AN: Well, took me a while, didn't it? Already working on book #4 on paper...
Lost
Chapter 3: Despare
Laughter danced across the room, echoing from every corner.
It taunted him on, daring him to scream, to give into the madness that gnawed at him and at his surroundings, distorting reality, forcing him to recall what he had struggled diligently to suppress...her smile...a giggle...blood...blood everywhere.
Reality warped and he couldn't escape the memory...he couldn't breathe...the blood was choking...
A woman cackled madly, giggling about his impending doom.
There was no hope...he could swim no longer, he was sinking in the rivers of blood and madness, his very soul slipping from his grasp.
A shrill cry pierced the endless gloom, and one word resounded in his mind, though he could make no sense of it.
'Mimiru'
A face of beauty appeared before him, she smiled and kissed him softly.
He tried to speak, but she was torn away from him to quickly.
"No!"
Goodbye...
"NO!"
Claws dug into his skin, and pulled him deeper into the sea of hopelessness, farther from his beloved...to his death...he could feel it...if he reached the bottom he would die.
He could not die yet!
Frantically he fought to be free, screaming, but his effort was in vain, he was being pulled inevitably downward...down...down...down.
Crim awoke with a scream, jumping up to a semi-crouch.
For a moment, he cast about wildly, the strange dream imprinted on his mind, but soon it faded, and his adrenhalin began to fade as well.
He was close...close to this mystery, and someone didn't want him to make it all the way...but he would not fail...not this time, not ever again.
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Tsukasa shivered as he looked over the plains of the field he had warped into, to think it all over...that Triiya had lost her comrades, too...probably forever...
This wasn't just about him anymore...innocent people were being hurt because of him...because of the girl...because of everything...
He had considered throwing himself into the river of Mac Anu and perhaps, just maybe, ending it all...
"But you wouldn't like that, would you, Mimiru?" Tsukasa whispered, "No...I can't do that at all..."
A chill wind blew across his face, causing him to shiver again.
He bit his lip nervously, what was he supposed to do now?
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Slowly, deliberatly, he put the reciever down. BT had been sobbing, panic ruining her usual, logically cool, demeanor.
The virus had her, Morganna had chosen her as the next target.
What is Morganna aiming at? Where is Subaru?
He sighed, clearing his thoughts, BT had been coherant enough to give him Crim's phone number...perhaps there was still a chance to stop it...perhaps there was yet hope...perhaps...
As he picked up the reciever, he nodded softly.
Hope is important...nesissary...hope is all we have
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Sora flung the VR set against the wall with such force that it shattered, sending bits of glass flying everywher.
Exhausted, he fell out of the chair, gasping for breathe, staring wide-eyed at the monotor.
He winced as a the high pitched whine began to emit from the computer once more.
Mustering his strength, he lifted a shaky hand to the computer tower, and pushed the power button, the fell backwards, unexplainably drained.
He felt a strange sticky dampness on his shirt...weakly, he lifted his hand to feel his neck, then drew bacl...blood...one of the chips from the VR must have grazed him.
He didn't care about the growing pain, or how the room grew increasingly dark, his mind drifted back to the words that had rung in his mind.
"You will cease this!" It had howled furiously, "You will pay for your crimes! I will kill you all!"
Who was that?
There was a knock on the door, "Sora? Are you alright?" His mother's voice came, "We heard a scream..."
Was that...'Morganna'?
"Sora?"
Am I, then, going to die?
He chuckled softly to himself.
How amusing...
"Sora?"
Maybe I'll take her with me!
It was strange, perhaps it was his lack of coherant thought, but he was certain he heard a mocking laugh.
He smiled, as his eyes slid shut, "Impossible."
As his consciousness faded, Sora awas almost certain he heard a scream.
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I have to fight this...I have to fight! BT thought to herself, holding the counter so tightly that her knuckles were bone-white.
"Give me your knowlege..." The voice whispered, "Give me your being...and I will free you...you will not end up like Subaru..."
"Subaru?" BT gasped, forgetting her earlier determination to ignore the voice.
"Yes..." It laughed, "She is gone...and soon...so will you be...just a whisper on the wind...a fading memory of an unpleasant past."
"Stop...please..." BT begged, tears staining her cheeks, "What have I done to you!"
"You live."
Before BT could form a reply, a surge of pain wracked her entire body, drawing a scream.
"You will not defy me! One way or another, your secrets will be mine!"
"Is this...what you did to Subaru..." BT whispered, between chokes of agony.
Only the echo of maddening laughter served as a reply.
CH3 End
AN: Well...the is shaping up to be something...I say something because this is FAR from my original idea! Well...I've never done anything close to horror before, so I doubt I'd be very good at suspense, eh? This is really a Drama/angst/suspense...not horror.
It's not my fault Morganna keeps acting up...
Yusagi Sombermoon