The moment he touched it, he wrapped around his fingers around it. The organ was small almost like a pingpong ball. He crushed it like a stress ball the black blood flowing through his fingers.
He pulled his hand out still holding the remains, he wasn't about to leave it inside. Since the monster could regenerate , it might do the same.
The monster started to melt taking the screaming faces down with it. Shawn watched as his face screamed the loudest opening it's mouth wide enough for him to see the insides of the monster. There was nothing but black flowing liquid, probably all the blood.
He could already guess that his flesh had made th monster more weaker because it had died too fast. The thing had eaten him whole. It lasted for only a few minutes.
SYSTEM NOTIFICATION
[ Echo Mimic – Permanently Eliminated ]
[ Unique Drop: Echo Vein – Illusion Resistance +50% ]
[ Rank: B]
He picked up the item floating above the body , it was a small black earing stud. He threw it into storage space. With the rate in which he died he might not be able to keep it for long. He will probably wear it when he notices something is wrong. He thought to himself.
He activated the parasitic maw and put it on the creatures body. He waited until it ate and felt it was full before he stood up.
SYSTEM REWARD:
[ Ability copied: invisibility)
Rank: C
Description:
Masks everything.
Avoids detection from both creatures and awakened two ranks higher than you.
Those below your rank will not detect you.
Shawn looked at the skill and just scoffed. What was he supposed to do with invisibility peep at girls?
Shawn collapse back onto the wall blood dripping from the hall on his torso. He sighed thinking on how to end himself so that he could have a new body.
He looked at the bone spear on his side then turned to stare up at the ceiling. On his peripheral vision he could see the barely visible corner, the illusion had broken with the death of the monster.
He needed to leave since he was tired and just needed clothes.
" Fucking great, I need a nap."
Then he sat up and picked the bone spear ready to skewer himself.
" You don't have to kill yourself," a voice suddenly said.
He froze mid stab the spear only a few inches from his chest . He turned to look at the direction the voice was coming from.
A little further down the hallway was a beautiful woman standing there looking at him. The moment their eyes met she started to walk towards him, her heels clicking on the floor.
She was wearing a short black leather skirt and a strapless top that mostly covered her breasts Alone. On her hand she had a long bloody sword.
Her heels clicked loudly and Shawn Wondered how he had missed that.
Then in the slowest motion she suddenly threw her sword at him, he barely had time to dodge the metal . The sword slashed a small part of his cheeks
" What the hell?" He shouted as he looked at the sword embedded into the wall behind him. He turned to look at the woman puzzled.
" You killed that mimic," she said as her eyes went to the dead dissolving body.
" Me?" He asked pointing at himself. Blood choose that time to clog his airway, he started to cough. The woman walked to him while he was coughing and pulled the sword out of the wall.
" You brook the loop, I've been trapped here for ages... You saved me" she said as she knelt to be at an eye level with him. She looked down but was met with the sight of her black underwear.
He looked back up at her. She didn't seem to care as she waited for his response.
He really didn't want to have a conversation with anyone. He just wanted to die in peace and then go look for clothes.
" Look I didn't do it to be heroic. I did it because the thing was annoying. You are welcome, I guess?" He said trying to move away from her.
He'd had enough with girls. Althea stunt had already sucked the soul out of him. He wasn't about to be drugged by another girl into a screaming match.
When he moved sideways away from her, she moved with him . She had a stupid giddy smile on her face . Shawn felt like he was playing a game of chase and he seemed to be amusing her.
Why the fuck do the people I meet not normal, he thought to himself as he gave up moving away from her.
" What?" He asked resigned to his fate.
" You're broken," she mummered in the most serious voice he'd heard often the doctor in the mental hospital . She was studying his face," I can see it. The way your eyes look at the world like it's a joke you're too tired to laugh at."
Shawn sighed at what she said and nodded,"yeah, well, trauma builds character."
Wait why was he answering her, Shawn Wondered, they had fallen into some sort of weird therapy session. And he was bleeding out slowly. He could feel it.
" No," she shook her head her hands coming to his cheek and caressing it slowly as though comforting him.
" Trauma builds cracks, I can fix you," she added her eyes full of compassion.
Was this girl nuts? Shawn Wondered as he looked at her in horror. He felt normal compared to her.
" Fix? Lady I am not a broken vase."
" You are. I know how to help."
Shawn face palmed inwardly. He felt like he was playing music to a donkey. Their conversation was going nowhere. She had diagnosed him and was firm in her weird diagnosis.
If anyone among them was broken wasn't him but her. She was delusional.
Shawn stood up despite the bleeding torso. The girl just gave him a very bad feeling.
He took a staggered step back from her. He has always trusted his instincts and right now they were telling him to bail.
" Does this help involve violence?" He asked touching his still bleeding cheek no normal person throws a sword at a stranger for no reason," it feels like it involves violence," Shawn increased the distance between them.
She didn't move but kept on looking at him as though he was a petulant child with a little bit of fondness.
She raised her sword gently that kind smile still on her face.
" It's called love therapy," she answered his question .
" Ah . Yes. Violence," he said as he moved a step back from her. He wanted to die but if he reformed before her he doesn't know how many times she will decide to ' fix' him.
Her eyes were shining with her pupils fully dilated filled with something else but Shawn didn't understand it.
Looking at her Shawn Wondered how they had gone from thanking him for saving her to her trying to fix him. Things spiralled a little too fast for him to make sense.
" You ressurected," she said softly," I saw it. I could see your fight with the mimic ."
Shawn froze his mind going blank," saw what exactly?"
He thought maybe it was One of her bullshits.
"You died to the mimic onc then your blood moved and expanded then Your body reformed." She touched her chest placing her hand over her heart," I watched and I finally understood."
Shawn rolled his eyes , here we go again .
" If pain resets you..." She said lifting her sword higher and angling her body," then death must be cleansing."
Shawn raised his hands stumbling away from her while trying to convince her," listen, there are healthier coping mechanisms...."
She rammed the sword straight through his chest into his heart. Shawn just stared down at the sword sticking in his chest . He had wanted to do this himself with the spear but now it seemed he had gotten a free ride to death .
It seemed that every time he tried to end himself, something just had to interfere.
".. I knew it. I knew you were the health hazard," he said through the blood feeling his throat and mouth.
He collapsed on the floor, his blood pooling around him . Getting his heart stabbed through was not a joke especially when the stabber's face is hovering right over his.
" Don't worry," she whispered in a comforting tone while brushing his hair back then added,"I'll be quick next time. I'm still learning where you break cleanly."
There would be a next time? Shawn thought looking at her through blurry eyes.
" That's..." He chocked on the blood and coughed,".. that's not comforting at all.."
His vision went black.
( You have died)
A drop of blood not far away started to move and expand. She noticed it immediately her face bloomed with excitement.
After a few seconds Shawn was sitting on the floor wiping the blood from his eyes.
He saw her standing Infront of him looking at him with a smile.
" Oh come on. Again!"