Outside the basement another war was going on. Becky's parents and richie all sat down to discuss.

" What do we do now dad?" Richie asked.

" Well! I have never been here before! This is your mom's town aske her." Becky's dad john said with a bit of anger.

" I don't know last time someone had to go it I was one year old how am I suppose to know. But I heard that girl was virgin and pure. The heads of the town forced her out of her house. Her father even paid a guy to take his daughter's virginity but it was late." Becky's  mom phon said with a sigh.

" I specifically asked becky to not come back untill she is ... wait what you said? Virgin. But I don't think becky is.. I mean she got a boyfriend for over a year." John said with a relief.

Phon was also happy.

" But...! Mom! Dad! Actually becky told me she asked nop to not to touch her until marriage!" Said richie.

" That's my girl!" John was proud but then realised " oh! No!"

" It's okay nobody knows she is here." Phon tried to convince herself.

" But it's not a problem for long time. I mean we just have to hide her for today. Tomorrow she'll be twenty anyway. So just for few more hours...how hard it could be." Richie said.

John was surely relieved by that. But that relief didn't lasted long a knock was heard at the door. John was worried. They couldn't help it but to open the door. Phon was very very worried.

John somehow gathered up the spirit and looked through the peephole.

" Sherif!" He said in a shaky voice.

Phon and richie both got scared and started to find a way to escape.

" Mr. Armstrong! Open up!" Said a voice from behind the door.

John didn't dared to move. So did the other members of the family. They didn't made a sound.

" MR. ARMSTRONG OPEN UP OR ELSE WE'LL FORCE IN" said the voice.

Suddenly some more noises were heard like they were trying to break in.

John opened it quickly so they don't break the door.

" What took you so long to open the door sir?" Said the sheriff of the town. He was a serious man with a kind heart but this his hands were tied.
With him was a lady officer another male officer and two of the highest officials.

A black car was parked infront of the house.

John was sweating in the month of December.

" Mr. Armstrong! If you don't talk it will be hard for us." The male officer said.

" I am sorry! I am just surprised! What brings you gentlemen here ?" John was suddenly send back to reality.

" We need to talk. Can we enter?" Sheriff said.

" Yeah! Please enter." He showed him in with his hand knowing Becky is safe in the basement.

The two officials looked around the living room then said something in the walky talky. Then came back.

A very fat man entered the  house! He was not older than sixty. Still had a very young look on. His back is still stiff and straight. He was a wrestler in his time. Then he became the mayor of this town. So his age doesn't bring any drawbacks with it.

" Mr. Armstrong where is your daughter?" He doesn't waste his time and get into the matter.

The question brought chill in all Armstrong family's spine.

" What?" John said in surprise.

" Mr. Armstrong you might not be well informed about our years old tradition but your wife is. So where is your daughter?" He asks again. He was dead serious.

" I don't know what you're talking about. But I am well aware of it. And my daughter isn't here! She is away studying abroad.." john said with confidence.

" Well, well, well! What should we do then...?" Saying that he goes to a table where they ahd becky's photo.

He looked at the photo for a while.

" Mr. Armstrong let me tell you a story....when I was young, just ten years old. My sister had to be the one sacrificed. She was also nineteen at the time. We tried everything but.... anyway when I became the mayor the privious mayor gave me a very huge responsibility. To choose the next one to sacrifice. But it wasn't so easy for me. But then I became the mayor at right time to choose the next sacrifice. Nineteen years ago. I closely observed every girl that was born in that year. And luckily there weren't many. Five girls were born. One of them was deaf so she couldn't be sent. But the other four were perfect. So I closely observed them. Where they were. What they were eating and who they were with. I also tried to keep them virgin. But one of them failed me. That girl made relationship with a boy. So she was eliminated. Then another died in an accident. Another one got paralyzed in the same accident...." He sighed a little.

Then he continued..." Then there was Rebecca Armstrong! So pure! From birth. Never lied. Good at studies. Stayed away from boys. In one word she is the purest pure human being. So know what? We choose her..! Now handover her"

" What are you saying? SHE ISN'T HERE I TOLD YOU!" John lost his temper.

" Really! When I said we observed them closely we meant closely! She entered the town right before the black out." One of the officials said.

" We knew where she went to. And we definitely knew when her date of birth is. Where is was. What she did and everything else. We are observing her for her whole life." Said the mayor.

" So are you bringing her out? Do we need to use force?" Said the mayor.

" You can't make us! I'll go to police and court. This is modern time. What will happen if I don't send my daughter?" Said john.

" It is good for a father to be protective. Like a father I am too a father of my people of this town. So I need to protect my children too....mr. Armstrong " said mayor.

" What are you gonna do.,...?  If you indent to take her I you'll have to go over my deadbody." John shouted.

" Cool. I can kill one child to save my hundred children." Mayor smiled.

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