Wolf Mask

WOLF’S MASK

Caleb blinked at his sister giving a perplexing look.

“Someone stole my diary. I wrote everything that happened yesterday,” Care told with regret.

“You are insane. How can you do something like that? Did we go to some carnival to note it in the diary as a memory? It’s a murder case. Seriously, I don’t understand why you did something like that.” Caleb questioned her with a little bit less anger. He knows nothing is going to change after this. They can’t live a normal life after this incident. All they need to do is survive.

9:00 pm

There’s a bang on the room door before Caroline could answer Caleb.

“It’s nine o’clock,” Caleb glanced at his watch. The banging is getting louder and louder.

“Did you lock the door before getting in?” Care questioned him. When Caleb nodded, Care moved towards the door. She looked outside through the hole. She could see anyone outside except the sound. Suddenly something showed up in front of their eyes, scaring her to death. She stumbled and Caleb caught her.

“Someone is standing. I can’t tell it’s a person or not. I can only spot a wolf's face. It looked so horrible.” She explained in a trembling voice. Caleb moved to see it. When he looked at it with one eye open, an axe came cutting through the door. It’s just a few inches away from Caleb’s eye. He jerked back from it. If it got one inch nearer, Caleb’s eye would be stabbed.

“Goddamn, are you okay?” Care looked at him.

“We should go out of here. Someone outside is going to kill us. Grab the diary,” He ignored her concerned question.

“We have nowhere to go,” Care said with impatience, taking her diary-keeping it near her chest. Something stuck in Caleb’s mind. He glanced at the window.

“Whatever you are thinking, just drop it, Caleb,” Care can’t take some risk by jumping from the window. Although there is in the stairs, one misstep they are sure as hell as dead.

“Call our sisters. We are going to jump,” Caleb confirmed and run towards it. They need to break the glass to jump.

“Iam calling.” Care dialled Chloe’s number since it’s the number she spotted at the top.

“Hey, sis,”

“Caleb and I got stuck in the abandoned house no.13 near the graveyard. Come, there fast or we will be killed,” Care spoke fast while on the other side the wolf shaped person or something cut off the door with another axe. Their action is so fast than an ultra-speed jet.

“I don’t understand, Caroline. why are...” Care cut her off by hanging up. She hurried to get the only table in the room. She moved it towards the door to stop the person from entering. Caleb took a rod from the room and shattered the glass with heavy force and speed.

“It’s nearly done. Come on,”

‘No," Care blankly stared in fear. Her arm is already injured, she can’t risk it again.

“Do you want to escape with less injury than being dead?” Caleb shouted. Care looked at the door and Caleb. This is her last chance. She fixed her mind of doing whatever to escape, not only today but in her life. being strong is the only choice.

“Incoming,” she muttered, rushing to his side. Caleb jumped over the window and stood on the edge, holding one hand on the edge of the window and the other to help Care to take the first step. She slowly jumped next to him, clutching her diary tightly. Before they could take another careful step, the table was knocked down, the door was half-opened. Both of them saw a person fully dressed in black, like a spy and having an awful wolf mask. The wolf's mask looked like a real wolf's skin more than a mask. They can’t tell whether it’s men or women. That person is holding two axes in each hand. They can’t stare at it for more than a minute.

“Fast,” Caleb motioned to jump her on the below pipeline two steps below the window. Closing her eyes for a second, Care jumped on it with Caleb carefully. It’s difficult to do something like this with an injured arm and also protecting a diary.

“We can make it. Follow my lead,” Caleb ordered. Before Care can nod, an axe came through, cutting on the edge of the window. Care stumbled by the sudden fear, lost her balance. She fell, in sudden reaction Caleb fell next to her sister. Fortunately, they landed on bushes. Care can only see the dark view in front of her. The backside of her body hurts like hell. She doesn’t know Caleb jumped to save her. He grabbed her hands and ran without turning back. She ran with pain in her legs.

“Caroline, Caleb,” Charlotte came a little late.

“Don’t turn back?” Caleb said breathlessly.

....

“I don’t know why you called us and running like seeing a ghost.” Charlotte desperately looked for answers when they reached home safely.

“You said, you are going to Clary’s house. What are you doing near the graveyard,” Chloe raised a question, silently.

“Someone is tracking us, and they know we killed Becca. I don’t know whether to say they or he or she, but that stupid bastard or bitch is sending threatening messages. I know you will all be angry with me, but it’s all because of my diary. That unknown person stole my diary and now I got it back. But Iam sure something’s going wrong,” Care frustratedly explained after catching her breath.

“Okay, okay. I need more time to catch up on what’s happening,” Charlotte kept her hands on her head.

“It’s not over. I don’t know who’s doing this, but it’s calling them as M.W. Do you know what the hell is M.W? It sounds stupid. It’s having Ruby’s phone. Who permitted him/her to steal something that belonged to my girlfriend? I went to get it back, but its motive is to kill us for not giving Ruby’s phone. Except for Care, she got her goddamn dangerous diary back,” Caleb anxiously explained, running his hand on his hair.

Caroline looked at her diary when he mentioned it. Soon her reactions turned like she’s seeing some extinct species in front of her eyes. “You are wrong. It doesn’t give my diary back in one piece. All my writings are gone, vanished. What the hell?”