Riley's POV 

You know how in horror movies the antagonist usually does something that terrifies the protagonist, yet you think that it's so stupid, because it's a movie? 

Well, I now know what those people in those movies feel like. But this isn't a movie. This is real life. My reality. 

So, I did the only logical thing that I could've done. 

I screamed and screamed until my voice hurt. 

Lucas sprinted from his room, running into multiple walls on the way. Iris, Sam, Kali and Lindsey all rush in after him, rubbing their eyes. They all stand in front of the message, so they can't see it yet. 

"Riley?! Are you okay?" Lucas asks, obviously scared and tired. I shake my head while staring at the message on the wall. 

"What's wrong?" Iris asks. I just keep staring. "Riley?" she waves her hand in front of my face, but I don't dare move. "What are you looking a- oh my god." Iris turns around and her mouth drops. Everyone turns around and they scream. Sam faints, but Lindsey helps her back up.

"I-Is that really...b-blood?" Lucas stutters. I slowly nod and point to the lifeless Missy on the floor. Everyone's eyes follow my finger, and they all scream, while Sam falls over again, with Lindsey there to catch her. 

"Maya and Bethany..." Kali starts. 

"They escaped." Iris adds. 

"And they killed Missy." Lucas finishes. 

"But why would they kill someone that was on their side?" Lindsey asks while she's still trying to wake Sam up. 

"Maybe it's a warning to us." Kali says. I look at her with the 'nah-duh' look. 

"Have you read the message?" I say, motioning to the dripping letters spread across the wall. 

"Wait, do we call the police?" Iris manages to say. 

"And tell them what? That two of the three people that we were holding captive have escaped with their super magical witch powers, and that they killed someone that was on their side? No. I'll get rid of her." I say. 

I walk over to Missy, and kneel down next to her. 

"Hey, Missy. I know that we never really got along, but you really shouldn't have died this way. You shouldn't have even died. I'm really sorry that this has happened. But maybe you can watch over us, okay?" I say as I stroke her forehead, pulling her hair back. I sigh and stand back up. I wave my hands around her as gold glittering sparks fly around her body, consuming her. All of the sparks compact into a small, glowing sphere, taking the place of where her bod should be. The sphere floats up and suddenly bursts, sending colorful sparks everywhere, only to slowly fade away and never touch the ground. 

After admiring the beauty of that, I scanned area. Her body and the pile of blood was gone, as were the cages and smoke. But, the message hadn't disappeared. I'm going to have to wash it off myself. 

I head to the kitchen to grab cleaning only to notice that everyone was passed out on the couch. I silently laugh, so I don't wake anyone. 

I grab a sponge and some spray and start scrubbing. 

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"Riley!" 

I wake with a jolt to the sound of Lucas' voice. I start to tip over, but he catches me. "Thanks." I breathe. I realize that I'm sitting on a stool. I must've fell asleep scrubbing the message off of the wall last night. But it seems like I did a pretty good job; there's not a trace of blood any where. 

"Good job, Riley. This place doesn't look like anything has happened to it, especially murder." Sam says. We all roll our eyes at her. 

"So, are we just not going to tell anyone what has happened?" Lindsey asks. 

"I mean, I guess so. What else can we do about it?" I answer. 

"Yeah. We can't go to the police because we'd have to tell them that we were kind of keeping them hostage." Lucas shrugs. 

"And we can't tell any other witch, just to make sure that most people are safe." Iris adds. 

"And we can't tell anyone else because we're not supposed to tell anyone about our powers." Sam finishes. 

"So we're stuck with this, and we have to figure it out all ourselves?" Kali sounds unsure. 

"It'll all be over soon, Kali. Don't worry. We'll figure something out. But for now, we should just forget about all of this." I try to calm her anxiety. Kali nods. I give a slight smile that she returns. 

"Now, who wants a pop tart?!" I jump up excitedly. 

"Me!" Everyone shouts in unison. 

"Ha! Jk. You guys thought I was gonna share my pop tarts with you? You should've seen your faces!" I laugh as I hear everyone sigh in defeat. 

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The following days were really uneventful. I have to admit; I kind of miss getting random bust-in's from those guys. It took up my time when I didn't have anything to do. But, I'm just glad that everyone is safe. 

I decided to go see Farkle, who is already training with his dad to take over the family company. I took the elevator to the very top floor, which was his dad's and soon to be Farkle's office. I softly knock on the door, but there's not answer. The door is slightly cracked open, so I push it and walk inside, expecting to see either Farkle or his dad or both. but, there's no one. And the place is a mess. There are papers torn up and thrown every where; books scattered in various places; random pieces of trash. On the desk, there is a piece of paper that looks very important with a broken pen spilling ink across it like a river. 

I desperately look around the room for paper towels or napkins or something that could clean up the ink. Luckily, there are a few spare napkins in a drawer. I lightly dab the ink, trying to soak up as much as possible. The piece of paper looked like part of a contract or something that someone started to sigh, but stopped for some reason. 

Wait - that's the start of Farkle's signature! Maybe he was signing to own this company, when something went very wrong. 

That's when I notice the hole in the wall, with smoke clearing up around it. 

Shit. 

Maya and Bethany have Farkle. 

A/N 

Sorry it's another short update! The book is coming to an end, and I'm really excited! I also want to start to write more stories that I've had ideas for. 

And I know that the song doesn't really go with the chapter; I'm just really obsessed with it right now. 

I will hopefully have another update up for you guys soon; I'm trying to make these updates fast to make up for the 3 month period whee I didn't touch this story. 

XOXO <3