Anna
Why?
She couldn't understand. And she could not move a single muscle, being hooked on the blade of the scissor like a marionette on a single, deadly string. Pictures flashed through her mind, pictures of the four of them having fun together and enjoying themselves. All the years, the long nights and fun times. And now?
Why... Why do you do this kind of thing, Hendrick? she thought. No... You aren't the real Hendrick, are you?
You are something else.
Before she could ask herself more questions, Hendrick's voice burst through the heartbeat. It was sharp and clear, without doubt.
"Oh, lord of the machines, heart of the factory deep below. I have come to offer you a sacrifice. A sacrifice as the price to let me continue on my journey. Please, be gracious and accept my offer!"
Anna felt a light push on her back, her body first balancing straight, then starting to move forward as the blade of the scissor slowly slid out of her chest.
And once again she heard Hendricks voice, this time quieter, "At least try to smile, Ann..."
It didn't sound like him at all, his tone filled with mockery and joy.
"You have finally served your purpose..."
He chuckled.
"...and you have been of great use."
And as her vision began to blur further, and her field of view was redirected down the pit, she got a better look of what had hidden below them for so long.
And she fell down the endless seeming pit,
as her eyes were too weak to even form tears.
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Hendrick?
Hendrick glanced around, the metallic creatures waiting patiently for his action. He looked down at his reddened scissor, then up to where Jim was standing. He was where he had expected him to be.
He saw Jim stare him down, his expression saying more than words ever could. He heard his shouts and screams, the words he called him.
But he did not care.
His lips formed a smile, which was met with pure anger. As he saw Jim get tackled from another metallic human and pinned down, he turned around, towards the floating stairs that had just appeared, and started crossing to the floating platform which hovered over the middle of the hole.
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Sinner's Game
Horor'Are you ready for the secrets that await between the Lines of Reality to unfold?' It first sounds like a dream come true as Hendrick and his friends get transported into the world of 'Sinner's Game'. But things soon get more serious as their journe...
