Dark Star: Kyouryoku

Chapter 22 - A Rush Through Color Palace

"Come out, come out. Are you in there, you little rat?"

Why do I feel so familiar with being called a rat? And why do I feel I've been attacked multiple times with it?

They all closed in on my tightened abode as my breath drew short and my feelings of deja vu ran over me. Truly, all girls are the same.

What should I do, though? I don't know if anything I can do will work. I could barely move any part of my body as I was being blinded by the many colors. I don't even think I could do anything that would help me out without turning my body into mush or just straight-up revealing myself.

"Badithesa, go to the other side and make sure that there is no way of escaping. Throw some carcasses to flush em out if we can't get them."

Whoever that was issued the commands that made my gut wrench.

And what is with the specificity? She is speaking as if she were speaking from loads of experience.

I heard pitter-patters to stomps heading my way, and the temperature was dropping...

Oh, the temperature is dropping.

The area I was once unable to move in became a slip slope that swashed me through to one side once lifted.

Looking up at the certain picture of Aidan in his many jackets, covering himself in his outer hoodie, standing in front of me.

...

"Gen- Please go; I'll take care of this."

He almost screwed up, but it's all good. But should I really leave him there? I don't want a rerun of Rege.

"I knew it! Get them! The blue one, especially. I don't know about the masked man, but break their legs if you have to."

Yelled Teenage Cactus with the other girls silently watching.

"Are you sure? There are a lot of them."

The ever-zipped Aidan nodded.

Though I was hesitant, I steeled my nerves and ran through the blinding light.

Well, it didn't take me long to realize that I didn't know where I was going. No matter how colorful a place is, it won't guide me to where I need to go.

"There's the intruder!"

A bunch of girls showed up, even though it hadn't been that long since we got in, and I didn't see an alarm. Are they...

"H-h-hey c-can you guys maybe just leave and guide me to your leader o-or to the TV guy? O-o-O-r...

F*ck.

At first, I was trying to play this normally, but here I am with a completely different sentence than what I was trying to say, tripping over my words. Still feeling unsettled, I started thinking about whether I was overreacting...

Upon second thought, all girls are the same; if I actually went through with it, they would ridicule me just like every other one. It's like they have a hive mind that tells them exactly who to hate.

Of course, I'm speaking from experience. So many times, I thought that I could ask a question or make a girl my friend. Each and every time I did, they all left at the same time without a syllable leaving their lips.

"W-What is he talking about?"

"Just ignore him; he is harmless. He wouldn't be able to figure it out anyway."

As I thought.

"Just kill him!"

As she says this, some of the girls stop in their tracks.