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Chapter Sixteen: Free
He sat outside her door, waiting for her to return, but nothing changed for several moments. Fear overcame Phil, and he slammed the wall with his fist. Was his life just an illusion? Was any of this really happening? Was it worth going along with Garet on the second day? He shook off his fright, and punched the wall again. His hand went into the liquid-like wall, and he realized...he wasn't anywhere near the Shadow Fire. Stepping through the wall, he entered a 'limbo' like world, and saw the bodies of David, Garet, and Jason...
'Phil?' ... a ghost-like figure came up behind Phil. 'Jason... you bastard.' Phil turned around to see the slightly mutilated face of Jason.
'I came to repent my sins to you, Phil. I know what I did cost me everything...it was worth it, I admit, but it was wrong. All the suffering, all the pain...'
'Shut up, Jason. You know what you did, and that's why you're here, dead right now.
'Don't take it too harshly, Jason...' The spirit-like form of David came up behind Jason. 'He's hurting because he's lost his love...Rita.'
'What did you !@#$s do to her?! Where the !@#$ is she?' Phil lost it then. They were sneering at him, laughing with their cold stares. '!@#$ IT! THIS WORLD IS NO LONGER WORTH MY TIME! THERE'S NOTHING LEFT AND NOWHERE TO RUN TO! I CAN'T DEAL WITH MYSELF ANYMORE! THIS IT IT!' He yelled, and ran towards the end of the world, it was a crimson waterfall. He could hear the screams of Michelle's victims at the bottom, but he could do nothing.
He then jumped, but froze in midair. Garet's spirit held him back. The power of a leader flowed through Phil, energizing him, making him stronger....
And he woke up, next to Rita, and she had her arms around him. It was night, and it was silent outside. She cuddled closer to him, and smiled. He kissed her forehead, held her close, and fell back asleep.
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Chapter Sixteen: Free
He sat outside her door, waiting for her to return, but nothing changed for several moments. Fear overcame Phil, and he slammed the wall with his fist. Was his life just an illusion? Was any of this really happening? Was it worth going along with Garet on the second day? He shook off his fright, and punched the wall again. His hand went into the liquid-like wall, and he realized...he wasn't anywhere near the Shadow Fire. Stepping through the wall, he entered a 'limbo' like world, and saw the bodies of David, Garet, and Jason...
'Phil?' ... a ghost-like figure came up behind Phil. 'Jason... you bastard.' Phil turned around to see the slightly mutilated face of Jason.
'I came to repent my sins to you, Phil. I know what I did cost me everything...it was worth it, I admit, but it was wrong. All the suffering, all the pain...'
'Shut up, Jason. You know what you did, and that's why you're here, dead right now.
'Don't take it too harshly, Jason...' The spirit-like form of David came up behind Jason. 'He's hurting because he's lost his love...Rita.'
'What did you !@#$s do to her?! Where the !@#$ is she?' Phil lost it then. They were sneering at him, laughing with their cold stares. '!@#$ IT! THIS WORLD IS NO LONGER WORTH MY TIME! THERE'S NOTHING LEFT AND NOWHERE TO RUN TO! I CAN'T DEAL WITH MYSELF ANYMORE! THIS IT IT!' He yelled, and ran towards the end of the world, it was a crimson waterfall. He could hear the screams of Michelle's victims at the bottom, but he could do nothing.
He then jumped, but froze in midair. Garet's spirit held him back. The power of a leader flowed through Phil, energizing him, making him stronger....
And he woke up, next to Rita, and she had her arms around him. It was night, and it was silent outside. She cuddled closer to him, and smiled. He kissed her forehead, held her close, and fell back asleep.
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