Hunt

Chapter 5

Erica's POV:

I heard a bone chilling scream from inside house, I was sure scared but I wanted to see what was actually going on so I leaned further and when I looked down at mobile I saw that call was disconnected but I ignored it and continued to observe, I could make out Celine's mom and some short dude was standing before her and aunty was looking really panicked but she was not even seeing what was going on inside, I heard another scream which was followed by multiple screams so I looked into window, the scene inside made my skin crawl, there was a girl who had multiple cuts on her face and hands, bleeding nonstop she was desperately screaming and for a moment her eyes contacted mine and the look in her eyes was so terrifying like soulless that I took a step back in shock knocking a pot over which gained attention of Celine's mom and that guy, I tightly closed my mouth with tears in my eyes and made a run for it with my highest speed, after reaching near the cross of my house I called Ave in panic "Hey are you fine? It was suddenly disconnected and when I tried to contact later it was unreachable" Ava was almost yelling at me but I couldn't even make a noise, I was dead silent "Hey Eri! You there? Talk something" her voice carried a lot of worry, "I-I a-am sca-ared ... *sob* s-she wa-as dyi-ng" I could barely say this in mid of crying, "Who is dying? Calm down! Just calm down okay? Take deep breaths" I did as she said and my sobs turned into hiccups "I-I am feeling better now don't worry" I said in a low voice "Just go home and rest okay? Tell me what all happened tomorrow" I just hummed and disconnected call

Right after going in I went straight to bed and laid down closing my eyes tightly trying to take scene out of my head but it kept replaying non-stop, I was finally able to calm down and sleep around 4am in morning

Next day I skipped morning classes and went to college after 12pm, Ave was sitting in class writing something even Arian was there, I rushed to her hugging which she returned back tightly in relief "Don't scare me like that" she was not looking good either something surely happened "You didn't sleep last night?" she sighed deeply "Yeah, I and Dave are over" I wasn't much surprised as I already knew this would happen still I knew how much she cared for him by the way of her talking about him, "Don't worry I am fine now, I got back myself together" she smiled slightly and it looked like shy smile but I just brushed it off for now, "Well leave about me, what happened yesterday night? U were sounding really scared on phone, what happened back there?" I took a deep breath and explained everything to her, she had a really uneasy expression on her face "Something surely is off, don't you dare to go alone there ever again!" "Leave that, should I go and beat the crap out of that bastard?" I said in a rage tone and got up from my seat in mock and bumped my shoulder into someone I said sorry and looked up to see an unexpected person "Hey, what a coincidence to meet you here!" it was none other than Seth, he was acting way too friendly and his friend who is Eric I guess? was standing beside him with a lollipop in his mouth without a care in world I sighed at the timing as I wanted to avoid him regarding yesterday's situation he was unusually looking happy I was suspicious...

I just awkwardly said hi and stood there seeing Dave pass behind them, trying to control my anger, "You fine?" I felt a hand on my shoulder I jolted up and saw it was Seth's hand I moved back suddenly startled, I suddenly felt kind of disgusted but I concealed it and gave a tight lipped smile "Yeah I was just zoned out" his friend was silently observing, hallways were suddenly quiet so I realized that bell had gone off so I said "Meet me after school hours at cafeteria" and ran off

In next break I went to Liliac's class to know about Celine's whereabouts from her friends, I went to her and talked with her for some mins and Layla was coming our way, best friend of Celine so I rushed towards her, I knew her personally too so I asked her "Hey have you seen Celine lately? She neither picks up calls nor come to college" "I too can't reach her, I asked her bo- I mean her close friend Seth even he was clueless" she didn't look much concerned considering Celine is her best friend and was she saying 'boyfriend' ? it was again suspicious yet I just thanked her for info and went back to class only to see Arian holding collar of Dave and Ave standing behind Arian shaking her head disappointedly, without thinking I went in and slapped Dave hard on his and heard gasp of Cassy bitch and Ave even Arian was amused "Just get away from our sight" I said in a dangerously calm tone without seeing an option he went away with Cassy "Are you alright?" I asked Ave she just nodded and sighed while Arian was cracking his knuckles muttering curses underneath his breath

Bell rang right at that moment and I told Ave to come to cafeteria regarding Seth, Arian too followed saying 'What if that bastard showed up?' I just nodded and brushed him off, when we reached there Eric was standing scrolling his phone "Where is Seth?" I asked in a formal tone, "Will be back in some mins" he answered vaguely 'What is he even doing here?' I thought as I was annoyed by his indifferent tone, Seth appeared in 2 mins "Sorry I was held up in some call" "It's fine, I need to ask you something regarding Celine" his smiling face turned serious 'He looks kind of serious suddenly' "Sure go ahead" I eyed Eric, Seth looked confused and turned around to see his friend looking at mobile "What are you even doing here?" "Nothing" "Then why are you here?" Seth said in a hushed tone "Simply" was his answer, Seth gave up and just nodded at me to continue, I then saw Arian who was looking a lot interested at scenes getting unfolding "Where is Celine?" I came straight to point, "Huh?" He looked confused and slightly panicked "What do you mean where is she? How would I know?" 'He is still beating around bush I see' "Then why are you even bothering with her? You both are not even that close to each other" I eyed him suspiciously, he sighed and said "We both are dating, she is my girlfriend from past 3 months" I felt a bucket of cold water being poured on me...

Fun fact: This chapter was barely able to make it to deadline😁

A/N: Hey guys, hope you like this chapter please continue reading it... Thank you and have a nice day ahead!