Chapter 57: Fit back into my skin

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  ♫♪♫♪ Flower petals and feathers tether me to the ground~ ♫♪♫♪
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Hero shivers, "It sure is cold..."

   "I can't believe it. When we first came here, we couldn't feel anything. Now..." Kel held his shoulders, trembling.

   They continued to climb the snowy mountain, the dark but calming atmosphere was widely different from the rest of Black Space.

   "It's a... church?" Basil stepped back, looking up at the building in front of them.

   Aubrey glanced around, "Do we go in? I don't wanna keep freezing my ass off..."

   Kel grinned weakly, "Let's."

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   "It looks like normal so far..."

"Don't jinx it."

"We'll be okay. We've been through enough, what's more...?" Basil interrupted Kel and Aubrey's squabble, trying his best not to collapse.

'What was wrong with me...?' He pondered, his eyesight getting dimmer.

"Hey, Basil, need someone to lean on?" Hero noticed his droopiness, and held out a hand.

"...thank you." He took it, and they continued forth down the long hallway.

"Woah! It's Headspace Basil again!" Kel ran up to him, who was wrapped up in a something, being held up.

"How is he gonna die this time-"

"P l e a s e... O m o r i... h e l p." HS Basil looked up at the group, his eyes lifeless.

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*SNAP*

Suddenly, a gut wrenching shriek comes out of HS Basil, as everyone shakily observes him.

Chunks of flesh and blood drip onto the stairs, while he continues to wail.

Aubrey gasped, "His... arms and legs...

they... s n a p p e d."

"Holy shit..." The cuss word slipped out of Hero's throat.

   Kel grasped his body, shivering.

   Basil gasped, trying to look away, yet struggling to.

   Suddenly, HS Basil gets dragged away, a blood trail and a deafening scream leaving in his place.

   The four just stood there, utterly helpless, watching and listening as the cry for help becomes fainter and fainter.

   "..."

   "..."

   "..."

   "...uhm... guys? We have... an hour left..." Kel held up the map, seeing the timer in the corner decreasing ever so slightly every moment.

"Remember what Stranger said? This... is just a dream..." Hero held Basil's hand tighter, as he started to sway back and forth unsteadily.

"Yeah, sure as hell feels real though..." Aubrey starts to walk ahead, following the crimson trail.

"For... for Sunny." Basil glanced at his hands, getting pulled along by Hero, who's face was littered with worry for him, and everyone else.

They continued to walk down the path, an end unfathomable.

Seeing many body parts of HS Basil, they held there heads higher, trying to avoid looking at the dismemberment and guts around them.

Everyone froze when Kel did, "Those red hands again."

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