Chapter 6: Lightless Aggression

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The once illuminated windows of the train car had turned into a pure white texture, with the surrounding framing and walls of the train car resembling a pitch-black night sky. From the seats to the car's doors to the standing poles, they were all pure white. Everything else, however, was pitch black, as if the color scheme of the train car went from normal to this "Negative Space." The ceiling of the train looked like it was never-ending as the black was depthless. The floor mimicked the ceiling in appearance, and its once tarnished and dirty studded steel now resembled a black void. To be clear, it looked as if the entire train car was a simulation. The light inside the train seemed to have some sort of dim ambiance which made depth perception within the car difficult. The attack was instant, and Vanessa now sat in this bizarre negative space train and Jorgia was no longer with her. The sleeping homeless man was on the same seat, still asleep and unaware of what was happening.

"What the... where am I?" she asked herself as she began to get up and circle the pole, her gaze fixed on it. She hesitantly reached her hand out to touch it. Her hand was able to grab it as if it was still there. The train itself was still moving, but it seemed that this was only happening to this train car.

"Why is it so dark... and this pole, it's still here, but it's completely white."

"Jorgia?" whispered Vanessa into the empty train. No response. And without warning, a hand suddenly appeared on her shoulder, prompting her to turn around immediately.

"Hahahahaha...." laughed a voice from the darkness.

"W-Who's there? I know you're here," questioned Vanessa. She started to shuffle backwards from where she was, in the direction of that hand that was no longer on her shoulder. Another hand appeared from the shadows, this time moving through her hair. She quickly turned around again but there was no one there.

"S-Stay away from me!!"

"Hahaha, say, girl, you're not that bad. Maybe I can go easy on ya if you promise to cooperate. Maybe I'll even make you mine," stated the voice. Promptly after that, Vanessa brought out Feel Good. She continued to pace around the dark train, turning around at every chance she got.

"I can't start panicking, but this was no time to be relaxed either."

"Fine...If you don't want to come out, I'll just make you!" proclaimed Vanessa. Feel Good began to emit a throat-irritating gas from its hands that softly fell to the train's floor before slowly expanding.

"Ah, I see; you are a stand user. Of course, that means I'll have to take you out, but if you ask nicely, I can be generous and introduce you to the boss. Name's Steyo, what's yours beautiful?" he asked. Vanessa was still pacing in circles in the train car before saying:

"Look, I don't talk to creepy gang members, especially those that threaten people and kidnap them. If you don't want to come out, then it's going to be a long and painful road for you."

"I don't know much about his stand yet, so I could be conservative with my power."

The gas was now only knee-high instead of engulfing the whole room. Coughs soon emerged from the darkness as he spoke up.

"Hah... Hah... I see. You're making me cough so damn much. Sorry, sweetheart, it looks like I'm gonna have to take you out after all."

And for a split second, a small creature resembling a goblin with three small eyes instead of two. Its body was black as the night sky with bumpy skin. Its hands were segmented into three digits with large, gold striped claws on the ends and had quickly swiped at Feel Good's fists where the gas was coming out of before disappearing back into the darkness.

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