Chapter 3: Discoveries

Officer Ruby Umyu, a tall petite woman with dirty-blonde hair, was finishing writing up the reports from the nightshift when the call came in. It was approximately 7:30 in the morning when a woman made a 911 call for the paramedics. It seems that she was walking to her work when she saw what she thought was a pile of rags on the sidewalk. As she got closer, however, she realized that it was really a little girl wrapped in medical bandages.

  Five minutes after the call came in, Ruby and the paramedics were on the scene.

  "So miss..?" Ruby paused, for she forgot to ask the woman her name.

  "Sknow, Ariana Sknow, but my friends call me Ari." She was a woman of whom stood at just over five feet, had long, beautiful blonde hair, and looked like she could be a model. Ari was wearing a white blouse, gray dress-pants, and black 3" heels. Ruby continued.

  "What is your line of profession?"

  "I'm a psychic." Ruby was skeptical in all things supernatural, yet she did believe in God. "May I see something of yours?" Ari politely inquired of Ruby. Ruby hesitated, but she eventually let Ari touch the silver and gold locket that her grandma left to her in her will. Ari held the locket and closed her eyes.

  "I see a room. Something that starts with a 'W'. A man with dark hair." Ari paused, for she wasn't sure about the next image she saw. "There is a man or woman standing in a classroom." Ari stopped talking, and a horrified look appeared on her face. "I'm in a dark room now. The wall has multiple sets of shackles, and the floor looks like it is stained with.... I can't tell what the stain is now, as my vision is filling with the color RED."

  "Alright, give me my locket back now please. I don't know why I even let you hold it anyway!" Ruby practically scolded to Ari.

  "Why not?" Ari inquired.

  "Because I don't believe in 'psychics.'"

  "Oh. Well that's fine, for I sensed that you soon will be a believer. Now, are there any other questions that you need to ask me?"

  "Actually, there are. Did you see anything else out of the ordinary? Such as a new person, unmarked vehicles?"

  "No." Ari responded.

  "Ok. You may be on your way now." Ruby said with an obviously forced smile. Ruby started to make her way to where the girl was found. When she did arrive to the spot, Ruby saw that the girl had been replaced by a holographic image of blood-soaked bandages, a laser grid had also been laid out as an aid in the search for evidence. Ruby looked over at the road. There, she spotted something that someone had somehow missed; a skid mark. Ruby knew that most people now drove hover-cars, which were held in the air by four high pressured water jets.

  "Who's the IDIOT that missed THIS?" Ruby muttered to herself. She then proceeded to silently curse whoever missed this possibly very crucial piece of evidence. Ruby pulled out a little blue and white box off of her belt. The device that she now held in her hand was a digital 3D scanner, which could scan evidence, store a digital image of it, and made it easier to view the evidence in a 3D model and could be viewed in 360 degrees. Ruby thought that she already knew what vehicle that the skid mark came from. From how the treads were designed, she was sure that it came from a Ford Raptor.

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March 24, 2031


  Levi Darker stood in his kitchen, and looked outside. Through the flex-glass window he could see the Spider Mountains, which towered 40,000 feet at their highest peak. At the foot of the mountain range was a forest that was made of white evergreen, pine, and maple. Levi entered his living room. The room had Columbian blue walls, white evergreen hardwood floors, a 80 inch high-def. Lio TV, and black leather furniture. An oak coffee table stood between the TV, and the couch. Next to the front door was a little touchscreen, which indicated that Levi had mail.

  He checked the mailbox, and after sorting through bills and letters he had found that he had a newspaper delivered. The name of the paper was 'The Sanford Chronicles'! On the front page there was an article. Levi started to get a horrified expression on his face.


                               LITTLE GIRL FOUND BLOODY!

                                   by Randy Burger

  Early yesterday morning a girl was found bandaged and bloody on the side of the road. She was kidnapped March 22, and held captive until yesterday morning. While held captive she experienced a horrifying act; torture. After being tortured, the young woman was drugged, bandaged, and released. We were asked by the victim’s family not to reveal her identity. The victim said that she was walking home from a party, but was surprised and knocked unconscious.

  She was walking home with a friend when they were attacked by an unknown man. “We woke up in a cold and dark room, but the thing that scared us the most had to be the tools that were on a table,” said the victim. Her captor was wearing a white jumpsuit, and wearing a clown mask, so she wasn’t able to see what he really looks like. "He told us that we were to choose what limb the other person would lose."

  Around 7 A.M. Ariana Sknow was walking to start her day of work as a psychic. At first I thought that she was a pile of rags discarded on the sidewalk. I was horrified when I saw that what I saw was a little girl.” Ariana said. A county-wide curfew has been set, and citizens are asked to stay inside during the night; only aloud out if coming home from work. If anyone has any other information, they are asked to call the Police-Tip-Line. We will have more details as this story unfolds.


  As he read, Levi didn't want to think that someone could do that to two defenseless children. His eyes roll back into his head, and he collapses onto the floor. Levi could see two boys, students of his, hanging from a wall. One of his hands reached for a sword, picked it up, and decapitated one of the boys. After that Levi woke up in a cold sweat. He looked around the room. [What the hell was that?] A few hours later while he was watching the news, Levi found out that two boys were also kidnapped, and that one of them was beheaded at the exact time that he was having his first vision of horrific crimes that would continue.