I wonder what would happen if I die again. What if this monster somehow “kills” me? Would I pop up near my grave like I’m in a video game? Or would I just disappear forever?

I don’t want to find out. I don’t plan on finding out.

I’m surprised I’m putting up a decent fight. Judging from the monster’s eyes, he’s struggling to win. We clasp our hands and I try pulling his hands back, trying to snap it. I have to remember that he is a monster not a human. It won’t matter if I do manage to break his hands.

As if by some miracle, he regains his strength and he grabs my hand and throws me against the wall, knocking down a few pictures down. The girls scream again. They mouth something but I can’t hear anything.

I get up and my fear starts to take over again when I see the monster’s maniacal dark smile. His stance is menacing and I feel that I’ll stand next to my grave again. But I can’t give up.

I try to get rid of the fear I have and start to run slowly to him. I raise a fist and punch him in the face. Or at least I meant to until I see that he blocked it. My eyes are full of shock. The monster throws me down and he starts going towards the girls.

“Please, get away from them.” I say while I’m still down. I didn’t mean to say it though. The monster just turns around and looks at me and smirks at me. I never realized how frightening smirks are until now. He continues striding towards the girls and I’m afraid of what could happen. Possession? Or worse?

Demons or Monsters or whatever that thing is exist. Does that mean that Angels exist? Where are there? Just up in the heavens laughing at my misery? At my uselessness?

They don’t deserve to be up there.

“Forgive me, Atsuko.” I start crying until I hear a door slam.

“Over here!” Atsuko’s dad says. I hear shuffling feet from the hallway and when I look up, I see our savior.

Writer's block . So I started a new fanfic: Itano Tomomi and the Hunger Games.

Sorry, Chapter 23 and 24 won't be out until later on this week (most likely).