The Haunted Town

Chapter 7

CHAPTER 7
"Demon and Host"

-You have to die a few times before you actually live. (Charles Bukowski)-

The Hunted Town
Church
3 : 47 PM

“Hnn...” She woke up and rubbed her eyes like usual. She stretched her arms and felt some throbbing pain all over her body. Her head then suddenly ached and she held it using both hands.

She sighed after the pain and noticed where she is.
She's at the Church!
When?!
When did she arrived at this Church?

So many questions rushed inside her head and she only felt more pain.

“Ri...ri? Are you awake?”

Gin-Kaichou...!?
She looked at her side and found the SC President lying next to her.

“K-Kaichou!” She said and noticed that he's bathing with his own blood. His shirt is wet and sticky. And he looks so pale.

Gin smiled at her. “H...How do you feel...? Is there anything...th-that ...hurts?”

“Why do you worry about me ...w-when I'm the one who should be worrying about you?” She asked in a worried face as she begun shaking.

She can't explain it but some memories are coming back to her. Memories that she's not aware of.

“What's. ...wrong?” Gin asked in a really tired manner.

She sweat cold and felt nervous at the same time. She doesn't want to believe the memories.

She killed ...people.
She hurt her friends.
Nia... Karma ....Lenka ....and Gin.

Gin get up slowly and reaches her by his trembling and weaken hand. “Riri...calm down. Now, ...tell me what is it?” He spoke in a really mild and low voice.

She stopped and move asay from him.
Afraid of something...

“It's alright. ...Riri. I'm on your side--guff!?” Gin coughs. There was blood on it.

“Ka-Kaichou...!” Though she wanted to go near him but she can't. Something's wrong with her.
Something that she can't understand.

“Yo-u were possessed by that black thing. Nngh!!! But...but if its true ...th-then---!?” He coughed again and threw up blood.

This time she tried to ignore all self-restrictons and went to Gin.

And so the black thing took over her again.

“Stubborn kid. Ahahahahaha!!!! But in the end, she's still weak and let herself got taken away!” Riri, no, the black thing must have possessed Riri and took over her again laughed inside of her.

Gin gritted his teeth, thinking of what he should do.

“You bastard...guhh!!” Gin collapse on the floor. He looked up when Riri's hand grabbed his head, and felt a warm liquid dropped on his face.

Riri's grinning wide which's contradicting the tears flowing from her eyes.

That's why he thought that Riri might be still out there. She's conscious.

“I know what you're thinking, Mr. President. Yes, this girl here you know? She's been awake all this time, inside. Though she can't do anything. You know, it's like she's having a really bad nightmare? Ahahahaha~!!!” She laughed. “Watching all her friends die by her own hands...haa...it's so thrilling I can't get enough!”

He breath-in and breath-out and calmed himself down. After that, he opened his arms wide to Riri. “Come out there, Riri. You know that anything of this wasnt your fault.”