THE OTHER UNIVERSE ★

ＷＡＫＩＮＧ ＵＰ （０.１）

"..Wake up."

..

I gasp awake. 

My vision slowly starts coming into focus. I blink my eyes as I look upwards in a daze. There's a person sitting in front of me staring at me intently, their expression unreadable. I feel cold sweat begin to bead on my forehead as I slowly begin remembering everything that just happened to me.

"Oh~ Saihara! You're awake~" I hear Kokichi's annoying voice say from somewhere beside me. I turn my head in a halfhearted attempt to look for him but his presence isn't anywhere to be seen. I feel fear rise in me again.  "Where are you?" I ask, my voice sounding rough from disuse. I try to sit up but I'm stopped by a firm grip on my shoulders. "Let go of me!" I yell, pushing against the person holding me firmly in place. 

The person lets me go easily and I scramble backwards till my back hits the hard surface behind me, but I feel someone punch me and tie my wrists together. Then the person kneels in front of me and I feel myself growing nauseous.

"What do you want?!" I finally scream, trying not to gag as I feel bile rising in my throat. "Well aren't you feisty!" the person says mockingly. They lean forward, getting close to my face. I instinctively try to scoot back but then something presses painfully against the base of my skull. I flinch involuntarily, closing my eyes, hoping I'm not going blind. 

It feels like I'm being pierced repeatedly with an electric fence, leaving a dull burning sensation in my brain. When I finally regain the ability to open my eyes they're watering. Tears fall freely from them. I look around frantically, trying to figure out where I am. This... this isn't right. Everything around me looks different, it's like I'm seeing things through the wrong end of a telescope, my perspective is off somehow.

 I can feel a cold hand gripping my upper arm and I look sharply up to see the person who's pinned me here. Their eyes stare directly into mine, their gaze unwavering and unblinking.. What do I do?

I hear a scream.