What are all these displaying right in front of me, it looks like a dream

' gourmet ' what is the meaning of that, ' subject ' ' banquet ' ' serving ' , I don't understand any of these, I.. I can't start putting in order, the thoughts running through my head right now, I know I was saying foolish things right now but this, this is too much, everything that just happened is just enough to think that am dreaming,

Is this a dream, am I actually dreaming right now...... Jian inwardly thought as her legs almost gave out in shock of the voice and the hologram screen but she quickly regain her composure and calms herself

"what, what the hell is this, why did I just see a hologram screen right now".....Yona said as his body trembles in shock but he quickly regain himself as he exhaled and calms down and Jian who is beside him glanced at him and couldn't help but mumbled in her thoughts as if answering to him......I myself have a lot of questions right now but I don't think there will be anyone to answer my questions...... She said inwardly as she continued calming herself by closing her eyes and massaging her forehead with her hands as she spoke to Yona in a calm and silent tone like someone who has experience all kinds of things before, like a professional

"we have to remain calm in times like these, as calm as possible, I'll try to access this situation to see what I can do to he...."

"Eeeck!"..... Before even showing her professional experience as a detective who has worked in a few dozens of cases, someone screamed violently in fear from downstairs

What The Hell, am trying to play professional here, Fuuuu! this is going to be real hard, really really hard, I just hope it's a dream..... She lampooned as Yona said to her as if trying to remind her of what she almost said "Jian, that sound it's coming from downstairs, I think we should check it out"

"..".... She didn't answer as only a word flashed through her head, the word that someone who was like a coach and brother in her life said to her

and the words vividly displayed in her head as it says

......Do Not Court With Death!

I think am getting what you meant now ..... Jian thought as she finally understood what that word meant, but she is later called out from her thoughts as Yona's hurriedly said "let's hurry"...... As he rushed downstairs like a hero who charges at danger without thinking when he sees it, leaving Jian there speechless

he's running downstairs already, Yona we are not heroes most especially you, so it's advisable not to act like one if you don't want to dig an early grave Okay!

gosh he isn't even slowing down..... She lampooned before speaking out with a calm hurried tone as she pressed down her half top hat "Hey wait up"

..........

As Jian and Yona got down the stairway, all they saw were people trembling and screaming in shock of what is happening

" Oh My GOD What Just Happened ? "

" did you see that screen just now "

"what the hell are we going to do, the telephone's dead"

"did you also heard that voice"

"yeah I heard"

"fuck what are we going to do"

They all couldn't control their emotions soo much as they kept on wailing and complaining few of them with an unusual excitement with the majority of them in fear

the company was in complete chaos as there were no more order, everyone was panicking except Jian, Yona and a few others

As of this moment Jian was lost in thoughts thinking of how to calm the crowds down as her right hand was rubbing her temple

I should try and calm them down but what should I use, should I use a gun

no no no, they will all freak out even more

yeah I should try talking to them, that should work.... She thought as she continued inwardly.... Yeah that should work

I'll just say 'hey bunch of idiots, this is not time to panic, just because of some lousy screen you think it's the end of the world', yeah now that I think of it that might just solve the problem..... She lampooned before finally concluding

Ok! Ok! Ok!, deep breaths.... As she inhaled and exhaled slowly and she opened her mouth but before words could even come out someone has already spoken up

"everyone please let us stay calm and access this situation, there is no need to panic nothing bad has happened to anyone yet"..... The figure was that of a young man with short dark blue hair and light blue pearl eyes with a sturdy figure

It was Yona as he gently and boldly calmed the unordered crowds with his soothing voice

hey that's what I wanted to say (maybe), well whatever it's better this way if maybe he can reduce the uneasiness in this place Jian mumbled as a bitter smiling crept on her face

As of that moment a lady voice could be heard in the crowd as she said with a disgust tone "hey do you not know how bad it is when the telephones suddenly stops working,

we don't know what's going on outside and worst of all we can't even call the police informing them that there is danger"

and who may that be...... Jian seems to mutter as she looked straight through the crowd to where the voice was heard and her gaze stops at a figure as memories of the past flashes in her heard as she examined the figure from top to bottom

It was was a young lady who seems to be in her early to middle twenties wearing a dark blue long sleeves with a long black skirt and hose, with cover black boots that firmly matches her slender legs and her slender yet exquisite figure like that of a popular model with blonde hair, gorgeous blue eyes and a star face like that of an actress

She is Viola Tuff, a 24 years old and she's the head in the marketing department of Namjak Novel Company

and she is Jian's eternal enemy....

.........

Jian's ( Point of View )

my hatred for her started way back in highschool, when she enrolled in the school I once attended ,

before she enrolled in the school, I always had peaceful school days,

but everything changed in an instant after she started the school, she was the founder of the most notorious bully club in school,

she always gets what she wants no matter what, she oppresses the weak and one of which she oppresses the most is my little sister 'Diana', everyday at school or after school she comes to Diana to make fun of her, laughing at her, calling her a monster because she has a big scar on the left side of her face,

I tried standing up for her but eventually Diana always stops me not to meddle in her business because it always erupts into a fight

I became a shadow of myself of constantly trying to help meanwhile I only made matters even worst,

but Diana always smiles, hiding all the pain, sorrow, loneliness in that smile, I knew what she is passing through and I always had a fear that one day it will be too much for her to handle,

.....

as of one day when I got to school alone cause Diana came earlier than I, I glanced at crowds of people gathering around looking at the top of the school building staring right at the rooftop,

I was curious as to what they were staring at, so I butted in the crowd pushing till I got to the front only to look up and see Diana at the top of the building,

Diana what is she doing up there, wait don't tell me she wants to do what am thinking right now .......that was my thought

fear gripped me as I instantly realized what she was about to do and in that moment I couldn't hold myself as I immediately rushed inside the school,

please let it not be too late before I get there... I continued telling myself, only for me to get there and tried opening the door to the rooftop before finding out that the door to the rooftop was locked from the other side where Diana is

"Diana please open the door, it's me Jian, please open up let's talk this out ".... I screamed my lungs out but she didn't open, I continued and continued even then she didn't open,

I turned to the window next to the door of the rooftop and didn't think of the fact the there might be consequences if I slipped while climbing, I just passed through the window to climb to the rooftop,

even when I almost fell down, I didn't care I needed to get there or else it will be too late,

successfully I got to the rooftop and found Diana standing at the edge of the rooftop, I screamed her name only for her to turn look at me from where she was to where I was standing, looking straight into my eyes as she bitterly smiled before opening her mouth "I knew you will come Jian"

"please don't do this Diana, we can solve this together so please just come down from there and let's talk"

"I've made up my mind already Jian, so please, all I want to say to you is please"...... She paused as if finding it hard to put the words together as she lowered her head slightly before continuing "forgive me for everything I caused and for not staying by your side till the end, even though you tried your best to protect me, this is the only thing I thought of to do that will ease the load from you"

"It's not a load for me Diana so please come down, you're the only one I ever had and nothing can change that".... I said from the bottom and darkest part of my heart before continuing as my voice already turned sober remembering how we both were in the same orphanage as we grew up before I decided that we should sneak out of the orphanage to experience freedom and live together as sisters while we look for jobs and rent an apartment to live together,

remembering all we have passed through and done together we were no longer orphans who grew up in the same orphanage but sisters who decided to live for a better life and strive together till the end, remembering all that I couldn't help but blurt out as uncontrollable tears flowed down from my eyes "let's leave this school Diana, we can go to another school, it wouldn't be bad to leave the school and leave the city, we can start a new life there and and and...." I wasn't able to continue as she looked at me without any emotions on her face but slowly tears started flowing from her eyes

I didn't know what she was thinking, but I can't let her die like this, she is a little sister to me, just why why is all this happening,

she looked at me with an eyes of pain, as I finally knew that all I said isn't going to change anything now

and then she said just two painful heartbreaking words that penetrated my soul

"Am Sorry"

and in that moment she let go and was falling, what can I do, my little sister is falling right before my eyes, we grew up together in the same orphanage, we ate together laughed together, kept secrets together, my friend, my sister, my last ray of hope is falling right before my eyes and I can't think of anything to help or save her, I can't let this end here, I won't let it end,

I bit my lips and mustered all the strength I can and ran to the edge of the rooftop and without thinking I jumped along with her,

I tried increasing my fall speed to shortened the distance between us as I grabbed hold of her I checked her while we were falling from the school rooftop which is at least 2-3 stories high but she was already unconscious,

looking down to where we are falling to, fear gripped me,

Is this how we both will die, I haven't even achieve anything yet, oh gosh Jian think of something, think think think,

sadly nothing came to my damn head

It's all my fault I couldn't do anything to help, I didn't try enough

We should have left the school earlier, I should have tried harder back then why just why did I not try harder, if I did maybe things would have been different

now we're falling to our death, help is not coming nobody will come,

I just stared at the unconscious Diana and held onto her as tight as I could as I turned facing the fall direction

It's better if I take the full blow of the fall, if I die she will live but with a few or more bruises or even a broken bone, this is my only way of apologizing for understanding her feelings and not deciding soon enough..... I muttered as I had already decided

closing my eyes while holding onto her tightly, time itself looks as if it's in a stand still only the flow of wind circulating around us could be felt

and moments later

everything went blank....

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Beep! Beep!

When I opened my eyes I was in a hospital bed, I tried to get up but wasn't able to, a massive storm of headache hit me, it looks as if I was hit by an airplane,

oh..... it was worst than an airplane, wait where is Diana?..... I thought inwardly as I looked around the room but I was the only one there, my heart immediately trembled fast....What happened to her, I hope she's alright..... I tried to get up but the persistently raging headache didn't let me,

As moments later while I was thinking about where Diana was, the doctor rushed into the room as he saw me trying to get up and he stopped me

"young girl you shouldn't get up, you should rest, you are in a bad shape, please lay down"..... He said but I didn't mind anything he said, as I was in panic so I asked him in a trembling tone

"D-Da-Diana, where is my sister Diana?"

He looked at me, arranging his thin light shaded glasses on his eyes as he said

"Did you mean the girl that was with you in the fall accident?"

I nodded as he continued saying frankly

"your sister is alright, she's just in another hospital room"

I was relieved when he said that, but I didn't know her condition, if she has any broken bones or such, am sure her condition wouldn't be worse, maybe she's already awake, I'll be able to meet her soon, when I meet her what will I do to her, I'll wait for her to heal and then give her a smacking of her life for doing something like that,

"doctor.. please how is her condition, will she be alright, please tell me everything "

the doctor looked at me and sighs, removing his thin light shaded glasses, he brings a chair and sits next to me before speaking

"young lady, hate to break it to you but your sister is in a coma and we don't know when she will come out of it, she is currently on oxygen, her condition is very critical"

".?"... I was stunned, I couldn't say anything, Diana is in a coma and she's on oxygen, what can I do, what can I do, why did it have to happen to her, why did it have to be this way..... I inwardly wept as my blood felt like it was boiling and my aching head ached even more

"I don't know if I should say this now but"..... He said with a hesitant tone but before he could continue I spoked as I already knew what he was going to say, living only dependant on oneself taught me something unforgettable

"Is about the oxygen bills right?".... I said with a calm voice as he looked at me surprised, maybe he is thinking that I don't know what am saying as he wanted to clarify he said

" young lady "

"I will be paying the bills, so please let her remain on oxygen until she wakes up"..... I spoke coldy as there wasn't a hint of hesitation in my voice as I looked straight into his eyes and he couldn't look into mine as he lowered his head slightly and sighed before saying

"I understand"...... He said as he looked up at the hospital ceiling and he said with a low stern voice

"you shouldn't be alive"..... He said as he turned to me with a look of doubt as he continued "you took the most fatal damage between you and your sister but here you are awake without any fatal injuries only a few broken bones and a bruise on your head maybe even a headache but none of them are as serious as your sister who is in a coma"...... He stood up turning as he walks towards the exit ready to leave as he grabs the door knob but pauses from opening the door as he says his last words before he left "it's a miracle you are alive, so please just rest well and we will talk tomorrow, take care"

and that's what happened

From that moment ever since, I didn't want to see anyone most especially, Viola, so I left that school to another, I started doing multiple jobs in order to pay for the hospital bills and years passed by and she still hasn't woken up,

.......

(Third Person Perspective)

It's been ten years ever since then and Diana is still deep in coma with no signs of waking up and now when Jian came to serialize her first novel she saw the last person she didn't want to meet in her life ever again

Jian didn't notice it was Viola, only when she bumped into her on the first day of visiting the novel company did she knew

anger swelled up in Jian as if she was about to punch her at any moment but Viola didn't seem to recognize her as she apologizes straight away and bows her head in apology

"am sorry I bumped into you like that, I wasn't watching where I was going"

"...."! Jian was stunned

Is this Viola or is this another person..... She just couldn't differentiate as Viola raised her head and with a warm smile introduces herself

" My name is 'Viola Tuff' and am the head of the marketing department of this company, so what's your name? "..... She said calmly and respectful and Jian just couldn't answer,

Telling her my name wouldn't make any difference, I can't make a fit here and am sure she's just pretending like she always does, am sure she remembers me but pretends she don't so she can act all innocent in front of me, this bastard she can never change..... Jian thought angrily as she bowed while clenching her fists and left without saying anything

and from that day till now Jian has been avoiding her, during her visits to the company she always avoid her when she's passing,

and now they both are together in the middle of the strange occurrence and Jian can't avoid her for long this time

"am very sorry Ma'am if my words made you angry", Yona said and respectfully bowed

Seeing this Jian eyes couldn't help but twitch

What The Fudge!, why will you apologize, you didn't do anything so why will you bow for that witch, I feel like ripping her hair off right now....... Jian screamed furiously inwardly but kept cool on the outside as she saw the scene unfolding in front of her

but something happened that took Jian by surprise

"No Sir, am the one who should apologies, I was not thinking straight when I said those words, once again am very sorry for speaking rude"...... Viola said as she bowed also

Eeeeck-!, what just happened. someone please hit me,

Is this Viola why is she behaving differently,

moments ago she almost snapped and now she is behaving like a saint

what is Viola scheming, I don't trust her one bit, I need to be careful...... Jian lampooned even more as she couldn't help but glance at Yona as she was thinking about the pretense scene that unfolded

Viola and Yona introduced themselves afterwards and moments later Viola gaze stops at a figure that looked somewhat feminine behind Yona looking at them, wearing a white long sleeve with a short black knot tie and a black trench coat along with a black long skirt and hose, on her feet was a black cover shoe with a half top hat on her head

It was Jian as she shifted her focus elsewhere while lampooning in anger inwardly....I don't need to look at her, she isn't my priority right now,

damnit why did she have to look here of all places, to where I am especially, I'll just leave here so our gaze wouldn't meet again.... Jian couldn't help but scream as her mind budge uncontrollably.

........

In that moment the bloody hologram screen appeared again but this time it was a different text

[Loading.....]

" What the hell is this, why did it displayed again "

" you see I told you it was a hologram screen "

as the crowd were chattering away a voice spoke

[ hey hey hey, you all seem peaceful ]

It was the childlike voice again

what is that voice, where did it came from..... Jian thought as she glanced around but couldn't find where the voice came from

the crowds were also looking around as to where that voice came from

[ don't be alert am not showing up right now, I might not even show up, cause they isn't any need when you all are just food and pawns, HaHa].... The voice spoked hoarsely as it's laugh echoed throughout the entire building as it continued

[take everything that's happening as a blessing to see if you are eligible to become a good nourishment]

wait this is what? how is this a blessing, I don't understand why would the voice call us food, do we look like we are food.... Jian thought as her mind swirled even more but this time in both fear and anger

[ so enough with that, let's get straight to the.....]

before the voice could finish it's words someone from within the crowd butted in

"wait I don't understand what's going on, but if this is an act just stop it cause it ain't funny"

"yeah it isn't funny"

"just stop this foolishness, who do you take us for"

"stupid voice"

[.....]... The voice was silent as exactly five of the twenty people present in this floor was challenging the voice, and then more people started joining them

Yona wanted to step forward to calm the raging crowd but Jian held onto him and pinch him as hard as she can as he silently let out a 'ouch' sound looking at her with a strange expression as she looked at him and signalled him to not move an inch as she have a bad feeling about this, a very very bad feeling like something very disastrous wants to unfold

something each and everyone in the crowd will live to regret

[ ha...ha...haha.. haha hahaha ]... The voice laughed profusely, it's voice loud that it can pierce the very essence of the soul as it echoes throughout the vicinity,

and then the laugh stops and they was a great silence, a silence that not even a breath could be heard or felt

Jian felt a cold eerie sensation through the whole of her very being as the little hair on her skin raised uncontrollably

What is this feeling, am I afraid? why shouldn't I be, they just made that voice mad..... Jian muttered inwardly as the voice spoke

[ eh~~heee! do you know what happened to those that tries to ruin my serving ]

"....."... Everyone was silent as they didn't understand what he meant

And in that moment a ' pop ' sound was heard, as splashes of red substance enveloped the area as someone head in the crowd just popped open as the brain scattered randomly in separate pieces

And the voice continued hoarsely

[they disappear from my ingredients]

one... two..... three, people heads started popping like balloons as if they came in contact with needles as the voice continued and it's voice echoed like a boiling water

[ this isn't the world you once knew before, people of earth no_505 , this is my serving, my rules, anyone who opposes me will face their doom ]

[ you were all free not knowing you were reared, ready to be bound as sacrifice for paradise ]

[ the void is hungry ]

[ and I must serve 'Him' well]

everyone who screamed got their head popped, blood splashed, brains scattered, pus burst on the ground, on the wall, everywhere

th..th.. this is a blood bath.... Jian eyes wasn't able to close as she watched everything

It was like a nightmare but in real life, she wasn't able to utter a thing, wasn't able to scream, she just held onto Yona hands tightly so he will do the same,

Is this how it feels when death is knocking.... She said silently

I..Is this our new WORLD.

.........

moments later everyone who opposed and shouted at the unknown being whose voice was heard but can't be seen,

every single one of them was laying on the floor without a head while those who kept their mouths shut were the only ones alive and Jian was one of the living,

[ yeah that should do it, everywhere was getting noisy all of a sudden but now the peace is restored ].... The voice said in a satisfied tone

Jian couldn't understand what was going on neither did she tried to ask, fear swallowed up the questions,

all she can do now was watch and follow the instructions of the unknown being talking

[ now back to where I was].... The voice paused as if it was trying to remember where he stopped explaining

after a few moments of silence the voice continued in a stern and hoarse tone

[all of you will eventually become 'energy' for paradise]

no one said a word to question the voice as fear enveloped the entire survivors remaining, this wasn't the world they ones knew , a few moments ago everyone was just living normally, thinking, laughing, gossiping and all such, but now death can be seen everywhere, now 'they will become energy and for the gods', they couldn't understand anything

......

a man in the crowd among the survivors who has been trembling ever since the killing spree incident was standing there looking at just one place in confusion as whether this is a dream or a nightmare as a woman who had a dark blonde hair and light blue eyes, whose smile always makes the man live through another day, was now lying on the floor headless

she was the man's wife, his love, his ray of hope, the statue he looks at like a goddess if he feels like giving up,

his everything,

there she is lying there dead without a head

this is a dream right..... The fine man who now looks devastated thought to himself as he walked slowly closer and closer and closer to his lifeless wife's body as he kneels by her side

this is a dream, it must be a dream..... He trembled in his thoughts as he looks at the remaining survivors with an expression in his face that is asking them ' this is a dream right and you all are in my dream, please someone hit me let me wake up'....... That was his expression,

but no one seemed to understand him,

even the survivors still have their own questions that cannot be answered, the man knew this but he couldn't comprehend it , he didn't want to understand or comprehend the situation,

he looked at the remaining survivors as his gaze stops at a lady who also still has blonde hair like his wife and a gorgeous light blue eyes that cannot be matched with a slender figure like that of a model,

she was the head of the marketing department of the company

he looked at her as she was kneeling at a corner as his expression showed he was asking for help but all she did was looked at him as she bit her lips and turned away, he saw it in her face that she would have helped but she couldn't as she herself fears of getting killed also,

the man gaze shifts to two others, there was a sturdy handsome young man with dark blue hair and light blue eyes who tried to step forward amidst of everything, the young man tried even after everything that happened but another lady held him tightly, he turned to the lady holding onto the young man,

he didn't know who she was, dark red hair and yellow eyes like that of a miniature sun, wearing a white long sleeve with a short black knot tie and a black trench coat along with a black long skirt and a black hose, on her feet was a black cover shoe with a half top hat on her head with a slender body and amidst of everything that happened she still looked calm without any emotions on her face

maybe she is new here..... He thought to himself as he looked at her grip as she held onto the young man

he had a thought.... Ahh, maybe they are newly married couples,

such young love holding onto someone you love until the end, I love it.... Amidst his thought he heard the childlike voice again as it spoke

[ Hey you there do you also want to be a waste ingredient]

".."... The man didn't reply but only bitterly smiled in agreement,

he had made up his mind after see the two couples as the lady held onto her husband(who actually isn't her husband), he regretted not holding onto his but now he is ready to go with her even till the end,

then he saw a beautiful white light sparkling so bright that all he saw was his wife as she stretched her hand forth to him and he smiled with tears on his eyes as he spoke with happiness

"I knew it was all a dream "...... He said as he grabbed hold of his wife's hand and continued.... "I would never let go of your hands ever again just like the two young couples I just saw, I admire them a lot"...... He said all those as he continued holding onto his wife's hand as they walked through a never ending bridge made of glittering golden rainbows....

........

And Jian saw everything, the man's body lay besides his wife's own body, both without head, Jian looked as tears drips slowly from her eyes, she would have tried to help but the fear of being killed by something that can't be seen also hit her to the extent that her body seems paralyzed,

even if I tried to help, how can I, I don't know who is killing them, I will also die if I try anything suspicious.... She thought with a burden of regret of not doing anything

Jian was actually correct, even if she tried she would have been forgotten by now just like the people on the floor,

but what she couldn't understand was why is her heart judging her this much as if blaming her that she would have been able to do something to help the poor man if she stepped forward in that moment, she didn't understand, she looked at the remaining survivors, there were in total of seven survivors including Yona, Viola and her, remaining out of the 20 they were before this,

[ I have kept you all waiting for too long so let's start with the little entertainment]... The voice marveled as it spoked

Amidst all this, the gourmet has already begun and nothing can stop it

Jian was in a state of trauma, she didn't even know she had already let go of Yona's hand already, she just knelt down, her head spinning with thoughts of the deaths of everyone

why just why is everything happening, what is all this, I can't understand , Why am I always useless, I couldn't even help.... She didn't even hear Yona calling her when the ground was shaking ferociously as he stood near the window with his face paled

Slap!

"hey snap out of it".... It was Viola as she slapped and shaked Jian back to reality,

Jian looked at her but couldn't say anything, she just looked with a face without expression as viola raised her to her feet and told her "we have to get out of here and now"

It was then Jian got her sense of reasoning back and both her and Viola rushed to where Yona and the rest of the survivors where as they stared through the window with a pale face

"what the hell is that"..... They seem to be saying but Jian didn't mind it as she passed through the survivors and stood at the front of the window and looked and her eyes widened in fear at what she saw...

The sky turned pitch black as misty dark red fogs filled the air emanating an aftermath as the sun dyed bright red representing the crimson moon

shortly after portals with their color dyed red opening in the sky as sparks emitted around it like a thunderstorm is about to happen, then figures as much as the sand poured out from the sky through the portal, they kept on pouring out and falling and continued falling, not one... or two.... or even three.... but in hordes, in literal hordes

figures with transfigured faces and meat tendrils squirming from their bodies like hungry maggots

They moved in hordes destroying everything in sight as there were coming closer and closer to the company

And Jian Muttered

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