7) Otherworldly Nightmares

..... Alrighty then.....

After waiting a few seconds to let the confusion pass, I looked down at the man-Marshall-and sighed. "I guess we should find some shelter and figure out what to do from here."

"Yeah..." Brother said as he shook his head as if trying to clear his head and grasp what just happened. He looked over at the crumpled, unconscious man, "What do we do with him?"

"I suppose we'll take him with us."

"What? No, I was thinking more along the lines of dumping him somewhere on the side of the road and pretending we never met him."

"We can't just do that Brother. That wouldn't be right."

Brother angrily gestured towards the bodies on the street. I sighed, "I know, but if we take him with us, then we can interrogate him. Maybe figure out where we are, and what exactly those people are."

Ed glared at Marshall's unmoving body. "Fine," he huffed, "You find a building that won't collapse on us, and I'll find some fire wood." He turned and stomped away. I wasn't any happier about having a murderer around either.

The first thing i did was find a nice little somewhat-intact house a couple of blocks over. I didn't want to stay anywhere near that massacre. I found some rope along the way, so I tied Marshall up to be sure he couldn't hurt anyone else. Brother arrived minutes later with some wood and a flint for fire. I had no idea what we were going to do for food.

We sat around the house in silence for a while. We were somewhat able to gather our bearings. This is what I have found:

1) We are in the ruins of some desert town

2) It is very hot here

3) There are some sort of weird animal-people in this world

4) I'm very hungry

5) The girl Auri broke a couple of Marshall's ribs. I am now very scared of her.

That is about all I know at this point. Brother and I decided a couple of hours ago that tonight, when it's cooler, we will attempt to cross the desert and find some civilization. Till then, we will sit tight and wait for Marshall to wake up. Sometime during our wait, I dozed off.

I was in some kind of white void. I guess I can't dream of them since I'm in the same world as the dog-girl Auri and I suppose the boy. I kind of miss those old dreams. They were more exciting.

Just as that thought crossed my mind, I looked down to see that I was ankle deep in a thick liquid. Blood.

Horrified, I looked around to see if I could find a place to climb up on, to get out of the blood. I couldn't find anything. I frantically looked and looked.

Suddenly a man appeared before me. He looked friendly enough and had an inviting smile on his face. He had black hair, the same eyes as Auri. He looked to be about 19 years old.

And he was covered in blood. His friendly smile twisted into an evil grin. That's when I looked at his hands. 

In his hand, his right hand, he held Auri's severed head. A silent scream imprinted on her face.

Author's Note

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