The In Between

by v o i c e l e s s- f r e a k

The place after death, but before the afterlife: The In-Between. Why am I here? Why can't you hear me? It's okay if my body is never found, I just want to be free. Please, find me. I don't like it here. I didn't want to die. AU Rape, Death.

1. Chapter 1

The In-Between

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"Good day to you, Little Red Cap."

"Thank you, Wolf, the same to you,"

"Let's play tag, Little Red and Black Cap?"

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"If you run after two hares, you will catch neither."

As I wandered endlessly for what seemed like eternity,
I stumbled upon a clearing deep in the forest.

Two bodies,
struggling.

One man,
smirking.

The black hare escapes.

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The crickets sing their song,
a soothing midnight lullaby.

Through the dew covered grass and misty forest paths...
Past the slumbering creatures, there, into the river,
a stream of blood drips.

Follow the scarlet trail,
deep, deep,
into the woods it leads.

The uncertainty grows thick,
and so does the night.

The crickets continue their melody...
but somewhere during the hymns,
the notes went sour.

Discords fill the harmony with frantic cries.

They are no longer singing,
they are screaming.

The crimson regret leads to a clearing.

There, lies a body.

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Saturday. July 8th, 2006.

A lively, perfectly contented town went about a normal, sunny day. At 3:01 AM, the townsfolk who were still awake at the time, probably out at the bar or just night owls, found its usually silent streets flooded with the desperate, pleading screams of a fourteen year old girl...blood covered and limping with open wounds. "Save him," she pleas, "Please save him. Save his life."

It took over an hour for her to finally speak correctly.

A boy, she claims, a boy in red, has been abducted.

Dragged deep,
deep into the forest.
Screaming,
mercy,
mercy.

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"Lenalee, can you hear me?
I'm right here, okay?
Why are you crying?
I'm fine...
...right?"

Save him, save his life.

I look to the left and see myself.
But, wait...wait...that's...

I can't see,
my eyes are missing.

I can't walk,
my foot is gone.

I can't speak,
my lip is bleeding.

...And who...is killing me?

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Finally, something new from me! This is a little project I've had in mind for a little while. This first chapter is a short, little preview of what is to come. The next few chapters will be a bit longer and have both poetry layout and normal layout, just to set in the eerie feel. As you can tell, this is a mystery/horror type of story. Nothing much has been revealed quite yet, but things will come together in time. I have a feeling I will have a lot of explaining to do later on.

I must warn you all for later chapters, there will be rape and some gore. The rape will NOT be explicit, mostly dialogue. And just a huge warning, it will be homosexual rape for those who do not support yaoi. And again, it will not be explicit. It will simply "be there". There will be hints of Yullen later on. If you do not support yaoi or Yullen, please do not read this story.

Please review and tell me what you think!