All Chapters of THE ROOT OF DARKNESS : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20
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CHAPTER TEN
Penelope handed Kira a hot cup of coffee as she wrapped her body with a towel. Seeing the poor girl shivering uncontrollably, she felt her heart break into two. “It must have been really frightening for you to see”. Penelope said as she watched Kira sip her coffee. “Is that the question you should be asking here?”. Caleb questioned. “Rather, you should be asking her what she was doing outside in the rain in the first place ““Caleb!”. Penelope scolded. Kira had just seen something that she might never be able to forget for the rest of her life. The least she needed was people chastising her. “I hate to admit it Penelope, but he’s right”. Mr Alfred spoke up turning to face Kira. “What were you doing outside in the rain?”Kira looked up from Caleb to Mr Alfred and then to miss Penelope before starting her story. “When I left the room after Caleb’s and I argument, I went to the rooftop”. She wasn’t lying though, that’s where she’d seen Katiana and Jensen. “It wasn’t until I’d gotte
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CHAPTER ELEVEN
Jackson had been busy practicing his moves downstairs in the motel lounge when all the lights had gone off. “What’s going on?”. He muttered under his breath. “The lights went off. Isn’t it as simple as that?”. A voice said behind him making him turn around to see Daisy, the goth. “What are you doing here?” He questioned, surprised as he thought he was the only one who knew about the motel lounge. “You thought you were the only one who knew about the motel lounge?”. Daisy questioned, voicing out his thoughts. Jackson shook his head in denial. “I thought no such thing” “Guys”. Liz called walking into the lounge. “Miss Penelope said we should all round up in one room because of the blackout”. “Just how many people know about this lounge”. Jackson muttered under his breath. “Has there been any reason to the blackout?”. He voiced out “The rain blew up the fuse. They will be calling someone shortly to fix it up so till then she wants us all rounded up in one room”. “I really
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CHAPTER TWELVE
Penelope’s scream when she’d seen Desire’s body seemed to have been heard by the whole occupants of the motel as soon people started moving out of their rooms heading towards the direction of whence the sound came from. “Jesus!”. A man cried aloud throwing his hands to his nose to block out the smell of blood as he stood infront of room 312 and saw the bloodied bodies. He moved aside to quickly throw up, feeling like shit. “The fuck is all this?”. He muttered under his breath as he made his way quickly down the stairs. “What did you see up there?” inquired a middle aged lady whi had stopped him in his tracks by holding him back. He pushed her away with a great force. “If you are so curious to know then go and fund out yourself “. With that said, he made his way towards the front door as he turned on the knob with a great force but the door didn’t budge. “No..this can’t be happening”. He cried as he grabbed the knob harder, pulling tighter but it still didn’t budge. Annoyed,
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN
“Sh*t, I think we lost her “. Derrick cursed. After deciding to work together, he and Caleb started tailing Kira since she and miss Penelope had gone to check out Desire in her room. “Do you know Desire’s room number?”Derrick asked hopeful. Caleb shook his head. “I don’t”.“Sh*t!”. Derrick cursed sifting his hands through his hair. “Wait do you hear that?”. Caleb questioned seriously. “Hear wha…oh, I hear it too”. Derrick agreed as the approaching footsteps became clearer and louder. “Quick. Let’s hide”. Caleb cried out pulling Derrick behind him as they moved to hide. The approaching footsteps halted in stead as it’s owner, Kira looked around. “Who is there?”. She questioned but got no response. Derrick shaky breathing could be clearly heard as Caleb hovered his index over his lips. “Breathe more quietly, will you?”. He whispered. Kira could smell their fear as she smirked.”Come out now before I find you”. She said as she resumed her steps. Following their fears, Kira moved
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN
The stares of everyone or the curiosity that filled his mind. Caleb couldn’t decide which one weighed him more. The shabby motel that they were in had three floors. The ground floor that they just left everyone else on, the middle floor where most of the rooms were given to them, and the top most floor.He wasn’t so sure about the rooftop, if it was easily accessible or else that would be a perfect escape route. “What do you think about what’s happening Jackson?” Caleb asked as he moved around with intuition as there was still no light in the motel. “I think it’s something straight out of a horror movie dude” Jackson responded following closely behind Caleb. “My thoughts exactly I don’t understand what the hell is going on” agreed Caleb using the wall as a guide to climb up the dark stairway. Jackson hummed “I just want to get out of here alive”“And then what?”Jackson stared hard at the back of Caleb’s head, if they were to be under normal circumstances they wouldn’t even be ta
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN
“The motel is on fire!”Those were the first words Caleb yelled when he reached the ground floor. At first no one talked or responded to his announcement.Waving his hands frantically he repeated himself “The top floor of the motel is already on fire…”“The building is on fire?” shouted Wallows, the only adult in the room that showed just how terrified he was. “What are you saying Kid?” questioned Dexter stepping away from the wall toward Caleb. “The top floor is on fire. Jackson and I saw I with our own two eyes.”Derrick stepped forward confused. He saw Caleb enter the room alone without Jackson.“Jackson isn’t here Caleb”“What?” Caleb whirled around in confusion. He was sure Jackson was behind him the entire time they made their way back down. “But we came back down together”Kira stepped out to make herself appear more visible to Caleb. She had a hard time hiding the smile off her face because of the fear she could feel dancing around in the atmosphere.“Maybe he lost his way
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN
“I was seven when my Mother called me a good for nothing child” Caleb started. He looked around and he knew no one was listening to him but he still decided to push forward.“I was the definition of a dullard back then. I never paid attention in class and never turned in my assignment every time our teacher asked me to. All I wanted was to keep playing and playing until I could barely stand” Daisy met my eyes from across the room. She hissed and narrowed her black rimmed eyes at me “Why are you sharing your sob story with us?”A glimmer of hope broke through the tense atmosphere and Caleb could tell that he had already gotten the majority if everyone’s attention. “I’m trying to bring out a point Daisy”“Well we don’t want to hear it” Daisy retorted removing her gaze from mine. Regardless of her comment, I continued “I continued this habit for two more years and then when I turned nine years old I could tell that my mom was already bitter because of me.”“She stopped talking to me.
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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
“There’s not enough time to dwell on the fact that there’s no seeable escape route. We have to do something about that fire. It’s already spreading to the second floor of the motel”The group Caleb had sent upstairs – Dexter and Anastasia confirmed that. “How about we call the fire fighters?” suggested Dexter.“That sounds like a good idea. Let’s just pray that they come and actually help us instead of acting like those stupid police officers” Anastasia commented crossing her arms over her chest. “What if they can’t help us break down the door too?” Wallows, the frightened man said. “Can you please be positive?” Derrick asked staring at the older man “We’re all trying to actually survive if you didn’t know”“Where’s the phone we used earlier?” Caleb asked looking around.A young girl stepped out putting her pink sparkly phone into Caleb’s outstretched hand.“Thank you” he uttered sliding the phone into his other hand. Mr. Alfred watched the scene with a familiar warm feeling bloom
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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
A high pitched cackle filled the air and everyone literally turned to stone in that minute. Kira laughed maniacally with abandon letting the blanket that Miss Penelope had wrapped around her body fall to the ground. “You are all fools”With baited breath, those that had their backs turned to her turned around. Anyone that was close to her moved steps away from her for their safety. They could see it now.The crazy look in her eyes coupled with her blood stained face and dress. She didn’t look like the innocent girl those that knew her thought to be. “No one is going to escape their death tonight. No one!”“I’m going to exploit your fears and kill each and every one of you just like I’ve killed the others”Anastasia could not believe her ears. A girl that everyone thought was harmless just confessed to killing the people that they had found earlier. “Why the fuck do you want to kill us all?” Anastasia yelled through gritted teeth. She was done being scared or so she thought. Kira
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CHAPTER NINETEEN
Derrick raised his head and stared at the unknown woman whose name he knew as Anastasia. He envied her courage for threatening to kill Kira after everything she had seen and heard. “Then why did you run? You could have stayed and had like a one-on-one with her”Anastasia clicked her tongue and rolled her eyes at Derrick “I’m not a fool you know”Derrick smiled “You don’t look like one either”“You have a pretty face and a smart mouth for a high school kid”“Thanks. People say that all the time” Derrick replied smugly. “It wasn’t a compliment dumbass” Anastasia retorted not believing the fact that she was actually enjoying a conversation with someone way younger than she was. “Sounded like one to me and I take it as a compliment so whatever”She shrugged unable to wipe the smile that formed on her lips. The comfortable kind of silence engulfed them and Derrick found himself thinking of the bucket list that he was supposed to make about a month ago some friends. “Have you ever had
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