There was a notebook next to her. It was almost falling in between the seat and the bus itself. Curious Cathy as she was called couldn’t help herself. She picked up the notebook, glancing around to see if anyone was watching her. She was just seeing if anyone’s name was in the book, honest!  …So maybe shed take a peek at what’s written inside it, but who could blame her? Cathy opened the notebook.

Right in the middle of the first page, there were five sentences that chilled Cathy to the bone.

I see you. I’m looking at you right now. Which one am I? Find me within
ten seconds and I’ll spare your life. Better hurry.

Cathy’s hands started to shake. “It has to be a joke, right?” she mumbled as she hurriedly started flipping through the pages but all of them were blank. Cathy started looking around frantically even as her mind tried to logically say that the notebook was a joke. She started to stand up, tightly gripping the seat in front of her.

How much time had passed? It had to be more than 10 seconds, right? It had to be mo-

Cathy’s eyes met the bus driver’s eyes. He was looking back at her… Her mouth started to open but –

Suddenly there was a loud popping and crunching sound. There was the smell of sulfur and gas. There was a tremendous hike in heat. Suddenly…

And then darkness.