THE NERD ALPHA Chapter 12

It started when Luke and Valentina were on higher ground and witnessed Jessica Jane -a member of Patricia Bowleans' friend-arriving at an empty warehouse and forcing Rei to enter it.

Luke 's shoulder that he could reach. "Oh look, Luke. That's the haunted cellar I told you about."

Erm... Luke couldn't remember when the girl had told this story, but nevertheless this was good information because soon there was a scream from inside and Patricia and the five other girls immediately closed the barn door from the outside. Then, laughing, they ran away. Luckily, Luke had recorded their foul behavior beforehand. Even to the point where Patricia Bowleans had disappeared down there. Luke swore and he told Valentina Miller to call the police immediately.

"On what should I say?" One stupid question from a stupid girl.

"Just think about it! If someone was being held captive in the barn, do you think we would report them happily playing hide-and-seek?!"

"Oh, okay, okay. No need to get so angry. I'm just kidding," she said with a soft laugh.

But at the same time, even before Valentina pressed the button 1-1 after the 9, they looked back, towards higher ground. Then Valentina looked back at Luke with a frown.

"Did you hear that, Luke?"

"I guess... someone called my name, right?"

Hurriedly, Valentina shook her head. Herface looked serious.

"No. That's not it. Looks like there's an animal up there. I hear the sound of her breathing. I hope it's not a bear or a wild boar. We better get the Japanese girl free and get out of here, Luke."

Even though he still hates his ex-girlfriend, Luke agrees with the idea. Swiftly, Luke grabbed Valentina's wrist and immediately ran towards the empty warehouse where Rei was still screaming for help to open the door while crying. Jumping over the rocks, Luke was still trying to keep his thoughts in check.

"Animals? Nonsense, Val. Someone definitely called me earlier."

"Whose voice?"

Luke looked up, unsure, and kept repeating the whispers he heard. " Luke. Are you Luke Bright ... sort of."

Then they were both silent until they arrived in front of the warehouse. Saying from behind the door to calm Rei. "It's me, Rei. Luke and Val. Don't worry. We'll open the door for you."

And he didn't know what else to do now because suddenly there was a gust of wind as strong as this morning, from the direction of the descent that Patricia and her gang had passed. It was really tight until Luke reflexively shielded Valentina into his chest with one hand holding on to the metal handle of the barn door. Take shelter from the pebbles and leaves that float around indiscriminately. The two of them just flew away. Meanwhile, Rei sees Luke already and she kept banging on the door, but this time she didn't ask for it to be opened so she could get out, but shouting;

"Luke! Quickly open the door and come in, Luke! Quickly!"

Three seconds later, the wind began to slow down and Luke managed to push the warehouse door open. Her screams competed with the screams from the direction of the descent earlier which, unexpectedly, turned out to be Patricia Bowleans and her friends who were running frantically to return to the warehouse. They all screamed hysterically in fear of something they might witness. Jessica Jane roared at Luke and Valentina, "Get inside! Hurry inside!" Pointing to the warehouse door that was successfully opened.

That Laura Dunhall tripped over a tree root, but none of her friends helped her. So Luke moved there and said to Valentina Miller.

"Come in, Val. I'll help him."

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Valentina scrambled to enter with Patricia Bowleans, Jessica Jane , Rose Anee , and Chairine Falls. Even so, the four of them were still selfish and self-serving. After pushing Rei who felt he was blocking the entrance so that he fell backwards-his palm was bleeding until it was pierced by a small rusty nail-then Patricia ordered Rose Anee and Chairine Falls to close the door.

"Wait! Are you crazy?!" Valentina encouraged Rose Anee not to close the door. "Luke and your friends are even running over here!"

Immediately, Patricia hit Valentina on the back of the head angrily and snapped back.

"Fuck?! Do you know what we saw just now?!"

Luckily, Luke managed to get Laura Dunhall in when Val argued with Patricia. At that moment, Rose Anee and Chairine Falls closed and slid the metal latch on the inner door.

Laura Dunhall said through eyes shaking with horror, "We got caught up in a pack of wolves on our way out of the woods. Many. There were many..."

Apparently, there's no need for further explanation as the proof is here now. The wolf pack that Laura Dunhall said , was already outside. Barking, howling, and scratching against the side walls of this shed. Valentina and Rei embraced when they heard that while Patricia exclaimed as if she remembered something.

"The back door! What about the back door?!" He sounded panicked.

"I... I'll check. You guys stay here first. Keep your heads out of the window and don't make much noise," Luke said.

Even though he was scared, because he was the only man here, Luke still hurtled towards the back of the warehouse building and was back in half a minute. Thankfully knowing the back door is pretty secure. It had even been blocked off with boards nailed crosswise. Then, Luke sat down on the floor and reflexively covered Valentina's and Rei's heads within his arms. There were no other thoughts other than to protect these two girls in quite a dire situation.

Now the main problem is with the wolves out there. They're really aggressive. Some of the glass windows even began to show the line of cracks and the warehouse door also seemed to be almost broken. Plus, Patricia and her gang screamed non-stop. Really chaotic and unconducive. The only thing that managed to free Luke from the pressure of this fear was the sound of howling that followed one after another.

To be honest, for Luke Bright, the howls of the wolves are not that disturbing, but instead they sound comfortable to the ear. Really. He wasn't lying. Just imagine it like this; You are in the house with your parents who are having a big fight. Then from outside comes the typical ice cream truck music that makes you want to go out to buy it and forget about your parents' fights.

Well, that's for example. Just like how Luke felt right now. This second...

"Luke!" Valentina and Rei snapped together.

"You are crazy?!" Valentina Miller cursed, pulling Luke down to keep him on the floor. Made his butt hurt for a moment.

Luke didn't really come to his senses when he stood up and stared out the window where two wolves were being attacked from outside-you could even see their drool and fangs chattering inside their muzzles-then Luke let out a mock howl. Of course, the hordes of wild animals out there joined in and that's what made Rei and Valentina angry.

Then, who knows how long these teenagers have been surrounded by the wolf group. What must have felt like a long time and a window pane managed to be broken a little so that the muzzle of one of the wolves seemed to be trying to squeeze in. But then failed because of pain by the sharp edges of the broken glass.

And they were all about to give up when the siren of a police car and five beams of light shone brightly from outside the building which had made the wolves run backwards. Dodge. Also accompanied by sound that is heard through the speakers ;

"... the kids! Make sure there are kids in there!"

The teenagers immediately cried and were grateful that the police had come. The girls' terrified cries turned into happy tears. Luke turned to Valentina with a relieved and grateful smile, but Val said , " I didn't call 911 yet. There's no signal here."

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