The missing ones

Thriller Stories | Jul 27, 2012 | 14 min read
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The missing ones

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Rainy days reminded me of my wife and the sweet nothings we do. We used to sit near the window as I played guitar. Sometimes, she just wanted to lie down on the bed with me and just hug one another. Feeling our warm bodies was just satisfying enough. Those were just memories now and I miss her so much. Yet, I found my new love now. Her name is Abby, my daughter. She's all that matters to me now. And… I swore to my beloved wife that I will protect our daughter ‘till my last days.

January 13 | Friday | 4:00 a.m.

I was waked up by a phone ring. I got up, sat on the bed and answered the phone call. "Deputy Sanchez, are you aware that it's still 4 in the morning?", I said as I rubbed my sleepy eyes. "Sir. I am sorry, but we've got a problem. I need you here in the station.", Deputy Sanchez said in a very nervous tone. "You sounded like were having a very big problem. Well, ok. I'll be there right away.", I said and ended the call. I lazily placed the phone on my lap. Then brushed up my hair and gently massage the back of my neck. I looked at the other side of the bed and saw my daughter sleeping calmly. It was peaceful sight. I gave her a sweet kiss on her forehead before I suit up for work.

January 13 | Friday | 4:45 a.m.

I've reached the station and I was shocked that almost everyone in the town was there. Deputy Sanchez saw me and approached me as I get out of my car. "Thank god you are here!", he said and escorted me inside the station. "What's going on?", I said with confusion. The station was filled with tension and worries. Everyone was reporting that their children were mysteriously gone missing. It was a very alarming and disturbing case knowing that for just an hour, 10 children were reported missing.

I tried to calm everyone down and told them that at this moment, every man or husband in the town will help the deputies to search for them. I also suggested that the wives must go home and contact us if ever their siblings are home. Everyone followed my suggestion. But before the searching started, I asked Deputy Fuentes to go to my place and guard my daughter. She went straight to my place as the searching begun.

While we were searching for the missing children, one of the fathers opened up. He said, "Few hours earlier, my daughter kept on asking about the woods. She said, she always dreamt that she was taken by a beast and pulled her into the woods." And then, it got weirder because another father claimed the same think and everyone else did the same thing. "How about you, Frank?", Jim, one of the fathers asked me. "My daughter? She never spoke much to me since her mother died.", I replied. "But she was acting strange lately. She always locking all the doors in the house.", I added. Then, Jim suddenly suspected that the children went to the woods. "Don't say something crazy like that. You know what happens when you went inside the woods. You'll not come out alive.", Deputy Fleming said. "That's just a myth.", Greg, one of the fathers, said. "No! It was never a myth. Before this town was ever built, that story already existed.", I replied. "This island was once said that an island of terror. The beast kills whoever enters in the woods. And… no bodies were found.", I added.

January 13 | Friday | 8:00 a.m.

It was morning when we went back to the town. The search was disappointing since we didn't found even one of the missing children. The problem even went worse. While we were walking on the street in the middle of the town, the wives went rushing towards us and crying. We were all shocked from the news the brought to us. The children that we left with the rest of the town were also gone missing. Within a blink of an eye, they lost them. Everyone went mad.

"Why didn't you contact us? I told you to contact us if bad things happen.", I said. "We can't contact you.", one of the mothers said and the other mothers agreed. "So, you're saying that I can't contact my daughter.", I said and picked up my phone then dialed my daughters number. But I don't have any signal, not even one bar. That's the time I went running to my place. My heart was pounding against my chest so hard. I was so afraid of what news will I get from Deputy Fuentes. The radios don't work either. What the hell is going on with this town!
As I reached my place, I immediately went to my daughter's room. I got paled from what I saw. My daughter was gone as well. There was no trace of struggle or fight. I searched every room of the house but she was nowhere to be found and so was Deputy Fuentes. As I went to the back door, I stumbled and fell to the ground. "Sheenaaaaa!!!", I shouted and cried. I punched the ground with my fist.

As my heart was drowned with tears, I stood up and went back to the station. But as I reached the front yard, the people of the town was waiting for me in front of the gate of my house. They saw me crying and they felt the same way with their lost. I never wiped my tears away. "Let's search ever corner of this town. Once we found them, we will meet in the station. Ok?", I said and everyone started searching.

January 16 | Monday | 5:00 p.m.

It was already 3 days and we still couldn't find them. As I was walking back to the station, I saw Jim and his wife crying inside their car. I passed their car and walked to everyone's destination. I walked woozily, then the heaviness of the pain of my heart pulled me to the ground kneeling. Then, I cried every pain away from my heart.
We were desperate to seek help on finding our children, but what was disturbing and mysterious was that our barge and boats were burned. I really don't understand what was going on. The radios couldn't pick frequencies, cellphones don't have signals, and now, the only means for transportation out of the island was destroyed.

January 16 | Monday | 7:00 p.m.

Everybody gathered inside the station. I told them that it's best to look for them again tomorrow. It was heavy for me to say that to them but I told them that I couldn't afford to lose another citizen of this town. So, they understood and went home. As they went outside, Greg saw something from a far, in the middle of the street. He called my attention and I went outside. He pointed the thing forming a silhouette from a far. "What is that, Frank?", Greg asked. "I have no idea!", I replied. Then as I took a step, it ran off swiftly. "Did you see that?", I said and still in shock. "What the hell is going on with this town, Sheriff?", Danny, one of the citizen. "I don't know, Danny. But whatever is happening to this town right now remains a mystery to us.", I replied. But then, as I about to send the folks home, another same thing appeared on the side of the barber shop in front of the station.

January 16 | Monday | 7:15 p.m.

I called Deputy Terry to check it out. He took his shot gun and went out of the station. As he passed by me, he looked at me, and we both nodded at the same time. Then I pulled out my gun and followed two steps behind him. "Be careful.", Mrs. Thomson said then I looked back her then nodded.

As Terry and I walked towards the thing, we could smell a very foul smell, like a decaying meat. Terry cocked the shotgun and pointed it to the thing. He was pretty close to the thing when suddenly, all the light in the town shut down. The only light that lit the town was the moon. Then, immediately, the thing jumps on Terry and ripped his throat with its claws. I was shock on what happen and I shot the thing 5 times and it was still coming at me. As the gunshots were fired, everybody got rattled and ran away. Meanwhile, I retained on shooting this beast like thing until it jumps on to me and we fell to the ground. I kicked it off by the time it was over me. It was flown few meters away from me. At the moment it stood back, James aimed the gun to his head and pulled the trigger. One bullet to the brain and the beast was slayed.

All the deputies rushed out of the station with their 9mm pistols and flash lights. Deputy Sanchez and Deputy James helped me stood up and gave me a flash light. "Are you ok?", James asked. "Yeah! Get the generator on.", I said. "Daniel was on it.", James replied. Then the lights inside the station were switched on. Then, suddenly, the screaming of the people was replaced with silence, a deafening silence.

"What the fuck is happening?", I said.
"Let's go back inside, sir.", Deputy Sanchez said and pulled me back inside the station.

January 16 | Monday | 9:00 p.m.

It suddenly rain as we barricaded the station from the beasts roaming outside. We have managed to save a few of the citizen of the town and held them secured inside the station. "Looks like they are waiting for us.", Jim said. "I hope this things didn't took our children.", Mrs. Thomson followed. "I hope not.", I said and peek outside from the barricaded window. Then I saw that there about 20 to 30 of those things walking around outside. "What are you planning to do, motherfuckers?", I whispered.

We planned to stay inside the station all throughout the night. But we never go to sleep. We stayed awake until dawn and taught them how to use a gun. After teaching them, we did a head count. Twelve persons left. That's 1/60 of the town's population. This was a very horrible day and I couldn't wait for the morning to come. I want to search for my daughter already.

January 17 | Tuesday | 12:00 a.m.

While silence caught our tongue at this very moment, Greg suddenly opened up and said, "Our children have gone missing, our cellphones and radios don't work, we're experiencing a power outage, and then these hideous creatures that started killing everyone. Seriously, WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?" I wanted to calm everyone down to preserve our sanity. Then he added, "Maybe these things took our children and they all came from the woods. What do you think guys?" Nobody answered. "The fuck is wrong with you guys? Our sons and daughters need us out there! We need to RESCURE THEM!!", he said with intensity. "Greg, calm down.", I requested. "Don't tell me what to do, Frank! You failed to protect us! My son! Their children! Your daughter!", he uttered while pointing the blame on me. I stood up and said, "Don't you dare raise your voice at me! And don't you dare talk to me about my daughter like that!" Deputy Daryl Sanchez and the others get between us and stopped us from hurting each other. "Woaw! Guys! The enemy is out there and we still have no idea about this whole situation", Daryl said. I held back my anger and said, "I love my daughter more than my life and I will do anything to get her back." Then, Greg gave me an deep look then looked away. "I'm sorry. I just don't know what to do anymore.", Greg said and sat on the floor. "I'm sorry too, Greg. I'm sorry guys. I promise to take care of us and we will get our babies back to our arms.", I uttered.

January 17 | Tuesday | 3:28 a.m.

"Are they still out there?", Jim asked. Deputy Sanchez stood up took a peek. "Strange.", he said. "They're gone.", he added. "What?", I uttered. I took a peek as well and everyone else did the same.
"Where did they go?"
"Are we safe already?"
"Is it safe to go out?"
"Are you nuts? We are safe inside. Don't be a dumb."
"You guys shut up for a sec.", I said. "Daryl (Sanchez), cover me.", I added.
Then Daryl grabbed my arm and said, "Are you crazy, Frank? We don't if it's still safe outside."
"Then, let's find out. Cover me.", I replied.
"Damn it, Frank!", he uttered and pulled out his gun.
We have removed the barricade on the door and unlocked it. I told everyone to stay sharp and shoot without hesitation. I draw my gun, squeezed its handle, took a deep breath, and slowly opened the door. "Be careful, Frank.", Daryl said. Déjà vu? I thought I've heard that earlier when a freaking animal ripped out Terry's throat.
My plan was to grab the dead animal that James killed earlier and take it inside the station. I wanted to know what we were up against. So, I slowly walked out of the station and told Daniel to keep the door open. I switched my flash light on and aim the light and the gun to the dead animal. The cold breeze chilled me with nervous and fright. I looked at the both ends of the street and it was empty. There were no dead bodies and it was a very eccentric sight. I also checked the roof of the establishments and there's no sign of those creatures.
As I was near the corpse, I slowly kneeled down and grabbed its arm. Its arm was so thin and its fur was not attached to its skin. It puzzled me, "What in God's name is this thing?" Then, I slowly pulled it out of the streets and inside the station. As I was inside the station while dragging the creature, they quickly locked the door and barricaded it again. Then, I placed the creature at the center of the station.
"What do you think it is?", Jim asked.
"Kinda looks like a bear.", James said.
"That's too small for a bear. And when I grabbed its arm, its fur is not attached to its skin.", I said.
"So, what is this thing, really?", Jim asked.
"There's only one way to find out.", I said and tried to remove, what I suspected, the false fur.
As I managed to remove the fur, we were all horrified and shocked from what we saw. James fell on his knees, hugged the corpse and cried. Beneath the fur of the beast was James' only son.

January 17 | Tuesday | 4:10 a.m.

Everyone was in state of shock. Now we knew that our children were trying to slaughter us and therefore we couldn't kill them. I tried to figure out why is this happening. More importantly, who was behind this and what was his or her intension.
Yet, as I looked at everyone in the room, I could see that I'm losing them. Everyone was in pain and sorrow knowing that we found our children, and they're those beasts. Then, I suddenly noticed, James was not around and his son's body. "Where is James?", I asked and stood up.

We searched for him within the station. Then, we just heard Mrs. Thomson screamed in the comfort room. We found James dead. He hanged himself and he was been dead for minutes. We suspected that he didn't take the truth that he killed his son. I felt so bad and hurt. And to think that I shot his kid many times, then we lose him in the process.

January 17 | Tuesday | 5:00 a.m.

Before going out and looked for our children, I gathered everyone and told them the new plan. The new plan was to not to hurt but to capture them. I've counted 10 tranquilizer darts and 2 dart guns. The darts were not enough and that's our problem. So, I told them that only 3 of us, Daniel, Jim and I, will go out and those who were left will stay in the station. I carried a shotgun and a handgun. I also gave the other two with 2 handguns each. They asked why I'm carrying a gun; I told them this is meant for the one responsible to this.

We hurriedly went outside. But as we're not yet going far from the station, a man bumped into us. He was wounded and bleeding. I tried to let him lay down the street and then asked him what happen to him. But, he's just murmuring. We couldn't recognize him because he doesn't even live in this town. I know everyone, every face, every name of the people in this small town. Then, suddenly he talked.
"I'm sorry… I… sorry… Take this…" He handed me some sort of a device that looks like a phone then he added, "… leave this town… leave this island…"
We carried him and went back to the station. Before we reached the station, he died. We placed him, and rest his back on a wall and I quickly switched on the device. It was kind of a video recorder.
I played the video and it showed us a series of clips that shows images of DNA, viruses injected to chimps, and some mind manipulating test. Few seconds later, the man who stumbled to us earlier made a video log and claimed that he is an undercover agent. He said that whoever is viewing his video log needs to expose the secrets of this island of Jestberg. Then, he said that before the island have people leaving in it; a secret underground laboratory was already built. Its purpose was to create a way to make human immune to all sickness. But few years later, they have changed the procedure. Now they are creating a way to make a super soldier. They let people live in the island then create a myth to keep people from entering the woods. They kidnapped people to experiment on them. If they fail, they killed them and expose them to the public by placing them outside the woods.

Video Log: Jan. 13, 2012 | 20:00hrs

"They tested to adults, it was a failure. Then, they tested it to teenagers, it was also a failure. But when they tested it to these kids, it worked. They planted some kind of a chip in the brain to control them and a virus to make them less human and more like a vicious animal. They'll be released to the wilderness and see their progress. They will adapt to the harsh environment of the woods and we will watch on who will survive and how well they will think under pressure. I suspect that they will study how the animals think then use what they have learned to survive. The only way to stop this is for kids to undergo an operation and remove the chip then inject them with the anti-virus. But, if all else fail, and if it's gone out of control, the island will be sterilized within 24 hours.", he said.

Video Log: Jan. 16, 2012 | 07:00hrs

The agent was on a run and hid somewhere in the laboratory. "Fuck!... Shit!... Everything is getting out of control!... *loud explosions*… The specimens are killing everyone!... *another loud explosion*… Fuck!...", he said and the video log ended.
"The fuck was that about? So, we're some sort of lab rats here? And we have less than 40 minutes left?", Jim said.

January 17 | Tuesday | 6:20 a.m.

I told my two companions to head back to the station and tell everyone about what we have discovered. Then suddenly we heard gunshots coming from the station. We ran back to the station then, from a distance, we saw and hear a big blast. The station was burring. We quickly ran there but the kids were in front of the burning building and they were no longer wearing any fur. They were like expecting we'd return.
There, I recognized my daughter. Then, suddenly they rushed towards us. I immediately took the tranquiller gun from Daniel, put dart in and aim it to my daughter. "I'm sorry for this, baby.", I said and took the shot. I hit her on right chest and, as a result, it slowed her down and eventually fell on the ground.
We ran at the same time shoot them with tranquillizers. One by one, they fell to the ground but there numbers were greater than the ammunitions we have. "One left!", Daniel shouted. I took the dart and shoot the boy that was running towards Jim. It hit him and fell on to Jim. Jim tried to stand back up but he was jumped over by two other kids and punching him and biting him to death. Meanwhile, Daniel and I kept running until we get stranded. It was a dead end and out last stand. Surrounded by walls of bricks, we decided to defend ourselves. All of the kids walked slowly toward us while we picked up something to defend us. I picked up 2 pipes and I gave the other one to Daniel. Then, suddenly, they rushed to us.
"I'M SORRY!", I shouted.

January 17 | Tuesday | 6:40 a.m.

It was a bloodbath. I was the only one who survived. I have never killed a child before, or a man. This town, this island once was a peaceful place. But, everything became hellish. We lived in a one big program. This was so inhumane.
I walked back to the street, back to my daughter, my baby…
Then…
It suddenly rain…
It washed all the blood that poured out of my body…
Weak…
And bleeding…
I approached my daughter and carried her…
Few minutes from now…
The place will blow up…
Can't even save everyone…
Can't even save my daughter…
…
…
I fell to the ground…
I couldn't go on much longer…
Then, I hugged my daughter…
I looked up the rain clouds…
And…
Saw my wife smiling at us…
"I'm sorry, baby!", I said as I cried while the rain dropping on my face…
…
…
"You've waited long enough. We're coming…", I cried.
…
Then, I hugged Sheena tightly as the ground shook and a bright light blinded me…
"I love you, Sheena. Baby, we're coming!"

~ F I N ~

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