Her

Chapter-15

End

Immense pain pulsed through Seth's body. All he could hear was his heartbeat and the sound of rain, which had then turned into a storm, destroying the house. Seth struggled to breathe, he knew that that was his end, that was how his story ends. Everything he suffered to get till there was in vain. He tried to pull the knife out once but wasn't able to do so.

He felt dizzy and confused. At last, he closed his eyes, waiting for the end to come, believing that it would take him away into a world of oblivion.

"Can't give up. Not now... Not now... End this..." Seth whispered to himself almost breathlessly.

He quickly opened his eyes and sat up. He saw that he'd stabbed himself in the upper abdomen, that was the reason he was still alive. Putting in all his might, he pulled out the knife and grunted in pain. He stood up and covering his wound with his left hand, walked towards the girl. The storm intensified, but he didn't stop. The girl lifted her hands in his direction and Seth felt a strong force stopping him.

He still didn't give up and kept pushing harder and slowly closed in on the girl. The girl raised her other hand and he experienced a force grab him and lift him up. He struggled to get out of this invisible hold, he shouted and screamed in pain. Suddenly, he was thrown up towards the remaining part of the roof, he hit it and came crashing down.

Seth got back up on his hands and knees. He heard the sound of something cracking and looked up, he saw that the part of the roof was going to fall on him. He jumped out of the way to dodge it but his legs were crushed by the falling roof. He screamed in pain and tried to get his legs free but his wet hands were slipping due to the heavy storm. The deafening thunders and the blinding lightning strikes were increasing his anxiety and throwing off his comprehensive abilities.

Seth saw dark figures, standing all around the room as he desperately tried to free his legs. Their presence made him feel weaker and tired. He felt something pressing him down, suffocating him. He fought back and after a long struggle, he finally managed to free his legs.

Seth couldn't stand up as his right leg was completely fractured.

He grabbed the knife lying beside him and started crawling towards the girl. The figures were chanting some words over and over again. Seth felt a force suffocating and hurting him. He kept crawling, even a few feet felt like miles for him. As he neared the girl, the chants were getting louder the storm became wilder and everything was getting violent.

A feeling of dizziness overcame Seth and he fell down. He struggled to breathe and pain ripped his strength apart as the force was getting stronger and stronger. Weakness, exhaustion and pain were slowly killing him. Blood covered the floor in its crimson red colour as it gushed out of the wound. Seth clenched his teeth and got back up.

"I... am... ending this.... Now!" Seth screamed the last word as he put in all the might left in his weakened body to crawl towards the girl, the anomaly which destroyed his life.

Seth saw the faces of everyone he had lost. His father, his mother, Amelia, Peter and Joseph. He cried as he remembered them, this brought strength to him. Seth was almost at the girl's feet. The force was unbearable and his breathing had almost stopped. The time had come for him to end it, to end the nightmare.

Seth held the wheelchair, barely managed to stand up and lifted his knife in the air. He screamed like a wild man as he drove the blade right into the heart of the little girl.