Surveillance
3rd Person Mode
Daniel rejoined Dahlia in the sanctuary of the Cathedral, and stood before the alter and at her side to gaze up at the floating dark plasma that presented as a view of Unique's room. Daniel looked to the somewhat camera before he dared look to Dahlia.
"Good emphasizing," Dahlia said, smiling.
"I don't like doing it, you know. I hope you know that," Daniel said, look away from her in disgust.
"Why? Because she's family?" asked Dahlia.
"It doesn't matter if she's related to me or not. It's not right to do this to anyone. You're going to take away her insanity for this?"
"Stay angry at me, if you wish. Someone has to complete the next Sacrament. Afterall, half have already gone underway," Dahlia said proudly.
"You're sickening," Daniel said, walking away from her.
"Do you not feel priviledged that you're a Sacrament yourself?" Dahlia questioned.
Daniel stopped in his tracks and turned to face her. "Since when?" he exclaimed.
"It just makes more since within the Scriptures. I've added you as a Sacrament. Afterall, we needed seven, you seemed as though a likely candidate, seeing that you're the end of the generation."
"Unique isn't the end of the generation? She's older than I?" Daniel asked.
"She's the one who will lead us into Paradise," Dahlia explained.
"But Claudia said that about Heather," Daniel reminded her.
"Claudia Wolf? That fool. She's nowhere within this bloodline. She believes that she can fulfill the Sacraments and lead us into Atonement, but she's wrong. She was actually trying to rebel against me."
"So why wasn't Heather..?" Daniel began.
"It doesn't matter what she was. She's dead now, isn't she? Although she wasn't quite the Holy One that Claudia proclaimed, she's helped us out, has she not?" Dahlia cried.
"I suppose," Daniel mumbled.
"As for that girl.." Dahlia began.
"Yes?" Daniel asked.
"You say that I'm going to drive her insane, but I believe that she is driving herself insane."
"You should know better than I do her talents of premonition. She's not crazy. What if she sees beyond what we can't? Don't you remember the tragedies of this town?" Daniel said, referring to Silent Hill.
"Satan will try and interfere with anything Holy that can be brought into this world. If we attempt to bring a paradox out of a fourth dimension, then a contradicting side will fight back."
"I say just let God separate who needs to be separated," Daniel concluded.
"You cannot tell me what I shouldn't be doing!" Dahlia hissed.
"If you're such a Saint, then why are you playing God?" Daniel screamed, leaving the sanctuary, slamming the door after him.
"Become angry at me, if you dare," Dahlia proclaimed. "My time is coming. Only you can determine when."
"Unique?" Daniel called, stepping into her room once more. Her cheeks were red and stained with tears.
"No one believes me," Unique sobbed. "I must be insane. This mustn't be real."
Daniel sat by her side and wiped her tears away. "Unique, it's not true. You're not insane."
"But look," Unique said, showing him her unscarred arms. "That girl stabbed me. It seemed so real, but there's no evidence of it ever happening. Everything around me is fake." She lied her head down.
"They're not fake," Daniel explained after hesitating.
Unique stopped sobbing at forced her head up to look into his eyes. "What do you mean?"
"They're not fake," he repeated, and placed his fingers over her arm, peeling back a thin layer of fake skin. Unique's eyes widened when she noticed the familiar scar beneath.
"So, I'm not.." Unique said.
"I don't know if what you say was real," Daniel began, "but I know that Dahlia believed that this scar would cause some type of trouble and ordered me to hide it."
"But why?" Unique asked.
"I don't know," Daniel said, looking away.
"You said she was good, that she was trying to stop Armageddon," Unique recalled.
"You can't stop Armageddon, Unique!" Daniel shouted, angry at Dahlia. "She's playing God. This isn't right. Something has to be done."
"But what?" Unique asked.
"I don't know, but I'm going to do it myself. I don't want you getting hurt," he concluded, and headed for the door.
"Wait!" Unique cried, chasing him to the door. "I've gone through enough. I want to know the facts. I want to find out what's going on, too." She paused. "And I don't want you leaving me. I want you to come with me and let me show you all of the crazy places I have found myself. I don't wanna be alone anymore."
Daniel stopped, his hand on the knob, and looked into her emerald eyes. Unique grabbed his hand and held it tightly. He looked to their laced fingers and smiled. "Okay, I'll stay with you," he concluded.
Unique wiped away her tears and smiled. "Thank you," she said. She gripped his hand tighter as he turned the knob and swung the door outward. Together, they stepped into the darkness.