Tower of God: The Flower of Earth (Slow Updates)

Chapter Eight

I walked onto the platform to be transported to the next floor with Kal and Mercy, the others in our group not so far behind.

Pan, Sara, Yang, Cas, Lilac, Mumtaz, Hartley, Zack, and Trevor went to rest else where.

"You guys ready?" I asked, them, and smiled softly.

"Let's do this thing!" Kal pumped her fists into the air as she grinned.

The others laughed.

The bright light began to glow around us as the platform rose, taking us up higher and higher to the next floor. We soon appeared on the third floor, darkness surrounding us.

"So this is the floor of dreams..." Mercy mumbled from besides me, as we all were looking at the new scenery for the next few days or so.

"Welcome." Two voices synchronized, a male and a female.

We all turned our heads and saw them.

A light skinned guy with yellow hair and pointy ears poking out under the moppy style and eyes who wore a light grey komodo, bearing a sun on his chest as the ties were light yellow. "Hello! I am Tae Yang! But you can call me Sun!" He motioned to the woman standing next to him.

She had scarlet red hair, and dark skin as dark as mocha. She wore a black komodo speckled with white and silver flowers. The tie around the her waist was the shades of grey. "This is Geu Limja! You can call her..."
Geu interrupted her ranker partner. "Shadow. Welcome to the floor of dreams." Her kale green eyes scanned our group of nine. "If you think you're in for an easy floor, you're wrong. This means if you fail, you can die. "

I heard Weldon gulp deeply from next to me, shaking slightly.

"So what do we need to do to pass onto the next floor?" Edric spoke up, pushing forward a bit to the front of the group.

"There are two tests. One. Survive, your worst nightmares. " Shadow waved her hand, as I heard several bodies hit the ground, as I started feeling weak in my knees. I crumpled to the ground.

I jolted awake, seeing darkness. "W-where am I?" I rubbed my head, standing up.

I walked, looking around, before seeing Kal. "Hey! Kal! Are you ok?" I tried to run over, but she seemed to get further and further away the closer I ran.

"What the..." I stopped, and looked around. I started hearing laughter. I looked at Kal, but saw her crying, her lips moving, but no sound coming out, and she was too far for me to read her lips.

The volume of laughter increases, as did how many people laughed. I covered my ears. "Gelotophobia. The fear of being laughed at." Shadow's voice echoed, as the laughter grew louder.

"S-stop!" I shouted, tears streaming down my face. It hurt too much. I was dying from the pain and the tears rolled down my face.

"NO! Stop laughing! I am not something to laugh at!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, as the laughter seemed to vanish suddenly, and something shattered around me.

I collapsed, panting as I shook. I ran towards Kal, knowing that she would need help.

I watched as she was hiding her face, but clearly had tears falling. I couldn't see what her nightmare was, but I knew she needed.

I got as close as I could, before there seems to be a glass separating us.

"Kal! Kal!" I banged on the glass, trying to get her attention.

"Atychiphobi. The fear of failure."

Kal held her face, tears falling. "Big brother..." She sobbed. "I'm sorry Donglyo! I'm sorry big brother! I thought I could be strong like you! I wanted to climb the tower like you!"