The Fifth Victim (XXIV)

02:05 A.M. 

Manila National Police Station. 

September 3rd, the year 2018. Monday. 

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2 months after Katrina Fajardo went missing. 

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A month after Dominador Gomez went missing. 

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4 days after Zoey Cortez had been abducted. 

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Chief Rosario pushed him on the wall and swiveled his feet around, kicked the side of his jaw, and Abbey was astounded by her place. 

The grumble of the trap door resonated all over the entrance of the tunnel. It clicked and shut tight as Marcus, Matthew, and Carmela looked at the light from the tunnel slowly fading. The darkness on the bottom section of the ladder emerged and they knew that something was not right. Marcus, Matthew, and Carmela's ropes at their abdomen started to slink, similar to someone who was grabbing the other end and pulling it with all their might.