pocket and went through the contacts but frowned.

"What's with the code names..." Eddie scrolled down while murmuring each name, "Devilman, Lelepons, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Losercutie, Jacksepticeye, Pomegranate..." Eddie raised an eyebrow at the peculiar contact list and tried to figure out which one of them is the person he wants. It wasn't too hard for him though.

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Devin and Lucas had just come out of the basement, fully armed with rods and pipes behind their backs, raised guns aimed straight ahead.

"Ready?" Devin asked.

Lucas nodded, his face sullen and serious. "Ready!"

They creeped out into the corridor and slowly made their way towards the stairs. All of a sudden, a notification sound was heard, making them freeze on spot. Devin looked at the lit screen in Lucas' pocket and gave him a look.

"Sorry..." Lucas smiled, embarrassed and took out his phone. It was a message from Mia, Lucas read it and was stunned silly for a second. Devin saw his expression and peeked in from the side.

The message read, "I've got your girlfriend with me. Come and get her."

Lucas was confused, "What? I don't have a girlfriend. What does Mia want?" He wondered out loud but then the notification went off again and he received a picture.

It was a selfie taken by Eddie. Mia was tied up at the back and seemed unconscious. Lucas stared with wide eyes at the picture and looked at Devin who had put on a serious look on his face.

"Mia's being held hostage."

Lucas gulped and felt something gnawing in his chest. He was very worried for Mia and wanted to go save her right this moment but Devin stopped him.

"He is trying to lure you in so we need to plan this out, okay?" Devin knew Lucas was worried but they were trained special forces, they can't be impulsive.

"I'll go with you. You'll go in and we will find out how many people are in there with him then we will attack. It'd be good if we can find Jack or Peter along the way." Devin's plan was plausible but risky as well. Lucas nodded and they both made their way up the stairs. Little did they know, they were seen going up the stairs by Ella, she stood there looking at them with an emotionless gaze.

"Ella..." May pulled on her trouser and looked up the stairs reluctantly. Ella bent down and said gently. "Eddie and Ray need our help, we should go."

"Eddie and Ray can't beat them both?" She asked.

"There is someone among them that they might not be able to." Ella said and her eyes went cold.

May was reluctant at first but when she heard what Ella said, she nodded with determination.

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