Michael was curious as to why the door from the storage room was open. He went down stairs and saw the ice cream man injured and bleeding. As he looked down, he was shocked that his cashier had died— lying lifelessly on the ground.
"Hm.. You are perfect for my new ingredients too! Thanks for collecting those people!" Michael's expression changed when he saw the kid at the counter.
"What's your name, little fella?" He asked
"Tim, and what's your name? Oh! I know! Ugly ass old grandpa killing and kidnapping people in his own shop! Tim said everything that will make Michael feel offended.
"Oh boy, you don't know the consequences of what you just said."
Michael grabbed the duct tape that was covered in him and threw him on the shelves while he was tied up.
Michael remembered that there was another boy so he went back and searched for it inside the storage room. It was dark— even a naked eye wouldn't see. He asked his companion (The Lady in Black) if she had seen a kid roam around the room.
"Yes, and he's right behind you"
Michael looked at his back and Alex stabbed him in the stomach with a kick.
"Taste this, you little piece of shi-"
Before he could even finish the sentence, Michael had already grabbed him and choked the boy.
"What did you say again?"
"You're a piece of shit" Alex muttered. He kicked him directly in his y'know and released the boy from his hands— it was not on purpose. He ran as fast as he could and went back to the store.
The woman placed a card with different things written on it. She pronounced the kid's name "Alex" and shuffled the cards. She picked three cards and flipped them all.
The three cards were "Freedom, Helper, Hero". The woman stood up from the rocking chair and threw the cards away. She softly walked to the store.
"We don't have much time!"
Alex untied Tim, they hid underneath the shelves that fell. Alex grabbed a mirror shard full of blood. The ice cream man was still in pain and lethargic.
The woman arrived in the store and took out her knife. First, she looked at the counter— how good these kids are. Next, she looked at the tables— she didn't see them. Then, the woman looked under the first shelf and there they were.
"Oh! So bad at hiding!" the woman said to them.
They ran as fast as they could and went to the storage room but the woman catched up to them easily. The woman jumped towards Tim and stabbed him. She turned him around and tears shed into his eyes.
"Please don't kill me"
The woman looked at him in the eyes and the pupils moved. She grinned— it was very creepy. She lifted her knife and pointed it directly into his chest.
The woman was about to stab him but Alex turned back and slammed the woman's head with the brick. The woman in black screamed. Blood came out of her head— the blood was black with a gooey texture. He immediately grabbed Tim who was lying and ran towards a hiding spot.
Upstairs, Michael went up to the room where he trapped teens and kids. He turned them into something monstrous— some turned into dishes for his new business.
"How's everybody?" he asked sarcastically. Every person in the room yelled and begged to let them go.
"Alright, alright, I'll let you go at a perfect time! You'll live a happy life!"
"Shut the hell up, you prick!" Raver said and others too.
"If you don't shut the fuck up, I'll get two of you and turn them into something, special!"
No one listened to him, he got furious and called his bodyguards. They took two of them— they all begged with fear but they also didn't listen. Michael laughed and laughed until he closed the door. The two teens were transferred to a room where they were tied and mouths were covered.
They used the method "Floral Parasitism".
Spores of carnivorous plants are implanted into the victims' bodies, the roots of said plants burrowing deeper into the victim's bloodstream with each move they make. And yet, the process wasn't quick—no. It took time. As the spores continued to prowess, Michael "watered" them. With each growing root slowly implanting itself into the bloodstream, it brutally seared out of the flesh, finally blooming into flowers as it rips the body apart—just like how a butterfly emerged from its cocoon—turning into a bloody garden.
"You both are really a good use. You can be the source of my vegetation! Welcome to El Fuego de Shop!" Michael chuckled as he said that. They all left the bodies inside the room and it continued to bloom. The scent inside the room was a floral scent mixed with an unpleasant smell of the rotting bodies.
The kids planned on how to escape the room even if it will be harder than they will expect.
"Hey, what's your name?" a boy came up to him.
"Uh, Lorie..? Why'd you ask?" Lorie told him.
"Maybe he likes you.." Lisa smiled full of sarcasm.
"My name is Sison, nice to meet you."
"Cool name, very unique"
They smiled— their world's fell into slow motion. Their eyes met each other, every glimpse became their most precious thing.
"I think you're in the wrong place to make love, y'know?" the other girl said in the corner of the room and came up to them.
"My name is Angela, I get good grades and based on your looks. I think you don't. Besides, we are in a serious situation here and you're just gonna make love? Disgusting creatures" Angela yelled at them.
"Actually, it is not a serious matter. And you should mind your own business. Dipshit" Lisa said.
"Asshole, you literally look like a lizard."
"And you look like you just came out of a restaurant, bitch."
"Said the one who looks like a witch."
"Said the one who has French fries on top of her head. So back out before I fry them."
Angela sat down near Luke and tapped him. Luke looked at him and gave her a grumpy face.
"Why are you being so weird?" Luke asked
"No.. I'm not weird! Even if I'm weird, I will not be so much." Angela got a little upset.
Luke left the corner— he wanted to be alone. An anger built up in him towards the girl.
Angela also left the corner and went alone. She was sad because they don't like her.