"It's been a long time Kessler." That distorted voice.
"Show yourself! Don't hide in the shadows!" I exclaimed but he just laughed at me.
"It's not yet the right time for you to see me Kessler. Time will come, you just have to wait for it. That is, if you're still alive hahahahaha!"
"You can't scare me now! I'm not afraid to see you anytime, anywhere!" Where the hell is the riddler? I kept looking around but I can't see him.
"Oh really? Hahaha, you're not good at lying Kessler. I can feel fear coming from you hahahaha!" I hate that distorted voice.
I'm trying to locate where he's at, it became dark all of a sudden here in the living room when he arrived.
"If you wanna see me, then follow me hahahaha!" There he is! I saw a shadow who suddenly flied out of the room. I immediately followed it, I don't know where it's headed but I don't care.
* * *
"Tss, where is he?" I lost sight of him, shit! What is this place? Wait-- this place seems familiar, like I've been here before. That-- that's it! This place is--
"Cherlain Forest hahaha! That's right Kessler, you've been here before. Not just you, your friends too hahahaha!" I knew it, it did happened! It's not just a dream.
"Why only I can remember that we've been here before?! Answer me Riddler!" But instead of answering me, he just laughed at me. "I SAID ANSWER ME!"
"Hihihi!" His laugh suddenly changed and after that I saw a creepy smile.
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Is it the riddler? Beside it are silhouettes, what the? It's them, why are they here?
"Guys, why are you here?! Get out of here!?" I shouted but it seems like they can't hear me.
"Shout 'til your heart's content, they can't hear you hihihi!" It's getting darker and darker here inside the forest. The shadow's slowly consuming my friends' bodies.
"Jamila, Joaquin, Toby, Kessler, CL and Lyka. I'll try my best to save all of you." They're just looking at me.
"You can't save them Kessler Alv and your failure will ...
start ...
NOW!"
"AHHHHHHHH!"
* * *
Ugh-- where am I? Wait, what just happened? I woke up here just outside Joaquin's house, it looks like their garden of some sort. The wind's blowing very hard, it's like tearing my skin. What am I doing here? I should have been inside waiting for his cousin to arrive-- oh no!
I immediately stand up and run inside the house. The riddler! He did all of that to divert my attention! I just hope I can still make it.
"Why did you fall for his tricks Kessler?!" I said while tapping my head. "You're so stupid!" Not another minute passed and I was back to where I was earlier, the living room. Only one lampshade gives light to the whole room, I don't hear anything. I started walking slowly, light steps land on the floor everytime. I decided to climbed upstairs to checked on Joaquin since nothing unusual happened down there.
An empty alley, lit by small lamps fixed on the wall and an eerie atmosphere is what I saw and felt when I reached the second floor. I can hear my own footsteps everytime I make one, it's starting to get cold in here. The air circling this place or maybe even the house is getting colder and colder every single second. I felt uneasy, especially when I felt that someone's behind me and it's like hugging me with its cold bare hands. The steps I'm taking started to get heavy. I'm getting slower, moving like I'm carrying something on my back. The next thing I saw scared the shit out of me, that's when I saw my shadow and ...
another shadow on my back ...
smiling at me.
"Get off of me!" I said as I tried to shaked this one off. Now, I can really feel that there's something heavy on my back, I can't make a step anymore. "Fuck!" It's getting heavier. It's not just one shadow anymore, I can see a group of shadows now. "Ugh!" I lost balance and now I'm faced down on the floor, I can't move. "Huff, huff, shit!"
"Kessler? Why are you lying on the floor dude?" Joaquin? So the door in front of me leads to his room.
"Ugh." So only I can see the shadows. "Joa--" No, no! Some-- someone's behind him. "Run." These shadows, seems like they're sucking out my strength.
"Run? What do you mean dude?" His attention was diverted when he heard car noises. "That's probably my cousin, let's go dude." He said with a smile. He was about to take a step but--
"Joa-- quin." Fuck, fuck, fuck! I can't move.
"Woah-- what's happening? AHHHHHHHHHH!" Shadows suddenly pierced his bodies from behind. Blood's comin' out of his body, the shadows sticking to his skin and it's slowly tearing him apart. "AAAAHHHHH! He-- help me Kessler!"
"Ugh!" He's reaching out his hand towards me and I'm trying my best to grab it. "Shit!" Again, I'm fucking useless! All I can do is watch him, his blood is all over the floor. Shit!
"AAAHHHHHHH!" Bones breaking, skin tearing and blood gushing out of Joaquin. The shadows consumed him completely. "Ugh-- ahh-- he-- hel--p--"
"Sorry Joaquin."
BLAAGG!
"Shit! Shit! Ahhhhh!" His body fell in front of me. I can't recognize him anymore. "I'm useless, fucking useless." I can feel that the shadows are no longer on my back. All that is here is I and Joaquin's dead body. I can't help but cry, two of my friends died in front of me. "Why me? My friends-- what did we do? Why us?"
