Chapter 2:
"You can't get away from me... I will enjoy drinking your precious blood..."The monster is getting close to me. It is only inches away from me now. I am running but my legs feel like lead. "Awww, why do you want to escape from me? Do you not want to join your brother?" I am now paralyzed with fear with the monster closing in quickly. I noticed that I had something in my hands and I close my eyes and start to swing at the monster. When I open my eyes, it is gone.
"Tsukiko?"There is a voice behind me. I froze and slowly turn around to see Yuta alive, behind me. He was pale and his arm is still missing. I slowly step back because this cannot possibly be real.
"Yuta..."is all that I can say.
"Why did you let this happen to me? You were suppose to protect me not let me die." I am stunned by my brother's words. What could I say to him, I thought to myself, but as I start to say something he mumbles something.
"What did you just say, Yuta," I say quietly.
"Unforgivable... you are unforgivable," he says angrily.
"Yuta, I am...
"You are unforgivable and you should perish the same way I perished." I feel as though the air around me is becoming thin and I can barely breathe. The room is getting darker and Yuta is growing mute, but I can hear the word unforgivable increasing in volume in my head. I want to scream, but I can't. This is worst than death, I say to myself. I fall to my knees and hold my head begging for the voice to stop. It feels like my head is going to explode,signaling that my my time is almost up. The pressure in my head is building, but then the voice that caused me agony a second ago, ceases, and I am left with the silence of the room. I look around to see if Yuta was a figment of my imagination (and it was). I sigh with relief until excruciating pain surrounds my neck. I didn't turn around for fear kept me motionless. I want to scream and then whatever was behind me whispered, "unforgivable." I turn around to see that the monster is behind me and with a grin on its face. " Now I have you where I want you, and this time you aren't getting away..." He plunges for my neck and I am left at his mercy.
"GASP!"I wake up to bright lights all around me.
"Are you okay, Miss?" an unfamiliar man asks me.
"Where am I!?" I ask panicking.
"I am Dr. Yoshida and you have been admitted into the hospital. Please stay calm as you have been asleep for a few days." I look around to see that there are other people in the room also and they are looking at me with sympathy. I am aware that the doctor is speaking to me but I can hardly hear him as I remember what happen that night.
"Yuta!" I begin to cry his name. Where is Yuta? I am in disbelief that what happen was actually real. Yuta will come in this room and smile at me like usual, I think to myself. He is okay and everything will be back to normal. I look at him with hopeful eyes and the doctor starts to avert them.
"Uhhh..." he starts to say something but stops. The hope in my eyes drain instantly. This is not happening, it has to be a dream. I start to close my eyes until I hear someone walk closer to me. I look up at the man in front of me and notice that he has a black eye patch on his right eye, but besides that his left eye is an icy blue.
"Who are you?" I ask.
"There is no reason to know who I am," he retorts. I couldn't believe this man. Who does he think he is?
"If you are not going to answer my question, then I suggest that you leave my room," I angrily said. I was hoping that the man would answer me this time, but he stayed silent. "Dr. Yoshida, I do not know this man. Please- I was just about to say excuse him from my room, but the man with the eyepatch interrupts me.
"Your brother is dead."
"What?"
"You wanted me to answer your question, so I answered one of your questions," he said. I was speechless at the news even though I knew that my brother was dead. I look at the doctor and he stares at the floor. The air around me becomes thin again, and I start to lose conscious.
I slowly wake up again to see that the man with the eyepatch is gone and there is a nurse beside me.
"What... happened...to...me?" I manage to ask.
"You had a severe anxiety attack," the nurse said. "Try to relax, and if you need anything do not hesitate in pressing the button." She leaves and I bury deeply into the warm sheets.
"Your brother is dead." His voice is resonating in my head. I silently cry and then I hear the door open.
"Asai-san, how are you feeling at this moment?" It was Dr. Yoshida, and he looks very concern.
" I feel okay. I am just a little tired and weak."
"Well that is to be suspected, since you have gone through so much in just one day. I just want to apologize for not preventing this incident earlier. I feel as though I have failed as a doctor by putting you in more danger." I looks at him and his face is filled with regret.
"It is okay, doctor," I say with a smile.
"I am happy to hear that," he smiles. Dr. Yoshida turns around to walk out the room.
"Wait!" He stops and turns to face me.
"What is it? he asks with concern in his voice.
"When will I be able to leave?" He begins to laugh at my question.
"We want to keep you under surveillance for another day, and if you are doing well, you can be discharge the day after that."
"Thank you." I say with so much enthusiasm that I start coughing.
"Try to relax," he says and then exits my room. How can I relax? I ask to myself. It is impossible after what has happen to me this week. I lost my brother, I was also attacked by the same monster, I am now in the hospital with a huge bill coming my way, and a strange man comes in my room and bluntly tells me that my brother is dead and gives me a panic attack.
"Stupid man..." I mumble quietly. I look around my room, and notice there is a mirror. I get out of the bed with my mind set on looking in the mirror. When I get there, I am in horror. I seriously look like I came from a horror film (literally). My once tamed curls are a puff of frizz and my gray eyes have no life in them whatsoever. Around my eyes, are puffy sacs from the many hours of crying. My face is so bruised and swollen that I will be unrecognizable if someone I knew tried to visit me. I wonder how the doctor and nurses could look at me so normally. I walk back to the bed and in the corner of my eye, a shadow passes my way. I look that direction and I see Yuta's dead body lying on the floor. "AHHHHHHH!" I scream and a nurse rushes in the room.
"Are you okay!?" The nurse yells at me and then she sees my face and rushes to get the bucket. She hands me it and then I start to vomit. She calls for help to take me to my bed. Dr. Yoshida walks in and starts flashing a light. He appears very concern.
"Is everything alright, Doctor?" one of the nurses ask.
"She appears to be unconscious now. It's like something frightened her. This is very bizarre."
"What is bizarre, sir?"
"Ummmm...You handed her a bucket and she grabbed it, did you notice if she was unconscious then?"
"No sir, I should have been more observant, but I did see her eyes look a different direction while she vomited if that is any help?"
"Yes it is, thank you. Well, I will leave for a moment. Please, keep watch of her."
"Yes sir."
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"So, Yoshida, what are you going to do about what she saw?"
"Yagari, I am surprised that you are still here?"
" I assume that her memories are not erased yet?"
"Unfortunately, they are not, which is quite bizarre."
Well, my second chapter is over. I hope you guys enjoyed it! Please comment on the story if you like it or if you have criticism (I will take any type criticism to better the story ^_^).
