PeakWEST 𝙎1 - 11 : Monster

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 𝟿𝟷 - 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚢𝚜 𝙸𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 - 9

Alan: "And then... that was the last sight I ever had of my father."

Alan: "My mother was carrying me while running to the crates room. Two men caught us. She threw me out the door..."

Kartik: "Raped her???!!"

Mike, Kanaeo, Timp, and Zen's eyes widen.

Timp: "What the hell are you saying, Kartik! What happened to you!"

Kartik: "He's lying! A fucking liar!"

Alan (embarrassed): "I'm not lying..."

Alan falls to his knees, feeling the darkness around him fully.

He cries out in pain, groaning.

Alan: "I... I did not deserve that... or maybe I do..." He groans

He grips the floor mat in anger.

Alan: "Why... should... why would this... why did this happen to me..."

Mike: "Alan..."

Kanaeo: "..."

Timp: "..."

Alan: "And then, I was doing nothing rather than just watching all of this... At the end of her breath, she signaled me to run away..."

Alan: "I was so cruel... I didn't do anything but stand there, stunned... My legs started to move on their own from there... I ran out of there."

Mike: "Then... you came here directly?"

Alan: "No... I was adopted by a Muslim family for a week. They then gave me to another family. That’s who I called my grandmother and grandfather."

Mike: "Oh..."

Timp: "Then why are you here?"

Alan: "I was doing good... in each family, they named me differently. But my true name was Alan. Then, for money, I decided to take a job secretly."

Mike: "An illegal job?"

Alan: "No... a factory job..."

Timp: "A factory job? What work there?"

Alan: "Just simple tasks. They were all good until one day came... They used drugs, tortured people, and used child laborers. I was saved because I was liked by one of the managers there..."

Alan: "And one day... while all the seniors were drunk... they started a massacre, attacking themselves but ended up killing..."

Alan: "All of those friends I made within a week died in front of my eyes..."

Moon: "What..."

Alan: "As soon as they saw me watching all this, they blackmailed me, saying I shouldn’t talk about it outside. They asked for my parents' or grandparents' number. I denied."

Alan: "They started to torture me... but I never gave them the number or address."

Alan: "They tortured me so brutally, they injected me with something too."

Alan: "I was suffering through it all and was hit on the head. When I opened my eyes, the manager I mentioned showed up with a gun. He explained that I killed them all brutally."

Mike: "You murdered people too??"

Alan (embarrassed): "Yeah, 2..."

Kartik: "Fucking liar!!! You're lying! You said you killed 12!!"

Timp: "TWELVE?!!!"

Alan: "I never did..."

**Kartik:** "You all know he's lying!"

Alan: "I—"

Zen: "Kartik, shut up now or we'll kick you out of here."

Mike: "Continue, Alan."

Alan: "Then after killing them... to hide their bodies... I sewed them on the running machine."

Moon: "Eww—"

Alan: "I managed to escape from there with the help of the manager."

Alan: "As a twelve-year-old... they all saw me as someone who was a dream figure who never existed."

Mike: "Oh..."

Alan: "That’s it, then I ended up loving someone and we got separated. I was broken. I thought she was the only solution for all my depression but then, we got separated too."

Alan: "She said she'd be waiting for me when the situation got better. She said we’d both text again and meet and date again."

Alan: "But the depression was about to consume me... to avoid another suicide attempt, I started to run away..."

Mike: "Where? To?"

Alan: "I don’t know... I just ran somewhere... I saw my own self as a monster about to consume me... that’s all I remember."

Mike:* "What?"

Alan: "Yes... then I ended up tired and fell onto a tree, dreaming about the happiest memory I had. Her memories I spent with. After many hours, I woke up. It was night, and I managed to bear all the animal attacks along with wolves I met."

Mike: "You pet wolves???"

Alan: "No. They became my friends in the forest."

Moon: "Aww..."

Timp: "Damn!"

Alan: "Kuro and Iden helped me through those moments. I hope they’re doing well now."

Mike: "How did you end up here at Peak West?"

Alan: "I simply saw the peak that was so tall... I was someone who didn’t have any goals but barely breathed and survived. But I found myself setting some goals."

Alan Imagines the image of the peak with the wolves, Deepika living peacefully along with his parents and adopted grandparents

"I thought... I could live a happy life in a peaceful place..."

Alan: "As soon as I reached closer... the advertisement came to my mind."

Mike: "OH!"

Timp: "Advertisement?!"

Mike: "Yeah!! The one the government posted."

Alan: "Yeah... the place where there is no slavery, no wars, no humans, only peace... I realized that the peak I was looking at was that... so I decided to climb all the way here..."

Zen: "And that’s how you’re here?"

Alan: "Yes..."

Zen: "Damn... you’ve been through a lot..."

Mike: "I’m sorry for your loss, Alan..."

Alan: "You people may not trust me, but that’s the truth—"

Kartik: "Exactly! Who the fuck would trust that??"

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