Confrontation

"Come on" I whispered as he crept through the silent hallway while supporting Rash whose leg had started purple veins spreading from his injury, the two girls also crept behind them as they followed a trail made by the axe of the reaper.

"The trail ends up ahead, whoo this is it" I whispered as he took a deep breath while thinking of the dangerous task ahead, he had planned to confront the reaper using his identity as his creator to try to persuade it to help them, at first the idea was discarded as a suicide mission by the others but after being persuaded by I, they unwillingly accepted it.

"I still think this is a bad idea" Rash frowned as he said to me who sighed as he glanced at his leg.

"We don't have a choice and besides it's the only one who can heal your leg, if not then we'll have to cut off your leg and I'm sure you wouldn't like that so we'll just have to stake everything on the fact that we have a common enemy, I mean the enemy of my enemy is my friend" I said as he tried to ease the tense situation but it only served to create more tension.

You guys hide here, if anything happens, I prompt you to either run or stay, listen to me, if anything happens to me, forget about me and run, I'll try to think of a way out, but before I leave, I know I may not come back so I'll just say this now, I know that we just met but the time I spent with you guys has been great, my only regret is that some of us never had the chance to meet before all this" I said with a sad smile as he scanned the faces of his three comrades that he knew that he may never see again.

"What do you mean some of us?" Rash asked feeling that there was some hidden meaning behind the words.

"Well let's just say that if we manage to survive all this, I have something to tell you, well wish me luck then" I replied suspiciously as he smiled at Rash who frowned with confusion.

'Well let's do this' I said to himself as he grabbed the axe and made his way towards a huge hole in the wall, he paused halfway through and stared at his friend behind him before steeling his gaze and continuing his advance.

He reached the wall then placed his back against it as he moved to the hole and peeped inside cautiously while holding his breath, inside the hole, he saw the bodies of around 15 zombies laying on the ground, most of them had holes in their heads, he looked around but didn't find the reaper, he was able to peer deeper when he saw several tentacles pierce 5 zombies heads.

"Hu.." He almost exclaimed in alarm but he placed his hands over his mouth as he froze, he stayed still for a few seconds before he peered into the hole once more but this time the tentacles weren't there.

"Shit.." I cursed as he turned and was about to flee when.

BANG

A tentacle shot through the wall where he was standing as it narrowly grazed his face before shooting through the wall in front of him, he reacted immediately as he jumped out of the way and it proved to be a good idea because a second after he jumped, his previous location was bombarded by several tentacles which shot through the wall.

"Fuck..wait" I shouted as he swung his axe at a tentacle that was heading for his eyes.

SLASH

He slashed the tentacle off as he glanced at his arms in shock at his physical strength, it was like a reflex action, but he didn't have time to admire the newfound strength because the next thing he heard was an angry scream before he found himself against a wall with a tentacle wrapped tightly around his neck.

"I!" He heard worried screams as he watched the Rash and the rest rush towards him.

"No…stay back" He managed to utter while he wrestled with the tentacles around his neck.

"Fuck.." Rash cursed as they froze watching the reaper appear from the cave with tentacles from his right hand around I's neck while he held the ax in his other hand.

"SCREEECH" The reaper screamed out in anger as tentacles shot out of its mouth towards Rash and the others who dived in time to watch the tentacles shoot past them.

ROARR

They heard a pained roar as they watched the tentacle shoot into the skull of a lone zombie before its lifeless body fell to the ground.

'It saved them' I thought with shock as he saw the reaper's gaze dart towards him completely disregarding the other three.

'It seems to be focused on me' I thought as he stared at the reaper in confusion, why wasn't the reaper interested in the rest.

"Screech" The reaper screeched as its tentacle pointed at me who didn't understand what it was trying to say.

"I…don't…understand" I said amid being choked when he felt the tentacle's grip on his neck loosen a little bit just enough for him to talk.

"Ugh, whew" I sighed in relief.

"Screech" The reaper screeched again as it pointed at him then at its throat.

'What's it trying to say?' I thought as he creased his eyebrows in thought.

"SCREEECH" The reaper suddenly screeched in anger as I felt the tentacle wrap tightly around his neck again and as he struggled to breathe, he saw a tentacle shoot towards his head.

"Nooo" The last thing I heard was the scream of his friend before his vision turned dark.

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"Noooo" I woke up screaming as he got up from the ground in shock and fear, he looked around as he grabbed his head to see if there was a whole and sighed in relief when he found nothing before he observed his surroundings, there was a small bed, a table with some crayons, and a lamp, he saw a wardrobe filled with kids clothes, a poster with a zombie on it pasted on the wall, he walked over to the window and looked outside as he identified the familiar streets.

"This…this is impossible" I said as his eyes opened wide in shock as he heard the door behind him open and a face which he had seen a lot as a child in mirrors and reflections walked into the room with an excited expression.

"I finally know what to draw" The kid smiled cutely as he walked over to the desk and picked up a crayon and started drawing a figure which I knew all too well, even though the kid's drawing well a kid's drawing, he still identified the figure by the face with no eyes and a mouth with something that looked like tentacles floating inside, an arm made of tentacles and many other identical features.

"How is this possible?, this is….me" I said to myself with confusion while trying to understand what was happening.

"Wait, am I in my memories?" I asked no one in particular as he came up with a little reasonable explanation and the most valid one at this point.

"Finally done, hihihihihhi, I wish you were real then that would be great" The kid chuckled as he held up the drawing against the light.

"What's that" I said as he saw a medallion that his parents had given to him as a kid, as soon as he saw the medallion, his hands moved to his neck where the medallion was supposed to be, and he then paused as he glanced at his arm.

"It's the same" I exclaimed in shock as he saw the identical dragon symbol on the medallion worn by the kid.

"What is happening" I squinted as he saw the medallion on the kid's neck glow with a green color, the kid who was so excited didn't even notice it.

"I" A voice sounded as I looked around for the source of the voice.

"I wake up" I heard the voice again as his vision started to turn blurry.

"WAKE UP!"

"URRRRG" I opened his eyes and rose in alarm as he sucked in a deep breath, his body was drenched in sweat as he turned to see the worried faces of his friends.

"You're okay, I thought you were gone" Christina said as she hugged him tightly, a teardrop falling down her eye.

"It's okay, I'm okay now" I said with a smile as he held her in his embrace.

"They look so cute together" Rash remarked as he glanced at Tasha who responded with a light kick to his injured leg.

"Hey, where's.." I said as he turned to the left to see the reaper standing at the side.

"I finally understand what you mean" I smiled as he glanced at the reaper and then at his arm with the tattoo, piecing two and two together.

"Let's give it a try" I said as he pointed his palm at the reaper and closed his eyes.

"What's he doing?" Rash asked with a confused look, thinking his brain was glitching.

"I don't know so let's wait and see" Tasha replied as she also looked on curious to see what I was planning.

"His arm" Christina said in shock as she watched the tattoo on I's arm light up with a green glow, they watched as green particles of light fly out of I's arm towards the reaper's throat, the light lasted for a few seconds before it disappeared.

"Huff, huff" I panted as he grabbed his chest in exhaustion, even he didn't understand what had just happened.

"What did you just do?" Rash asked in shock.

"I don't even know, I just know how to do it" I replied with a shrug as he stared at the reaper to see if it had worked.

"Bow" A nervous but confident voice rang out of my mouth as something shocking happened next.

"Hello Master" The reaper said in a raspy voice that sounded like he hadn't spoken in a long time, but this was enough to shock the rest out of their mind.