Dark Secrets

It was a Friday night with many residents of Sunshine Valley in their homes. But not all of them.

On the streets in the dark, Mrs. Smith's friend, Betty, was wandering around the streets peeking through every nearby house she walks by.

"Where are you? My son. My son." Betty walked with her worn out clothes while having a pocket knife in her torn pocket.

"Please, my son. It's me tu madre. I haven't seen you in two years. Please, I need you." Betty called out her son's name.

[Well. You must've been a great mother to your son]

A voice behind Betty spoke.

"My goodness. How on earth did you manage to escape?" A person turned Betty around.

"I mean why should I be surprised. You looked starved and malnourished, so it's probably that you must've slid through the bars with that body full of bones." John smiled while putting his hands on Betty.

Betty then kicked John away from her. "G-Get away you puto!"

Betty then went to her broken pocket pointing her knife at him.

"How rude. Don't you know how to respect the King of High School?" John slowly walked towards her.

"I said stay b-back!" Betty hands shaking the closer John gets.

"Why the profanity? I know you love your son so much and what I did two years ago to you and him was disrespectful. But you know what, living alone without parents is the best thing for a kid like me. So basically, I'm giving your son a chance of independence and freedom, unlike my Mom who barely did shit for me." John grabbed Betty's wrist with the knife in her hand. 

"So what are you waiting for, stab me. I want to know how much you love your son that you decided to run away from me." John put the tip of the knife towards his chest.

Without a hesitation, Betty pushed her hand towards John's chest stabbing him very deep.

"Oh. So that's how much you want to see him. You escaped my sight, stabbed me to the tip of my heart, and called me profanities just so you can see him. How sweet of you." John gives Betty a creepy smile.

John would twist Betty's wrist causing her to drop the knife while being in pain and agony.

"So. I think it's time that you go back to your cage where you and the others belong." John pulled Betty towards his car.

Reaching the car, John would open the passenger door for Betty. However, Betty doesn't comply as she takes a few steps back. Feeling irritated, John kicked her forcing her to be in the passenger seat.

"Not that hard is it?" John walked towards the driver seat getting ready to drive towards his mansion.

Meanwhile, back in John's Mansion, Laura was fast asleep as she slept in her pink room. However, she slept in a way where her hands started shaking as well while gripping on her blanket.

In the mind of Laura's dream world, she was surrounded by tall trees in the forest while standing on the thick snow. 

She looks around to question where she is. "Hello?" Her voice echoes.

The wind starts getting aggressive with snow falling on her hair and her vision being blurry due to the amount of snow in her way.

"Oh our little muffin." A voice heard from the abyss.

"Who's there?" Laura spoke to the voice.

"It's your Mother and Father little muffin. Now come give us a big hug." The voice replied towards Laura.

Laura ran towards the voice while struggling to walk in the thick snow.

"MOM! DAD! I'M COMING!" Laura in tears as she puts a lot of effort to walk towards the voice.

Suddenly, a scream was heard behind Laura. 

She looked behind to see where the scream came from, but when she looked forward, her surroundings became dark, the snow flakes started to rain heavily, and the snow below her started to pile up.

Suddenly, Laura was starting to sink in the snow.

"MOM! DAD! HELP!" Laura sinking quickly in the snow.

Waking up, Laura panted heavily, sweating on her forehead and her whole body shivering.

"Oh my God. It was just a dream." Laura wipes the sweat off her forehead.

However, Laura heard another scream coming from downstairs.

"What was that?" Laura put on her robe and slippers.

Walking downstairs, Laura saw John holding Betty trying to get freed from John's hand.

"Let me go!" Betty tries to punch John's hand.

"Shut up you Hispanic Bitch!" John punched Betty unconscious.

Terrified, Laura hid behind the staircases to hide from John.

"If you would have listened, it wouldn't be that hard to join the rest of you people." John heading to the basement carrying Betty.

"'The rest of you people?'" Laura follows John while being stealthy.

Reaching the basement, he walked towards the bookshelf adjacent to his workbench. Going through the bookshelf, he pulled a brown book causing the bookshelf to slide to the left.

Laura was shocked as she never realized that the bookshelf was a secret door. As John walked into the tunnel, Laura followed.

John passed by labeled file cabinets heading to the next door, while Laura followed neglecting the file cabinets.

Reaching the third room, John took a torch close to him heading down circular stairs. Laura relied heavily on following the light as she went down the stairs.

Going deeper down Laura can suddenly smell the nauseous air as it smelled like vomit and feces. She covered her nose while walking down the stairs.

Reaching the bottom, John opened the final door and finally went inside. However, the door closed before Laura tried to reach the final room.

"John. What are you hiding?" Laura peaked through the final room through the door.

[AND.....IT WAS HORRIFYING]

John threw Betty into what seemed to be a giant cage inside of a sewer. But then, thousands of people tried to escape from the giant cage pushing Betty away from the entrance way. People, adults and late adolescents, begged as they wanted to leave the sewer. The place's scent was so nauseating that people would pass out from the smell.

Inside the cage, people would devour each other seeing some people eating their skin or other people's skin. They would rely on drinking the urine or the small drops of water coming from the ceiling of the sewer. Those, who are desperate for survival, would even eat their own feces just to maintain their hunger. Even with hard effort to maintain survival, those in the giant cage would still suffer from malnourishment as their bodies would look similar to Bettys, a body full of just skin and bones.

The people would beg to get out of the cage as they reached their hands out of the cage while begging John.

"Oh you sad people. Look at how bony and weak you people are. If you guys like to hurt kids or not listen to my rules, then me, the King of High School, has the right to hurt you. When I have the chance to remove every parent and the extras from this town, then my dream of having a happy ending will finally come true! I can live forever with this wonderful world that I created! A world where I can be happy!" John yelled at the people in the cage.

"John please. My son is scared up there. He's only nine years old. What kind of monster like you would put my child in your made up High School?!" A person in the cage said.

"What kind of monster?" John walked towards that person.

"You adults are a disease, always thinking what's right for us. I'm giving your son a haven. A place where I can truly be happy with other kids like me." 

"You're wrong. We do care for our children. We help guide them throughout life and see them thrive in the future. I think you feel that way too with your parents." The person in the cage said.

However, John laughed hysterically. "YOU THINK THAT MY PARENTS CARED FOR ME?!!"

John started clapping. "Oh you adults, thinking you're our savior. But all you do is cause misery and abuse and I hate that. Also, this is what you get for talking back to me."

John ripped the person's weak arm from his torso causing blood to come out of his arm. He screamed in pain seeing that one of his limbs was ripped from his body.

"Oh you think that your punishment is over. Then think again." John then forced his arm into his mouth to throat causing the person to choke from his ripped arm and died.

"You adults should eat him now or else he'll rot like the others in the corner." John pointed at the skeletons in the corner.

"Life would be a lot better without people getting in the way of me and the other students. Once I gain the hands of the remaining extras in my town, especially Scott's mother, this town will be free of your abuse and we can do whatever we want." John continued to laugh hysterically.

Laura, behind the door, was terrified seeing what she witnessed. "Oh my God. I need to get out of here."

Laura ran upstairs back to her room, brought her duffel bag from under the bed, and packed all of her clothes excluding the extra cheerleading outfits.

"Scott was right. John is not what he says to be. I didn't know that the town was trapped under the streets. Oh my God. How long have I been his girlfriend? What kind of secrets is John hiding?" Laura zipped her duffel bag.

"I'll try to find Scott's house. I bet he's much safer than what this lunatic is doing. He helps me more than what John did." Laura heading towards the door.

However, Laura realized something before opening the door. "Oh God. I have to warn Scott and his friends about this. John's been hiding this from the rest of the town. I think if I can tell Scott about this, then John will finally reveal his true self."

[Goodbye John. You are a monster!]

Laura opened the door. However, someone was in front of her after opening the door.

"I'm a monster? And you're trying to leave me?" John gives Laura a frown at Laura.

Laura was in terror looking at John. However, remembering what Scott said, Laura gives John an angry stare. 

"Yes. You are a monster. And I am leaving you! I now know what you did to the other townspeople. But why are you trapping the other townspeople in the sewer?!"

"Why? Because there are some people we don't need for our High School fantasy. The only exception I give then is either to replace someone whenever they tried to revolt against me. Remember when our class clown verbally harassed me when joking about my dick size? Now he's just chow for these malnourished bums in the cage that they deserved to be in."

"What about that father that you killed? Did you have any remorse for him? You straight up abducted his child and labeled him as a Freshman. He's just a child John! He should be spending more time with his parents than being stuck in a place where he's too young!"

"Uh bitch. I think you're forgetting about Andrew. He was supposed to be in the eighth grade, but instead I put him as a Freshman so he can spy on Scott."

"Andrew is different. The difference is that Andrew isn't in a big age gap compared to the child."

Laura grips the strap of her duffel bag. "Look, I'm leaving you because you are sick! Psychotic! And I think Scott treats me better than what you'll ever treat me!"

"What....did....you...…say?" John now gives Laura an intimidating stare. 

"Yeah I said it. When you were busy with your stupid machine, what you said about Scott was wrong. He didn't kill Troy and he's not an outcast. He's actually a nice person. You just had a problem with him because he couldn't make the contract with you which means he isn't officially the outcast of Sunshine High! Since then, you tried to kill him because he's 'ruining your fairytale,' but in reality is just helping people. So the only outcast of Sunshine High should be you instead!"

Getting angry, John pushed Laura towards her bed, pinning her down. 

"You shut your damn mouth! I am not an outcast. I am the KING! And you. You are my princess. That's how the story is supposed to work. Also, you're now on Scott's side? NO wonder you are acting this way and not the bimbo doll that I usually know. Scott did this to you. He's trying to destroy this personality that I've made for you. And now you want to destroy it!"

Laura struggled to breath as John's knee was on her stomach. "What personality?! All I am to you is just a sex doll! A doll that listens to her master! That's what you think of me! You never cared about my well being! Whenever I started to cough out blood, you always neglected me and focused on that stupid machine instead of me!"

"Well Laura, I think you're right. I don't give a shit about your wellbeing. I only made you my girlfriend so I can give myself a good reputation for Sunshine High. 

[And besides, another reason is so I can touch those perks that you were born with]

John started to grope Laura's right breast.

"GET OFF OF ME!" Laura tries to free herself from John.

Seeing the glass lamp on her right, Laura grabbed the lamb and slammed it on John's head causing him to land on the floor.

Having the chance Laura ran out the door heading downstairs and then leaving John's mansion.

"You fucking SLUT!" John walked out of the room heading downstairs.

Laura ran as fast as she could in the cold weather wearing only a thin jacket. Suddenly, Laura's condition came back as she started to throw up blood as well as blood coming out of her nose causing her stamina to decline slowing her down. As she started to slow down, she then collapsed to the ground knowing that her body couldn't handle running in the cold weather and her worsening conditions.

"Damn it. Not again." Laura trying to crawl away from John's mansion.

Walking outside, John saw Laura crawling away from him. "You stupid doll. Trying to run away from me."

John was getting closer to Laura, while Laura tried to crawl faster. However, she was stopped as John put his foot on her body.

"J-John. So why did you do it? Replaced the cheerleading squad with those robots covered in deceased flesh."

"That's because robots with artificial intelligence can listen to what I say compared to you and the other cheerleaders. Besides, I wanted to just have robots perform for the students and the only reason why I covered them in those archery club's dead bodies is so it can give the illusion of being in a high school Fairytale."

"You monster. You killed those club members just to replace us."

"Hey. I even programmed them to do better acrobatics than what you cheerleaders do. It's just perfection. Besides the flesh soon to rot and decay, I don't mind using cheerleader's flesh to replace the decaying ones. Since their season is coming to an end, they are the best applicants to replace them."

"D-Don't you fucking touch them or else."

"Or else what Laura? Fight me with that weak body you have?" John put his hands in his pocket.

"You know. I liked your old self. You obeyed me for what I said. I remember you chopped off a man's hand because he didn't attend our basketball game and helped me bring his body to the sewer that you hated."

"No. That wasn't me." Laura being in tears

"Yes it is. Ever since last year, you always helped me bring the extras to the sewer and I'm so grateful that you always helped me back then. Shit, even if they didn't listen to us, you never hesitated to kill them and that's what I liked about you. Killing those who stood in our way."

"No. No. NO!" Laura cried.

"Yes Laura. And now I think it's time to take your medicine again." John pulled out a giant syringe as big as his palm.

"I also realized that you weren't your usual self because of the medicine wearing off. But luckily, I've engineered your medicine in a way where I can get my old Laura back in an instant by putting more dosages ten times your original dose."

Laura was terrified seeing the giant syringe.

[NOW. TIME TO HAVE MY OLD LAURA BACK!]

John stabbed Laura's neck with the syringe injecting her with a large dose.

Feeling the effects, Laura can feel her heart beating faster than ever as well as her mind starting to shift. Her eyes were staggering as well as her whole body shaking as if she had a seizure. Suddenly, Laura's pupil's expanded and her movement stopped.

"Laura. How are you?" John smiles at Laura.

After John got his foot off her, Laura stood up on her knees and looked at John while her face was covered in blood stains.

"I FEEL GREAT!" Laura is now in a hyperactive mood as her rapid heartbeat can be visible from her jacket.

"That's a nice baby. So will you be the girl of my dreams?"

"YES YES YES!" Laura giving John cheek kisses.

"Good. Since I'm heading back to school on Monday, will you help me kill Scott?"

"Of course I will. Anything for my sweet boyfriend!" Laura gives John a big hug.

"Good girl. Scott. You are going to pay for manipulating my girlfriend. Thus, I'm going to fucking kill you."