Chapter 64 - Out Of Reach
Leia slid off her shorts and walked to the bathtub while still wearing her tank top. She slid into it and pulled the water pipe, then sprayed water all over her body. She left it in the bathtub and gently rested her head on the tub's edge.
She closed her eyes as a deep breath escaped her nose and she spread her hands on either side.
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"Hello!" Leia's voice echoed within the vast, dark room that had only a small amount of light seeping through a tiny window in the compartment. Her eyes darted around and her brow creased as she couldn't recognize her surroundings. "Is anybody here?" She asked, and a cold wind suddenly swept past her, as though someone had run fast past her.
She hurriedly turned around, and the temperature of the room suddenly began to change from that of cold to hot. Drops of sweat began to rain down her face, and she initiated to glance around furiously. "Whose there?" Leia turned to each side with vigilance in her eyes. She was sure that someone had run past her. She felt it.
A shadow with the shape of a human stood in a dark corner, staring at her with no expression on its face. Darkness enshrouded the silhouette, being the reason why Leia couldn't see who it was or even how it looked, but from the structure, she could tell it was a man.
"Who are you?" Leia's face went expressionless as she asked, and she straightened and gazed intently at the shadow. The shadow did not answer and simply grinned, which Leia felt and her brow crinkled.
Her eyes narrowed, and she proceeded to walk forward and glimpse whoever the man was, but she suddenly halted when she saw the shadow reach out his hand and dark mists flew out, encircling her.
She incited to step back, but a low, sinister chuckle from the man caused her to raise her head, and that's when she suddenly realized she was in another room, completely more eerie than the one she was in before.
The windows in the room were clanking as a result of the cold wind blowing on them, and the curtains hanging around were vigorously blowing as a gust of wind that flew in through the window blew on them.
Leia's heart suddenly began to race rapidly within her, and she clenched her hand tightly. She glimpsed around and abruptly flinched back in fear when her eyes fell on a pile of black skeletons that were alive and crawling towards her with a wide horror grin on their faces.
Her heart began to pound so loudly that it echoed in her ears and the urge to scream emerged within her. However, something inside of her held her back, preventing her from screaming. It kept telling her, do not! Do not! And it came as a surprise to her to realize that she was listening to that voice.
She shut her eyes and a scream of fear erupted within her even though no sound came out of her mouth. She looked down immediately when she felt something scratching her feet only to see the black skeletons gripping onto her ankle with their black bony hands.
Her face instantly altered in disgust and rage, and she furiously started to kick them and punch their heads off. "Get the fuck away from me!!" She hurriedly drew back, creating a little distance away from the skeletons whose heads crawled back to their bodies and continued to slowly creep towards her.
Leia immediately glanced around her for any weapon she could use, but her eyes fell on dark liquids that were oozing out from where she was standing. Her eyes fluttered as her body trembled and she slowly lowered her eyes to look down, and the minute she did, as though her spirit flew out of her body, she became motionless.
Her body undertook to shiver uncontrollably, and she touched her thighs and brought her hands to her face. A low cry of fear left her lips as she stared at her bloody palms. Her hands, the white tank top she wore, and her shorts were all soaked in dark blood. Her whole body was seeping out blood, including her face.
Leia slowly raised her hand to touch her face, and her head shook violently in fear. Tiny drops of tears began to fall from her eye, and she unknowingly started to draw back. "No... no." This kept exiting her lips as they trembled in panic and disbelief.
Unknown voices of mocking laughter abruptly started to echo non-stop in her head, and she raised her eyes to see numerous dark shadows surrounding her and pointing their fingers at her.
She immediately felt lightheaded, and she clutched her head in pain. The voices became louder in her head, and as though frustrated and angry, Leia abruptly moved, and with rage apparent in her pitch-black pupils, she swung her hand, trying to punch the shadows, and an angry growl escaped her mouth. "Fuck you!!!" Her hands swung at the silhouettes and went through them, leaving the shadows laughing more than before.
She clutched her bloody body and commenced to draw back, her body shivering uncontrollably. Her eyes dilated and a scream left her mouth when she felt herself being tugged into a void. She glanced down immediately, and her physique shuddered when her eyes fell on the black skeletons that were grabbing onto her leg and hauling her into a deep black hole.
She furiously began to punch them, but that didn't stop them, and they continued to drag her down. "No!!! Let me go! " She fought to release herself, but everything was in vain. Tears fell from her eyes, and they continued to pull her into the hole.
Just when they had dragged her halfway in, two voices she knew very well called out to her, and she raised her head to see Adrik, clad in a white suit with a mask on his face, reaching out his hand to her. Beside him was another woman, the one woman she had known through her life, her mother. She stood there with a pessimistic smile on her face, her hand also reaching out for her.
"Mother... Adrik." A relieved smile emerged on her face, and she reached out both her hands to grab onto hers, but as though time went fast, the skeletons grabbed onto her hands and pulled her into the hole. "No!!!!, Mum!!!" exclaimed Leia. She yelled loudly, and her mother and Adrik disappeared within her reach.
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"No!!!!!!!!" Leia immediately woke up and sat up in the bathtub. Beads of sweat rained down her face, and she continuously panted heavily to catch her breath. "It was just a dream. It was just a dream." She continuously told herself to calm down, but when she stared down at the bathtub she was in, a scream erupted from her throat and she immediately jumped out of the tub with her face turned ghastly pale.
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