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[quote=Penny][color=goldenrod]“Hagan, that thing’s nothing. It can only move in straight lines. When it charges, yell at them to juke the wheel and we’ll dodge it,”[/color][/quote]

"... Why does it sound like you're making this sound easier than what it is?" Hagan groaned.

The boat started moving right after Hagan made that call, however, he was still where he was. He grabbed onto the side... the only problem was that they were trying to get away on a [i]lifeboat[/i]. "Twenty-five knots my ass..." Hagan hissed to himself as the thing just... stood there, floating. The thing was [i]nothing[/i] like anything Hagan has seen - and he's seen some shit. He grits his teeth as they were seemingly getting away but Hagan knew, just [i]knew[/i], that this shit wasn't going to be that easy. 

"If this she ain't on the lifeboat then she's probably sinking..." Hagan was about to reply to Penny but he saw the chick grabbing onto the boat. "What the fuck?" How in the [i]fuck[/i] did she catch up, then he remembered he was [i]probably[/i] surrounded by the freakiest bunch of freaks to ever freak. He bared his teeth yet again as he had to help her. It wasn't an easy decision - a quick one, yes - but he knew he had to use his abstraction.

[url=https://i.imgur.com/W77Z94y.png]The sigil on his back began to glow through his shirt.[/url]

"... [i]Barrier,[/i]" Hagan muttered to himself as he stuck his hand out and a thorny tendril came out of his hand. It was transparent, but gleamed an orange color... that would look [i]very[/i] familiar to certain members of the group. It stuck itself out in front of Lilith as Hagan shouted, "Grab-"

The Apparition disappeared, Hagan saw it at the corner of his eye... and that was the only indication that it charging them at speeds that were [i]blinding[/i]. Then it happened, hit them before they could even notice and the waves were disturbed right after. One second Hagan was using his abstraction to save Lilith and the next he was soaring through the air. Her ears were ringing as the crash was absolutely [i]deafening[/i]. The boat was shattered to pieces and he wasn't sure if anyone else survived that... because Hagan was certain he just [i]barely[/i] survived it. He hit the water and it felt like he was hitting concrete. He wasn't sure about the others... but he was sinking. 

Everything was falling apart.

After everything they did... they died like dogs to this apparition. He tried to activate his abstraction but everything was going dark... it wasn't long before he fell into the watery abyss to meet his end [i]again[/i]. The same with everyone else but Hagan accepted his death.

However, as they fell, they heard a voice... it was an ethereal voice of a little girl? Was it the Child?

[hr][center][hider=Kingdom Hearts - End of the World][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFcZWSZ3344&t=492s[/youtube][/hider][hr][i]"... Hello?"

"Hello!"

"Can you hear me?"

"Answer me [/i]please.[i]"

"I am begging you..."

"I'm..."

"...Sorry."

"So sorry any of this happened."

"I didn't mean for this to happen..."

"I just wanted a place where everyone can be happy."

"I just..."

"... Didn't want to be lonely anymore! [b]Okay!?[/b]"
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Hagan came to. When he opened his eyes... his eyes were assaulted by the glaring sunlight as his ears were filled with a sound that he could not mistake even if he tried. There was the chatter of [i]dozens[/i] upon dozens of children chattering. There was the sound of them running around, basketballs hitting the ground... He was forced to push himself up to his feet as he looked around at what was going on. And it was exactly what he sounded like: children were playing around them. They were playing soccer, baseball, basketball, running around with toys, chasing each other, play fighting... you name it. It was a child's paradise, it looked like.

Well, Hagan wasn't buying it. As he looked around the street that was full of life, he saw stores and other stuff... but what caught his eye was [b][code]PARADISE BANK[/code][/b]. Hagan got up to his feet as he stood in the crowd and the spit. Paradise, someplace this is... still, this place seemed like a paradise for kids than the hellscape it seemed to be. Though, Hagan noticed that a kid ran right through him and he raised an eyebrow. He saw some kids playing with nerf guns as he asked as he stuck his arm out.

"Hey kid-" And his hand went through the kid. Hagan looked at his hand in confusion as he quickly realized the only reason why this was happening was that he was in some kinda fucked up Recollection. He sighed.

"... Hagan!" He heard a voice that was unmistakably Zoey Cassandra Gray... he turned around and saw the tall ass chick with blue streaks in her hair waving him down. She just casually walked [i]through[/i] several kids as she made her way over to him. She laughed out of relief with a smile that even Hagan could tell was forced. "... Good thing you stand out in a crowd."

"... What the fuck is going on?" Hagan just had to cut to the chase.

And that was when the smile flipped upside down as Zoey's composure broke. Tears began to run down her face. "... I don't know anymore."

Odessa was somewhere in the children playing as she looked around. A child ran through her so she realized that this wasn't real... but is anything real anymore. Paradise... this place was going to be their grave. What was that message... and who was saying it. However, she sensed some Extra-Normal beings around and looked over her shoulder and saw Hagan's giant self. She just sighed as she casually put her hands together as she waded through the crowds slowly as possible. Keeping her third eye open.