The night was cold, foggy and silent but amidst the silence of the dark came the sound of distant footsteps, Kris, a young college student sighed as he slowly make his way to his room in the big rundown apartment. he glanced at his phone "12:35 AM, 5 FEB, Friday." beamed on the screen with the wallpaper of a little girl and kris both smiling with hands on each other's shoulders. his eyes slightly smiled to it but faded a moment later.
he kept walking with his left hand in the pocket of his hoodie and right hand holding his phone, his head looking at the ground like he always does. before he knew it, Kris reached the stairs and as he was about to step on it, his eyes caught the glimpse of something shiny on the ground with a figure sitting right next to it. he shoved his phone in his right pocket but didn't step towards it as he didn't want anything to do with it, instead he climbed up a few stairs and slightly leaned on the right ledge to take a quick look. he saw the moonlight shining brightly on the knife which was sitting broken in half on the floor, his eyes widened as he saw the edge of the knife was covered in red liquid that was dripping from it, he knew it was blood just at the sight of it. he shifted his eyes towards the broken handle of the knife which was sitting right under it and it too was covered with bloody fingerprints on it. his breathe quickens thinking about what it could've been used for, in his thoughts he almost forgot the figure sitting right beside the knife but a noise jolt him up and forced his eyes to looked at it.
it was his neighbours 9 year old daughter with her throat slit open, Kris gasped and fall back tripping on his way down and hitting his head on the last stair. he grabbed the back of his head while writhing in pain, his head felt as it was split open and came the violent headache which made his eyes tear up and his body tightened but he still managed to look at the the girl who had her hand out towards Kris, she coughed blood while her teary eyes begged him to save her. Kris clenched his teeth together and with his left hand on his head he tried getting up but staggered and tripped falling on his stomach facing the girl, he begin crawling his way towards the girl and finally managed to grab her hand.
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he strengthened himself and with his head still feeling hot as he had submerged the back of the head in a fire, he got up from his stomach to sit near her holding her hand with his left hand. having trouble speaking himself he couldn't utter a single word, he saw the girls windpipe was slashed in such a gruesome way that she was gurgling her own blood. he placed his right hand slightly on her throat as if hoping it could save her, she looked at him with tears falling down her face and tightend her grip on his hand. she groaned and as her eyes widened with shock, her body loosened and her breathing stopped.
he felt her grip on his hand loosen and her eyes motionless, he knew she was dead. "no, lina. who did this to you?" he finally let out a weak whimper before his head pain came back making him leave the girls hand and clenched the back of his head in pain. he groaned and cried and feel his own blood pool his hand. as his vision cleared slightly he saw a woman in white giggling sitting in the corner under the dim flickering light of a small bulb, her messy long hair covers her face and blood stained on her hand while she licks her fingers. Kris couldn't see her face properly but heard her slight giggle, angered he shouted "did you do this to her, you fucking bitch?" the woman stopped.
the flickering light fastened as she slowly turned her face towards him, his eyes followed her face turning towards him with his pain slowly subsiding. but the bulb flickered faster and he saw her eyes widened on him. he felt a pinch on the back of his head as their eyes met and as the bulb flicked faster and faster and faster, he felt his head throb with pain more and more. he grabbed his head and cried "who are you?" until finally the bulb burst and he plopped on the ground. blood dripping down his ears and gushing out the back of his head.
as he laid there with his whole body numb, he saw the woman walked away slowly giggling with his fading vision and then heard some door nearby open and the screams of people. he looked at lina who was already dead and felt his own body gets colder and colder.