48 tongue ou (1/2)

*KRIIING KRIIING*

”are the goods ready?” After a few rings, the phone was picked up.

”yes” Seraphina spoke nonchalantly to the other end.

”Who is this?”

”Fabian's new assistant. He is quite busy now for the shipments tomorrow, sir.”

”Good.”

*toot toot toot* the line was immediately cut off.

With a hoo, Seraphina turned around to see the quite a few people she held captive. They are held by a chair with their hands and feet tightly tied.

”Well?” Though her own being was almost covered with blood —from hers and from the others, Seraphina could not bother as she gazes to the fearful faces of the crowd.

”Who are you?!” A man with a thick glasses growled.

”A passer-by.” She answered in a matter of fact tone. Leaning on the desk behind her. There are currently five people inside the room excluding Seraphina —four males and one female.

”You're not gonna get away with this.” he warned and continued,

”Why are you doing this? If you let us go now, we won't tell anyone! I promise.” looking at Seraphina, his stern voice resounded across the four corners of the room. His companion nods in agreement with him.

”Let's play a game… a guessing game! I'll ask easy simple questions and you're gonna answer. For whoever guess wrong shall be punished.” The corner of her lips tilted as she finished her mechanics. A woman who finally musters her courage asked in a tense manner,

”What if we got it right?” She inquired. Among the people inside the room, the way she kept a strong front was commendable in their desperate situation yet questioning Seraphina made her voice less intimidating which showed all her emotions right there and then -- horrified.

Answered by a shrugged, Seraphina started her 'game'.

”what is the last food I've eaten?” her questioning eyes landed at a man in the corner.

”I'm not participating!” hearing the absurd question which has no relation to all of this -- panic struck him.

”Wrong.” with a bored tone, she said.

*BANG*

Just like that, the man was shot dead in the head. With a gasp, the four people alive was totally disoriented to what was happening. A psychopath just came in this place, shoot people down and now he is playing a game with their lives.

”You are not in place to decide. You know that right?” with every minute passes, the girl in front of them gets more and more unbelievably terrifying. one can tell that it's their doomsday.

”Just kill us! You are sick! You are mad!” the woman finally lost it as she screamed at Seraphina.

”Is that so? Producing drugs, distributing them —is alright? not to mention the girls you held captive for what? To relieve yourselves? Now that the table's been flipped… hard to swallow isn't it?” keeping her cool, Seraphina's cold eyes landed on the woman, sending shivers down her spine.

[one hour ago]

The lever of the main power switch was pulled down causing complete darkness inside the whole building. Followed by a continuous shooting --one after another, people start falling down, with every bang of a gun. Not knowing who, what and how many enemies, they are facing they are desperate to fight back.