The hollow black space felt heavier than before. It was not just darkness anymore; it felt alive, like something unseen was breathing through it. The air around them moved slowly, whispering through the emptiness.
Samy stood frozen.
Her mind was racing, trying to process everything she had just heard.
The woman standing before them — the Voice — looked calm, yet something inside her eyes burned with a mixture of pain and anger. The faint shape of her body seemed unstable, as if it was made of wind and shadows rather than flesh.
She began to walk slowly around Samy.
"Your sister… she never came with her friend that day," the Voice repeated softly.
Samy's fists tightened.
"Why?" Samy demanded.
The Voice paused for a moment, as if remembering something painful.
"She was afraid."
Samy frowned. "Afraid of what?"
The Voice lowered her head slightly before answering.
"She thought it was a trap."
The words echoed strangely in the hollow space.
Samy's heart skipped.
"A trap?" she asked slowly.
The Voice nodded.
"Yes… a trap where she might be harassed."
Samy blinked in confusion. The answer felt strange, but the Voice continued before Samy could ask more questions.
"After the day Elisabeth kissed her… your sister didn't want that friendship anymore."
Samy felt the ground shift under her feet emotionally.
The Voice continued speaking, her tone growing colder.
"She thought Elisabeth's plan to sneak into the music room at night was only an excuse. She believed Elisabeth wanted to meet her alone."
Samy's breathing became uneven.
"So she didn't come."
The Voice turned her face slightly toward Samy.
"She stayed home that night."
Samy's mind began connecting the pieces.
"So… Elisabeth went alone?" she whispered.
"Yes."
The Voice's expression darkened.
"And that was the biggest mistake of her life."
The wind in the hollow space suddenly grew stronger.
Samy looked directly at the woman standing before her.
"What happened to her?" Samy asked quietly.
For the first time, the Voice stopped moving.
The air around her body trembled.
"She came here."
Samy's heartbeat grew louder.
"The Owner of this place found her."
The Voice lifted her head slowly.
"And he didn't let her leave."
Samy stared at her in disbelief.
"What did he do to her?" she demanded.
The Voice laughed once, but there was no humor in it. It sounded hollow.
"He broke her."
The wind around them grew violent.
"He trapped her inside this world… the Darkside."
Samy's chest tightened.
"And then…" the Voice whispered.
"He turned her into something else."
The figure looked directly at Samy now.
Her eyes were glowing faintly.
"He made her part of this place."
Samy's voice trembled.
"What do you mean…?"
The Voice stepped closer.
"So she could guide the lost students… so she could speak through the darkness…"
She paused.
"He made me the Voice."
The hollow space fell completely silent.
Samy's eyes widened slowly.
Her mind replayed every moment they had heard that mysterious voice guiding them through the darkness.
Helping them.
Trapping them.
Watching them.
"Elisabeth…" Samy whispered.
The woman did not deny it.
"Yes."
Samy felt her knees weaken.
From the very beginning… Elisabeth had been there.
Watching them.
Helping them.
But also controlling the traps.
"Why?" Samy asked quietly.
The Voice looked away.
"Because no one saved me."
Her voice carried a deep bitterness now.
"I called for help… I waited… I hoped someone would come."
Her expression hardened.
"But no one did."
The wind around them calmed again.
"So I became part of the Darkside."
Samy looked down at the floor.
Her chest felt heavy.
"So the traps… the monsters… the puzzles…"
The Voice nodded slowly.
"Part of them are me."
Samy looked back at her.
"And part of them?"
The Voice's eyes darkened.
"Belong to the Owner."
That name again.
Samy's mind returned to the biggest question.
"Who is the Owner?" she asked.
The Voice remained silent.
For several seconds.
Then she smiled faintly.
"That… is something you are not ready to know yet."
Samy clenched her teeth.
"You promised answers!"
"And I gave them."
The Voice raised her hand slowly.
"You wanted to know what happened to Elisabeth."
She looked directly into Samy's eyes.
"Now you know."
Samy stared at her, anger mixing with sadness.
But the Voice continued speaking.
"And I also kept my promise."
Suddenly, the air around them shifted violently.
A strong wind exploded through the hollow space.
Far away, Tony, Jet, and Tin suddenly felt the ground under their feet shake.
The black corridor around them twisted.
Before they could react, the wind swallowed them completely.
A moment later—
They were standing back in the long black corridor.
Jet looked around in shock.
"What the hell—?"
Tony stepped forward quickly.
"The gate!"
At the end of the corridor stood a large iron gate.
And this time…
It was open.
Light from the normal world was shining through it.
Tin looked at it with disbelief.
"We… we can leave?"
Jet shook her head immediately.
"No."
Tony already knew what she was thinking.
"Samy."
Tin clenched his fists.
"And Roger and Kim."
None of them moved toward the gate.
They refused to leave.
Meanwhile…
Far away inside another part of the Darkside.
Pete and Noah stood inside a large, dim room.
Roger and Kim were watching them silently from behind, still invisible like ghosts.
But this room was different from everything they had seen before.
The walls were covered in old iron chains.
And hanging from those chains—
Were students.
Dozens of them.
Some looked unconscious.
Some looked barely alive.
Their eyes were hollow, their faces pale, and their bodies extremely thin.
It looked like they had been trapped here for months… maybe even years.
Pete's eyes scanned every face desperately.
"Sis…" he whispered.
He moved quickly through the room, checking each student.
Noah followed him carefully.
"Pete… slow down…"
Pete ignored him.
His heart was beating fast.
"She has to be here."
Noah watched him with concern.
Pete stopped in front of one chained student.
Then another.
Then another.
But none of them were the person he was looking for.
His breathing became heavy.
"Where is she…?" he muttered.
Roger looked around the room carefully.
Even Kim looked disturbed by what they were seeing.
"So this is where the missing students went…" Kim whispered.
Roger nodded slowly.
But something felt wrong.
All the students in the room were silent.
They were staring.
Not at Pete.
Not at Noah.
But at the floor.
Pete finally stopped searching.
He turned slowly toward Noah.
"She isn't here."
Noah stepped closer to him.
"Maybe she's somewhere else in this place."
Pete ran a hand through his hair, frustrated.
"This place is endless."
Noah placed a hand gently on Pete's shoulder.
"We'll find her."
Pete didn't respond immediately.
But after a moment, he nodded slightly.
Suddenly—
One of the chained students spoke.
His voice was weak.
"You shouldn't be here…"
Pete and Noah turned toward him.
The boy looked extremely thin, his eyes sunken.
Pete stepped closer.
"What do you mean?"
The boy looked terrified.
"He is coming."
Pete frowned.
"Who?"
But before the boy could answer—
The entire room shook violently.
The floor trembled like an earthquake.
Chains rattled loudly across the room.
The trapped students suddenly covered their heads in fear.
Some began whispering.
"No… no… not again…"
Pete stepped back.
"What is happening?"
Noah looked around carefully.
Something felt terribly wrong.
The shaking grew stronger.
Roger and Kim also looked around, confused.
Suddenly—
A deep rumbling sound echoed through the room.
From somewhere far away inside the Darkside.
It sounded like something enormous had just awakened.
Pete felt a chill run down his spine.
The chained students began trembling.
One of them whispered in pure terror.
"He knows…"
Pete turned quickly.
"Who knows?!"
But the student didn't answer.
His eyes were fixed on the ceiling.
The shaking stopped.
For a moment…
Everything became completely silent.
Then—
A slow, heavy sound echoed through the darkness.
Like massive footsteps.
Coming closer.
Noah's expression darkened.
"Pete…"
Pete looked at him.
Noah's voice was quiet.
"I think…"
The footsteps echoed again.
Closer this time.
"…we just woke up something very bad."
Far away in the hollow space…
Samy stood alone with the Voice.
The wind around them was slowly fading.
The Voice looked at Samy calmly.
"Your friends are now free to leave."
Samy did not move.
"And you?" Samy asked.
The Voice smiled faintly.
"You still want answers."
Samy nodded slowly.
"Yes."
The Voice turned her gaze toward the endless darkness.
"Then your path goes deeper."
Samy followed her gaze.
Into the unknown parts of the Darkside.
Where something ancient had just awakened.
The final truth was waiting there.
But so was the true Owner of this place.
And the deeper Samy went…
The more dangerous the Darkside would become.