As Dassi street was enveloped in a thick blanket of gray fog, Alex and Leo found themselves crouching in a dark alleyway, their hearts pounding with fear and anticipation. every sound seemed amplified, every shadow a potential threat. in the midst of this eerie silence, Alex's eyes darted frantically in search of the clowns and the man in yellow, his mind racing with possibilities and scenarios. Leo huddled in the corner, his hands shaking with a mixture of intense fear and adrenaline.
Leo's voice trembled with fear and uncertainty as he asked the question that hung heavy in the air "w-what should we do?"
Alexs's mind went blank, and he turned to Leo, wiping the sweat from his face as he said, "i don't know, you're the pro here remember?"
Leo's voice was tinged with a hint of desperation as he spoke, his words carrying the weight of his inexperience and fear " I've only done small jobs" he said "not these kinds of jobs, those are handled to the pros. "
Leo's voice trailed off as he saw a pair of gray hands sticking out of the wall behind him. 'What should I do .. if I move to fast then the clowns will know we are here' fear gripped him, but he slowly backed away, knowing that he had to stay calm and focused if he wanted to survive.
'Shit, shit, what am I gonna do there's nowhere to run 'Alex's eyes darted to the middle of the alleyway where a sewer cover lay waiting "an escape" Alex said under his breath with a single nod to Leo who was facing him, the two removed the cover, and the two jumped in without hesitation.
the two of them ran through the dark, smelly sewer with all their might, their hearts pounding with fear and adrenaline. when they finally stopped, they were both panting heavily, their eyes struggled to adjust to the dark
Leo face was bright red his hair was oily his noise had snot coming out he was also in a coughing fit after a few seconds Leo said" we can stay for now, but we don't know if the clowns are gonna come down here" the two panted like they had just run a marathon.
"We have died about 8 times, and this is the farthest we have gotten ...." Alex added his voice started to fade slowly like he was about to collapsed but he stood in place Leo looked over in concern Alex added " I- I'm tried is all , we need to find a safe spot" Alex said his voice was still not the same his head felt hot, he felt like taking off the wig, part of him told him not to while the other part said go ahead Alex then got an idea " do you remember when we first met?" Alex said his voice still seemed as if he would drop at any moment.
"Yeah, why?" Leo looked at Alex with a confused look.
"On that day I lost a few of my memories" he said, Leo looked in shock but Alex continued" I still remember some stuff but not a lot all I know for sure is my name and birthday other than that nothing else" Alex said his voice returned back to normal, Leo looked in shock 'is he telling me the truth? wait why would he want to lie here? this makes no sense at all' , Leo added inwardly.
"So, you don't Rember Audery?" Leo asked he was in one of the corners he sat there looking at Alex with a sturine look "no... I don't Rember anyone at all..." Alexs's face changed to one of sadness Leo got up then walked over to Alex then slapped him in his back then he said, " don't worry I will help you get your memories back" Leo said "I'm guessing that the reason why you joined the black heart company was because you wanted to find a way to regain your memories right?" Leo added he had a half smile on his face, the smile he showed could not hide his sadness.
as Alex was gonna talk, he had an idea when they died those eight times the symbol that was on his arm went to the middle of his left palm, he didn't know what it meant back then but now he does 'is bell saying I should use divination but on what?' Alexs right shoulder had a cut on it he wiped it away with his left palm the blood touched the symbol, Alexs eyes turned a deep black he saw a man in a black trench coat walking around in dassi street while the streets were filled with a deep gray fog, clowns were walking about, the man in the trench coat did not even react to any of them neither did the clowns. they did not dare to attack, but one foolish clown did it threw a sliver card at the man but he blocked it with a wall of flesh the clown jumped back but it was already too late its body feel to pieces blood spread everywhere the pile of flesh came to life in a way it then crawled up to the man in the black trench coat, Alex eyes returned to normal 'that guy is not normal ..we should stay away from him' Alex added in fear
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the two decided to keep walking in the sewers they saw light coming from one of the sewer covers they climbed up the stairs ,during their eight deaths Leo realized that he couldn't use his aqua vision because something is blocking him form really seeing anything, Leos clothes were covered in a black dust, when Bragi told him to look after Alex he did not change his clothes the only thing he did was bath so did Alex
Alex removed the sewer cover there were no fog in the air there was only the sun and a group of people that were being hung from the sky by an invisible source the two gave their hops up they thought that this would help them escape. the only thing that was on Alexs's mind was to escape with Audrey because he got her involved.
The two saw a large bronze warehouse the two walked into the warehouse it was dark and there was this weird stench in the air the two then heard a voice" great lady Asuriel I've done what you have asked of me my lady" the two recognized that voice to be the man in yellow the two stood in fear Alex and Leo slowly backed away from the warehouse the voice continued, "good... but not enough find me a host, so that I can make it my hollow " a divine voice added Alex wanted to see what just talked
It was a woman with ghost like skin sliver hair with red lips she had a sliver mask cover her eyes they were covered in Jewlery, her Hipps were connected to a tree trunk it looked as if she was made from it Alex felt an intense amount of fear he knew that he had to get out of there the voices continued "there is a problem though this man has killed some of our clowns" the man in yellow said, the angelic voice added" what do you call this man?" she said " they call him death Knell" the man in yellow said his voice was deep and hollow he sounded like he was dead for years, Alex and Leo Got out of the warehouse the two saw a clothes store then Alex remembered that Dassi street Goes on for a mile then he realized when Audery wanted to leave she was cut down the moment she tried to leave by then he had realized that there's a range.
"don't go the that store I think that's where the barrier ends " Alex said he didn't know if he was correct, but he said that to just be sure of it.
"ok then where do we g-" as Leo said he heard a voice in the corner of his ear he looked behind him he saw a blue clown the only thing that happened was the clown did not attack it just walked Alex followed it but Leo stopped him "what are you doing?, that could be a trap " Leo said but Alex wasn't listening he still went ahead to follow the blue clown it led back into Dassi street the clown led them to a shop there were no sings up there were no name to it, the building looked old and broken down "how is this still here?" Leo added Alex did not stay to chat he went in there was a staircase that led up. it was dark and the blue clown looked at the two boys with a sad look the clown then said, " I will help you find your friend, once you find her leave" the blue clown said the two boys looked at each other then turned to the clown then said, "how do we leave this place?" the two said.
"You leave by going through the door in that warehouse."
"So, you're telling us to go save our friend just to die" Alex said.
"don't worry I will help you guys; I don't want you two to end up involved into this"!
"Why are you trying to help us?" Alex asked the blue clown.
"I'm trying to stop them from turning into hollows for that bastard god she doesn't Deveres to get one "the blue clown said in anger.
"No more questions if we stay any longer there's a higher chance of the two of you becoming the hollow" The blue clown said he was about to get here when Alex then asked another question.
"What is a Hollow?"