Unexpected Ally
Though it lacked eyes, it was staring right at him; hollow and devoid of anything remotely 'human', though it continued emitting those words like a lure.
"Help me…please, please…anybody."
It was perplexing to him; though he knew its words were shallow recreations of what it had heard, the fact it was repeating them was an odd behavior that he hadn't yet experienced from a foe.
Soon, its calls shifted, rising in pitch as the holes on its body expanded, "...Help…me—!!!"
The air was amplified through the tunnels carved through its flesh, producing sound waves that shattered the windows, vibrating the entire shop as if an earthquake had gripped it.
"Ghhh…!" He clutched his own ears.
The mimicked words dissolved into nothing that bore a resemblance to human speech, completely shifting into an overpowering screech that vibrated and broke up the glass into powder, assaulting his ears and body alike.
"Argh…!"