Chapter 8
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"Your party is so weird" I whispered to Mandy while looking around the place.
Her visitors were rushing in and they were all wearing a Halloween costume.
"f**k off" she whispered back.
I rolled my eyes and glanced to her costume.
She's wearing black boots, black fit overalls and a black cape. She looked hot as hell.
She turned to me and checked out my outfit.
I’m wearing a red hooded jacket, white t-shirt underneath, jeans and rubber shoes.
"What are you supposed to be?" she asked me, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm R from the movie Warm Bodies" I answered, smiling.
"What's that?" she asked.
"Warm bodies! A movie, a zombie love story movie. I am supposed to be R, the zombie guy who fell in love with a human and later on came back to being human" I explained.
She just gave me a blank look.
"Whatever" I dismissed the topic.
I just focused my attention to the new visitors rushing in. I need to stay alert. Maybe the kidnappers will be here disguising as visitors.
But I still don’t get it why she chose to have a Halloween costume party when her birthday is not even on November.
Today is September 1, 2017, the start of "Ber months" and the Christmas Countdown. I don’t get her, really.
"Oh, s**t" she whispered to me.
My brows creased while following her glance.
In the ballroom entrance, stood three girls who were wearing red long gowns and red horns. They looked like Satan’s Mistresses. When they saw Mandy, they smiled, too sweetly and started walking towards us.
I glanced toward Mandy and I can see her plastered smile. I can really tell it’s fake.
"Happy birthday Amanda! It is so nice to see you, finally!” the girl in the middle greeted her.
She kissed Mandy on the cheek before the latter answered.
"I'm quite busy, you know business and...stuff" Mandy answered.
The other girl looked to my direction. I decided to look away and just pretend not to notice.
"You mean...boys? Like him?" one of the other girls said while pointing at me.
Mandy put her one hand on my shoulder, caressing it.
I tried my best not to blush.
She smiled to them before answering.
"Ryan here is my...boyfriend" she said
"Ohh..." the girls said in unison, like literally.
Mandy slightly squeezed my shoulder. I automatically introduced myself to them.
"Hi, I'm Ryan...nice to meet you" I said to them.
"Hello, my name's Ara, nice to meet you too" the girl in the middle said.
"Ryan's cute, right?" Mandy asked them.
Again, they nodded in unison while staring at my face.
"But sad to say...he's already mine" Mandy said while smirking.
"Excuse us" Mandy said while pulling me away from the girls.
I chuckled.
"What was that about?" I asked her.
She turned to me and crossed her arms against her chest.
"I hate those girls" she said in a hushed tone.
"Hate? I thought they're your friends" I said.
"Eeew. You should know by now that I don't have any friends. I don't like girls grouping themselves. They're just brave and confident because they are always in a group. Me? I'm always in a solo flight. I don’t know why they want to befriend me. I'm still famous, brave and confident without a hoard" she answered.
I looked around the room. There were still a lot of visitors coming in.
"If so, how about these people? Who are they? I’m sure you’re the one who invited them, right?” I asked.
She rolled her eyes at me.
"I did not invite them. I only invited my classmates and maybe they invited other people” she said.
My eyes widen in horror.
"If that's so, you don’t know everyone here which means one or more of them are your kidnappers or killers” I said to her as the realization hit me hard.
She blinked.
"So?" she asked.
I rolled my eyes.
"Okay, just stay close" I said.
My senses are alert. I need to stay alert. The ballroom was very crowded with people. The mic started to echo and it got both our attention.
Mr. Sevilla is already on the stage while holding the mic.
"Can I have your attention please?" he said.
"First of all, I want to greet my only daughter Mandy, a happy birthday" Mr. Sevilla started.
I glanced toward her and she’s smiling from ear to ear while looking at her dad.
Her face turned bubbly whenever she smiles.
Mr. Sevilla was still speaking and I looked around the room. I need to scan this ballroom for some suspicious looking guests.
One of the waiters got my attention. He was standing beside the stage. I scanned for his nameplate but I don’t see it. This guy seems suspicious. I focused my attention to him while my other hand was already clutching on my gun.
"s**t" I muttered when I saw the waiter pulling out a gun from inside his vest.
He aimed it to Mr. Sevilla. I immediately acted. From where I’m standing, I aimed the gun at him and shot him in the shoulder. Then the crowd started to panic and everyone was running from different directions. I quickly ran towards Mr. Sevilla and guided him to his bodyguard.
"What’s happening? Protect Mandy!” he said, panicked and scared. His three bodyguards were pulling him away to safety.
"Mandy! Stay close! Grab my shirt and stay behind me!" I told her while my attention was focus on the enemies.
The gunman was not alone. A guy who’s wearing a Dracula costume pulled a gun and shot at our direction. We immediately jumped out of the way. Mandy was still holding the hem of my shirt tightly.
"What the hell is happening?! I can't stay behind your ass forever!" she shouted.
Then, I can feel her losing her grip on my shirt.
I get a little distracted from what she did. I need to keep her safe!
I turned my attention to her and saw her pointing a gun to someone behind me. She pulled the trigger single handedly and I heard a muffled scream behind me. Then I saw a guy who’s wearing waiter attire lying unconsciously on the floor.
Mandy shot him.
"You shot his d**k! Please, stop shooting d***s!" I exclaimed when I saw what she did.
"Am I body guarding you now?" she asked, mocking me.
I rolled my eyes at her while changing my mags.
"You distracted me, I need you to be safe" I said to her.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever!" she said while taking off her cape.
She also took off her overalls only to reveal a gray tights and a black tank.
"Stop staring at me!" she said.
I quickly turned my attention to the ballroom.
I can see the security force of Red Armour fighting off guys who are wearing Halloween costume. God, there are a lot of them!
They didn’t notice us. I put on my suppressor. We were at the back stage right now.
I shot one of the bad guys. Some of them were confused where that bullet came from.
We hid behind the stage while shooting the enemies one by one until only two of them were standing. Then they started to retreat.
"Watch me" Mandy whispered to me.
I automatically turned towards her but then I was caught off guard when she went out from hiding. She’s advancing towards the two guys and shooting them. She’s holding two guns now.
Where did she get that other gun?
I shake my head in amusement.
Frustration flooded over me. I saw the two bad guys lying unconsciously on the floor now.
But I can’t be confident. Mandy is still not safe.
What she did is too risky! What if the bad guys got her?
What if they shot her?
For Pete’s sake, she’s not even wearing a bullet proof vest!
Why is this girl so stubborn and impulsive?
I approached her.
"What the hell were you thinking?" I asked her, almost losing my temper.
"Shooting the bad guys" she said.
"What if they got you? What if they killed you? Do you even think about it? Do you even think at all?!” I angrily asked her.
She pushed me and aimed her gun at me.
"Speak another word and I will kill you" she said quietly.
I held up both of my hands.
"S-sorry" I muttered.
"Don't you ever speak like that to me again!" she shouted.
And without any other word she flees from the room.
I was left there standing awkwardly and slowly putting down my hands.
One of the five guys in Red Armour’s security team cleared his throat.
I glared at them.
Without a word, I also flee from the room and followed her.
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