![]() She was vaguely aware of the monster coming closer and wrapping its long fingers around her. She kept moving, she didn't know where she was going, but her body seemed to. She could hardly feel Shadow pulling at her oversized hoodie, trying to keep her here, but an unnatural strength had filled her body, and she pulled away from him with ease. Her body started moving, she wasn't making it move, but she didn't care, she wanted to stay like this forever, no worries, no thoughts, only calmness. But this time Nip didn't resist it, she let the calming water flow over her. Then the singing started again, loud and clear. I know who you are, the real Nip would never turn her back on all her hopes." "Then you don't know me well enough!" Nip snapped back, pulling her hands away from Shadow's. You made me happy for the first time in forever with your glass-half-full personality and happy-go-lucky attitude. But then you came, and you made me see there are still reasons for living, if you look hard enough. We're going to go find your family, remember? Then everything will go back to normal." "I'm done with pretending, they're probably dead, or corrupted." Nip retorted, "And even if they weren’t, who would want someone like me?" "I would," Shadow insisted, taking both of her hands into his, "Before I met you, I was just a loner, not trusting anyone. "What's the point?" Nip sighed, slumping to the ground "We're going to end up getting killed anyway." "No, don't think like that." Shadow gasped, "This isn't you. "You are okay, aren't you?" Shadow asked worriedly. You could have been killed!" Nip ignored him, getting up and walking farther down the vent and out into a sort of cupboard. "Are you… Okay?" Shadow asked, pushing Nip of his chest, "I should've let you go first. She tumbled into Shadow, breathing heavily. Nip leapt after Shadow just escaping its grasp. Shadow leapt into an open vent and turned around to face Nip, her eyes wide as the monster reached its hand forward and slowly wrapped its fingers around her. She yelped when its long, bony fingers slammed down beside her. Nip could hear its footsteps getting closer. Nip stumbled along, blindly following Shadow. Then an ear-splitting shriek filled the room. When the singing stopped, they again heard the sound of bone grinding against bone. They started to climb over piles of costumes and slid under dressers. She blinked them open, refusing to be sucked in again, and slowly backed away, then she turned and ran, grabbing Shadow's hand and dragging him along. Nip felt a calming sensation crawl over her. It walked closer, singing, and blood started oozing out of it's eyes and mouth. Nip was now looking at the back of its head, but instead of pale skin, there was another mask, it’s face stretched into a terrible smile. Then his head spun around with a terrible grinding noise, like bone rubbing against bone. It looked down and set the cavities in his head, where his eyes were meant to be, directly at Nip. Its face was an overly sad, pure white mask that covered its pale skin. It was tall and bony, and looked like it had no flesh at all, just skin on bones. Nip peered out and looked up at the beast. Nip and Shadow instinctively ran forward, ducking under a low table. Without warning, a massive hand slammed down next to them. Even if she had been living like this for a while, it was still unsettling to only be the size of a chair leg, things that would be fine normally, now were unnaturally big. Up-turned dressers filled the room and moth-eaten costumes littered the floor. Nip and Shadow crawled through a small hole in the wall and out into what looked like a backstage area. Their footsteps echoed around the hall and their breath left like it was calling every living thing towards them. Then, without warning, the singing stopped, and silence filled the air. Nip stumbled after Shadow, they had to get out of here before whatever was singing caught up to them. Memories started flooding back to her Shadow and her deciding to explore the abandoned theatre, walking past empty rows of chairs, and the singing, the last thing she had heard before she fell into peace. He took her hand, "We have to get out of here." Under his talking, Nip could hear something else, it sounded like singing. ![]() The noises came rushing back in, and she could finally hear Shadow again."Nip? You're ok!" He breathed, pulling her in for a short hug. Nip blinked a few times her eyes cleared, and she pulled herself out of the water-like sensation that had trapped her. He was shaking her violently, and mouthing something, but his words didn't reach her. Her clouded eyes managed to find Shadow's. Then, something rippled the surface of this peace. For the first time in forever, she felt at peace, like nothing that had happened was real. Nip stared vacantly at the wall, her eyes clouded over.
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