Meeting the Reaper. [Completed]

[Yukki Kazuto]

I took off sprinting out of the building, and tore down the street. The silver ball thing continued to chase me, and neither of us gave care to the body lying on the ground face down in the street. I took a turn, and then another, and another, all while hearing the ball flying behind me. I thought about several ways to try to escape, but couldn’t think of any that didn’t result in me receiving an explosion to the back.


I tried turning invisible to see if it would help, but found I couldn’t stop or focus long enough to fade out of sight. My weapon was still lying on the ground outside of the building I had been led to. I eventually got to the pipe that scarlet and I had crawled up, and was surprised to see the Reaper standing in front of it. I watched as he aimed a small shotgun at me.


I slid before I reached him, sliding under him and into the pipe. I grabbed the edge right as I went in, now dangling over a fifty plus foot drop from nothing but my fingers. I heard a shotgun blast, an explosion, and the sound of people screaming. A few dreadful seconds went by where all that could be heard was people screaming and running away.


I looked up, and watched the Reaper turn, strap his shotgun to his leg, and offer me a hand. I grabbed it, and he pulled me up out of the pipe. He gave me a small smile, and jumped down the pipe, jacket flapping the way down. I never saw how he landed.


I felt exhausted. I sat down against a wall, and went through the process of summoning my pistol back to me. Completely and utterly exhausted, I fought off the temptations of sleep, and worked my way back up to the nexus gate. I passed through it, tired of the place I was in. Everyone and everything seemed to have crime oozing out of them. I had lived a life of crime my entire life, but here, in this place, I could be anything. I could be anyone.


These are the thoughts that ran through my head as I stepped back into the nexus. I blinding white sky and floor greeted me when I came out the other side. I looked around and saw the fountain in the middle, and more gates on either side of me. Turning to my right, I headed for the next gate.


After about two hours of walking, I stood in front of an archway made of stone, that looked as if it had eroded down over the years. I stepped through, wondering what this new place would show me. I was not prepared for what I saw.