While waiting for the dinner time to come, they got bored and Kayla already started to nodded off, when she hears a commotion coming not far from them. Kayla thought that she won’t be able to seen any fight, but someone is arguing about wether who find the coins first. Not wanting to see the commotion, Kayla excused herself to the bathroom, and when she comes back, the commotion has died down, leaving a women silently sobbing away in the corner, just by seeing this, Kayla already know what happened without asking.
Kayla looks at Aaron and Jeremy who are so focus on the legos and turn to look at Clara, “Say Clara, if I were to talked to her, do you think she will accept it gladly or chased me away?”. Clara looks at her with a confused expression, when Kayla pointed out the girl she meant, Clara eyes went wide in shocked and shouted, “No!”
Seeing her strong reaction, Kayla is a little taken aback and looks at her in confusion, Clara stuttered and looks confused for a second, Aaron and Jeremy also has stop what they were doing and looks at them confusedly,
“No.. I mean, she looks very fierce, I don’t think it is a good idea”
Aaron and Jeremy also looks at the girl they were talking about and Aaron also nodded in agreement, “She indeed looks fierce, but she is quite interesting”, hearing that, Kayla couldn’t help but want to tease him, “Why don’t you go and talk to her?”
“Why should I?”, Aaron immediately refused.
“Don’t you feel eager about things you have never encountered before? I think she is also one of them”, Kayla sneered at him and Aaron could feel that he got a goosebump, Aaron considered it for a moment and shook his head, “No, I don’t like fierce women”,
“Then I’ll go”, Kayla said and walked towards the girl who was sitting in front of the computer looking bored while playing some games, now looking at her closely, she looked quite attractive too, her appearance looked tomboyish with her short haircut, but her face says the opposite, especially her eyes, she looks kind of gracious in many ways. Kayla feels a little hesitant to approach her now, but she still brave herself,
“Excuse me..”
“What?”, she asked fiercely, Kayla smiled gently at her, “I am sorry to bother you, I am just wondering, so I came to ask, where did you get those earrings from?”
She now turned interested in Kayla and lifted up her head to look at Kayla and smirk, “Why should I tell you?”
“Because.. “, Kayla rustled her pocket and pulled out something from inside, seeing the things, she laughed out loud and slammed the table furiously, “You dare to steal my things?!!”, she roared and some people around them started to look at “fun things” that is about to happen. Kayla remains calm, seeing her reaction in the dining room, she has a guess about what type of person she is, but this reaction is a little too much, Kayla unhurriedly said,
“You have got it wrong, I just picked it up from the floor in the bathroom, and it seems that.. someone has put their eyes on you”, Kayla looks at the group of people not far away at them that are looking at them with hatred in their face, it seems that that person also recognize them, the people she once scolded in the dining room.
“Be careful”, Kayla sweetly said, put down her card on the table, and walked away. The three of them look at her with bewildered expression, confused by what she is doing.
“What the hell is that?”, Jeremy yelped, Kayla shrugged her shoulder and sat back down,
“I thought that it would be a good idea to have someone like her as a friend, you would feel safe, but it seems she doesn't like that thought”, Kayla said with her face a little upset.
“I saw you give her something before you left, what is it?”, Aaron asked, Kayla looked at him with attentive looks and smiles, “She dropped something in the bathroom, so I am just picking it up for her”, Aaron looked at her with disbelief, but Kayla doesn't seem to be interested to answer his question again. What is more shocking now is that that woman is walking in their direction with a smug smile on her face and standing in front of Kayla,
“Alright! Let’s be friends, my name is Diane, I kind of like you too actually”
“No!”, Amy suddenly cried out, all of their eyes turned to look at her, and she realized that she had been too loud and hysterical about it, so she calmed herself down and searched for a reason,
“No.. I mean that, we should be careful at times like this”
That girl's smile became wide, sit down beside Kayla and hung her arm around Kayla's shoulder, “Don’t worry about it, more people are better right?”
Kayla nodded and turned to whisper to Clara, “Even though her personality might seem scary, she is not that bad of a person, don't be too quick to judge someone”, the reason Kayla wanted to befriend her was because she sensed that this person has a strong sense of justice, she is the type of person who will knock you out of the head for doing something that is not you, a very loyal type. Clara could only pout and let the case go, after all, Kayla had already stated her reason.
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The dinner time came and just like before, everybody was quarreling to be first in line, some people using their status, some using fists and some using their charming abilities. Kayla couldn't get used to this kind of scene and find it quite ridiculous, but she somehow could understand them, who wants to eat plain food when they have such luxurious food on display. But the way this place is organized it seems unethical. Kayla is not in the mood to fight with them, so she doesn't mind getting it last, but Jeremy finds it hard to accept that fate and just as the speaker rings to announce that dinner time has come, he already disappeared.
When they arrived, they were surprised to see Jeremy already sitting sweetly on the table with a stack of food on his tray. Kayla was beyond speechless, how could he be so shameless and grab so much food in one go, Kayla's jaws almost dropped to the floor, and she even hesitated to walk towards him and sit with him, Clara also let out a dry laugh,
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“Haha.. I admire your courage, aren't you afraid that they will hit you in the face?”
“What’s wrong with getting more food, it is not like I am doing something illegal and I am not wasting any food. Sit sit sit, let’s enjoy dinner”, Jeremy smiled foolishly and they silently slapped their forehead,
‘Why don't you just scream it out? All people are watching us with menacing eyes right now', Aaron thought and took a glance at Kayla and Kayla just gave a small shrug and sat down. Kayla could feel a firing gaze on her shoulder, and some people whispering evilly, but that didn't matter now, since they indeed didn't do anything against the law, there were also no rules limiting the amount of food one person could have.
They slowly munch away the food on the tray while waiting for the second batch of food to come, some people probably want to come and make trouble, but Diane and Aaron's cold gaze has basically chased them away.
“Have you found the coins?”, Kayla asked, and Diane nodded her head and whispered something to Kayla's ears, Kayla looked at her and then to the groups, since she was one of them now, she thought it might be alright to open the card now, “In your opinion, which coins is bad and which one is a good one?”, Kayla asked carefully.
“Personally, I don’t know. Since, I only managed to find one, it is not like I have a chance to choose”, Diane replied nonchalantly, they looked at each other before Kayla decided to speak,
“If you have the chance to choose?”, Kayla asked back, and Diane looked at her expression and smirked, “It seems that you guys are something else— If I got the chance to choose, I probably would choose the rose one. Think about it, if it is something bad, would they want to pay extra money just to make some random roses that would cost much more time and resources”
Kayla had never thought about that, she now gets the impression that this person might be someone who thinks highly of the value of things. Since Diane was sitting beside Kayla, it was much easier for her to give the coins to Diane, Kayla silently pulled out the coins from her pocket and crossed her arms on the table, Diane realized what she was doing and also did the same, they exchanged the coins secretly and very naturally,
“I have never thought that you would find more than one of these coins”
Kayla just smiled, “Merely luck”,
“It is almost the end of dinner time, how are we going to deal with the rest of the coins?”, Aaron asked, but his eyes were glued directly to Kayla since they had agreed to give it to her to keep. Kayla's eyes fluttered a bit before she said,
“I.. actually have none now”
Their eyes went wide in shock, they couldn’t believe what they just heard, Jeremy's mouth nearly fell to the floor,
“What do you mean by that?”
“I met a problem when I was accompanying Clara to the bathroom just now”, Kayla replied, while waiting for Clara outside the bathroom, she could hear a commotion on the corner of the room, since the bathroom is located at the back of the staircase, much further than the elevators, so it is a little far away from the crowds. She took a peek and saw a group of people trying to gang up with this boy who looked weak and at one glance you could clearly know that he was someone who had great grades and had always been asked for his notes to be copied.
It seems that he has found the coins and this group of people coincidentally sees him and now, they demand him to give those coins to them, but even though he already gave them the coins they still demand him to find more for them. Kayla frowned in disgust and she decided to do something, she silently put the blank coins into some of the sculptures and paintings, not very noticeable but if you wanted to find it, it would easily be found,
“Hey! What are you doing here? Are you not embarrassed for bullying another person? Are you blind enough to not see that there are some over there?”
Their eyes are cold with anger and stomp away to take a look at it when they see that her words are right, they take it and run away, Kayla looks at the boy awkwardly and coughs, “Take it, don’t let other people find out about it”, Kayla throws it to him and walks away, she decides to wait for Clara a little far away from the restroom area, and that is where she sees a shadow a familiar person, Steven is standing there looking at her with his captivating eyes, Kayla didn’t know what to say to him, but he suddenly extended his hands, Kayla looks at his face and back to his extended hands confusedly. He didn’t say anything, but Kayla was basically speechless, she knew that he must have seen the scene from before, so she pulled out one of the rose coins and handed it to him, he didn't say anything and walked away, leaving Kayla struck there dumbfounded.
And that is how all of the coins in her hand had vanished. Kayla carefully looked at them,
“You all.. won't be blaming me for that, won’t you?“
Aaron only sighed, “Doesn’t matter, it is good that you are not hurt”, they all also agreed with him and Kayla let out the breath she had unknowingly held. The dinner time finally ended peacefully and they were told to gather at the hall, they got divided into two groups, the one with the rose coins was told to stay inside the circle of marble tiles, while the rest had to stay out of the marble tiles,
“Why are we in the same groups as the one who didn't find the coins?!”
“Yeah! What is wrong with you!!”
The commotion grew bigger but before they could continue, one of them suddenly dropped to the floor, as they watched closely, there was a needle piercing on his neck, and before the rest of them could do anything, one after one was being shot down, the people inside the circle started to panic and ran out of the circle. Kayla stood there frozen, she still didn't understand what was going on right now, Jeremy wanted to pull them to hide but Diane held him, “Stop, don't you see that they are just shooting the one outside the circle, we are safe in here”
Kayla finally calmed herself down and examined her surroundings, it is indeed like Diane said, they didn't do anything toward the people standing inside the circle, some people who noticed this also called the people back inside. Kayla turns to look at Liam who is smiling at them at the top of the stairs, and that is the last thing Kayla sees because the ground suddenly shook and they were pulled in with such great strength downwards, when they came to a stop, they were in a very dark place, Kayla immediately lifted her head to find that they were in a place looking like an underground abandoned building, looking very dark and haunted. The only lights they have above them suddenly went off and they were suddenly swallowed by the darkness. That means the circle they stood before act as an elevator that took them directly to here, and now they have sealed the entrance.
But even if they didn't seal it, they wouldn’t be able to climb up, since the distance was around ten to fifteen meters above, Kayla's heart was still beating heart from that fall, and she felt that her feet were getting weak, and couldn't get up, it feels that her feet have lost all its strength. Clara has been sitting down on the floor frozen, it seems that her soul has also flown out from her body. The atmosphere is quiet for a moment before they can hear curses and sobbing break out, it seems that they also need some time to assess the situation. Kayla couldn't see anything right now and it was actually quite terrifying, if someone or something decided to attack, they would be just like meat plating to be eaten. A hand suddenly grabbed her from the side, Kayla was startled before she could smell the smell of the cool minty perfume, it was Diane.
“Where are the other?”, she asked.
Kayla decided to slowly approach Clara first since she remembered her positions quite clearly, she tapped on the cold floor while the other still grabbing Diane, afraid that they would get lost again, Kayla slowly whispered Clara's name, hoping that she would not scream when she grabbed her, and thank god she didn't, she just quickly grasps back to her arms and cried. Kayla now called Aaron and Jeremy, which thank god that they are not far away from them. Their eyes have adjusted to this darkness and they can vaguely see the outline of their place, they seem to be surrounded by a circular building that consists of three floors, or it could be said that they are standing in a circular hall that consists of three floors.
“Are you all alright?”, Aaron asked, Diane replied that they were alright and told Clara to shut her mouth. Kayla could feel something just now when she was trying to find Clara, so she bent down again and tried to take that thing when she finally found it, she took it and tried to have a good at it in this darkness, she was shocked to find that she is holding a card, but she couldn't even read what the content is,
‘What the hell is wrong with this place!!’
TO BE CONTINUED…