Peek-a-Boo

Part 1

Hello, my name is Ian Garcia., I'm an orphan....explaining it would be uncomfortable for me but I'll do it later, let's just get on with the story.

I was sitting down playing with a kid I know, her name is Bella Smith. She has a very distinguished face and not many people hang out with her. At the time we were both 7 and her story was similar to mine. We both came to the orphanage to evade our abusive parents, her parents didn't like her because of her looks. My parents were adequate when they were calm but they both had anger issues and let's just say things didn't work out the best for us. Anyways we were playing and for some obscure reason all the lights shut off. This scared Bella so I hugged her and told her we were gonna be ok. Soon we heard one of the caretakers speak "Don't worry we'll be fine. You'll all just safely go to your rooms and- AH!" they screamed and then we all heard a splat before hearing a raspy and vehement voice speak "My my....I thought adults didn't surmise about the safety of children." the person chuckled as the lights turned back on. In the middle of the room was the caretaker and she had some red juice coming out of her back. Next to her was a tall man who had a smoking stick in his mouth. He was very tall, he had a hat on and a small beard and mustache. A few of the older kids had me and the other little ones go behind them. "Who are you!" a boy named Mason yelled at the man. The man just chuckled "My name isn't something important......but hey I got a deal for you..... let's lay a game of peek-a-boo....if I win...well...you lose......" he grinned "What if WE win?" a girl named Melissa asked, she was shaking a bit but she still stood her ground. "Ruminate on your prize for a bit" the tall man spoke again. "If we win then you lose and turn yourself in to the police for child abuse, murder, trespassing, and harassment!" Mason shouted. The man chuckled again "Looks like we have some competent players.....you got yourself a deal kid...here are the rules.....you can't leave the orphanage..you have 3 hours to hide from me and 7 days to stay hidden from me! If I find you, you lose! Got it?" he asked after he explained the rules. All us kids nodded besides Melissa "what happens when we lose?...like what are you going to do?" she asked hesitantly. The man didn't respond but he pointed to the napping caretaker with red juice coming out of her body. All the older kids tensed up but nodded, us little ones didn't know what he meant though. "Man this feels like we're about to culminate in a horror movie...." A boy named Issac mumbled. The other big kids nodded and looked at the man who spoke once more before our game began "And now is the time to start! Once the lights go out you have 3 hours to run and hide! In 3! 2! 1!" I started running with the other kids as soon as the lights went out. I stayed with Mason, Bella, Melissa, a girl named Avery, and another kid who I never really knew the gender of named Frankie. Frankie was the oldest they were 14, Melissa was 8 and so was mason. and Avery was 9. Bella and I were still a bit confused but all we knew was that this man was bad and we needed to hide from him. After 3 hours pass, we hear the man yell "READY OR NOT Ȟ̶̙Ě̴̩R̴̠̒É̵̞ ̸̢̾I̴̥͝ ̷̲́C̸̼̈́Ô̶̰Ḿ̴͎E̵̘͐" we then heard some footsteps before hearing the man speak "Peek-a-boo!" before hearing the scream of a child. Bella started crying but Issac calmed her down. "He must be giving them a stab with a shrewd amount of force to make someone scream that loud...." Frankie muttered