"Please..."
Small feet padded frantically onto a dark pathway, running towards nothing.
"Help me..."
Long chestnut hair flowed as they ran, a boy searched endlessly for the source the voice -or voices- that stalked him
Scared...
Pained...
Haunting...
Each cry it emitted seemed drenched with these emotions.
Small lips panted hard with each step as piercing opaque orbs narrowed. He couldn't quite describe exactly how it sounded.
"I don't understand...what do you need!" He exclaimed.
"Please..." it pleaded.
The voice echoed throughout the area shrouded in bleak clouds of darkness.
"You have to tell me," He replied, "I can't understand what you want from me."
"Please..."
He ran farther, unsure of where to go. Surrounded by shadows of deception, he boldly trailed the narrow expanse that he'd created for himself. Unsure of whether or not he'd reached his imperative destination.
"Find me..."
"I-I'm trying. I don't know where you are though."
He dashed in every direction he could think, exhausting himself greatly. He stopped, hunching over and supported himself on his knees as he breathed heavily. Where the hell was it! There was nothing...anywhere! With no clues to go on or to stay away from.
"Please...Find m—"
"I can't find you. My eyes...I can't see anything here!"
For a while the voice disappeared, sadness seemed to claw at his skin due to the silence, the last thing he wanted in this place. The voice was his only lead but it only echoed in whatever hell this was. There was no direct way of finding it.
"This place...it's so confusing..."
"...me..."
He cocked his head to the side in confusion, what had it just said?
"I'm sorry, I didn't hear you clearly. What did you...?"
It whispered, "See me..."
Slowly, a large object began to materialize before him. It contorted and shifted until he could make out the base image of a frame. Faded golden paint adorned its body, scratched near its edges. Starting at the center of each side was a single cross enveloped by vines that slinked its way around the entire frame. Rubies shaped into roses budded from the tips of the stems that hung away from the body. Thorns spread across the expanse and created a border towards the inner most part of the frame which had yet to fully develop until just then.
"A mirror?"
Glass shown grimly within its casing. He cautiously stepped towards the new object. He could see himself within its gaze.
"What do you want me to see?"
He searched; there was nothing but the sole mirror that had appeared then. What could it possibly want?
"Tell me what you want me to see." He repeated.
"Me..." It groaned.
Within the mirror he saw his image rapidly change before vanishing completely. He fell backwards stunned as the glass began to crack.
"W-what was...?"
Just then he'd caught a glimpse, just a mere glimpse of something in that mirror. Actually truth be told it had been two things. First he'd seen a child? Maybe that's what it had been fore they disappeared before he could get a good enough justification. What he hadn't missed was the looked of anguished emptyness directed towards him. The second thing was...was...he didn't know how to describe it. He could still see it looming in the splitting mirror, pieces disintegrating into dust once it fell to the ground.
"That thing is coming out," he thought panicked.
The ground began to shake violently compromising his attempts to stand once again. A clawed hand pushed past the remnants of where the broken glass had lain, reaching for him. Terror-stricken he attempted to run; to escape that thing that had began to swipe at him.
"What's...?"
He couldn't move every attempt to change from where he was just changed into a useless effort. His legs had gone numb.
"No, no, no!" He cried, "Is this what you want!"
A new voice cackled vindictively, grasping his ankles as it dragged him forward. Towards that nearly completely shattered image.
"Is this what you want!" He yelled in panic.
"No..."
His eyes widened, a small, luminescent body appeared beside him.
"You're..."
They placed their hands on the claws around his limb, a terrible shriek erupted and it disappeared. He stared at the glowing figure, mouth agape.
"I..."
He flinched, getting to his feet carefully. Taking a step forward he slowly took hold of one of the hands and examining it carefully, noticing the curious eyes that watched him.
"You're human."
His free hand cupped their cheek, the figure stood in place frigidly.
"Please..."
"Yes?"
"Please..."
"I don't understand...tell me, what do you want?"
It stood silent, looking away from him.
In a quiet voice it whispered, "Find me..."
He stared and was cut off before speaking by a bellowing demand, "Oi! Wake up!"
"What? Damn it!" He growled.
Everything around him began to crumble, the bleakness falling in harsh clumps to the ground. He looked at the person now fading from his vision.
"Wait don't go yet, I need to know more!"
"Wake up; we're going to be late!"
"Wait!"
"Please find me..."
The boy disappeared from sight, leaving the luminescent figure behind in the crumbling world.
"Please find me...so that I may live again..."
Akuma: Well its an epilogue of sorts :| should have the next chapter very soon considering its more than halfway done.
Next chapter will be better than this for sure XD