Make that four in one day.
The Ball
Chapter 13 – The Escape
"LEAVE ME ALONE YOU BASTARDS!"
Someone was screaming.
"What the-"
"What's happening-"
Someone was frantically kicking Len. One of the kicks accidentally kicked his "treasure", and he stumbled back, waving his cane harshly in front of him, "AAH! WHO'S ATTACKING ME! JUN! HELP!"
Jun quickly landed a flashing smack on the face of the attacker. She screamed and fell back. Wait, she?
Jun gasped. "Rin? Is that you!"
"Hey, whats happening? Rin? Where?" Len said, getting up.
It was Rin. The three of them stood there staring for ten whole seconds.
"Guys?"
"RIN?" they both said together.
"What're you doing here? You're here to rescue me?"
"Uh, huh."
"Rin! I'm so glad to see you-" Len started, clutching his "treasure", but Jun cut him off. "We need to get out." Len suddenly realized what he was holding and quickly released it and looked away.
"For now, I think we should call the police. Rin's safe."
"Alright," Len said and took out his phone.
"…"
"…"
"The lines dead."
"…"
"What do we do now?"
"We should escape."
"How?"
"…"
They went back to the other end of the hallway.
"Seven," Jun said.
Nothing.
"Darn it, how are we supposed to open it from the other side?"
"… …"
"Maybe…" Jun muttered.
"Neves?"
The door swung open.
"Neves? What the hell is that?" Len asked.
"It's not even a proper word…it's the reverse spelling of seven."
"You have quite an imagination."
Now they were back at the entrance.
"Nepo?"
The door swung open.
"Weird," Len muttered.
DONG.
The sound was faint.
"What was that?" Rin asked.
"Sounds like the midnight bell…time's up, they're expecting me." Len said.
"Wha-" Rin started to ask, but Jun cut her off.
"Let's get up," Jun said.
They got on the room.
"Come on…"
They went up the stairs… only to see that someone was walking up in front of them.
They stopped. The man heard the sound from their feet… and looked around. The four of them stared at each other for a fraction of a second.
WHIP.
Jun and Len had attacked the man with their canes. The man fell down, and laid on the staircase without moving. Len bent down.
"He's knocked out."
"Come on,"
They passed over the man and went up. The wall was closed. Jun hit it with his cane. The wall opened.
"Come on,"
They arrived on the second floor. They listened. No one was downstairs. That was when they heard voices. They were outside the house.
"Come on," Jun said, and they went to the kitchen, then out to the yard.
"We can't get out now, they're outside. Let's hide in a bush," Len said, and they went to the same area of bushes they went before. Here they could hear the men speak.
"The boy is not here yet…"
"Don't worry, he will come."
There was silence after that. After a while, one of them said, "Looks like I was wrong. And the girls parents are failing to reply. We'll dispose of the girl." With that, they all went inside the house.
After they were sure that the men had at least gone on the second floor, they got out of the house and ran as fast as they could, away into the streets.