THE GAME

EPISODE 12: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

"I see dead people"

-The Sixth Sence (movie)

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Franz was so numb, after seeing a horrendous view up from that tree. There, hanging by its neck, was the male janitor of the college building. What made it so disgusting is the view that he's the naked top to bottom, his balls were ripped off, his p***s was cut into eight, looking like an octopus. His stomach was wasted, no intestines found, only rats eating his corpse. His eyes were white and had a broken nose. He had mo lips, showing off his gums and teeth that were once white, now stained with thick blood. From his face were three marks on each cheek, and a hole into his busted nose. His hair was perfectly missing, as his head bleeds. He god dislocated legs and feet, making the corpse a different version of the same janitor they had. As soon as Franz saw the gift that Black Cat given them, her phone started to vibrate, indicating that someone wants to reach her out.

[Hello, Miss Franz.]

"What do you freaking want, you son of b*tch! You stop killing now!"

[Am I the one who needs to stop?]

"What do you mean?"

[I guess you haven't realized what is happening, don't you.]

That made her wonder in an instant.

[Now, saving your schoolmates' lives are in your hands... Now what I want you to do is call for a teacher or someone aside from student, for them to call the police-]

"First you didn't want any police-involved and now you want me to call them!? f*ck you!"

[Now's not a good time for a bad temper, Miss Franz.]

She heaved a breath, wiping her tears, and spoke. "Tell me what to do."

He chuckles, making her feel threatened. And she knew she needs to only follow, or all students' lives are at stake. [If the administrator knows about this, there's a greater possibility to cancel your activity. The less involved, the less death you encounter.

[ Now, when they contact the police or detectives, I want you to stay in the school-]

"That's nuts! They will search every corner!"

[If you want to end this game, you play by my rules... You find a way to not get caught, or your family will get involved as well. When you start hiding and the police decided to exit the premises, you wait for my call. This is the game you've all wanted to play, and now I am giving it to you.]

"Where the hell has you been, Franz!?" Karl asks as he approaches her, with worry paste on his face. She looks at him and entered the tent they've made, gathering her classmates.

"Janitor Juan died."

"What!? The janitor, right?"

"Yes, and It is not an ordinary death. It was a gift sent by Black Cat."

"Probably because of what Angelica did."

"Speaking of, there's still no update on her."

"So, why are we here again?"

Franz looks at them as she took a deep, stressing breath before telling them.

"I was on my way to the bathroom when I suddenly saw the creepy tree, then I saw him. The killer immediately called me, telling me to ask some help-"

"Bullsh*t!"

"Why would he want us to ask for some help!?"

"That's what I told him but then, he had his purpose. The killer wanted the administrator to know about this, so that they would cancel this activity, evacuating us all for them to scan the place."

"Then what are waiting for? Let's go!" Trish, with relief on her face, starts gathering her items, as well as the others. But they stop when Franz didn't move, wiping her tears off. "What's wrong?"

"Black Cat doesn't want us to leave."

"WHAT!?"

"F*CK!"

"I'm going out, b*tches. And I don't care if you all want to stay! I'm going!" Trish said as she continues picking up her stuff, but stops immediately when Franz spoke.

"He told me that if we wish to live, we have to sacrifice our family's security. He told me that he'll be after to not only us, but our family SO IT IS YOUR F*CKING CHOICE TO GET THEM INVOLVED BECAUSE I AIN'T RISKING MY FREEDOM SO THEY COULD DIE! " Franz breaks down at that moment, making all of them gasp at what she just said. Nobody wants their family to get involved, because nobody wants to lose them like that.

"All students, please gather to the student center, immediately. Bring all of your belongings, assuring that nothing had been left. I repeat, all students please proceed to the students center-"

An almost faint voice from the school speaker rolls as they listen intently. The voice kept on repeat for at least three times before they come to make a plan. "Where do we hide?"

"All of the possible hideouts here are now exposed and we can't hide there," Mae explained.

"Well, how about the pool are? Or in the storage room? Or the old comfort room?" They start suggesting, as they look at their time.

They're running out of time.

"How about the table tennis area below the mini-stadium we had?" Caesar ask.

"You mean, the TTR from the Seniors? But, that's been locked for ages now because they only store old stuff there."

"Then there's a lesser chance to get caught because they only store junkies there."

"So you suggest we break the lock there?"

"We manage to destroy the lock a long time ago and we use to go there when we smoke so, we can easily gain access to the area."

"HEY!" They all get startled as they look at Mr. Escobar, scanning them. "Haven't you heard the announcement to go to the SC?" They look at each other.

"Sorry, sir."

"So? What are you still doing here!? Go! now!" They start packing their things up a luckily, Mr. Escobar left the tent. They sigh in relief as they finish packing. When done, they all look at each other.

"Should we stick in one place?"

"Yeah. We definitely should."

"Then, let's go."

They start sneaking out, running immediately right into the TTR. Luckily, CCTV's weren't still installed, making them move freely into space.

"Faster!"

Huffing and a bit tired of running and carrying their bags, they didn't mind the pain for they were about to face death.

As they reach the area, Heaven starts to untie the chain, as they got easily discard the lock. Franz then looks at Paul who is just right beside her.

"Hey, Paul. Everything okay?"

he seems to be frightened but decided to gulp it all in. "Y-yeah!. yeah, everything was okay." He said as he moves away from her, making them wonder

What is wrong with him?

"Hello, Willson. Good morning. Glad you could make it here!"

"Good morning. This is an utmost urgency so I couldn't forget about this meeting."

"Well, unfortunately, your patient had gone to school already."

"Well, she's not the person I need to talk to, but she's the reason why I am here."

"Oh... Well, the sun's up hot if we talk here. Come on in."

"Thank you." He smiles as he followed her inside.

"Luckily, I've prepared early for some snacks. I baked cookies."

"That's so nice of you Lei."

She got a bowl to put the cookies as she places it on the table. She goes back to the kitchen, opening the fridge, taking out the Pomelo flavored juice. She put it in a tray with two drinking glasses. She placed them beside the bowl of cookies as she saw him standing in front of the jukebox.

"Mind if we play something?"

"No worries Wilson."

He did play it in a medium volume, still enough for them to hear each other. He fixes his outfit as he sits comfortably on the sofa.

"So Wilson, how's Franz doing? Is she coming to your office regularly?"

"Fortunately, yes. But Lei, I had received her records from her psychiatrist."

Her smiley face then turns serious, and so does he. "What are you talking about?"

"Does she know?"

"Know what, Wilson? I'm not getting what you mean."

"Lei..." he paused as he takes out the folder he'd been holding since he got there. He slides it into the table as she opens it, curious to what's inside.

"Open it, Lei."

She did open, and carefully read what's inside the folder. He pours himself a glass of the juice and drinks it, as he takes a cookie out of the bowl, having a good bite.

She then looks at him with curiosity. "What does this mean, Wilson?"