Robin's POV
Everything seems hazy, "Aela?, Aela?", I didn't get a response, I opened my eyes and then I realized I wasn't in my room, what's that stench?, i smelt blood , I looked at my hands and then I saw it covered with blood, did I have a cut or something?, why can't I feel any pain ?, and where am I?, I used my hands to feel my body, if an open wound will make me flinch, but I didn't feel any pain still, who's blood is this?, I finally sat up and decided to take in the environment. I noticed someone lying on their stomach, with blood , "sir, are you ok?", I wasn't getting an answer, so I went closer, "excuse me sir, do you know where we might be?", that jacket, it seems like mine, the hair color, the same haircut, am I hallucinating?, I scurried towards the man and rolled him over, "sir-..."
AELA POV
I woke up with a banging headache, I think I drank too much, what happened?, I tried to remember the details of last night but I couldn't, I was wasted. Robin, I remember, I had an argument with robin, isn't him home yet?, I got up from the bed and searched for him everywhere, he's not in the house, I walked back to the room to grab my phone an call him, after 5 rings he wasn't picking up, why is he ignoring my calls, This is unusual, he usually replies my calls even though we're in the midst of an argument, where could he be. Maybe he needs more time, he'll be back soon.
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"Fred, I haven't heard from him in 24 hours, I'm kinda scared, I think I'll need to get the police involved" I said over the phone ,The sun just set and I didn't see or hear from Robin , Fred is the only person that usually knows Robin's whereabouts after we have huge arguments like the one we had last night.
"He literally told you to get out of his life, why're you still worried about him?"he said
"If you know where he is , it'll really help , I'm not planning to confront him or get up all on his business, I just need to know"
"I would have told you if I really knew, I won't keep you tensed up for no reason "
"I'll call you back Fred, give me a minute ". I hanged up on him, I heard the front door open, I walked towards the living room, "robin?, is that you?", I didn't get a response, I walked towards the front door and it was slightly opened, maybe a kid was trying to ding ding ditch me, I closed the door and went to sit on the couch , that was strange I could have sworn I heard footste-, "who's there?!", I stopped in my thoughts when I heard the clashing of plates with the floor from the kitchen, I swallowed hard as I walked towards the kitchen, but before I could get there, I felt a stabbing pain at the side of my neck, i was being injected and it all went Dark before I could comprehend what was happening.
Third person's POV
"His body would be found nowhere, I made sure of that"
ROBIN'S POV
What is happening?!, I try to put things in place and understand what's happening as I stare at my own self laying lifeless on the floor, they're bruises everywhere and I can see the visible cuts, what is seriously going on , "a.....am I ddddd.....dead?", I stood up and lookedaround, trees everywhere and there's a little lake close by , was I murdered?, who would have done this and even abandoned my body by the lake In a forest?, how's Aela doing?, my mom?, they must be worried sick, devastated soon when they find out I'm dead, I need to find out who did this. I can't let this slide, how do I get out of this forest?
FRED'S POV
"It's Aela, I'm trying to reach her but the it keeps sending it over to voicemail, I hope she's alright, she seemed pretty stressed out few hours ago" I told my brother as we both had drinks in the living room.
"whatever it is, she'll be fine"he replied
"I know Marco, but it's unlike Robin, he usually reaches out to me during times like this, but this time, he didn't "
"Robin?, I saw him heading back home late last night, I dropped him off a block away from his house "
"you sure?" I asked him
"yes, but he seemed a bit wasted, he kept saying, Damn you Bryan, if I get a hold of you, I'll teach you a lesson, who's Bryan?"
"I have no idea, I'm just as much as confused as you are, robin was always dramatic, he might've been talking about a tv show character he dislikes" I laughed a little bit
"Ah, we're almost late for the movie, let's head out" Marco said as we both put on our jackets and left for the cinema.
ROBIN'S POV
I found my way out of the forest as I saw a road, luckily it wasn't lonely as I saw some few cars speed by, I saw one getting nearer and I waved my hands towards it , "help, can I get a ride?" but it just speed passed me, "stupid nutjob" I muttered, but ithappened with two other cars and I grew annoyed , are these people nuts, I really need to see Aela, so , I waited for another and stood directly in front of it, hoping it'll slow down, but it kept on speeding, I closed my eyes for the impact but nothing happened, the car sped right through me, that was when I realized that they might not be able to see or hear me cause I'm dead
AELA POV
I feel a pounding headache, my neck is still sore from the impact . Everywhere is dark, I tried to move but it's like I'm on restraint, I think I'm tied up to a chair, I can't see anything, "hello?, is anyone there?", I said calmly, I waited for some time and I didn't get a response, I could feel that's there's no visible movements around me, I shuffled a little until I heard something slide off of me to the ground, I think that's my phone, I can't even move, who's doing this?, "please get me out of here, what's going on?", I yelled, still no response, was I abandoned somewhere?, I don't feel cold, so I assumed I was indoors, "I promise,if I get out of here, I'm telling the police" I screamed , I was about to scream again till I heard the click of a door lock, someone's is trying to enter the room, I heard footsteps and it became louder as I felt someone close to me, "who the hell are you and what do you want from me " I whispered, the room was still silent, "talk to me now or i'll-..", I stopped as I felt a needle stab on my neck, I whispered quietly as I fell unconscious again , "you'll pay for this".
Chapter2
ROBIN'S POV
I entered into the house easily cause the door was wide opened, I walked in hastily looking for any signs of Aela, she wasn't there, is she looking for me or did she leave after our argument yesterday
*FLASHBACK
I walked into our apartment, I just had a stressful day but I managed to get flowers for my favorite girl, I really love Aela, although we argued previously again , She recently started talking to this Guy, Bryan and I for one don't feel comfortable about it, she thinks he just wants to be friends, but I see beyond that, I know Bryan, we went to middle school together, he's a complete playboy, he doesn't care about others and I respect she has the right to have friends but her with Bryan didn't sit quite well with me, I walked up to our room with the flowers in my hands, she'll instantly forgive me after she sees this, getting closer, I heard her laughing, she might be on the phone with someone, I opened the door with a huge smile on my face but froze when I heard a male voice laughing over the phone too, "Aela, who are you talking to?", she jerked surprise, "I didn't know you were back , I cooked-..", she was trying to divert the question, "Aela , don't do this, answer me , who's on the Line?" I said with gritted teeth, she just stared visibly shaking, I was about to question her again when I heard his voice from the phone, "Aela, is everything ok, is your boyfriend still mad?" she gasped and went to her phone to terminate the call, "Robin, I can explain-..", I held my hand up, "You still talked to him even when we're arguing about that?"
i didn't need herexplanation, she keeps on doing this, i just needed to clear my head. i threw the flowers on the ground and headed out. *PRESENT It wasn't normal for aela to leave the house and meeting the door wide open didn't sit well with me. that's it CCTV footage!. i ran towards the basement, cause that's where we set all the recording devices up, i sat down to find the particular time aela left the house, but i saw myself entering into the house the previous night. confusion hit me, i came home last night?, we didn't have a cctv camera in our room but we had in every other place, i saw myself entering inside the room, nothing happened as time passed, i was about to fast forward it to figure out where aera was until i saw bryan entering into the house. He walked round for some minutes and then i saw him entering me and aera's room. Nothing seemed to be happening until i saw myself being pulled out by bryan already soaked in blood. he??.. he.. ki?..killed me!, where could he be?, did he kill aera too?. i went further into the footage and saw someone , in a mask, injecting something into aera's neck, after she fell unconcious , the person proceeded to take their mask off. I felt my blood boil and i stood up in rage. That bastard!, he did all this, he abducted aera . i have to find him. *FRED'S POV i was driving towards the cinema with marco and we were having small talk about previous movies we've seen. i drived pass robin's house and held my brakes quickly. why was their door ajar?. i drew marco's attention to this and we both came down and proceeded into the house, weheard nothing but decided to go round the house, i tried calling aera but the call wasn't going through, i was about to leave when i sighted that the basement door was opened. Me and marco proceeded down and we saw a CCTV video player setup, it was paused and i saw two people on the screen, one on the floor and the other one standing , what's going on here?. *AERA POV My eyes were blurry but i could manage to open them, this time i was on something soft and i wasn't on too much restraint, onl my left hand was handcuffed , i sat up and tried to take in my surroundings, i was in a bedroom, i was about to scream until i heard a familiar voice. "you're awake?", i turned towards the voice, i was immediately confused , "bryan?". he smiled and walked towards me with a cheeky smile."don't worry babe, it's all sorted out". i was more confused. "what's sorted out?", i said with pure confusion written all over my face. He laughed , "this is not the right time to do this babe". "do what?!, what's going on?, why am i here?, why am i on restraints?, what's goi----", he cut me off again , "relax babe", with pure disgust i attacked him, "and why the hell are you calling me babe?, i've said it countless of times that i have a boyfriend!". "no, you don't!" he yelled back, i was about to respond when he yelled again , "your boyfriend is freaking dead aela, stop acting all forgetful!" *FRED'S POV i gasped,"he killed him!, who the hell is that guy?", marco looked at me mortified, he didn't only kill robin and take him away, he came for aera too,"we have to callthe cops" marco said , "they might be able to track his whereabouts, i hope aela is safe also" he continued. *ROBIN'S POV i stopped running as i got to bryan's house, i'm gonna kill him, if he even dares to lay a finger on aera, i said as i stormed in. *AERA'S POV "what do you mean robin is dead?, what do you mean by forgetful?" i said shakily trying to process all that's happening. Bryan scooted closer to me and caressed my face, "i sorted everything out babe, we can be together now", i forcefully pushed him , "what do you mean by sorted out you bastard?!" i said in shock. i heard him chuckle bitterly , i looked at him and saw him glaring at me, "After all i've done for you aera, is this how you repay me?", he said, "you've done nothing !" i replied angrily , his next words made me freeze , "is moving a dead body for you considered nothing?", i looked at him in shock and then he continued, "you can't tell me you don't remember everything from last night , were you really that wasted?", i kept on staring at him, looking more mortified than ever. "Don't tell me you don't remember killing your own boyfriend aera" he said trying to muffle a laugh, it was at that point it hit me, i started getting flashbacks from the previous night, i remember drinking a lot of alcohol, i remember calling bryan to rant in my drunken state,I remember seeing robin walk in ,i remember talking to robin, getting into an argument with him, stopping him from coming near me, hitting----, i hit him, i hit robin hardly with a flower vase on his head. "i killed robin" i muttered lifelessly, i fell to the ground , "where is he?" i said weakly , "where no one can find him" bryan said. i was about to yell at him, when the door burst open," this is the police department , all hands on your head", bryan tried running away but they pinned him down, i saw fred rush into the room and ran to me quickly, "are you ok aera?, sorry we were late". fred said to me. "sorry for the interruption, but m'aam you need to follow us to the station for some little questioning as you're the only witness we know of now". *ROBIN'S POV And that's how it goes, a tale of tragedy, how i was murdered by the same person i loved, i stared at her as she was placed on handcuffs in the courtroom, she came and testified against her own self , telling everyone who the real killer was, justice was served, But as i faded away as tears dropped from my face i wondered , was it a longing buried deep down inside her heart, a wish , did she really desire to kill me or was it actually a mistake.
Everything seems hazy, "Aela?, Aela?", I didn't get a response, I opened my eyes and then I realized I wasn't in my room, what's that stench?, i smelt blood , I looked at my hands and then I saw it covered with blood, did I have a cut or something?, why can't I feel any pain ?, and where am I?, I used my hands to feel my body, if an open wound will make me flinch, but I didn't feel any pain still, who's blood is this?, I finally sat up and decided to take in the environment. I noticed someone lying on their stomach, with blood , "sir, are you ok?", I wasn't getting an answer, so I went closer, "excuse me sir, do you know where we might be?", that jacket, it seems like mine, the hair color, the same haircut, am I hallucinating?, I scurried towards the man and rolled him over, "sir-..."
AELA POV
I woke up with a banging headache, I think I drank too much, what happened?, I tried to remember the details of last night but I couldn't, I was wasted. Robin, I remember, I had an argument with robin, isn't him home yet?, I got up from the bed and searched for him everywhere, he's not in the house, I walked back to the room to grab my phone an call him, after 5 rings he wasn't picking up, why is he ignoring my calls, This is unusual, he usually replies my calls even though we're in the midst of an argument, where could he be. Maybe he needs more time, he'll be back soon.
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"Fred, I haven't heard from him in 24 hours, I'm kinda scared, I think I'll need to get the police involved" I said over the phone ,The sun just set and I didn't see or hear from Robin , Fred is the only person that usually knows Robin's whereabouts after we have huge arguments like the one we had last night.
"He literally told you to get out of his life, why're you still worried about him?"he said
"If you know where he is , it'll really help , I'm not planning to confront him or get up all on his business, I just need to know"
"I would have told you if I really knew, I won't keep you tensed up for no reason "
"I'll call you back Fred, give me a minute ". I hanged up on him, I heard the front door open, I walked towards the living room, "robin?, is that you?", I didn't get a response, I walked towards the front door and it was slightly opened, maybe a kid was trying to ding ding ditch me, I closed the door and went to sit on the couch , that was strange I could have sworn I heard footste-, "who's there?!", I stopped in my thoughts when I heard the clashing of plates with the floor from the kitchen, I swallowed hard as I walked towards the kitchen, but before I could get there, I felt a stabbing pain at the side of my neck, i was being injected and it all went Dark before I could comprehend what was happening.
Third person's POV
"His body would be found nowhere, I made sure of that"
ROBIN'S POV
What is happening?!, I try to put things in place and understand what's happening as I stare at my own self laying lifeless on the floor, they're bruises everywhere and I can see the visible cuts, what is seriously going on , "a.....am I ddddd.....dead?", I stood up and lookedaround, trees everywhere and there's a little lake close by , was I murdered?, who would have done this and even abandoned my body by the lake In a forest?, how's Aela doing?, my mom?, they must be worried sick, devastated soon when they find out I'm dead, I need to find out who did this. I can't let this slide, how do I get out of this forest?
FRED'S POV
"It's Aela, I'm trying to reach her but the it keeps sending it over to voicemail, I hope she's alright, she seemed pretty stressed out few hours ago" I told my brother as we both had drinks in the living room.
"whatever it is, she'll be fine"he replied
"I know Marco, but it's unlike Robin, he usually reaches out to me during times like this, but this time, he didn't "
"Robin?, I saw him heading back home late last night, I dropped him off a block away from his house "
"you sure?" I asked him
"yes, but he seemed a bit wasted, he kept saying, Damn you Bryan, if I get a hold of you, I'll teach you a lesson, who's Bryan?"
"I have no idea, I'm just as much as confused as you are, robin was always dramatic, he might've been talking about a tv show character he dislikes" I laughed a little bit
"Ah, we're almost late for the movie, let's head out" Marco said as we both put on our jackets and left for the cinema.
ROBIN'S POV
I found my way out of the forest as I saw a road, luckily it wasn't lonely as I saw some few cars speed by, I saw one getting nearer and I waved my hands towards it , "help, can I get a ride?" but it just speed passed me, "stupid nutjob" I muttered, but ithappened with two other cars and I grew annoyed , are these people nuts, I really need to see Aela, so , I waited for another and stood directly in front of it, hoping it'll slow down, but it kept on speeding, I closed my eyes for the impact but nothing happened, the car sped right through me, that was when I realized that they might not be able to see or hear me cause I'm dead
AELA POV
I feel a pounding headache, my neck is still sore from the impact . Everywhere is dark, I tried to move but it's like I'm on restraint, I think I'm tied up to a chair, I can't see anything, "hello?, is anyone there?", I said calmly, I waited for some time and I didn't get a response, I could feel that's there's no visible movements around me, I shuffled a little until I heard something slide off of me to the ground, I think that's my phone, I can't even move, who's doing this?, "please get me out of here, what's going on?", I yelled, still no response, was I abandoned somewhere?, I don't feel cold, so I assumed I was indoors, "I promise,if I get out of here, I'm telling the police" I screamed , I was about to scream again till I heard the click of a door lock, someone's is trying to enter the room, I heard footsteps and it became louder as I felt someone close to me, "who the hell are you and what do you want from me " I whispered, the room was still silent, "talk to me now or i'll-..", I stopped as I felt a needle stab on my neck, I whispered quietly as I fell unconscious again , "you'll pay for this".
Chapter2
ROBIN'S POV
I entered into the house easily cause the door was wide opened, I walked in hastily looking for any signs of Aela, she wasn't there, is she looking for me or did she leave after our argument yesterday
*FLASHBACK
I walked into our apartment, I just had a stressful day but I managed to get flowers for my favorite girl, I really love Aela, although we argued previously again , She recently started talking to this Guy, Bryan and I for one don't feel comfortable about it, she thinks he just wants to be friends, but I see beyond that, I know Bryan, we went to middle school together, he's a complete playboy, he doesn't care about others and I respect she has the right to have friends but her with Bryan didn't sit quite well with me, I walked up to our room with the flowers in my hands, she'll instantly forgive me after she sees this, getting closer, I heard her laughing, she might be on the phone with someone, I opened the door with a huge smile on my face but froze when I heard a male voice laughing over the phone too, "Aela, who are you talking to?", she jerked surprise, "I didn't know you were back , I cooked-..", she was trying to divert the question, "Aela , don't do this, answer me , who's on the Line?" I said with gritted teeth, she just stared visibly shaking, I was about to question her again when I heard his voice from the phone, "Aela, is everything ok, is your boyfriend still mad?" she gasped and went to her phone to terminate the call, "Robin, I can explain-..", I held my hand up, "You still talked to him even when we're arguing about that?"
i didn't need herexplanation, she keeps on doing this, i just needed to clear my head. i threw the flowers on the ground and headed out. *PRESENT It wasn't normal for aela to leave the house and meeting the door wide open didn't sit well with me. that's it CCTV footage!. i ran towards the basement, cause that's where we set all the recording devices up, i sat down to find the particular time aela left the house, but i saw myself entering into the house the previous night. confusion hit me, i came home last night?, we didn't have a cctv camera in our room but we had in every other place, i saw myself entering inside the room, nothing happened as time passed, i was about to fast forward it to figure out where aera was until i saw bryan entering into the house. He walked round for some minutes and then i saw him entering me and aera's room. Nothing seemed to be happening until i saw myself being pulled out by bryan already soaked in blood. he??.. he.. ki?..killed me!, where could he be?, did he kill aera too?. i went further into the footage and saw someone , in a mask, injecting something into aera's neck, after she fell unconcious , the person proceeded to take their mask off. I felt my blood boil and i stood up in rage. That bastard!, he did all this, he abducted aera . i have to find him. *FRED'S POV i was driving towards the cinema with marco and we were having small talk about previous movies we've seen. i drived pass robin's house and held my brakes quickly. why was their door ajar?. i drew marco's attention to this and we both came down and proceeded into the house, weheard nothing but decided to go round the house, i tried calling aera but the call wasn't going through, i was about to leave when i sighted that the basement door was opened. Me and marco proceeded down and we saw a CCTV video player setup, it was paused and i saw two people on the screen, one on the floor and the other one standing , what's going on here?. *AERA POV My eyes were blurry but i could manage to open them, this time i was on something soft and i wasn't on too much restraint, onl my left hand was handcuffed , i sat up and tried to take in my surroundings, i was in a bedroom, i was about to scream until i heard a familiar voice. "you're awake?", i turned towards the voice, i was immediately confused , "bryan?". he smiled and walked towards me with a cheeky smile."don't worry babe, it's all sorted out". i was more confused. "what's sorted out?", i said with pure confusion written all over my face. He laughed , "this is not the right time to do this babe". "do what?!, what's going on?, why am i here?, why am i on restraints?, what's goi----", he cut me off again , "relax babe", with pure disgust i attacked him, "and why the hell are you calling me babe?, i've said it countless of times that i have a boyfriend!". "no, you don't!" he yelled back, i was about to respond when he yelled again , "your boyfriend is freaking dead aela, stop acting all forgetful!" *FRED'S POV i gasped,"he killed him!, who the hell is that guy?", marco looked at me mortified, he didn't only kill robin and take him away, he came for aera too,"we have to callthe cops" marco said , "they might be able to track his whereabouts, i hope aela is safe also" he continued. *ROBIN'S POV i stopped running as i got to bryan's house, i'm gonna kill him, if he even dares to lay a finger on aera, i said as i stormed in. *AERA'S POV "what do you mean robin is dead?, what do you mean by forgetful?" i said shakily trying to process all that's happening. Bryan scooted closer to me and caressed my face, "i sorted everything out babe, we can be together now", i forcefully pushed him , "what do you mean by sorted out you bastard?!" i said in shock. i heard him chuckle bitterly , i looked at him and saw him glaring at me, "After all i've done for you aera, is this how you repay me?", he said, "you've done nothing !" i replied angrily , his next words made me freeze , "is moving a dead body for you considered nothing?", i looked at him in shock and then he continued, "you can't tell me you don't remember everything from last night , were you really that wasted?", i kept on staring at him, looking more mortified than ever. "Don't tell me you don't remember killing your own boyfriend aera" he said trying to muffle a laugh, it was at that point it hit me, i started getting flashbacks from the previous night, i remember drinking a lot of alcohol, i remember calling bryan to rant in my drunken state,I remember seeing robin walk in ,i remember talking to robin, getting into an argument with him, stopping him from coming near me, hitting----, i hit him, i hit robin hardly with a flower vase on his head. "i killed robin" i muttered lifelessly, i fell to the ground , "where is he?" i said weakly , "where no one can find him" bryan said. i was about to yell at him, when the door burst open," this is the police department , all hands on your head", bryan tried running away but they pinned him down, i saw fred rush into the room and ran to me quickly, "are you ok aera?, sorry we were late". fred said to me. "sorry for the interruption, but m'aam you need to follow us to the station for some little questioning as you're the only witness we know of now". *ROBIN'S POV And that's how it goes, a tale of tragedy, how i was murdered by the same person i loved, i stared at her as she was placed on handcuffs in the courtroom, she came and testified against her own self , telling everyone who the real killer was, justice was served, But as i faded away as tears dropped from my face i wondered , was it a longing buried deep down inside her heart, a wish , did she really desire to kill me or was it actually a mistake.
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