MAL pressed on the three numbers clumsily, tears of paranoia and pure fear falling down her face. She continued to drive, then finally sighed as someone picked up the phone.

"911, what's your emergency?" the woman on the other end spoke.

"Hello! I'm-I'm here to report a break-in and entry, and possible homicide or robbery."

"Please, calm down, Miss. Tell me your location."

She took a deep breath as she told her the address of the old house, based on Teo's text from before.

"We'll send someone over right away."

"Thank you..." Mal hung up, then set her phone down and drove faster.

A few minutes later, she found herself in front of the house. It was darker and gloomier than she ever saw it, with a small light turned on at the porch to light the trail. She dismissed the sight as it was starting to get late. She got out of her car and ran towards the house, her sneakers making a loud noise in the mud. She knocked frantically on the wooden door, then waited for a few minutes.

Realizing there was nobody to open up the door, she kneeled down and searched under the 'Welcome' mat. After grabbing the spare key, she let herself in and ran up the stairs.

She reached Teo's room and opened the door without knocking.

Only to be met by the sight of Teo, standing in front of the mirror, blow-drying his hair.

He turned around, taken aback by the sudden movement of the door.

"M-Mal? What are you doing here? I thought you weren't coming until tomorrow..!" he spoke, surprised as he turned the blow-dryer off.

"Babe, come on. We have to go! We need to get out of here." she exclaimed as she grabbed his hand, then dragged him out of the house as quickly as she could.

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As soon as they were both out of the house, Mal turned to her boyfriend and hugged him tightly. He hugged her back, still baffled as ever.

"Mal, what's going on..?"

"It's fine, everything is okay," she muttered. Teo wasn't sure if she was reassuring him or herself, but he went with it anyway. She let him go gently, then stared into his handsome face. "You're okay."

"Y-Yeah, I am," he replied, then hugged her again. "I'm okay, thanks to you..."

After a few minutes of reassuring each other, the pair heard loud noises of police sirens at a fair distance. Mal looked up to find the blaring red-and-blue light followed by the sight of several police cars.

They stopped in front of the location. A few police officers got out of the car quickly, then a beautiful officer, in her mid-thirties, stopped in front of the couple and began asking them questions. The other officers entered the house and searched every inch.

While Mal continued to reassure Teo that everything was going to be okay, despite Teo not knowing what was going on, two police officers came out of the house, holding the arms of a strange-looking man.

The man was handcuffed, while an officer behind him was holding the weapon the man was using before. An ax.

"W-What's going on?" Teo whispered.

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