"Ugh,"
Shawn opened his eyes. He was startled to see everything was white. He immediately jumped up and sat down. He started looking around, his head turning to check his surroundings. All he could see was white with blue lines, like a notebook.
"This... where is this?" Shawn asked, adjusting his glasses.
"Scratch," Shawn looked down. He saw the book he had found that morning open on the floor right in front of him. Inside, there was a rather long piece of handwriting. Shawn leaned his face closer and held the arm of his glasses to read the writing in the book. The sentence was a question:
"What do you desire? Write it all down in this book."
"Plop," a pen appeared next to the book. Shawn paused. He remembered what he had just experienced. He remembered what the principal had said, and most of all, he remembered seeing his mother hanging from the ceiling and then being taken away by an ambulance.
Shawn's face changed. Tears began to stream down, his teeth clenched, his hands balled into fists. Then he picked up the pen and began to write.
"I want to be strong. I want a lot of money to pay for school. I want revenge on the people who always bully me. I want to see Mama... sniff... sniff... sniff," Shawn thought to himself while writing.
"Good. I will grant your desires."
Suddenly, everything turned red and terrifying. "Crack," the world fractured, then "Smash," "Waaaaah," the world shattered to pieces. Shawn fell into darkness. He saw a man like a shadow with glowing red eyes standing and looking at him. Then everything went dark again.
"Ugh,"
Shawn opened his eyes. He immediately sat up and held his head, but his face instantly changed to one of terror because his entire classroom was red. There were pools of blood everywhere. He saw all his classmates sprawled in pools of blood, their bodies torn and shattered.
He looked at Freddy, who had bullied him, lying with his head separated and resting on a desk. He saw Diana, who was only left with her legs, and he saw Aulia sprawled with a hole in her chest. Shawn immediately went to Aulia and checked her. Aulia was dead, with open eyes.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaah,"
Shawn immediately screamed loudly in his classroom, which was full of blood and scattered bodies. Then he passed out next to Aulia, and everything went dark again.
***
"Mama,"
Shawn opened his eyes slowly. "Groan," he heard groans around him. He saw he was inside the cab of an excavator that had overturned and was crushing him.
"Huh... w-what is this? Why am I dreaming about that incident again... why am I still alive?" Shawn wondered.
He felt a surging power within his body, making him breathless, not because he was trapped by the excavator pressing down and crushing his cab. He turned to see a leg that looked like iron fibers stepping beside him. He immediately placed both palms on the ground and tried with all his might to get up. "Creak," the heavy excavator was lifted. "Yaaaah," Shawn stood up, straining with all his might to support the heavy excavator on his back.
"Thud," he flung the excavator aside. His already muscular body became even more so. He looked at his hands, then clenched them. "Graaaah," he turned to the front to see many machine zombies standing before him. One of them looked like Gina and Mike who had been assimilated. "Graaaaaah," the machine zombies attacked Shawn, but this time Shawn was unafraid and immediately charged forward. He punched out, and his fist pierced the mechanical chest of a mechanical zombie.
Then he started moving, kicking, and punching in all directions, destroying the zombies in front of him with incredible speed. After all the machine zombies were destroyed, Shawn, who had glowing red eyes and was covered in a red aura all over his body, raised his hand. Spheres of light, which were the souls of the assimilated people, came out of their bodies, then shot up to form a large sphere above Shawn's palm, which was lifted upward.
Suddenly, the red aura enveloping Shawn's body came out of Shawn and turned into his shadow. Shawn looked up and was shocked to see a large, muscular man-like figure who seemed to be absorbing all the souls that formed the large sphere of light in his palm.
"Huh... wh-what's happening?" Shawn asked.
The large shadow man looked at Shawn. His face was invisible, and only his bright red glowing eyes could be seen.
"You finally managed to awaken me again," the shadow said in a booming voice.
"W-who are you?" Shawn asked.
"I am your guardian demon... my name is Greed. I've been in your shadow since you wrote your desires in my book," Greed answered.
"Huh," Shawn immediately remembered his dream, which was his childhood memory. He looked at the large, muscular shadow man standing in front of him and connected to his leg like a shadow.
"You... have been with me all this time?" Shawn asked.
"That's right. When you were in middle school, you finished off a gang of bullies who sexually assaulted your friend. When you were in high school, you killed the man who hurt your mother and eliminated all thirty of his subordinates at the same time. Don't you remember? I did all that without you realizing it," Greed answered.
Shawn vaguely remembered everything Greed said. Then he looked at Greed, who was in front of him and connected to his leg.
"Okay... but why are you only appearing before me now?" Shawn asked.
"Because you were always full of yourself, so I could only come out when your emotions were extremely high. But now you are empty, and of course, you realize my presence because of your emptiness. Now I can come out whenever you want," Greed answered.
"Hmm... that makes sense. Alright, let's get out of here... nice to meet you, Greed," Shawn said.
"Yes, I really wanted to talk to you because since I swallowed the souls of your classmates, I couldn't communicate with you anymore because you became withdrawn. Now it's all up to you. If you want to destroy this world and everything in it, I am ready to obey your command, but please give me a lot of souls because I am Greed, hahaha," Greed said.
"Alright, I'll give you as many souls as possible. Now, let's get out of here," Shawn replied.
Shawn immediately started walking with Greed, who looked like he was attached to his back. After reaching the mouth of the cave, Shawn stopped because he saw a machine zombie walking back and forth in front of the cave entrance, and he recognized that machine zombie.
"Naomi," Shawn muttered.
"Do you want me to take her soul?" Greed asked.
"No... wait a minute," Shawn answered.
Shawn slowly approached Naomi, who was now in the form of a machine zombie. "Graah," Naomi turned her head. Her beautiful face had become half an iron skull. Black tears streamed from the red cameras that replaced her eyes. Her entire body was covered in disgusting iron muscle fibers. When she saw Shawn, Naomi's face suddenly went rigid. She was silent and didn't move at all.
"Sha... Sha... Sha... wn," Naomi said slowly.
"Yes, it's me... Shawn. I'm sorry, Naomi, but you should rest. I will take care of your soul," Shawn said.
Shawn raised his hand and stroked Naomi's cheek. She just stood there, stunned, staring at Shawn's face. Suddenly, "Snap," Shawn broke Naomi's neck, and Naomi immediately fell to the ground, no longer moving.
"Do you want to take her soul? You can swallow her soul if you want and increase your strength," Greed said.
"Can I?" Shawn asked.
"Of course, you can. All this time, when you slaughtered the gang of bullies, the man who harmed your mother, and his thirty subordinates, all their souls entered your body. Now your strength is like the strength of 100 people because of the hundred souls you swallowed," Greed said.
"Hmm... I see. Then if I swallow Naomi's soul, will she be with me?" Shawn asked.
"Yes, she will always be with you... So? Do you want to swallow her soul?" Greed asked.
"Yes, I will swallow her soul," Shawn replied.
Shawn extended his palm toward Naomi, and a sphere of light emerged from Naomi's body. Then Shawn caught the sphere and put it into his mouth. After that, Shawn held his own chest.
"You are with me now, Naomi. (He turned to look at Greed.) Come on, Greed, let's get out of here," Shawn said.
"Yes, oh, one more thing. Be careful if you meet any of my six siblings. They will definitely attack us," Greed replied.
"Okay, I understand. Let's go," Shawn replied.
Shawn walked again, tracing the cave corridor with Greed, leaving Naomi lying at the mouth of the cave.