"Yawaaaa... It's here.... It's truly here..." I was already spiraling. To make it worse...i had an accident.
Actual pee. I was peeing on my shorts. Because I was truly scared and horrified. I didn't even look behind me this time.
I know she's there. Her cold hands still on my shoulder. I tried peeking on one of her hand, and my gaze went through the hem of a white dress.
"Lo-la....." My voice was barely coming out.
Lola was just inside the living room. If she would just look to her right, she would see me through the window.
But it's like she didn't hear anything. And was focused on the TV she was watching.
Moments like this, I was thankful our neighbor's houses were distant. Nobody will see my current state.
Embarrassing as it is, but I'm a coward. If this white lady could laugh, it would have done it. As my urine, pooled around my feet.
"Go...away..." My body froze as the temperature dropped even more.
It doesn't makes sense. It's already morning. The sun was high up and she's around.
Waaaaaaah.... I wanna run as far as I could but my body won't move.
[HOST. TASK SEEK THE WHITE LADY AND CLEANSE HER SOUL IN PROGRESS.]
"I know it. But the last one. I needed to do something aren't I?"
[HOST. WOULD YOU LIKE TO USE ONE POINT TO UNLOCK COMMUNICATION SKILL?]
Good lord. This is getting even worse. Communicating? With whatever's behind me?
No way. No... Not at all... I'm already seeing them, and you want me to talk to them.
I was scolding this stupid system internally.
[REMINDER. FAILURE TO TAKE ACTION WILL FORCE THE SYSTEM TO ADD A TASK DEADLINE]
Not good. That's not good at all. A deadline? And then what? Have a countdown that would force me to take action out of desperation.
"Anthony... Think... Act on your own or get force. The latter doesn't sound nice at all." I muttered to myself.
Then I tapped the system and unlocked the communication skill with the sole point I have.
[COMMUNICATION SKILL UNLOCKED]
"Shhhhhaaaaaaa~ rrrrrrrrooooonnnnnn~"
It's the same voice. The same chilling and creepy voice like earlier.
It wasn't just a long sha anymore, but with a ron now.
"Sha-ron?" I mumbled.
[DING]
[HOST HAS ACTIVATED COMMUNICATION SKILL]
The cold pale hands disappeared from my shoulders. I felt it go away. And i thought the coast was clear.
Without looking behind, I ran towards the toilet and did a quick bath.
I heard Lola Aurora nagging again. On why I wasn't fetching any water and had the audacity to take a bath.
Because why not? I was leaking with my own pee. She doesn't have to know that detail.
Inside the little bathroom space we have, I was pouring myself water using the dipper and scrubbed my skin.
Then added water to the shampoo bottle to empty it out thoroughly. And poured it on my hair.
I was washing my hair when I held into a cold hand. My gaze went towards the mirror. And I wasn't able to retract my hand because I was already frozen still.
From the mirror, the white lady was washing my hair. Cold but gentle. I squinted my eyes as the shampoo leaked down towards my eyes.
I was still scared. But the system was now, getting impatient.
"Alright, just try it. I don't have to look at her face. Just communicate."
I poured water again, rinsing the shampoo away from my hair. Then, gathered whatever act of bravery I could muster.
And forced myself to turn around to face her.
Eyes still shut. Obviously.
"One, two, three..." I forced them to open.
In front of me, the white lady was floating. Her white dress was so long, her feet wasn't visible at all.
I turned pale instantly. This is too much to take. But I was facing her anyways.
"Sha.....ron.... Is....that .. your... Name?" I was stuttering.
Her faceless face was blurry. I couldn't make out anyway from it.
Then her head nodded.
She was speaking her name the whole time. And Sharon? I don't know anyone with that name.
"What... Can... I do... To help?"
I shouldn't have asked.... The faceless face that once was just there...
Was better than the face she's showing.
[HOST. THE WHITE LADY HAS ASKED FOR HELP. TO CLEANSE HER SOUL, YOU MUST FULFILL HER LAST WISH.]
I knew it. This is getting more uncontrolled. If I help her, I'll get tangled into something I won't be able to turn my back on.
But that's not the issue right now.
My whole stomach turned as I retched violently. Vomiting spit after looking at her her now visible face.
It wasn't pleasant at all. Her face was bloodstained. Not just her face but even her once untainted white dress was covered in blood.
One eye was bulging out, I could see the tissues the only thing that's holding it, dangling on her cheek.
While the other eye was bloodshot.
A stab wound on her stomach, that's still bleeding. Her blood was dripping down the bathroom floor.
It was too much. Absolutely too much.
She was just floating still. Then she reached out her hand towards me.
And put it on my shoulder.
"Help me...seek..justice..."
The way she said it was filled with darkness.
Like she's still filled with ominous energy around her.
Then her eye fell down.
That did it. My whole vision blurred as I fainted from witnessing the greatest scare of my life.