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HOW THE COPPER POSTED TO OUR SCHOOL SLEPT WITH EVERYONE IN MY CLASS… UNTIL I EXPOSED HIM 😱🔥PART NINE — THE GIRL WHO WAS ...
12/09/2026

HOW THE COPPER POSTED TO OUR SCHOOL SLEPT WITH EVERYONE IN MY CLASS… UNTIL I EXPOSED HIM 😱🔥

PART NINE — THE GIRL WHO WAS NEVER MISSING 😰💔

“Run!”

Copper's voice echoed through the darkness.

I grabbed Michael's hand.

Peter grabbed mine.

And we ran.

We didn't care where we were going.

We flew down the hostel staircase, through the corridor and straight toward the main school building.

Behind us, we heard footsteps.

Tap…

Tap…

Tap…

Someone was following us.

“Don't look back!” Michael shouted.

Peter was already crying.

“I'm not looking back! I value my life!” 😭

We reached the main gate.

Locked.

Michael pulled it.

Nothing.

Then suddenly—

CLICK.

The gate opened.

We ran outside.

Nobody stopped us.

Nobody followed.

At least…

that's what we thought.

We didn't stop until we reached the road.

I bent over, trying to catch my breath.

Michael looked back at the school.

“Something is seriously wrong.”

Peter shook his head.

“Something? Everything is wrong!”

I remembered the messages.

Sandra's uniform.

The photographs.

The voice.

Room 7.

Then I remembered one thing.

“Sandra.”

Michael looked at me.

“We need to find her.”

Peter nodded.

“Her house.”

We immediately headed to Sandra's house.

The entire journey, my mind was racing.

What if the voice really was hers?

What if the uniform meant she had been attacked?

What if Copper had done something to her?

When we finally reached her house, I ran straight to the door.

I knocked.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

A woman opened it.

It was Sandra's mother.

The moment she saw us, her face changed.

“Mercy?”

“Ma, where is Sandra?”

She looked confused.

“She's inside.”

I froze.

“Inside?”

“Yes.”

Michael stepped forward.

“She's here?”

Sandra's mother nodded.

“She has been sick for days.”

My mouth dropped open.

“Sick?”

She looked at us strangely.

“Yes. She hasn't been feeling well since she stopped coming to school.”

Peter's jaw fell open.

“Wait…”

He looked at Michael.

“So Sandra wasn't missing?”

Sandra's mother frowned.

“Missing?”

I couldn't speak.

She led us inside.

And there she was.

Sandra.

Lying on the bed.

Pale.

Weak.

But alive.

The moment she saw me, tears filled her eyes.

“Mercy…”

I rushed to her.

“Sandra!”

I hugged her carefully.

“You're alive!”

She stared at me.

“Why wouldn't I be?”

I pulled away.

“Because the school made us believe something had happened to you!”

Sandra looked confused.

“What school?”

I looked at Michael.

Then Peter.

Something wasn't adding up.

Sandra slowly sat up.

“I haven't been to school since I became sick.”

My heart started pounding.

“But we found your uniform in the old girls' hostel.”

Her face changed.

“What?”

“And your photograph was inside Room 7.”

Sandra stared at me.

“I have never been inside that hostel.”

Silence.

Peter whispered:

“Then who put all those things there?”

Nobody answered.

Sandra suddenly grabbed my hand.

“Mercy…”

Her voice became serious.

“Tell me everything.”

I told her.

The photographs.

The files.

The messages.

The voice.

Copper.

Zainab.

The principal.

Everything.

Sandra became visibly frightened.

Then she whispered:

“Copper.”

Michael leaned closer.

“What about him?”

Sandra looked toward the bedroom door.

“Did he ever tell you about the girls?”

“What girls?”

Sandra swallowed.

“The girls in our class.”

My heart sank.

“What about them?”

She looked at me.

“Mercy…”

Her voice trembled.

“Copper has been getting close to almost every girl in our class.”

Peter frowned.

“Close how?”

Sandra hesitated.

“He made them feel special.”

He gave some of them gifts.

He offered private counselling.

He told some of them their problems were confidential.

He gained their trust.

Then he crossed boundaries that a teacher should never cross.

Some girls became emotionally attached to him.

Others were afraid to speak.

And some…

Sandra's eyes filled with tears.

“…were manipulated into secret relationships with him.”

The room became silent.

Michael's fists tightened.

“How many?”

Sandra looked at us.

“Almost every girl he managed to get close to.”

I couldn't believe it.

“Even Zainab?”

Sandra nodded.

“Zainab knew more than anyone.”

Peter whispered:

“That's why she hated every girl around him.”

Sandra nodded.

“But Zainab wasn't the only one.”

“Who else?”

Sandra looked directly at me.

“The principal.”

My heart stopped.

“The principal knew?”

Sandra nodded slowly.

“He knew Copper was using his position to get close to students.”

Michael stood up.

“Then why didn't he stop him?”

Sandra's answer was terrifying.

“Because Copper wasn't doing it alone.”

Nobody spoke.

Then Sandra said:

“Zainab was helping him.”

I stared at her.

“Helping him?”

“She would find out which girls liked Copper. She would tell him who was vulnerable. And whenever someone threatened to expose him…”

Sandra stopped.

“Something happened.”

Peter's voice trembled.

“What kind of something?”

Sandra looked at me.

“They would make the girl look like a liar.”

My blood ran cold.

Then I remembered the photographs.

The files.

The messages.

The fake clues about Sandra.

I whispered:

“They were doing the same thing to me.”

Michael nodded.

“They wanted us to believe Sandra was dead.”

Sandra suddenly grabbed my arm.

“No.”

I looked at her.

“They didn't just want you to believe I was dead.”

She swallowed.

“They wanted you frightened enough to stop asking questions.”

Then—

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Someone knocked on the front door.

Everyone froze.

Sandra's mother looked toward the sitting room.

“Who could that be?”

Michael whispered:

“Don't open it.”

The knocking came again.

BANG! BANG!

Then a familiar voice spoke from outside.

“Mrs. Sandra?”

My blood froze.

It was the principal.

Sandra stared at me.

“Why is he here?”

Nobody answered.

Then another voice joined him.

A woman's voice.

Zainab.

“Ma, we came to check on Sandra.”

Peter whispered:

“They followed us.”

Michael slowly moved toward the curtain.

He looked outside.

Then immediately stepped backward.

“What?”

He whispered:

“They're not alone.”

I moved closer.

Through the tiny gap in the curtain, I saw a car parked across the street.

Copper was sitting inside.

Watching the house.

Not moving.

Not blinking.

Just watching.

Sandra began trembling.

“They know I'm alive.”

Then the principal knocked again.

This time, his voice sounded different.

Cold.

“Mercy, open the door.”

I stepped backward.

He knew I was inside.

Then Zainab spoke from outside.

“Mercy…”

She laughed softly.

“You really thought Sandra was dead?”

My blood ran cold.

She continued:

“That's the problem with you.”

A pause.

“You believe everything you see.”

Michael whispered:

“Don't answer.”

Then Copper's voice came from the car outside.

Even though he was far away…

we heard him clearly.

“The game isn't over, Mercy.”

Sandra started crying.

I looked at Michael.

Then Peter.

We finally understood.

The school wasn't trying to kill Sandra.

They were trying to make us believe she was already gone.

And if we had believed them…

we would never have discovered the truth about Copper.

But now we knew.

Copper had been using his position to manipulate girls in our class.

Zainab had helped him.

The principal had protected him.

And someone had been carefully covering everything up.

I looked through the curtain again.

Copper was still staring at the house.

Then he slowly raised his hand.

And pointed directly at me.

He smiled.

TO BE CONTINUED… 😱🔥

PART TEN — COPPER KNOWS WE KNOW 😨💔

😰 Why did the principal protect Copper?

👀 What exactly did Zainab do to the girls who tried to expose him?

🔥 How many girls had Copper manipulated?

💔 And now that Mercy, Michael, Peter and Sandra know the truth…

WHAT WILL COPPER DO TO SILENCE THEM?

PART TEN COMING UP… 😱🔥




HOW THE COPPER POSTED TO OUR SCHOOL SLEPT WITH EVERYONE IN MY CLASS… UNTIL I EXPOSED HIM 😱🔥PART EIGHT — THE GIRL IN THE ...
11/09/2026

HOW THE COPPER POSTED TO OUR SCHOOL SLEPT WITH EVERYONE IN MY CLASS… UNTIL I EXPOSED HIM 😱🔥

PART EIGHT — THE GIRL IN THE OLD HOSTEL 😰💔

“Don't come looking for me.”

The voice was still behind us.

Nobody moved.

Nobody breathed.

I slowly turned around.

There was nobody there.

Only three of us.

Me.

Michael.

Peter.

Peter's lips were trembling.

“Please tell me one of you just did that.”

Michael shook his head.

“I didn't.”

I whispered:

“Neither did I.”

Peter swallowed.

“Then who did?”

Suddenly—

BANG!

The classroom window slammed open.

All three of us screamed.

Wind rushed into the room.

The curtains flew wildly.

Then something dropped onto the floor.

THUD.

Michael picked it up.

It was a small school badge.

He turned it over.

There was a name engraved on it.

SANDRA.

My heart dropped.

“That's Sandra's.”

Michael stared at it.

“Then she must have been here.”

Peter shook his head.

“No. Somebody wants us to think she was here.”

Before we could argue, my phone vibrated.

Another message.

“OLD GIRLS' HOSTEL. NOW.”

Michael looked at me.

“We're going.”

Peter sighed.

“Why do I always follow people with terrible ideas?”

We left the classroom.

The school corridor was almost completely dark.

Our footsteps echoed through the empty building.

Tap… tap… tap…

As we approached the old girls' hostel, the temperature seemed to drop.

The building had been abandoned for years.

Broken windows.

Peeling walls.

Rusty doors.

Nobody went there anymore.

Peter stopped at the entrance.

“Nope.”

Michael looked back.

“What?”

Peter pointed at the building.

“I suddenly remember that I have an assignment.”

Michael grabbed his shirt.

“Move.”

We entered.

The smell was terrible.

Damp walls.

Dust.

Old furniture.

And something else…

A strange perfume.

I stopped.

“Wait.”

Michael looked at me.

“What?”

“That smell.”

Peter sniffed.

“Someone's perfume?”

I nodded.

It was the exact perfume Sandra always wore.

Michael's expression changed.

“Sandra was here.”

We moved deeper inside.

Then we heard something.

Crying.

A girl's crying.

Coming from upstairs.

Peter immediately grabbed Michael's arm.

“Tell me that's the wind.”

Michael shook his head.

“No.”

The crying continued.

Soft.

Broken.

Someone was sobbing.

I started climbing the stairs.

Michael followed.

Peter came behind us, whispering prayers.

We reached the second floor.

The crying stopped.

Silence.

Then—

KNOCK.

A sound came from Room 14.

KNOCK. KNOCK.

Michael looked at me.

I nodded.

He opened the door.

The room was empty.

Except for a chair in the middle.

And on the chair…

was Sandra's school uniform.

I covered my mouth.

Peter stepped backward.

“No…”

Michael walked toward it.

There was blood on the sleeve.

My heart began pounding.

“Michael…”

He touched the stain.

Then looked at his fingers.

“It isn't blood.”

Peter breathed out.

“Thank God.”

Michael smelled it.

“Red paint.”

I frowned.

“Why would someone put red paint on Sandra's uniform?”

Nobody answered.

Then Michael noticed something underneath the chair.

A piece of paper.

He picked it up.

There were only three words:

“SHE WAS HERE.”

Suddenly the door slammed behind us.

BANG!

Peter screamed.

Michael rushed toward it.

Locked.

Then the lights in the hallway outside began switching on one after another.

CLICK.

One.

CLICK.

Two.

CLICK.

Three.

The lights stopped directly outside our room.

Then a shadow appeared underneath the door.

Someone was standing outside.

Peter whispered:

“Who is that?”

Nobody answered.

The shadow didn't move.

Michael slowly approached the door.

Then a woman's voice whispered:

“Mercy…”

I froze.

It sounded like Sandra.

“Mercy, please…”

I stepped toward the door.

Michael grabbed my arm.

“Don't.”

The voice began crying.

“Mercy, help me.”

My eyes filled with tears.

“Sandra?”

The crying stopped.

Then the voice whispered:

“Open the door.”

Peter shook his head.

“Don't open it.”

I looked at Michael.

He nodded.

We waited.

Then the voice changed.

It became deeper.

Colder.

“Open the door, Mercy.”

My blood ran cold.

Michael stepped backward.

“That isn't Sandra.”

The shadow beneath the door suddenly disappeared.

Silence.

Then—

BANG!

Something slammed against the door.

Peter screamed.

We moved away.

Another bang.

BANG!

The old door began shaking.

Michael looked around desperately.

“There has to be another way out.”

He noticed the window.

We rushed toward it.

Michael opened it.

The outside was dark.

Very dark.

Then Peter looked down.

His face went pale.

“Guys…”

We looked outside.

There was someone standing in the courtyard.

A girl.

Wearing a school uniform.

Her back was facing us.

I whispered:

“Sandra?”

The girl slowly turned around.

We couldn't see her face clearly.

Then she raised one hand…

and pointed directly at our window.

Peter screamed.

“CLOSE THE WINDOW!”

Michael slammed it shut.

We stood there, terrified.

Then my phone vibrated.

A message.

I opened it.

My hands began shaking.

The message contained a photograph.

It was the girl standing in the courtyard.

But this photograph had been taken from inside our room.

I looked around.

There was nowhere for another person to hide.

Then another message appeared.

“DON'T LOOK OUTSIDE.”

I froze.

Peter whispered:

“Mercy…”

“What?”

“Look at the window.”

I slowly turned.

There was a handprint on the glass.

From the inside.

Five fingers.

Fresh.

Wet.

And slowly…

another handprint appeared beside it.

Then another.

Then another.

Peter began crying.

“Someone is in here with us.”

Michael grabbed my hand.

“Run!”

We rushed toward the door.

This time…

it opened.

We ran down the stairs.

But when we reached the ground floor, we stopped.

Because someone was standing at the entrance.

A man in an NYSC uniform.

Copper Emeka.

He looked at the three of us.

No smile.

No anger.

Just a completely empty expression.

Then he said:

“I warned you, Mercy.”

He stepped closer.

“You should never have come here.”

I couldn't move.

Michael stood between us.

“Where is Sandra?”

Copper stared at him.

For a few seconds, he said nothing.

Then he smiled.

“She was asking the same question.”

My heart dropped.

“Where is she?”

Copper leaned closer.

And whispered:

“You really want to know?”

Before I could answer…

the lights in the entire hostel went off.

Darkness.

Then Copper's voice came from somewhere behind us.

“Run.”

We turned.

He was gone.

TO BE CONTINUED… 😱👻🔥

PART NINE — THE SECRET UNDER THE HOSTEL 😨

😰 Where did Copper disappear to?

👀 Who was the girl standing in the courtyard?

💔 Why was Sandra's uniform inside Room 14?

🔥 And what exactly did Copper mean when he said Sandra had been asking the same question?

But the most frightening discovery was still waiting for Mercy beneath the old girls' hostel…

PART NINE COMING UP…

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HOW THE COPPER POSTED TO OUR SCHOOL SLEPT WITH EVERYONE IN MY CLASS… UNTIL I EXPOSED HIM 😱🔥PART SIX — WHAT WAS INSIDE RO...
08/09/2026

HOW THE COPPER POSTED TO OUR SCHOOL SLEPT WITH EVERYONE IN MY CLASS… UNTIL I EXPOSED HIM 😱🔥

PART SIX — WHAT WAS INSIDE ROOM 7? 😰👻

The door handle was turning.

Click…

Click…

Nobody moved.

Peter was shaking beside me.

Michael held the files tightly against his chest.

Then the door stopped.

Silence.

We waited.

Five seconds.

Ten seconds.

Nothing.

Peter whispered:

“Maybe he left.”

Michael shook his head.

“No.”

“Then why isn't he opening the door?”

Michael looked at the handle.

“Because he wants us to open it.”

My stomach tightened.

Suddenly—

BANG!

Something hit the door from outside.

Peter screamed.

“WE'RE FINISHED!”

Another bang.

BANG!

The old door shook violently.

Michael grabbed my hand.

“When I say run, run.”

The third bang never came.

Instead…

we heard Copper whisper:

“Mercy.”

I couldn't breathe.

Then he said something that made my blood run cold.

“Tell Michael to give me the file.”

Michael looked at me.

“He knows what we have.”

Peter whispered:

“How?”

Michael didn't answer.

Then something slid underneath the door.

A small white envelope.

We stared at it.

Nobody wanted to touch it.

Peter pointed at it.

“Please don't open that.”

I slowly picked it up.

My name was written on the front.

MERCY.

I opened it.

Inside was a single photograph.

My photograph.

Not an old photograph.

A photograph of me sleeping in my bedroom.

My hands started trembling.

Peter's mouth opened.

Michael grabbed the picture.

“When was this taken?”

I couldn't speak.

Because I knew exactly when.

The clothes on the chair.

The curtain.

The small table beside my bed.

Everything was exactly as it had been the previous night.

Someone had been inside my house.

Watching me sleep.

Peter backed away.

“This is no longer school matter.”

Then another piece of paper slid underneath the door.

Michael picked it up.

It contained one sentence:

“YOU WERE WARNED.”

Then—

silence.

The handle stopped moving.

Michael suddenly pushed the door open.

Nobody was outside.

The corridor was empty.

Peter looked left.

Then right.

“Where did he go?”

Michael ran toward the staircase.

I followed him.

Peter followed us.

We reached the main corridor.

Nothing.

No Copper.

No footsteps.

No movement.

Then the school bell rang.

DING!

We froze.

It was nearly night.

DING!

The sound echoed through the empty school.

Peter whispered:

“Who is ringing that thing?”

Then we heard another sound.

A classroom door opening.

Creeeeak…

We turned.

Room 3.

The door was slowly opening.

Michael stared at it.

“Stay here.”

I grabbed him.

“Don't go alone.”

We walked toward it together.

Peter stayed behind us.

Inside the classroom…

the lights were off.

Michael switched on his phone torch.

Empty.

Desks.

Chairs.

Blackboard.

Nothing else.

Then the torchlight moved across the blackboard.

And we saw it.

Names.

Dozens of names.

Written in white chalk.

Students from our class.

Some names had been crossed out.

Others had dates beside them.

Then I saw mine.

MERCY — 19

Underneath it:

“NEXT.”

I couldn't breathe.

Michael stepped in front of me.

“Don't look at that.”

Peter suddenly shouted:

“MICHAEL!”

We turned.

He was pointing at the teacher's desk.

There was a small cassette recorder sitting on it.

Michael picked it up.

A red light was blinking.

REC.

Peter whispered:

“It's recording us.”

Michael pressed play.

Static filled the classroom.

Ksssssshhh…

Then we heard voices.

Students.

Girls.

Crying.

Begging.

Somebody saying:

“Please, sir…”

Another voice:

“I won't tell anybody.”

Then the recording suddenly stopped.

Silence.

Peter looked sick.

“Turn it off.”

Michael stared at the recorder.

“This wasn't recorded today.”

“How do you know?”

“Because…”

He turned it over.

There was a date written underneath.

Three years ago.

My heart dropped.

Three years.

Copper had only just been posted to our school.

I looked at Michael.

“Then Copper didn't start this.”

Michael slowly nodded.

“No.”

Peter whispered:

“Then who did?”

Before anyone answered—

the classroom door slammed shut.

BANG!

We turned.

The door was locked.

Michael rushed toward it.

He pulled the handle.

Nothing.

Then the cassette recorder switched itself back on.

Ksssssshhh…

A woman's voice came through.

Very faint.

Very weak.

“Mercy…”

I froze.

Peter looked at me.

“That sounds like—”

“Don't say it,” I whispered.

The voice came again.

“Mercy…”

Michael grabbed the recorder.

“Who is this?”

The voice whispered:

“Don't trust the principal.”

Then the recording ended.

Peter's eyes widened.

“But how does the recorder know Mercy's name?”

Nobody answered.

Then we heard footsteps outside.

Tap…

Tap…

Tap…

Slow.

Heavy.

Coming toward our classroom.

Michael switched off the torch.

We stood in darkness.

The footsteps stopped outside the door.

Then somebody whispered:

“Open the door.”

It was the principal.

Peter almost shouted in relief.

“Thank God!”

Michael grabbed him.

“Wait.”

The principal spoke again.

“Children, open the door.”

Michael looked at me.

Something was wrong.

The principal never called us “children.”

Then the voice came again.

This time…

it sounded exactly like the principal.

But there was something strange about it.

The words sounded rehearsed.

“Open the door.”

Michael whispered:

“That's not him.”

Peter's eyes widened.

“How do you know?”

Michael pointed toward the bottom of the door.

There were shoes outside.

Black shoes.

But the principal always wore brown shoes.

I covered my mouth.

The person outside suddenly stopped speaking.

Then…

the shoes disappeared.

Not walked away.

They simply moved backward into the darkness.

Peter whispered:

“Who was that?”

Nobody knew.

Then my phone vibrated.

Unknown number.

One message.

“YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.”

Another message immediately followed.

“GET TO THE OLD GIRLS' HOSTEL.”

Michael frowned.

“Why would anyone send us there?”

A third message appeared.

“IF YOU WANT TO FIND SANDRA.”

My heart stopped.

Sandra.

After days of silence…

someone was finally telling us where she might be.

Michael looked at me.

“We're going.”

Peter shook his head violently.

“Absolutely not!”

Michael stared at him.

Peter swallowed.

Then sighed.

“Fine.”

He picked up his bag.

“But if I die, please tell my mother I was a good boy.”

I looked at him.

“You?”

Peter nodded seriously.

“Very good boy.”

Michael laughed nervously.

For the first time that night…

we smiled.

Then the lights suddenly came on.

The classroom was empty.

Except for one thing.

Written across the blackboard…

in fresh red ink:

“SANDRA IS WAITING FOR YOU.”

Peter stopped smiling.

Michael's face went pale.

I stared at the words.

Then we heard something from the corridor.

A girl's voice.

Soft.

Almost a whisper.

“Mercy…”

My heart jumped.

It sounded exactly like Sandra.

We ran toward the door.

But before we could reach it…

the voice whispered again.

This time from inside the classroom.

“Don't come looking for me.”

We froze.

Because there were only three of us in the room.

And the voice had come from directly behind us.

TO BE CONTINUED… 😱👻🔥

PART SEVEN — THE VOICE BEHIND US 😨💔

👀 Was Sandra really calling Mercy?

😰 Who made those recordings three years ago?

🔥 Why does someone want Mercy to go to the old girls' hostel?

💔 And the biggest question…

IF SANDRA WASN'T IN THE CLASSROOM, WHO WAS USING HER VOICE?

PART SEVEN COMING UP…

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HOW THE COPPER POSTED TO OUR SCHOOL SLEPT WITH EVERYONE IN MY CLASS… UNTIL I EXPOSED HIM 😱🔥PART FIVE — COPPER CAUGHT US ...
07/09/2026

HOW THE COPPER POSTED TO OUR SCHOOL SLEPT WITH EVERYONE IN MY CLASS… UNTIL I EXPOSED HIM 😱🔥

PART FIVE — COPPER CAUGHT US HIDING 😰💔

“I know you're there, Mercy.”

My heart stopped.

Michael immediately grabbed my hand.

Peter's face went completely pale.

We were hiding behind the old science block, listening to Copper's footsteps getting closer.

Tap…

Tap…

Tap…

He wasn't rushing.

He was walking slowly.

Almost like he knew we had nowhere to go.

Michael leaned toward my ear.

“Don't make a sound.”

I nodded.

Peter covered his mouth with both hands.

Then the footsteps stopped.

Silence.

We waited.

Five seconds.

Ten seconds.

Nothing.

Michael slowly raised his head and looked around the wall.

His face suddenly changed.

“Where is he?” I whispered.

Michael didn't answer.

He stepped out carefully.

I followed him.

The corridor was empty.

Copper was gone.

Peter came out last.

“Maybe he left?”

Michael shook his head.

“He was standing right here.”

Then Peter noticed something on the floor.

“Guys…”

It was a small piece of paper.

Michael picked it up.

There was only one sentence written on it.

“YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE COME HERE.”

My stomach tightened.

Peter looked at Michael.

“Let's go.”

Michael folded the paper.

“No.”

I stared at him.

“What do you mean, no?”

“We need to know what's inside that building.”

Peter nearly shouted.

“Are you mad?! That's exactly where horror movies always start!” 😭

Despite the fear, I almost laughed.

But Michael had already reached for the old science-block door.

It was locked.

He tried the handle again.

Nothing.

Then he noticed something.

The lock had been broken from the inside.

Michael looked at me.

“This door was opened recently.”

My heart began beating faster.

He pushed it.

Creeeeak…

The door opened.

The smell that came from inside was terrible.

Dust.

Damp walls.

Something else I couldn't identify.

We stepped inside.

The corridor was dark.

Broken desks were scattered everywhere.

Old laboratory equipment covered the floor.

Peter switched on his phone torch.

“Why does this place look like nobody has entered it since independence?” 😂

“Peter,” Michael whispered.

“What?”

“Stop talking.”

Peter immediately became quiet.

We walked deeper inside.

Then I noticed something on the wall.

There were photographs.

Dozens of them.

Students.

Teachers.

School activities.

Sports day.

Graduation.

Everything looked normal at first.

Until I noticed that some photographs had been marked with black ink.

Michael moved closer.

“What is this?”

I pointed.

There were names written underneath the photographs.

Some had a tick.

Others had a cross.

Then Michael found Sandra's photograph.

Her name had been circled several times.

My heart sank.

“Sandra…”

Peter stepped backward.

“Why is her picture here?”

Michael didn't answer.

Then he noticed something written underneath it.

“SHE TALKED.”

I felt cold all over.

“What did she talk about?”

Nobody knew.

Then Peter suddenly whispered:

“Guys…”

He was pointing at another photograph.

It was a picture of Copper Emeka standing beside the principal.

But that wasn't what frightened us.

Behind them stood Sandra.

And beside Sandra…

was another student.

A girl I recognized immediately.

She had stopped coming to school months earlier.

Peter stared at the photograph.

“Wait…”

His voice trembled.

“Wasn't she the girl everybody said transferred?”

Michael looked at him.

“That's what the school told us.”

Peter swallowed.

“Then why is her photograph here?”

Nobody answered.

Suddenly—

BANG!

The door behind us slammed shut.

Peter screamed.

“JESUS!”

Michael rushed toward it.

He pulled the handle.

Locked.

“Open it!”

Nothing.

He hit the door.

“WHO LOCKED THIS?”

Silence.

Then we heard footsteps outside.

Tap…

Tap…

Tap…

Someone was walking toward the door.

Peter whispered:

“Please don't let that be Copper.”

The footsteps stopped directly outside.

Then a shadow appeared underneath the door.

Someone was standing there.

We froze.

A man's voice came from the other side.

“You shouldn't have followed me.”

Copper.

Michael looked at me.

Then at Peter.

We were trapped.

Copper tried the door.

Slowly.

The handle moved.

Click.

Peter backed into the wall.

“Michael…”

“Stay quiet.”

The handle moved again.

Click.

Then Copper spoke.

“Mercy…”

I stopped breathing.

“Do you know what happens to people who ask too many questions?”

I couldn't answer.

He continued softly.

“They start seeing things they were never supposed to see.”

Michael shouted:

“Leave her alone!”

There was silence.

Then Copper laughed.

“You…”

His voice became colder.

“…are the one I don't understand.”

The handle stopped moving.

For several seconds, there was complete silence.

Then Copper said:

“Michael, you should ask yourself why Sandra trusted you.”

Michael's face changed.

“What does that mean?”

No answer.

Instead, we heard Copper's footsteps moving away.

Tap…

Tap…

Tap…

Peter waited until the footsteps disappeared.

Then he whispered:

“I think he knows everything.”

Michael looked at the locked door.

“No.”

He pointed toward the photographs.

“He wants us to think he knows everything.”

Then he noticed something behind one of the photographs.

A small key.

Michael pulled it out.

It was attached to a piece of cardboard.

Written on it were two words:

“ROOM 7.”

Peter stared at it.

“Please tell me we're not going to Room 7.”

Michael looked at me.

“We have to.”

Peter shook his head.

“Why do I always follow you people?” 😭

We found Room 7 at the end of the corridor.

The door was different from the others.

It had a new padlock.

Michael used the key.

Click.

The lock opened.

The room was almost completely empty.

One chair.

One table.

And an old metal cabinet.

Michael opened it.

Inside were several files.

He pulled out the first one.

Then another.

Then another.

They contained students' names.

My hands started shaking.

“Michael…”

He opened one of the files.

His face went blank.

“What?”

He slowly looked at me.

“This is Sandra's file.”

I moved closer.

Inside were copies of school documents.

Notes.

Dates.

And a photograph of Sandra.

But there was something written across the top of the file.

“CASE CLOSED.”

My heart dropped.

“Sandra isn't a case.”

Michael stared at the file.

“Not according to whoever kept this.”

Peter suddenly pointed at the bottom.

“Look!”

There was a recent date.

The day after Sandra disappeared.

Nobody spoke.

Then we heard something.

A faint sound coming from the metal cabinet.

Scratch…

We froze.

Scratch…

Something was moving inside.

Peter slowly stepped backward.

“Tell me that's a rat.”

The scratching stopped.

Then came three soft knocks from inside the cabinet.

Knock.

Knock.

Knock.

Peter's eyes filled with fear.

“Rats don't knock.”

Michael reached for the cabinet handle.

I grabbed his arm.

“Don't.”

He looked at me.

Then—

my phone vibrated.

A message had arrived.

Unknown number.

I opened it.

There was only one sentence:

“LEAVE ROOM 7 BEFORE I COME BACK.”

My hands began shaking.

Then another message arrived.

This time, it was a photograph.

It showed the three of us standing inside Room 7.

Taken seconds earlier.

Peter looked at the photograph.

Then slowly looked toward the tiny ventilation opening above the door.

“Someone is watching us.”

Michael grabbed the files.

“We're leaving.”

We rushed toward the door.

But before we reached it…

the lights went off.

Complete darkness.

Peter screamed.

“MICHAEL!”

Then we heard the sound.

The cabinet door opened.

Slowly.

Creeeeak…

Something fell onto the floor.

THUD.

Michael switched on his phone torch.

We looked down.

It was an old school ID card.

I picked it up.

The photograph belonged to the girl from the picture with Copper and Sandra.

The girl everyone believed had transferred.

I turned the card over.

There was handwriting on the back.

Only six words.

“MERCY, DON'T LET THEM FIND YOU.”

My blood ran cold.

Because underneath that sentence…

was my friend name.

“—SANDRA.”

I looked at Michael.

He looked at Peter.

Nobody spoke.

Then, from somewhere outside Room 7…

we heard Copper's voice.

Very close.

Almost directly behind the door.

“Mercy…”

We froze.

“Now you know too much.”

The door handle began turning.

Click…

Click…

Peter whispered:

“Please…”

The door slowly started opening.

And we had nowhere left to hide.

TO BE CONTINUED… 😱🔥

PART SIX — WHAT WAS INSIDE ROOM 7? 😨💔

😳 Who was the girl in Copper's photograph?

👀 Why was Sandra's file marked “CASE CLOSED”?

😰 Who was watching Mercy, Michael and Peter inside Room 7?

🔥 And most importantly…

WHY DID SANDRA WRITE MERCY'S NAME ON THAT ID CARD?

PART SIX COMING UP…

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