[center][hr][img]https://i.imgur.com/X7zKc5z.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/KNueJNm.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/CYuVMhd.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/SKlMCUQ.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/9JVtW3z.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/ylHPwMt.png[/img][hr][hr][/center] "Squirt!" Hagan shouted as Caelea escaped the barrier [s]somehow[/s]. What in the hell was she doing?! Both Zoey and Hagan were awestruck at their friend's insane actions. Shit. Hagan watched as she asked the thing what it wanted, with no protection. Hagan didn't like this... Nor was he gonna sit idly by. He looked at Zoey and nodded at her as he dropped his barrier and decided to go after her slowly as he could. All he needed to do was get her in range of just [i]one[/i] of his tendrils. Just one. "Cae...Caelea?" Odessa said as she propped herself on one of the cars as she desperately tried to get her energy back. Her voice was probably lost in all of the chatter of children playing but she looked at Caelea as she went up to the thing. Ruining her plan... which was risky for different reasons, this was stupid. Except, Odessa was out of energy and if she pushed herself any further she would pass out. Odessa narrowed her eyes as she moved over to the two as she pulled out a piece of chalk. The Apparition placed its hands on the ground... it couldn't emote or do anything like that in this current form. "̸͓͍͙͖̾͆́̿͒͌̈́́͘͘͝Ỉ̵̢̙̻̖̳̄̍̉̊̃́̈́̋̐́͘̚ͅ ̸̡̧̱̱̬̮̫͕̮̣͎̘̠͉͌l̶̫̟͖̙̯̺̤̓͒͝ő̶̻̤̉́̍́͘̕͜͝͝s̷̙̝̝͎͆͊͐̿͊̈́t̸̙͍̯̫̗̋̇͊̊̏̂̏̎͐̉̐̿͜͜͜͝ ̷̨̛͉͙̰̞̗͍̞̙͚͖̞̼̅̔̋͠e̸̢͍̗͕̭̲̬͑̓͋̐̇͂̓̀̓̈́̓̈͘͘͠ṿ̵̡̮̀̌̾̏̂͋̑̒́̍͆̐́̚͘ę̷̰͙̖̦̼̜̞̼̞͉͓̗͂̂̄̈́͐̔̈́̕͜ͅr̴̫̻̲̄̉̓̏ÿ̶̛̜̅̉̇̂͋͋̈͗̕͘t̷̮̭̹̰̤͉͎̬̫̀͌̌̓̐͗̄̌̇̕͝h̷͍̗̀̽̿̒́̋͗͘i̵̧̡̛̘̭̳̦̼̩̻̱͈̾̓͛̾̅̽̓̔ͅn̶̡̖̠̩̖͎̠̦̹͉̙̗͔͈͌̊̀̍͂̂̐̒͌̂̐̉̚͘g̵̛͈̱̯̫̱̤̹̙̝̫̀̂͛́ͅ.̵̛̝̥̠͎̙͕̬̠̣̯̠̑̆̈̐̂̒͑̀̒̓̐̀̕.̶̛̱̟̪͙̤͓̥̲͔͖͚̞͚̽̎͆̈́́̄̊͂̚.̷̟̤͓͎̘̳͇̘̫̮̳͋ ̴̮͈̀̌͊̑̓̄͂̓́̑̚t̷̞͖͓̆̅͗̏͝ơ̵̢̨̡͚̻̮͙͉͇̭̲̞̣͍͜ ̶̢̧̡̦̗̻̬̹͓̜̈͂̾̃͊̔͊́͒́͂͝͝t̶̢̤̝̘̫̞̤͎̼̦̯̔̈́̏̐̕ḥ̴̢̢̢̲͙̤͖̱̝̣̫̗͕́̊̋͒͐͊̋̀͆ͅi̴̧̨̡̱͇͈͙̙̖̜̙͒̇̔͝š̴̡̲̩̮̯̤̣̻̣̭̻̟́̀ ̶̛͖̝̟̼̠̹̍̕p̸̛͇̥̫̞͂̀̔̂͒͑̐͐̚͘l̸̜̗̮̳̲̲̯͈̔̾̊͐͗͗͆͊̾̅ḁ̵̦̃̓̑̚͜ċ̵̨̛͍̦̰̮̭̥̄ę̸̼͗̔̑̇.̷̛̰͍̪̃̑"̷̧̨̼͚͎̜̯̫̫̙͍̼̬̭̓̆̒́͗̐͂̈́͒͊̆́͌͠ͅ The Apparition raised one hand off the ground and pointed forward. Seemingly at a particular boy who was jumping up and down with caucasian skin, rather rounded features, and a head of curly black hair. He had a girl in his hands as he jumped with the biggest smile on his face. "̸̧͚̰̪̣̫̞̞̝̪̻̭̽͑̆͑̅̈́͂̄̌͌̒͠͠ͅW̷̜̳͒e̵̹͇͚͓̠͕̣̠̘͚̎̋̌̚͘.̷͉̳̻͓̼̔͝.̴̲̃͆̾̀̿.̵̯͕͕͇̪̰̻͍̗͉̖̤͊̋̾͊̈́͜ ̷̛͚͇̮̐͛̅͒́̕s̵̡̖͖̻̭͇͉͖̬͙̈̇̓͊́̊͛̾̔̊̄͠ͅṯ̸̨̹͓̩͚̘́ã̶̭̻̞͇̳̝͋͆͐͑͗͜͠r̸̢̫̤͉̯͙̤̥̫͝ͅt̶͙̤͚͓̗̗͈̠͇̙͚̳͋̌͌͌̎̄́͐̀̄ͅè̸̖̤̮͎̓͗̇̔̊͗̆͐̅́͘͠d̷̡̘͍͓̯͓̏̋ͅ ̶̘̝̠̜͐̅̀͆͛̄͜͝ͅd̶̛̳̜͓̐́͗͒̀̒̐͝y̷̢̘̪̦̟͎̙͕̙͙͆̐̂̅͂̀̽̅͑͛͒͘̕͠į̵͚̭̟͔̽̌n̸̼̫͔̣̟̥̼͎͎̟͖͔̒̈́̍̎̾̎̿̓̀͂̚̚̚͘g̴̝̼̞͇͖̋̏̎.̶̧̧̥̘̳̑̾̉̈́̆͛̍̿͐̕͜ ̶̡͎͉̲̜͖͕̘͔̲̇̈͆̒̔̂̀̏̀͒̀̉̽͝A̶̘̼͂̾̓́͘ņ̷̹̮̳̪̗͓̼́̊͋̽͗d̶̢̦̠̀̿͑̋̑ ̵̧̯̹̱̹̫̮͎̺̺͇̩͎̟̋̓̄̈͊̈́͛́͑̒͗̋͋w̶̤̹͚͕̹̳̦͔̆̓͒̈̍ͅͅȩ̸̨̞̘͓͈̫͎̺̓̏̓̇͑̎͘͜͠͠͝ ̸͈̼̩͓̞̫͇͖̱̦̰͐͝͝s̵̖͚͍̼̦̼̤̓͌̋͋́̍͂̓ͅṭ̶̤̻̯͙̫̗̖̜̱̰̃̈̆̎̈́͜ͅa̵̠͎͈̪̤̮͎͓̬̳͋̄̐̕̚͜͝r̵̳̖̱͎̗̬̯̙͇͔̦̫̄̑̈́̒̐͋̚͜t̸̛̳̝̞̼͌͆̆̔̉̕͝e̷̢̡̪̝̪̘̩̥̩̞̼̅̈́͊́̄͑̒d̷̤̯͇͙̤͙̪̩̣͎̭̬͒̈́͑ ̵̛̛̳̞͉͚̖̜̻̈͒͑̏̉͆̽͋̈͠͝ţ̴͚̠̭͓͔̬̲̰͉̼͈̌̇̍̎̀͊͗̿̈͒͑ư̵̠̋͒̀͛̚̚͘ṛ̴̛͌͌ͅñ̸̩̜̥͐̽͒́͛̓̐̏̃͑i̵̞͕͇̲͍͉͎͍̟̝͎̙͌͂ṉ̶͉͉̝̖͎͙̣̋̈́̀̏̋̓͜ģ̵͚̯͖̙͇̮́̓͆̈́̓͜͝ ̷̢̬̻͈̳̩͖̤̞̠̰͓͆̆̓̓̄ͅi̷̡̹̝̪͕͕̫̜̾̋̍̈̆̿̈́́̂̔͋͘͜͜͝ͅn̴̪͈͉̗̱͔̣̙̩̭̘͍̹̫̓̏̑̄̂͑̿͝͝t̵̛̰̻͈̥͂̔̉̐̋͠ȏ̴̢̡̻̫̭͙̘̳̝̜͈̒̃͒͊̾̊̉̀͠.̸̰̼̽̾̏̊̄̉̀.̸̢̛̛̹̯͛̈́̌́̋̑͊̀͆̕̚̕.̵̡̧̨͈͕̖̹̯͉̗̈́́͛̑̂͛̏̽̈́͋̊͌͠"̷̨̧̙̠̜̗̫͎̳̙͓̥̉̅̒͒̌͒̈́͝ The Apparition looked at its hands. "̴̨͍͓͔̫̭̳̯̟̪͍̝̖̝̿̈̈́͂͂̎̉̀͆.̶̛̟͍̬͔͓̹͖̳̝̀̀̃̅̀͂̆͗͘͝.̸̨͉̳̜̠̗̞͓̦͋͐ͅ.̴̨̯̣̬̮̞̦̹̹͇̹̹̰̃͌͆̅̇ ̶̡̡̛̹̫̹̩̥̗͓̆̉̀͐̐̽͛̅̓͜Ť̴͔̦̠͇̲͎͇̺̻ͅͅh̶̬͇͇̪̍̃͛̃̈́͝e̷̗̖͋̓͛̾̑̾̾͗̑́̊͛s̸͕͂̏̇͛̽̀͗̅́͑͑ę̴͖̝̮̘̖͕̻̈́̇̓̂͒̓̓̀͘͘̕̕͝ͅ ̴̪̹͍͙̹̩̮͎̯̯́͝ţ̷̧͎̯̭̭̞̹̞̤͔̾̆̂͆͛́̈́̈́̃͘͜͝ͅh̶̛̙̠̬̗́̂̌̈́̽̾̈̋̈́̕̚ï̸̘̆͂̓̍̄͋͘n̴̡̧͎̲̮͓̫̼̹̥̟̞̮̞̉̃̚̕͠ģ̵͇̩̺͋͂̔̓̅s̴̝̰̼̎͛̀̓̐̋̾͐͐ͅ.̶̢̞̥̯̂͑̀̿̅̀͑́̃̕"̸̱͖̤̩̝̗̝̖̂̾̇̃̃̿́̓͛̔̅͜͝ The Apparition started crying loudly some more as it looked forward and saw more people approaching and the sobbing stopped and Hagan froze in its tracks. And he felt some type of danger. "̵̢̳̖̙̗͙̮̟̤͖͕̓́͑̓̀̈́À̸̘̥̞̘͎̐ͅĺ̴̜͚͕̬̻̅ḽ̷̳̼̤̞̼̺̟͈̏͛̽̎̍̏̍̑̈́͒̾͜ ̵̡̧̡̢̳̲͕͐͌̐̂͜ͅĮ̵͉̠̪̥̙̥͔̹̻̠̌̒́́́̐̋̇̈́̂͊͘ ̸̡͉̙̣͈͉̲̹̆̍̀̀͘w̶͇̥͇̥̝̠̣̖̬̬͖̼̤̎̈́̈́̅̈́̌̕ą̸͉͓̼̣̰͇̯̞͒͑̉͐͛̊͘͝ͅņ̵̦̗̖͕̬̖͕̥̔́͛̾͛ẗ̴͚̮̙̤͙̲̭͖̞̰ ̷̪̈̐̊̌̋̂̓̇̍̎͂̉͠t̶̢̨̹͈̹͍͓̟̺̝̯̅͝͠ő̷̡̡̡̹͔̯̯̥͖̗͖̍̂̃̈́̕̕ ̵̦̙̖̰̫̙̟̳̱̯͋́̈́̍̒̓̌͝͝ḑ̵͎͙̱̼̰͕̾̌́͝ȍ̵̢̨̯͙̀̿̎̕͝͝.̵̢̖̠̞̺̝̺͑̄͋̈̅̂̇͂͌͋ͅ.̷͕̲̘͈̺̟̍̈̎̓.̸̠͔̠̩̯͌̽́͗͌͌͠"̸̞̪͈̀̾̅̏̈́͘ The Apparition spoke before Hagan damn near screamed until it felt his throat was gonna be squirting blood. "GET OUT OF THERE, SQUIRT!" ̵̡̻̫̰͚̠͉̗̟̄͑͑̿̈́̀̉͗̄̿̃̽͝"̷̧̡̞̲̰͙̦̘̪̯͓̞̊̈́͐̾͋̄̔̾͜.̸̼̳̼̯͔̌.̴͔̱̌͌̄̏͊̾̓͐̔́̀̿̇͝.̷̡͖̯̳̥̪͈̯̫̞̹̣͖̉̿̐̊̐̄͒̈͆͐͆̕ ̵̘̭̮̭̞͑̄͗̌͆̓͋͘I̴̝̯̖̕s̶̨̬̗̘̳̈̋ ̶̧̺͉̱̲͕̙̟̥̥̣̊̀̋b̷̡͇̱͖͇̞͓̮̩̩̩̈́͑͂̽͑͜ë̷̡́̎̔͛́͠ ̶̡̢̛͔̖̰̫̰̯̝̝̯̗̎̀͆̍́ͅh̶͉̱̼̘̳͚͈̄͛̏̓́ͅũ̶̺͖̺̘̻̜̩̞̠͙̜̗̓̋̃͛͝ͅm̶̧̧̪͍̯̒̿́͌̀́̄͛̈͛a̶̧̨̡̛͖͌͒̀̉͆̃͆̔͒̃̉͘̕n̵̨̛̦̺̠̠̟̹͖̮̩̾̿͗͒̎͛̾̎̕̚͜ ̸̩͔͍͕̲͕͉̘̹̹̝̦̑̂̃̋̅͠ạ̸͐̚g̷̱͈̙̎͑̅͒̑̀͒̚ą̷̰̜͔̟͔̹͈͓̥̺̑͂̈́̓͆͛̿̏̋̏͑͂͠͝ì̸̡̩͚̩͎̥͖̤͚̯̘̹̈́̆͊̍̌̋̕͜ͅņ̴̢̖̭͍̻͇̱̪̆̋̓͋̉͛̏̉͊̓͊́͆̃.̶̧̛̞̖̠̙̥̍̄"̸̤̦͉͂́̌͝ In the blink of an eye, the unthinkable happened and Hagan let out a yell. The Apparition dug its claws into Caelea's midsection as deep as it can go before using its speed to bifurcate her. Blood sprayed in all directions as she was split down the middle and the Apparition lost form as it forced itself inside of Caelea... and the wounds sealed itself shut, violently shaking before coming to a stop. And "Caelea" grinned widely. [i]"... Thank you."[/i] "Caelea!" Hagan screamed at the top of his lungs as he fell upon his knees, vomiting what little food that Hagan had left. And tears ran down his eyes as the sight was horrible. The... worst thing he's ever seen. Second to what that bastard did to him, but at least it was him. Caelea was [i]dead[/i]. [i]Hold it together, hold it [b]together[/b].[/i] Hagan thought to himself as everything felt strange, alien. It felt like there were a million pounds right in his gut and everything felt wrong. Tears ran down his face as he tried to get everything together. [i]No...[/i] Hagan let out another scream before the barrier manifested in the shape of a glowing orange sun with dozens of tendrils... that went wild as one slammed against the ground so hard that it caused it to shatter. Another tendril flipped over a car and sent it directly into a building. Zoey screamed at the top of her lungs had to use a car to brace herself as she felt cold... colder than ever before, and it didn't have anything to do with her damn abstraction. This... her heart was racing as her eyes were wide as hell, and she couldn't shut them. Squirt... Holy shit. This isn't happening. She grabbed onto her chest as she fell onto a knee, she was desperately trying to keep it together. Zoey looked up didn't realize it but... Hagan was losing control of his abstraction. The same abstraction that brought up memories of [i]him[/i]. She legitimately had no clue what was going on. Odessa's jaw dropped as the thing brutally killed her, but unlike the other two she couldn't feel a thing. Not the weight in her stomach, nor the tingling in her skin. Nothing. Odessa sighed as she realized that Hagan was going crazy and the apparition abscised Caelea. She wished that she could do [i]something[/i] to save her but she rushed in and got herself killed. Odessa didn't have the strength to face the Apparition now, nor stop Hagan's rampage. Odessa got behind a car and figured that it might be time to cut and run. She was too slow to do anything.