Everyone gathered around the area where Leon had told them to meet, Ender with his friends arrived, as Lisa and Sara were already there, of course with bags, an extra bag on Sara's hands as she handled it over to Misha. It was her bag whom she had told Sara to kept, excusing that she will tell later..
"So what's wrong?. An emergency that you disappeared in next moment you handled me?."
Sara asked, her hand over Misha's bag. Misha got puzzled, thinking of an excuse as she blurted.
"E– Ender called me.. He said he needed help.. You can ask him."
Both girls were baffled, with the boys as well except Ruis who just sighed. Misha looked at Ender with a smile, screaming inside to save her.
"Well.. To be honest, we don't care.. If it's private."
Sara spoke with her usual smirked.
"Hey!. Come on.."
Ender exclaimed, embarrassed, Misha made a sneered smile, while he thought of an excuse. As his self wasn't facilitating him.
~ Come on!. Help me. Bitch!.
– Shut your ass up.
His inner voice replied with no.. As he sighs, he had finally thought of an excuse that he thought could work, he declared with confidence.
"The thing is.. I stumbled upon a bottle of wine and as it was about to end, it somehow refills up at top. And after many tries, I got drunk so I call her because Zack wasn't listening along with him.."
Ender in this moment telepathically was saying to Zack, because he knew Zack would reveal the truth. Even though there's no truth here..
~ Shut your ass up..
While he was looking at him with a expressionless face.
~ What lore I miss?.
Zack wondered..
"But you can just concentrate spirituality on yourself, we need to lower our spirituality to get drunk."
Sara added, this made Ender flabbergasted, he sighs, lowering his head down. Not facing anyone. As he answered with a smile.
"That's the thing.. I was drunk, you can't make a decision while you're drunk, isn't it Ruis?."
"Yeah.. I agreed."
Ruis added. Sara and Lisa were still unsure, crossing their arms, glancing at each other.
~ I think there's much more to it..
Lisa said telepathically to her.
~ Well.. I don't think it's that big..
Sara concluded. As she sighs, handling Misha's bag to her. Suddenly the footsteps of people around them stopped, every chatter, the smell of bread, everything.
At first, they ignore it, but after 10 seconds.
They began to noticed, examining the surroundings, people hands freezing, stopped at mid air. Others mouth opened, as if they're bantering with each other.
"What?."
Zack mumbled, confused as ever.. Others were stunned, even Lisa was surprised.
"Has time frozen?."
Misha added, as they heard footsteps, steady yet heavy. Coming from front as they subconsciously turned their heads, to saw no one there..
"Bingo!."
"Aghhh!."
They screamed, upon hearing a familiar voice coming from behind for each of them. Turning around, some even likes of Misha and Zack punched reflexively. But no one was there.
CLAP!
CLAP!
Hearing the sounds, they face to its direction. Seeing Leon bursting to laughter, clapping his hands. That he kneeled to his knees. Before controlling himself.
"Man I do expected but didn't expect that.."
Leon, still giggling, covering his mouth. While others were watching him, quite serious. Almost all of the them were clenching their fists up.
"Well.. At this hour, there are no Astrans beside us. So it's safe to use this ability."
Leon shrugged his shoulders with a smile. As others were about to ask something. He added..
"I use dimensionality."
Everyone had a sure face. As if they're quite convinced.. As Leon cleared up his throat, saying.
"Now the reason I called you all was just a test. And you all have meaningly passed. So I'm quitting from here.. You, anyone, everyone of you can come at midnight, or any hour at night. We don't care.. Just be alive. And yeah locked the door up after entering the main door.. See yah!."
Leon winked at them with thumbs up, disappearing at next moment.. As soon as he disappeared.. People started bantering again, the laughs and chatter started again. Smell of bread and butter aroma spread everywhere, but it was already was, it just happened.. Everything turned to normal..
The whole group, everyone having blank face mask, froze, processing what had just happened..
"Is he always like that?."
Sara asked. Still froze with everyone.
"Unfortunately.. Yeah.."
Lisa concluded..
"He stopped time for this specific area right?. Not the whole world?."
Ender asked, sighing..
"Yeah.. It'll be quite absurd for someone to do that.."
Lisa replied. For a minute they're all silent. But not the world, everyone was behaving like as usual, everything. As Ender glaze glanced over a coat stall. He decided to check it out, no one didn't mind looking at him.
As Ender reached the stall, the man was chatting with his other fellows. Ender check some coats out, until his eyes fixed over a white coat which was separate from ret of them. It was scintillating the stall, everything.
"Hey sir!. I want to check that one out."
He declared, a gentle expression pasted over his face. The man looked at him then at the coat, as he stands up, clearing his throat. The man goes over the hanger and pulls out, before going back to him.
"This is made from precious sacred silk, it'll be costly. You sure?."
"Okay, but I think it's quite small.."
"No.. It isn't. Just wear it."
As Ender slung off his previous coat, resting it aside off a stool as he slung on the silky coat, at first it was tight but gradually it began to lose so much that it fot his perfect size, at end Ender was amazed, checking the sleeves up.
"Hahaha!. You know this area is not for normal citizens here. This is it's special nature, it can adjust itself to any size of the user. Also its pockets are sub-spaces and you can keep anything you want.. And it can change colors and design as well as you wish, just think.."
The man explained, Ender was astounded as he giggled.
"I already knew.. It's just these things never fail to amazed me.."
He replied with a smile, shrugging off his shoulders. The man replied..
"Exactly!.. Now 3 yurums please."
The man requested with a silly smile. Ender sighs, he expected that, as he ram off his hand over his previous coat, taking out his cash.. Before handling it over to the man who gracefully accepted it..
Ender asked for a bag as he put his previous coat inside, as he amble towards his friends, to find none of them were present there.. Seeing this, he sighs
~ Well.. My work is done from here..
– Good..
~ Shut your ass up..
As he disappears without a trace, even though they're people aside him, none of them was focused on him.. Some thought that maybe he was just an illusion and he was never here. He doesn't even exist..
[ Other POV ]
Ruis and Zack were roaming around. Both were bored as Zack mumbled.
"We should go now.. My brain ain't working here.."
"You have a brain?. What a fact?."
Ruis replied with a faint smirked. Zack sighed.
"No one is looking at us.. Teleport me to the house."
"Okay fine.."
Ruis put his palm over his shoulder, as they disappeared. Without a trace..
[ Other POV ]
It was night, streets were barren, the nightlight of the moon with the lampshades flickering like tired stars. On street, there was one lady traveling with her bag. The moonlight gleaming over her dark brown hairs. Her tired amber eyes half-sleep.
She takes a narrow alley, yawning.. On front, she could saw two men approaching towards her. She didn't think much about it.. As she strolled alone, without a thought.
The men glared at her, mumbling something she didn't care to listen. As a smirked appeared over their cheeks. It was of a bad intention. As they're about to pass by, without a fuss.
One of them pulled out a knife, one grabbed her before slamming her to the wall. Her bag fall down. Suddenly, her instincts activated. In an instant, all her tiredness and dizziness was washed off, seeing the situation. Her mind was strangely calm.
~ This feels familiar.
She wondered.
~ This has indeed happened before, the change is I was saved by others..
She glared with furiousness. One man pulled his knife closer to her throat, while the other checked her bag which was on the ground. Suddenly, the man started to feel something, as if there instincts were warning them.
"I think we should leave her."
One man mumbled to his other fellow, while the other chuckled.
"Bruh. What are you?. Scared of a helpless girl."
He mocked, but the other guy body started shivering. He mumbled.
"W– We should go. Come on, you ain't sensing this. I have a bad feeling.. No. A danger. An alarm.."
The other guy was filled with pride, he looked at her.
"You really are beautiful.. I'll be gentle."
As he extended his hand towards her face, closer and closer until..
BANG!
"Gahhh!."
His hand got blasted off, his blood sprayed over her cheeks, the man fell to the ground, blood spraying over him and his other fellow, they tried to run while she watched them with a dead serious expression, abruptly, a smile appeared over her cheeks, it wasn't a good intention.
As they were about to ran off the alley, but suddenly they stopped, a barrier was infront of them, more like in their minds.. In reality, both.. In the end.. It was the truth..They can't cross..
"Witch!."
The one whose hand got blasted yelled at her. She didn't gave a reaction, her eyes and forehead shrouded by her hair, she turned her feet towards them, slowly ambling..
With each step of her, fear was clearly visible over their faces, they both fell down..
"F– Forgive us.. Forgive us. Please!. For Lord's mercy.."
The other man bowed his back, towards her. In this moment, she was feeling..
~ Happiness.. Joy.. Pleasure.. I never felt like this before..
She clang her palm over her cheek, then again, again, until she began to laugh.. Like a literal psychopath..
"Hahahahaha!."
The men watched her in horror, as she ran off her hair over her forehead, her eyes were saying something.. Something not right.. Suddenly.. She stopped, her body relaxed, her hair scattered over her forehead, no flinching, nothing.. For a whole minute, the men got bewildered.
Suddenly, she straight up glared at them, her amber eyes sparkling beneath her dark brown hairs. As one of them experience a force as he got pulled towards her..
"Ahhhh!."
The one who was with other who had his hand blasted, got pulled off as she grabs him by his collar, in air, glaring at him intensity.
"S– Spare.. For God's sake.."
The man mumbled.. Begging for sparing him off, Misha face had no emotions, as he slightly titled her head.. As she dashed off his other arm, deep inside him, making a hole in his guts.. Blood pouring down.
"Aghhh!."
The man screamed in pain, but she didn't stopped, she shoved her arm upwards, tearing up his flesh, organs, everything in way, he screamed while the other watched in horror.
She shoved it upwards to the point of his neck, tearing up his body apart in two by just her arm.. Which was covered in blood and flesh. She clenched his spiral cord. Before pulling it apart out from his body.. Separating it.. She had separate his entire upper section into two.. As she amble towards the other one..
"Gaghhh!."
The other man with his one hand slammed his hand to the ground..
"Mercy!. Mercy!. I won't tell anybody!."
He was crying, begging for his slide as he pulled his hand to other blasted one, looking at her with a crybaby expression. Tears shredding off his cheeks.
"Please.. I'll pray for you my entire life for your blessings.. Please.."
He mumbled. Suddenly a hole appeared over his chest, blasted. Blood poured off his mouth, as he looked at her..
"It'll be gentle."
She said with a smile. A warm smile..
BANG!
His entire body got blasted, in chunks, blood sprayed everywhere. Spreading like water, she looked at the man ragged clothes.. Kneeling down to her knees over the pile of blood.. Her entire body was covered in it.. In the end, she said the truth.. It was the truth..
For a minute, she stayed silent, expression undreadable. Until she lifted her arms up, looking over her palms. Which were covered in blood. She gradually..
CLANG!
CLANG!
Slamming her forehead, her hand splashes of blood over her forehead.
"What have I done?."
She muttered to herself.. This was the first deed she had consciously done.. The first kill she had ever done in sane.. Clanging her forehead, again and again, harder and harder each time.
"I killed.. Them.. Without any mercy."
She slammed her palm over the ground, blood splashing..
"Was I really myself?."
She looked at her reflection in pile of blood.
"No.. What's happening with me?. I'm changing.. It's changing me. This abnormality is changing me.."
She said, tears weren't shredding off her eyes. No signs of empathy.. Just.. Fear.. Of the unknown..
BAM!
BAM!
She slammed her fist over the pile of blood, then at her palms over her forehead.. Again and again.. Many times..
"No!."
She screamed. Bathed in blood..
"This is me.. I do it in sane.. It's just me.."
She for the last time looked at her palms.. It was the truth.. Or not.. Who knows?.. She believe in it.. Because she had to keep herself sane..
"In the end, it doesn't matter.. There's no morality in this world. It's all an illusion.. Nothing matters.. Nothing.. When it's all your imagination.."
Looking at her bloody palms, she heard footsteps approaching towards her.
It was Sara, standing still.. Watching her in this state. The bag on her hand dropped.. Her expression weridly softened..
"Misha.."
As she went towards her, embracing her..
After a minute, Misha had placed her head over Sara's shoulder..
"You did nothing wrong.. It's all right.."
Sara mumbled, as she leaned her head on her.. Grabbing her hand.. Strangely, they both felt peace.. Inner peace.. In the end..
It was the truth..