(Mark's POV.)

The blade slices through the monster's head like butter, ripping open its colossal jaw with bits of its flesh still trying to cling together to the missing side, and splitting it in two with a massive amount of rotting blood leaking everywhere; sending the beast whimpering back into the shadowy darkness behind us. For something that huge, it sure was terrified of her.

The girl sneers, gazing down at the rotting blood pile that the beast left behind on the tiles, she almost seems like she's hypnotized by it almost, deep in a thought of some sort.

~ Kill her, now. ~

"No!" Without thinking I holler out loud, the girl turns around giving me a really strange and highly confused look as she walks towards me, wiping her blade on the edge of her black coat and meeting my gaze with her soft blue eyes.

~ Kill her you dense idiot, before she kills us. ~

"'No' what?" She questions me greatly, I take a step back holding her piercing glare, whoever she is; she sure can be scary when she wants to be.

"Uhh, nothing, it was random, I'm sorry." Quickly I cover myself; I need to be more careful for any more slipups like that because if she finds out, I don't even want to think about what she would do. But why does he want me to kill her? She saved us, plus I feel like I should know her from somewhere; but I swear I never met her before in my entire life.

The backdrop of wherever we are changes instantly, from being inside a creepy, disgusting hospital; to being outside in a nice, dark forest around night time. There's a little path that clearly leads a long ways away through the trees with small, Japanese-like torches to light the way. There's a massive amount of hills and bushes, and occasionally I catch a glimpse of reflecting glowing eyes hidden between the trees. The hospital building is still behind us, but I doubt we're going back there anytime soon; if not at all.

Her eyes narrow at me greatly, reflecting the torch's flames deep inside her pupils; illuminating her crystal colored eyes. She then moves towards me, patting my shoulder gently and turns around from the door we just closed to face the endless forest trail behind us.

"Whatever you say, Mark." She slyly smirks at me, walking down the trail and gazing around as if she's waiting for something to jump out and attack us. She then disappears over the bend, with her black coat fluttering along behind her.

How did she know my name…?

I just stand there for a few seconds, I just met her how could she possibly know who I am unless she's a fan of mine and put two and two together. I was recording a playthough of this game; or I was trying to at least. I don't know what happened at all, there was a white light and then I was in that room with the book. Maybe I can ask her sometime; certainly not now considering the tracks I just found… But it's good to keep her in mind; after all she did save me.

"Hey, wait up." I quickly pick up my pace at this sudden change of scenery, my mindset is still logged into the whole abandoned, disgusting hospital so it's taking a bit of time to get used to. I haven't felt the book burn yet at all so it must be content with this girl; whereas he on the other hand, doesn't seem to like her too much. The forest is beautiful but dark and mysterious; my own eyes catch a glimpse of a few moving orbs off in the distance, yet there's nothing but the sound of the rustling leaves from the gentle breeze and the steady noise of an owl nearby. I never really questioned the sudden owl noise, maybe I probably should considering everything so far looks deadly and dangerous in this place.

My eyes gaze down at the dirt covered forest floor as we silently move along the path. I can't really see all that well since none of us have a torch and the ones that light the path are only good enough to be aware of our surroundings and not small detail; but I can make the imprints of human footprints, along with a track of beast prints as well.

Should I say something to her? Maybe she already knows and she isn't talking because of what she told me earlier… ?

If he really does have eyes everywhere then I shouldn't bother putting anything at risk, even if I open my mouth and mention something I'm not supposed to I could potentially kill the both of us and I don't want to do that, I saw what they did to Aaron; and something also tells me that he's gone for good too.

I've played enough forest games to know what could happen; a demon hiding among the shadows of the trees, scary ghosts that like to play tricks, anything really; from being chased, to collecting objects such as papers. But I just can't shake the feeling that this forest has something mystical about it, not to mention that owl noise didn't really sound like an owl after thinking about it…

The stars invade the sky from the spots near the tree tops with less leaves, I can see the clear colors of the wispy green lines that blend in with the twinkling white dots and the inky darkness. I've never seen something so simple yet beautiful before; I didn't even know it was possible.

The sky doesn't look like any sky I've ever seen; it looks too fantasy-like tome at least. None the less it's still pretty and beautiful to gaze at, but I need to focus on what's around me and I can't be distracted by things anymore.

She swiftly moves silently along the trail; even her shoes aren't making a noise against the dirt and tiny rocks, I'm a bit far behind her and I don't think she notices that. Her eyes do scan across the trees every once and a while, and I know she noticed the orbs and the reflections off in the distance as well. The path suddenly gains a few wooden boards here and there for the steeper inclines that lie ahead of us as we trudge up the hill covered in an endless sea of trees and bushes, I'm amazed nothing jumped out at us yet; we're out in the open and we're venerable… I should probably shut up now before I jinx it.

~ You need to break away from her, now. ~

"Why? There's nothing wrong." The words yet again escape my mouth and without thinking I glance up at her in the distance, hoping she didn't hear what I said. Not to mention I hope anything else in here didn't hear me either.

Shit, I need to control that, I can't just open my mouth whenever. I'm not in front of a camera; if I make noise we could die.

~ For now there isn't. ~

I don't get what his deal is, ever since she came into the picture he's been angry and demanding me to either kill her or to take off. First off; what the Hell do I even kill her with? She has a sword! And if I take off, what happens if I get caught again like that… Thing did back there to us? We didn't die because she killed it. I would never kill anyone who didn't do any harm to me, even if they did harm I don't think I could kill them to be honest.

I have a strange feeling like we're being watched, like his eyes are lingering over my shoulders, or peering through my vision to see where I am. Immediately I catch up to her, for some reason I feel safer around her; probably because she has a sword, but I'm just guessing here. I manage to stay right behind her while she keeps her hand on her blade's handle and scans across the dark forest as if she too has the same feeling.

"You need to be careful." She quietly scolds me like a child, as if she heard the words that accidentally escaped my lips from before. I need to be careful? What about her!? Well, to be fair she hasn't made a noise yet, maybe I do need to collect myself and calm down. Not to mention find a weapon like she did; boy did she get lucky stumbling across that thing.

The forest grows quiet; the wind stops blowing through the leaves and the tall grass, and the orbs begin to drift off into the darkness around us. The torches manage to still stay burning, perhaps they're enchanted or something; I don't know, I'm just sprouting bullshit logic now to keep me from going even more insane than I already am.

She stops instantly in her tracks, causing me to slightly bump into her back while she raises her hand in a swift, quiet motion; signaling me to stop whatever it is that I'm doing or about to do. Instantly the blade slides out beneath her coat and is out in the open, something must have caught her attention and something tells me that it isn't good. The remaining orbs that float by reflect a strange light that bounce off of the metal and causing a few howling noises nearby, almost like this forest is full of wolves and other creatures that could eat us alive. As long as there's no more rotting lizard beasts then I'm okay.

"We need to be careful from here on out." Her sentences are short but they get straight to the point. She walks swiftly with the tip of her blade just grazing the dirt below our feet; getting ready to slice through the first thing that jumps out at us I assume.

She isn't messing around; I don't know if I should be glad that she found me first before that beast did or if I unintentionally put myself in an even more dangerous spot to begin with.

We silently trudge through the overgrown forest without any words being exchanged between us in fear of being either ambushed or caught by whatever made that noise. I guess she was right about whatever his name was having eyes in all of the levels except the first one, maybe he's getting ready to send out something to play with us.

Her eyes glaze over the trees, suddenly we're ambushed by a strange scent that makes its way through the dead air; it smells far from the fresh outdoors, and something that was rotting for centuries in an enclosed space.

"Undead." The words barely leave her lips, just loud enough for me to know what exactly the scent is. Her eyes then return back to mine, occasionally gazing off in the distance.

"There's a crypt nearby, we need to avoid it." She adds cautiously, turning her full attention off into the distance to see if she can spot the ancient landmark nearby.

A crypt, out here? Wouldn't this path lead directly into it though?

Right on cue, the book begins to emit heat against my skin under my arm, I quickly hold it out in my palms and let the book do the rest while her eyes turn to the little red book.

Don't make any wrong decisions. Listen to your instinct.

"Well, that sounds helpful for once." The book then closes itself and cools down, I guess it's helpful in some way; it gives me a heads up and also helpful hints. Surely enough this girl already knows about them; that's still a bit odd as to why I would have the book instead of her though.

I turn to gaze over at the mysterious girl who nods her head in agreement, still not really speaking a word in fear of whatever's lurking around would catch on.

~ I told you. She's plotting something vile. ~

"What's wrong, cat got your tongue?" I joke; her eyes just dig into mine with knives almost, shutting me up instantly while she carries on her way down the path where the flames suddenly begin to flicker a bit.

Jeez, tough crowd…

I guess she does have some reasons as to why she's quiet; after all she did say he has eyes in every corner. Maybe she's not allowed to help people? I should have asked when I had the chance. But for now, I better shut up and just stick her like glue, despite what he says about her I think she's nice; in her own, unique way.

As we make our way through the dense forest, the howling noises begin to sound clearer, either we're getting closer to it; or they're coming closer to us. She grips her blade tightly in return, trudging on forwards against the dirt path towards the noise completely not aware of what's behind us.

~ Remember what the book said. ~

My eyes peel away from her carefully while they roam around the beautiful forest once again, instantly a shadowy figure that's clearly five times the size of me greets me on all fours, with menacing glowing red eyes and what appears to be rough, bristled fur sticking out pounces on top of me; knocking me clean out of my senses and roughly onto the ground.

Instantly the girl flings around, I can't tell what she's witnessing underneath all of this fur that's on top of me; but I don't feel any pain or anything sinking into my flesh for that matter. My senses dull down extremely low, and my vision turns hazy and white almost, the last thing I hear is the sound of metal stinging flesh nearby, and a low cry from a human.