IT TOOK EVERYTHING for Gina and Rena to make everyone stop panicking and doing something dangerous especially for June who wants to follow Leila.
Gina and Rena figured out that they might attract other people's attention so they all first went up back to Jasper's apartment.
"You don't understand, noona! I want— I NEED to follow Leila there! She's in danger!—"
"And the more reason why I can't let you or anyone else follow her!!" Gina cuts June in mid-sentence, yelling out to make everyone stop.
"Look, all of you barely even have any idea of what's been happening, so you can't just follow her and be the hero of the day! It's not as easy as that, all of you should know that by now." Gina says and everyone can just sigh heavily.
Indeed they don't have any slightest idea of what's going on for the past days. Everyone thought that the atmosphere is being weird because they are already nearing Taehyung's 40th day since he had passed away, but it was wrong. It is, in fact, not over yet.
Silence reigned as everyone drowns into their deep thoughts, trying to make themselves believe that what's happening right now is real.
But Rheanne decides to break the ice, "I-I know something."
It made everyone look at Rheanne. Max, Gina, and Rena finally remembering that she indeed has something to explain. So, Gina motions her to do so.
"All of you will most likely get mad at me once I have finished explaining, so I'm already going to say sorry."
"Go on, Rhei," Stacey says ever so softly as Jane nods in agreement. Yes, the two are upset at their younger female BFFs for keeping secrets but they set it aside first and listened.
"Before the nightmare I had yesterday," she started, "I actually had a nightmare five days ago."
This startled everyone. Not even Max knows this. But everyone kept their comments to themselves first and lets Rheanne continue.
"I-I was in the otherworld. It's weird that I can see it even if I had never been there before. A-and I saw h-him..." Rheanne says as a tear escapes from her eyes, "I-I saw Tanner."
Shock is an underestimate. They couldn't believe the nightmare Rheanne had. Tanner is in the otherworld? But why? How come?
"H-he's being tortured by a m-monster. H-he's crying. He's hurting. But he's not even begging that monster to stop and just took it all."
Even Gina and Rena couldn't believe what Rheanne saw. They knew it was not just a dream, Rheanne has somehow seen what's happening in the otherworld. And also adding the fact that,
Tanner is alive all along.
"Then," Rheanne continues, the others thought that's already the nightmare but there's more. "Then it all fades into just black, pure darkness. A-and I heard someone said, 'I will eventually find a replacement for Lilith. I will find you. I will get you.'"
The others finally nodded, already understanding the situation little by little. But again, there's more.
"That was the reason why I was sick. I couldn't sleep and I was weak because of that nightmare. And I kept hearing that voice and that sentence is being repeated over and over again. It made me miserable. He said he needed to replace that woman from the 5th floor whom he's possessing."
"Wait, replace THAT woman?! How come?" June asks, knowing that the last time he checked he and Leila wasn't able to kill the woman. He knew they just left her there.
Everyone didn't know what Tanner did though. But they are already guessing he maybe has something to do with it.
"I'm guessing the woman is dead. Why and how she died, I don't know. But all I know is that Tanner is with him and he won't stop until he gets what he wants." Rheanne stops for a while as everyone tries to absorb everything she's saying.
"Ho-honestly I thought that the one he's referring to whom will replace that woman is me..." Max was about to speak up but Rena stops him from doing so, "But I was wrong. All this time, h-he..."
Rheanne trails, unable to continue what she wants to say. She opens her mouth again, but no words came out. It's difficult for her to say.
"Oh geez Rhei, say it already!!" Yhael says that made him receive a slap on his thigh from Jane.
"He is after Leila."
+ + +
LEILA PRESSES the elevator game's sequence with a blank expression. There's just one thing in her mind.
"I will do it."
"I will do it."
"I...will do it."
It's never-ending. That phrase just kept repeating in her mind as she does the procedures of the game. Once finally successful, the elevator door opens revealing the familiar darkness of the 10th floor.
Leila didn't step out though. Instead, she closes the door and presses the 9th-floor button. The elevator descends and the doors opened once again.
This time she steps out and starts to walk on her way to Jasper's apartment, still with her blank emotionless face on.
As she gets near Jasper's door, Leila can hear faint talking. But it does not belong in the otherworld. With this, she quietly opens the door and closes it.
She feels an energy. The energy is exactly the same as what she had felt in the real world. Only this time, she's in a different dimension.
She then walks towards the side of Jasper's sofa, positioning the farthest from the TV. When it's as if she knew that her lover's presence is right beside her, she faints.