Concealed: Book 1: Scratching the Surface

Chapter 11

   I felt light tugging on my shirt. I open my eyes, and in front of me is Iris, trying to get me out of bed. "Get up! It's almost time for school!!" I Immediately jump out, causing Iris to fall over. However, she gets back up quickly. "You're even worse than me sometimes.. I'm impressed!" I overslept..? I look at the digital clock on the dresser, and my eyes widen. I quickly get ready. While brushing my hair, I could've sworn I heard Iris whispering in another language. As soon as I headed out the room, I felt dizzy. Before I knew it, I passed out.

   I can hear voices, but they're very faint. The only thing I can hear clearly is the heart monitor. Am I in a hospital..? I jerk up, but immediately cry out as pain shoots up my left arm. Everything is clear now. Baldi looks at me and gently lowers me down. "Hannah, you need rest! Your heart abruptly stopped when you passed out! I...We.. don't want to have that happen to you again!" Iris hugs my right arm, crying. She only met me a few days ago, and she already cares about me like a sister...? This child is weird. "But I'm fine. Despite everything else going on, I feel the same." They looked at me in confusion. "Really?" Baldi started glitching out, then disappeared. Iris did the same thing, but not as bad. Suddenly, I was in another place. Blood flowed down my arm, but my masochism started getting to it, making me begin to breathe heavily, and even randomly moan.  "Haah..." All of a sudden, a knife appears in my hands. The handle is grey with black fire-like patterns. The blade was tinted red, save for the tip. I immediately knew what to do with it. I rolled down my left sleeve, and started cutting myself. The pain was masked with pleasure. Doing that made me feel... Weird. Like I was indestructible. My wound immediately heals. I jumped when I heard Baldi's voice, but it was deep, and had slight static. I turned around, but Baldi wasn't there. I then heard Serrah's voice. "Hannah..?" There she is. She's a light, too, but not like the Dokis. "Hannah, you have to--7_56$*+_:8-:AAAAAAAAAA" She begins to glitch out. Everything feels... Digital. Serrah's eyes turn completely black. A menu appears, just like the ones in those RPG Maker games. I take a look at my skills. "Masochism..?" I press it, and feel my body moving. I cut myself again,and the feeling is back. Serrah lunges forward, headbutting me hard. Pixels form on the place she hit me, turning into a bleeding bruise. The sparks from her actually hurt. Pain courses through my entire body. She has taken a large chunk of my HP... I decide to attack. A new skill appeared, called Revenge. I press it and run toward her, knife in hand. She disappears as soon as the knife hits her. Tears begin to well up, but I wipe them away. I feel a hand on my back. "Don't worry, you didn't hurt me. You only hurt the person who was controlling me." All of my physical wounds healed completely. She then hugs me. "I'm glad. I don't want to see you hurt.." I'm back in my house. Serrah's still there, though. "You rest. I'll fend off anyone who tries to hurt you." I smile at her, and lay down. I fall asleep quickly.