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Dark. Dark was all I could see. I try to make my way around by touch but I only fall. I landed on grass, that might be a good sign. The grass felt nice to walk in. Well I’m not walking in it so…crawling in? It was just grass though, nothing else really, just grass.
I found a place to rest. It was a very different texture to the spikiness of the grass. It felt more wooden, I assume it’s a bench. It pokes me as I sit down. So more like old, decaying wood. It’s really uncomfortable…but rather that than the dirt. I readjust myself on the bench and it started shaking. I try to keep myself completely still but it only shakes faster. I quickly got up when it broke down to pieces. One of the legs of the bench tripped me. The wood chips pierce into my skin. I don’t think I would be safe here.
I ran through the forest. Forest. Forest. Forest. Trees. Grass. Trees. Grass. Trees. Grass. Trees. Grass. Trees. Grass. Trees, grass. Trees, grass. Trees, grass. Trees, grass. Trees, grass. Trees, grass. Trees, grass. Trees and grass. Why is it only trees and grass? Whatever! I’ll just crash into the nearest building I find.
It seems like a while. A half hour maybe? I think I might have found a cabin. I walk over to it. I knocked on the door twice. No answer. There’s never an answer. Why is it always like this? I hear a giggle in the distance.
I turn around to see nothing. I attempt to knock again. Still no answer. Another fucking laugh. This isn’t funny. My eyes look to see nothing. Let’s try again. Three knocks on the door. I hear footsteps. A finger slides on my shoulder. I look behind me and nothing.
Is that all I am? Nothing? Is that why nobody answers. I get tricked by what apparently is nothing? Is this all that happens? Nothing?
I get it! I’m simply just nothing! Just nothing… Nothing that deserves nothing.
Fell again. Broke one of my legs too. It hurt like shit. Huh? What does that even mean? ‘hurt like shit’. Is my mind not even clear enough to make any sense anymore? I hear footsteps again. Someone’s here to help!! “HELP ME!!” I say.
“My leg… I think it’s injured…” It hurts really bad so it might be… “Aww your legs injured baby~” Oh. I recognize that voice. “You could take me to a hospital or s-ssomething right??” I cry. She sat next to me. “Yeah I’ll try helping with that.”
She started pulling on my leg. The same leg that was in pain. “OWWIIEEE STOP!” I scream. “It’s fine, you’ll be fine!” She replies. She pulls even harder. It was like she was going to rip my leg off. “You’ll be fine, Book!” Another tug.
“PENCIL!!!” It suddenly felt worse. I open my eyes to see her walking away. “If it makes you feel any better at least your leg isn't broken anymore!” She shouted. Instead it was literally broken from the knee down. After the knee, there was nothing there.
She tore my fucking leg off. Stupid Pencil tore off my leg! There is nothing there but a ragged hole where my leg was supposed to be. I hate her, I hope she dies forever!
I should kill her. What if I killed Pencil? Wait–– NO! She’s not supposed to be here! How is she here? When did she get here? Whatever! I’ll just go find my teammates.
I think it was a survival challenge of some sorts. So my teammates could still be alive…Or they’re all dead and I’m the only one left… My legs— well leg and a half are already killing me and my knees feel numb! I fell onto my hands that dampen for some reason.
I cough and a weird pink liquid spills from my mouth. I feel it spewing out like a volcanic eruption. Puddle after puddle of pink goop. When I think that it’s stopped, even more comes out. I feel…kind of lightheaded. This is my blood? It doesn’t normally come out, not like this!
I let out a loud gruesome gurgly cry.
I walk with a sleeve covering my mouth to catch what apparently is blood on it. My gaze blurs more and more as I feel my life losing itself. I stop in front of some stairs. I decided to rest in front of them. Only for a few minutes.
I walk over to the other side of the entrance. I placed my head on the concrete line that surrounded the staircase. My legs curled at my chest to help support my bag that was also wrapped around my arms. My eyes slowly blink a few times.
On the other side a thing stands. A small object in its right hand. It comes up closer, staring at me with its dark eyes. I shut mine. It pushes my bangs up.
“You’re so pathetic, you don’t even look at me.” It started, it sounded like a bird that just learned to talk. “Come on, up here!” It snaps in my face a few times. It mocked everything that was said to it, telling those words to me instead. A blade scoops inside of my arm. “Shut up! No one likes it when you’re screaming!” The creature raised its voice, sounding more screechy.
The blade digs deeper into my body. “You deserve all of it!” It screams. It’s palm pushed against the part of my arm not being stabbed. “You should stop, this is insane.” I say.
“Said by the thing that’s worse!” The blade comes out. It then goes into my other arm. I attempt to get it out. It does, off of my arm. “You are pathetic! You are a pathetic creature and that’s why you got left behind!”
“No actually.” I attempt to get the knife out of my arm, “That’s why you got left behind.” It got put in harder. “Please stop stabbing me.” That was when the stabbing actually stopped. I sigh, “Thank you…” I then get kicked off into the hole a few seconds later.
Good news, I found out that it’s actually a train station! I managed to get on one of the trains, but it’s pretty lonely here… Silent… Alone…Scary…
I’m actually really horrified by anything abandoned. Abandoned buildings, abandoned towns, abandoned cities, abandoned people…abandoning…me… But that doesn’t matter, it never mattered! What matters now is, did the challenge end, when did it end, and am I actually lost. Other than that, nothing really matters.
It’s so quiet though! No one to talk to…No one to gaze at lovingly… No one to laugh with, No one to smile at. No one to befriend and hang out with. Not even anyone to just sit there without interaction.
Or stand, I’ve been off the train for a while. I’ve circled around this floor of the hotel at least five times already. I gave up on the figuring out which key was the correct option and just started knocking on the door hoping that my roommate would respond.
I don’t know how she sleeps, she moved rooms every five business days…or at least that’s how it felt. Why am I still knocking? She's probably dead. Wait, but im a ************ I’ll just ********
But then, a pair of footsteps walk through. I quickly bend the paperclip in my hand. “What are you doing?” A familiar voice asked. I turn around. A light shining in my eye. That short blonde hair, that cold pale skin. I immediately knew who it is. “And what happened to your clothes?”
My clothes, there’s something wrong? “So…what’s with the…” She came closer. Grabbed my hand. Stared at it. Actually, why is she looking? We aren’t friends anymore! But nothing stops her from being here, she just is. “Don’t hurt me Book,” she said, “Just don’t.” She placed my hand onto my chest and walked away.
Why did I ruin my chance? Is this actually going to be the last time I see her? I don’t want to! Why did I ruin my chances? “Ice Cube, I’m sorry!” I ran after her, but she went faster. And faster she went. And faster she went. And faster she went. And faster she went. And faster…
And then we fell. And now there’s no one. No one to walk with. No one to hold me and tell me it’s okay…
No one that cares.