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Chapter 5 - Vole, The Little Knight

Year 8444 09-02

I-... I hear sound of distant cries. I went over, and.. oh. It's me.

oh. They doing it again to my body.... hurts.... They.. keep zapping me. I can hear my whimpers. Then they drown me. Please... Stop.....

stop it..

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I-... I hear myself again, they beat me cause I keep crying. But it's okay, they said it's for me to mature..... But I don't like it..

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8444 11-08

Ah! Its big sister! Its sister! Its big sister! She has pretty nails, pretty white hair! Oh.. she leaving already, I thought she came here to play,... ah I cried cause she left. Don't leave me here alone... please. 

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Where's big sis? She...

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I'm walking down the hallway while I hold my hand with Professor Jerry here. He is the kindest professor. He never beat me. He the one who cares. ANnddd!! He always have candies in his pockets!!! hehe. 

"Do you know when you are born and your age?"

"Year, mm" I counted with my hands. "Ah! Year, 8437, and I'm 7!"

"Woahh! That's right!!". His response make me smile

"How about your name?"

"Jessie!"

"How about... your number?"

"My number....." I can't remember... then professor jumped at me.

"REMEMBER it okay.. Or else they would beat you again. Do you want that??" 

"no" I cried.

"You are, 94032. The one and only... " 

Professor scared me that day. Can I trust him? Professor, is weird lately

They experimented my body more than usual.

it hurts

it hurts

it hurts.it hurts it hurts

it hurts. it hurts.it hurts.it hurts.it hurts.it hurts....

someone... please...

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I see a hole.

I look.

"It's amazing she didn't die at all this time!!! She truly can be the prototype!! "

"Now, now. We mustn't push her. "

I was relieved when Professor Jerry said that.

"However.. we can still push her aggressively without pushing her through the limits."

What? What does Professor mean by that?

Then they saw me. I'm scared. I'm scared. I'm scared. I'm scared. I'm scared. I'm scared. I'm scared. I'm scared. I yelled as they came near me.... Everything.. quiet?

A door

A beautiful door. Flowers, it is shining. Ah, there's butterflies too. But then. Professor Jerry, came along all of a sudden. He said don't go... I look at his scary desperate eyes. At first I thought he was kind. But now I believe... 

I grabbed the door knob. He begged me. Begged me to stop. He said I love you. 

"If love me why hurt me." I then cried. and went over the door.

"YOU'LL REGRET IT 94032-"

Wherever this door takes me please. take me away from here....

Blow me away from here.... i repeatedly said as I closed my eyes

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Year???? ??-??... 

I opened my eyes. I see so many doors. I said. "WOooow" . But then I felt breeze in my face. hehe it tickles. I continued following the breeze. and just up ahead a mountain full of grasses! I even mooree said " WOWOWOOWWW." I enjoy it here. I danced around, along with the wind, along with the grass, and along with the flying birds,. I still don't know how to dance, but I keep spinning. That's dancing right?

I was having a blast! But I soon saw someone! He's... Floating! A ghost!!! It's a black ghost!! Since it's a ghost. I went to the ghost. Because from what I had read, ghosts are lonely. I approached him. "Hello!". It didn't answer. I tried to look at its face but it was looking at something else. I look where he look and.... oh! A sunset. A beautiful sunset. 

"Everything is quiet, quiet is not bad." I said. and the ghost looked at me. I looked at it back. And so I reached out my hand to the ghost with a smile and... he reached out also. This made me excited! "Friends!! hehe". I've been travelling for a week here now with the ghost. For some reason, I always fell asleep randomly, but its ok! Ghost here is with me when I open my eyes!

He always give me food. All of them is tasty and yummy! Sometimes ghost covers my eyes. I was expecting surprises but I think he likes doing that to me. Everyday I tell him stories about my nightmares, my dreams the stories I've read. Sometimes I just walk, he floats and no one says a word hehe. He's very quiet. Until she finally spoke!! Yeap! dan dan dannn!!! It's a herrr.. She told me stories too! Lots of it! She said about how she wants to get out of here, this labyrinth we're in, I don't know why. I love it when we both laugh. She said she is a 29 year old spirit!! I wonder what's the difference between those. Spirit and ghost. I tried telling her, she said ghosts are scarieerr haha! I think she's afraid of them, but she got used to get called ghost. But her actual name is, Melony. So I call her by "Meghostny". Nah, just kidding she did not like the sound of it. I attempted to make a nickname but gave up and settled with "Ghost the Melon Ghost". She gave up on stopping me also. OH yeah oh yeahh. She can take other forms too, but she said she can't because she feels chill and comfortable with her ghost form already. I beggggeeedd herrrr. But she said "Soon you might see it soon". Oh! If I ever get to see that I'd be the happiest kid in the whole worororld!! I grinned at her.

It has been a year now since I have travelled. And I'm never going to be tired at it!! Today I have found out, Melony here have future sight!! She's a real bummer though, she won't tell me any~. Everyday we venture through the endless corridors. She floats I walks hehe. I still sleep randomly, I still don't know why. She became more quiet now. 

I don't know why either, but she might be feeling pain, if that so I feel her. So I grabbed her transparent hand, and I said "I'll be here!". She gave me a soft smile and soft look. 

Days had passed. Something sad happened. Ghost, said, she can't be with me forever.. 

I was stuck without any reaction. I cried like a baby again. For the first time in years. "No, please. you can't." I whimpered. "Don't worry, I will always still be by your side. I will protect you no matter what. I am just going to be gone and be inside your soul, okay?" she reassures me. 

"Can't you just stay in your ghost form?" I cried. 

"I can't, It's either I'm going to be gone for real, or be gone but still within you.".

"Why? Will there be someone to take you!? No, No! I'll I'll protect you!!".

"No, Jess. Nobody will.. Can I tell you the truth?". 

"Yes, of course!"

"Promise me, you will not be scared."

"I promise."

"Do you remember those time I make your eyes close. And when you randomly sleep?"

"Yes." I sniffed.

"The truth is, we have been venturing, in a labyrinth, where full of bad spirits lurk. Those times I make your eyes closed is when we encounter dead bodies of people and spirits... can you,.. still follow?"

"Yes, but. To tell you the truth. I have always known. You may covered my eyes, But I can clearly smell the decay."

"..Yes.... Then are you well aware there are some bad guys that is lurking everywhere?"

"No."

"You remembered those when you randomly fall asleep right? That's when I am possessing you. I borrowed your power to keep me alive and yours also. From those bad spirits whenever we encounter some. "

"My power?"

"They experimented you right, but what they were looking for was what harness inside you... Your spirit. I'll fill you in about that later. For now, be ready. Can you do this on your own?"

"I... I don't know." I cried again

"Don't worry, you will meet someone, and that someone will be your new friend."

"New friend! hmmm But, I want you more. But you have to go.. Okay!"

"Good!! You're a very good girl. And a happy one also. Never forget your precious smile okay?".

I grinned at her for the last time. "Okay!"

She smiled at me "Okay! Now what I want you to do IS run! Run left turn , left, right turn! and away we go, Ill be here with you also so go go go! Another left turn, left, right turn! Don't forget about me, the time of us together Aandd another one! This is the last one right turn right Left turn!! We will meet again upon the birds graceful singing! Upon the gentle splashes of water in the pond! And upon the way we hold our hands! Sing it with me now!!"

Both of us sung the direction " Run left turn , left, right turn! and away we go, Ill be here with you also so go go go! Another left turn, left, right turn! Don't forget about me, the time of us together Aandd another one! This is the last one right turn right Left turn!! We will meet again upon the birds graceful singing! Upon the gentle splashes of water in the pond! And upon the way we hold our hands!"

"Now go! Run like the wind Jessie!!"

I cried as we both sung it again 

unaware to the monster that is actually chasing me

Run left turn , left, right turn! and away we go,

Ill be here with you also, so go go go!

Another left turn, left, right turn! 

Don't forget about me, the time of us together 

Aandd another one! This is the last one right turn right Andddd Left turn!! 

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And there I met. A knight. I stared at him. He stared backed at me with a surprise in his face. Before I suddenly fell unconscious. I tearfully spoke "Am I.. safe now?"

-We will meet again upon the birds graceful singing

Upon the gentle splashes of water in the pond

And upon the warmth of our holding hands-

I quickly noticed somethings wrong, its not just the kid that is approaching me. I hurriedly looked at the corridors where the child had went through then it appeared. A massive dark beast with uncountable hands. It rapidly approached us. So I took my stance, and pointed my sword at the beast. And demolished it within seconds. Then I looked back, and turned an eye on the child. I carefully carried her towards a bedroom, and lay her at the bed.

At the hallways of the endless corridors, I tried to stand. The acid in my back is still aching badly. I rubbed against the wall, as I can't put ahold of myself. My headaches are restless. It felt like some demon is talking to me. But its better this way. Then I saw someone suddenly come. I cussed, as I am at my limits already. But as it approach me I think it's not a monster,.... a person.. with a.. lab gown? "Who are you if I may ask" The man in the lab gown asked. "I-" I fell, Before I got to tell their my name. 

Upon opening my eyes, a man with the lab gown... has glasses. I didn't realize it at first and I don't know why that's relevant but at least he has some glasses. I was at a bed, and i sat and I just saw him brewing something. I tried to get up and see what's up when I noticed... **I'm chained up**. "The name's Anis, So may I ask, What's this chains?". "It's a metal conjured into a bits of metal joined together that makes up a chain." he sarcastically answered. Oh God, the amount of nerd insults I could say to this lad is innumerable but i have to shut up for him to not get to his bad mood or something. He really might be evil, to do something like this and I'm already at the disadvantage here so if i make him mad I might regret it badly. "Good thing, you're so oh obedient dog." he insulted me. What now, I want to punch this nerd so badly but I can't. Then suddenly I got a headache again. I groaned from the pain of it. "Okay, this should do it." he said as he grins. Then I saw the gun he wields, and said "Is that a tranquilizer?". He smirked "A special one, enough to put one little girl into sleeping beauty. Oh yeah this might not work. I should try it to someone else. Hm? ". "You wouldn't dare..." I furiously uttered. "Too late.". Then he shot me and fell unconscious again. Oh dear, how many times have I fallen unconscious here. Klein.....

"Little knight, are you in good health?" I ask of her as she was about to wake up. "A-..are you a handsome knight?" she questioned me. "I don't know little knight, do I show forth the appearance of one?". "Hehe, yep!" she grinned at me. And then out of nowhere someone knocked. "Who goes there?" I yelled. And I tried to go through the door, the little knight, stopped me and said "Don't go". I kneeled upon her, and said "I'll be fine little knight, I am strong, so you don't have to worry about me. so hide behind the bed" I uttered to her as I pat her in the end. She nodded. And so I stood back again and opened the door. And then suddenly I got shot by a dart. And my balance was stumbling, and I saw this man with a compass, in a white clothing. He was about to capture the girl. The girl was looking surprised upon seeing the man.

"COMEE HERE YOU."

"No!"

She's crying, help. Anis....

"YOU DONT KNOW WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH EVER SINCE YOU ENTERED THAT GODDAMN DOOR."

"I won't go back!!!! Stay away!!"

-"KLEIN!!"-

My blood suddenly felt alive, as I heard Anis. I groaned trying to stand back up. The man looked at me and shot me another one, but I manage to grab it and destroyed it. "How!?!! That was a heavily-" Then I punched him hard in the face. The little knight watches in awe. But the man escaped by some magic. He teleported. But I can still somehow tracked him by scent. I don't know how but, I will follow him. "Stay here little knight, you were brave." I uttered as I chase the scent. 

"Shit shit shit!!!. That Goddamn KNIGHT". The man was back at the room where he chained me. "SHIT shittt." He tried getting all his stuff to leave, as he is just nearby them. But that's when he heard the chain snapped. That from point on, he had this despair look in his face. He looked backwards, And what he saw was not the man he knew he chained and shot. "T-t-that chain was made from graphene w-w-ith titan-". I swiftly grabbed his head, and crushed it. I don't know who's in control that time, but i wanted him dead either way. And that's when the door opened. And I saw him again. "Klein!" I exclaimed as I saw him again. "Anis!!" He said as we embraced. "Did you.. kill this man?". "I think? I'm not sure, I can't remember." I said, as Klein looked at me with complete worriedness. "Let's just go..." I said, as we continue to march upon ahead.

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