Storymania - Adolescent Innocence 2: Evil Never Dies by Loki

Adolescent Innocence 2: Evil Never Dies (2)
Loki

As I drove down the freeway, I saw an exit that said Kenton. Hmmm, should I go visit Mssng_grl284? I had my doubts, but this person said that they knew who I was. This kind of information could get me in major trouble if it were in the wrong hands. So I made the choice to go see whomever it was. I turned off and roared down the exit. 10 minutes later I was in front of 284 Grand Oaks Street. It was a two story blue house with black shingles on the roof. I silently walked to the door. On the side of the house there was a hand made sign that said " Stranger, you are welcome anytime. " As I stepped on the welcoming mat, a small letter appeared from under the mat. It only said " lee " . This might have been for me. I ripped it open and took the small card out of it. A small key clattered to the wooden floor. The letter said: If you are reading this then you have come. Take the key and use it to open the door. Once inside, go up the stairs and go in the door to you immediate right. Who was this person to leave a key for me to get into their house? A psyco-killer might find the key instead. I used the key and opened the door. These people were pretty loaded, I thought as I admired their possessions. I walked towards the stairs and crept silently up them, but a loud creak from the first step startled me. When I reached the top I turned to my immediate right and found the room. " Well here goes the second visitation of the day. " I said quietly as I opened the door and walked in. Who I found in that room made me almost scream my lungs out.

" Oh my god..." I choked as I fell to the ground with a loud thump. " Huh...what...Who are you? " she said from the bed. I couldn't get a word out. I was so shocked at the person that I couldn't breath. On that bed was...Tess. Tess Andrews, who Garret and Jay claimed they killed in the first game. Tess who was now missing to her parents. Tess who made up the email name Mssng_grl284. " It's you! But how? You are supposed to be dead! " I screeched. " Shhhhhh! Quiet down a bit. " she said as she made a silencing motion with her hands. " I know it is a shock but you have to bear with me right now. " she said slowly. I still couldn't believe it. Tess was right in front of me. She still looked the same, like a split image of her now dead sister. But she had dyed and cut her blond flowing hair to a chestnut short auburn color. Her eyes had also changed. The retina's were now black instead of blue. " Now you see why I said you were the only one I could trust. " she said with a slow laugh. " When I tried to help you without Garret or Jay or Tyler knowing, I was caught by Tyler with some clues of what they were planning. I tried to get away before Tyler told anyone, but as I was running from home, she had called Jay and Garret. They.........they raped me and beat me almost to death. I held my breath and pretended that I was dead. They then threw me over the Forge river. I floated unconscious for who knows how long. When I awoke, I couldn't remember a thing. I was sent to an orphanage and held up for adoption. The McKinzies accepted me. They took me in and helped me out. I was sent to a doctor and they found out that I had temporary amnesia because of the blows to the head thanks to Garret and Jay. They didn't even know my real name. I was given the name April for a while until I remember my real name. The thing is, I have just recovered about a week ago and I remember everything. " she said with a sigh. " I have been missing for almost 5 months. What happened in Portersville? " she asked. I tensed up, " Well it is kind of long. First they killed Heith, then I went to fight Garret but Tyler was there. I waited until Garret was gone and I..." she stared at me. " You killed her didn't you? " she said quietly. " Sadly I did it out of self defense. Authorities think she killed herself. After that I killed Jay and shortly that night I fought Garret and dropped him on some explosives. He should've been dead. " I said finally. " What do you mean should've? He's alive?! How the heck do you know? HOW? " she roared. Whoa, she was really getting mad at this, I thought. "He survived the explosion. He recently came out of his coma described me to the police. He didn't give them a name though. He sent me an email telling me to meet him. I saw him before I came to see you. He is in really bad shape. There is some very crazy shit going on though. Cory is back. " I ended. She looked frantic, she stood up and paced around the room. " What does he want? " she asked. " Cory is going to be the second captain of the game. He and some other guys are going to hunt me down when it begins. If I win, Daniel Frosteg goes to jail and I am free. If I lose, I will be dead and my dad will go back to jail for life. Garret will continue to plan these games and more people will die. " I said seriously. She looked sullen. " You have been pressured into another game. " she said. " Right. I don't know what to do really. " I said as I looked at the ground. " I will help. Lee I will help you do this. " she said. " No, no. I can't ask you to get in any of this. What did you want me to help you out with anyway? " I asked. " I wanted you to help me get back at Jay and Garret. But it looks like you have already gotten back at them. Lee, promise me one thing. " she said with an intense stare. " Promise me that after this, you give Garret what he deserves. " she said. " Don't worry. " I said. " I already made that promise to myself 6 months ago in Portersville. I will not break it. I promise. " I said as I gave Tess a big hug and left the house.

There was silence as I drove back home at about 5:50 a.m. When I was nearing the exit away from Kenton, I saw a road sign that said: Portersville 10 miles. That town should be shot with a nuke or something, I thought to myself. But something drew me to the city. About 10 miles later I was cruising through the town I grew up in, moved away from, moved back to, and moved away again after a series of random killings. I drove past my old house, the Andrew's childless house. One child dead and the other missing. I drove past my old best friend Heith's house, which was now bare and unoccupied. There was a sign that said: To be leveled. I guess Heith's mom couldn't deal with her loss after he was killed. I stopped the car and walked up to the front. There was wooden boards against the door. I started to pull them apart. Thrash! The boards were now loose. I went inside, there was no furniture or appliances, only bare space. I walked into the back where Heith had died. There was police tape everywhere and only a dark red spot of where Heith had bled. Then I remembered! The day Heith had emailed me about Tyler being a traitor was the same day he was killed. The night before Heith had told me that he had evidence that could put Garret and his father in jail for life. I ran as fast as I could to Heith's room only to find it almost vacant except for 2 very old dresser drawers and some boxes. I pulled open drawer #1. Nothing. Now to drawer #2. Nothing. At drawer #3. Aha! A dusty folder filled with some documents. As I prepared to read them I heard a car pull up to the house. Oops. I forgot this was a crime scene. So if someone just drives in a crime scene, police would come investigate. True as the clouds police were outside wondering what a car was doing outside a murder scene.

I stashed the folder deep in my coat and ran towards the back of the house. BOOM! The front door crashed open. " Hello? This is the police! " said a loud gruff voice. I pulled the back door open and ran out into the chilly morning air. " Hey! Out in the back. NOW! " said the voice. I ran at full speed around the corner to my mom's car. There was an officer at backup at the police car. I thought quickly. There was a huge rock sitting on the ground, I mean HUGE. About the size of a football. " Lord forgive me. " I said to myself as I heaved the rock up and smashed the cop's head with the rock. Urrph! He said as the rock connected with his head. I took his gun, his pepper spray, and his nightstick in case I ever needed them. Then I thought twice and grabbed the shotgun out of the front of the police car. I wasn't stupid, I had on rubber gloves. I was about 15 seconds from being discovered. I took the gun and shot the camera posted at the head of the dashboard in the police car. BLAM! Then I took my items and roared away in my mom's car just as the other men in blue ran around the house. I had escaped. But that was not even the beginning, if I had been more observant, I would have shot the radio transmitter because before 5 minutes had passed, I was the suspect of a high speed chase.

VROOOOOOOOOOM! I cut through traffic like butter. I could see almost 3 or 4 police cars hot on my trail about half a mile back in my rear-view mirror. I hit the intersection and almost crashed into a truck as I roared away. It was about 6:05 a.m. and home was another 15 miles away. I had to get away from these guys. I watch a whole lot of police shows on t.v. and I knew they were going to dispatch some other officers ahead of me or send a helicopter after me, which was already an incoming dot in the horizon. So I hit a very sharp left and roared through Portersville forest. This is a huge forest and it expands about 30 miles. I couldn't be seen by the helicopter, but the police cars were a big problem. They were about 30 seconds behind me. I had reached a stream and trees covered the sky like dark clouds. I braked and had a good idea. I quickly stashed my stolen items in a gymbag and took the nightstick and propped it against the seat and the gas. SCRRRRRRRR! The tires spun like crazy. All I did now was just pull the stick into forward and the car roared to it's top speed toward the cluster of trees about 30 yards away. I ran with the heavy bag towards the growth of ferns and trees to the side of the road and hid under the bushes. The car was still going...the police sirens getting louder...closer...louder...closer...BOOOOOOM! The car exploded when it connected with the trees at about 80 mph. The police cars rushed to the spot like demons. I took my chance and ran toward the road in the forest. For all they knew, I had crashed and burned to death. Poor mom, I hadn't meant to do that to her car. As they looked in confusion, I worked my way back to the highway. I then hitched a ride back to Thomastown at around 7:00 a.m. I strolled back upstairs and went back to sleep like nothing ever happened.

I was awaken by a human alarm. " AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! " someone screamed. It sounded like my mom. I got up in a flash and ran to the room that the screaming was coming from. I saw my dad and mom looking out into the garage. Well, mom's car was totaled in an explosion that I made happen. It was about 10:30 a.m. and during that day, my parents reported that one of their cars was stolen. The effect of that was an officer coming into our home and telling them what had happened. They later looked at the news and saw the intensity of the what the so called " car thief " had done to their car. All I did was play dumb and act surprised myself. But I had a feeling that the worst was soon to come...

I didn't hear a word from anybody until Monday. I was leaving school, talking to some of my friends when suddenly, I saw a strange boy with blonde hair covering the topmost of his head point to me and talk into this little walkie talkie thing of his. What's with this guy? I thought to myself as I looked in his direction. Then the guy just ran off. Idiot. All went back to normal, I said my goodbyes and left for home. As I was leaving, a girl named Michelle Harris caught my attention. " Hey Lee, remember the work we have to do on our science project? You know, the one due next week? Well it is time to go to your house tonight to work on it. " she said geekly. Don't get me wrong, Michelle was pretty good looking, but I thought of her as more a friend than anything personal. And she was a top student. A major NERD. " Yeah, sure. We will do that then. " I said half interested as I walked away. I walked toward my house. It was pretty quiet along the way. I wonder how Tess is doing. I thought. She must really miss her parents. My thoughts were interrupted as a SCREECH of car tires slid on the wet road behind me. VROOOOOOOOM! The car was racing ahead. Why the hell is he going so dog on fast? I thought curiously. I looked behind me. Something about that car sent warning triggers off inside me. I decided to run into the next yard to avoid the now approaching car. Thank God because, after I ran in the yard, a window was lowered in the car and a shiny thing was pointed at me. I realized at the last minute that this shiny thing was an automatic weapon! Adrenaline took over me as the gun erupted in hundreds of spraying bullets in a matter of seconds.

BLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAM! Hundreds of bullets chased me as I ran and dodged under the flower pots and lawn ornaments of somebody's yard. THINK! THUNK! CRASH! The ornaments were shattered and the bullets richoched around the house. I jumped over their gate and ran towards the back. RUFF! RAFF RUFF RUFF RUFF! An angry guard dog protected it's territory. Right now, I wasn't worried about the dog. I was more worried about the truck following me about to crash into the fence. BLASH! The wood flew threw the air. CRRRRRRUNCH! The truck hit a little swingset and smashed into the huge undergrowth by the house. VRRRRRRRRRRR! VRRRRRRRRRR! The truck was stuck in the muck under the bushes. I took my chance and ran like the devil towards the back wall. " HEY YOU! " a voice shouted to me. But I was prepared. These last few days I vowed to myself that I would not be ambushed by Cory or anyone he sends. I turned around and fired the stolen police gun that I had stashed in my bookbag. BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!
The guys in the truck shielded themselves as my bullets whizzed toward them. I took off when I had the chance and ran through the back bushes into the next neiborhood. RUFF RUFFRUFFFRUFF! The dog was still barking at the trespassers. The last thing I heard before I turned into my neighbor hood was the sound of a gun going off, and the yelp of a poor dog being shot to death.

I was in hysterics. I was exhausted, but still running at full speed. All I wanted to do was get home, fast. I rounded the corner and...WHUMP! I ran smack into someone around the corner. I didn't even say I'm sorry or try to help them up, but I was not able to avoid that person's voice. " LEE! " Michelle said with fear. " What the heck are you doing here so early, HUH?! " I yelled. I was still scared out of my wits from just being shot at. She started to say something when there was a loud SMASH from behind us. I looked around the corner to see the truck power its way through the woods and turn down the road after me. " We can't talk now we gotta run. " I said as I grabbed her arm. She pulled away. " COME ON! " I screamed. The truck was about 5 blocks away now. She shook her head, " No. What's wrong with you Lee? " she asked accusingly. 4 blocks away. I suddenly got very serious. I pulled my gun from the belt of my pants and aimed it to the ground. " Listen very carefully, if we don't leave right now those guys in that truck are going to kill us both. NOW! " I said as I yanked her arm as I ran. She said no more. SCREEEEEEECH! Burning rubber on wet asphalt, the truck came roaring down on the spot where we just was. " THIS WAY! " I shouted as we neared a large bustling 4 way street. There were no cars around. " Open the sewer lid and jump in. GO NOW! " I screeched. I turned to face the truck about 30 feet away. I aimed the gun at the tires in the front and fired. BLAMBLAM! THINK! TACK! The bullets hit the asphalt. The truck was nearing 15 feet away now, I aimed with perfection. BLAMBLAM! BAAAAAM! FWOOOOOOOOOSH! The tire exploded like a popped balloon. The truck tilted to the right dangerously and then made a sharp left, causing it to flip on it's side. CRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUCH! The truck slid on the asphalt, nearing my position. I quickly turned around and lowered myself to the now open sewer, pulled the lid on top and dropped into oblivion just as the truck sealed the entrance.

I quickly hit the soggy bottom and looked around. " Michelle? " I said softly. " I'm right here. " she said from the darkness. I tracked toward the sound of her voice. I found her, huddled in a corner. " Are you alright? " I asked. " Yeah. Lee I have a right to know who those guys were and why they were chasing after you. Why do you have a gun? " she said seriously. " Whoa, whoa. Slow down. " I said. " Slow down? SLOW DOWN?! I have just been shot at, chased by a car, and now I'm in a sewer with a guy who has a gun for some reason. Don't tell me to slow down! " she yelled. God, she was shaking. " Look, calm down. I will tell you. " I said. Should I tell her the truth? Should she get mixed up in the game also? I hated to do it but if I didn't, she would probably tell the cops. I suddenly had a heavy heart. I then just told her everything about the game. It felt good, to finally be able to release that fateful knowledge. I sighed and fell to my knees. " So let me get this straight, if these guys catch you, you die? " she said. " Yes. And they will kill anyone trying to help me. No doubt they saw you. I advise you to stay low for a couple of days. Don't talk to any strange people. You might even have to skip school. " I said, looking at the ground. She looked horrified. " I don't want to die..." she stuttered. I walked to her direction. " You are not going to die. I am going to handle this and these guys are going down. Don't tell anyone about this. I mean that. " I ended. We then left that spot and trudged through the sewer system for about 30 minutes. We ended up at the grocery story. " Get home as quick as you can. " I said. She nodded and ran away. I ran also, not because I thought the killers were going to come back, but because I was afraid that this might be a game that I cannot win.

BEEEEEEEEP! You have 4 new messages! Like it really cared how many messages we have, Tess thought towards the recorder. It was in the afternoon after a tiring day at Kenton High and Tess was glad that the day was over. It was now 5:00 p.m. and she was just getting home to the McKinzie household. In this house though, Tess was known as the mysterious April. She had thought many times if she should tell Mr. And Mrs. McKinzie about her past but she dismissed it quickly. Now, after Lee told her that the game has resumed, the best thing to do would be to lay low until it's over. A few weeks ago, Tess was adopted by the McKinzies. Under her disguise, she almost resembled nothing of her real self, except unseen memories and a dangerous past. Message #1! CLICK! Hi Rocky! When are you going to come and see me? I hate being alone. Tess sighed. Rocky was the McKinzies son of 15 years, a year older than her. Rocky was often obnoxious, thinking that he could get anyone if he wanted to. When Tess first began living there, he had often tried to hit on her when they were alone. Tess quickly told him that she was not interested in him at all, now that she was his sister in adoption. " Rocky! When are you going to stop letting your skanky girls call our peaceful home?! " she yelled upstairs to Rocky. He veered his head down the stairs so she could see and he said, " Never! I am going to turn this house into a brothel soon! " he said jokingly. She laughed. Message #2! CLICK! Hi Mr. Mckinzie, I'd like for you to represent me in that case on Thursday. If you wo-Tess cut off that message. She was expecting a call from someone special. A guy from school named Wade seemed interested in her big time. Maybe I should give him a call instead, she thought questiongly. Message #3! CLICK! HELLO APRIL. OR IS IT TESS? Fear stumbled through her mind. Who was this? Was it Lee playing a cruel trick? The voice was loud and scratchy. Unrecognizable. I KNOW WHO YOU ARE. WHY THE DISGUISE TESS? AFRAID SOMEONE WILL NOTICE YOU? The voice got louder. So loud, Rocky heard it all the way upstairs. Tess was shaking now. Fear gripped her like the air floated around them. " April? Who's Tess? " Rocky called from downstairs. She was too stunned to answer. YOU THINK YOU CAN HIDE FOREVER? WELL YOU CAN'T. WE ARE COMING FOR YOU TESS. WE ARE GOING TO ENJOY KILLING YOU. Silence... Message #4! " AHHHHHHHHH! " Tess screamed as she tore the machine from the phone line and smashed in on the floor. BRAAAAAAASH! BRAAAAASH! BRAAAAAASH! Again and again she slammed it down until she felt a hand grab her shoulder. She whirled around and faced her opponent. It was a startled Rocky. " Hey!? What the fuck is wrong with you? Who was that on the machine? " Rocky said demandingly. " I...it...they... " Tess wheezed. " Come on. Whoever it was they were just playing. Now why did you tear the-" But Rocky's attention went awry as the lights in the house flashed off. They both gasped. " Why did the lights go off? I thought the raining was over. " Rocky said silently. Tess was frantic, she said swiftly, " That is not the storm. It's them. " Now it was Rocky's turn to get stunned. " Who are them? What are you talking about April? What's wrong with you today? " He said as he suddenly grew nervous. It was total silence for a moment. CLLAAAAAAAASH! The windows by the front door shattered! Rocky looked at Tess and then in the direction of the crash. He grabbed a baseball bat propped up by the closet and walked towards the window. When he neared the door, he looked closely at the windows. Someone had broken in, but where? He thought suspiciously. Crunch. Rocky whipped around like a snake, only to find darkness around him. Calm down, just calm down. He thought to himself as he neared the window. Then suddenly, a barrage of footsteps behind him made him turn around, but not fast enough. A flying figure suddenly knocked him through the broken window, making him hurtle about 10 feet towards the ground into a bile of bushes. WHUMP! Oof! The figure dropped both feet in Rocky's stomach. He was pulled up and punched by the figure, hard. Rocky was down, but not out. He reared the baseball bat and smacked the figure in the knees with the bat. Whack! The figure dropped to his knees. Rocky hit the figure again, this time in the back repeadidly. Whack, thump, whack, thump! The figure was still on the ground. Rocky smiled in triumph. He looked at the figure's hood and neared down towards the figures face to pull the mask off. As he touched the mask, the figure suddenly grabbed his hand and jerked him to the ground. Rocky was just about to hit him with the bat again when the figure quickly grabbed Rocky while pulling something from his jacket. Rocky was wondering what it was when he felt a very sharp pain in his side. As he looked down, he saw the horrible truth. The figure had stabbed him with a long knife! Rocky heaved in pain as the masked killer twisted the knife, making Rocky stumble and fall to the ground in defeat. In that instant, the killer was gone and Rocky was left sprawled on the cold ground clutching his wound.

Tess was crouched in fear, waiting for Rocky to return. The darkness had enveloped her as she looked towards the hall. Why had he been gone so long? Is he alright? She ran these through her head a million times. As she got ready to get up from her hideout, she saw a shape coming into the window. It might be Rocky, back from the chase, she mulled as she sat back down. The shape looked around and walked closer toward her position. Then she noticed that the shape didn't have any of Rocky's clothes on or any of his features. The figure was dressed in all black but, they had Rocky's baseball bat. Tess shuddered as the figure looked around. As she began to go up the stairs to safety, the bottom step creaked loudly, Creeeeeeak! It scared her so much she fell to the ground. The figure turned and ran to her positon. " Ahhhhhh! " she screamed as the person came closer. The person grabbed her and slammed her on the ground. She hit the ground and light flashed in her eyes. The figure started choking her. Sqeezing harder, harder. Tess' eyes rolled around with the need for air. She felt around frantically to find something to use against the attacker. She found the torn recorder. She used her remainding strength to slam the recorder into the person's head. BLAP! Whomever it was, they were stunned enough for Tess to run upstairs. As she ran, the attacker got back up to their feet and persued Tess. She closed her bedroom door and locked it. BAM! BAM! BAM! The person hit the door with full force. Splint! SPLINTER! The door was getting torn apart by a large red knife in the attackers hand! The strong door was getting reduced to a holey mess. Tess screamed as the attacker's hand reached inside and tried to unlock the door.

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