Ultima Book III

Second Trial

                                                    Susie's POV:

                                 After the trial, I was teleported back to where we were pulled out of. The others were here and they all looked disturbed from their first trial. I instantly fell to my knees and dropped my blood-soaked knife, causing the others to turn to look at me. "What's wrong?" Julie asked sympathetically. "I want to go home," I said weakly, "I don't like being forced to kill!" "That is too bad, Susie," Nea said materializing behind me, "You have to do this so that the Entity can stay dormant in this realm. You see, this game that you must play stops the Entity from escaping into the real world and causing mass destruction and mass chaos." I picked my knife up then quickly turned to throw it a Nea but before it could get to Nea, it turned to ash in mid-air. "I am sorry that you all were dragged into this place," Nea said with genuine sympathy, "But please just play by the rules here. There will be a meeting tonight where you four can become familiar with the different killers and survivors. If you don't show up, you will be forcefully brought to the meeting place." "Where will this lame-a** meeting be?" Joey asked slightly annoyed. "There is a clearing in the middle of the Dark Forest," She replied, "There will be a giant dead oak tree in the middle of it that has lanterns hanging from the branches. The fog will guide your way." "What about the survivors?" I asked her thinking about Feng, "Are they going to have their own meeting, or are they going to the same clearing." "During full moons," Nea said, "Both sides have a truce so both killers and survivors will be at that meeting. This way, you can get to know everyone's unique perks and you can get some of the killers to teach you their perks. But that is only if they like you four." She looked at the hole in the ceiling that was letting in the snow then she said as she started to fade back into the fog, "You have until the moon reaches that hole to go to the clearing." I turned to look at my friends and they all looked confused as their masks lay next to them. I was more nervous than confused because I still don't really understand what we are supposed to do here. The loud bell rang and the thick fog came in to take us to the next trial.

                        I spawned into the trial but I wasn't at Ormond, I was at a place called ColdWind Farm. I saw where all the gens were and one of my perks notified me that two people were on the same gen. I made my way over to the gen and I saw that Kate and Feng were working on the gen. "Cutie!" Feng said excitedly when she saw me, "I met your friends a few trials ago and they were ruthless." "Feng," Kate hissed after vaulting a nearby window, "Stop chatting with the killer!" I used my feral frenzy to vault the same window to stab Kate. I saw only two other heartbeats that were in range, Fengs, and another survivor. I went after the other survivor then stabbed them as Feng followed close behind me. I didn't see anyone else so I quickly turned and stabbed Feng then went out of my power. Feng started mending immediately and I left her alone when I saw Bill working on a gen. I slashed Bill then whipped the blood off the blade then chased him. He was fast for an old man and he was looping me around a pallet then after the fourth time around the pallet, he threw it down on my head and stunned me. He then ran into the corn and I almost lost him if he didn't cough so much. I downed him then put him on a hook then did this with three other survivors. Feng was the last one and I only hooked her once. I found her sitting on the hatch with a cute smile on her face as I walked over to her. "We can just talk," She said in a coy tone, "But I know that the Entity will force you to kill me." "I am sorry for what happened last time," I said with tears forming in my eyes, "I didn't want to do it!" She walked over to me and lifted my mask up and kissed my lips. I dropped my knife and gave into what she wanted because this was the first time I have felt real love before in a while and I wanted to make it last as long as possible. It felt like an eternity before Feng pulled away. We were both blushing to a point that we looked like tomatoes. The loud bell chimed again but it had a deeper tone to it. "I'll see you at the meeting, Cutie," Feng said while blushing. She jumped through the hatch while I stood there wanting more of what we had. Her energy is intoxicating but I loved it.