Allow me to introduce myself. I am the prophet of your future and your fate. Time is ticking and the blood is drying. This is the world after yours. My prophecy. Those of you who seek novelty will find yourselves lost in the cozy and disturbing rabb...
The fading taste of sweet and sour drained from my mouth.
Lily yelled, "Hey! Stop it!"
Pandora released her and sighed, "Ah. That feels better."
Lily recovered, "You are cooler than I thought, Pandora." She walked closer to Pandora but then she stopped and turned to me. She slowly walked up to me and then softly placed her hand on my face. Her expression was one of awe and horror, "Oh my god..."
Gadi called us from down the hall, at the next opened door, "Guys?! You'll need to see this one."
Both Lily and I turned, then she turned back to me. I burst into tears. Lily comforted me with a hug and said, "I see now."
Pandora rushed in, "What's going on??" Then she saw my tears and said, "Did you just return??"
Lily softly answered for me, "Yea..."
Gadi called again, "Guys! You really should see this!"
I stood my ground and pushed off the feelings. Then, I grabbed Pandora and said, "I'm sorry."
She petted my head, brushing my hair, sending gentle tingles through my body, "It's okay, Guhya."
Lily watched us and remarked, "Incredible."
Once again, Gadi demanded, "I'm serious, you need to see this!!"
We caught up with him. Immediately, I said, "Hey. I just returned and we have to go-"
Then, I was caught off guard. Half of the bizarre glitching corpses were missing.
Lily turned to me and asked, "Wh-what does this mean??"
I answered, "I don't know... how could this be different already?"
Gadi attempted to explain, "Look here. It's as if they were in agony before-"
The distant sound of slamming started again.
I grabbed Pandora's hand and said, "Let's go! I'll explain later!"
We ran out of the room. At the far end of the hall, the beast stood. It was unlike it was before, back when I first saw it in Iniko. It had changed. Grown. It had become a monster. Red lights glowed where its face and mouth portal lived. A series of antennae curled off of its head part. It's body and head were one. The creature was definitely still biological AI but had a subtly robotic or even insectoid look to it. It was clearly fused with the Mekkad.
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I pulled Pandora in the opposite direction. Everyone else followed.
As we ran, I looked back at Pandora. I wondered how many more times we could return before it stopped working altogether. We had to use this ability as little as possible, otherwise we would be fucked. We couldn't get careless.
Arezo stopped, put her hands out, and generated a thick wall, blocking the hallway we were in. We were far enough away that the creature's Sige disabling wasn't an issue.
