We were being hunted.

That was what everyone must have in their minds when the note was read aloud. Without knowing why or how , we could feel the danger closing on us one by one. One thing was clear , there was someone else besides us on the island since all of us left the lobby together into the tunnel. In any case , it would have to be pretty dangerous for any of us to sneak away from the crowd , carry the large pot of flowers and write the note. The ink was still fresh so it must have been written now long ago. Perhaps as recently as when we were having dinner in the kitchen.

The thought of the killer walking in the lobby freely while we were laughing and enjoying our dinner not too far away made my skin crawled. General Lee broke the silence.

“Now we are somewhere. First of all , we have established that there is someone else on the island and his , or her motive , to kill us all,” said the General.

Mrs Jamie was the next.

“But how does it help us? We still do not know who or what is the motivation to kill us all. We still have yet to find out how this person move around the place!”

“In time my dear , in time. You have to keep calm and not lose the mind in such situations. I could tell you of many stories of how losing mind would lead to losing the way when we got out of this place alive, ” replied General Lee in his calmest voice.

“Yes but would we ever got out of here alive? ,” a voice wondered aloud.

Without any hesitation , General Lee called for an emergency meeting to discuss on the recent events. Everyone agreed that it had become a game of survival and we should treated it as such. Rules were made. No one was to walked out of lobby without being accompanied by another person. And everyone was to be accounted for on hourly basis. The doors around the lobby leading to the rooms were to be opened all the time and lights were to be on.

So we sat like rats on the ship about to sink in the lobby and prayed for lives.