„No...please don't... you don't have to do this!", Julie struggled against the iron grip of the killer and received a chuckle in return. A crow's face turning towards her. „You're right Julie, I don'thave to do this, but I want to." The dark eyes behind the mask glistened with enjoyment. „Snow please... let me go, I'm sorry okay? I'm fucking sorry!", Julie dug her nails into Snow's sweater and slammed her fists against her shoulder but the girl didn't seem to notice as she made her way to the nexthook. She stopped for a moment and looked up at the dirty meat hook.
'I can give you a second chance if you want to, you just have to make that one sacrifice to me.'
The Entity slowly crept deeper and deeper into Snow's thoughts, clouding her mind.
She slowly lifted Julie up and yanked her onto the hook. Julie's scream filled the air as the cold metal forced its way through her skin and muscles, piercing her shoulder.
Julie struggled to pull herself up as best as she could, pained groans escaping her lips. Her panic only rose when she saw the black tendrils of the Entity slowly descending towards her. „Snow... Snow please...", Julie sobbed, hoping for her former gang member to show her mercy.
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Frankwalked for god knows how long. He threw his head from left to right, frantically looking for any sign of his girlfriend. He didn't evenrealize how the woods around him changed, the sky went from the constant twilight to a fresh dawn, birds could be heard chirping in the distance and the trees weren't mere black silhouettes anymore. He only stopped his frenzied run when he saw the old mansion a few meters ahead of him.
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The tendrils began to poke Julie, leaving small but bleeding scratch marks on her skin. But before the Entity had a chance to fully envelope her, she saw aturn in Snow's eyes, it was as if she'd returned to the state before they all ended up in this hell. "Julie..." The younger girl dashed forward, clasping her knife tightly to fight off the Entity. She jumped and managed to get Julie from the hook, ignoring her pained screaming as the hook moved out of the wound.
Both girls landed on the ground. "I'm sorry Julie...", Snow stated, ashamed of her deeds as she slowly got up. "It's... it's my fault really. You didn't do anything wrong.", Julie scratched the back of her neck with her healthy arm."You know you even saved me, again. I feel like shit... But I'd deserve that I guess.", Julie looked at the other girl "Yeah...whatever.", Snow cleaned her blade at her sleeve before tucking it safely into her pocket. She was confused, she wanted Julie to suffer, she was so angry and frustrated, but there were those memories, when Julie had thanked her for saving her life back at Joey's old workplace, memories of how she'd first met Julie, how she thought that maybe, one day, they'd even become friends.
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"How? Why? What the fuck is this?", Frankrambled, unsure of what to make of this situation. Was he outside of the hell that trapped him and his friends? And most importantly, where were the others? Where was Snow? He slowly approached the building, it looked worse than he remembered. It already seemed tobe old when they first found it but now it almost looked ancient, as if years had passed. He entered through the open door and looked down at the dark spot on the floor. It was the dried blood fromSnow's fight with the house's owner.
Frank fell to his knees, the memories flooding his mind. His hand traced the outlines of the stain on the carpet. This was the reminder of his greates mistake, he hated himself for what he did to Snow. She'd died because of him.
"Frank! Frank there you are!", Suzie's voice cut through the silence of the house. She usually kept her distance from Frank, mostly because of his unpredictable mood and his constant look of disgust, but just for this time she threw herself at him, her arms wrapping around his neck and he had trouble to keep a steady stand at this attack, but he hugged her back, just for this time.
"Suz you're going to strangle him.", Joey entered the large room from the same direction Suzie had appeared a few moments ago. The pinkette let go of Frank and skipped back to Joey's side. Joey approached Frank and patted him on the shoulder "We're back, I guess.", the taller boy stated. "Yeah...", Frank's nervousness grew with each heartbeat. Suzie and Joey were back, Julie was still missing as well as... Snow. He wasn't sure if he'd see her again, she had died in this world.
A sudden creaking of wooden planks caught the groups attention. Frank looked up to the staircase and saw Julie struggling with something – or someone on her back. He quickly ran up to her and sure enough, it was Snow that rested on her back, seemingly asleep. "I-I found her like that... and I couldn't let her-", Julies explainations were interrupted by Frank, who was giving her a death glare before picking up Snow.
The first thing he noticed was her body temperature. She was extremely cold, so he held her close and rubbed her arm up and down, hoping that this would warm her up. The girls gathered on the floor while Joey collected some wood to make a small fire.
Soon the fire was lit and all that the teenagers could do was to wait, wait for Snow to stir in her slumber and finally come back to them.
Hour by hour passed and Suzie snuggled up close to Julie, who was resting against Joey. The three fell asleep and even Frank's eyelids grew heavy. He tried his best to stay awake but the exhaustion of his run through the forest and the subsiding of adrenaline in his body left him feeling tired and drained. He looked at Snow's face one last time before drifting off into a deep sleep himself.
"Frank...Fraaaank...", a young voice called out for the boy. He scrunched up his nose, the idea of waking up was obviously not appealing to him."Frank, love, wake up.", his shoulders received a soft shake and he finally opened one eye, his mind was clearly still asleep as it took him a few moments to realize what was happening. Soft and dark coloured eyes looked at his brown ones. "Pumpkin? Is that you?Like, for real?", Frank whispered, his eyes slowly widening.
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Knife's Edge - The Legion (Frank Morrison)
HorrorFrank Morrison has always been a troublemaker but the shithole he landed in after his last adoption is the worst. At least he was able to make some new friends that would help him with the conflicts he found himself in ever so often. But one proble...
