A Place We Don't Know

Rachel continued to run through the heavy snow. Kyle was worried that Break point would follow the tracks that Rachel was leaving behind. Kyle turned to look at the tracks but when he did there were none to be found. He wondered how Rachel managed to stay that light while carrying three people, but he figured that this was not the weirdest thing that he has seen it do all night.

Kyle: Sarah? ...

Kyle tried to get a response from Sarah. Now that they finally escaped, he was able to be more concerned for her. It wasn't as if he was not concerned for her during their escape. He just didn't have time to be more scared than he already was at the time.

He looks over to Rachel's other arm without moving his neck. Sarah was being held in Rachel's other arm in a way that her head was resting on Rachel's shoulder. Kyle reaches over to her and taps the top of her head. Sarah doesn't respond at all.

Kyle wants to ask Rachel to slow, stop for a minute so he can make sure Sarah is okay. But he can't, he was too afraid. He was afraid that someone was following them, he was afraid that someone would catch them, he was afraid that they would have to go back to that place.

Kyle: ...

Despite his fear he couldn't let the girls condition get any worse than it already was.

Kyle: Rachel-

Before Kyle could finish his sentence, he noticed that Rachel's running became a lot heavier and bumpier. Rachel then tripped and fell over. However, because of the momentum that they gained from running Kyle, Sarah, and Rachel began to roll and tumble through the snow. Ice and dirt got inside of Kyle's one-piece and hair. When he comes to a stop he looks back at where Rachel tripped over, and he sees a black spike sticking on the ground and on this spike was Rachel's leg. Kyle knew immediately after seeing this that they were in danger. He looked over at Rachel wait for it to get up, waiting for it to pick them up and keep running, waiting for it to get up ready to fight. But instead, when Kyle looked over, he watched in horror as Rachel unraveled. Its golden strings fell and sank into the snow. Gio's unconscious body fell to the icy ground.

Kyles heart and mind started racing. Sarah, him, and now Gio were all vulnerable with no protection. Kyle tries to get up but when he does, he is hit with exhaustion and pain. He becomes so tired that he finds it difficult to move even a little bit. It was as if all the exhaustion and pain that was taken from him moments earlier was back, but now it was 10x worse.

It felt like something was in his head crawling around and biting its way to the inside of his brain. The pain in his leg was the worst of all. The singed skin, the way that dirt and snow managed to slither their way into his wounds, the appearance alone made him sick. Before this moment Kyle never got to get a good look at his leg. The light skin that he had before was now void black, there were cracks of crimson blood all over the leg as well. The dark skin was peeling, its dark black color falling into the snow like ash. The realization of what happened to his leg was finally hitting Kyle, and with that realization the pain hit too.

Kyle screamed out in pain. He tried to stop himself before he gave away him, Sarah, and Gio's locations. He tried to bite his lip, to think about things that made him happy, he tried everything but there was nothing that could distract him from this pain. And as quickly as this pain started is as quickly it started to subside. Kyle felt himself drifting off. He tried his best to stay awake, but being awake all night combined with the exhaustion from fighting two highly trained professors only push him closer to passing out. With his final struggle to stay awake longer he kept his eyes opened. All Kyle saw, was the shape of a giant hand and then everything went black.

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Sarah: KYLE!?

Sarah opened her eyes and shouted the man's name. Her hands were pointed to the skin and tears were forming in her eyes. Sarah sits up and starts looking around. She finds herself in a bed.

Sarah: [This bed is too comfortable this definitely isn't Break Point then. Wait ... THAT MUST MEAN KYLE WAS SUCCESSFUL! NICE JOB KYLE, I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT!]

Sarah continues to look around and notices that the floor, walls, and ceilings were made up of wood. There was sun light coming into the room through four windows. The wall in front of Sarah's bed and to the right of Sarah's bed had two windows on each of them. There was also a wooden door on the wall to Sarah's left. There were wooden two dressers, one on each side of her bed and sitting in front of her bed and in between two windows was a wooden wardrobe. Sarah swings her legs off of the bed and tries to walk but she falls to the ground.

Sarah: Ow...

She tries to move her legs but finds herself unable to.

Sarah: [... How long have I been asleep?]

Sarah then feels a pressure around her waist and starts getting lifted into the air.

Sarah: Oh, good morning, Rachel.

Rachel lifts Sarah over its head and places her on its back.

Sarah: Do you feel something?

Rachel didn't speak, all it did was nod its head up and down.

Sarah: Do you think you can take them in a fight?

Rachel shakes its head back and forth. Rachel turns its head to look at the wooden door.

Sarah: Gio and Kyle are nearby? Do you think we can save them?

Rachel shakes its head back and forth.

Sarah: WE CAN'T LEAVE THEM BEHIND! I KNOW YOU WERE MADE TO PROTE-

Rachel turns its head to look at Sarah.

Sarah: BUT CAN'T WE-

Rachel slightly slouches its torso.

Sarah: WILL YOU LET ME TALK!?

Sarah and Rachel hear a knock on the door which makes both of them go silent. Rachel calls out its claws and prepares to kill whatever walks through the door. The door opens and a man dressed in black walks in, the man also had snow all over his black cloths and was holding white bandages in his right hand. Rachel is about to charge forward and try and kill the man, but Sarah pulls back on its head.

Sarah: Wait a second, he doesn't look like a threat let's just wait and find out who he is.

???: Oh, you are finally awake. I am glad you are okay. Can I ask what exactly this ... creature is?

The man looked Rachel right in its face. Sarah looks down on the man from the top of Rachels back. She also gets a look at what the man was wearing. The man was wearing a black snow hat, a black scarf that covered his mouth, a heavy black snow coat, black winter pants, and black snow boots.

Sarah: Who are you?

???: Can you answer my question first?

Sarah: Why are you holding bandages?

???: To replace yours.

Sarah: Replace mine?

Sarah looks at the bandages on her arms and sees that they are much cleaner than the night they left Break Point.

???: Yes, I have been replacing your bandages. Now can you answer my question?

Sarah: No.

???: Oh ... well I don't blame you for being cautious. You woke up in a place that you can't recognized at all. With a scary man in front of you.

Sarah: Scary? You aren't scary in the slightest.

???: ... I am terrifying.

Sarah: I am not terrified.

???: ...

Sarah: Where is Kyle and Gio?

???: You are talking about those two boys who were sleeping with you right?

Sarah: Obviously, idiot.

???: No need to be rude. They have also been asleep for a while. The oldest one had terrible injuries that me and master had work hard to take care of. The younger boy didn't have a scratch on him though.

Sarah: KYLE!?

???: Huh?

Sarah: IS HE OKAY!?

???: Oh ye-

Rachel runs out of the door. When they ran out of the room Sarah saw a short hall of other wooden doors. There were three doors on both walls including the one they just ran out of. Rachel begins to open each door. A bathroom, an empty bedroom, another empty bedroom. She opened door on the other side of the hall. She opened the first door and found a boy peacefully sleeping. Rachel walks over to the boy and kneels down so Sarah can get a better look.

Sarah: Gio ...

???: Is that one Gio?

Sarah turns to see the man in black clothes.

Sarah: Seriously what is your name?

???: If I tell you, will you tell me what the living doll is?

Sarah: ... Sure.

Cinco: My name is Cinco. Now please tell me what that thing is.

Sarah: I am Sarah, and this is Rachel. Now can you tell me where we are?

Cinco: We are in one of many rouges' villages.