Doki Doki Literature Club a Phantom Threat

Chapter 13: Nightmare

Upon exiting the portal Jack reentered Null Space he glanced around curiously as he didn't see the group there. "Huh?! Looks like they escaped somehow," he said calmly, 'WHAT?! We have to go after them!' the voice boomed in Jack's head. He shook his head, "No! Sweaty, not yet, I'll let lure them to a false sense of security, it'll give me enough time to master the Phantom Ruby's power," Jack said while the voice shuttered at the end of his statement. "Hmm?! Is something the matter dear?" Jack asked curiously, 'N-No it's nothing dear, but I don't think it'd be wise to push your body to far,' the voice said sternly. Jack rolled his eyes, "Fine dear, I'll rest, besides I still have all of tomorrow to hone my abilities," Jack mentioned casually, while the voice remained ominously quiet. Jack felt his right arm, the same one that cracked by the emerald, it was starting to go numb. That feeling ended up spreading throughout his entire body as he collapsed, groaned as he dropped to the floor, while the voice began to call for him, 'Jack? Are you okay? Jack?' his vision was engulfed in a bright light similar to that of the Chaos Emerald, completely blinding him as the voice in his mind called out to him.

Amongst the light Jack felt himself in the middle of a dream and being awake. He saw amongst the light a woman standing in front of him with messy hair and a smile with a crazy look. The woman began glitching, breaking her form, and reforming with a gaze of sadness with tears streaming down her cheeks. Jack didn't remember who this woman was, but he felt his heart sting with sadness. The woman reached out to him as she shouted to him, but her voice was a garble mess, filled with gibberish and static. Jack wasn't sure why, but he tried reaching out to her desperately, he tried moving his right hand up to this angelic person, but his vision began being interrupted by a red and purple light consuming him. He saw red strings reaching out from behind him, tying around his entire body and pulling him away from the woman as the red vision began drowning out the woman.

Jack gasped as his vision was cleared and he saw himself back in Null Space, "W... What was that just now?" Jack said as he felt a sting his in mind, "Ow, my head?" he said quietly as he clutched his head softly. 'It seems that you still had some energy from the Chaos Emerald tucked within your body it must've caused you to hallucinate, Jack what did you see?!' the voice asked in a demanding manner, Jack stayed quiet as he stared at his right hand which he clutched tightly as he felt a tear go down his cheek. "W-What the?!" Jack stammered as he wiped his tear away. "i-it was nothing," he said calmly. While Jack couldn't see the voice, he felt a strong glare looking down at him, judging his movements. Jack smirked as he scoffed, "I don't remember what happened, but don't worry darling, I'm fine, so don't worry about it," he said calmly. 'Very well then darling, if you say you're okay I won't press on you for answers,' the voice said with doubt. "Well, how about we go and spend the rest of the day preparing the data for your physical body," Jack asked as he walked up to the command prompt as he opened up the image of Project Libitina. The voice didn't respond, but Jack simply took it as a yes as he began to work, all while still thinking of the woman he saw in that vision.

Back with the club members

Everyone was still in the room eating as they conversed with Nathan asking various questions of other of himself. "So, you can bake huh?" Natsuki asked him as she sipped her coke, "I mean, I can bake stuff, though I wouldn't say I'm an expert at it, to be honest if I had to say I only know how to bake cakes, cookies, and maybe 2 other things," he said as he pondered the question. "Well then, I guess I'll just have to teach you a thing or two when making my cupcakes," she said proudly while Shay interjected, "Hey hold on, I thought we were going to do the cupcakes," he said with a jealous tone. "W-Well we are its just..." Natsuki goes quiet as she blushes lightly to which Nathan decides to interject. "Well I'd love to help, but I also have to work on my dessert for the festival," he turns to Shay with a smirk as he continues, "so there's no need to get jealous over her attention man," everyone giggles at his comment while Shay and Natsuki turn away in embarrassment.