Another Monster

It's very dark tonight. Again there is no moonlight shining. The whole city, there were only street lamps lined the streets as well as the lamps of houses and buildings on each outskirt.

It was midnight, everyone had fallen asleep in the hotel. Four girls sleeping together in the same bed. Unlike the four seniors who prefer to book their own rooms because they don't get along with each other like the four girls.

They had spent two nights, but there was no clue. Tonight, something woke Clare up in the middle of the night. Clare rubbed her eyes and saw that her three friends were fast asleep. Clare, who was sleeping in the middle, slowly got up quietly so that her three friends wouldn't be disturbed.

After getting out of bed, she went to the toilet. Turn on the toilet light to make it bright and carry out toilet activities. After she finished, she washed her hands in the sink in front of the mirror.

Seeing her reflection in the mirror, her eyes suddenly turned golden, which made Clare startled. Because she was so shocked, her hand hit the faucet and scratched until she bled.

Clare immediately cleaned the blood on her hands hastily using water. Blood oozed from her hands and flowed with tap water. The red liquid, gradually turning black made Clare confused. How did it happen? In her hand it was still red, but in the sink it turned black.

Clare didn't want to think too much and glanced back at the mirror. She looked at those golden eyes again in her eyes, Clare was surprised especially when in an instant the mirror in front of her cracked like it was going to shatter at any moment. Clare tried to calm her mind and went straight out of the bathroom back to her room.

Her feelings were mixed, she had sat back down on the side of the bed and was about to go back to sleep.

She has closed her eyes, but it's very difficult to fall back asleep even though she has adjusted the position many times until Clare finally wakes up. She rubbed her face anxiously hoping to calm herself down.

Within a few seconds, the whispers were heard again. This time, a whisper came from under the bed. Clare didn't want to check it, but a curious impulse kept pushing her. Clare slowly got up and lowered her head — peering under the bed — to see what was bothering her.

However, it was empty and didn't see anything suspicious.

Just as Clare was about to raise her head again, suddenly something grabbed her head and she fell down.

A booming sound was heard by the three friends, they simultaneously woke up and saw Clare who was already downstairs.

"Clare, what's wrong?" Blaire quickly got out of bed and the other two followed.

Clare clutched her head which was hit, it hurt so much and made her dizzy. Just as she was about to stand up, something grabbed her leg and she fell back down.

The three friends were confused. The next second, they panicked. Suddenly something pulled Clare under the bed when she wanted to get back up. Her legs felt numb and she couldn't move.

Clare screamed when someone pulled her and her hands were immediately grabbed by her three friends tightly. Her feet were under the bed and she couldn't move.

"Zoya, quickly call them! Hurry up!" Jules raised her voice at Zoya. She was still holding Clare's hand and the 'something' kept pulling Clare's leg so tightly Clare felt her leg would break.

Zoya rushes out of the room and runs to the rooms of the four seniors respectively. Banged on the door each while screaming.

Inside Clare's room, they were still trying to restrain Clare from being taken any further. Over time, they find it increasingly difficult to pull Clare's hand while Clare also has difficulty defending herself. The force of the 'something' that was pulling them was too great that they couldn't balance.

As time went on, Clare got deeper, leaving her head and hands outside. The two of them were doing their best to restrain Clare. The tug was getting faster and stronger until the two of them completely released their grip. Clare was drawn in just as Zoya returned with the four seniors.

They saw for themselves how Clare got carried away. As if Clare had been swallowed by the earth, there was no trace at all indicating that Clare was taken. They had moved the bed, but there was nothing there or even traces of magic.

"How is that possible?" Zoya mumbled. She really couldn't believe Clare had been brought into something that was beyond her mind.

"What happened before?" Xavier asked.

"At first we were sleeping. Suddenly Clare fell off the bed and was pulled inside." Jules replied in frustration.

Luke looked into the bathroom which saw that the bathroom mirror had been broken. There was also a trace of blood left on the side of the sink which had blackened and dried. Vrochis couldn't possibly use this trick to take Clare. Vrochis didn't have that ability, which meant something else had been targeting Clare.

"Was it Vrochis doing? I didn't know Vrochis could do this." Louis thought.

"No. It's another monster." Luke came out of the bathroom and rejoined them.

"Any other monsters? How could that be?" Blaire couldn't believe it.

Luke answered. "At least not stronger than Vrochis. Clare will be fine if she doesn't meet Vrochis out there."

"How did you know?" Erik was curious.

"In this city, there is no more powerful monster than Vrochis. If Clare can almost kill Vrochis, Clare should be able to survive this monster," said Luke. "We have to find out what monster this is and look for it."

Louis sighed. "You said Clare could survive."

"But it won't necessarily come back. Even if Clare kills it, Vrochis will also come soon." Luke replied.

"Why don't we wait for Clare to call? Once Clare contacts us, we'll know where she is." Jules argued.

"Under such circumstances, did she have time?" Xavier doubted.

Hearing Jules' words earlier, Zoya took the initiative to take Clare's tablet and open it. "Look, I found Clare's position."

They all spontaneously come to Zoya and look in tablet. Clare's position indicated the direction of the forest and it wasn't too far from the city.

"Looks like Clare took the tracker on purpose before the defense broke so we could find her." Luke concluded.

They finally felt a little relieved to have found Clare's position. They also don't have to worry too much since the kidnapping monster was only seeking death for Clare. All they were worried about was if Vrochis came at such a time.

"Now, let's go find Clare." Luke didn't want to say much and got out first.

Because there are only three people who have tablet access, namely Clare, Luke, and Zoya, so Zoya is left in the hotel to guard. Zoya was not alone there, there was Blaire accompanying her. If anything happened, Blaire was already there and could contact the other five.

The five of them went into the depths of the forest. Zoya and Blaire's connection to the five friends was connected and they both instructed the direction.

The depths of the forest are very dark without moonlight. Fortunately they have sharp eyesight and are not too bothered by the dark. They can still see clearly, but with the help of moonlight it will be even clearer.

The five people were still walking in the direction Zoya and Blaire had ordered. A few moments later, they arrived at their destination. There's nothing there.

"What happened?" Zoya mumbled. There wasn't any movement from the tracker Clare was carrying and it stopped in one place.

"Did you find her?" Blaire asked.

The five of them were already at their destination, but no one was there but tall trees filled them. Then, Xavier saw something familiar. Beneath the dry leaves on the ground, he picked up what looked like the same tracker as the rest of the mission.

"The tracker's off!" Xavier informed the others. Suddenly they were dumbfounded, how is that possible?

They went over to Xavier except for Luke and checked whether it was really Clare's tracker or not.

While they were checking, Luke was still going around looking for something wrong. He always felt wrong when he got to that place until he finally found a white cloth with blackened blood spots stuck among the trees.

Luke took it and felt Clare's scent in the cloth. This blood was also black, just like the blood in the bathroom sink earlier. Something happened to Clare!