Grizzled

Episode 5's

"Wake ... The shira! Wake up!"

I squirm, rubbing both my eyes. Oh, shit, gray!

"Shira's! Thank goodness you're okay!"

And this kid! What was his name at the time? The shakti? Right, his name is Sakti.

"Are you hurt? I've been looking for you since last night."

How did I get here again?

"Don't come any closer, Sakti!" i'm alert.

"It's okay, I won't hurt you, you're safe right now."

What guarantee? Can he guarantee that I'm safe with him?

"I've just become human again. It's gonna be out here tonight. We should immediately find a room to take shelter," he said. I'm still inching my distance, unable to deny the fact that Sakti is also an equally terrifying monster.

"Come on, Shira, you can trust me, we have to quickly take cover before dark" Sakti said. I looked around. This gray world is such a bitch! I pat my cheeks strongly, the pain is not much different when I am awake. Please, this is just a dream, right? Unfortunately, I did not wake up immediately.

The purple gush in the sky was getting more and more dense. There was no full moon floating in the middle of the field. Instead, a gray-colored flame like a torch lit up along the corridor. The torch is about ten meters away. Of course, the light is not comparable to moonlight. Every time I arrived at this place, the gloomy atmosphere of the night always greeted me.

Soon a very familiar roar sounded from the end of the corridor. I turned my head, found that grumpy, damned monster running towards us.

"Hurry, Shira!" sari Sakti immediately pulled my hand. I couldn't resist, following him running for shelter.

"Awas, Sakti! Stairway's down!" seruku reminded. The monster behind us is getting closer, "how is this?"

"Hand!" his orders. At the same moment suddenly my body was already carried on his back. As if without burden, he jumped from each piece of the stairs to another piece quickly. Like lightning I can't even see. Every step of his made the remains of the steps crumble porous and he smoothly managed to land. I'll get off the trunk immediately. Really, it was just as thrilling as riding a fantasy world ride. My feet were shaking because of it.

"You still run strong? We're not safe!" said. I just nodded. Just follow him again. The monsters up there looked upset that we got away.

The situation on the first floor was as bleak as on the second floor. The position of the building and the room does not change from the original position of the school classes. The difference is the atmosphere here which is reversed by one hundred and eighty degrees.

This time we were tracing along the twelve grade IPS corridor. Some simple rooms covered with wooden boards are difficult to open. I can't stop thinking, but this is just a wooden board that rests.

"We'll just break it down!" my proposal. Sakti.

"If the door is broken, we can't hide in it" Sakti replied.

Oh, my gosh! We continue to check. Again cannot be opened. A few seconds later there was a bang, so loud that it felt like an earthquake. I was running so I fell because of the vibration. Under the stairs where we had escaped, there was a puff of dust and some of the rooms around it were destroyed. The ground was seen to be tens of centimeters high and the creature was there. The monster that had been chasing looked even more furious.

Apparently he was desperate to plunge down because the stairs were already broken. He looked towards us to then roar again and came back to chase.

Damn, my knee hurts and I'm not sure I can run any further. Sakti without me telling you quickly carried me like before and came back running. We finally managed to enter a room. The available wooden boards we cover directly and we hold. My breath was stingy.

"Well, that was almost!" it seems like I'm used to all this.

"Your feet are injured, later when things calm down, there is a short time lag before I turn into a monster again, I will handle your injuries," Sakti said. I looked at those two black eyes. The monster was also in her, but the fact that she had saved me twice made me quite sure that she was very kind.

"Thank you" I replied.

"Yesterday you were not seen at all. I was glad to think you found your way home, but you were lying helplessly at the mouth of the stairs. I hope you're okay" Sakti said.

Yesterday? Of course because yesterday I didn't dream about this place.

"What makes me dream of being here?" gumamku.

"It's not a dream, Shira," Sakti replied. I looked at him in disbelief.

"It's not a dream, I told you it's the other side of your world, you're really experiencing what's going on here."

I looked at the sky of the room that was gray, while it was dark out there. Again, the time system difference. Oh, what the fuck?! Yesterday I escaped from this place by falling out of bed. Of course it's just a dream. Next thing happened absolutely nothing. None of the events here affect conditions in the real world.

That staircase, for example, which here is half destroyed, when I go to school the next day, the stairs to my class on the second floor remain intact. Just imagine if it was completely destroyed. The whole school must be in an uproar. Moreover, at this time the stairs had been completely destroyed. The teacher's room and BK's office were also partially destroyed.

I better believe that this is just my nightmare, which will have no effect on the real world. Yeah, it's just a nightmare!

"I can't guarantee it," Sakti said suddenly, "I can't guarantee whether what happens here won't affect your real world."

"Can you read my mind?" manywould be surprised. Sakti smiled, making her dimples clear.

"You're so quiet, I'm sure you must be confused and have a lot of questions, but you're afraid to talk to me, aren't you?"

Oh, then he read my mind? Well, what if I'm thinking of a no-no? Again he smiled.

"I'm sorry if it's disrespectful. You better not be afraid of me. All you need to be aware of is that monster."

"Are you not a monster?. What if you suddenly change again?" my many.

"There's a cycle of her own, Shira. I'll only change if time in the cubicle becomes night."

"Oh, is that it?"

"Yes, just like the monsters out there, he goes wild when it's out at night."

"I don't know, because that's how it's been since I was here. Clearly, the time system inside and outside is the opposite." Sakti replied.

"It looks like the monster has left," I said feeling quite calm outside.

"Maybe, but he can come back anytime. You'd better stay here until the turn of time."

"Is that so? Are we going all day to hold this wooden board? Though I want us to chat casually and ask a lot of things," I said.

"I have the solution" said Sakti. Both of his palms were pointed at the wooden board, then stomped down, making it slide to the ground a few inches.

"Already," he said, "in a calm condition, this lock is quite effective, but only lasts thirty minutes. I'll always update it, we'll also have to stay alert."

I nodded in understanding. With a palm that let out a whirlwind, he dusted the floor from the dust and got rid of some dirt, sweeping it clean.

"Come, sit down" he said politely.

"Thank you, that's really cool" I joined the group sitting on a cleaner floor than before.

"Well, unfortunately, some of my powers I can only use when I'm in the cubicle, whereas when I'm out there I'm nothing more than a fly. That's why I prefer to stay in the room, under any circumstances," Sakti replied. Flies said? Then what am I? Ah, he's so humble!

"I must thank the fly for helping me escape the pursuit of monsters, after all" I replied. He just chuckles softly.

"Sorry, I can't serve food because it's not there, I haven't needed it for a long time."

"No need?"

"Yes, I don't eat and drink, I don't sleep or I'm tired, there's no metabolism in my body. Well, you know what that means?"

"That means ... means you are already .. dead?" many doubt.

"I can't be sure, but it seems like it is," Sakti replied, "sorry, I want to treat your wounds if you will."

"Oh, yes, I'm asking for help" I said.

His palm breathed out a warm wind, giving the same comfortable sensation as the last time he helped me with this technique. The torn wound on my knee slowly closed, leaving a dark mark.

"Sorry, I can only help so far," Sakti said.

"It's been so much better, thank you," I replied.

"Different from you who can still feel pain, hunger, and fatigue, because you still have a physical body as a sensor of all those feelings. That's why, I'm not sure what happened here has had any impact on your condition in the real world" he explained. I swallowed in horror. Wondering what I was doing in my world there.

"Sooner or later you will know," Sakti replied again understanding what I was thinking.

"Sakti, you once said that you're actually lost here too, meaning we're from the same world, right?"

"Well, maybe, because I was hungry and sick here, until I finally no longer feel it all. My hair and skin were bleached, and then I stayed in this place until now."

"Surely you already know a lot about this place."

"Of course, unfortunately the information about the way out of this world I did not find. I'm waiting for the answer."

"Waiting?" my question does not understand.

"Yes, wait and look for it because the message must be somewhere. Normally I would leave a message before turning into a monster and then find its reply somewhere after returning to being human" Sakti replied.

"Oh yes, about my transformation, it is a side effect of the strength I gained and the longevity in this place. In any world there is always a consequence of a choice."

"You chose eternal life in this place?" my many.

"I don't know, I don't even remember why I chose it, after all I'm actually dead, and somehow I'm stuck here" Sakti replied. Ah, right, his memory is gone. Wait, there's something more important to ask. About the message he was waiting for, the message contained information on the way out of this place.

However, the commotion first sounded from out there. A loud bang rattled the walls of the room.

"The danger! He's back!" serang Sakti immediately stood back to hold the door. Not until Sakti managed to hold it, another bang followed destroying the wooden board. The pieces were thrown everywhere almost hitting me if Sakti did not quickly make a wind shield that protected us. The angry monster barged in.

"Return, Shira!" sakti's orders, "this monster is after you, quickly leave this room and find a safe place!"

"How can I get out if he's still by the door?"

"I'll distract him, you need to get out of here!" he shouted while releasing a whirlwind, tricking the monster.

Not to be played, the monster was getting raging and hitting any direction. The front wall of the room collapsed, giving me wide access to escape. The dense sky outside mingled with the sky inside. The time system is disrupted. I see Sakti's starting to change.

"Leave this place, Shira! Agggh! Remember that this is not a dream! You have to fight!" serang Sakti is almost completely transformed. Before long the unpleasant aroma began to smell, I immediately left here while clogging my nose.

Not far away I fled, the grumpy monster that was after me had already left the room. The road looks staggering, powerless to withstand the stench. My chest started to tighten, my nose was still stuffed until I actually found a room to hide in.

Unfortunately, all the nearby cubicles were in a closed position, so sturdy as if someone had locked them from the inside. I could not stand it anymore, inhaling breath to get the oxygen supply, to then be poisoned by the aroma that was still so foul, making me fall sitting on the turn of the corridor. No, I can't give up! This is not a dream! I have to fight or something bad will happen to me.

The monster's roar sounded closer. I tried to stand near the hallway that looked like a haunted bathroom hallway at school. A little more managed to grab the place, before someone smothered me from behind.

I thrashed out loud.

.Seriate.