Chapter 9.
"There isn't a difference any more."
Rin turned in shock to look at her with befuddlement and then continued to look at Len who was looking Gumi right in the eye,
"Len... Just step back slowly and Rin secure the door." Luka was slowly descending to the floor in the corner of the room behind Len.
"L...Luka..." Len was scared... Scrap that... Terrified right now, he reached his hand out behind him whilst walked backwards towards her, they were looking at her in shock,
"Right, Len don't take your eyes off her and Rin work with me to figure out the other voices, got it? We'll take it in turns to look at her.." Luka explained,
"Okay but what about the... the... the figure?" Rin whispered the end of her sentence in case it heard her in the hall.
"Ignore it, it's the fear of what's happening, trust me, think of the voices and let's get this over with." Luka was speaking quickly now and was more than scared about it,
"Okay." Rin was certainly more confident in herself now,
"The first voice." Luka started,
"Was deep and almost depressed" Rin tried explaining,
"Okay, based on the people we know who could it be?" Luka asked her,
"Big Al?"
"Nope"
"Leon?"
"Nope"
I got it."
"Who?"
"It's Gakupo Luka?!" Rin was chuffed,
"Right that's one down and only two to go, the second one."
"Was almost like Len but slightly deeper and not so depressed either." Rin explained,
"So... That wasn't Big Al? Or Leon? Or Rinto? So... Who?"
Luka couldn't get her head around this one that was a puzzle,
"There's always Kaito?" Rin suggested,
"Would you say we're close?"
"Well he's best pals with Len..." Rin put out there,
"Kaito. Got it and now the girl?"
"That was high and obnoxious so that wasn't Miku and Gumi is in the room, Momo is quiet and Meiko doesn't talk to us any more so basically that only leaves Neru?" Rin pointed out.
"Right. That means that out of our group of friends... The figure could only be Miku?" Luka pointed out, "That was easy though. That can't be right, there isn't, it makes no sense."
"I still don't get what the hell is going on here and what's wrong with Len?" Rin asked, rushed and questioning,
"I don- Len, sweetie what's wrong?" Luke moved onto the bed sitting next to Len and put her arm around Len
"Sweetie?" Rin said befuddled,
"Luka." Len's voice was quiet and dry,
"Len." Luka turned to look at him sitting on the floor,
"G... Gumi... She... She's gone." Len was shaking, literally, physically shaking,
Both Rin and Luka gasped and turned around to see no one there, Luka stood up and walked slowly towards the space where she was and there was dust lying on the floor in a pile along with a note on his table,
"For where she lies is a story indeed,
There's more to life than friends that's true,
Learn who's really there for you,
For if not you'll be alone,
There isn't space for unclean and unwanted,
Kill them all and let them see,
They are better as piles,
On the floor.
Your ears are your virtue and your mouth your transmitter
Find me if you can,
That's if you beat the reaper."
"That's disgusting." Rin said afterwards,
"They are taking away our friends one by one?" Luka thought,
"Leaving only the faithful one left." Len finished,
"That's seriously gross." Rin pointed out again,
"I know." Luka said,
"Outside?" Len said,
"Are you insane Len? I am not going out there." Rin was whispering loudly, (if that makes any sense, well yes it does, yet it doesn't, okay, no it really doesn't.)
"We have to eventually, we can't live in my room." Len explained,
"He's right Rin, I'll go first, besides, it's only your house. There's nothing to be afraid of. Remember?" Luka was smiling her brightest now,
"Yeh come on Rin, it's going to be just like when we were kids and played tag around the house, remember?" Len said smiling like Luka afterwards,
"Then we used to steal mom's brownies?" Rin said chuckling,
"That's right, Len keep on her, let's go." Luka sort of stumbled to the door, "Ready?"
"What's our aim here?" Rin said smiling and standing next to Len,
"Lights, turn all of them on and smile the whole time, don't believe anything, there are clocks all around your house, in five minutes meet here again." Luka said putting her hand on the door handle, "Got it?"
"Got it" Rin and Len said in unison, Rin then hit Len on the shoulder causing him to look at her, "Tag, you're it." Rin shouted before running away from him down the stairs,
"I really do love her as a sister." Len said "Here I come ready or not!" Len shouted,
"Thought that was hide and seek?" Luka asked laughing,
"Nah, me and Rin did it with everything." Len said skipping off to "catch her"
"They're adorable." Luka said walking around the upstairs turning on the lights,
"You can't possibly work in your mind can it?"
Luka turned to see the room behind her, it was different than before,
"I... Is there anyone there?" Luka said walking towards the room,
"You don't remember my voice. After all this time? You don't remember me?"
"N... No, I'm sorry, should I?" Luka was at the door, she pushed it open and felt the wall for a light switch but couldn't find one, it must have been on the other side of the door, that's not a good thing, she would need to go into the room before she could see anything,
"We were best friends. We were more. Don't you remember me Luka? Please don't tell me you've forgotten, I thought we still were, I'm friends with Len, he would know me."
The voice was also dry, like what Lens was like earlier and almost in pain,
"Is that you Kaito?" Luka said walking in to hear a gruesome scream and within seconds found a light switch, turned it on to find a pile of dust like ash again this time with a painted white, wooden ornament type thing in it also, it had writing on it along with a letter.
"You didn't know me." Luka said quietly, she looked the the clock, left the light and went through to Len's room again, taking the letter and the wooden thing with her. Putting them next to the first letter, she sat on the edge of the bed,
"Luka what is it babe?" Len said sitting next to her,
"There was another pile again, in the other room, it came with those", she pointed to the things on the desk and Rin came running in the room,
"There's another note." Len said, Rin sat next to Luka and he read it aloud.
"That's another one down and there is still some left,
This is troublesome indeed is it not?
There can't be much you can do,
For I am very unlike you,
I am strong and amazing and good as disguise,
I can easily hide in the lights,
The dark isn't my home,
I prefer the light to be honest with you,
Come find me if you can,
I'll even turn the lights on for you."
"What's that got to do with anything?" Rin asked.
"The first one was about ears and hearing the person, they spoke to me before I got to see them and turned into dust on the floor, they were sad and annoyed that I didn't recognise their voice, this one seems to be about seeing them. I'm scared more this time though." Luka said before looking at the door, "Especially with a house your size and being alone." Luka looked petrified.
"I'm ready"
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End of Chapter.
Well there that's it done, ish, I've made a million times worse eh? Whooops.
Owh well!
