shadowmoon
The Fresh Snow Trainer
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- Years
- Kanto, where it all began
- Seen Dec 11, 2011
good idea
midterms are coming up...i probably won't be able to post again until they are over.
Chap 16
I felt like that if I had the chance to go back and change my decision, I would have escaped with Rebecca. However, no matter how many times I replay this back in my head, I would always see myself turning right. It's going to haunt me forever.
After turning another corner, I realized it was hopeless trying to search every single room. It was like trying to find a needle in a haystack. I would need multiple "me"s to do the work that I was trying to accomplish. A light bulb went on in my head, Where is the best place to look in multiple directions?
The security room.
By now, I've gotten careless. I stopped using my camouflage shield and stopped listening for hidden sounds. I think the reason was because I figured that there was no one dangerous in the building anymore. The door to the security room was open, like someone knew that I would come here. The room was abandoned, cobwebs hung from that ceiling and dust stirred as I walked in.
I started looking at the screens, starting from the left side of the room and working my way to the right side. I was getting nervous of this place. Sometimes, I felt someone watching me, breathing down my neck, slowly with each breath growing louder, pounding in my ears. When I turned, drenched in cold sweat, the breathing stopped; I was alone, for now. The work was tedious; all the rooms on the screens were the same, a monotonous cream color. It reminded me of a game I played when I was little where you had to find the differences in the given pictures. At last, I found the room I was looking for.
At first glance, this room was like every other room I encountered; dreary, monotonous cream colored walls and a clock. As I stared at the screen, I noticed that the clock didn't move. It could be broken, was my first thought. Looking closer, the clock and the rooms seemed to be tilted at an angle. That's when I noticed the room was also "peeling" backwards. Someone took a picture and taped it onto the camera lens. Bingo.
It took me ten minutes to arrive there. This door was also opened. Glass pieces were smashed and scattered across the floor. Red, crimson blood stood out against the cream walls. A boy was standing there; his back was turned to be. Without turning around, he spoke to me, "Andrea, looks like you were too late."
I was too shocked to speak. "Too late…?" I took a deep breath. "Don't tell me you killed her…Your own sister…"
He turned around to face me and shook his head. His red eyes shown with hurt. "Now why would I do that? Seriously, Ice, do you really think I am that cruel? It was like this when I got here."
"So then, where is she?"
"I don't know. Looked like she 'flew the Corp.'." While he said this, he rubbed his wrist with his other hand. I knew him well enough to know that gesture. He was lying.
I smiled. "You are a horrible liar. Now, where is Sapphire? And why are you here then?" I demanded.
He stopped rubbing his wrist. "Would you accept the answer: 'I don't know?'? And why I'm here? To survey the damage."
One last question. "Where is everyone?"
He paused before he answered me. In his response, he deliberately avoided answering my question. "Let's play a game because I'm feeling nice today. I'll tell you where the exit is and I'll give you a ten second head start. If you can escape off this property, I won't chase you down. If I capture you before you make it, don't think about running off again. Good."
He threw me a map before I could respond. The nearest exit was on the bottom floor. He started counting down. "Ten, nine, eight…"
I left before he finished the countdown.
midterms are coming up...i probably won't be able to post again until they are over.
Chap 16
I felt like that if I had the chance to go back and change my decision, I would have escaped with Rebecca. However, no matter how many times I replay this back in my head, I would always see myself turning right. It's going to haunt me forever.
After turning another corner, I realized it was hopeless trying to search every single room. It was like trying to find a needle in a haystack. I would need multiple "me"s to do the work that I was trying to accomplish. A light bulb went on in my head, Where is the best place to look in multiple directions?
The security room.
By now, I've gotten careless. I stopped using my camouflage shield and stopped listening for hidden sounds. I think the reason was because I figured that there was no one dangerous in the building anymore. The door to the security room was open, like someone knew that I would come here. The room was abandoned, cobwebs hung from that ceiling and dust stirred as I walked in.
I started looking at the screens, starting from the left side of the room and working my way to the right side. I was getting nervous of this place. Sometimes, I felt someone watching me, breathing down my neck, slowly with each breath growing louder, pounding in my ears. When I turned, drenched in cold sweat, the breathing stopped; I was alone, for now. The work was tedious; all the rooms on the screens were the same, a monotonous cream color. It reminded me of a game I played when I was little where you had to find the differences in the given pictures. At last, I found the room I was looking for.
At first glance, this room was like every other room I encountered; dreary, monotonous cream colored walls and a clock. As I stared at the screen, I noticed that the clock didn't move. It could be broken, was my first thought. Looking closer, the clock and the rooms seemed to be tilted at an angle. That's when I noticed the room was also "peeling" backwards. Someone took a picture and taped it onto the camera lens. Bingo.
It took me ten minutes to arrive there. This door was also opened. Glass pieces were smashed and scattered across the floor. Red, crimson blood stood out against the cream walls. A boy was standing there; his back was turned to be. Without turning around, he spoke to me, "Andrea, looks like you were too late."
I was too shocked to speak. "Too late…?" I took a deep breath. "Don't tell me you killed her…Your own sister…"
He turned around to face me and shook his head. His red eyes shown with hurt. "Now why would I do that? Seriously, Ice, do you really think I am that cruel? It was like this when I got here."
"So then, where is she?"
"I don't know. Looked like she 'flew the Corp.'." While he said this, he rubbed his wrist with his other hand. I knew him well enough to know that gesture. He was lying.
I smiled. "You are a horrible liar. Now, where is Sapphire? And why are you here then?" I demanded.
He stopped rubbing his wrist. "Would you accept the answer: 'I don't know?'? And why I'm here? To survey the damage."
One last question. "Where is everyone?"
He paused before he answered me. In his response, he deliberately avoided answering my question. "Let's play a game because I'm feeling nice today. I'll tell you where the exit is and I'll give you a ten second head start. If you can escape off this property, I won't chase you down. If I capture you before you make it, don't think about running off again. Good."
He threw me a map before I could respond. The nearest exit was on the bottom floor. He started counting down. "Ten, nine, eight…"
I left before he finished the countdown.