Endless

cHaPtEr fOuRtEeN

Soon, all will be revealed...

...

I felt myself levitate as I was moving towards a specific direction, still blinded by a piercing light. I guess I was being taken to another world where Thomas would be waiting.

"...Ahh!"

My body started to hurt a lot as I collapsed on the ground. It felt the same as when I did when I was sent to that replica of the city I grew up in. Was this the same place?

I slowly opened my eyes and I recognised the identical floors and buildings. I never thought I would say this, but I was rather disappointed.

Although as I looked up I already started to notice some changes that made this place incredibly different than the memory realm I was first sent too.

The first major change was the sky, which was covered with crimson clouds. It had the same appearance as that of the dimension I was sent to earlier, the one with floating blocks that moved together like asteroids; attaching and detaching themselves at will.

It was definitely unsettling...It was almost like these two world's fused together or something. Was that even possible? I guess anything was possible here.

The moon was much closer than it was in the "real world", and I couldn't help but feel like it was slowly advancing towards the ground...

Not only that, but there were no people walking down the streets either. I knew that they weren't actually people but creations of Alyssa for that memory world, but the place still felt so empty without them.

I heard the sound of a beating heart, but I couldn't tell where it was coming from. It sounded familiar, like I heard it somewhere before. I couldn't help but wonder who's heart it was, especially since it was louder than a normal heartbeat.

Maybe it belong to...

"So, Owen, do you like what you see?"

As I heard that taunting voice, I instantly knew it was Thomas. Much like Alyssa's his voice echoed everywhere, and it sounded like it was coming from above.

As he uttered those words, the windows of each building shattered, their glittering shards descending onto the ground like a rainstorm. I winced in pain as I felt some of them make contact with my body.

I heard abstract noises behind me coming from different directions, it was like they were merging together.

Once I looked to see where the noise was coming from, I saw a familiar cloud of darkness swirling around, hearing the same giggle that I heard so many times.

The dark cloud materialised into Alyssa's silhouette, the same one I saw in my bedroom earlier.

She slowly walked towards me, leaving footprints of a gooey black substance.

"So, you're finally here."

I stepped back slowly, and she continued giggling softly.

"It seemed you figured out how to get past that small challenge. Oh well...that was just me stalling. Now the real fun can begin!"

Another dark cloud started forming next to her, she turned her head and away from me and watched as it materialised into another figure, but this time it wasn't a silhouette. It was Thomas, in the flesh, looking even more intimidating than he did back in the real world.

He had that smirk that I was excited to wipe off his face for good.

"Now it's time to officially introduce a new contestant for my new game!" Alyssa announced.