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Chapter 4 - Liti

I kept falling and falling, in no direction whatsoever. All I could see was the inky blackness of what seemed like a bottomless pit. Whispers filled my ears as ghastly hands touched me and clawed at my arms.

"Come with ussss... It shall be fun... Stuck forever..."

"Stay... Help... Don't go... Please..."

"You'll never see them again... Never... No one... Forever... Here..."

"Take me with you... I'm begging you... Please... Have mercy..."

"You won't succeed... Just like your father... "

"Kill yourself... The only way... Before you're stuck..."

They kept talking, urging me to give up, to drift into their crowd, to get lost in wherever the fuck that place was. And I did. I let them pull me in, the pain in my hollow heart back again. I closed my eyes, fighting the tears, falling still.

I suddenly feel my feet touch the ground. I opened my eyes and took in my surroundings. I was facing a dense wood, in black and white. It looked as though someone had decided to suck every bit of life out of the forest. It was so dull and dark, I could feel the imense boredom of living in a place like this. There was no colours, no life, no fun. I reached out to touch a tree, but my hands went straight through, the tree glitching where I touched it. Even the ground I stood on felt unstable, like I was on a trampoline. It shifted and moved, some parts were solid, some weren't.

Once again, I walked through an unknown forest, but this time, I literally walked through it. The trees passed right through me, as if it was made of mist. My vision barely reached 6 meters and anything further was, of course, drenched in an inky blackness. The place created a feeling of angst and agony, making me feel more anxious than Alyssa in a panic attack. In the corner of my eyes, I saw deformed creatures, hiding in the shadows, growling hungrily. When I turn to look at them, there was nothing there. Top quality Kurt Wagner shit.

It was quiet scary, walking through the woods alone, especially when there were a bunch of strange creatures stalking you. As I continued walking, a loud hissing noise filled my ears, like I had fallen into a large pit of deadly vipers. My vision expanded slowly and I stepped into a clearing. I could see as clearly as when I was in daylight now and before me stood the mansion that I was in. Standing about 3 meters away from the front door with her back towards me was Sam. She was in a dazed position, head slightly raised and hands hung at her side.

"S-Sam?" I stuttered, taking a step towards her.

Sam tensed, as if I had caught her doing something bad. She slowly turned around, stumbling like a drunk. Her face looked dull and her green eyes were no longer shining with mischief, but were empty and bored. A grin slowly spread across her face revealing a pair of long canines. A forked toungue whipped out and and she let out a venomous hiss. Her image flickered and glitched, changing to another person, with brown, scaly skin and a V-shaped sign on her forehead.

I looked to my right and saw Liz in the same state. Before I could work out why she looked like she was mashed up with a werewolf, I fainted and fell.

I woke up falling once again, through that black void filled with mournful whispers. As I tumbled downwards, a light slowly spread through the tunnel and I picked up speed. I was scared, but I looked down anyways. There it was, the black four by four Ford truck. I landed with a thud in the back of the car. My three friends scrambled off of the floor to see what was going on. They stared at me from the three sides of the car. 

Awkward silence.

"Teleportation? Hell yeah, I'm going in that place!" Sam grinned.