Lost in Transmission - Little Nightmares AU

Darkness | 6

       Before I hear her humming, I can tell that the Lady lives here.

       I only saw her once, so I'm not sure what it is that made me remember her. She didn't try to attack me, or even do anything that scared me. Standing there was enough to keep her in my mind.

       She's dangerous, and I need to be ready.

       I creep up the carpeted staircase, trying to keep the steps from creaking - and trying not to think about everything that I'm leaving behind...trying not to think about Mono.

       I don't know why he didn't understand. I tried to explain everything to him.

       He's not really your friend. A real friend would have listened and not scared you by yelling like that.

       He was angry at me, though.

       Too angry at you. He should have been happy that you were alive, and not sad that Seven or whatever his name was died. Something is better than nothing.

       I guess, but...I killed his friend.

       Didn't YOU say that "it's over now", so it doesn't matter anymore?

       Yeah.... But I don't know if I meant it. I think it does matter, actually, because me eating Seven is why Mono is probably alone right now.

       You don't regret it, right?

       I bite my lip, frowning. ...No. Of course not.

       Don't regret ANYTHING. Just survive, and if anyone has a problem with that, then they're not your friend and you can't trust them.

       ....

       That's when I start to hear the humming, and I know for sure that the Lady is here. I stop thinking about Mono, because right now, I have better things to worry ab-

       I freeze.

       The Lady is standing right there, facing away from me as she runs her fingers through her hair. A cracked mirror is propped up on a desk in front of her.

       My bones turn into ice when I see her. I can't move, or she might hear me and turn around and catch me, and...

       Slowly, I inch back into the other room. Her humming never stops, which makes me shiver even though I'm safe for now, and I frown. Why am I so scared of her? She doesn't look bad, but...there's just something....

       Just be careful. You can get past her.

       And go where? The room past her didn't lead anywhere.

       There's a locked door down the stairs. The key should be around here, so it's probably somewhere over where Miss-Creepy-Humming is. ...You didn't notice the door?

       No. I was thinking about.... I stop myself before I say it, but the voice realizes anyway.

       You have to stop thinking about Mono. You left, he's gone, you can stop being scared, just get him out of your head! He's never gonna get out of your thoughts if you can't forget about him.

       But....

       There's a part of me that doesn't want to forget. It wants me to remember, because even though I know I can't go back to Mono, I don't want everything we went through to just disappear. Some of it was good, like the parts where we got away. Wandering the city was fun. It was just us in a city where nothing dangerous lived if you didn't go looking for it. We were safe there, for a while.