18: Box

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Jason haven't ran that far in his life. He stopped only when he was about to collapse. He looks behind him to see if Lust had followed but there was no one to his relief. Jason looks up at the sky to see dullness. The sky is gray. It's been gray.

He wonders if time goes differently here. For all he knows he could have gone for a week.

I want to go home... He was in an empty town with broken down houses. Jason decided that he should stay here for the time being. If the Sins are in this world then he has to be careful. It's not just the Sins, it's the people as well. They're nothing like the people who Jason greeted everyday. Luckily though, this town seems abandoned.

Jason steps towards a small house that seems in better shape than others. He slowly opens the door, looking inside to find that it is relativity tidy and spacey with a bed, shelves, tables and chairs. In fact, it was too tidy for an abandoned town.

He sees a suspicious box upside down in the corner of the room. He frowns, getting closer. Jason reaches out towards the box, heart pounding from the anxiety. He quickly grabs the box and put it aside, revealing a small baby inside of it. The baby is extremely skinny, his whole body practically bones.

As soon as the baby saw daylight, he began to whimper and cry.

"Stop!" Someone shouted behind Jason. Jason slides to his right, grabbing the baby and holding him tightly. Jason looks back to see not a Sin, but a little boy, glaring at him. He holds a knife in his hand.  "Hey.. What are you doing..?" Jason asked him. "You shouldn't be holding a knife.. It can be dangerous."

"That's my baby brother!" The boy cried out. "Give him back."

"Baby brother..?" Jason looks at the child and than at the boy. They're both skinny. He can see their ribs showing through their skin. "Are.. are you two hungry..?"

The boy didn't say anything. The baby started to cry harder. Jason carefully put the child down on the bed. "Stay here, I'll get some food for you guys."

Jason went out and look through the houses. They were all already salvaged. I'll have to look for fruits then... He went to a small patch of trees and bushes, searching for anything. He found an apple tree. Smiling, he grab a branch to knock some down. He grabs one and then takes another in his left.

The apple turned into mush.

It took him quite a while to get back. "I'm back," Jason said with apples in his arms-his left arm carefully placed so he didn't touch any of the apples.

He had drop some since he couldn't carry them all with the curse. He pushes the door open with his back.

The boy was there, sitting near the box in the corner with his back turned to Jason. "Hey, here's some apples." Jason put them on the table. The boy didn't say anything or even turn. "My baby brother is good." He murmured.

"What? He's too skinny!" Jason takes two apples and heads over. "Take one." All of the sudden, Jason felt a sharp pain in his right leg. Looking down, he saw a knife was sticking out of the leg.

Jason drops the apples, holding on his bleeding leg. "Wh.. why would you-" He looks up to see the boy had blood smeared over his face and hands. The box was also covered in blood.

The baby wasn't crying anymore.

Jason's heart stop. No he.. didn't... He was shocked, unable to move, his eyes staying on the bloody box. He didn't realize the boy had another knife, about to stab him once more.

The next seconds were a blur. Someone had shoved Jason away. Jason looks to see Envy with a knife sticking into his shoulder, staring down at him.

"En... vy?"

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