The Poison: Stories Of The Number 27
Pretty Sad

"Sister..." Call Xennora.

"Hm..."

"Warehouses are usually unlocked... Want to find a backup Rooftop key?"

Julian straightened his body, Xennora's idea never once crossed his mind.

"necessarily too. Come on."

In the dark warehouse they use flashlights on mobile phones. While busy looking for a spare key, dizziness came back to Xennora. Maybe it was the result of the baseball bat. For a moment he stopped his activity and then closed his eyes to neutralize the dizziness and his eyesight that was twinkling.

Xennora almost fell if Julian didn't hold her back. Cold, Xennora's hands were completely cold. She wears a dress with her shoulders open.

"Sen? Wh why? Tired huh? You have to sit down." Julian was worried. As Julian led Xennora to sit down, the girl stopped with a hand gesture that also told Julian to stop. A few seconds later, he opened his eyes and blinked a few times.

"Gue... Gapapa, let's just go ahead." Xennora said as she continued her activities earlier. Julian was silent for a moment watching Xennora who was focused on searching. He exhaled an annoyed breath and opened his suit and then draped the suit on the body of Xennora who was looking down to find the key.

Xennora fell silent, realizing something that made her not too cold. He glanced at Jas on his shoulder at a glance and then turned to watch Julian who was focusing on finding the key beside Xennora.

The girl looked back down, one of the shelves contained many screwdrivers, hammers and a few other simple planes. "Thanks." -." Xennora finally went back to search. Julian smiled faintly at Xennora's words of gratitude that sounded doubtful but sincere at the same time.

Anytime.... Xennor.

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"secret passageway...?"

Such was the murmur of the disciples after hearing the advice of Mr. Hasan. Some were confused and the rest were excited because they only learned that this school had a secret place. Expect how the secret passage forms. Is it like a secret passageway in Hotel Transylvania that has many branches? Or maybe the Mysterious passageway inside the Pyramid that had many mines? Or even... A very dark underground cave?

"Sir... This isn't a secret passageway...?" Edwin complained while staring at the descending stairs.

Well yeah, it's just a regular staircase to the parking lot under the building. It's just that it is located under one of the audience seats so not many realize if the stairs are lowered, then it can be a shortcut to the parking lot.

"That's it, the most important thing is that we can get out" said Mr. Hasan.

"But... Is it safe sir? I mean... It's so dark under. Who knew they were lurking or setting traps." Ask Bu Raya.

For a moment, Mr. Hasan was silent. He hasn't thought about the negative side so far.

"We'll just use the hallway, sir. Safer, it won't be a secret forever, will it?" Bu Raya. Mr. Hasan nodded several times and then closed the stairs. He then walked towards the row of chairs in the second floor hall, followed by Bu Raya and all the students.

Sofia, Nazril and Edwin were a little hesitant. It felt like there was something strange here, why did it feel like there was something they didn't know? The three of them looked at each other, ignoring his friends who were already on the second floor with Mr. Hasan and Bu Raya.

"Do you think there's something weird, right?" Edwin asked with a nod from Nazril and Sofia.

"Gue was suspicious anyway, until this all went smoothly. There's no way Deandra's that careless?"

"Gue thinks so too... Look at the bomb there, "Nazril also invited Edwin and Sofia to follow him to one corner of the room.

"20.30? I think the bomb is not active. There's no countdown" Sofia said.

"But... The lights are flickering. Usually that's the feature that the bomb is active" replied Edwin.

Nazril was flabbergasted, he immediately looked at his watch. 20:25, five minutes left to escape.

"Let's run!" Pekik Nazril while pulling the hands of Edwin and Sofia towards the second floor.

Edwin and Sofia who still did not understand could only follow Julian in a panic. Arriving on the second floor, the three of them crowded through the group of students to approach Mr. Hasan. Nazril panicked even more when the door of the secret passage that Mr. Hasan said was not yet open.

"Why, Sir?"

Mr. Hasan was silent for a moment. "It looks like you forgot his password..."

"Try the school's birthday, sir." Edwin's proposal, but when tried, the door was still reluctant to open.

Nazril panicked more and more, he continued to rack his brain. If the date of birth of the school can not be, then what else?

Sofia's heart was beating faster. I don't know what the reason is, but he feels this situation is very dangerous. He spread his gaze and found five photos that were displayed behind a row of chairs. Those are the photos of the founders of this school.

Until finally, Sofia realized something. He had the idea to crack that password.

"Sir... Try it 1914263" Sofia proposes.

The code worked. They were all flabbergasted including Nazril and Mr. Hasan. Regardless of how Sofia was able to crack the code, Mr. Hasan, Bu Raya, Nazril and Edwin immediately directed the students to the secret passageway.

While they were evacuating, and only Nazril, Edwin, Sofia, Bu Raya and Mr. Hasan were left to make sure all the students had entered, the bomb actually exploded making everyone squeal. The explosion was not very powerful, it could not be said to be a small explosion. Because in fact, the foundation on the second floor has begun to weaken.

"Sister Edwin! Come brother! The balcony almost collapsed it!" Shouted Sofia in the doorway when she saw the floor that Edwin was treading began to crack.

Edwin said, but as he stepped, the floor on Edwin's right foot collapsed. He grimaced a bit in pain as the piece of iron used for the concrete foundation scratched his right leg deep enough. Sofia and Bu Raya were shrieking in worry. Nazril and Mr. Hasan approached carefully and helped Edwin back up.

Although Edwin had to be in the bopong, at least he survived. They survived.

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The man with the suspicious black after opened the Rooftop door carefully. After that, he locked it back up. When he found out the two people he was looking for were in the warehouse, he also walked to a hidden place, and strategic of course.

"Meet!" Julian said excitedly as he showed Xennora the item they were looking for.

Xennora smiled, her eyes twinkled and she took over the key. Just came out of the warehouse, but an explosive sound made them stop and look at each other. The next second Xennora and Julian immediately saw the Hall below which was surrounded by this building.

"The voice... From Hall?" Xennora Mumbles. "Are they all right?"

Julian smiled bitterly, he was also worried about Sofia. "Father, maybe the sound was not from the Hall. Yuk, we're looking for a way to get out of here. PR was made lo, I was already lazy first squirming dozens of keys that." Entertain Julian. Xennora nodded doubtfully then approached Rooftop's door with small steps followed by Julian.

Arriving at the door, Xennora began to try dozens of keys one by one. The movement can be said to be hasty. Julian was sure, Xennora was still thinking about the sound of the explosion earlier.

Silence, even though Xennora had tried ten keys. They dissolved in each other's mind the cold began to crack open to Julian who was only wearing a white shirt without a suit was rubbing his hands. Maybe Xennora is cooler because she wears a dress with open shoulders, although Julian has given her a suit, it does not rule out the possibility that Xennora does not feel cold. In fact, his body looked a little shivering.

Julian lost his idea, he could not bear to see Xennora shiver. With an awkward move, Julian intended to hug Xennora from behind, but that intention would not be able to be realized.

It all happened so fast.

"Mrs... Who do you like again?" Julian random asked made Xennora frown without turning her head.

"There's no tuh. I don't like anyone anymore. If the context likes you, it means more feelings."

Silent for a few minutes.

"Bay the way, you're beautiful tonight." Julian spoke again with a more random sentence.

"Baget has to say it now. I will be ready to please."

"Keep in case... If there's no more words in my life..."

"Son, what the hell?!" Xennora began to get annoyed with Julian's increasingly belligerent remarks.

"Mrs... I still love you..."

Xennora fell silent, unable to reply to Julian's words that were either still bouncing or indeed the sentence that Julian wanted to convey all along. Xennora slowly turned around, her nervous expression turning very drastically into panic. He was surprised to see Julian's shirt, which was originally pure white but now had blood on his left abdomen. Julian was seen enduring the pain, his right hand holding a section filled with a lot of blood.

Xennora's eyes glazed over, she was completely shocked at the sight before her. Shortly Julian fell, collapsed in the arms of Xennora who then sat down. Xennora was really panicking at this moment. He didn't want to lose Julian. Really, he really did not want to lose this man who was in his arms. He was crying, and the bitter cry sounded so heartbreaking to anyone who heard it.

"Sister, don't go, brother... Don't go..." He kept repeating those words. Xennora did not even heed the sound of the door opening, then closed again. He was only worried about one thing. One guy. His class-brother. The man he used to hate. Julian Matteo Kayden's.