For the world of this man gets crazier and crazier each time, eh? Let's keep going.
/= "Symphony 04" by HetaOni =/
"Man…is it just me, or is the fog here getting heavier?"
"I know…it's so thick around here. And it reeks of a battlefield."
"You want me to hold you, Lovino~?"
"Hell no, you freak!"
Charice shook her head, watching the males walk before her as they argued over manly stuff (at a time like this? What the hell). At her side, she could see Matthew feverishly trying to catch up, only succeeding in falling to her side, which she didn't really mind.
"This whole place has a weird aura with it…" He mumbled. "Don't you feel it?"
"I'm getting nothing past the usual chills down the spine, if that's what you're saying." Charice stated. "But yeah, this place is a little creepy."
"It's…it's almost like it's alive."
"Alive?"
Matthew nodded, but before he could elaborate on it a screeching metal echoed through the fog. Five seconds later, a swinging blade pierced through the clouds and sliced the Canadian in half, blood spewing all over her body. The bloody scream caught Gilbert's attention, and just when he turned around a roar echoed throughout the place, and something sliced his back open.
"Gilbert!" Antonio grabbed him. "Dammit…he's dead…"
"That quick?" Alfred turned his head around. "What the hell's going on?"
The roars continued before Alfred sank through the floor, the sound of water splashing catching their attention. Arthur pounded on the floor, Alfred desperate to reach the surface blocked with glass before he sank deep into the water. Arthur barely had time to cry before the shadows got him. Charice screamed and clung onto Li Xiao.
"What the hell is going on?"
"I don't know…stay close to me…" He looked around. "Something's here."
She looked around toward the survivors: Antonio, Ludwig, Kiku, Li Xiao, and herself. She blinked, seeing the others again. That's when she realized something: Lovino was missing. She clung closer to Li Xiao before realizing that she was holding air.
"Li Xiao?" She looked around. "LI XIAO!"
They turned their heads to see that she was looking for the missing Chinese man, and then realized that Lovino was missing too. Antonio started calling for him before a blade pierced through his stomach, and he fell over dead. Charice screamed and clung to Kiku.
"What's going on?"
"I don't know." He pulled out his katana. "Come on. We have to find them."
She nodded lightly before hearing extreme gunfire, and she turned her head to see that Ludwig had been gunned down by an unknown force. Charice screamed and clung on closer to him, leaving Kiku to stare at the fear all over her face.
"You've…never seen death like this before, have you?"
"Only once or twice…during WWII." She answered. "But I only saw the wounded, people that could be saved…"
"I see…" Kiku held her hand. "I'll protect you."
"But…what about the others?"
"If what I'm assuming is correct, we'll see them again eventually."
She nodded before they continued closer toward the center of the fog. Before they knew it, there was a light that was erupting in front of them. It got bigger and bigger until Kiku recognized the blinding light that was starting to erupt from it.
"Charice, run!"
He pushed her and for some reason, her feet began dashing forward, the bright light flashing over her. She turned her head and saw that a huge mushroom cloud had erupted from their location. Kiku could not had survived that. She began to panic…was she really alone?
As she stepped forward, the floor changed to that of white tiles and two black lines. She was standing in the middle of a clock for some reason, hearing it tick down further and further, endlessly. There was a dragging sound that caught her attention, and she turned her head to see the sliced halves of Matthew dragged to the five. She cringed.
Sooner or later, the men were being dragged in one at a time. Gilbert's lifeless body was dragged onto eleven. Alfred was wet and cold at eight. Arthur's body was massacred at one. Li Xiao was blue at nine. Lovino had his limbs sliced off at seven. Ludwig's body was covered with gunshot wounds at twelve. And Kiku's body was barely recognizable at three. Her feet began to shake.
"…you guys…? You guys…?"
There was nothing but silence, but she felt no means of which to move. She couldn't walk to them, couldn't touch their lifeless bodies.
[…in it…everyone is dead.]
"Everyone…you can't be dead…you can't be…! Li Xiao! Kiku! Matthew! Antonio! …anyone…? Is anyone…?"
[They're all dead around me…I keep begging for them to wake up, but…they don't move…]
There was shaking behind her, and she turned her head to see that there was a monster walking toward her from the six position. She could barely see the dark feet and the long, gray legs that it was attached too.
[They're just…]
She froze as their eyes met.
[They're just…]
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/=+=/
"Man…is it just me, or is the fog here getting heavier?"
"I know…it's so thick around here. And it reeks of a battlefield."
"You want me to hold you, Lovino~?"
"Hell no, you freak!"
Matthew looked around his location, seeing the darkness pulse around with life. Next to him, he saw Charice tense and looking around for something. He felt a little nervous, but nothing that he couldn't quite catch onto.
"Is something wrong, Charice?"
"Eh? N-no, I'm fine." She stated. "Don't worry about me."
Matthew knew she was lying, but he figured that it was something about school. But why would she think about something like that here? Five seconds later, she pulled him out of the way, barely missing a huge blade that swung beside him.
"Ah!" He turned to Charice. "Thank you. That would've sliced me in half!"
She didn't say anything, cringing at those words. Everyone looked as the blade swung out of view, and their nerves tensed with energy. A huge slashing sound echoed, and Gilbert jumped out of the way, knocking over Alfred and sliding him toward Ludwig. A huge crater was what was left.
"What the hell was that?" He spat. "Totally unawesome!"
"So something's here…" Li Xiao lifted his hands. "Matthew, stay close to Charice."
"Right."
She clung to his arm for dear life as they all clung onto each other for dear life. Matthew barely noticed a smile over her face before someone screamed. They turned and saw that Kiku had been decapitated. She screamed.
"Shit! He's after all of us!" Lovino spat. "What the hell do we do now?"
"Stay close!"
Five minutes of silence followed before more gunfire echoed out. This time, the Italian was gone in a heartbeat. Antonio screamed before realizing that a huge fire had erupted before everyone. Li Xiao and Matthew grabbed Charice and ran, screaming for the others to follow, before realizing that everyone was gone.
"Where did they go…? Did they burn…?"
Charice cringed.
"I don't know. But whatever wanted them, got them." Li Xiao tensed. "But what the hell does this world want with them…?"
There was a spiraling sound, and they turned to see Matthew's body chopped up. She screamed and grabbed Li Xiao's waist, making him blush excessively. They stood like that for a few minutes before he nodded, holding Charice's shoulders.
"Are you going to be OK, Charice?"
"…I'll...I'll be fine."
"Are you sure? You're pale."
"No really…"
"Charice, don't lie to me. This is too much for you, I know it. You're too innocent for something like this."
"…Li Xiao…"
"Don't push yourself. I'm right here for you…"
She blushed before nodding, making him smile (freaking her out even more). After a few minutes, the sounds of a drawn blade echoed and she panicked. Li Xiao pushed her out of the way before the blade made its contact. She screamed as he fell to the ground, dead. The screaming didn't stop as the world turned to that of the clock. It only intensified.
/=+=/
She's done this so many times…
She couldn't save all of them…
No matter how hard she tried…
She just…couldn't…save them…
/=+=/
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