14th Nightmare

14th Nightmare

NAENAH AKAIBARA'S POINT OF VIEW

"You know that I am a known international singer around the whole world and you decided to shop inside a mall," Tia said while trying to hide her face inside her cap.

"Then where are we gonna shop? Every shop is a public place so you still can't hide. This world is full of people so expect that you'll be surrounded by people," Yvanna said.

"I am not an anti-social, okay? Don't make me look like one because I just don't want any issues in my career," Tia said, "I can just talk to my personal fashion designer if you really want clothes for free because it's sponsored."

"No!" Liana disagreed then dragged me by my wrist inside a boutique.

I just let her dragged me inside the store. I try to fit some dresses I got interested with.

"Naenah!" Tia called me.

"What?"

"This dress is good for you!" She exageratedly said while wiggling the hanger, "Try it!"

It's a red fitted party dress that will surely show a woman's curves.

"Fine!"

I immediately went inside the fitting room to try the dress and went out to show it to Tia. I also saw them trying new dresses.

"Bagay na bagay po sa 'yo, ma'am!" The staff said to me.

"Thank you!"

"Come here, Naenah!" Yvanna asked me to go beside them, "Let's take a groupie!"

We got interrupted when the people inside the mall started running and panicking.

"What's happening?" I asked the staff.

"The doors suddenly closed and even the technician couldn't open it. They think that someone hacked the system of the mall. They also said that there's an on-going hostage in the foodcourt," she said.

"You two!" Tia pointed Yvanna and Liana, "It's all your fault! If we didn't shop in this fucking mall then we wouldn't be stucked!"

Yvanna rolled her eyes.

"Stop! It wouldn't solve anything!" I said, "Let's save some people first while figuring out on how we will escape this shitty mall!"

"Wait, ladies! You haven't pay for the dresses!" The staff of the boutique shouted.

We didn't bother to hear and understand what she is saying and run. We are wearing a dress with a price tag, but it's not the right time to change.

I noticed a young boy who's crying and suddenly, a bulky man bumped into him.

"Yvanna, your flying dagger? Throw it!" I shouted.

"Here!" She throw her dagger to my direction and I immediately hold it.

The child was about to fall in another floor below us, but I ran towars him and held his hand. Yvanna's flying dagger carried us. I released the dagger when I noticed that there's already a floor below us. I safely placed him in front of me.

"Stop crying and be brave enough, young boy! If you'll just cry and cry, you wouldn't survive in this cruel world. If you wanna live then fight for your life!"

"B-but m-my m-mama!" He said between his sobs, "I-I can't f-find her b-because I-I am l-little!"

He looks between two to three years old, but I can say that he's a bit intelligent for his age by the he talks.

"Shhh! If you wanna find your mama then don't just cry here. Find her! Being little is not a reason! Only weak people says that! You're not weak! Go find your mama! Be a man!"

"Zephaniah Aegeus!" I saw a woman in my age rushed towars us, "I'm sorry, Zege! Mama won't leave you again!"

"Are you the mother of this young boy?" I pointed the boy beside me.

She looked at me with a complete shock on her face.

"Naenah?" She whispered.

"You know me?"

"Ofcourse, y-you're a k-known model! Thank you for saving my child," she acted strange, "Say thank you po to her, Zege."

"Thank you po, Ms. Naenah," Zege said politely.

"Welcome. Remember what I said to you, okay?" I messed his soft hair.

He just nodded. I came back beside Yvanna.

"What's that? Mother love?" Tia laughed.

I raised my eyebrow and didn't bother to give much attention to what she say.

Yvanna suddenly bumped in to girl a bit younger than us. The girl fell on the floor.

"K-krista?!" She said in disbelief.

"Sorry, do I know you? I am Yvanna, not Krista," Yvanna said in stoic expression.

"I am Pierre! Pierre Marriotte! Don't you remember me, Krista?!" The girl said desperately.

"Sorry, but I think you mistook me for someone else," Yvanna said.

"Pierre, let's go! Maybe she's not that woman you're talking about!" Her friend try to help her to get up.

"Wait, Kyla!" She said to her friend, "Don't you really know me?"

"Sorry, but I don't really know you," Yvanna said.

The girl gave up and went away with her friend. I looked at Yvanna and she's quite. Liana and Tia are just looking at her too.

"I will hack their system."

"How? Someone is already hacking their system, right?" Liana said.

"You didn't also bring your laptop," Yvanna said.

"There are computers everywhere so it wouldn't be a problem to us."

A creppy bell song caught our attention. Maroon petals starts to scatter on the floor of the mall. Tia picked a petal.

"Isn't this a peony?" Tia said.

"Yes, it's a peony."

"Hi, Blomst Blades! I am Forsaken Peony." A person with a plague mask appeared on every screen that we see on the mall. Its voice is fake and changed to hide its identity, "I know that you're in this mall so I decided to gave you an exciting game that you will surely love it. I'm giving you fifteen minutes to hack the system of this mall and open the doors. If you successfully hacked the system, you'll receive a prize and if you didn't, the bomb will take the price and give you all a bloody punishment. I'll watch your moves. Goodluck!"

The person with a plague mask disappeared on the screen. The people starts to panick again.

"Who is that? Another enemy?! Forsaken Peony?!" Yvanna asked.

"Yvanna and Liana stay here and try to find a way out. Tia will go with me."

"Why?" Tia asked.

"You'll shoot all the CCTV that we will encounter. Forsaken Peony is watching us."

Tia and I went to a gun store first to get a gun then she start shooting the CCTVs. It's good that there is no staff inside the store so we easily got the gun.

"What about the CCTV footage, Nae?" Tia asked worriedly.

"Ofcourse, we will delete it."

We went in to a computer shop.

"Why are you holdinga gun?!" The man in the computer shop said.

"We are not going to harm you, okay? We're here to hack the system of this mall and escape this mall," Tia explained.

"Really?" The man asked nervously and we just nodded. "Fine, you don't even look bad."

Only five minutes left. I start hacking their system.

"Can you really hack within five minutes?" Tia asked.

"I'll try my best," while focusing in the computer, "Damb! There are software blockers!"

I continue hacking the system and I successfully did, but a video appeared. A video with Forsaken Peony on it.

"Congratations! You successfully hacked the system. Here's my prize for you," the video disappeared.

"Let's go, Tia!" I was shocked when I found out that Tia is lying on the floor unconsciously and someone hit me on the head. The last thing I saw is the man on the computer holding a chair.

It's cold.

Really cold.

I'm trembling in cold.

I opened my eyes and realized that I am in a freezer. There are also freezers in front of me. Yvanna, Liana and Tia are also inside the freezer, but they are unconscious.

"Naenah Akaibara is already awake," A woman in all black approached me and I can't recognize her face because she's wearing a mask, "Should I call you Red Striped Rose instead?"

"Don't scare her naman, Black Carnation," A woman with the same outfit, but differenct color went beside her. Her color is mint green.

"How could a killer like her, be scared of us, Mint Stone?" A woman with color blue interrupted.

"Hindi siya natatakot, nagagalit lang, Blue X," A woman with a darker shade of blue came in.

"Who are you?"

"Me? I am Shine Blue. We?" The woman in dark blue looked at her friends, "We're the Dark Light, just like Blomst Blades, we kill without mercy, but for now we're here to give you the present of Forsaken Peony and not to kill you. This is your prize, the freezers."

"Enjoy your prize," the woman in mint blue laughed, "Remember us. We'll encounter very soon so you must survive the coldness."

"Your cause of death might be hypothermia," the woman in blue said.

"See you soon!" The woman in black said.

I punch and punch the glass in front of me until it broke because it's locked. My hands are bleeding because of the glass, but I don't mind. I crawl out of the freezer and I can still feel the coldness. I glanced at Tia and her face is really pale like Yvanna and Liana. I punched the glasses and grabbed them out of the freezer until I can't handle the coldness.