The Legacy of the Fallen [12][Edited]

"Haah!" I gasped, blinking rapidly.

Wait.

I blinked again. My eyes were blurry, but slowly everything came into focus.

Hold on a minute.

I looked at my palms first—they were there.

I pinched my cheeks and winced at the pain.

What is… happening?

I looked ahead, over my arms stretched before me, and I saw it.

The door.

Wait a minute.

I turned around and saw a forest behind me.

What just happened?!

I should have died.

No, I did die in there.

So why am I outside?

It's as though…

…time reversed.

I looked ahead again. The door was partially open, beckoning me inside.

No.

The house.

This is that fucking creature!

No way in hell am I going back in there.

But… in the first place…

…how?

…Wait a minute. I think I understand what happened.