Chapter Thirty-Nine: Pale Resistance:
Where am I?
You do not want
to be here.
What? Who’s
there?
I’m just like
you. We should not be here.
Wait… Wait…
What’s going on here? Where are we? Who are you?
Shhh. Not so
loud. They’ll hear us.
What are you
talking about? What is going on here? Where am I?
Alright. Before
I tell you, do you promise to keep your voice down?
Okay.
Do you promise?
Yes, yes.
Okay. We are
inside a monster’s body.
What?
I know it’s hard
to understand. But that’s what happened.
No… No, that
can’t be right.
I thought so
too, but it is.
But… How? How
did this happen?
What’s the last
thing you remember? Take your time.
Well… I was
heading home.
Uh-huh.
I was really
tired and wanted to go bed. So, I took a shortcut through the park. Then, I
began to smell something metallic in the air. Then there was the singing. I
don’t know what happened. I just started walking and I ended up here.
I knew it.
How did you end
up here?
I was grabbed
from behind.
Any metallic
scents?
No.
Singing?
It was faint. I
didn’t even have the change to turn around.
Oh no.
Yeah. I have
been fighting to stay awake.
What do you
mean?
If you go sleep,
you are gone forever here.
No!
I’ve seen it
happen too many times. I can’t bear it.
Will that happen
to me too?
Not if you stay
awake.
Who are you?
Oh, my name is
Kiko. And you are?
Makiko.
I wish we
could’ve met under different circumstances.
Yes, same. So…
how do we get out of here?
I don’t know
yet.
What?
I am trying to
figure out how.
Are we going to
be stuck here forever?
Not if I can
help it. Just stay awake.
How do I do
that?
I will help you.
Don’t leave my side, okay?
Alright. What
was that metallic scent?
Blood. I was
trying to warn you. You can help me too.
Right, okay.
Both women got
to work. Meanwhile, it got back to hunting the next victim.
Drag. Step. Drag. Step. Drag. Step. Drag. Step.