The Lightning Flash

Chapter 7: Anger and Hatred

"W-Why can't I log out?" asked Sugou, in shock as the VR system that he was responsible for creating wouldn't even allow him to log himself out.  "T-that's impossible!  I made this world!  I'm the king of—"

A rapier plunged right into his mouth and Sugou could feel his tongue being sliced off with the edge of the blade.  The pain was so great that tears began to fill his eyes.  The rapier was ripped out of his mouth, along with his tongue and all he could do was look up at the horrific figure standing above him, who was holding the rapier and looking at him with eyes filled with nothing but malice.  The black tail coat that he was wearing only added to the creepy and eerie vibe that he gave off.  The Black Swordsman had been torturing him ever since Sugou logged out his girlfriend and he had attempted to force log himself out but the system wasn't listening to him.  Now, he was stuck...stuck and helpless against the monster standing above him.  A monster with yellow eyes that seemed like they could stare through his soul.  More than anything, Sugou wanted to plea for his life but because he no longer had a tongue, the best he could do was make a series of muffled noises.  The look on the Black Swordsman's face didn't change.

"I may not be able to understand what the fuck you're saying but I'm assuming you want me to stop," spoke the Black Swordsman, evilly. "Lisbeth begged you to stop hurting her and I'm sure Asuna...Asuna...begged you so many times to stop torturing her.  But did you, huh?  Did you?!"

The last question was yelled with such anger that it caused Sugou to begin shaking in fear. 

"Ha...ha...hahahahahaha...what you did to Lisbeth and Asuna...is going to be nothing compared to the amount of pain I'm going to make you feel.  I'm not going to stop until your health reaches 0% and you can bet your ass I'm going to take my time.  Wouldn't be fun, otherwise, right? Hahahaha...hahahahahaha!"

The Black Swordsman began laughing, hysterically, as if he had completely lost his mind and then held the rapier high above his head.

"The only downside of removing your tongue is that I won't get to hear you scream.  What a damn shame."

The Black Swordsman swung the rapier, belonging to the person he cared about most, right onto Sugou's face as the muffled noises he was making only got louder.

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I woke up inside of my bed, feeling like I had just been resurrected from the dead.  My breathing was so fast that I was surprised I hadn't given myself a damn heart attack during the nightmare.  I glanced at my alarm clock that was next to my bed.

It's not even close to being time for school, yet, I thought to myself, still panting.  Although, the last thing that I want to do is go back to sleep. Every time I have a nightmare like that, if I fall back asleep immediately after, the dream either picks up from where it left off or I just have another similar bad dream.  I don't want to deal with any of those.  Maybe, I'll get something to drink.  I am feeling thirsty.  I hope I wasn't yelling in my sleep or anything. The last thing that I need is to worry Suguha and her family.  Luckily, when Asuna slept in my bed, I didn't have a nightmare.  If she knew...that I was having them, that would only add to her worries.  She has enough of her own.  I'd never forgive myself if I added to those worries.  Right, I'll just, quietly, get some water, maybe look at my phone for a bit and then try going back to sleep.

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After I was finished filling my glass with water from the sink in the kitchen, I took a big gulp of it.  I must have been sweating during my nightmare as well because I was unusually thirsty and managed to drink the entire glass in one gulp.  I filled up the glass with water one more time so I could take it back with me to bed in case I got thirsty, again.  I turned the sink off as soon as the water was near the top of the glass and turned around to make my way back up the stairs of the home.