❝ CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT  ❞

17

You were sleeping soundly until you heard a defeating thunder that jolted you awake. Your heart raced from the sounds and just checked the time to distract yourself.

It's currently two o'clock in the morning. 

Feeling thirsty, you stood and strolled outside the room to find a kitchen.

Walking down the hallway as you noticed that the place was dark. You entered the large kitchen and opened the fridge, finding a glass of water.

A loud thud was heard just outside the kitchen, making you flinch.

You went outside the kitchen, and you looked right to left, no one appeared to be around.

"Oh hell no," you whispered.

You quickly sprint off and brought the glass of water with you, planning to go back to the room, but since this whole place is dark, and lights were barely on, you can almost see nothing but pitch black, especially since this place is complex, with so many corridors.

By your panics and quivering hands, water spilled on the floor from your glass of water. You looked down and what you saw made your eyes widen.

It looks like a blood footprint trail. 

You squinted your eyes and chose to follow the blood trail, which looked like droplets.

And with that, you found a door that seemed to have a strong lock, just by looking at the chains, pedals, and the large metal door.

"This mansion sure is really big..." You mumbled as you tiptoed and peeked through the gap of the door.

You felt your body freeze in place as you peered through the door, hiding behind the wall, and saw the dead bodies with Bonten torturing them. 

"Kill 'em two scraps!" Sanzu shouted, his voice full of evil intents.

You saw Rindou tackle the man who looks severely injured, you knew for sure he's barely breathing, or even dead.

Crack

"FUCK— ARGHHH!"

The loud deafening screams almost cracked your ears, just like how the man's bones had, you clicked your tongue as you remained unfazed, watching Bonten how they slowly yet harshly conduct heinous crimes.

Gunshots

You flinched at the sound, you peeked again at the basement and saw Sanzu shouting crazy-like words.

And with that, he completely shot the two men's heads, the insides and blood splattered on the wall. Their dead body fell lump, smudging their own blood.

But then, you heard footsteps behind, you quickly ran and hid at the very corner of the wall with the stacks of boxes, you peeked from the small gap in the boxes and saw Mikey walk into the room. You scooted out a bit and peeked inside.

"Took some hours there." Manjiro nonchalantly said as he looked down at the dead bodies.

"Tch, missed the whole damn show." Sanzu rolled his eyes as he rested his body on the wall while twirling the gun on his finger.

"Enjoyable," Koko said.

Their words were almost mumbled, and you were about to peek again but a few men carrying dead bodies went out of the basement, so you quickly went back inside the boxes.

"Eh?" One of the men called his friend. "Did you hear that?"

"Hear what?"

"I think there's something in the boxes, I saw it move." The man said as his attention turned to the boxes.

"Oh, fucking hell don't you dare." You cursed in your mind.

"I'll check." The man said.

"Mkay, I'll carry these bodies to the van. Call the other workers just in case." The other man said.

You covered your mouth as the guy approached the boxes, you curled up, even more, wishing you could shrink. The man bent down and checked the stack of boxes. From this angle, you can see the keys and weapons dangling from the belt of his jeans.

As if your hand moved by itself, you carefully stole one of the keys and the pocket knife from the man's bag belt.

"Fuck, he won't go out." You said in your mind, but luckily you saw a roach crawl inside the boxes; thinking quickly, you grabbed the roach and tossed it outside the boxes, the roach flying on the man's face.

"AAAH!" The man screamed as he fell backward, hell if you didn't cover your mouth, you would've laughed hysterically.

"The fuck was that?" You saw Kokonoi went out.

"Sorry, boss, just some roach." The worker bowed as he quickly walked out of the area.

Emitting a phew, you sighed in relief while your heart was beating loudly. Koko then rolled his eyes and went back to the basement, mumbling words such as "Bullshit." 

Sighing, you wiped your sweat and pulled out the small recorder from your pocket, you also put the key and the pocket knife inside, securing them.

The thing was a small recorder that can record sounds and store them into a file, the battery can even last up to twenty-four hours.

Thanks to that office, you managed to steal their equipment.

Just in case, you recorded them doing those heinous crimes for future purposes. You always think that having proof when a day comes that you're being interrogated by the authorities will always come in clutch.

As you already know, Bonten is terrible news. They're unlawful, and who knows who will stand up for your reputation? You have no one right now, not even your stepmother and Draken. It's about time that you need to be on your own.

"Who will serve justice for me if it's not myself?" 

"Phew..." You ran into the hallway to go back to your room, your chest heaving quickly as you run out of breath.

"Why the hell is this building so complex," You groaned as you leaned at the wall, resting your hand on your knees as you bent.

"Well, at least I found something—" You muttered.

"Found what?"

Your smile faded as you flinched from the familiar voice, you looked behind and saw Mikey standing there with his arms crossed and a tilted head with a raised brow.

"O-Oh, hi," you forced a laugh as you scratched the back of your head. 

Mikey's face remained stoic, not moving a single muscle, only looking at you strictly.

"I'm serious, I said what have you found?" 

"Just went in the kitchen... Found some, uh water. Was thirsty." You quickly made up a reason.

Mikey wasn't satisfied with your answer.

He stepped forward as your heartbeat quickened. You took a step back, while he took a stride forward into you. Soon enough, your back hits the wall.

Mikey leaned into you, taking in your scent. "Your smell is familiar."

"Huh?!" You furrowed your brows, smelling yourself, yep, you did really smell like those boxes beside the basement entrance. You knew he was already suspicious of you.

"I'll ask once again, where did you go?" Mikey asked as he stepped forward, trapping you.

"I said from the kitchen." You said as you tried to escape his searing gaze, but he just placed his hands on either side of your head to prevent you from stepping away.

"C'mon now," Mikey muttered as he leaned forward, his mouth close to your ear. "I'm sure you're well aware how I hate dunce, play safe people." 

"I'm warning you, know what you're doing. Hiding things from us is close to being a traitor." He clicked his tongue, at this point, your lips were quivering as you avoided his gaze.

"Because we'll know eventually."

"Also, don't try to collect information and find out about us."

A small gasp left your lips, darting your gaze to his, and clutching your pockets.

"I'm pretty sure you don't want to know what we can do to you." His tone dropped in a sudden, sending chills down your spine.

"Don't test our capabilities. You'll regret it. We're far more than what you can think of."

"There's always a consequence..." His face went close to your ear, squirming under his gaze as you felt his breath on your skin.

"Curiosity will always, and always, kill the cat."