When his feet reached the bus' stair his whole body suddenly stopped. He just stopped.
No further movement. Like, somehow, the thread that's controlling him suddenly snap.
Creak, Creak.
It was low, quiet creak. The way the sound could be heard in the body of V was like someone was discarding something in him.
Then, a voice rang. Like a half, lost voice that shouldn't be possible.
"Are you...?¿ Going to ride?"
The voice was lied upon, to whomever heard it sound that transcend beyond space and dimensions.
"Re-a Ouy...¿? Rid oin?"
Then a minute. Another one sound, this time, the voice was so vivid that Emmanuel, who was watching thought he was the one being asked.
And if that wasn't bad enough, the voice felt like it was a combination of abominable noise that shouldn't be possible.
Horrified, Emmanuel want to shout. He want to run and scream. But no voice seem to come out. his body suddenly felt heavy.
Clank, Creak, Clank!
Then the body move. Step by step. Every time V took a step his body would creak.
Then the moment his body reached the aisle of the bus, things took a dark turn.
He could see, across the whole bus every passenger.
In the very front, two kinds sat there. They look pale and their body's vein, look noticable enough to know that they are dead. Their lips, Violet.
Then across there, sat an old man near the window. It's eyes big enough to tell it seen something. It's body was wrecked open, especially it's innards could be seen coming out. Like someone specifically destroy the body open using a mason hammer.
Then to the left, sit a woman. The woman has a pale body and skin. Given the fact that everyone was dead, all of them are supposed to be pale but this one, this one didn't.
Her 'supposed' to be pale skin was nowhere to be seen. And instead, lies there a red muscle that occasionally twitch. There was also a it's face, destroyed beyond repair.
It wasn't wrecked, or mutilated but rather it was burned.
Burned enough to tell that it's skin was utterly destroy but enough to leave it's muscle intact. Like a fucking medium rare she is. Cook without mercy.
Emmanuel, he could smell it. Something burned. Something disgusting.
Then another one, at the back of the woman sat two people.
A woman, again. But this time with a child.
The baby, was only a couple of months from how it look like, it look newly birthed since it was covered in blanket of white...or it's supposed to be white.
If you think it was normal, no it's not. The baby isn't even crying infact it wasn't even an infant. But a mere fetus.
Emmanuel can't even describe it anymore. More than what he saw, he feel more like he'll lost his mind any moment from now.
Just as V was about to take a step forward, his body was forced out by a hand. The old man's hand grabbed V's shoulder. Which is where the camera is.
The camera tilted and fall at his back.
Now it was downwardly recording V's back-point of view.
The camera stay still like that. From time to time, you'll see someone running at there. But what was most noticeable was the shuttle bus stop.
Now, it was old. Ancient. Exactly how Emmanuel caught a glimpse of it earlier at the light post.
In the video, you could see the way it was turning old and old like it's in the rapid time lapse.
Hell if it wasn't that enough, there was more. The mud around the place. It wasn't supposed to be there.
No it was never there. Not until now.
Then V suddenly stood, and. he turned back. The camera was now facing the road. The bus, start moving slowly and then slowly it disappear.
In the darkness, if you squint your eyes, you'll see a figure standing still.
Watching V like a statue. And Emmanuel because of his fuck up vision, saw that figure.
The figure wasn't moving, but the moment the camera can't see the figure anymore, it suddenly appear.
Like it was trying to follow V but keeping it's distance since there's a camera.
At first it was total dark and you could only see a figure but the very then, the camera's flashlight open.
Arghiii!
There, a figure so tall stalking V. Because of the camera's flashlight it suddenly let out an ear piercing cry.
Strangely V didn't look back, maybe he didn't heard it or he didn't look back for a reason.
But the camera would sometimes tilt from left to right. Would swing from left to right.
And There isn't just a figure, there was more.
They were trying to follow V but because of the light they can't get near. The light somehow Save V.
Clank, Clank, Clank!
Tip! Tip! Tip!
You could see from the camera how they walk. Their soles didn't even touch the ground. They only use their toes to walk.
Maybe that's why they look so tall.
Just then, the figures suddenly turn erratic.
Like they were panicking.
V also sped up. His walk or rather march start to sped up. He didn't run though.
He only walk.
They start running straight at him.
Hic!
Emmanuel almost lost his breath when those fingernail that was long enough to Peirce through a body, almost caught V.
Then, they suddenly disappeared. Like 'poof!' Something like that.
No further explanation why. That's until the camera caught cars speeding from the road.
It was then that Emmanuel conclude that V was back. The heavy feeling that pressing him down, it also disappeared.
For a moment, he want to say something but no words seem to come out.
No noise, he want to cry but then he realize he'll just stay silent.
Sigh
Finally, he let out a sigh and look at the video. V took the camera and put it back in his shoulder.
You could see that the city was finally looking somewhat alive. There were people walking from time to time.
He also saw a shuttle bus stop ahead. There were people waiting there.
Emmanuel don't know how but he watched it the very moment it came out. And it's only an hour long yet it took him 3 hours to completely watched it.
He didn't even stop it aside from the time he comment something.
He also noticed the views that is running faster than he could expect.
There's only a single view earlier, and it came from him. Now it was more than hundred of thousand.
There's also comment, that says 'Fuck you, what the hell is this video! It look so real it was basically a curse Analoghorror. Who ever you are that posted it, if I ever see you I'm going to stab you, you hear that, I'll stab you to death'.
Then Emmanuel turned his head, he slowly turn it in case he see something.
But there's none. Finally he jump out of his bed, he immediately open the light. What greet him is utter mess.
There were small foot steps there. There's also a smell of something burned and if it wasn't enough his blanket was so wet it look like it was submerge in the water.
Emmanuel want to freak out, but all he could do was close his eyes. He want to sleep but it was already 6 in morning.
He could hear footsteps of his parents.
'They must be preparing to go to work and open the store.' He thought. he just closed his eyes and let it sink in.
There's so many things that happen and more than that. His parents know nothing about it.
'Did I somehow gain a fucking fear resistance's he thought and laugh.
His laugh was full of sorrow and pain before he collapse at where he stood up.
He lean at the door and for a moment he said. "I'll fucking take my absent today and sleep." He murmured.
"Fuck you Vince, If I meet you I'll make sure to choke you to death."