Past Nightmare 2

After a few minutes of being carried by the bald man in his shoulder, he finally let go of me lightly after reaching the medical facility.

Opening the door, I saw three people; the nurses and the doctor, holding a man that was tied, lying on a medical bed.

...𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬? I looked at them in silent, then turned my head to the side to face one of the staff who was staring at the tied person with slight sympathetic expression.

The woman probably have noticed my gaze as she promptly turned her attention towards me. "Is there something wrong, Sir ⬛?" She asked.

I nodded. "Isn't he your little brother, Rachel? So... what happened to him? Also, almost forgot to ask, did something else happened while I was on my short break? And did the machine malfunctioned making him like this, or something?"

Which she gave me a smile slightly and shook her head before turning her attention back to the man. "No... Actually, it's more like we're not sure," She spoke. "After my brother's finger touched the machine slightly, I didn't know if the machine malfunctioned that time because it suddenly released a spark, electrocuting him."

"So... You mean that the machine had malfunctioned when your brother touched it?" I tilted my head and asked.

𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘤𝘦-𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 [𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥] 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩.

She nodded her head slightly before replying, "Well... Yes. And if you think about it, although it was his fault in the first place for touching the machine even though I warned him not to get near it, I somehow still couldn't shake the feeling like we've missed something..."

"Oh~?" I looked at her with interest before continuing, "What would that be? An item? Or perhaps something like key words that you'll have to say, similar to movies when they were trying to open something?"

Well, if this was a actually the case, I probably had long made the unknown machine work in just a week or so.

When the woman heard my reply, she sighed and gave me a side glance. "What happening now isn't a movie or anime that you always watch, Sir..." She said sarcastically. "Also, I think it's time for you to stop reading that freaking long novel when I'm talking." She then pointed her fingers to my hands holding my phone.

Because of this, I quickly turned my phone off and placed it inside my pocket. "There is no way in hell I would listen to you," I spoke. "Anyways, back to my original question, what else happened while I was on break?" Saying this, my expression became serious.

Rachel also became serious as she suddenly raised her hands and pointed her fingers to her brother. "You should go see it for yourself," She said, sitting down on the chair just right beside her.

What does she meant by that? We'll probably find that out very soon.

Nodding, I walked towards the boy and slowly reached out my hands. Then, when I was only a few meters away from him, I noticed something engraved from the back of his hands.

"What's this?" I slowly raised his hands out of curiosity to see what was drawn. But before I could even see what it was, the door behind us suddenly bursted open.

"I finally found you, ⬛!" A feminine voice called out my name.

The moment when I was about to turn my head around, someone suddenly grabbed my wrist and pulled me away from the man before I could even examine what happened to him.

Turning around, I finally saw who she was.

A girl, similar to my age, slightly shorter than my height, with her ocean-like coloured eyes, and silver-gold colored hair that extended till the end of her spinal cord. Her face had been exposed by the wind that fluttered her hair around as she pulled me closer—and it was a vision, captivating and absolutely breathtaking.

Her beautiful features were arranged into a cold and dignified expression; her long, glossy eyelashes and faintly red lips would have made a fairy-tale princess pale in comparison. That was how lovely she was.

While I remained quiet, or actually speechless, the girl spoke, remaining with her cold and indifferent expression. "We need to go back now," She said, pulling me even harder than earlier.

"...Umm, Leader?" Hearing me let out a slight humming sound, we stopped walking as she turned her head slightly to my direction.

Before I could even ask something, as if already knowing what my question is, she answered, "The Vice-Leader asked me to find you immediately because something happened in the machine."

...𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘋𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳? 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱... 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘦?

When I was about to open my mouth to speak, both of us suddenly heard a huge explosion as the ground began to shake.

Thankfully, we both managed to grab hold of the wall to support our body from the aftermath of the explosion.

"What happened?" I asked. I was about to say something else when she started pulling me once again.

"There's no time to explain. We need to go there now!" Her voice raised as she speak.

𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸? I thought, as I remained silent.

We fastened our pace as we continued rushing forward towards the overprotected, circular metal door in front of us.

[Project: New World : Version 6.0]

Leader placed her palm to the hand scanner after she let go of my wrist.

Shiiiiii-!!

-Clank!!!

The door finally opened.

Then, what caught our eyes inside was the bloody-mess.

Everyone... No, everything was covered in blood, including the portal machine in front of us. Corpse laying everywhere, one was cut in half and the other one had his intestine hanged his body on the wire above.

"What happened here..." My body lost it's balance as I fell down on my bum. Leader, who remained speechless while staring at the corpse laying on the ground, suddenly turned her attention to the portal-like machine... To the man who was in the center of the machine.

The man in front of us had two-pair of large dragon-like wings almost similar to what you can see in animes, and crimson-colored eyes. But, my attention the most is neither on the two I mentioned.

It was on the horn on the middle of his forehead, and the crest that look like an hourglass.

Then...

"I see... So this world is merely a fiction too..." The dragon-man in front of us mumbled something. Though, it was loud enough for me to hear.

"Who--"

Before I could even ask something, a loud ringing sound came into my ears.

[World Clock]

-Tiiiing!!

-Vuuuuuuuaaaaam!

The moment the man before us activated something, my world stopped. He was moving towards me.

I watched as the world around me had it's color diverted. Everything stopped in place except for me.

"[Don't blame me for this. It's your fault for also being born in this world. And it was already fated for all of the existing world to die as well.]" He spoke, his voice doubled as he slowly began walking forward towards me.

I unconsciously pushed myself back when I saw this using the strength of my arm.

Then...

"[You... How can you move when you're inside my skill?]" He looked at me in shock. And I once again pushed myself back.

He looks to me as if he wanted to ask something, but then....

[An unknown being has transcended to this world!!]

A letter appeared above the sky at the same time, a robotic voice suddenly began ringing on to my ear.

[Advancing the world's defense protocol.]

Suddenly, chains appeared behind him, holding on to his body tightly, and pulling him back to the portal.

"[This is all your fault!!]" He roared, forcing his body to free himself. I was about to say something when he released a killing intent enough to make my body tremble in fear even though I was far from him.

"[I'll make sure that you die!! I'll make sure you suffer. For you, the destroyer of every existing world in my dimension, I'll make sure that I'm the one who will kill you!!]" He roared with an angered expression "[Even if I was once again sealed for hundreds, thousands, billion of years, mark my words, I'll make sure that you'll experience what you did to our races. I'll pull you with me deep within the abyss.]" With every words that came out from his mouth, it sent me chills that made my back run cold.

Just who is he? What the hell happened to him to do this kind of thing?

After the man's whole body was already inside the portal, it suddenly released a smoke and came back to it's usual see-through-like door.

What the heck is he?