RE: ZERO DEAD SPACE REACTION

Author note :

Hello everyone, if you are reading this then welcome to this new story and thank you for your time,

This story is related to Subaru Natsuki and his adventure in to the dead space unevirse. And I like how his story from fandom is and from the light novel so I had a idea for his new fate

That I will be making a story that will be watching Subaru lose his shit for 6 hours straight again

Anyway as you can maybe guess by the title or the brief description, this is a reaction fanfiction, where the characters of re zero, react to Subaru taking Isaac Clark's place as the main protagonist of the original Dead Space game.

All of the characters are posted Arc 6, also this story will not make any direct references, but it does take place in the difference universe as Watching him die again and again, which is an excellent fanfiction you should definitely check, and like them

Finally this story is kind of a spiritual continuation of the original Re: Dead Space, which despite not been updated in forever and to the remake of the original game on PS5 so yeah and I will definitely would you to recommend reading it and playing the game it's worth your time.

(PS quick shout out to the author mgman & boom 5749 for coming up with the actually story and Electronic Art, ak tronic Software & Services GmbH for giving us this game thanks you And now injoy show.

Summary: Prologue

As the screen faded to Black, everyone couldn't help but feel relief well up within them, despite the horrifying and twisted journey Subaru had experience in the Sanctuary. The young man had managed to come out on top again, causing most people in the audience, to feel a great sense of pride for the young man, for seemingly doing the impossible and overcoming colossal odds, not even the most powerful Knights could have overcome.

All of the members of the Emilia camp, have their own thoughts and feelings on Subaru's journey in the sanctuary. Each members thoughts ranging from extreme guilt over causing much of Subaru's tournament, to absolute pride and affection, over the fact that Subaru had overcome such colossal hardships. Emilia in particular, looked down at her sleeping Knight, gently tracing the line of his cheek with one of her hands, feeling her eyes moisten slightly, as all of the pain and torment, he had put himself through for her sake came to mind.

Rem had a similar thought to the half elf, looking at her beloved longingly, as he rested peacefully in the theatre with them, however the more she looked at her beloved, more scenes from the horrifying events in the sanctuary played in her mind, everything from the attack on the mansion, the appearance of the great rabbit, and to the reveal that Roswaal, the man that had saved her and she looked up to, was the very same man that was single-handedly responsible, for every hardship and death Subaru had experience since coming to their world. But despite all of the horror and misery, but she couldn't help but feel smile spread across her face, at the fact that Subaru had managed to stay strong and persevere through it all.

Beatrice had similar thoughts and feelings, as the other two closest women to Subaru's heart. Watching her contractor literally be ripped apart before her eyes, was perhaps the most soul crushing site she had ever experienced, yet despite experiencing such a brutal death it did not shatter his resolve, in fact to her it seem to only strengthen it, proving to the great spirit that her contractor was truly someone special, as well as confirming that she had made the right choice, in choosing him as her contractor and friend.

Otto after what he had witnessed, now finally understood his friend Subaru on the level he never thought possible, it all made sense to him now, why Subaru never let his friends take the weight of his burdens, always carrying it all himself, even if it slowly crushed his soul into dust. The grey head merchant couldn't help the feel his eyes beginning to leak salty tears, which quickly gave way to a full on waterfall of tears, as Otto thought of all of the hardships and suffering his friend had gone through, never been able to tell anyone about it because of the return by death taboo, forcing him to carry it all on her shoulders, that's something else that made the grey head merchant cry even harder, was the fact that Subaru despite the weight on his shoulders never gave up, never letting the suffering break his will to keep moving forward.

While his grey-haired brother cried silently to himself, Garfiel surprisingly was completely stone-faced, simply staring at the now dark screen, as if it was continuing to show him, something that only he could see, meanwhile inside the beast Boy's brain, a singular thought consumed his mind, and that was a deep unyielding sense of disgust at himself. he had killed one of his closest friends. . . No! he had killed one of his brothers, and almost done the same to another, as well as killing many other innocent people, who were only protecting Subaru from him . . .

Garfiel's face suddenly scrunched up, as a searing pain suddenly flared in his hand, looking down he noticed that, he clenched his fist so hard that they had long since turned white, with blood beginning to leak from between his knuckles. Garfiel slowly unclench his fists, watching as the blood began to freely flow, from the puncture wounds caused by his sharpened talon like fingernails, as he continued to watch the blood slowly leak from the wounds, Subaru's words from the Sanctuary came back to his mind, and remembering those words. Garfiel realise that if Subaru could forgive him, then maybe he could one day forgive himself. Garfiel despite the pain, clenched his fists, a look of determination spreading across his face, and in that moment, he made a promise to himself. and his brother Subaru that no matter what, he would make up for what he had done at the Sanctuary, even if it meant giving up his own life to do so.

Despite Ram not sharing the positive opinion of Subaru, unlike much the rest of the Emilia camp, even she couldn't deny that what she had seen, had changed her view on the black-haired nasty eyed boy. Admittedly, though not to anyone around her mind that, she doubted that even she couldn't remain sane, experiencing half of the horror and torment that Subaru had after coming to their world.

And finally, Roswaal, despite not holding any affection for the young boy, can't help but feel some sympathy, at what the young man had been through, though the biggest shock to the clown face magician, was the exact nature of Subaru's looping ability. Roswaal had always been under the impression, that Subaru can activate this ability at will. But with the reveal that it only activated upon Subaru's death, and the Subaru himself had no control over the ability, was quite a shock to everyone, but for Roswaal thinking back on it, everything made sense now. In fact, the clown faced magician, kicked himself mentally at how obvious the answer was, yet even he didn't see it.

Everyone else outside the Emilia camp, had similar thoughts running through their heads, some notable examples being Julius and Reinhard. Julius after witnessing what Subaru had truly been through, couldn't help but regret his past actions, particularly at the Royal selection, because now with the context of what Subaru was going through at the time, Julius felt a sickly horrible feeling at the fact that he had beaten up a man. . . no a close friend, that was practically on the verge of insanity, because of what he had experienced prior. In fact, Julius made a vowel to himself and Subaru, that the next time Subaru was awake, Julius would beg for forgiveness for everything, and try and be a better friend to the strong-willed young boy.

Reinhard despite to looking completely fine from the outside, was practically having a mental breakdown on the inside, at the fact that his closest friend had gone through so much torture and torment. That even if Reinhard knew about the time, there was not a single thing he could have done about it. In fact, Reinhard felt the familiar feeling of disgust rising from the pit of his stomach, disgust at himself that despite all of the power he possessed, he could not help one of his closest friends, in fact despite what everyone said, Reinhard was no hero, it was Subaru that was the true hero. Reinhard simply had unmeasurable power, while Subaru had the will of a true hero, always helping his friends, facing deadly challenges head on despite having a lack of any notable combat power.

Crusch Kersten, also had a myriad of thoughts and feelings running through her mind, one of the primary thoughts was how it all made sense now with the context she had been given, Subaru's seeming ability to perfectly predict the moves of the White Whale and the witch's cult, was something she hadn't given much thought at the time, though admittedly strangers it was, she had disregarded it in the heat of battle choosing to think about it later, but now with the reveal of return by death, and all of the horrifying gut-wrenching context, it all made terrifying sense to her now.

Crusch also couldn't suppress the guilt that she felt, because of what her past self had done to Subaru in refusing to help him, her blatant refusal to help him, had practically destined him to die at the hands of the White Whale and witch's cult. And despite her not remembering the interaction that she had seen on screen. Her on-screen counterpart's words, still cut much deeper than she would have liked to admit, but the part she found most revolting about the entire situation and herself, was the fact that she would have done the exact same thing as her on-screen counterpart, without a second thought.

But she, much like a certain purple haired Knight, made a promise... no made a vow, to treat Subaru as a better ally, and try and make up for her past transgressions that had caused him untold suffering.

Wilhelm, much like his grandson Reinhard, outwardly look very calm, but on the inside his mind was a torrent of emotions over what he had seen. when he first met Subaru, there was something about the young man's gaze, that told the aged swordsman, that he had seen and experience, true torment, and suffering. The kinds of events that, Wilhelm knew from personal experience, that could change a man on a fundamental level.

But now, with the context of Subaru's return by death ability, Wilhelm felt his sympathy for the young man skyrocket, the horror and suffering that Subaru had experienced, was something that the old man would have not wished on even his worst enemy. But Wilhelm also felt a great amount of pride in Subaru, for the fact that he had managed to overcome such colossal barriers, never giving up on his goal and always pushing forward, regardless of how much pain it caused him.Well, now that that's over, I suppose it's time we move on to something else then?

The unfamiliar yet paradoxically familiar voice, calls out from the black screen, causing everyone to feel a chill run up and down the spine

"Wait. . . there's more for us to see" Emilia instinctively, brought her sleeping knight closer to her chest, wrapping him up in a tight hug, as if forming an impenetrable shield to protect him from the world.

"Do we really have to witness more, I don't think I can take much more of this" Julius, surprisingly was the second one to respond to the strange voice, perfectly summing up what everyone felt, in just those simple words.

"I must agree with sir Knight Julius, we must have witnessed all we can regarding Subaru's journey, surely not?" Wilhelm's calm and smooth voice, questioned the notion of them needing to see any more of Subaru's journey, and plus Wilhelm wasn't quite sure that even he could watch his, for lack of a better term "surrogate grandson" go through anymore possible horrific events. Just watching Subaru be devoured by the great rabbit, hearing his agonising screams for someone to save him, was enough to almost break the old man, in a way that not much had, since the death of his wife many years ago.

Well of course ,As some people would say, the night is still young and there's so much still to do. As he some kind of mad men is talking, plus .... I have something extra special, for all of you to witness now

It was only now that everyone noticed the voice, was different from the last time, instead of being a hoarse raspy voice, with a sadistic edge, it sounded much more energetic and lively, and arguably even sounded excited and evil in it.

"What are you going to have us watch now, I suppose" Beatrice responded with an annoyed huff, sounding somewhat tired, with her voice lacking its usual energy, but despite that, everyone else in the theatre could agree with her sentiment, just wanting this entire ordeal to be over.

And finally, Roswaal, despite not holding any affection for the young boy, can't help but feel some sympathy, at what the young man had been through, though the biggest shock to the clown face magician, was the exact nature of Subaru's looping ability. Roswaal had always been under the impression, that Subaru can activate this ability at will. But with the reveal that it only activated upon Subaru's death, and the Subaru himself had no control over the ability, was quite a shock to everyone, but for Roswaal thinking back on it, everything made sense now. In fact, the clown faced magician, kicked himself mentally at how obvious the answer was, yet even he didn't see it.

Everyone else outside the Emilia camp, had similar thoughts running through their heads, some notable examples being Julius and Reinhard. Julius after witnessing what Subaru had truly been through, couldn't help but regret his past actions, particularly at the Royal selection, because now with the context of what Subaru was going through at the time, Julius felt a sickly horrible feeling at the fact that he had beaten up a man. . . no a close friend, that was practically on the verge of insanity, because of what he had experienced prior. In fact, Julius made a vowel to himself and Subaru, that the next time Subaru was awake, Julius would beg for forgiveness for everything, and try and be a better friend to the strong-willed young boy.

Reinhard despite to looking completely fine from the outside, was practically having a mental breakdown on the inside, at the fact that his closest friend had gone through so much torture and torment. That even if Reinhard knew about the time, there was not a single thing he could have done about it. In fact, Reinhard felt the familiar feeling of disgust rising from the pit of his stomach, disgust at himself that despite all of the power he possessed, he could not help one of his closest friends, in fact despite what everyone said, Reinhard was no hero, it was Subaru that was the true hero. Reinhard simply had unmeasurable power, while Subaru had the will of a true hero, always helping his friends, facing deadly challenges head on despite having a lack of any notable combat power.

Crusch Kersten, also had a myriad of thoughts and feelings running through her mind, one of the primary thoughts was how it all made sense now with the context she had been given, Subaru's seeming ability to perfectly predict the moves of the White Whale and the witch's cult, was something she hadn't given much thought at the time, though admittedly strangers it was, she had disregarded it in the heat of battle choosing to think about it later, but now with the reveal of return by death, and all of the horrifying gut-wrenching context, it all made terrifying sense to her now.

Crusch also couldn't suppress the guilt that she felt, because of what her past self had done to Subaru in refusing to help him, her blatant refusal to help him, had practically destined him to die at the hands of the White Whale and witch's cult. And despite her not remembering the interaction that she had seen on screen. Her on-screen counterpart's words, still cut much deeper than she would have liked to admit, but the part she found most revolting about the entire situation and herself, was the fact that she would have done the exact same thing as her on-screen counterpart, without a second thought.

But she, much like a certain purple haired Knight, made a promise... no made a vow, to treat Subaru as a better ally, and try and make up for her past transgressions that had caused him untold suffering.

Wilhelm, much like his grandson Reinhard, outwardly look very calm, but on the inside his mind was a torrent of emotions over what he had seen. when he first met Subaru, there was something about the young man's gaze, that told the aged swordsman, that he had seen and experience, true torment, and suffering. The kinds of events that, Wilhelm knew from personal experience, that could change a man on a fundamental level.

But now, with the context of Subaru's return by death ability, Wilhelm felt his sympathy for the young man skyrocket, the horror and suffering that Subaru had experienced, was something that the old man would have not wished on even his worst enemy. But Wilhelm also felt a great amount of pride in Subaru, for the fact that he had managed to overcome such colossal barriers, never giving up on his goal and always pushing forward, regardless of how much pain it caused him.Well, now that that's over, I suppose it's time we move on to something else then?

The unfamiliar yet paradoxically familiar voice, calls out from the black screen, causing everyone to feel a chill run up and down the spine

"Wait. . . there's more for us to see" Emilia instinctively, brought her sleeping knight closer to her chest, wrapping him up in a tight hug, as if forming an impenetrable shield to protect him from the world.

"Do we really have to witness more, I don't think I can take much more of this" Julius, surprisingly was the second one to respond to the strange voice, perfectly summing up what everyone felt, in just those simple words.

"I must agree with sir Knight Julius, we must have witnessed all we can regarding Subaru's journey, surely not?" Wilhelm's calm and smooth voice, questioned the notion of them needing to see any more of Subaru's journey, and plus Wilhelm wasn't quite sure that even he could watch his, for lack of a better term "surrogate grandson" go through anymore possible horrific events. Just watching Subaru be devoured by the great rabbit, hearing his agonising screams for someone to save him, was enough to almost break the old man, in a way that not much had, since the death of his wife many years ago.

Well of course ,As some people would say, the night is still young and there's so much still to do. As he some kind of mad men is talking, plus .... I have something extra special, for all of you to witness now

It was only now that everyone noticed the voice, was different from the last time, instead of being a hoarse raspy voice, with a sadistic edge, it sounded much more energetic and lively, and arguably even sounded excited and evil in it.

"What are you going to have us watch now, I suppose" Beatrice responded with an annoyed huff, sounding somewhat tired, with her voice lacking its usual energy, but despite that, everyone else in the theatre could agree with her sentiment, just wanting this entire ordeal to be over.

"Yeah! let cap wake up, and send us back already!" Garfiel snarled, at the faceless voice, raising his other non-injured fist in a show of aggression, however instead of being pushed back into his seat by unknown Force, like had happened before, instead, a low chuckle reverberated throughout the theatre, shaking everyone in their seats, as the almost sinister sounding laughter washed over them.

I'm sorry boys and girls, but that you're all not going anywhere just yet ..... Not until I'm done with all of you people's.

Despite this voice not sounding outright hostile like the previous one, there was undeniably a dark undertone to its words, that made even the most powerful people in the room shiver slightly in their seats.

"So. . . does that mean we are watching more of Subaru's journey?" Reinhard managing to get himself under control for a moment, responded to the faceless voice, silently praying to whatever deity was listening, that he wouldn't have to watch Subaru suffer any more than he already had.

The voice did not immediately respond leaving everyone in uncomfortable silence that seemed to last forever, before the mysterious voice smoke again.

Well, sword saint answer is more complicated then just yes and no

Many in the audience gave a snort / huff, while the remainder gave a look of confusion, at the non-answer the voice had just given the almighty sword saint.

"I would appreciate, it if you could give us a straightforward answer, instead of a non-answer like that" Crusch crossed her arms over her chest disappointingly, not appreciating the sword Saint, had been completely written off with non-answer to his question.

"Yeah! stop being so cryptic, and just tell us the answer already!" Felt shouted, seemingly at the end of her rope when it came to the strange games, the voice was playing with all of them.

Again, instead of a response silence only prevailed, as if the mysterious voice was thinking of the correct thing to say.

People you're all so kill joy really, ok fine I'll tell you just little bit of con- text about it.

What I m going to be showing you all is Subaru Natsuki past before coming to your world.

Why is the screen just black, I thought we were watching Subaru's future . . ." Emilia's quiet voice rang out, as she held the sleeping boy in her embrace, also being assaulted by the strange eerie uncomfortable feeling, that seem to emanate from the inky black screen

"I don't like this already just how is that he keep reviling Subaru past like nothing " Crusch's voice reminder low and quiet, as she turned her head slightly to look at Wilhelm, who looked back at her, with the look that can only be described as saying I feel the same. but another reason why her voice remained quiet, pause because much like everyone else, she also felt incredibly uneasy, but unlike everyone else, this feeling was much more personal somehow, as if she was the one that the feeling was directed at, and everyone else was simply collateral damage. In fact the green haired royal candidate couldn't help but squirm in her chair slightly, which somehow the feeling seem to pick up on, causing the uncomfortable eerie feeling, to turn into something more akin to dread.

However, the only black void that consumed the screen did not last long, as the camera panned down revealing a planet suspended in the black void, being backlit by it's parent star, giving the entire scene a serenely majestic but werid feeling at the sometime

Everyone couldn't help but feel their Jaws dropped slightly at the site that was presented before them, however out of all of them Reinhard was perhaps the one that felt his mouth hitting the floor quickest, ever since he was a child he had always been fascinated by the stars and constellations. In fact despite not having a chance to indulge and those interests as an adult, Reinhard could fondly remember the time that him and Subaru actually talked about the constellation and stars. Specifically, about the fact that the constellations from Subaru's world were different, Subaru had also told him about space as well, a place of weightlessness and nothingness where the stars resided, that at the time had ignited Reinhard imagination. But to actually get to see space was something that Reinhard would cherish forever, in spite of the uncomfortable feeling that the images were giving him and everyone else.what everyone was thinking, when it came to the subject of a certain sleeping boy, and how exactly what they was seeing related to him.

"I'm not sure, but I don't like where this is going already" Julius's voice following up Garfiel's, as he was also assaulted by the strange eerie feeling, that was emanating from the screen. the purple haired Knight couldn't explain why, but he also felt a strange almost of bread like feeling beginning to build his chest, as if something bad was about to happen.

I've ever seen anything like it before in my life" Emilia who was holding on the to her sleeping night, as if he would disappear at any moment, responded to the great spirit. Her poor half-elf mind.

"H-H-honestly how does this relate to B-Barusu's past, so far it seems like a bunch of meaningless nonsense to me" Despite Ram's words, everyone couldn't help but notice the obvious stutter at the beginning of her sentence, indicating to everyone especially her sister, that she was just as unnerved as everyone else about what was going on, yet her words did whole some truth behind them, mostly because everyone still couldn't figure out, exactly how this related to the sleeping black-haired boy, that was in the theatre with them.

"Subaru. . . what trouble did you get yourself in this time" Rem's voice was quiet and a hush, as she clasped her hands in front of her chest, hoping that whatever was happening on screen and how exactly related to Subaru, that he would at least be safe.

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, how I wonder what you are, up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky..." the distorted eerie voice was accompanied by a change in the scene, it quickly zooming in on the planet, or more specifically an object that was orbiting the planet.

Saying that everyone was extremely unnerved by the distorted singing voice, would be like saying the White Whale was just more then dangerous, but the singing made everyone's hair stand up on the back of their necks, even people like Priscilla and Roswaal, couldn't suppress shivers running up and down their spines as the voice sang its song. But perhaps out of everyone the person that was the most uncomfortable / terrified of The Voice, was none other than the green haired royal candidate herself.

I've never ever hear anything like it before" Emilia who was holding on the to her knight sleeping from, as Her poor half-elf mind, trying and failing to make sense of what she was hearing and seeing on the screen in front of her, and how related to the sleeping boy wrapped up in her arms.

They're all were watching the screen with spilled water ready for something else to happens.

When the Blazing sun is gone, when the nothing shines upon..." the camera moves closer to the object as the voice continues to sing, the object was now revealed to be that of a hulking spacecraft, floating calmly in the void of space, there were no lights on the spacecraft, the only source of illumination being distant light of the star. Causing many of the protrusions on the spacecraft, to cast long and eerie looking shadows upon itself

Even will the strange object now fully in view of the camera, nobody could make heads or tails of what it even was, let alone it's true functions, even Beatrice, who had learnt a lot about Subaru's home world, from examining his memories during sleep, still didn't know what she was looking at.

"What the hell is that thing ?" Felt's voice rang out quietly, not expecting an answer from anyone sitting around her, and even if anyone was inclined to answer the blonde royal candidate, they most likely wouldn't have, considering that half of the people in the audience remain firmly creeped out by the entire sequence, and the distorted voice that continue to sing it's haunted and twisted sounding lullaby.

"Crusch, are you alright you look a little pale ?" Felix's effeminate voice, made his presence known next to the greenhead duchess, who despite giving a slight jolt, didn't respond or acknowledge the catboy in question, which only served to worry him, because from the way she was gripping the armrests of her chair, and the face she was making, he could tell right away that she looked absolutely petrified. " I am fine thank you for asking" she told her knight and started to watch the screen again. But Felix was little weird for her.

At the back of the audience a certain helmeted Knight, still had his jaw firmly planted on the ground. Aldebaran had certainly seen some interesting things in his entire life but as regarding his fellow earthling, however this was something completely unexpected even for Subaru and me, because apparently this was supposed to be a past version of the black haired boy, meaning that at some point in the past and Subaru was hold back information on what as happened to his home. Al couldn't say for certain which was the correct answer, but he knew for one thing, that they weren't being shown space and a spaceship for no reason, considering it all had to connect back to the sleeping black-haired boy in some way.

W-W-what are the name of the dragon is that?" a certain half elf's nervous voice made itself known, her question much like a certain blonde royal candidate, seem to be directory more at herself than anyone.

"It's a ship designed to fly through space, in other words a spaceship" a voice sounded that haven't been heard in quite a while, causing everyone including the half petrified Crusch to turn and look at its source, only to reveal that it was Priscilla's helmeted Knight Aldebaran, that had identified the mysterious object on screen.

"A ship. . . that flies in S-Space?" Emilia seems to test the strange word on her tongue, she had never seen a ship in person, but had read about them extensively, in the many books that Roswaal had provided to her during her education to become a role candidate.

something that she couldn't quite understand, which she wasn't alone in.

"Could you please elaborate for us sir Knight Aldebaran, I'm afraid I and others don't follow" Wilhelm expressed to the helmeted night, wanting an explanation on this "space-ship" and how it could possibly relate to his surrogate grandson.

"Well this is going to be hard to explain to you but let's start with space. Space is an area that is above the sky and the heavens, so far above the sky that it's impossible to see. As for a spaceship, it's as the name suggests, it's a ship that is designed to operate in space, which has no air to breathe meaning the ship is completely enclosed, to make sure it's occupants won't die from the lack of breathable air" Al finished his explanation, which good seem to help somewhat, but also left everyone with an unyielding curiosity, about what such an environment and such a ship was really like.

"I see, thank you for your explanation sir Knight Aldebaran, but I still question, what this has to do with young Subaru exactly" Wilhelm directed his attention to the sleeping boy, that was family wrapped in the half else arms, giving him a look that could almost be described as maternal worry.

I'm afraid old man, but not everyone can go to space, which I could guess means that Subaru is someone special" the helmeted knight gave a shrug of his shoulders, which the sword demon couldn't help feel a bit disappointed at the answer, however at the mention of Subaru having to be special to go to space, caught his and everyone else is interest despite the unsettling feeling that was still plaguing everyone

"Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night" the view then changed again, revealing one of the many nondescript hallways that ran throughout the massive space vessel, just a barely audible over the distorted voice, was a harsh scratching sound, as if something with sharp claws was crawling along a metal surface. The camera proceeded to travel up the length of the hallway, scratches and gouges mixed with blood and viscera ever-present. the soon camera came to rest on the door, with a glowing red circle with the word LOCKED emblazoned in bold letters.

As the view changed to something a bit more familiar but still somehow holy alien, the more observant members of the audience, couldn't help for take notice of the obvious struggle that had taken place in the hallway, with many alien looking objects of unknown functions scattered across the hallway. but the thing that caught everyone's attention immediately was the amount of blood splattered across the walls and floor, and the more the camera lingered on the hallway, it became obvious that it was not just one person's blood given its abundance and concentration.

Then there was the issue of the strange of a worldly scratching noise, that was barely audible underneath the distorted singing, however as quickly as the sound came it vanish leaving only by distorted echoes of the singing voice.

"By the Dragon. . ." was all the sword saint could say, as a singular word came to his mind about what he was seeing.

At the back of the audience a certain helmeted Knight, still had his jaw firmly planted on the ground again. Aldebaran had certainly seen some interesting things but is little afraid what is he witess just now however this was something completely unexpected even for him, because apparently this was supposed to be a past or some version of the black haired boy, meaning that at some point in the future, Subaru would be transported to a different World again,

Then the traveler in the dark, Thanks you for your little spark. . . He could not see which way to go, you did not twinkle so" the locked door suddenly opens, with a loud mechanical sound, almost drowning out the distorted singing voice. The open doorway now reveals a completely black hallway, with only a single light at the very end, standing in front of this singular light source seems to be the silhouette of a person hunched over as if they were in great pain.

Said boy was currently wrapped up in the arms of a silver haired half elf, who was holding onto him so tight, that if she and him were in the real world right now, his entire ribcage would probably be nothing more than powdered bone.

"Subaru, please be safe. . ." was all Emilia could say, as she gently place the kiss on the sleeping boys forehead, already resigning herself to the fact that the future they were witnessing, based on what she had seen so far was not going to be a bright and happy one, for her sleeping knight.

"Sister. . .?" Rem failed to reach her pink haired sister, as she continued to stare at the screen as if trying to boot a hole in it with her eyes alone, a moment Rem it's confused that why her sister was acting like this, then she remembered, the blood and go in the hallway must have reminded her of the time, when their village was attacked. This wasn't something that was new either, whenever Ram would see a lot of blood or other indications of injury, she would go into a trance-like state and almost completely shut down, as if her mind had suddenly been switched off. But even then she did not falter, and simply gritted the small amount of pain, as her sister had this strange moment.

Reinhard, is Big Br going to be alright?" Felt's quiet voice broke the sword Saint out of his stupor, causing him to look at the blonde haired royal candidate sitting next to him. Reinhard thought long and hard, on how to answer the young royal candidate, but the more he thought, the more he realised that he didn't have a satisfactory answer.

"I. . . don't know lady Felt" was all the Sword Saint could say in response to his royal candidate. Felt look top of the red headed sword saint for moment, before doing something that surprised him and herself, she reached out and grabbed his hand, wrapping her tiny Fingers around his, this surprised Reinhard, looking down at his royal candidates in surprise Meanwhile near the back of the audience, a certain purple haired royal candidate, found herself examining the strange looking door that was now be main focus of the screen, examining all of it intricately machined parts, that she guess the part of it's locking mechanism, as well as the strange looking glowing panel that read "locked"

"The craftsmanship on the doors locking mechanism is exquisite" Anastasia's voice was quiet, as her discussed at the scene in front of her, was almost completely overpowered by her unyielding curiosity about the door and its exquisitely crafted locking mechanism.

Despite her voice being quiet, Anastasia's vexation over the door, calls everyone else in the audience to look at the door with a mixture of confusion and worry,

.Please for the love of the GODS. . . Don't open that door" Crusch's quiet and shaky voice made itself known to everyone, causing most people in the audience to look at her in confusion and surprised, at the fact that the greenhead duchess had just expressed fear, which to most people that know her was something that she almost never expressed.

"In the dark sky you keep, And often though my curtains peep. . . for you never shut your eye, Till the sun is in the sky" the camera slowly makes its way up the hall, inching closer to the dark silhouette, as the distorted voice continues to sing.

Everyone practically jumped out of their seats, as the loud harsh mechanical noise of the door, boom from the theatre's speakers, Felt practically jumped into Reinhart's arms, cleaning to him so tight, that the sword Saint was positive if he was a normal person he would have had several crush ribs by now.

A similar action was done by Petra, who also jumped into the arms of Federica, the blonde-haired beast woman, whispering sweet nothings into the young girls ear to try and calm her down.

But Meanwhile at the front of the audience most of the Emilia camp sat in an uneasy silence, as the surreal and ominous scene continue to play, Ram was only now recovering from her strange episode, while Rem despite the pain in her hand from having it compressed, did not let go of her sister's hand. She herself wasn't paying full attention to the on-screen events, but when the dark silhouette had been revealed at the end of the hall. She could have sworn for just a split second, someone had whispered in her ear. Causing her to look over her shoulder in surprise, only to see nothing but rows of empty seats and the other theatres occupants behind her.

As your bright and tiny spark, Lights the traveler in the dark. . ." the camera comes to rest on the dark silhouette, only inches away from it, suddenly the lights in the hallway flicker to life, causing everyone in the audience the jump, however instead of being presented with Horrors unknown. The silhouette is revealed to be that of a child, staring directly into the camera with expressionless eyes. the child himself looks very out of place, in the dark and industrial hallway, wearing a simple dark blue shirt and orange pants, his head topped with a hair of almost dark green hair, and his face was very familiar in some way, his eyes in particular having a very sharp look to them, yet nobody could quite place why they look so familiar.

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Almost everyone in the theatre jumped out of their seats, at the dark hallway being illuminated so suddenly, Petra held onto Frederica for dear life, letting out quite a loud scream as she buried her face into the blonde haired the beast woman's chest. But unlike last time Frederica could not whisper sweet nothings into the young girls here, as she had herself let out a scream of terror, clutching the young girl even tighter to her chest, as if she was some kind of comfort or stress toy.

Emilia likewise nearly jumped out of her seat when the lights flickered on, the sudden movements nearly sending the sleeping Subaru tumbling to the floor. If not for the quick reflexes of a certain blue haired oni, who caught the sleeping boy in her arms, much to the relief of the half elf, as she tried to get her breathing and heart rate under control again.

Otto and Garfiel quickly jumped into each other's arms, both screaming like little girls, Witch in any other circumstance would have gotten a chuckle out of most people in the audience, but unfortunately their terror was shared by everyone.

Crusch, Felix's reactions were much the same as the Emilia camp, the only exception being Wilhelm who was only mildly surprised by the quick lighting change.

Julius, Anastasia, Priscilla and even Al what all caught off guard by the sudden change in lighting, with Anastasia's reaction perhaps being the most extreme, with her literally jumping into the arms of her purple haired Knight. and finally Roswaal despite not giving any visible reaction, was also caught off guard by the lights flickering on so suddenly.,

Damn a jumpscare really!?" Al's muffled shout, drew most everyone's attention to him,

Is that. . . a child?" Reinhard's voice was the first to make itself known, as he much like everyone else was quite surprised to see that the dark ominous silhouette was revealed to be that of a child. however the sword saint suddenly realised, why would a child be in such a dark and industrial looking place? a line of questioning that was shared by everyone else in the audience.

"What the hell is a kid doing a place like that?" the confusion was just as powerful as the terror in Felt's voice, as she still held onto the red headed sword saint for dear life.

"He. . . looks familiar somehow?" Emilia's voice was the next to respond, looking at the child on screen there was something undeniably familiar about him, his eyes in particular were striking and sharp looking, which made Emilia immediately think of a certain black-haired boy who was currently being shared between her and a certain blue-haired oni, But the more she examined the boy's features, the more her eyes widened in horror as realisation struck her like a tonne of bricks, causing fresh tears to begin to leak as just from her eyes and down her cheeks.

Though I know not what you are, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. . ." the camera slowly begins to pan back down the hallway, only now revealing the absolute horror that was the hallway, there was blood and viscera everywhere, half mutilated corpses lining the hallway as if they were sick decorations, the camera lingers on one of the courses for a moment, what would have been a young female in life was now barely recognisable as a human being, the only recognisable feature on her mutilated face being her cold lifeless eyes staring into the camera. as the camera finally exits the hallway for a brief moment there was another silhouette behind the boy, this being a strange double helix shape, with seemingly glowing markings embedded into it's dark shadow. However, before any more examination can take place, the door to the hallway is slam shut, the glowing panel now a sickly orange colour reading the very DOOR MALFUNTION, the camera quickly cuts to outside the spacecraft, slowly retreating from it and panning out to the dark cold depths of space, as a different more childlike voice is heard throughout the halls of the bridges.

" make us whole again Subaru "

The Gruesome state of the hallway being revealed was a shock to many, during all of the previous viewings, some of Subaru's more gruesome deaths had truly been gut-wrenching, both in the emotional and physical sense his death to the great rabbit being a particularly notable example. But the mutilated corpses that line the hallway, were somehow even worse than what the great rabbit have done to Subaru. Julius was the first of many to feel an absolutely nauseating feeling overtake him,

B-B-by the D-D-dragon. . ." Frederica's pierce the silence like a cannon blast, as she only just about managed to resist the urge to vomit, while keeping Petra family pointed away from the unholy and Incredibly gruesome site that plastered the screen.

"I. . . don't think I can take much more of this" Priscilla 's voice made itself known for the first time since the viewing had begun, causing her knight Al to look over at her master in surprised. Only to see that hidden behind her fan her face was one of complete and utter disgust, her cheeks taking on a slightly green hue, as she battles her own nausea that threatened to overtake her.

The screen faded to black, the young boys ominous words seemingly echoing throughout the theater long after the screen has turned black, but even as the echoes of his voice faded. The only sound that could be heard was the hacking and retching, from many members of the audience, several of them trying and failing to regain control of their stomachs, after witnessing such a gruesome scene. Many share the same thought, that being what kind of person or creature could mutilate someone, to the point where they didn't even look human, even the most vicious beasts were not capable of mutilating a living being to that extent. The battle-hardened members of the audience sounded especially disturbing, that whoever attacked the people in the hallway, have done it with pure killing intent and no mercy, meaning the deaths of those poor souls was most likely very painful and slow.

Well, that's certainly was fun now wasn't it everyone?

the mysterious voice returned again, it having an amused sound to it, as if making them see such horrifying gruesome scenes was enjoyable.

"Why. . . W-Why did you show us that, it was just. . . Just. . . so awful" Rem was the first to respond, her words stuttering slightly, as she recalled the awful imagery that had made her sister pass out and had made her sick to her stomach.

"Y-Yeah that stuff was just sick men not cool !!!" Garfiel's voice having an uneasy edge to it, which was a feeling that resonated with everyone.

For uncomfortable moment there was nothing but silence, as if the mysterious voice was thinking of the appropriate thing to say, everyone squirmed in their chairs the uncomfortable atmosphere growing by the second as the voice didn't respond, but after several tense seconds, they were greeted with an answer.

Well you could say that I was preparing you for what is to coming next so yeah

the amused tone had vanished from the voice, being replaced with a deadly seriousness, that made everyone especially on edge, when there are going to ask a question.

More precisely I was preparing you for the very hard truth about your very Subaru as that he has being keeping secrets from you.

Preparing us for the truth.... what truth. . .?" The half elf instinctively clutched the sleeping boy in her arms even close to her chest, as the ominous freezing of the strange voice bounced around inside her head, causing her to think all of the possible bad possibilities at what the voice could be referring to.

"Yeah! I have to agreeing with that elf but the hell are you preparing us for and what truth!? like for crying out loud! you said we would be watching Cap's past !, not. . . whatever the hell that was!" Garfiel's lips pulled back slightly revealing his razor-sharp teeth, as a very animalistic snarl made its way from his throat.

I'm not at liberty to say exactly as what I'm preparing you for , there are rules in place that even I have to follow so yeah deal with it.

"We just want to go home already please!!," the whimpering merchants cries were ignored by both his allies and the strange mysterious voice, as the voice responded to the queries posed to it

well then, I guess it's fine for the main event and see you all next time.

Everyone felt a shiver run up and down their spines, as the voice had a deadly seriousness to it, all the previous malicious amusement completely absent, as the words resonated with everyone, particularly three individuals. Rem, Julius and Reinhard all felt the exact same feeling when the voice had said it would make you remember things you don't want to remember, and that feeling was complete utter bewilderment mixed with a small amount of fear. For Rem and Reinhard in particular, both of them had seen something that brought back many unpleasant memories, while Julius had seen something that he's still didn't fully understand, because the person he had seen he did not recognise, despite him and his mystery person some common visual similarities such as hair colour and general face shape, which the more he thought about the more the purple haired knight felt even more confused by.

"We don't have a choice do we? . . . about watching this I meanEmilia's voice broke the silence, causing many to look at her surprise, like everyone else who had a range of feelings from complete terror to other despair, the half elf had a face that could only be described as determination. Determination that no matter what horrors would come, she would sit and watch, not for her own but for Subaru's sake.

the half-elf continued to stare at the screen waiting for a response, her face seeming to harden even more. And despite there being no visible occupant, the screen seemed to stare back of a half elf as if both of them are locked into a serious staring contest, and finally after several tense seconds, the voice was the first to break metaphorical eye contact.

Well I suppppppose it is time for us to begiiiiinnnn" Roswaal's unusual speech pattern send a shiver up everyone's spine, no one in the room had forgotten about the atrocious gut-wrenching things he had put Subaru through, but the clown faced magician did not care for what they thought. He had his own reasons why he had done the things he had done, and if he was putting the same situation, he would have done the exact same thing without a second thought. Nothing was too gruesome or heinous in the goal of resurrecting his beloved teacher after all.

"Subaru, please no matter what be safe. . ." Rem whispered quietly into the sleeping boys ear, which to her surprise, her words cause the boys face to twitch ever so slightly, as if he had her words in whatever dream well he was currently residing in. But for Emilia she started to breathing in and out to ready herself then she started to looked at the screen with a look of complete conviction, that no matter what Horrors were waiting for her and her beloved Subaru she would face it head on for him.

the screen flicker to life once again more displaying nothing but pure white static as the voice spoke for the very first time.,

The white static abruptly ceased, causing a few in the audience to jump in their seat slightly, however before any of them could comment on the slight scare, the screen changed to show a bluish static instead of the pure white that have been there previously. For a moment the noise of static was the only thing be heard through the theatre speakers, however a strange beeping sound began to play, Accompanied with text beginning to appear on the screen. Much of the text was completely incomprehensible to the cast, with it mentioning things that made no sense to anyone in the room, however listed under text reading primary mission assets, was a series of names one of which caught everyone's attention immediately.

...Zach Hammond - Chief security officer...

...Kendra Daniels - Computer system specialist...

...Subaru natsuki - Engineering and ship repair specialist...

Subaru, it's me, I wish I could talk to you. . ." A new voice was heard, it was a unusually familiar female voice that sounded like she was in great distress.

"I'm sorry. . . sorry about everything, I wish I could just talk to someone. it's all falling apart here" At first all that could be seen was bluish-white static, but as the distressed voice continue to because of the immense amount of static.

"I can't believe what happening it doesn't even seem real. . . it's strange. . . such a little thing" Despite the static, making the woman's facial features slightly obscured, everyone could see the downcast look that spread across her face. It was a look that made everyone shiver, because it was the look of someone that had accepted they were going to die. The woman looked back up directly at the camera, as if she was about to continue speaking, but before she could do that, her face quickly dissolved into a mess of static leaving everyone in suspense about what she was going to say next.

The static persisted for a moment before suddenly shutting off, with a completely different voice beginning to speak. And just

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