Chapter 4

|Fall and Die

|10:03

"Oh my gosh! Oh my!!!" I start to feel my stomach turning upside down and with no suspension, I vomit to the dead bodies below us and making me look at their already visible shocked faces made me want to throw up even more.

"Holy sh*t! What is this game!? That Pajan guy didn't even inform us that this game is even a horror genre!" Mike said as he caress my back as I continue vomiting.

"We shouldn't be here, guys. We shouldn't be experiencing this game." Alyssa said as she tries to control herself, but failed as she kept on trembling. Her fingers were shaking and she's trying to get a hold of it.

"Do you think I haven't noticed anything, Aly?"

"What are you talking about?" She ask with a hint of curiosity drawn all over her face. I look at her straight in the eyes and didn't bother as I wipe my lips with the sleeve of my outfit.

"All this time, you seem to act really strange and it looks like you know some things about this place."

"No I don't. It's my first time coming to this amusement park, like you!"

"Cut your b*llsh*t, Aly! I know you know something!"

Bats start to make noise as the surrounding gets darker. The wind blows much coldness unlike earlier that made me shiver more.

"Its getting dark. We must go back to the bamboo house before something happens again."

"No we are not going anywhere UNTIL YOU TELL US SOMETHING WE DO NOT KNOW BECAUSE I AM FREAKING OUT! I SEE A GIRL TRIP AND DIES, I STEP INTO A THOUSAND CORPSE AND THIS WAS ALL A GAME BUT IT FELT F*CKING REAL!!!" I burst out as my asthma starts to hit me. My heart starts to thump twice faster than the normal heart rate.

"Babe? Michelle, I need you to calm down okay? Just breathe."

My blood is boiling but I know that I need to calm down or else, I'd be dead in an instant.

"That's it, good girl. That's right. Breathe in, and out."

I followed Mike as Alyssa didn't even say a word. She's still biting her nails and walk back and forth, like she really know something. And when I'm sure that I'm already calm, I look at her in the eyes.

"What is happening..?" I ask as stop biting her nails. "Because I don't the whole time in the world, okay?"

She squeeze both of my shoulders as she release a deep and long sigh before talking.

"I- I don't know what you're talking about. I don't... I'm sorry."

"Then how do we wake up on this f*cking dream now!?" I ask.

It is indeed getting dark and Aly didn't even dare talking. She run back to the bamboo Shack and curl like a ball there, murmuring something.

"I'll just talk to her." Mike volunteered as I cannot help but wonder.

What is really going on with her?

I took a peak from the tiny window as I try to look at the dark sky. The sky matches the ground's color- purple bluish as the only sound that echoes are the cawing of the craws. They're probably eating the flesh of the ground.

"Babe, I think we really need to stay for the night." Mike said from behind that almost my heart fall from my stomach.

"What?" I whispered.

"Aly said that we should stay here before something ever happens again-"

I didn't let him finish as I walk to her, gripping both of her shoulders. Her teary, tired eyes look at me with curiosity, anger and worry.

"Aly, as much as I don't want us to fight, but you're already making me insane. Your silence and you switching actions is making me worried, making me freak out inside! So you better tell me if you know something or not!"

"Mich-"

"I'm not talking to you, Mike!" I yell as I turn my gaze to Mike who's eyes are widely open, as it turns to all white. I wasn't able to sink instantly to what just happened and just at the right moment, the door opens behind him by itself, as he turn his back on us and step out of the shack.

"M-Mike?" I ask and he didn't respond. With a cold feet and a trembling knees, I try to walk and reach out for him when I felt a weight onto my shoulder. Alt is already standing behind me as she shrug her head.

"That is not Mike."

What does she mean by that?

"What are you even talking about? That's Mike! Are you as well blind aside from being mute, huh?"

She shrug her head. I push her hand away as I decided to follow Mike. But I was already too late when he's a step away to the tall trees where the kid earlier decided to run through.

"Mike wait!" I shouted once more, hoping he'll even listen or somehow, joking. But he knew this is not the right time to pull a joke.

"This is not funny!!"

"Mich you've got to listen to me! He is not Mike!"

"Will you just f*cking shut the hell up?"

"Mich wait! NO!"

I didn't even listen as I continue walking. And when he's facing darkness, he turns to me as a creepy grin curves into his lips. That gave me the feeling that something is definitely wrong. His eyes were no longer white for the reflection of purple-bluish surrounded his whole eyes. And just like that

"No!!!"

His took a step as he entered the darkness. I was about to run through him but failed after being pulled by the bodies from the ground.

"What the f-"

My eyes had met the dad's eyes as if I had entered her soul. She mouthed something which I cannot understand, and definitely haven't heard it clearly. But I know for sure it was in a different language.

"Let go of me!! Let go!" I try to fight back as they continue to pull my dress. I tried to fight back and luckily, Aly was there to rescue me. She helped me pull my dress as we escape mystery and at the same time, prevented from falling.

And just when I'm about to run away, another hand victoriously held my foot as in a great impact, I knew, i saw, and definitely felt that I'm going to fall.

[Alarm continuously playing]

"Ahhhhhh!!!!" I shouted as I felt myself back into reality. I didn't hesitate to remove my goggles impatiently. Frightened, I look to my left to see my friend Alyssa, bot even moving.

"Aly?"

I nudged her lightly to wake her up but it was no use. So, I didn't stop shaking her tremendously as tears start to roll down into my face.

"Aly wake up! Please wake up-"

A loud, long gasp instantly was released into her mouth. I helped her remove her goggles as we hug each other lightly.

We both gasped for air.

"Oh thank goodness were awake." I said as I bury my face into her shoulders.

"Mich?"

"I thought were not going to wake up! It felt so f*cking real!" I said I conrinye sobbing.

"Mich... W-wheres-"

"Oh he's silent over-"

I look to where Mike was seated earlier, only to found out that no one I was seated there. And the once clean seat, is now dirty and like the other two chairs, it was as well burnt, half into ashes.

"M-Mike?"

I let go of my friend as I start to scan around. Maybe he's hiding or something?

"Mike, this is not funny." I said as I could feel the worry and fright inside me again.

"This is not, not good. This is not good." Alyssa kept it on repeat as she starts to tremble. She stood up from being seated as she mess with her own hair.

"Wha- what's wrong, Aly? What's up?" I ask, hoping to not hear what I wanted to hear. She stop her phrasing back and forth and look at me, directly into the eyes.

"We need to get out of here." She said as she moves, taking the camera with her.

"No, no, no, no, Aly! We cannot leave without Mike. I'm sure he's lost somewhere-"

"You're still not getting it, aren't you, Mich?" She said and we both stop right outside the booth, infront of the Fall and Die Village.

"What are you talking about? Do not tell me it has to do something with the dream."

"Dream? Have you dreamt of something?"

I wasn't able to talk when she ask that and walk near me.

"Tell me, what have you dreamt about, Mich?"

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