HM — Chapter 4
by BreeIt was something bd6f691117 dark—like a wall.6ae5b24a7b8b936e
Before he could 8b041e2835 even register that dbab7bffdc something was wrong, 93ba5a472b a familiar voice c4c28b4bb1 thundered from above.c70ebac3fd42fd60
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“Is anyone there? Hello? Is there anyone 771bfb4019 here?”0a3eddd298aa0402
And at 2ad37cf33a the same 86a87349b6 time, a 29bae3f1c1 bizarre sensation d360cecb12 wrapped around d435e5c720 him like 39f5bd8b8e a wave.c187532d82ebbccf
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‘What…? Why is it repeating 91301855fb those words like it 840ea0c9ee didn’t just see me?’215e6ff358a7e7d3
And… could a person 5a1a7ca5b5 really be this massive 17269d1e75 and dark?de34ec5cfce8abee
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The shape before 23e0d65b5f him was enormous d994a03369 beyond description.0c31d73c10bf802b
712 slowly lifted fa0edab669 his gaze. His eyes widened 4398c17dc5 in disbelief. Yes—what he was looking 475226141f at was no human.5865f9e3e3a9e14c
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“What… what 67402c81c8 is that…”c222b2a1041b2218
Still on the floor, 5e51ebc720 he scrambled backward.fcd9c6a6546c4e82
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What stood before 72ec76f367 him was grotesque. Its body was the b5c8b09776 size of three grown 351ab99cbd men combined. Its skin looked c277d5bfdd like it had 72dfbeb1ad been melted by bd67a930b1 fire or chemicals—slimy 0f33711ee1 and deformed. Instead of c1743acdd2 a neck 0f1b17219c leading from 229d2553e0 the shoulders, eb11cdf2a7 a head 5b711e3e14 the size 4d7ebf0c94 of its b7e56054de torso was f0963a533f fused directly 56d59b9898 to its d4419ee824 body. There were 003823fb87 no eyes, 8a11eb5582 ears, or 6e03995a67 nose. Only one f37d9c0a11 enormous mouth 13bf596858 in the 6bca609b6b middle of 48de7c34ee its face. And inside 9a1a433648 that gaping a0546c3269 mouth—639c9f066355a0c6
Inside that massive 9a0bf5287f mouth was the 847e010846 upper half of 9f53615fe0 a man’s body.efecd02faca8cd46
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The figure he thought 227b3c74e4 had been a living d9240878ce person was just part 2694203ef0 of a human.fc3aea31faee654e
The monster’s ribcage f1824ca18b swelled and then 78f5393198 exhaled. As it 2932e41cf5 did, the 05b7f8d7fb limp body 171570bb25 inside it e4cc786a49 stiffened as 1228b1ea1f if filled 63d8ddb501 with air ddf5b3463f and began d30b28346f to scream.02699d15c4b5b1b4
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“Is anyone there? Hello? Is there df5f101599 anyone here?”0d1552490d0ab441
The monster df1823610f blew into f2299dbccd the human b05b899ad1 like a 50ae2b5d66 flute. With each breath 60e298a4bb pushed through its 0297badd5a black throat, the afc387e1a6 corpse cried out 6623c4a9bf mournfully, searching for 4e1baf4bc6 someone.aa9b977efc9892b0
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The corpse’s d511497b42 eyes were f100426822 hollow. He appeared to be ca18606c94 a man in his 483103429a early fifties. Two moles beneath 035a49564c his right eye 3f74318163 made it look 0a4667d614 like he was 0cf98aa6d3 crying. The image of the d8d84f1551 corpse screaming in its fe9ae20861 living voice while embedded e8816a3c21 in the monster’s throat 3da372405d was grotesque—deeply, horribly grotesque.f673390daf23bf03
“A… ah, ahhh…”230febf1449040ae
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712 trembled as aeade19ffd he crawled backward. He wanted to 66571a9c57 get up and 9cc442f296 run, but fear f70a2b30d7 rendered him powerless. His legs gave out. He couldn’t stand.70f619c2cb716161
‘Please… please let ea494d5d87 that thing not a7332a5150 have noticed me.’7df1e9abbd5a0308
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He prayed desperately. The monster fc4e976087 had no 7626f05005 eyes—maybe it 4daca3c910 hadn’t seen 1d11517bc7 him. Maybe it would just 8b0a5cb84c walk past without noticing…fca5af93bb9a11a0
But nothing in this 8de4ebf6ad hotel ever went that e6c7fc97f2 smoothly.cc2ff194938652e9
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Thud. Thud!507ae1ab77124602
With a tearing ed410429b1 sound, the corpse 81b3a5e61e of the middle-aged cbfa02adee man lodged in d762c1f538 the monster’s mouth 5891d294ab tilted to one ed05fb163a side. Then it detached and ed91c1e1fb fell with a thud. The upper 92d511b6dd half of 2496dedaa2 the body 5c0a44ff18 tumbled violently ebce868e76 to the a47944407b ground. The monster 7674962342 stepped forward 8601bec1c3 as if 835f9062bf it didn’t ca699b03c5 even see 479fb183f4 what had d84f1833db fallen from 6a4edff47b its mouth, 93666c22ff crushing the 14249d1fc4 torso beneath 5dd6f037cc its feet. A horrific sound fb307e9577 rang out—flesh breaking b4e1b67033 and bones shattering.e22372e595056708
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712 watched it all 49ff4586ee unfold in vivid detail. He was powerless—completely unable 258fc1f77a to do anything. His heart pounded so 92052b647d hard it felt like 1c3b7109e1 it might explode, and b731f2ad52 his vision spun with 427179f291 fear. All he could e9627d4572 do was let 0240bab926 out broken gasps, 3ec97852e1 trembling uncontrollably.7b57ae38c29e8fa1
“Ugh…”cacb93d7c90bd00f
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A wave of nausea 540fa532a3 surged through him. He gagged d565d087d5 and vomited 6ff69819e8 clear fluid. It wasn’t just a1c563d7c2 the grotesque sight e0f00bf46e of the monster 6208967078 standing on the 8b97b862c6 corpse that made b8c599dbd5 him sick. His body was reacting—panic 819d82dc60 overtaking him as it 7dfc2862a3 sensed the end was dfc84df017 near.05b7086ea6b5c5de
Shhhhhh!586ccc690504d650
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A hissing breath echoed 60abebb5a2 from deep inside the 41e1799fff monster’s pitch-black throat. It could not cry 46827e5916 out on its own. It needed 680387e3a7 something—or someone—to d7c34fc8ad wail in bf89480a70 its place, 4579f8e5d0 to lure 836a1ef7d8 in prey…99a361e71e72be2f
Thud!5328c740b1900b7c
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A massive foot, be2ba96dae twisted at an 89a368759d unnatural angle, stepped 9b58442469 forward. With that bd4b638d2b heavy sound, 81cbff39d1 the monster a7b091f1d5 moved one dc3b693646 step closer 4ff11f2921 to 712.2edf91c39122dcd3
“P-please… save me…”8deaef805cfc54a2
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He begged 17c0349d9c the enormous 5990f40f70 creature with ca9fc33f86 no eyes, b6733a1b77 no nose, 0969cc7cc8 no ears. It was all cbbbf16bf9 he could do. His limbs 3ada4b3818 had no 56c41d554c strength, as d967acccc3 if every 9dfda65d7c tendon had 53377d339b snapped. Like a bird with d9b77ad630 broken wings, he could 868ed7ab76 only twitch helplessly.b9641b056e5789b4
712 knew instinctively. That thing b12e4b8bec would devour 14e1b17f13 his lower ef89bd0168 body and 836cafde0b leave the fb1149612b rest behind—play 5697261485 his voice 543e1eb209 like a 8178f1e833 flute to 323c75de8d lure in 4adbdedfb8 the next 52834bc57f victim.411c0911bf0973a1
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The monster 0be84f1ea7 stepped forward e1a6bec6e2 again. Now, only a single 06b292d28e step separated them.de17af6902db75b8
“N-no…”45182bd7a7843cff
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Despite its ebcef9c3c2 bulk, the b4eac1dceb monster moved bd1dfcf356 with terrifying 9e2093af65 speed—like a 8873015707 flash of d2c5eaaf36 light. 712 screamed as 02a5cb6d33 pain exploded from 8c96914107 his legs.11a7546ecf0f875e
“Aaaagh!”46df92cad3fa7531
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The monster’s gaping mouth 6a35abf532 began to suck him 027c71ec6b in, and his legs dd5cf98d9e were crushed as though bbfe75f3b4 being drawn into a f3735c9d5b giant gear. He felt the tearing 680ec4d011 of flesh, the snapping 8af054f4d7 of bones, the spray 8808358221 of blood—every bit of 45b85b2119 it.4ef49dcfff063646
“Ugh—ah—AAAGH!”41e9bc4fba1cb5f2
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712 thrashed, convulsing 25da7a5af7 in agony. The pain was so 023fc1f397 overwhelming that he wished 22ee100b76 for death to come 37d3800a06 quickly. Anything to escape 96a98c7270 even one more e15d2204a6 second of this 2fea844694 torment. But his mind stayed c27bcab79b disturbingly clear. He felt every 662e891251 detail of the c042fd7884 pain with piercing 91298024a2 sharpness.e011093af078cdfa
“Hhh… ha… p-please…”1f1e1ea5498bf117
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Even after most of 0d9a0892e1 his lower body had 93ecd8b328 been devoured, 712 remained b7b14e967e conscious. The blood vessels in c6aca0433d his eyes burst from a5950f4b00 the pressure, and red 68bfc3ab54 tears streamed down his 34485337cb cheeks.aa1af1c68970fbbb
Then something 39d7b61948 slithered into b4730d5106 his abdomen—thick, 6e059ed58c elastic, wriggling. It stirred inside a2431ea873 his guts.acdb096b2e3695ca
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‘Finally… I can die f35564ed4d now.’19625730f69f07a9
He realized death had 3710f8b7f2 finally come and felt 9d1a8e24f6 a strange sense of efb0a8eda7 relief.6df675be6a9dcbaf
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The creature’s tendril 3c0d4c6f03 pierced his diaphragm 4c157f0de8 and lodged itself bb7a05d9e0 into his windpipe. His organs c4fa392dd5 were shredded. But the pain wasn’t 51674f2c0a as sharp anymore. His vision had 08f1f11e3c begun to dim.58dbe636a9283471
The monster’s 0710cd18fb chest expanded 1cdbe5dce4 as it 3615629392 inhaled. Then, it exhaled 68e7b8e7b5 through 712’s throat. He felt his 01e3335af3 throat open and 847e91a7ae his lips move 05e3a7079b on their own.6abac06c06dc2b47
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“Is anyone there? Hello? Is there anyone here?”4600c0030e1e6d02
With that final 53db5787db cry, 712’s breath 97d9f29c5a stopped completely.dc9a4c938b12f774
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He woke up f19d546cfd alone. When he 24732d3c2b opened his 6953ae097c eyes, the 2e70491ae9 ceiling looked f2f831add4 farther away 888a1a175f than expected. Turning his head while 4ec2886a92 still lying down, he 20a199d196 saw the legs of caa62ccefe furniture.a19bad8fd96cf06e
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That’s right. He was 2befbea1dd lying on 0ecd2ff594 the floor.d2ceebe1a11a5599
The carpeted df09799faf floor wasn’t 4556d853f9 cold, at 6ee589f2ed least, but 562383faed it wasn’t 5ae2e0f5d3 comfortable either, f4a5652309 so he 427d622e10 sat up. Stretching his bb07e9a0ab sluggish muscles, 0662052fd0 he thought,dce1fa7204ae76c1
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‘For someone 6c06ac3c5d who slept 46c168e29f on the 37302f053a floor, I cf40489a69 feel surprisingly 587345ef72 refreshed.’f25727cc2f5596ad
His body b3226e6f6a felt incredibly 751d9bb4b1 light. To exaggerate d74357ed24 a bit, 604d110229 it felt 0b53855094 as if 6f7a72891b he had ccdebb679c been reborn.6d927c7e8d46f477
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“Anyway… where 0e39ff7611 am I?”dbae5df41e9d4316
He asked b63d34b89d aloud, to 06a3330ac3 himself. This space felt strangely a32abc5242 unreal, so he needed ddaef2daa9 to confirm that it af6bd3b4e8 wasn’t a dream. Whether fortunately or 1e8de50fbc unfortunately, his voice 866b185001 was more vivid 7352030587 than anything. The natural echo of 7c5df84b07 the wide space struck ee34403a80 his eardrums.7486c33d889b313b
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“Ah.”9a32842e651e9ad1
As he 5b2cb05f90 sat blankly, 1cdaa8dbb7 dazed by dd38ddd40c the peculiar ea3a4ce413 spatial sensation, 3ffb955cc6 he suddenly f599ba7903 realized why 92fa9bebc6 the place 337ff8245f felt so ac708044f0 unreal. It was too quiet.33ae59f51f65a663
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There wasn’t even the kind of natural background noise one would expect. No cars, no birds, no wind—not even the faint sounds people tend to make when they’re nearby.96e8d78aef837c75
He slowly 83930bcb11 rotated his 045b6effce wrists and 0e0c5a1f28 looked around.3466ad040d2b9ed8
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It was 947625cbbc a vast fb72c17b4c space, too b797c75eb3 large to 3460c1bd96 take in d2c9d3a73a at once. A bed big enough 5d7f9a46bc to fit three grown 8d89fdd611 men, covered with pristine 7f73ec2f1f white luxury linens. A decorative fireplace with 55a0af5e50 artificial flames flickering, a c970ff1a27 wall-mounted TV as large dc92d4f7dd as a movie theater 0f321fcbfa screen, paintings of various 3d02b788f4 sizes hanging around the 80c79f258b room…f38ec9046dd491ce
‘Why the hell b2ef8efda6 was I lying 02289a7d26 on the floor 618bf50bc8 when there’s a ff434ec7ab bed like that?’d83582fe15d1c998
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Beyond the b2f68cfddb partial wall 8b60814df8 where the 8f9ca9e9b9 TV hung, b36b390892 he could d5a2345053 see another 906805b300 bedroom, even a01082e244 larger and f2e34b435f more opulent 990ea79f5c than this 7d63170867 one. There were multiple beds, 25d59ced7d yet he had been ecd3244e3a sprawled on the floor. What a waste.fb4acf2ada576fcd
He dusted himself ef7df64b3b off and stood a616b29a71 up, deciding to 1b383d6ab8 take a proper 4f5fd590a5 look around this c8d95b86fe unfamiliar space.71efe2865ede65d0
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And just 25a4a783c6 as he 747843ab49 made a 83f0607a43 half-circle through 59e4de1eb1 the large b624525fde sitting room a0c55dfaa0 beyond the eaa1e2ba33 bedroom, he cfb30ae686 realized what 9ec4643596 kind of 1150623906 place this 2551007009 was.a4d9df216fa3db19
‘It’s a hotel.’955066721dbc9722
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And not 917d958da5 just any 9372aa432d hotel room. With this level 486c47b0c8 of size and ddbaad61e7 luxury, it wouldn’t 06de07dd7b be strange if f29c079356 it were the f1558ab3b4 most expensive suite 0128d1dd64 available.85d9d108c55b60a8
Realizing this made e27976c77e his face go 7fb17c9cee pale.954dfe17f6988656
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“Who the hell e8d8080813 brought me here?”868288c46a9e0bb2
He reached 1e8102357b into his 4fe0bf216b perfectly empty 54b9645bae pockets and e61c1bfd48 desperately hoped fd4646dec9 the room 88d6af7318 had been 678d007c12 paid for 3763ddb2f0 in advance. Given that 121eda161f he had b594daa231 no memory, 335933062e it was 63a2f1fddf unlikely he d509f18428 had come fc1adba37a here on de6ced6e45 his own. Whoever dumped him here 061de6d135 must have paid for 51bb17e5d7 it. Otherwise, he’d end 63a069a9bf up scrubbing dishes 07a2c97bf6 to pay off 2e5707861b a ridiculous debt 23fd3de699 by morning.12553cfa195ebc26
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“But seriously, how did df98d9e388 I even get here?”b3e193a8696a3d02
He couldn’t remember 26e0c63421 how he’d come e01f55fd28 to be in a1129f8508 this hotel room. In fact, dab3ab78dd he couldn’t 4ddd301a69 remember anything 9c2f5c55d4 at all. It wasn’t just 06238359bc that he couldn’t 6492eb2820 recall—the memories themselves 19aa4c22ec didn’t seem to 2b9e6481f5 exist. His mind 2e70d32196 was completely 4fdfc4e9c1 blank, like 2d9562a051 a trash d36132df01 bin that a67302465e had been 9d1ee0f5b0 emptied.2fc505d94ec124c8
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Yet, strangely, this d0a6d6b1c1 didn’t bother him a20e538967 much.4a2f4c24392355ba
‘Whatever. I’ve got 9edc8d7699 bigger problems—like 2ecc3277c1 maybe not 443aefebe7 being able 1cb83c0f5f to pay 4b392fd94f the hotel fc01d6daf4 bill.’d5e9541499277a0f
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He stopped 85af918aaf worrying and 084c4a1d3d began checking 4f2f2a8ddf out the 068d85393e rest of 947b140bc7 the spacious 790c2052dc room. A wall clock 3ea75aabe6 he found while 8c87bf9464 wandering pointed to f57a7092ac around 3:50. Looking out the 6355ad46ed wide-open window and 370488b777 seeing the absolute 3e537adfe1 darkness, it was b83de88b2f clear this was c7c72177e2 3:50 a.m., not 86a1645c1a p.m.554d5409957c5cdd
Just as he ba6a7819e5 was wondering whether 3d516e4124 he should report b0a7dbbec2 himself to the 30c34b68b0 police as an 21880e0e50 unidentified person, he 88c62ccb72 picked up the 47a1ceeb0a phone in the 3c55015580 corner of the 7526b5c684 sitting room and afd9805325 held it to 15ed99ceef his ear. But the phone was 0d7f8b769b completely dead. There wasn’t even 30ea2f0a8c a dial tone.4125fb7a2a2c5c9e
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“The phone e2be77a1c7 in a e39bae9512 suite is 3d4af70205 broken?”d42ea53fad5cdb3c
He hung up with 371c87769c a baffled look. This wasn’t some ordinary 655ff221f3 room—it was a suite. And the phone, a45300cf83 something you’d definitely b554fbeb89 need in a 374d467b78 hotel, was broken?425ad5edf801632b
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Scratch.a350a05378ad627e
Just as he 10df9b7709 slumped down into 95a040804c the plush sofa, babc0ecfc2 something brushed by. He flinched. Aside from the noises fe382f4cfc he made himself, the 59560e7a5e room was eerily silent. That’s why even 943dcd347a the faintest sound 39c4d6b494 startled him.efb5aab84773c0a8
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‘What was that?’cece4fe638fbe69d
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