There he was , in front of me.

Lifeless .

I wish I never let him do it , I cried falling into Arsennio's arms .

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I wanted to describe the condition to Arsennio but we heard the footsteps again .

We disregarded them .

We were all alone and had no one to call for help. There laid Nico, dead and the both of us scared.

We stood in worry, not knowing what to do, encouraging each other and trying to smile in a house that is haunted .

Arsennio definitely knew a lot about Nico , but it was not the right time to speak about him .

'Why don't we find our way back out?' he asked .

Arsennio finds the switches to the light bulbs and turns them back on .

I shuffled towards Nico - to say goodbye , who was on the ground , knelt beside him and cried my heart out. I spoke to him as if I never ever did in my life , but just as I heaved my hand to lay it on his , something grabbed mine .

It was very muscular , so I guessed it was Arsennio and without looking down , I said :

'Arsennio it is not the time to mess ,' I angrily burst out .

'i am right here, I have not moved,' he shot back .

I turned around to face him and saw him standing just where he was , and looked back at my hand . As I looked down the grip got more parsimonious and it pulled me from Nico towards the door . I started screaming the life out of myself , the fact that I could not see it scared me even more .

Arsennio accomplished pulling me away from the grip before it would force me out of the door. Arsennio sat down alongside me , took my wounded and bruised hand in his, and leaned forward to sadly embrace me - I was shivering from the fear and that hug was the only thing I needed .

I squeezed him tighter .

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After the hug , I tried to mount up the firmness to stand up and go back to Nico , and I did . 

Arsennio closed the door this time . As soon as I perched beside him, I burst out screaming and crying buckets and buckets . I took his head and tenderly placed it on my lap .

I see Nico blink and feel his head moving on my legs .

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Nico ! I yell .

But just as I yell his name aloud , there was a response , not Nico but rather it was the wind that had gotten colder .

Then , there was an answer .

It was the light bulbs , they flickered once , twice , and then stopped .

Flickered again but it was more disturbing than before , and then turned off .

'Arsennio , you there ?,' I asked still having Nico on my lap .

'Yes love , still here,' he responded .

I put Nico back where he was - on the ground - and bent closer to give him a kiss .

But no , I could not say goodbye , I was interrupted , AGAIN .

It was Arsennio , he was hauled to the wall and then to a glass window which he hit so hard, that it shattered into pieces , leaving him hurt.

Then he struggled and begged to be left alone .

'Arsennio , I grabbed him and gave him a hug, you are staying with me , ok?' I cried. He nodded as he fell to the ground , weak and vulnerable . His face half bleeding and his left arm torn open .

I thought I would lose him , but he stood up and stayed .

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I hugged him once again .

I tore my dress making it look like a top, and wiped off as much blood as I could from him and wrapped the left over pieces on his arm covering the part exposing his flesh .

He tried his best to stay strong for me.

He pretended as if it was nothing.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Arsennio's POV : * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Besides the misery I was going through , I just wanted Silvia to be protected .

I told Silvia we had to go , I noticed that whatever that thing was, it wanted Nico and particularly just Nico - no one else near him. .

it took me a lot of establishing to convince her to forget what had happened and that it was best to leave him there .

Silvia is not stubborn, but she definitely does not listen to anyone when it comes to Nico.

She would do anything for him.

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But-

 He did not let me finish and just grasped my arm and started dragging me out of the room .

'Arsennio , can you at least let me finish!' I ordered.

No , No , No ! he yelled . 

I got the point😒

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As Arsennio grabs the doorknob , we hear voices .

We turn around.

There was no one .

We knew it was back or rather right there watching each and every move of ours .

Arsennio reached for my palm and held it so tight that I thought the bones would pop out .

He looked at me and winked at me as a signal .

'Ride or die,' I say

WHO ARE YOU! we scream unitedly .

The room was covered by a carpet of dust which rose to form a figure .

Arsennio gasped .

'You know her ,' I wondered .

'Yes , he was Nico's step brother,' he whispered .

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Nico has told me about his step brother before and he also said he died in a car accident and that he killed him , on purpose . But he never showed me how he looked like . So I always considered it as one of his unfunny jokes .

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'He is here for revenge,' I accidentally blurt out .

The figure moved closer to us .

Shhhhh.......he murmurs .

'But why us,' I whispered .

'I don't know and we should leave,' he whispered back .

The figure of the step brother suddenly disappears .

Taking the chance , we decided to escape .

As we turn around to face the door , we saw the doorknob move and lock . I freaked out .

Then we heard footsteps .

We turn to see......

Nico.....ON HIS FEET. ALIVE. 

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