KANG POV
My body felt cold as I saw bright light seeping into my shut eyes. It was a white light so pure and clear and opening my eyes revealed a room so untouched by any dirty hands that it seemed unreal. So different from where I just was- outside walking back with Jang soo and Kim so-ae.
I was laying on the ground that was white. In fact, the whole room was white with no furniture in sight just a ceiling, some walls, the floor, and only one door so far away from where I lay. I sit up scratching my head taking a moment to look around checking everywhere to see if I was alone and in fact I was. Alone in complete silence. Only one thing ran through my head. I was dead.
"Hello, Mr. Kang Kap-il," a voice emerges from directly behind me that sounded so familiar as if I had heard it before but I had no time to stand as I swiftly turn my head flipping my body around before scooting back in the opposite direction. "Yes?" my voice trembles meeting eye to eye with this woman. She was in a white suit and heels not to mention her hair and eyelashes were also white but her lipstick and eyes stood out to me as it was vibrant red. It was like a devil trying to be good.
"Stop over-thinking Kang, you're not dead," she says as soon as the thought crept around my mind as if she was reading my mind altogether. "I want to help you discover the killer," she says as her voice lightly brushes over the room. "With the pace, you are going at you'll never stop him without my help instead you will just end up getting others hurt trying to say the last victim. Do you want that to happen?" I shake my head still looking up at this woman whose hair followed down to her feet.
"But how are you gonna help me?"
"Ah ah ah," she wags her finger while shaking her head before joining me on the floor. "If I tell you this- there is no going back. No redos and no second chances as you will have everything you need to successfully catch this person. Do you really want to take this chance?" I nod without saying a single word and she looks around annoyed rolling her eyes before huffing.
"Did I do something wrong?" I ask
"No it's just weird," she stands back up and this time I followed by jumping to my feet. It felt much better than sitting on the cold, hard tile floor. "You haven't asked me a single question like where am I or Who are you? It's like you are just taking this in and believing everything I tell you. I mean it's good and all but it's not a trait you should be happy to have." again I only nod. I do have questions but as soon as they began to enter my mind they quickly vanish.
"I'm sorry," looking at the ground I say, "I'll try to think of some-"
"No need just hear me out," she starts, "In your attempt to save miss Kim so-ae another victim has been spotted in the same alley she was supposed to be in at the time," my eyes widened as I freeze.
"But-"
"I'm not finished," her voice drops a tone "In order to prevent more deaths you need to listen to the people around you. Everyone is different now. You need connections to more people and for every connection you have you waste it away. I'm only here to give you hints but try calling people you might find out something you haven't before."
"What's that supposed to mean- call who?"
"I brought you here to this safe haven and I only can bring you back here three more times to give you hints but you have to call on me"
"How do I do that"
"Just say my name, album diaboli deam and you will be back here"
"but- " she snaps her fingers and I wake up outside back in the comfort of the moonlight with a mild headache and eyes looking down on me.
"Maybe we should lift him and call for an ambulance," Kim so-ae suggest as I barely have my eyes fully open only seeing them as pixels. Even with a barely functional mind I still wouldn't want to go to any hospital. I sit up rubbing my eyes.
"Oh my gosh, are you okay," Kim so-ae offers her hand as Jang soo just blankly stares down at me with that gaze of his that just seems as if he is judging me all the time.
"Yeah I'm fine- completely fine, why wouldn't I be fine," I awkwardly laugh hoping up without grabbing hold of her hand to seem in better shape. "I think you guys should walk on home without me I just remembered that I have somethings to do," I take a small step back and feel a burning sensation on the back of my hand and reach up to touch it. It was warm back there and something felt very moist as it rolled down the back of my neck.
"Like hell, we're taking you to the hospital," Jang soo says as I see my hand covered in blood that started to drip down to my palm for the first time.
"Oh haha, no need for that I really need to get going," I turn around and try to run but get grabbed by the arm tightly stopping me in my tracks. I needed to run to the alley I only had a couple of minutes left before 11 and if that woman was correct there is another victim. If I can save her there should be no problem for the rest of the night.
"Or you'll end up dead again," a subconscious thought creeps in as I let myself get dragged back to campus all the way to Jang soo's car leaving a trail of blood everywhere I walked until he pulled off the ugly brown vest he had on and handed it to me to press up against my womb. I'm guessing it was because he didn't want my blood in his car as we drove off.
Kim so-ae that trader left me alone with Jang soo. How dare she listens to him when he says "I got it," in his deep ground shaking voice. What does he have? If anything I can take care of myself. I sit looking out the slightly cracked open window feeling the breeze hitting me in the face which calmed me down a bit but I couldn't help but think of the next possible victim-
My heart sinks into my chest as more blood rolls down my neck and I remember my first death visibly. Every stab wound I felt all over again aching my body and all I could do was stare as I remember the plunging of the knife opening my skin and watching myself start to ooze blood heavily. I could feel the warmth of my very own blood rolling down my stomach and see as it splashed its way onto the killer's jacket and yellow teeth and tongue as he enjoyed every moment smiling and laughing at me. As he still sat on top of me grinding his lower half-
"We are here," I hear a faint voice but I was too frozen to move I felt a tear roll down my face as I drop the vest down in the seat just behind my back as blood started leaking from my head once again like a waterfall. "Hey, Kang you good?" He rushed out of the car leaving his front door open before running to the other side and opening my door for me but I didn't move. He unbuckled the seatbelt and scooped me up grabbing the vest and adding pressure back on the wound before continuing to run towards the double doors which they opened on their own where the nurses ran to my side. After that everything went back as I wake up in a hospital bed.