Tyler and Kaiya made their way to Joseph’s house hoping to find Desi and Andrea there. Since the journey was across the city in a remote place pretty far away from civilization, they were concerned that no one could find Joseph’s house if something were to happen to Desi. The car ride to his house was a quiet one, there was so much anxiety and fear that was running through both Tyler and Kaiya’s heads. However, Kaiya was mostly concerned about Tyler because she wasn’t sure of what he would do if he found Andrea at Joseph’s house. Would he kill her? Would he talk to her? Would he demand answers as to why she left without saying anything? There were so many things and scenarios running throughout her mind and it was starting to eat away at her. She couldn’t understand why she was feeling like that. But she knew that she had to remain calm because if she were to panic or act out of character then that would cause Tyler to worry about her, and that was something that she didn’t want him to worry about.

Tyler noticed the look of concern on Kaiya’s face. In her mind, she didn’t want him to worry about her. However, in his mind, he was worried about both her and his sister. It was unknown why he suddenly cared for Kaiya, maybe it was because they shared a kiss. Or maybe it was because they literally shared a living space with each other for the last six months. All of those factors played into Tyler’s concern for her. But at the same time, he couldn’t help but feel something toward her as well.

“Just so you know, I don’t know what is going to happen when we get there, but I just thought I’d say thank you for your help and that if anything helps to me, just know that I really liked you,” Tyler said out of nowhere.

What Tyler just said really shocked Kaiya, she wasn’t him to say something so out of the ordinary. What was the reason for him saying that? Did he think that he was going to die? Did he think he was going to get arrested after the fact? She was so perplexed by his statement. But she couldn’t deny the feelings that she had towards him either.

“What compelled you to say that?” She asked confused.

“I just felt like saying it.” He said. “As I said, I don’t know what’s going to happen when we get there. So, I thought I would express my feelings ad gratitude.”

“Wow, w—well, thank you. Don’t mention it, I enjoyed helping you. And the feeling’s mutual.”

“Oh, you have feelings as well?”

“Yeah, kind of. Even though we’ve only known it for a while, I still feel like we could be something more.”

“Like a relationship, something more?”

“Yeah, something like that.”

Both of them were blushing, they both had a feeling that the topic of a relationship would come up eventually. But since that they were some distance away from Joseph’s house, they had something to talk about and discuss on the way. The thought of having a relationship and being about to save his sister and mother really excited Tyler. He never would’ve expected to get that far in life. But he still had one problem left to face, his sister wasn’t with him nor was his mother, so he still had something to worry about it.

“What do we do if they’re not there?” Kaiya asked. “Do we wait for the police and explain the situation to them?”

“Well, that’s an option. If they’re not there, then we talk to them about finding Andrea and going from there. Because she would obviously have to know something about what’s going on and why she did what she did.”

“Should we have mentioned Andrea to the police as well?”

“I didn’t think to do that when I originally spoke to the officer at the station. I was more concerned about finding Joseph than anything else, to be honest.”

“Well, that’s fair, I guess. At least we’ve exhausted this lead and then can go further and try to find Andrea herself.”

“Yep, sounds good to me.”

The thought of Andrea not being at Joseph’s house was a prominent possibility. But it was the only lead that they had, and they needed to see for themselves.

The closer that they got to Joseph’s house, the more Tyler started to get anxious about what could happen. What if they weren’t there? Where could they have gone if they weren’t there? Tyler felt himself starting to have a mental breakdown because of all the worry and stress, but he tried to compose himself and not show that he was nervous and about to lose his mind.

There was one thing that Tyler wanted to ask Kaiya before they got to Joseph’s house. And it was a question that was fresh on both of their minds.

“So, since we both have feelings for each other? Would you like to make it official?” He asked nervously.

Kaiya smiled softly and started to blush a little bit.

“Yes, that would be nice.” She said.

So, that was one hurdle that was completed. The last thing was Desi and Andrea.

***

Twenty minutes had passed, and Tyler and Kaiya arrived at the location given by the police officer. They drove up to the house and saw that there were no police officers present, which was a little alarming to the both of them because they expected the police to be there before they got there.

They got out of the car and slowly walked up towards the house. The house looked as if it had been ransacked by someone or a group of people. The windows were broken, there were vines growing on the sides of the house. There was a little shed off to the left behind the house.

“Do you think anyone is here?” Kaiya said quietly.

“I don’t know, hopefully, Andrea is here.”

They walked to the front door and knocked on it.

There was no response.

“Huh, that’s weird. Surely, someone’s here because there’s a car outside.” Tyler said.

He knocked on the door again.

There was no response.

“Okay, what’s going on?” He said.

He grabbed the doorknob to try to open the door and saw that the door was unlocked.

“What the--?” He managed to say.

He pushed the door back to see something that he had never seen before in his life.

The walls were covered in blood, the windows were completely shattered. Glass was everywhere, it looked like a total nightmare crime scene in that house.

Tyler started to have those intrusive thoughts as he noticed the bloodied scene. He started to see the bodies of Andrea and Elise face down in a pool of blood.

“Oh my God…” Tyler said grabbing his head. “I—I… what the fuck is this?”

“Are you alright?” Kaiya asked. “You’re grabbing your head.”

“Yeah, I’m fine. Just had a very bad thought again.”

“What was it about?”

“It basically depicted this entire scenario, but there are no bodies that we can see so far.”

They stepped further into the house and looked around to see that there was writing on the walls.

“You did this to me! I can’t live like this… I hate you.”

That writing was covered in blood, but the question was whose blood was it?

They continue into the hallways where they saw more writing on the walls covered in blood. Then Tyler stepped on something hard.

“What the--?” He said.

He kneels to see that he had stepped on a body that was covered in blood. Upon further examination, he saw that it was Elise’s dead body.

“Holy shit!” Tyler said jumping back in terror. “What the fuck??”

“What?? What?? What’s wrong??” Kaiya exclaimed.

“That’s Elise’s body. She’s dead.”

“Wait, what? That’s her? How did she--?”

Kaiya looked up to see another body laid dormant in the hallway.

“Who’s that?” She asked pointing at the body.

“Who? Where?”

‘Right there at the end of the hall.”

Tyler got up and walked over to the body and saw that it was Joseph’s dead body, he had stab wounds all over his body and his eyes had been ripped out.

“This absolutely disgusting…” Tyler said covering his nose. “Who could’ve done this?”

He went back to Elise’s body to examine it and found that she too had stab wounds all over her body. However, the difference between her body and Joseph’s body was that she had a sharp rod that was impaled through her skull.

“Whoever did this, is a sick individual,” Kaiya said. “Or has something wrong with them.”

“You’re telling me.”

They continued into the house and stumbled upon a closed door. They weren’t sure of what to do about it. Whether they should leave it closed or investigate it. However, they already saw two dead bodies, so they took that they might as well open the door to see what was on the other side of it.

They braced themselves and opened the door, but no matter how much they braced themselves, they couldn’t prepare themselves for what they saw.

“Oh, my God…” Kaiya said in total shock.

They saw Andrea’s body lying face down in the middle of the room. When they flipped her body over, they saw that her eyes were ripped out of their sockets, her body had stab wounds all over it and her face had been mutilated like someone bashed her face in with a solid object. And just like Elise, there was a solid sharp rod that was impaled into her skull, except that rod was where her right eye should’ve been. Her clothes were torn off and she looked like she had been laid dormant for days. Her body was starting to decompose.

“What happened here?” Tyler asked quietly. “Who could’ve done this?”

The person that he wanted to ask about what she did and why she did what she did was dead. So, he actually could never get an answer as to why she did what she did. That upset Tyler because the question remained of where Desi was and where was his mother.

“S—surely, t—they have to be here,” Tyler said.

“T—that could be true, but where could they be?” Kaiya asked nervously.

Tyler stood up and walked to the other bedroom in the house and open the door to see that his mother was lying in the bed.

“Mom!” He said running over to her. “Are you alright??”

He listened for a heartbeat, but he couldn’t make one out.

“You’re not dead, right? You can’t be dead…” He said tearing up. “Please, don’t be…”

He was now starting to cry, he just realized that after looking for his mother for six months, that she was dead. And there was nothing that he could’ve done to prevent it.

“Where is Desi?” He said. “I have to find her.”

He rushed out of the house and fell to the ground and vomited. He couldn’t believe what he had just seen. Who could’ve done something so vile and horrific? The final question remained of where was Desi and if she was safe?

Tyler stood up and walked around the house looking for her.

“Desi! Desi!” He called out. “Where are you?? It’s me, Tyler! Please if you can hear, say something!”

He couldn’t find her anywhere. Then he saw that he didn’t check the shed that was behind the house, and he had to brace himself for whatever he was going to see.

He walked over to the shed and took one deep breath and knocked on the door.

“Desi? Are you in there?” He said quietly. “It’s okay. I’m here now, you’re safe.”

No response.

“Alright, I’m opening the door.”

He slowly opened the door.

“Desi—”

His body went completely numb.

“Oh, no. No. No. NO!!!” He screamed.

He saw Desi’s body swinging from a noose attached to the ceiling of the shed. Her hands were covered in blood and her hair had been cut and ripped as she had been in a fight.

“Desi!” He called to her.

She was barely breathing, and she slowly looked up at Tyler.

Tyler now in tears rushed into the shed and tried to pull her down from the noose, but the noose’s knot was too tight. And to add to that, Desi’s arms and wrists were cut as if she intentionally cut herself in case the noose didn’t kill her.

“Hold on! I’m going to get you down from there!” He said trying to find something to cut her down with.

He eventually found a knife and quickly started cutting at the rope, but the knife was too dull for him to cut it at a fast enough rate. He was cutting the rope as fast as he could, but as he was doing so, Desi was slowly asphyxiating from how tight the noose was. Eventually, he was able to cut through the rope and both Desi and Tyler fell onto the floor of the shed. Both of them lying in a pool of Desi’s blood. Tyler couldn’t believe what he had just seen.

“Desi, d—d—did you…?” He tried to say.

Desi barely managed to nod her head as she laid on her brother’s chest slowly dying.

“I…I…I—I’m sor…ry…” She managed to say as her eyes were filling up with tears.

“It’s okay, Desi…” He said trying to hold back tears. “You’re safe now. I got you.”

He rubbed her hair out of her face and rested her head on his shoulder and held her.

“I…I…I lo…ve… you… Ty—Tyler.” She said quietly.

“I—I—I love you too, Desi.” He managed to say behind a face full of tears.

He kissed her on the forehead and held her tightly in his arms until her final breath.

“I love you… Desi. And… I’m so sorry…”