Chapter 20

"What’s this, Cristina? Why do you have this kind of med—- argh! Chase her!"

My sentences was cut off because she immediately pushed me that made me fell on the floor. She ran downstairs, so Ram followed her. Matthew helped me to stand up. I didn’t have any doubts and chase her as well. When we were downstairs, she went to the kitchen area and grabbed two long knives! We stopped and raised our hands.

"Go! Come nearer to me and I will slit your neck!" She gave us a death glare. Her eyes were so dark and I felt like she was filled with dark aura now. She looked so scary, she looked like a devil one. She was not the Cristina we used to see. Her innocent pretty eyes were now filled of dark shadows.

"Gosh, so after all this time, you were the killer!" Maureen shouted. Cristina was at the corner of the kitchen and we were cornering her.

"Cristina, put it down, we can talk about it," Matthew hushed. We nodded our head, still not lowering our hands. Slowly, we stepped backward to give her space.

To our surprise, she pointed the knife at me which made us scream in fear. She looked at me wide eyes opened, a creeply smile on her face. My heart beats so fast like a racing car! I wanna ran because of how scared I am of her now. I know any minute from now, she can attack me or throw that knife off to me. Then, Matthew stepped in and pushed me from his behind. Now, all I can see is his broadened back.

"No— don’t protect her!" She laughed hysterically.

“What now, Ashley?! Are you happy that you all already found out about my secrets?!” She added more, not stopping her creepy laugh.

"Cr-Cris--" I faced her and tried to calm her down but she just cut me off.

"Oh, yes! You are really good! You are smart, Ash! I knew from the start that you have been suspecting me and you got it right! Bravo!" She then clapped her hands, still handling the knives. From her scary face, she turned a happy one like a kid.

"God, she's really crazy. I can't imagine, we're dealing this kind of friend!" Maureen whispered. She even gave her a disgusting look.

"What we gonna do now?" Ram, who’s currently trembling, asked Matthew.

"Maybe we'll corner her so that we can tie her," he whispered to him.

"Maybe we should untie Michael first?" And that’s when I remembered Michael. I was about to run to save Michael, but Matthew grabbed my wrist and looked deeply in my eyes.

"Stay here, we'll go there together after this," he said, so I nodded unconsciously.

"So, you all now are planning to kill me? Can’t I escape? I still your friend, why won’t you just forgive me?" We glanced at Cristina who's now sliding the knife on her mouth. I closed my eyes as I saw blood dripping from her chin. I also saw Maureen how she cringed.

"What the fuck.." she cursed.

"Cristina, please put that down, you are hurting yourself," Ram tried to come nearer to her.

Matthew slightly pushed me from behind which made me close to Maureen. "Cristina, put that down. We are here to help you," he gently said.

Cristina took the knife from her mouth and looked at it. When she noticed the blood on the knife, she touched her mouth. Her eyes widened as she saw lots of blood on her hand. We got shocked when she started crying, "Oh my god, what did I do?" She hysterically reacted.

Then, we all looked at each other.

"Shocks, she is really crazy!" Maureen.

I shrugged. "I don't know. She didn’t take her meds, maybe that is why she is acting like this now," I answered.

"But the medicine we saw is for anxiety and depression!" She whispered back.

"Guys, will you kill me now?" We glanced at her back. She's now crying.

"Guys, do you know that I couldn’t sleep every fucking night because I was so scared that you might know about this?" Now, she's crying horribly.

Ram stepped in, still raising his two hands. "Ssh, it’s okay, Cristina. We're not mad, just put that knife down," he said and then looked at us. "We are not mad, right?" He then raised his brows, signing that we should agreed.

We nodded in response. "Y-yep, we're not mad," we spoke in chorus.

Cristina smiled at us. "Even though I killed someone? I couldn’t sleep, guys. My world is so dark," her voice was low but I could feel the pain in it.

Then, I heard Maureen's sob. I glanced at her then tapped her back, "Damn, she really a murderer," she cried. I looked up to stop my tears from eyes. I am hurting right now. We never expected that our happy friendship turned into like this.

"But, why? Why do you have to kill?” I couldn’t stopped myself from asking.

We were shocked when her lips formed a curve. "Nothing, I just like it to do,” she said playfully.

Matthew stepped in but I just held his hand. "Chill, don't attack her. She's dangerous," I whispered.

"Joke, I was just kidding. I killed because that person had debt, and she needed to pay it. But, ops why am I telling this?" Now, her aura sudden change. It seemed like there is something in her voice that it seemed to be scary.

"Cristina, please stop doing this," Matthew raised his two hands. "Look, we are sorry if we have mist—"

"Shut up!" I almost jumped when she shouted and pointed the knife to Matthew. "What if, let’s play first? Like right now? You know, hide and seek? I will count one up to ten then you will ran to hide so that I won’t find you. But if I found you, you are dead." We moved backward when she started walking towards us.

"Shit, shit, how can we stopped this crazy woman?" Ram’s voice was obviously scared of what will happen to us in a minute now.

"One.." she sarcastically laughed.

"Two..."

"No, please Cristina. Let’s not play. This is not the right time to play. We need each other." Matthew pushed us backward. Maureen and I almost went outside the kitchen because of Mathew’s pushed. And now, all we can see is Matthew and Ram’s broadened back. It's like they're pretending to be our own shields.

As Cristina’s counting and stepping forward, we are also stepping backward. Until, we were exited from the kitchen.

"Four... hihi,"

"Cristina, we are not playing, okay? Please, cooperate with us so that nobody will never get hurt anymore," si Ram.

"We really can talk about it, Irah." This time, everyone face was so serious.

"Five... six... hihi." She still counting, not minding our words.

"You want 10,000 dollars, right? We can pay it! You'll be attending Blackpink concert, right? I got you! I will pay it for you!" Maureen shouted.

But seemed like Cristina doesn’t care about it anymore, she still continued her counts.

"Seven... eight... hihi."

"Me, it’s okay for me to lose this game. I will give this to you. I gave up! We gave up! So, please just let us live," I offered as well.

"Yeah, you don't need to kill us—- ahh!"

"Nine! And ten!! That’s what you got! You are now dead!”

Maureen and I were backing away when Cristina rushed to Ram and stabbed him. Matthew grabbed the vase and threw it on her head. But it just broke and then Matthew also rushed and broke his hand.

"Run!" He shouted, Maureen grabbed my hand after and we ran together.

We went upstairs, and when she was about to turned into the CR, I pulled her hand away. "Don't be there! There's a hidden room there and she knows that place!" I shouted. Her brows furrowed and her eyes squinted.

“Hidden room?" She looked so confused.

"Hide now!" We both looked at Cristina who was shouting downstairs.

"Just! Don't be there! Please.” I insisted to Maureen, still trying to drag her, but she wouldn’t follow me.

"What?! Tell me! What's hidden room and what was there?"

"Later—"

“Now! Say it now!"

“We have no time, Maureen!"

“Then tell me now!" She shouted back.

"Look who's arguing upstairs!" I heard Cristina’s shout once again.

“Tell me so I can understand!" Maureen asked again. I took a deep sigh and lowered my voice. "There's a hidden room there next to the CR and she already knows that!" I said emphatically.

“Fuck you, Ashley!" Maureen shouted angrily then pushed me away and left me alone. I just shook my head and was annoyed but I couldn't do anything if she didn't want to believe. I ran to Michael's room but it was closed. I don't have any time now but to open all the doors but it's just locked, only my room is open and Cristina's room itself. I also don't want to hide in my room because I might get caught. In hurry, I got into Cristina's room and went to the very end of her cabinet and hid. I covered my mouth using my hand. There are a lot of clothes here so even if she opens it, she can't find me unless she will ruin her closet. A few minutes later I heard footsteps. I closed my eyes and as much as possible, I'm trying not to breathe. A loud chirp rang out in the hallway, and I heard Cristina's laugh after.

“Maureen? Ashley? Do you know that there are only three of us left?! Right! We're going to be strong!" She yelled.

"Ram? He was dead already!" She laughed at it. "And Matthew? Stupid, so cowardly! I thought he was brave enough but I was wrong, he ran away! I didn't kill him— hey! Isn't Michael still alive?" I cried. She just killed Ram. She just killed Ram. And now, she’s looking for Michael.

Michael is still alive and I’m sure he’ll kill him too. Damn, he's still tied up in his room. How can he escape?

“Wait! Where are you guys?! Michael's room is locked, badtrip! But it’s okay, maybe I have the key to his room.”My heart pounded even harder because of what she said. The hell! Don't you say she's going to come here in her room and find the key? I was not mistaken. I heard the door's creaking and she went in. Her voice became even closer.

“Where did I put it? Where's my key?" As her voice got closer and closer I couldn’t help but pray. Oh God, please help us. Please, help me.

"Ah! In the cabinet!" I gulped. I heard her open the first cabinet. "Fuck, I don't want to die! So I'll kill you first! You wanted that, now I'll finish all of you!" She angrily rant.

"Argh! My head aches. Fuck you, Ashley! You wasted all of my medicine, once I found you I’m gonna kill you! Fuck you!"

There was a moment of silence but I was still not complacent because a few minutes later I felt someone approaching my place. I just closed my eyes when she opened it.

As she opened the cabinet where was I hiding, all the light in the room was blackout. The next thing I knew, someone grabbed my hand and harshly pulled me out to the cabinet.

“AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH NO!"