GRIEVOUS VENGEANCE

CHAPTER 15

"Aunt Lena, where's my food?" Sam asked. She went out of the room to look for food. She was so hungry after locking herself up in the guest room since yesterday. She got scared and nervous after what happened in the rooftop.

"Why don't you cook your own food?" her cousin Mildred asked. "You're not in a restaurant or something."

"Don't you dare to speak like that to me. I am still older than you!" She pointed her finger to Mildred and hit her forehead.

Mildred pushed her cousin's hand away. "You're older than me but you're still in my house, our house. We're not your maid so stop acting like a princess. We called you several times but you didn't come out, now you're asking for food like a princess?"

"Whatever!" Sam went to the cupboard and opened it to look for snacks. She didn't find one. She slammed the cupboard door. She went to the fridge and opened it. She found a slice of cake. She took it out and grabbed a bottle of water.

"Hey! That's mine!" Mildred exclaimed. She ran to Sam to take her cake back but her cousin pushed her hard using her arm.

"It's mine now!" She grabbed a fork, then stormed back to her room and locked it.

She dug in and ate a chunk of cake. It took her just a few minutes to finish the huge slice of cake. She was about to open the cap of bottled water when her phone rang. She flipped open her new smart phone to check the incoming video message.

"I so love this phone from Korea." She touched the screen using her thumb for her fingerprint, showing her long French tipped nail. The screen lit and showed her social media account. She checked the top unread message from an unknown account. A video with a black thumbnail was sent to her. "What is this?"

She tapped on play and waited for the video to start. A loud screeching sound played in the background. A face of a scary woman appeared on the screen. She has an opened skull showing on her forehead, cheeks showing her flesh and her entire face is full of blood. Sam threw the phone immediately but it floated in the air while a hand came of the screen.

"S-stay away from me!" she shouted. She dragged herself at the corner of her bed. She grabbed the blanket and covered her whole body to hide, leaving her eyes uncovered. She saw how the creature came out from her phone. Her phone immediately dropped when the lady in bloody white dress was fully out of the phone. She was standing on Sam's bed while staring at her. The creature's eyes seem about to come out from their sockets.

"W-who are you? W-what do you want from me?!" She waved her hand as if trying to scare the creature.

"Go away!"

"How easy for you to forget about me," the creature said in deep voice. She smirked.

"You sent me hateful messages almost everyday since last year, you even cornered me yesterday and helped Darryl. You let me die."

Sam stared at the scary creature's face. "S-Sandy?" Her jaw dropped upon realizing who's the creature in front of her. "N-no, that's not possible."

Why is it impossible?" sandy asked. "I returned for my justice. I came back for my vengeance."

"No!" Sam stood up and planned to get away but Sandy was able to reach her neck and choked her. "P-please, n-no," she begged for her life. She was so scared to look at Sandy's face, but she needs to plea for her life.

"I begged for mercy, too, several times since you started bullying me, but did you even stop?" Sandy gripped her hand tightly and lifted Sam in the air. "You'll die!"

"Argh!" Sam couldn't even fight back. Sandy finished her. A loud sound of c***k from Sam's neck was heard. She threw Sam's body on the floor, head first. She raised her hands and made Sam's body move using an unseen force. Sam's face was banged on the floor for several times before Sandy stopped.

"Well done," said a man from the phone. It was a deep and cold voice. "You can come back here." Sandy nodded, before her spirit disappeared slowly and tuurned to smoke. She went back to the phone.

Sam's body was left on the floor covered in blood. Her head seemed smashed and her brain scattered on the floor.

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"I'm so full!" Jackie said after eating burger and fries. "Thank you, Mark!"

"Anything for Janine and her loved ones," Mark said. He glanced at Janine and smiled.

Janine couldn't speak up, she felt she choked. She just smiled and took her soda to gulp some.

"Can we turn on the TV?" Marvin said. "It's the time for my favorite anime."

"You also still watch anime?" Jackie was happy hearing she'll meet someone her age and still watch anime series.

"Of course! I love anime series! They're cool!" His gaze went back to the TV screen that just opened.

"Switch the channel!" he said to Mark who holds the remote control.

"Okay, relax!" Mark laughed. He was about to switch the channel when a breaking news appeared.

"Breaking News, a woman was found dead today in her room. Sam Brooke, 19, a student of Camarin City College, died earlier around three o'clock in the afternoon. They said she was living with her aunt's family. Her Mom and sister are currently living in South Korea. The police said her aunt found her in the room, covered in blood and her head seemed smashed. She immediately called the police and asked for help. SPO3 Arthur Alistair said there was no sign of forced entry in the house. They will still conduct an investigation about the cause of death and if there was a foul play. They will also look at the angle if this is connected to the murder of Ben Casto who died with the same method; seemed died in strangling and head was smashed hard on the floor. They already called Sam's family in South Korea and said they will go back home as early as possible. We will give you regular updates about tihs incident. This is Janice Sanchez, reporting."

Everyone in the living room stared at each other, then looked at Janine who's speechless about the news. What she saw earlier seems already happened. She rubbed her hands on her face out of frustration. "If I didn't collapse, or if I was conscious after seeing that vision, I could probably have done something to stop it from happening."

"But what can you do? We don't have a clue yet on how to find Sandy or who would be the next victim," Jackie said. "Don't blame yourself."

"I need to do something. I believe I have this ability to help people." She sighed. They all kept quiet to think of what they should do next.