A Deadly Game (4)

Katy woke up.

She stretched and winced at the pain. She touched her forehead.

It was wrapped in bandages, so was her arm. Just then, the nurse came in.

"Up already are we?" Katy was surprised at the hostility at the nurse’s voice.

"There are some officers that would like to question you."

"About what?"

The nurse looked at her incredulously. "The incident involving one of your classmates,"

Katy looked at her in confusion. The nurse sighed and leaned out the door, "She’s awake," she said.

Katy saw two big officers come through the door.

"Hi, I’m Ryan and this is Derek," officer one said.
The officer named Derek nodded.

"We would like to ask you a few questions about the incident that occurred yesterday after school," Ryan said.

"Incident? Where’s my mum?"

"She’s on her way here, tell us what happened?"
"What DID happen, I don’t remember anything! I remember going to the library, and then nothing…" Katy protested.

"Perhaps some photographs would refresh your memory." Derek answered.

Ryan looked at him, "Alright…."

He placed some photos on Katy’s bed. One of them was a picture of a classroom, it was in a bad mess.
Images flashed in her mind, of her screaming and the hooded figure… The next photograph was of the library, the desk was smashed and the books were everywhere. More memories came flooding back to her. Being thrown into the desk, lying there… motionless….. But the last picture was the most shocking.

Katy had to suppress a scream.

It was of a girl, it was a girl right? 5 marks were slashed across her face showing the deep gashes of blood and one slash across her neck. Her face was twisted in agony.

The face unrecognizable. Katy sobbed. It was a sick picture. But she remembered everything now. The figure, the snake, the letters, GA.

The officers shifted uncomfortably. "Do you remember what happened?"

Katy nodded. "Did you kill that girl?"

Katy’s head snapped up, "NO! Never, I could never!"

Ryan said, "Tell us what happened."

Katy said, "You wouldn’t believe me if I told you.."
"Try us"

"It all started with the new online chatting system. My friends kept on going on about how great it was, so I signed up for it. But then there was this friend request he was called TRICKSTER-809. He asked me, do you want to play a game? And I said Ok. That’s when things started to go weird. He said something about four wooden boxes and four spirits and about me having to trap them inside of it. Then, then I thought he was joking until four wooden boxes arrived in my mail. I went to school and that’s when the spirit of air attacked me. It… it killed Rosa." Katy broke into more sobs.

The officers gave her a confused look. "I know you are sad, we’ll, we’ll continue the questioning after you are better."

"You don't believe me do you?" she whispered.

The officer took one last look at her and said harshly, "I couldn't even if I wanted to,"
They walked out of the room

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After about two hours, the hospital released her. She had to change her bandages often though.

Her mom was pretty shaken and kept on asking her if she was alright, that she was sorry about Katy’s friend and if she was in any pain.

But each time, she put on a fake smile and said, "I’m fine."

She went upstairs and went onto the computer, she needed to do her trig homework. A window popped up on the screen.

It was Trickster.

TRICKSTER-809: I’m impressed.

Katy stared in shock.

KATY-RULES: What the hell do you want?

TRICKSTER-809: You

TRICKSTER-809: dead

Katy’s hand flew to her mouth. She was about to cry.

KATY-RULES: What:? Why are you doing this?

TRICKSTER-809: I see you went to the cops.

TRICKSTER-809: Don’t

TRICKSTER-809: If you do so again, your mother’s head will be in the next photograph. Make something up, your mother’s life depends on it. Anyway, you can’t pin anything on me,. I can make all the evidence disappear.

TRICKSTER-809: -Logged off

Katy switched of the computer.

It never was going to end was it?