This chapter is dedicated to 'kate10011', who is the writer of the 'The Hunger Games: Gleekified Edition', which is what I based my story of 'The Hunger Games: Sibuna Edition' off of. So read that, had some cute Quinn/Puck in it! Yeah, I don't watch Glee anymore… For multiple reasons..
Once again, RIP Cory :'((
Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.
- Unknown
Chapter Fourteen
8:35 hours left, 10:30 PM
Fabian's POV
"It's Mick." I breathed, all eyes moving to me. I bit my lip, why was his name there? My best mate couldn't be involved, could he? Or did Mr. A do something to him?
"His name is what comes from Eddie's method?" Amber asked, and I nodded slowly. She didn't say anything after that, and looked down.
Eight and a half hours.
"We should check his room then, but isn't Eddie in there?" Alfie wondered. That was correct, Eddie was in his room. Mick obviously wasn't there. But maybe there was some sort of clue of where he was, I just hoped he wasn't on the evil side of all this.
"I'll go check his room." Patricia stated. She carefully stood up, and made her way out of the room.
"I never asked after the fire… Are you guys okay?" I asked Alfie and Amber, who hardly were speaking. Amber glanced down, and Alfie nodded.
"I just really want my best American friend back." Amber murmured. I frowned at her voice, all her innocence was drained. Gone.
A sudden scream made us all jump, and I rushed to the source. It sounded like a mixture of two screams, not just one person. And it was coming from Mick's room.
Amber and Alfie followed after me, and I slammed the door open. Mick was sitting against his bed, completely unconscious, with his wrists tied together. Patricia was in Eddie's arms, both of them must have screamed when they saw him.
He struck again. How did he know that we figured it out?
Patricia began to cry, and I could see Eddie tighten his arms around her. I glanced behind me; Amber had exited the room, along with Alfie. I took another peek, and realized the back of Mick's head was bleeding from whatever he was hit with. I was positive he now had a concussion.
The blood was also fresh; I could see it glistening from the light. This couldn't have been less than ten minutes ago. I cringed slightly, seeing a blood-stained note lying next to him. I had to fight every particle in me to pick it up, and read it out loud. I ignored Eddie's presence.
"You're running out of time. Even colder you get. The answer is right in front of you. You could have seen it earlier if you happened to pay attention." I murmured, nearly crushing the note in my hand. Did we actually miss something that would have stopped this whole chase? I threw the letter into the trash, and crouched next to Mick, untying his hands. I then shook him gently, trying to wake him. He stirred slightly, but his eyes never opened.
"Eddie, could you call an ambulance? Just tell them you don't know what happened. I need to go." I asked him. He nodded, taking his phone out. He only moved one arm away from Patricia, who didn't budge.
This was all on me now. I wasn't pulling Patricia into it anymore, she obviously couldn't take it. Honestly, I couldn't either, but I had no choice. Amber was also done, and Alfie wasn't going to leave her. This was my mystery now.
Eight hours.
There were a lot of places that fit 'the beginning'. The attic is where the mystery began, but why would he send me there? The school obviously wasn't correct either, it was completely burned anyways. There was no way it was safe to enter.
What about the scene where it all happened?
I quietly left the room, passing Amber and Alfie. Amber was on Alfie's lap, sound asleep. He seemed to be as well, and I wasn't going to wake them.
I headed back up into Nina's room; nothing had been moved. The police knew Nina was gone, as well as Trudy and Victor. Why hadn't they cleaned it up? Her bed sheets were still stained with her blood.
I closed my eyes for a minute, letting the sick feeling that returned die out. My hands had been trembling since I saw the pictures, I was honestly scared he was watching me. He could easily kill me, kill Nina, he could do anything. And I was nearly powerless.
I opened my eyes after a while, and begin searching through the room. I looked through her dresser, in her bags, on her bed. Nothing had seemed to be moved, and nothing had seemed to be added. What was I looking for? An address?
I crouched back down, and peeked my head under her bed. Something seemed to be lying there, but I wasn't sure what it was. I quickly pulled it out, and cringed, seeing it was a bat stained with blood. It had to be what he struck Nina with, and maybe even possibly Mick.
I turned it around slowly, and nearly tossed it out the window. In clear black letters, an address was written down. A wink face was drawn next to it; I could hear his laughing in my ears.
I knew my blood sugar was low, but when my vision started to blur, panic shot right through me. I knew I was going to pass out, and that I couldn't stop it from happening, but I had no time for it!
I desperately tried to hang on to my consciousness, but a sudden pain in my stomach sent me to the ground, my surroundings turning into complete blackness.
This story had a written planner out, but these last few chapters have changed so much. Such as adding a chapter, and dropping everyone but Fabian from the mystery. It seemed like they suffered enough, and since this is really Fabian's fight, it only seemed right to have him the only one left in it.
But wow, Mick became a victim, Patricia screamed and actually cried, and Fabian's the only one who still has his head in the game. Will he be able to save Nina himself?
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