Crimson Sleuth ( COMPLETED )

36 : crown

[ 36 : crown ]

WISH

"Are you sure about this, Gravity?" tanong ni Lincoln. Hesitation was visible on his face.

"We have to," I shrugged.

TUMATAKBO KAMI PAPUNTA sa may hallway kung saan naroon ang fire alarm. Lahat ng classroom na nalalagpasan namin ay napapalingon ang students maging ang teacher sa amin.

For two reasons, I think. First, Blaise is topless and only wearing shorts. He returned my blazer to me, telling me that he doesn't need it. Second, all four of us are dripping wet.

Napatigil kaming apat at napaupo sa sahig nang makarating kami mismo sa harapan ng fire alarm system. We all ran all the way here from the swimming pool area.

"By the count of three, let's pull the handle altogether," I suggested. They all looked at me and eventually nodded their heads eventually.

"Zero," Blaise started. I snickered.

Lincoln glared at him, "One."

"Two," Genesis sustained.

I smirked. "Square root of nine!"

With that, the chaos started.

We then heard a loud sound, a sign that alerted the whole campus. I covered my ears because the sound that the alarm was producing is making my ears ache.

"Let's hide first," Lincoln whispered on my ears. "Savino, Gene, follow us."

I felt Lincoln's hand grab my wrist as he started dragging me off somewhere. Blaise and Genesis was closely running behind.

Cold drops of water touched our skin. We were already dripping anyway so we didn't mind.

"Why the crap are we running?" I asked, brushing my fingers though my hair.

"This is the student council president speaking. Students and staffs of Crimson Red University, please proceed on the quadrangle right away. Again, please proceed outside and hurry. Do not panic. The fire has not been confirmed yet but as a precautionary measure, please proceed outside right at this very moment."

I bit my lips as I heard Grayson's voice. If that's the case, we have to hide and make sure no one will see us dahil sigurado akong papalabasin kami!

In just a snap, bigla na lang dumami ang students sa hallway. It was way too crowded! Halos magtulakan pa ang mga estudyante patakbo palabas! If the situation gets worse, it might cause a stampede.

What's more annoying is that nakasalubong namin ang mga estudyante. We are heading to the opposite way!

"Where should we hide though?" Genesis asked, panting. "I'm pretty sure they will check every room!"

"More importantly, how is this relevant on finding Virgo's victim?" naiinis na tanong ko. I shouldn't have done this. It only created a huge mess!

Don't get me wrong, I like trouble and everyone who knows me is very much aware of that, but we have to save whoever Virgo's next victim is! We have to set our priorities straight. And now isn't the right time to enjoy the mess we've caused.

"Fuck, the floor's too slippery!" Blaise protested.

Of course it would be slippery. Parang umuulan talaga sa buong campus dahil sa pagkapindot namin ng fire alarm, like what Genesis told us, it automatically activated the fire sprinkler system.

My sight was also getting blurry dahil sa tubig. On top of that, sa sobrang crowded, hindi mo maiwasan na mataranta talaga.

"Shit, the code!" biglang sigaw ni Lincoln kaya pare-parehas kaming natigilan. Hindi namin pinansin ang iilan na estudyante an bumabangga sa amin.