At lunch today, the teens met up together at the table they would usually sit in. Ryan, has after school plans. He told them, "Meet me at Domino's. I have something important there for you.". Nyx, confused she asked him, "Which Domino's? There's like, five of them or something like that.". Ryan informed her and his other friends that it's the Dominos next door to a Chevron gas station. "Wait, at that gas station?!" Melissa shouted, "It has been closed for months!". Ryan shook his head, "Yep, that Domino's.". Alex and Paige accidentally held each other's hands out of concern of something, and when they noticed, they immediately let go, looking away from each other. This got Aimee's interest, staring at both of them.
The whole time at lunch was a quiet, awkward one. Then, the bell for the next period rang, students went to their fifth period classes.
After school, Ryan returned to his former work place, the Domino's next door to the Chevron gas station. He began to feel shivers down his spine as he looked at the now-abandoned pizza place. While he doesn't believe in ghosts, or anything relating to the paranormal and/or supernatural, he thought he saw a former coworker or two wandering around the pizza place. He texted all of his group members to come at Domino's in Riverstone Road, the street that Domino's is at. Around seven minutes later, Alex and Aimee were the first to arrive. Another seven minutes passed, and everyone else came. "Hey, sorry that we're late, Ryan," said Paige, "Traffic is hell, well, at least for Melissa and her truck.". However, it didn't upset Ryan in the slightest, as long as they're here and apologized for their tardiness, everything's swell. Now, Ryan began to take his friends to another side of the restaurant, this side of the restaurant had mural art of various people on them, with names, and birth and death dates. "What's going there?" Alex asked Ryan.
Then, Ryan took a deep breath, approached the wall and told his group, "Some of you may or not know about this, but I used to work at this Domino's, delivering pizzas and other food stuff for around three and a half months. Then one in the first week of August, I drove towards the Fujiyama Sushi restaurant, I mean, the restaurant's address was written as one of the destinations to deliver pizzas. I went in, it was empty and dimly lit, probably around closing time. Anyhoo, I tried to look for the person who wanted freaking nine pizzas and three wing baskets. I noticed the kitchen has been left unattended, and begins the stupidest thing I've ever done, I left the pizza and wings on the bar table and went into the kitchen and found a door, that door has a sign said, "Forbidden to Non-Employees Only. Please get out before bad things will happen to you!". Did I ignore that sign? Of course I did! I pushed the doors open, and found the most horrendous things I've ever seen with my own two eyes. There was a cave and creatures. Very strange creatures. A very large one took a glance at me, and went after me. I ran as fast as I could; I got out of the restaurant and into and drove back to Domino's.", Paige was the only one who looked really interested at this point of Ryan's story, but allowed him to continue, "When I finally came back to Domino's, the cashier, Paul McCoy asked about what happened during my drive to Gulliver street, I explained to him what I have seen, but he laughed, thinking I made it all up. I guessed he was right, well at first, until that large behemoth brought friends with him!".
Aimee began to think about something when she heard the words, "large behemoth" and "friends with him"; is Ryan talking about Toro? Ryan continued his story, "He and his friends then began attacking me, and my coworkers for no reason at all. We've tried to defend ourselves with the stuff we have, but to no avail. My other co-worker, Milo found an axe, one his father uses on his orchard farm. He tried to use it but it got him killed, alongside Paul, Hugo, and Kyle. I survived because I ran out of the Domino's and hopped inside a dumpster and closed the lid. It felt like hours when I was in that dumpster. Just me, the darkness, the big bags of trash, and the rancid, garbage smell. I can still remember the dumpster's stink smell. Aaaand that's my story!" Ryan concluded his story in a rather weird, but effective way. "Wait, hold the phone, they've killed people?!" Aimee shouted in disbelief and horror, her face expressed both. "I'm sorry Aimee but," Ryan began to tell her bluntly, "They did. If I got the key to this Domino's, I would show you the surveillance camera footage as evidence.". Aimee's eyes began to tear up, those were people who she trusted and loved for years. How did she not know about any of this? Nyx comforted her by placing a hand on her shoulder and said that she should try and confront one of the Low Tide members about it. Which gave Aimee an idea.
At a twilight before dusk, Aimee found Toro taking the trash out. "Excuse me, Toro. We need to talk." Aimee said, sounding unusually frank. Toro turned around, shocked, he asked her, "Is… there something you want to talk about? Perhaps a nice walk around the park while we chat?". Out of the blue, Aimee questioned him with a cold, emotionless voice, "Did you kill them?". Toro jolted, looking frightened and "played dumb" about who he killed. "Those Domino's workers. Did you kill them?" Aimee repeated her question. Toro dropped his head and confessed that he did. Aimee made a face of despair and muttered quietly, "Why?". He backed away, looking ashamed of his actions. "I know what it looks like," Toro spoke aloud, "Yes, I did kill them. Well, one of them. Shortly after, I looked at my hands, holding the innocent life I took away. I felt really horrible about what I did, but I pulled on a facade of triumph and joy, but deep down I feel nothing but disgust. So, I took painting lessons and created the Domino's Massacre Memorial at that place.".
At that instant, Aimee's face went from sheer horror to pure hatred and rage, she started to scream, "I hate you! I hate you!" and tears came out of her eyes again. Much to her surprise, Toro showed little to no reaction, he understood her emotions, "I get it, you hate me. I know and understand your pain.". Aimee wanted to kill him now, so she pounced on him, blinded by her anger. When she grabbed him by the neck area, she instantly let go; she didn't want to kill him, she couldn't do it. She fell down to the ground, crying. Toro lifted her up, essentially hugging her, and began to figure out how to take her back home.