DAY 22

I found myself back inside the void where I had my previous encounter with that girl. I went to rub my shoulder.

"I hope I don't get bitten again," I said to myself

Just as I said that there was a bright flash. The Pyramid had reappeared. I swam towards it. On the Pyramid, there was the same white-haired girl. This time, she wasn't lying down; instead, she was sitting on the edge, waving her legs into the void. As I approached her, she turned to me and smiled, showing her rows of sharp teeth.

"It's nice to meet you again," she said to me.

"nice to meet you again as well," I said nervously

"oh, don't be scared. I don't bite… most of the time. Now please come take a seat next to me" she gestured towards the empty space next to her

I gingerly moved towards her and sat down. We sat down in silence for around 5 minutes before she turned to me and said,

"I'm so sorry for biting you like I did last time it's just we were running low on time," she said apologetically

"I..i.. it's fine. It just caught me off guard, is all. It hurt a lot," I said to her.

She gave me a look of concern, and she turned towards me and reached for me, causing me to flinch. She stopped moving towards me. I looked at her, and she had a very sad look on her face. She turned away from me. I looked at her, and I felt terrible. I relaxed and repeatedly told myself nothing was going to happen. Finally, I reached out a tapped her on the shoulder. She slowly turned to look at me. I gestured for her to come closer. Her expression did a complete 180. She went from being the saddest person you have ever seen to having the biggest smile on her face with blood red tears coming from her eyes as she pulled me into a hug.

"Thank *sob* you," she said whilst crying into my shoulder. Then, after a good amount of time, she pulled herself away from my shoulder and sorted herself out.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me there."

"it's fine," I said whilst smiling at her "we all have our moments when we need to cry."

"haha, yes, thank you. Well, nobody has ever willingly let me hug them before. They see me and think I'm a monster. You're the first ever to let me do that," she said to me with an excited smile on her face.

"well, I don't think you're a monster," I said to her whilst pulling her into another hug.

"Thank you, 44; you truly are the one I've been waiting for." She said to me

"you've been waiting for me?" I said to her

"yes, for so long, but now I've found you," she said to me

We didn't say much after that; we just stayed as we were, embracing each other until I felt a tugging sensation telling me it was time to leave.

"I have to leave now, but before I go, what's your name," I said to her.

She looked at me and said, "Alexis", and smiled at me

"Well, Alexis, I hope to see you soon," I said to her

"me too" was the last thing I heard before I woke up.

DAY 24

*clank*

I looked up from where I was sitting and towards the door; a part of me expected it to be the guard because he hasn't turned up today, but to my surprise, it was 13.

"How you holding up," 13 said cheerfully

"Been better 13. What do you have for me today." I said to him,

"just bread. Like the usual, can't get anything special" he replied

He passes me the small loaf, and I eat it with much gusto, not leaving the smallest crumb. Once I had finished eating, 13 sat outside my cell, and we talked about our past.

"Oh man, I miss chatting like this", 13 said happily

"Yeah, me too its been a while", I replied to him with a smile on my face

13 turned to face me

"Just 6 more days, and then you can come back," 13 said to me.

"I honestly haven't been keeping track. There is no clock down here, so my sense of time is all over the place," I replied

"I understand, just hold on okay," 13 said as he got up and headed towards the door.

"ill see you soon okay," 13 said and pulled the door open, but as soon as the door opened, he stopped and started walking backwards. 13 face was pale like his soul had just left him. Two people followed him through the door, the guard who usually torments me and the conductor.

"what do we have here? 2 slaves refusing to do what they are told," the conductor said sinisterly.

The conductor stared at both me and 13, his eyes making us both shiver with fear.

"slaves who break the rules, steal property that doesn't belong to them need to be punished," he said, his eyes falling on 13.

13 sensing trouble tried to get away, but the guardsman was on him like a cat on a mouse.

I watched in shock and fear as the guard lay punch after punch into 13. I heard 13 groan and scream in agony as the guard repeatedly hit him. I watched as 13 tried to fight back, but it was hopeless. It only seemed to make the guard angrier as he picked up 13 and threw him against the wall. I heard a loud thud as he the wall and fell to the ground. 13 tried to crawl away, but the guard wasn't letting him go. He pulled out a baton and proceeded to hit 13 repeatedly in the head with it until he did this until 13 stopped moving entirely. Finally, the guard stopped beating 13; he held his baton covered with blood and pinkish matter.

"well done," the conductor said to the guard.

"thank you, sir," the guard said, breathing heavily

"What should we do with the body." The guard said to the conductor,

"toss the body in the cell with the girl as a reminder of what happens if you break the rules."

The guard nodded and picked up 13's limp body and threw it into the cell, and hit the ground with a dull thump.

I stared at his body, trying to process what had happened. I didn't even notice the guard and the conductor leave my cell. I stared at his limp body in my cell. A part of me knew I should be sad, but I wasn't. I don't know why but I felt really hungry. I started moving towards his body like my body was possessed. I don't how to describe it, but there was a delicious aroma coming from his body. I licked my lips and felt a bunch of razor-sharp teeth in my mouth, but I didn't care about that; what I cared about was the amazing smell coming from the body in front of me. I was next to the body; the delicious smell was intoxicating; not being able to resist anymore, I tore the clothes off the body and dove right in, taking a chunk from the torso. My new teeth tore right into it. Blood filled my mouth, along with chunks of muscle. I lifted my head up from the body and swallowed it was the most delicious meal I've ever had. The way the irony taste of the blood mixed with the meat tasted and felt like pure ecstasy. I looked at the body like how a predator looked at prey and went back in, taking bite after bite starting at the arms. This part was very muscly and dense, but my teeth didn't care; it went through it with ease. After the arms, I moved to the torso making quick work of the top layer of skin and fat and exposing the organs. I started with the lungs. First, I pulled apart the ribcage with ease like it wasn't even there. Did I get stronger? I thought to myself, but the thought quickly faded; what lay in front of me was the lungs.  I took a bite out of them. They were quite soft and had a light feeling in the mouth, not as good as the arms, but it was still delicious nonetheless. After making swift work of the lungs, I saw the heart it was enticing to tear into it, but I wanted to save it for last I moved further down the torso, making swift work of the liver, kidney and spleen. They were all delicious, with each a unique texture. I couldn't choose a favourite if I wanted to. I made swift work through all the other organs; ignoring the large bowel, I could smell something foul coming from it. I swiftly made my way to the lower part of the body and made quick work of the legs. It was a lot denser than the arms but tasted just the same  I made swift work making sure no meat was left on the bones after the legs I moved up to the head where I could see some pink matter sprinkled in with some hair I grabbed the head and smashed it into the ground trying to get better access to the goodness that lies inside. After 3 hard smacks, the brain was exposed for me to see, I dove into the brain. It was very soft and had a slimy feel, but it was delicious. After I made quick work of the brain. There was only 1 part left the heart. I licked my lips and picked it up and brought it to my mouth, and chewed through it was the best part by far. It had the best aspects of every other organ in one place. As I ate the heart, I was transported to a white room in there stood 13

"How ya doing 44" he said with a smile on his

"thir.. thir… thirteen how could you be alive you died," I said, shocked

"oh I am", he said nonchalantly. "and by the looks of it, you took advantage of that," he said, pointing at me. I looked at myself. I was covered with blood and other excretions.

“i..i.. I'm sorry that I."

"it's fine", 13 interrupted "this way, I can at least fulfil my promise I made to you.

"what promise?" I said to him, confused

13 let out a little laugh and moved towards me, and gave me a hug

"the promise that I would make it up to you", he said to my ear

He took a step back, and a door appeared next to him

"albeit this is not how I planned to make it up to you, but this will still work. You should have enough strength to make it out on this place," 13 said, walking to the door and opening it.

"Don't go 13. Maybe we can figure a way for you t-"

"not possible", 13 interrupted; he looked at me and smiled "this is goodbye, 44. Please live your life to the fullest don't let my death slow you down."

I don't know when I started crying, but there were tears going down my face. I wiped them off.

"okay… I will," I said, trying to force a smile

"good", 13 replied before turning around

"Also, don't die too soon. Okay, I don't want to see you again for a while," he said before walking through the door.

I found myself back in my prison cell staring at the corpse of 13

"Goodbye 13, and thank you" I turned to look at my prison bars with newfound resolve and with 2 goals to escape this place and to kill that conductor. I will achieve this no matter the cost. No matter how much blood I have to spill.