Perfect Bait

"Thank you for listening"

Maria bowed her head before going down the broken platform

"Bravo!"

"Good job miss singer"

"Miss singer your the best"

The Costumers of the pub cheered, which maria responded with a smile before rushing back stage

"That was a good performance"

Maria mumbled before hearing the loud voice of her boss...

"And I'll say it again, folks sadly our favorite singer wouldn't be able to sing for a week, she need to do something important, but don't worry she isn't quiting so do still visit"

Maria scratched her hair when she heard what her boss has explained to the costumers

"Boss isn't wrong...but important?, if it wasn't for the money"

Yesterday inside boss room/office...

"Miss maria, we wanted to ask for you cooperation"

One of the people wearing a hood said...

Cooperation to what?, can't they be more specific,

I looked to my boss, confuse to what his visitor was saying

'Boss what's with this creepy man...I have no idea what he's saying'

I wanted to say, as I stare at my boss waiting for him to notice me....boss a pretty lady is staring at you, yohoo~,look here

It takes a moment of silence until the boss finally noticed me, I saw him flinch a second after seeing me, it looks like he saw a ghost, did he perhaps forget that I'm here,

No way he's the one who called me

"Maria, what seems to be the problem"

I replied by glancing at the two person sitting in the couch...that looks soft I want to sit there too!

I didn't have to say a thing and the boss said

"It seems like maria didn't get why you needed her"

Boss your the best!, i wanted to shout my thought but it seems inappropriate so I just give my boss a big thumbs up,

"Sir, should I?"

One of them asked which the other one nodded, looks like the one in the right side is superior

"Miss Maria we are investigators and we wanted to ask for your cooperation"

Just by hearing their occupation I already have a hint to what they want

"Is it connected to a murder?"

I asked, I already know that it's about a crime, but what like of crime, if its mur-

"Yes Miss maria, its about a mass murder"

Mass murder!, Mass!,

"Why would you think I'll help you?"

I already died I wouldn't want to die again and who knows maybe this is my last life, I won't kill myself for justice that's just bullshit...

"So she wont help without compensation, sir what should I do?"

The man in the left asked looking quite distressed

Buddy it isn't that surprising that I wouldn't work with you for free...if its somebody else I'm sure they wouldn't agree either

The man in the right daze for a moment before leaning to his partner's ear...

"~~~~~~~"

"I see"

When the man leaned back to his sit, his partner takes a deep breathe

"Ahem!, Miss Maria, were gonna exchange thousand gold would that be enough?"

Would it be enough, he said.....Do you think I would grandly be in a dangerous situation in exchange of something like gold

Yes...

"That should be enough as a compensation" I said,

I don't have enough money to pay for my rent...why is a rent in this place is much more expensive than where I used to live

I saw the guy in the right smirked, which I ignored, he might be someone rich who doesn't know how troublesome it is to pay a rent for a place that's full of bugs and holes

The one in the left stand up and reached his hand toward me

"It would be a pleasure working with you miss maria"

"Y-yes glad to work with both of you too"

I said as I shake his rough hand

Back to the present day....

"Its good that I didn't have to pay my rent for a month"

I muttered as I reached my pocket that contained a hundred coin

They give me five hundred gold the first time we meet but it all goes toward my rent...should I just sleep on the street...sigh I don't want to think about it again

"Maria your gonna be late if you dont start walking"

My boss said as he clapped his hand at the side of my face

"Eeeek!"

I shrieked as the sound pierced my ear

"Boss!"

I yelled before adding

"I'll go now, there's no need for you to do that"

"Your looking at the wall so I thought you fall asleep standing"

My boss said which I pretend that I didn't heard

As I exit the pub I saw the two guys waiting at the side

"Miss Maria are you ready to go"

One of them said...

"Yes I'm ready"

I replied to them...

And hours after they left me in this place....

The ground is surrounded by sewage water....it stinks

I guess the criminal is a psychopath...no sane person would willingly go here

"uggghh, I'm gonna faint"

I muttered which a voice replied coming from the side of my cloth

"Act scared miss maria, he won't go there with that kind of acting"

"But are you sure your able to stop him?, if I die right here-

"Rest assured, me and sir would be enough to stop that killer"

Now here I am thinking if I been pay good enough for me to be a bait

*Shtunk*

*Shtunk*

A sound coming from one of the tunnel near me

All five tunnel near me is pitch black so seeing anything inside seems impossible

"That should be the killer approaching you"

The voice of the communicator as the sound got closer and closer

"gulp...don't be scared Maria your singing career wouldn't end here"

I muttered to myself as my body tremble...

Maybe because of the sound that's coming closer every second

I'm pretty scared right now