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I’m going to die. I refuse to be killed by a sick bastard like you. a

As my body gave up, a strange calm washed over me. It was like finishing a marathon and The moon’s light shone on me as though I

sinking into a hot bath. The fingers that had been desperately trying to curl by my side were an actor under a spotlight. Snow melt-
fell silent. This was where I died. With no one by my side, and not even a grave marker, ed against my skin as the scent of winter
in a forest in the middle of nowhere. I was going to end up as a monster’s feces. wafted up my bloody nostrils. A piercing

hiss echoed throughout the forest as gusts of
wind found their way into my lungs.
No.

I will rip and tear the filthy
My throbbing heart echoed in my ears as a wave of adrenaline flooded my veins. My eyes jaw you have sinned
flew open, and I jolted back into consciousness, like a child awakening from a nightmare.
with.

MOMMY, WHERE ARE Y

“MOMMY, WHERE ARE YOU? I’M SCARED! IT HURTS!
OU? I’M SC
ARED! IT HURTS!
MOMMY, IT HURTS! IN HERE!
MOMMY, IT HURTS! IN HERE!” I tightened my grip
on my blade until
my fingers bled.
I KNOW, I KNOW, I LOST THEM.
“I KNOW, I KNOW, I LOST THEM.

Y? I’M TRYING TO LOOK FOR THEM!
I’M SORRY, OKAY? I’M TRYING TO LOOK FOR THEM!”
I’M SORRY, OKA
I’ll eradicate you. I
OU GOING? DON’T LEA
VE ME HERE! HELP
WHERE ARE Y
“WHERE ARE YOU GOING? DON’T LEAVE ME HERE! HELP ME!” will wipe you off the
ME!
face of this planet.
EN?
A
D
“DAVID, ARE YOU OKAY? DID SOMETHING HAPPEN?"
VID
Y? DID SOMETHING HAPP
OU OKA
, ARE Y
Blood seeped into
my eyes, staining
…You make me sick.
my world crimson
as I watched the ur-
My body revved back to life. The throbbing of my heart echoed in my ears as a wave of sine devil close in
adrenaline flooded my veins. My eyelids went flying open as my strained eyes bulged out on me.
of their sockets. I jolted back into consciousness like a child waking up from a horrible
nightmare. Today, you will pay for

your sins with your life,
and I will live to see that
happen.

Illustration by Chew Ni Jie Sr1ScA

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