Science Fiction

Karime Balderas-Ortega

September 26th, 2013

Core One

Ghost Assassin

I looked around the cafeteria one more time to check if she was really there. I took out my Tracking Device to message my mom that I would be home late. She texted back a second later saying okay. I don’t know why this mattered, its not like she acted like an actual mother.

“ So hi. My name’s Grace. How can I help you? Do you know who it is?” I said to the ghost and acted like I was talking into my phone. “ No Grace, I don’t know who it is. My name is Jane by the way.” I looked her up and down, she had a torn red dress on, her feet bare, blond hair, and her eye’s glossy eyes looking around.
“ Well nice to meet you Jane.” I said with a smile. “ Do you know why you came to me?”

“ No Grace. I don’t even know what happened.” She said looking around, tears in her eyes.

“ It’s okay Jane. Want to get out of here? I know having too many living human beings around can confuse you.” She waited a moment before she answered me with a shrug. I took that as a yes and walked my way to the park.

" So, tell me about yourself Jane." I said as we got to the park and sat down on the brown bench.

" Well there's not much to tell. " she admitted quietly.

" Do you know how you died? "

" No ma'am. " Jane started at the sky, " It was the night of the movie premier and I was with my friends. Then we all noticed this guy staring at us. We felt very uncomfortable so we went to flirt with some guys. " I noted everything down as she said is. "  I remember going to the bathroom and feeling someone watching me the whole way. Every time I looked back, there was nothing.” She cried as she told her story.

“ It’s okay Jane. I know enough.” I looked around. “ Was he around six feet, black hair, looked 37, and lean?”

She thought about it for a moment then answer “ Yes Hazel. How do you know?”

“ I Just do.” I said to her, but in reality he’s the most wanted guy. He’s killed more than 12 girls, ages 16-18, and with blond hair.

“ Thank you for your time Jane. Your death will be revenged,” with that I walked to my house.

As I got home, I changed into black clothing and put my makeup on. I was going to have to look very pretty if I wanted to capture this criminal. I texted my mom on the tracking device, asking where she was. She replied instantly and said she was still at work. I got my keys and got in my car, if I could catch this criminal then I’d be on the charts for weeks. Just the thought of being the best motivated me enough to sacrifice my life.

When I got to the club, I checked out the scene. He was nowhere in sight just yet so I went to dance with some girls. After 10 minutes he spotted me, I could feel his eye’s roaming me from head to toe.

“Excuse me Miss, may I dance with you?”

" Yes sir. " I said with a smile. We danced until the club closed.

" May I take you home miss? I'd hate for a very pretty girl to be walking the streets alone."

" Ummmm. " I thought about it for a second. " Yes, you may. But straight home please." With that he took my hand and lead me to his car.

As we got to my street, he went to the left instead of the right.

“ Excuse me sir, it’s to the right.” I said nervously. I thought to myself that my time has come.

“ I’m sorry miss, please excuse me for this.” he said as he moved closer to me and tried to put a bag over my head. I screamed and kicked for him to stop.

“ Please Sir! St-” I woke up in an instant, it was all just a dream.