Matt

Chapter 13- The Deli

Okay, you're probably wondering where the hell we are right now. Actually, it's likely impossible that you've been wondering that, as you'd only just found out that we're anywhere. What's more likely, however, is that you're wondering who I was referring to when I said "we."

To answer that first, I'm currently standing next to Alex and Alexis. And as for the question of where we were... that was a little harder to explain. Was it another dimension? Well, according to those standing next to me, yes and no.

I guess if I had to describe it, I would say that it's the storeroom next to the grocery store...except it's not. I don't know; it was weird. Everything in it had a bluish tint to it, including myself, Alex, and Alexis. And it was all fuzzy, like looking at a poorly taken photograph. I had briefly looked at my hands. They were so blurry that I couldn't make out the lines and bumps on my palms, but if I touched my hand, I could feel them.

Anyway, none of this is important because, unfortunately for us, we were not alone. On the other side of the room we were in, there was the anomaly Clara had told me about the other night. And it looked every bit as dangerous as her warning had foretold.

What exactly was the anomaly? Well, according to Alex, it's called a Malboro. I guess the words that summarize it best would be a tentacle beast, but that would likely give you the wrong idea. It wasn't one of those tentacle beasts. It was a giant green beast with numerous long tentacles. It had a gaint mouth with razor-sharp teeth and no eyes. In no way, shape, or form did this thing even come close to anything from normal reality. Strangely, it was the one thing within this space that wasn't blurry.

"Certainly a strange monster, isn't it, Matt." Alex said.

Strange definitely describes this...thing in every imaginable way.

"So... all we got to do is kill this thing, and we're done, right?" I asked, definitely losing a bit of my nerve.

"Yes." responded Alexis.

"Very well," said Alex. "I suppose it's time that we got this over with. It would be nice to have this whole mess we've been through come to an end." He then outstretched his hand, and in a flash of light, a two-handed battle axe appeared. "I can't access my full abilities here, but this should suffice."

"Just kill it already!" I yelled as I began to back off a bit behind the both of them. The two of them were the picture of complete calmness during this whole event.

In the back of my mind, I had to think, however. Why couldn't this have been a normal mystery?

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To explain what I meant about that, I'd have to back track to the beginning of today. To my very fortune, I was once again able to wake up again without the "assistance" of Serena. I quickly got up and made my way into the bathroom. After taking my shower, I exited the bathroom and quickly got dressed. I tried to find something close to professional to wear, but when I remembered that we were nothing more than a high school "club", I realized that it was probably best not to overdo it. I settled on khakis and a gray polo shirt.

When I exited my room, I found Serena just getting out of her room. I noticed she had very slight bags underneath her eyes as she yawned while heading towards me.

"Good morning. How are you feeling?" I asked.

"Anxious," she said while rubbing out the sleep from her eyes. "I barely slept at all last night."

"That's too bad."

She narrowed her eyes at me when she realized I was already set to go. "Obviously, you don't seem all that worried. Looks like you slept like a baby."