Chapter 22 URBAN PHENOMENON

The cool evening wind blows into a city landscape full of tall towering structures, skyscrapers, a bustling city filled with pedestrians moving about to and fro. s

Some office workers in suits struggle to catch a train, police officers in black uniforms having a hard time controlling rampaged go-slow. There are modern houses and buildings here in the Benin metropolis. I Eji, came from a small town with little or no occurrences but Benin metropolis is on a whole new level. The day to fades with bright beautiful orange colors estimated time 6:35 pm.

Four human structure stands in front of an old abandoned four-story school building. The school structure is made of a thick wooden design, it has a similar design structure to Japanese high school with thick tree vines about the structure. Cracks and broken windows covered in thick layers of dust. The school annex is made up of a sports hall and track field. The compound is surrounded by rebellious towering grasses, vines and dead leafs littered the school.

Creak!

Sounds of a creaking entrance door made of thick wood and broken window glasses at the middle wide open with cobweb about it. Four students walking into the entrance hallway. The floor of the hallway is made of thick fine woods with thick dust. The entrance hallway has a broken bookshelf, wooden lockers, and the design of the locker is similar to a locker made in the early 60s. Ray of light shone brightly from a touch into a dusty classroom. The classroom is rectangular in shape with rusty desks, flipped chairs, broken tables, spider cobwebs about the classroom, and windows. The doors and floors of the school were made of wood with didn't crack holes on the wooden floors.

The four student stands in front of a door, class 3b. Talismans and charms sealed the door.

Boldly written on the door

"DO NOT OPEN, WHOEVER SO EVER OPENS SHALL EXPERIENCE A CURSE. THE HORRORS OF CLASS 3B. SEALED BY EXORCIST ASSOCIATION.

A palm stretch towards a shoulder cap

"Are you sure about this? Tracey.

"This place feels really off and creeping, am scared."

"Get your hands off me"

A sharp glare from Tracey's brown eyes as she turns her head towards the direction of the palm on her shoulder. Tracey was tall, pale skin, a long dark hair in a ponytail. She turns and looks at the girl with ocean eyes, blonde mermaid twist braid hair on king crest school uniform.

"Christ!"

"Christabel, if you are afraid, just turn back and leave. Why join the phenomenon club. We talked about these issues this morning, and don't interrupt me with this nonsense talk".

Tracy tore off the seal and the charms in front of the classroom door. She pressed opens the door, a creaking sound resounded through the hallway

A strong wind blows from the classroom into the hall with a howling sound.

''Are you sure about this'? Christabel spoke once again

"Oh for the love of Christ".

"Shut it" Tracy replied with a frown on her face.

The four students enter the classroom. it is dark due to the sunset fading tonight. The classroom is wide and rectangular in shape. The classroom window made of wood with broken window shards. Close to the entrance of the classroom was a bookshelf, broken school desk with cobwebs at the end of the hall. There is an old shelf clock made in the early 60s close to the chalkboard. More charms and talismans fill the room. Christabel and Tracey continue to argue when yukina cuts in.

"Please can we stop arguing over spilled milk? let's get what we came for and leave. Check the shelves for the yearbook yukina speaks politely'.

At the end of the wide classroom. Yukina stares at the old shelf clock that stops ticking a long time ago. The clock hour hand stops at exactly 12.30 midnight. She wipes the dust from the clock and her reflection made visible in the clock's mirror. She has dark eyes, red hair with fishtail braids. She was on king crest high school uniform of black. She stares into her wristwatch. The time is 6:45 pm. Tracy violently tears off the seals and at the same time, Tracey opens the bookshelf which is surrounded with sealed talisman and charms with the same warning as the doors 'DO NOT OPEN" Yet she ignores the warning, breaking of the ropes and seal and open an old shelf. A jar made of glass with a talisman about it falls to the ground violently shattering to pieces. A black neck bead rolls off to a corner. There is a write up written in the jar"

"NO CONDITION MUST THIS JAR GLASS BE OPEN. WHOSOEVER SHALL OPEN INHERITS THE DEATH CURSE OF CLASS 3B.

"CLANG!"

"CLANG"

The shelf clock bell rang out a loud resounding sound. For a moment, everyone pauses in shock as they stare in the direction of the sound.

Yukina startled wondering why a dead clock suddenly rang out.

"Tick tock, tick tock", the clock minutes hand suddenly begins to move.

"What the hell?" this shelf clock was not working a moment ago. Suprised

She stares into the old shelf clock.

The clock's minute hand continues ticking usually accompanied by a sheer amount of speed. The only difference she could notice is that the hour hand tick-tock backward from 12,11,10, 8,.7 6 and came to a full stop at exactly 6: 47 pm current time and rings out a resounding sound. Yukina is still staring at the shelf clock in disbelief when she suddenly notices a reflection in the glass. An image of a woman with black hair. Her hair is long from her head to her kneel. The hair covers most of her face leaving a pair of red gleaming eyes glaring at yukina. Her face and her teeth look like a decay human skull with live roundworms moving to and fro into her face. White long gown similar to a marriage dress stain in blood, worms, and dirt about it. Her feet and hands are black with long black thick fingernails. ,

yukina shuddering as the woman howls at her with her mouth made of a black void as she howls.