Start of Day 2…
"Seems you two read my letter." Leo said while drinking hot chocolate.
"Yeah, it was pretty touching." Mary said as she sat down across him. Takato sat beside her. They both drank their hot chocolates.
"What if I said that was a lie? If it was a practical joke?" Leo asked with his signature prankster smile.
"Then I am so going to kill you for real." Takato said with an angry aura.
"But it is a practical joke… At least, I think so. I don't remember writing it. I just found it next to me as I got up." Leo explained.
"Maybe you were too busy teasing us that you forgot?" Mary suggested.
"Maybe." Leo said with a hint of doubt in his voice.
They watched the news and exercised. They were all in the living room once again.
"This place is boring!" Leo exclaimed as he lied down.
"I know what you mean man." Takato agreed as he paced back and forth.
"Isn't there something we can do?" Mary asked.
"I hope there is." Leo said then he grinned. "You wanna go explore the vicinity?"
The two looked at each other. They both grinned. "Oh yeah."
"Aha! Let's go get some stuff packed." Leo said.
"Alright!" They all said in unison.
And thus started their exploration…
They walked outside. It was certainly a forest alright. They left a bunch of stones and put some papers on the trees whenever they made a turn indicating what they did.
"This is definitely a forest." Mary said as she clung on Takato.
"Look at all these magnificent specimens." Leo muttered as he observed all the bugs in the vicinity.
"How are those magnificent? They're creepy and gross." Mary complained.
Leo laughed. "Remember that I want to become a scientist. I still haven't given up on that dream."
"You do have a point." Mary said. "Wait, you two still have to go to school right?"
"Yeah." Takato replied.
"Definitely." Leo answered.
"You guys have been gone for like, how many months. How do you guys compensate for that time?" Mary asked.
"Simple, tutors." Leo replied. "Look a spider!"
"Where?" Mary yelled as she clung harder on Takato's right arm which was slightly crushed in the process.
"Ouch!" Takato yelped.
Leo laughed. "Just kidding."
"Leo!" Mary yelled.
"You two seriously looks like a couple right now if we were in a city." Leo said as he disappeared into the forest.
"Leo?" They both asked in unison. They became worried for their red headed friend and followed wherever he disappeared to.
"That's odd. Where is he?" Takato asked as he pushed some leaves away.
"It's normal for him to disappear like that but he usually comes back right after that." Mary added.
Leo walked through the forest. He sighed. He couldn't believe that he tripped and fell. "How come they haven't found me yet?" He continued down the forest. He found some odd colored bugs. "I haven't seen these before." He held a bug that seems to be a half-beetle half-ant. "Don't tell me our Manager dumped us in an experimental forest." Leo looked around unsurely.
He began to walk faster for he heard deep snarls echo through the forest. He was determined to find his friends in this 'forest'.
"Hey Mary, what is that?" Takato asked as he saw a huge butterfly.
"I think it's a butterfly." Mary replied with uncertainty and fear, mostly on the fear part.
"Tell me, have you seen a butterfly this big?" Takato asked. They couldn't move. The butterfly didn't move either.
"No and I hope I don't get to see another one in my whole lifetime!" She responded as she yanked Takato to a run. They both screamed while doing so.
Leo heard that bloodcurdling screams and ran to that direction. 'What on Earth are they screaming for?' His question was answered immediately. A huge butterfly flew out of nowhere. Leo stumbled and landed on his back. He soon saw Takato and Mary.
"Takato! Mary!" He yelled. Both went to Leo. "We gotta get back."
"Like hell we do!" Takato yelled. They ran to wherever the cottage may have been.
As they got back, they all collapsed on their respective seats.
"Oh Lord thank you for helping us navigate back here." Leo said as he lied down panting.
"Praise the Lord!" Mary yelled.
"Praise Him!" Takato yelled.
The landline rang. Leo picked it up. Through the speakers, their manager was talking.
"Where in hell did you send us?" Leo asked while shouting.
"You are in a remote forest where experiments are dumped into." She answered calmly.
"Is this a recreation of Jurassic Park?" Takato yelled.
"I wouldn't put it that way…" The manager answered.
"Why are we here anyway?" Leo asked while shaking his head.
"Because that is the only place where reporters won't be in. That is the safest place for you guys."
"Safest place my foot! I don't want 'Died because of Giant Butterfly' written on my gravestone!" Leo yelled.
"Oh don't worry as long as you're careful you won't get killed. To make everything clear, those are all experiments ." The manager hung up.
"Oh great…" Leo said sarcastically as he slouched on the sofa.
"Gosh, this is crazy." Mary said. "How many months do we have to stay here?"
"I have no idea." Takato kicked the wall. "Curse those terrorists."
"Curse them indeed." Leo agreed.
At the terrorists' hideout…
A tall man sneezed.
"Got a cold?" Another asked.
"I don't think so." He replied.
A bunch of police sirens can be heard.
"How the hell did they find us?" The tall man asked.
"I don't know!" The other replied. They started to run.
They were later arrested after a long and tiring escape. They were incarcerated for 12 years.
The reason why they targeted the three were because the terrorists were ordered to by some unknown person. Even the terrorists themselves don't know.
End of Night 2…