The Invisible Mystery

Chapter 18: Open up

I did not know how many hours, or maybe, days, has it been ever since I locked myself up inside of my room. I did not know how long I refused to open my door and see any of them, because I still could not believe everything that I have heard and seen on that day.

I still could not process anything at all, and even though I have been trying too hard on figuring everything out, I was still not able to think of anything at all. I still could not help but to think that it was just a long dream that I had, but it seems like whenever they would come on my door to knock and to tell me that I should go out now, it seems like they kept on reminding me that what had happened that day was the reality.

It seems like they wanted me to know that I was here and locking myself up inside my cabin, because I had found out those things that I still could not believe that I had heard - the very same things that I could not help but to think was just a prank that they had done to me, though I think that I was already finished on making myself believe that this was all just a joke to all of them.

I already knew that I was already long pass on thinking that they just planned it all to make a prank on me, because I think that they would immediately tell me if it was really the case. I knew that they would immediately correct me the moment that I ran away from Evo that day, but none of that happened and they just kept on knocking on my door as though they did not know what has been happening to me.

It seems like they did not know why I had suddenly acted like this way, and really, I did not know if I would be able to tell them the truth if I would step out of my room and talk to them. I did not know if I would be able to confess to them what had happened on that day, because up until now, I still could not believe that it was the truth that I badly wanted to find.

I still could not believe that I had heard all of it, in just a span of a day. I could not believe that the my want on finding out the truth would lead me to this - on locking myself up on my cabin because I did not really know what to do any longer. I did not know what to feel anymore.

I was frightened, but at the same time, I did not know what to really feel about everything that I had found out that day. I wanted to do something, maybe to ask the people who were constantly knocking on my door for almost every hour since that day, but then again, my fear would instantly get better of me and I would just decided to lock myself up because I felt safer inside of my cabin.

It felt llike nothing would go wrong if I would just stay inside and lock myself up until the end of this trip - the trip that I thought I would instantly enjoy, but it seems like what had happened was the total opposite because the moment that we took a step inside of this place so-called Lost Soul’s Forest, everything had suddenly gone awry.

Nothing goes according to what we all had on our minds. Nothing goes according to what we had talked about the day before we had went in this place. Nothing goes according to everything that we had planned that day, and if I would be honest, I think that everything that was happening the moment that we took a step inside this park was the total opposite of what we had expected.

I never expected that something like this would happen. I never had thought that there would be revelations after revelations right after the school bus would leave us on this place. I have never thought that I would get this scared, because of everything that has been happening right after that phone call that Evo had received from that certain someone, whom I still did not know up until now.

I wanted to find something. I wanted to remove these questions that I had on my mind because of those things that I had heard that day. I wanted to remove all these what ifs inside of my head, but then again, I was too scared to move - too scared to even think that I would find another thing, another problem, if I would do something about what has been happening as of this moment.

To be prank, I even thought that I should go and find something about that incident that had happened five years ago, because I could clearly remember that almost all of the people that I had seen and talked to had mentioned about what happened on that day, five years ago, on this very same place where we were as of this moment.

I had thought of searching it online because I think that I had found some article about it when I was trying to find something out about the Lost Soul’s Forest. I thought of checking it out once again because I think I might find a thing or two, but then again, even that thought made me feel scared.

It made me feel frightened on what I was about to find out that was why I had foregone the thought of grabbing my phone and search about that incident that had happened five years ago. I just decided to keep myself inside of my room, until I finally think that I would be able to face them. I just decided to keep myself out of them, because I think that would be the best thing for me to do.

I think that would be the best thing that I could do so that I would be able to keep myself safe, so that I would never feel frightened, but then again, it seems like it was only a futile attempt on my side because I still could feel that I was still too scared and nothing had changed.

I still could feel the fear that I have felt that day, as though it only happened an hour before. I could still feel the same emotions that I have felt that day, and if I would think about it as of this moment, I think that it even got worse than before. I even get frightened even more than I did that day, and I think that I even got more confused than before.

These past few days that I was only inside my cabin, I was not able to do anything at all. I was not able to think about what had happened, thoroughly, and all I did was to cover myself with my blanket and I was only standing up from my bed whenever I needed to eat or I needed to wash up.

Now that I think of it, I did not really went out of my room in those days that I decided to lock myself up. Not even when I needed to eat, because I have some instant foods with me. I have thought that I could eat those while I was locking myself up, because I was really scared with the thought of crossing paths with them while I was still thinking of what had happened that day.

I figured that I should just show myself once I had cleared my mind and had thought about it, but then again, just like what I have said earlier, I was failing miserably because even though I had to deny it, I knew that I was only falling deep on the fear that I was feeling. I only got more confused than before, and it had gotten to the point that I think that I would stay here inside of my room until the school bus would return to pick us all up.

“Liana!” I heard a loud shout behind my door, which made me flinch because I was thinking deep on my thoughts. It made me cover myself more than I ever did before as I already knew that it was Evo who was on the other side of the door.

In the past days that I was only locking myself up inside my room, he kept on coming back as though he was determined to make me go out of my room to talk to them. He was not getting tired of it, even though I was not answering every questions that he had for me. He did not give up, not even when I told them to go away.

I knew that he was not the only one who was doing something like that. I knew that he was not the only person who kept on coming back on my cabin as they kept on telling me to go out and tell them what was wrong. I knew that he was not the only person who kept on doing that, because I knew that the other five were also going out of their way just so they could talk to me even though I still refused to open my door for them.

Even Cloud, who kept on teasing me and bugging me whenever he had a chance, would go out of his way and knock on my door as though he wanted me to go out. It almost felt like it was a silent message for me, because whenever he was going on my cabin, he would just knock once and would just talk to me once he had decided to leave to do something other than waiting for me to come out of my room.

He would stay silent behind the door as though he was waiting for me to come out, then after that, he would say almost the same thing to me. He would tell me the very same words that he had said to me the first time that he had went to check me out.

“I know that you are confused right now, but I hoped that once you figured it out, you will still be able to act the same way as before.”

He would say those words to me before I would feel that no one was outside of my room anymore. He would say the same words over and over again whenever he had a chance to go on my cabin to make me go out of my cabin.

That made me feel bad. That made me realize that they were so worried of me because of what I have been doing because of what had happened that day. Those words made me realize that I should just stand up and find the truth once and for all, so that I would be able to know all of the things that they have been keeping on me all this time.

Somehow, the fourth time that Cloud had went here on my room, it made me realize that I should have not done this. I should not have made them feel this worried. I should have faced them and ask them the truth, even though I was too frightened that day - even though it felt like I wanted to run away because of that one single phone call.

I wanted to do something, but whenever Evo would come to me, I was getting ashamed of myself as what I had done to him that day kept on replaying on my mind. It kept on repeating inside my head over and over again, and the shame that I was feeling was getting ahead of me - which made me still refuse to go out of my room.

It still made me feel a bit hesitant as I was too ashamed to face him. It made me feel like I was the one who had done something wrong to them, and as of this moment, I think that it might really be the case because what Evo had said next made me unclutch the blanket that I was holding so tightly, and those words made me want to stand up and face them.

“You do not have to worry about anything, Liana,” he said as though he wanted to assure me that it was just alright for me to go out of my room and face all of them. “We are not angry with you, and we will never be.” I could feel the sincerity on his voice as he was saying those words to me. “But I think that I should be honest with you.”

I hesitantly pulled down my blanket as I heard that last sentence from him. I even sat on my bed as though I was preparing myself to go out of my room and face them, even if I must say that I was a bit hesitant about this decision of mine.

“You should go out now, because we are really worried about you.” I felt bad once again when I heard those words from him. It made me feel ashamed once again, because I thought that I should not have acted like this way towards them. “Whatever it is. Whatever you have in your mind right now, we can talk about it. We can talk it out so that you can get it off your chest, yeah?”

‘I should really do that,’ I thought to myself as I prepared to stand up from my bed and make myself look presentable enough before I would open the door for them.

I should really do what he had said to me, so that I would be able to stop them from worrying about me, so that I would be able to talk to them and confront them about what I had found out that day. I should really face them, because I think that would be the only choice that I have as of this moment, so that I would be able to know the truth behind the people that I was always with.

“Come on, Liana,” Evo said in his soft voice as though he was luring me to go out of my room and talk to them. “You should go out now, so that we would be able to talk about it, so that we would be able to clear everything that you have in your mind right now. So that we can go back to the way we are, alright?”

I nodded my head, slowly, even though he could not see me at all - even though I was still too far from the door that I have not touched ever since that day. I nod my head as though I could fully understand his intentions, though I must say that I was still a bit hesitant about this.

Though I knew that I had to move now. I knew that I had to face everything, because nothing would change if I stay on the same place. I knew that everything would still be the same, if I would still act like this way. I knew that I would just stay as frightened as I was before, if I would not do anything at all.

That was why I did not stop myself from walking towards the door. I did not stop myself when I held the knob and clicked the door open, slowly, because I did not know what I would see right after I completely opened the door in front of me. I did not know what I would find out once I faced all of them, but then again, I must say that it was not that scary any longer because I could still hear his encouraging voice as though he really wanted me to do this.

“That is right, Liana. Open the door,” he whispered to me as though he was joyful when he had realized that I had opened the door for the first time ever since that day. “Nothing would go wrong. I promise you that.”

It gave me courage. Those words made me take a deep breath as I finally opened the door that has been closed ever since that phone call had happened. I finally opened the place that I once hide to because I thought that would be the best thing that I could do. I finally opened up, because I think that would be the answer on every single thing that I was thinking about these days.

I opened the door, and that was when I saw Evo, who had a huge grin on his face as though he was delightful to see me. It was as though he was finally relieved that I opened my door for all of them.