Chapter 4

I took a cold bath to cool down my whole-cell and stepped out of the bathroom wrapping a towel around my small frame. I went through the closet and took out the black ripped Jean and paired with the white tank top. After changing my dress, I climbed out of the stairs only to see my beloved six friends are arguing with each other over silly things. "Guys! Seriously?" I gave everyone a pointed look then made my way towards the kitchen. If they were lazy to cook, then no worries, I will cook for them and will take advantage later. I cooked the noodles but please don't expect this as five-star restaurant food, I put the raw noodles in the boiling water and added the masala, no onions, no tomato, or no vegetables. We ate silently and I decided to tell them a piece of news that I figured out yesterday from the old lady who doesn't give a second glance before running to her destination. Pin drop silence occupied the entire area before I received a silly comments none other than the pretty girl, Dacy. "We will give it a try then." Followed by everyone burst into laughter even Clara clutched her stomach as she was hearing a joke for the first time in her life history. I shook my head and continued to eat my noodles. Now I regretted. Why did I tell this news? it should be grateful if I didn't reveal this to them knowing they would make fun of this for a weak, but what can I say? I saw fear in her eyes when she said those words. "Back to earth." Emiem waved her hand in front of me. "Huh?" I asked. "We are planning to go for a walk. What do you say?" She asked once again. "And the beast will come after 6, so we have plenty of time to wander around." Natasha chuckled and as an act of revenge, I made her wash the dish before heading outside. I locked the door and pushed it to check whether it was locked correctly, it's one of my hobbies double-checking the door once I locked but my friends called this crazy. "When will our car arrive?" Nichole asked while we all are walking through the narrow road that covered with full of scrubs. "Maybe tomorrow or day after tomo-" I stopped when I notice the bunch of crows was flying around the particular area. "Guys! Did you see this?" I pointed my finger to the crows. "So, what?" Emiem asked casually. Ignoring their questions as to where are you going? I walked towards the area and find the dead body of an old lady, not any old lady but the woman I met yesterday whose body was scattered everywhere except her head. We looked at each other face, dread overwhelmed our body and I gulped down my own saliva, find it very hard to swallow. Who did this to her? My body began to shake. With a trembling hand, I took the small brown hair which was soaked in the blood but it does not belong to this old lady cause she has pure white hair, not brown. I will start my investigation from here. I put the hair in my clutch and rang the phone to Mr. Derick Declan who is in charge of this place. He is living in the city and just like other people he is believing the fabled story. * "Is that true? The monster is real and killed people who were living in this place?" Emiem, my best friend who has the same willpower like me asked taking me in complete utter shock. Does she fell into their trap? Back then no one was ready to accept my proposal when I came with the idea of investigating the 'Heil' named monster to prove to them how wrong they are, but Emiem stood by my side and sought support from my colleagues and even helped me to form a small team. "No, someone is playing a trick on us. Can't you see? It happened just when we reached this city. Why it can’t be before or not a week after?" I raised my eyebrows. "They must have aware of our visit and wanted to scare us. So, they used that poor old lady as a bait who believed their fable story. "They might have thought that we will leave after what we figured out the horrible dead body near the cottage but I will prove to them who I'm and what I'm capable of," I said like a vow. "But Reil, the body was shattered into pieces and the fingerprints were even visible on her body. Don't you think it's not possible by an average human?" Natasha asked looking between us. "Not a fingerprint, it looked like a claw." Chole corrected then glanced at me waiting for my opinion. "They planned it very well, Chole. They killed a lady like how the monster would do and masked everything as the monster killed her to our eyes." I explained though I doubt whether they were capable of doing this. "So, who are you referring to those 'they'?" Nichole asked popping the word 'they' in the air that made me think deep inside my brain regarding who would be them. "I have no idea." I shrugged my shoulder. "It may be one person or a group of team," Clara said giving me an assured smile silently saying she is with me until we figure out the truth. "Yeah, maybe." Emiem turned her heels and headed to the kitchen to make us a delicious brunch. As planned, today early in the morning we two went to the supermarket and did grocery shopping, for that we skipped breakfast not wanting to waste our time in the city and brought curiosity among the people because our appearance might have given them a clue as we did not belong to them. Satisfied by my explanation everyone went back to their respective work whatever they were doing before the conversation about the monster began, but am I satisfied?