Revenge After Death

Under the projector, Stephanie Carlson... AKA "me" stood, well and alive.

She flashed us a smile and opened her mouth.

"Michael... will you marry me?"

I glanced at Michael. He was influenced as well and started making his way forward.

Afraid that he'd also be affected, I held onto Steven anxiously.

Thankfully, he was immune.

He held me in his arms and whispered, "It must be a fake if the first person you call out to is Michael. If it were actually you, you'd definitely call out my name first."

I leaned against his shoulder in resignation. "How could you be jealous at a time like this?"

"Rachel..."

Zion pulled her back, but she was adamant about moving forward.

She walked toward the hologram and reached out to touch "Stephanie".

"I'm sorry, Stephie," she choked out the words. "I should've brought you away sooner."

The floor abruptly opened up again with a loud snap. Rachel fell down as well.

There was the sound of machinery.

Everyone could hear it. They could hear the screams. Afterward, they smelled the blood.

Then, blood started oozing out from the tiles where Joel and Rachel fell.

I tried to hold onto Steven's collar. My heart was beating rapidly, and my entire body was shaking.

It was that feeling again...

go mad from despair, but I couldn't do

same time. I wanted to

My voice was hoarse. It felt suffocating, but I had no energy to fight back. I was desperately trying to

reached out and helped me

regained his senses.

appeared to be influenced and tried

yelled solemnly, "Get a

over as well.

Everyone was in despair.

you loved-fall into an abyss and die a horrific death in front of you? "Can you feel it? This is despair. It's suffocation, sadness, pain, struggle, and

laughed eerily, as though she was provoking us. "And

body was shaking, but I didn't

it anger? Was it

of feeling

was your best friend,"

floorboards opened up, and she held up

It was Rachel's head...

of you!" Zion struggled against

crying in

Zion was going mad.

holding him with all his

in Michael's

at me with bloodshot

was as though

she's a monster! An emotionless

head felt like it was about to split open

fell onto

and accusations the children used to throw

is

a

saw her kill that bird

with my own