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Chapter 3 - The Escape Plan

I was reflecting on the events that just took place and came to the realization that sitting in a small room surrounded by thousands of post secondary school students does not truly help the situation. In truth, it is very dangerous for someone like me who does not even reflect the shape or cuteness of an animal to stay close to human civilization.

As that truth dawns on me, I assess the situation to decide whether I am willing to leave far away from others. Although my options are limited and I am probably going to be forced to live somewhere far from others, I still had to process all of this because even for a person like me, such decisions are challenging and tasking on the mind.

I personally don't have many connections to others in my life, I hate my parents and their way of life which is the exact reason I chose to cut all methods of contact with them. I also don't have any real friends to speak of since most will only be friends with me for a fun hangout time or to get some benefits out of our friendship even though I have nothing to offer.

This only means that I have no personal connection to others which makes my departure somewhat unnoticeable and easie, even if after some time, I might be labeled as a missing person.

My future as a human is also not very thrilling or brilliant, as my grades are average, implying that the greatest potential outcome would be an average lifestyle with an average employment. The problem is that this is both dull and impossible because I can't obtain a job or attend class as a strange demon creature.

I realize I am having trouble calling myself a name, so I'm just going to refer to myself as a demon in my head since it is MY HEAD!

Leaving to live in a more secluded place like a forest is much better no matter how I look at the current circumstances, but I do need to be careful because I fear I might pass out if I see a bear or anything, but those animals don't exist anywhere near civilization, or at least I don't think they do. This allows me to choose a small forest outside of my college town which is pretty close to a highway exit.

After resolving myself that leaving is the most beneficial and safe option, I decided to grab the map of the campus so that I can leave using the more vacant paths. The path I choose is one that is behind the Department of Art which is a bushy path that many avoid because of the annoying number of plants present there. Besides that, I love how it connects my building to the fences present at the far left side of the campus, this will allow an unnoticeable exit for me.

But there is still one problem, HOW DO I GET OUTSIDE OF THIS BUILDING?

Every single floor is crawling with people, not to mention the only preferable exit which is the backdoor stair exit of the building is crowded by drunk fools during the night and I can only leave during the night to avoid exposure during my travel to the forest outside of the city.

I decide to just wing the building part of the plan and do my best to avoid others by hiding and fleeing, even if it sounds uncool. In terms of the back door stair exit, I will just go through it and hope that either no one is there during my departure or they start thinking I am just a hallucination and leave me alone.

I only bring a red pocket knife since it's the closest thing I have to a weapon, and even though I'm stronger, I can't help but think a weapon would be far superior.

After all of my preparations, I decide to depart at 1:00 AM, when it is still dark and there are fewer people than at 11:00 PM or 12:00 AM.

As the sun sets in the horizon and the sky gets darker, I patiently wait for the time of my departure while crushing more soda cans excitedly like a child who has just learned to walk. After a couple hours pass, I turn my head to see that it is already 12:47 AM which makes me feel somewhat nervous. As I grab my pocket knife and hold it in my hand, I remember all the exciting moments in movies when a ninja tries to sneak into a restricted place, with the hopes that my journey towards the forest might be as thrilling as the scenes within the movies, I calm myself and move out the front door of my room.

As I survey my surroundings, I notice that the 3rd floor is currently vacant and I rush towards the stairs without any regard for the sound I create. As I approach the stairs, I hear a creaking sound and hide in a narrow corridor that is connected to the main hallway. A young yet beautiful girl comes out of a room and passes by me walking towards the other end of the hallway, entering another room. After she passes and the previous opened door which I believe was someone else's room based on the presence of others in that room closes, I move on towards the stairway's red door.

I take a slight peak inside through the small rectangular window of the door to make sure that no other person is commuting using the stairs and then I open the door to enter the stairway. I start my descent towards the ground floor while checking both the red doors of each floor and the railings going down to make sure no one is entering or using the stairway. By the time I reach the first floor, my fear becomes reality and the sound of drunken men can be heard on the ground floor's stairway.

As I am pondering on what to do next while looking at the red door behind me, my brain finally gives me a great idea that might just work. I take my pocket knife and open it in a way that all the tools within it are visible, afterwards, I take the one with the screwdriver head and try to sever it from the base of the multitool pocket knife by putting in all my force at the base of the tool. Within a very short time, I successfully removed the tool and grabbed it with my other huge hand. I start moving towards the railing of the stairway and then I throw the tool in the opposite direction from the exit doors.

The drunken students are shocked at the clingy sound the metal tool makes and they turn their heads towards where the sound came from. At that exact moment, I decide to dash towards the exit doors in hopes that the drunken men are too drunk to have a fast enough reaction to turn their heads towards me.

As I reach the doors, I slam them open and run out of the building until I am far away from my dormitory's main building and close to the pathway behind the Department of Arts.

I survey my surroundings and spot only one person which I easily avoid by going towards the far left fence of the campus using the very long decorative bushes and trees which is the opposite direction from where that individual is heading towards. As I approach the fence, I slow down my running speed and jump towards the fence but without expecting it I jump very close to the very top of the fence which surprises me a lot. I also remember that my running speed and endurance was much higher than in the past.

Disregarding all the pointless reflections on my capabilities, I climb the last part of the fence and jump on the ground on the other side of the fence. Before running once again, I take a good look around me and notice the numerous buildings but luckily I see no passing vehicles. With this new information, I disregard the chance of other people on the sidewalk and sprint until reaching a more secluded sidewalk that has no buildings next to it.

As I continue my run, I finally notice the exit of the town and the trees to the right of the highway like road which is the visible side of the small forest. I jump over the guardrails of the road and enter the forest.

Ahhh, finally I am free and away from praying eyes I think as I sigh and continue to walk towards the center of the forest and away from civilization.