It's Not Yet Over

All of the sudden, a black hand stretched out from Bloody's back and snatched Philip's neck, pushing him onto the walls. Massive pain crushed inside his head. The walls split into cracks.

"Ahhhhhhhh!"

"Philip?!" Kevin cried out aloud as he heard the cry. Full of questions, he turned his head, hundreds of hands emerged from Bloody's back.

"Bloody! What are you doing?! Release him, right now! It's already over!" he shouted. Bloody shook her head.

"Over....?" she stared coldly, "Don't be joking. How can this be the ending? Kevin, do you forget what happened on the day when you first saw Alfie was being bullied?"

"You did nothing. Nothing at all. You just turn around and talk to your friends, pretending as if nothing had happened. Even Alfie forgives you, the things you did never changed. If you don't do anything now, you are just a coward."

"Eh.....!" Kevin bit his lips, he lost for words, "I......"

"Kevin! Don't listen to Bloody! She is just trying to make you feel more guilty! It's already over. You don't have to care about things in the past anymore." I cried.

"Alfie......" Kevin's face got lightened. Bloody lost her smile.

"You are really annoying, Alfie Rivas. Can you stop getting in my way?"

"Kevin is my friend. I won't let you hurt him!" I shouted. Bloody felt odd.

"Hurt him? Hehehe......" she giggled, "Don't be mistaken. I'm not going to hurt him. Kevin is very precious to me. I still need him in the future. But instead..........." she lifted up her black hands, they all turned towards me, ".............I'll hurt you!"

Without warning, thousands of black hands spread out and emerged near. They fiddled and slithering around like massive worms and venomous snakes. Fear invaded, I stepped back and turned around immediately.

"Jay!"

"Bloody, if you're gonna to hurt Alfie, you'll need to defeat me first!" Jay lifted his Chinese sword and sliced the air.

"Alfie, I'll take care of Bloody. Go now!"

"But......!" I hesitated.

"Don't worry. I'll be fine." He gave a bright smile. Sunshine shining upon the sunflowers.

Jay is protecting me again.

He is always protecting me.

Why just can't he care more about himself?

"Let's go, Kevin!" I closed my eyes, grabbed Kevin's hand and ran. I didn't look back. I tried not to look back.Even if I look back, there's nothing I can do anyway.

I reached the door and slammed it open.

"I won't let you escape!" Two black hands darted straight and snatched Kevin's leg. His hand slipped over mine and tripped over.

"Argh..!" He struggled to kick the hands away. They wouldn't move and grabbed him tighter.

"HA!" Jay swung his sword and cut the hands open. The hand got sliced into pieces and fell apart, vanishing in the air. I took Kevin's hand again immediately and fled, slamming the door. Thousands of hands crashed against the door and scratched it hard. Black handprints painted on the windows, spinning out terror and fear.I got sick of those black hands.

We kept on running. To our darn luck, the hands had intelligence. They were not stupid. One of the black hands turned the door handle and opened the door. Those bastardhands flew outside the classroom and chased us behind, hustling through the corridor in zigzag paths. They scraped the walls and floor with pitch-black nails, tearing off the paints and paper. Booming and crashing, the tiles shattered and broke apart. Similar to the hands, the walls were like being pushed and emerging in. A drop of sweat slid from my face, I headed for the stairs and dashed swiftly. I knew we needed to get away from this building.

"Wait, Alfie, don't go down!" A voice approached out of nowhere. Near the windows, a small paperman flew out and floated into my eyes. It waved its hand and said hello.

"What?! Mr. Eric?!"

The hands rushed and split out like a gigantic web. The word 'Expel' appeared suddenly on the paperman and glowed in lights of blue. The hands backed away and disappeared from sight.

"Are you guys, ok?"

"Alfie, that paper man! It talks!" said Kevin. Today had been a very unusual day.

"Yes. I am using my Shikigami paperman to communicate with you guys. You must be Kevin. I'm Carlo Eric, a ghost sweeper. Although I want to have a proper greeting, this is not an appropriate time, is it?"

"Mr Eric, there isn't much time. I found the ghost who is behind this. She is called Bloody. She is using Kevin's guilt to boost her powers to destroy the school."

"Yes. Yes. I understand the situation. Follow me to the rooftop. I'll be there."

"What about Jay?! He's fighting against Bloody alone."

"I'll tell Jay. Protect yourself first. Don't worry, I can assure you, he is much stronger than you think."

"............But...."I hesitated. Mr. Eric is right.I have known him for ages. He'll be fine. Jay, please do take care of yourself. I won't forgive you if you leave me alone.