Hahaha! You let me out! You actually let me out!
"HEI, WHAT'S WRONG!"
I can't react to Suzy's scream. Only backpedal as I feel my heart seize. Once, twice, it beats, and then stops as I crumple. I have seconds, mere seconds before the Gray is in control. All the blood in my body is freezing to ice.
I'm losing control!
"Suzy! Listen to me, I will come back! One day, I'll break the limit and find a way to free you!" I gasp out as my arms begin to reach forward. Already, black veins twist and bulge from my skin as the Gray takes over and tries to drag me over to consume the confused girl. Suzy's dress gets caught in twigs as she tries to rush over to me, but I force my arms back, away from her. "Don't come close! Kill me! It's breaking free!"
"Hei...? What's happening? We just met. We still have time..." Suzy whispers as she tries to understand why I've suddenly begun to jerk around like a fish out of water. I gasp for breath on the ground, desperate to finish this.
"No...time...! Kill...me!" I beg her to help me die before it's too late. Her face twists as she realizes the truth. That the thing she predicted has come early.
"But, you're my friend! I'll..." Her sad eyes shed red tears as she cries. "I'll be alone again! I don't want to be alone! Please stay! Please don't make me do this!"
"I'll..." My choking breaths are my last. "Come...back...for you! BE-LIEVE!"
"N-No..." She says but her hand comes up. When it closes into a fist, the air grows heavy. "I don't want to do this! Damnit why, after I finally found a friend!"
I can't breathe anymore. My lungs are no longer under my control. All I can do is nod dumbly, and force one of my wildly spasming hands to curl. As she summons the power of the red mist, I give her a thumbs up with a stupid grin on my face. When my skin boils, it's a lot faster this time. She isn't playing around. When she applies herself, whatever power is saving me from her Domain is no match. My body begins to melt away just as the Gray tries to get up. I can hear a fiendish voice in my head screaming in frustration. I'm glad that our vocal cords are gone so Suzy doesn't have to hear me howl. Then there's a pop as my eardrums explode.
"Please...don't go. I don't want to be alone."
The last thing I see is Suzy's lonely face before the merciful darkness washes away my pain.
I promise...I'll come back for you!
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"Hey, you alive?" Yin's voice never sounded so sweet. This time, I pull back at the last second before our heads clash. We don't collide quite as hard. Though Suzy's poison mist was excruciating, I expected it.
"Mind over matter!" I mutter before the bewildered party in front of me. Looking up, I see Yin's beautiful brown eyes, and grin. "I'm back."
"Back?" She stumbles back in confusion, holding her forehead where a small red bruise is forming. Donovan comes behind her and glares at me suspiciously.
"He's wasted! Look at him! Don't waste your time with this one." Sternly, he pulls Yin back with him. I already know what comes next. I suppose I have something of a choice now. If I warn them about the zombies, Yin's party members might survive. But then I'll have to deal with their betrayal later on. Honestly, it's starting to make me uncomfortable knowing so much about the future. Like I'm playing God or something. However, as Suzy told me, I have a privilege. And I need to take responsibility.
In the span of a few seconds, I think it over, all the possibilities, to tell or not to tell, to save or not to save. The answer becomes clear. These bastards, even if it hurts her, Yin is too nice to ever let them go. I feel like scum, or maybe a villain, sentencing them to death, but it has to be done for her sake.
