Vivian had fainted. Kayla reacted quickly and grabbed Vivian's shoulders, with her heart beating faster because that is not a thing she expected to witness. Dave drew back startled, he was frightened at how she had fainted just by his handshake. His emotions was stirred, 'Oh is that how hot i look that she had to collapse like that just by touching my hands, these thought ran through his mind not knowing what was coming for him.

For a moment, the room felt silent: the sight of Vivian lying partly on the floor, the sudden shock on Dave's face, Kayla's tense and alert energy. The welcome moment had become something else entirely.

"Vivian!" Kayla whispered. She shook her gently, kneeling. Dave suddenly apologized and felt an awkward concern, hovered near the doorway, uncertain whether to help or retreat.

"Will...she..." He stuttered.

"Yeah...she will be fine" Kayla finished.

She set Vivian's jaw and pulled a bottled water from her bag, tipping it gently into her mouth while she sprinkled some on her face. The cool liquid hit Vivian's dry throat and slowly, she started regaining consciousness.

Vivian's eyes opened, and for a heartbeat she looked lost, like someone who just came back from hell.

"Are you okay?" Dave asked, voice almost like a whisper.

Vivian's gaze lingered on him. There was a new, strange clarity in it; as though the flash had left behind a residue of recognition that did not belong entirely to the present nor to her. She swallowed. "I...I saw something," she said, voice low and shaky. "It was... like a memory that wasn't mine."

Dave's eyes twitched, a smile that tried to be real but filled with tension. "Maybe you're just overwhelmed," he guessed. "First day, new school. It usually happens."

Kayla's brow remained furrowed. "She doesn't faint," she said, quiet enough that it sounded like a verdict. "Not usually" She finished.

Dave rubbed the back of his neck, a bit nervous. "Still, apologies for the fright. I didn't mean to let such happen".

"It's fine," Vivian whispered, sat up with Kayla's help.

"Guess we can no longer go to the party." Her voice sounded pitiful but She shook off her dizziness with a laugh.

Kayla looked between Vivian and Dave, she could see the tension between them, she saw curiosity there, but shrouded by something else. She tucked Vivian's hand into hers and guided her to a seat so she won't fall.

Dave thought a second before saying, "Well, if you need anything, please do let me know...welcome again."

He smiled, and then left with a lingering bother in his mind.

Vivian pressed her palms to her forehead feeling the echo of the flash like a faint afterimage. Kayla watched her with the same fierce quietness she reserved for a problem that required a solution.

"Did you see what I saw?" Vivian asked after a minute.

"No," Kayla answered without hesitation. "And don't tell me you want to be dramatic about it." Her tone softened just enough to show she cared.

Vivian laughed and said "No drama. But... something felt strange. I felt like I knew him for a second."

Kayla chuckled and responded "Maybe you should be careful around him," she continued "New people, new trouble."

Vivian nodded, twisting her fingers into Kayla's. "The party would have to be put on hold for now while you regain strength" Kayla said, but Vivian seemed to disagree.

Vivian changed her dress, held on to Kayla's hands and took off to the party.

They did not yet know if the flash was a coincidence, or something stranger woven into the seams of their lives. But they had each other and Landa Talents College, that felt like a beginning worth holding on to and that is all that mattered to them right now.

After the party, they came back to the hostel. The night went by and they all went to sleep.

In the morning, Kayla woke up and tapped Vivian gently "Wake up sleepy head, it's a new day" She said as she removed the blanket slowly from her body.

Dave, on the other side, woke up really tired from yesterday's door-to-door welcome speech he did and yes he went for the party but couldn't stay longer there. His heart was troubled from whatever had happened with Vivian last night.

He stood up and went close to the window to enjoy the view of early morning bliss, he yawned loudly and sighed. He then went on with his daily routine and rushed off to check up on Vivian.

When he got there, he knocked and Kayla opened the door, with a fake smile and a heavy sigh she said "Oh, it is you again!". She told him to come in and he sat close to Vivian on the bed. With great concern he asked "How are you feeling today?".

Vivian answered with a slight smile on her face "Well, I feel much better".

"Okay, let me take a look at your hands to be sure you are okay" he insisted.

He held her hands out of care to see maybe she hurt herself yesterday, guess that was the greatest mistake of his life. Immediately their hands made contact with each other again, she gasped sharply and fell to the floor.

This time around water couldn't help wake her up. Kayla and Dave rushed her to the hospital affiliated with the college where she was attended to and that was when her true self began to awake.

At the hospital, some blood samples were taken by the Nurse to run some tests "Is this necessary?" Kayla asked.

"Yes, I just want to be sure if anything else is wrong with her but for now she's fine, just a little sign of pain" Nurse replied.

Kayla had a seat beside Vivian holding her hand and said "I hope you're fine girl, don't mess up my mind". With her defense and protective instinct, she stood up and followed the Nurse secretly to be sure the bloods that were collected were for the reasons she mentioned.

She became worried and afraid they might find out who Vivian really was and they would make her a lab rat for their experiment which might bring destruction and chaos which might as well cause pain to her friend. "I definitely do not trust this f*ck*ng scientists or doctors or whatever they are been called" She whispered to herself.

When she saw the Nurse hadn't done anything suspicious with the blood, she went back to Vivian and on her way she met Dave and asked what he was doing outside instead of being inside but he didn't give a response, rather he ignored her.

After a while, Dave who refused to come to the ward initially, decided to go in, took a chair and sat, he asked Kayla out of curiosity "Are you two sisters or friends?"

"We are friends like sisters" She answered.

"Okay, that's cool then" He responded with a smack on his lips, an arrogant and a heart filled with pride and curiosity, the conversation continued...

"So, I just have a few questions and I really don't want you to be offended, just that I'm curious as to what brought you girls to Landa Talents College and which family are you two from exactly cause seriously you girls look nothing like rich people to me and I don't think either of your parents can afford this college except you got lucky through scholarship since it's mostly for the classy, kings and queens and the caliber of people like that".

Kayla was reluctant to respond but she eventually did. " Does it really matter! We are here to learn and be successful in life and I don't think it matters if we are to look rich or not, we all have a purpose in life and each person bears the pain, the consequences and the joy of his/her purpose on earth. Either rich or poor, who cares!"

Dave was speechless as that wasn't the answer he expected. On the contrary, Dave is from a very rich background and his father held a high position as the biggest shareholder in the college, he is well known for his arrogance, disrespectful and I-don't-care attitude he gives to people but yet he is one of the hottest guys in school...and truly we bear the consequences of our actions and purposes, don't we!

Vivian screamed as she woke up, trying to grasp for breathe, she startled the both of them.

"What the heck is wrong with you, scared the sh*t out of me...if you knew you couldn't control yourself holding his hands then you shouldn't have held him at all " Kayla said, partially p*ss*d with how she got startled.

Vivian gave Dave a sharp and fierce look...

He felt threatened by the way she looked at him. "Oops, that looks scary" Dave said, with a fearful chuckle. His heart was beating fast, he felt like she knew something no one had ever known about him.

"Why did you kill her?" Vivian questioned Dave, her voice trembled.

Caught by surprise, he asked " Killed who?".

Vivian yelled at Dave " Do not pretend not to know what I'm talking about".

"Vivian darling, can you please stop this madness, you're seriously scaring me with that kind of energy you're resonating" Kayla said, quite nervous.

Vivian's voice changed to a deeper tone and looked at Dave with a rageful eye..

"He killed his own sister, why acting like I'm lying!"

Dave almost fell off the chair in shock, fear gripped his heart, he suddenly felt sweaty and restless. This was a secret no one knew about except himself. 'How could she possibly know, no one else knows ' this were the thoughts running through his mind.

He acted out of line, took on a who-gives-a-fuck attitude and responded with a shuddering breathe " What the fuck are you even blabbering about, did the fall affected your brain or something... why would I kill my own sister and who are you to question me?" Dave's voice stuttered and his hands trembled, you could tell he was guilty as charged but covering it with a pretense.

Vivian's eyes turned red and black which was unusual. At this point, Kayla knew something was about to happen, so she ran out of the ward to go call a Doctor.

"Doctor, I think something is wrong with my friend" She said, breathing heavily like someone who had ran a few metres race. The Doctor with Kayla rushed down to the room.

On getting back to the room, Vivian was nowhere to be found and in Kayla's thoughts "Hope it isn't what I'm thinking, has she yielded to her powers or what exactly is this!". She stamped her feet on the ground.

Doctor asked "Where's your friend? Thought you said she needed help, isn't she supposed to be here?"

Kayla was confused and didn't know what to say or explain to him than to lie "Well...I thought she was here but I guess it was just fear...you know what I mean?" She stuttered.

Doctor nodded negatively in disagreement "No, I don't know what you meant but I think you should go find your friend". He was about to take his leave when his legs froze. He couldn't move and he just stood there like a dummy. Kayla sensed that it was Vivian, so the Doctor won't go out to call on any other person. So, Kayla went for the door and shut it.

Dave was already taken in another dimension, a dark and scary place. He kept hearing whispers "Why did you kill your sister you wicked soul?" Dave got more scared and covering his ears with his hands "I didn't kill her...not I didn't" he screamed. Suddenly, he found himself in his hostel's room sitting on the bed.

"What is going on...I thought I was somewhere and here I am at my hostel...what the heck is going on?" He whispered quietly to himself. His mind was already messing with him.

He couldn't wrap his head around what was happening, he decided not to bother himself about it and went on with his life. Vivian on the other hand disappeared back to the hospital, the doctor suddenly became conscious and asked"How is your friend now?" He was like a robot being controlled with a remote, he couldn't remember a thing from whatever happened.

Kayla gave a fake smile and answered "She is fine Doc., I believe you can take your leave now. Thanks for your assistance". Vivian rested on the bed, sighed heavily and asked Kayla "What happened to me?".

Kayla gave a light chuckle and answered "Nothing dear, you are fine now". She was trying to prevent any further cause for alarm.Dave went on believing all was fine not until when he was at lectures, he started to hear those whispers again "Why did you kill her?". He first didn't pay much attention to it, but a felt a sudden shivers down his spine, goosebumps all over his body but he smiled it off.

"Why did you kill her?" The voice echoed louder in his ears. He moved closer to his friend sitting next to him "Did you hear that?". Tommy, his best friend was a bit confused "Hear what?"

"The voice thing, like some voices that sounded horrible, you didn't hear that?"He asked.

"I hear nothing bro. Are you sure you are okay, Dave?" He asked out of concern.

"Yeah, I'm fine...I should be" He answered, a bit unsure.

"You can always talk to me, you know that right?" Tommy replied.

"Yeah, sure but why are you telling me all this. Never said shit was wrong with me" Dave responded.

"Well, you've being acting so strange lately. I mean you barely eat, you are always whispering to yourself, you always brush off your ears like something was hovering over it...a lot of strange things bro" Tommy explained.

Dave never knew his attitude has changed that much or maybe he had being acting up, he lied "It's nothing much Tommy, just passing through some stuff".

"Or is your dad pressurizing again?" Tommy asked. Dave's dad had never really seen him as someone who could take over his company someday, after the incident that happened while he was at highschool, doing drugs and covering up his shits.

He had been trying so hard since then to prove a point to his father that he deserved it. His sister's death didn't make things easy for him either, it got even more worse. Though treasured by his mother, his father never saw him as a child with potentials.

He sobbed quietly "I really don't know Tommy...been feeling like shit nowadays. Sometimes, I just feel like leaving everything behind"

Tommy felt sudden sadness and he held Dave's hands "You are going to be fine. Just keep your cool, be focused and stop trying to prove yourself. Maybe one day, he'd come around and accept you for who you are" Tommy gave him some words of encouragement.

Vivian had been discharged from the hospital two days after the incident and she went on with her life too. On a fateful evening, Vivian and Kayla was asleep in their room. Vivian fell to the floor and went quiet, Kayla opened her eyes and saw Vivian on the floor, she tried helping her up but couldn't, he weight had become more heavy like that of a dead person.

Kayla tried to scream but her voice became inaudible, she tried to open the door but it was shut and refused to open. She knew something was wrong and definitely Vivian was no longer herself. She gave up and just sat beside her on the floor.

Dave just finished lectures and was on his way to his hostel with Tommy and some few friends when he heard the whispers again "How do you want to die, the easy way or the hard way?".

He ignored but the voice sounded more louder and terrifying "You killed her and now she wants you dead but first let me know, why did you kill her?". Dave fell to the floor, vibrating and suddenly he stood up firm and began to run. Tommy and his other friends followed him immediately. "What happened to him?" Fred, one of his other friends asked Tommy .

"I don't know" Tommy answered sharply.

Dave kept running towards his hostel, other students saw him, some made mockery of him and some felt concerned and worried about him. He went through the stairs a bit too fast but didn't fall, he opened the door and shut it hard, bolted it behind and went on his knees crying.

"Finally, someone is about to confess, right?" The voice thickened.

He began to feel something like a fire burning from inside of him, he screamed out loud in pain and agony. Tommy and others heard his screams and ran faster. They tried opening the door but the louder the scream, they got something to force the door opened and when they did, Dave was nowhere to be found.

The moment Dave disappeared, so did Vivian too. Kayla's scream couldn't be heard, Vivian had used her powers to block it and also to shut the door. Kayla got a bit scared but at the same time she knew if anything was going to happen, she could protect herself at the very least. "If I do not see her in the next two hours, It means something terrible had probably happened to her" She whispered to herself. She felt restless, roaming around the room.

Dave woke up to find himself in a chair, he tried to move but he was chained on his legs, hands and body. He coughed and tried to speak but was hushed.

"Exhale first, you are really going to need it" Voice echoed.

Dave breath in and out multiple times and finally he said something "I can explain, please" He pleaded.

"Your sister pleaded with you to spare her life too, didn't she?" Voice asked.

Dave began to cry, he tried to talk but was overwhelmed with tears rolling down his cheek. A metal clang dropped to the floor, he heard the metal being dragged slowly with the sound of heels moving as quiet as possible. 'It is definitely a female' he thought. The drag continued and seemed to be closer to him, it was thrown right next to him and he shouted.

"Don't worry, ain't gonna hurt you just yet" Voice said, continued..."but I will hurt you soon if you do not confess of your sins, Dave".

He swallowed and then finally he opened up and confessed.

"Alright...I had always wanted to be the heir to my father's company and his wealth all round but he seemed not to see the efforts I was putting in, yet he acknowledged my sister for every little thing and..." he got interrupted "And why was that, what did you do to your father that made him detest his own son, depriving him of his right?" He was questioned.

He answered "I got into trouble while I was in high school, I did drugs and almost got expelled, as a billionaire's son it all got covered and expulsion was impossible. I think that was the moment I fucked it all up so I kept trying my best to prove to him I was a changed person" he exhaled sharply.

"Were you really changed! I think your dad knew you were really not worth it. If I was your dad, i'd choose your sister over again, she was humble and respectful I guess but you had to end her life brutally" The voice expressed.

"It wasn't brutal okay. Yeah, I got jealous but I really didn't mean to kill her. I just wanted to end my own life so she could have it all since I was invaluable to him. I litted my drink with an overdose, I dropped it off on my desk...then went quickly to the bathroom to have a quiet moment first. I heard a knock on my room's door but i ignored, she opened but didn't pay much attention to it. She walked in and she saw the drink" He took a pause and gulped.

He sniffled and continued "I didn't know she would come in at that moment nor drink the wine I dropped on my desk. I came out of the bathroom and saw that she had even exhausted the drink. I took the cup from her and scolded her for taking what was mine. She thought I was not serious about it and she ran playfully to her room..."

He paused again, felt sobber and continued... "Few minutes later, l went to her room and met her struggling, she couldn't breath properly and was bleeding from her nose, didn't know what to do so I tried calling an ambulance but a thought ran through my mind that it was an opportunity for me to inherit it all. So, she held on to me begging to save her life but I didn't, I watched her die....I know I was so selfish and I regretted it but I loved my sister" He explained. He couldn't control his emotions or hold on to that tears any longer, he cried bitterly.

After his confession, he felt something crawling on his skin like the root of a tree, his breath was shaky as fear overwhelmed him, the voice echoed louder and scarier than before "Here is my judgement" laughed hysterically.

There was a sudden spark of light in the room and Dave began to burn from the inside as the roots crawled slowly into his body, he screamed in so much pain, no matter how loud he screamed, his voice was never heard by anyone...He grunted in pain, asked for help but no one could save him. This was the first evil committed and the first judgement made by the true heir.

Kayla stood there, waiting patiently for Vivian's to appear, it had been over an hour already. As she was about to have her seat, a heavy breeze blew, she thought it was Vivian but she got disappointed, it wasn't her, it was no one!

Dave wasn't dead yet, he was at the verge of dying and gradually losing his breath but before the last air was drawn out of him, the voice whispered into his ears "I am whom you'll never know nor live to see, I'm not a murderer, but I do whatever pleases me with whomever i want, you should have never awakened me".

There was more fire from his inside and it gushed out of his mouth till he lost his breath and died, her laughter filled the dark room, with wickedness and horror in her eyes, glowing bright red even in the dark.

"This is just the beginning" she said.

Tommy and the others went to back down to search for him, maybe they heard wrong. Tommy went to get security and they came to the hostel but didn't find him, but he was assured that maybe he had gone out or he was never there. When they tried to explain what had happened, none of the security believed them. "If he was truly in the room as claimed, he couldn't just disappear like that" Security murmured. Though they made sure to put a call through to his parents, and they were aware of the situation: "Don't worry, he will be fine, he acts stupid sometimes" Dave's dad response to the call.

Back to Kayla, the room's door opened by itself, she got scared at first and she stepped out and walked slowly. She went to the hospital to talk to the doctor or nurse if they had seen Vivian but when she got there, what she met was different and heartbreaking. "Something seems off, I can feel it" She whispered to herself as she walked in.

When she got to the reception, she asked "Please, have you seen my friend, Vivian...uhm..she is a bit tall, looks older than I am, long brown hair and..." She got interrupted "I haven't seen anyone with such description" The receptionist answered briefly.

She walked out of the hospital through the back just to look around when she saw Vivian on the floor, unconscious. She gasped and rushed towards her, lifted her up partially and said her name while shaking her off multiple times but she didn't answer. She carried her with all her strength and took her into the hospital, she was taken from her and laid her on her bed in an empty ward.

The Nurse that helped her back in, attended to her and gave her drips that could help her out of her unconsciousness.

A day after the incident, she woke up with a slight headache "What happened?" She asked. "I should be asking you that girl or you don't remember?" Kayla asked.

"I don't know shit Kayla" Vivian responded, her body was still weak but she was okay. Kayla went to get the nurse and necessary tests were taken until proven okay.

Vivian got discharged in the morning of the second day. They both left for their hostel. Kayla needed some answers, she questioned Vivian "Do you remember what happened when we got here yesterday?".

"Nope, what happened?" She asked, clueless about what had happened.

"Nothing...never mind, let's just have some rest and afterwards we can go home to see your mom, just to go check up on her" She responded.

Kayla again lost in her own thoughts 'Could she have hurt Dave?, Naaahhh, that doesn't make any sense, she's no wicked human, just got the wrong powers, she can't even hurt a roach'.

Vivian fell asleep and Kayla left the room quietly and went out as she heard noises from outside the hostel gate. She got closer and saw a large crowd. The press, students and the school managements were there, people taking pictures and out of curiosity she asked one of the students standing next to her "What is going on here?"

The student answered"Dave Hurst's body was found outside the boy's hostel gate this morning... it's really not looking good at all"

"Suicide?" Kayla asked, was curious.

"Heard he was acting all weird yesterday after lectures, his friend Tommy told the director" Student responded.

Kayla asked "Where was his body found exactly?"

"Outside the gate, thought I already told you that...gosh" she responded out of frustration. She student walked away with a hiss of pity.

Kayla was surprised, left the scene and rushed back to the room out of anger to question Vivian but on getting inside, she couldn't find her. She went to the hospital to look for her but she wasn't there, she went to the doctor's office to ask if he had seen her friend but as she opened the door, she saw something else, with a slight fall to the ground still holding on to the door, she screamed out loud "Haahhh".

Some of the Nurses rushed down to her as they heard the scream and saw the doctor dead on his chair, one of them opened the door a little wider and she got shocked when she saw a dead Nurse too, with blood still flowing out from their ears and nose. The nurse broke down in tears. "There are two of them" The nurse alerted.

Both the Doctor and the Nurse (the doctor who froze when Kayla had called for help with the nurse that helped her in when she was found) who took care of Vivian. Kayla sat on the floor in despair, sobbed while the Nurses rushed the Doctor and the Nurse declared to be dead to the mortuary. They put a call through to each of them families, autopsy was conducted and it was found out that they were poisoned but who could have done such!

At this point, Kayla became sure of one thing that Vivian killed Dave, the Doctor and the Nurse but the question is 'why?'. She asked herself 'By chance, is she killing her witnesses, those that were there when the incident with Dave happened?'. She wasn't scared initially but at this point she became scared if she was the next person to be killed as she doesn't know nor trust what Vivian's powers could do anymore.

She couldn't go back to the hostel, she became restless and needed someone to talk to someone, so she brought out her phone from her pocket and put a call through to her mom, her mom picked up the call "Hey mom, I'm coming home and I really need to talk to you". She hung up the call and went straight to the bus terminal to get a ride home.

On getting home, she met her now biggest nightmare Vivian with her mom in the house, her heart trembled in fear, she got nervous and said "Oh hi Vivian, I didn't know you were here". She gave a fake smile and walked off to the kitchen to check on her mom. Vivian could sense the fear in her and followed her to call her outside before she could get to tell her mom anything; not because she was guilty but she could read through her that she was afraid.

"You look scared...wait...do you think I killed the three of them! You should know me better that I wouldn't, the Doctor and Nurse did nothing wrong to me neither did Dave" She said and exhaled sharply. She continued... "Kayla, I really don't understand what's going on and I came here to check on your mom if anything was wrong since she's the one closer to our school. I just came here to protect her and to cool my head off".

She was unhappy that Kayla couldn't trust her and came all the way home to see if she had hurt her mom, she assured her "No matter what, believe me I would never hurt your mom nor you, I promise".

Kayla replied with her voice a bit crackled "You didn't think something could happen to me too? I mean those that took care of you are all gone, Dave is gone too: not even sure what he did wrong but he is fucking dead. I could be next not my mom".

Vivian responded "But you can protect yourself and I believe nothing or no one can hurt you as long as i am here".

They both held each other's hands and went back in, went for the kitchen to meet Kayla's mom (Stephanie) who was washing the dishes.

Few minutes after, a voice whispered to Vivian "Kill her" but she feigned ignorance; the voices were on repetition in her head "Kill her" but she resisted and told Kayla she had to leave.

"Why are you leaving so soon, why don't you wait for dinner?" Stephanie asked.

"No mom, see you next time, I gotta go" She answered and left without looking back.

"Are you girls cool?" Stephanie asked Kayla, she thought maybe they had a few misunderstanding.

"Yes mom, she's not just feeling herself recently" she replied.

Kayla wondered why she had to leave suddenly but she couldn't hold her back either. Few minutes later, she got a call from Vivian, she answered "Hello Vivian, have you left for school or went home?" She asked.

"Can you come and meet me at that abandoned temple close to the Old forest way?" She hung up the call without giving Kayla the chance to respond.

Kayla hesitated at first but she remembered the promise they both made to each other 'No matter what might happen, if any of them calls the other for anything or needed help, they must respond'

Well, such promise is difficult to keep but not with the two friends.

Kayla took her jacket and bid her mom good bye, she headed straight to the temple at the Old forest way, which was thirty minutes away from her home.

She entered into the temple and saw Vivian holding a knife.

Her heart skipped a bit "What the fuck is she holding a knife for?" She said quietly.