Woman laughed through the net, trying to free herself, "I own it. My axe can't hurt me."

"ARYANNE" the machine's robotic voice spoke.

Her smirk was gone.

Boone knew what it meant. He rushed towards the working table in search of pen and paper. Aryanne was already making some progress in her task.

Boone found many papers but not a pen. Crowman had ordered to remove all the pens or pencils from the Revival Room. Now Boone didn’t have many pleasant things to say about him.

While cursing Crowman, he felt his feather inside his shirt pocket. He could use it as quill but Crowman hadn’t let anyone bring bottle of ink in there.

Boone ran towards Aryanne and plunged the feather inside her wound. He then scribbled her name on the piece of paper.

"What will reviving me get you, Boone?" she yelled, "Revive your wife, instead. I swear I will never ever come near to you again."

"It is called recycling." He said with heavy heart, "And I am making damn sure you never come near to me again."

Aryanne crept out of the tent and charged towards him. By the time she made it halfway to him, Boone had tossed the letter inside Revival Machine.

She never made it to him.

He put the quill inside his pocket and began to search for the exit. Finding the exit door was easiest thing for him. Beside, Crowman hadn’t come there without breaking any door.

Boone walked and walked when he was out. He strolled to the places where he normally would not go. He was yet to see the people whom he had seen when he was alive. After all, it was still night.

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He watched the remains of posters which he had glued. Boone began to scrap such reminder from the pole. Because it had dried out, he used the quill to scratch it off.

"Boone." Someone called him from behind.

His eyes were torn to see three people behind him. And one of them was holding reaper axe.

Boone glanced at his watch. Five minutes were still remaining in Death Window. One with the axe was same ghost who had tried to kill him in his dream. He was the ghost who had shaken hands with Aryanne because his letter was rejected for revival. Cause? Boone.

They all were the rejected ghosts.

Second ghost had entered inside Red Demise's dream to know how Death Window was to be opened in Revival Factory. Getting it from Crowman was near impossible so Aryanne had made him target Red Demise's dream.

Third soul was the one who had killed Old Ghost and entered inside his body. After opening the death window and killing Crowman, he had left the body. Worse, they had come there to erase Boone.

With nowhere to go, Boone took out the solid quill and jammed it inside his own ear. Its end hit his brain and he took lost his life.

Those ghosts were furious to see how Boone slipped away from his hands.

Boone, invisible to anyone for eternity and deprived of salivation, walked away from those ghosts. At least he was not erased…..

Aryanne was right. Ghosts really wandered in the town at night.

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