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What Lies Within

Enemy of Yourself

Kenny's feet sank into almost invisible quicksand each time he took a step like he was being pulled in. "GUYS, HELP!" he shouted. No one could help or hear him. He was totally alone.

The mysterious girls had gone leaving Tyson with the wound. "Damn that stings," he said looking around and a noise met his hears. It almost sounded like Max. "MAX...MAXIE!"

"Nobody can help you, you're as helpless as I was," it was followed by an almost mischievous laughter.

"Get away from me!" Tyson shouted.

"We'll be together, together forever," the second girl said, her voice in the surrounding area. "Together forever...together forever." Tyson turned and bolted to where he thought he heard Max. This was bad. He wanted to get out and he wanted to get out NOW!

"TYSON, RAY, KAI, KENNY!" Max shouted. No one was around apart from the sound of the saw all around. The smell of blood met his nose making him wince. "Aww, that stinks." He covered his nose as he stepped and looked down seeing what was causing the smell. Blood covered the floor. "Wha?" The sound of sawing echoed all around him. "GET AWAY FROM ME!" Max shouted desperate to get away. The sound was getting deep into his head. He had to get out of here and he started running desperately ignoring the blood all around. Out of the cloud ahead appeared a circular saw buzzing at full speed. He was mere seconds away from falling onto it. "AH!" he shouted leaping to the right and falling covering himself in the blood.

The saw started moving towards him but the blond got up and started running away. Tears steamed down his cheeks "HELP, PLEASE HELP! ANYONE HELP!"

"I WILL HAVE THE ORB, YOU WILL PAY FOR THE DECEPTION. NOBODY DARES TO DEFY ME YOU PATHETIC HUMAN!" Ray felt the breeze of the "claws" swiping at him. Driger had been unsuccessful. Whatever was chasing him wasn't normal. He had ran further and faster than he had for along time. Jumping wasn't an option any more, his legs were aching and exhausted. Ray knew he couldn't run for much longer and then, it was game over. "I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! I DON'T HAVE AN ORB!"

"LIES, LIES, LIES, LIES, HUMAN YOU LIE TO YOUR GOD?" it spat back at him and Ray remembered. The story he told. It was about a man with an Orb. Through the fog of his exhaustion and panic he had forgotten. If he wasn't running for his life he'd have tried to figure it out more. Did something hear his story and was now using it to hunt him down?

Kai was running, he had no idea what to do. He was being chased by what looked like kids after going through horrible mutilating surgery. There was nowhere to hide. Nothing to do. He was being pursued by images of his past. "BORIS WILL GET YOU, BORIS WILL GET YOU, BORIS WILL GET YOU...!" the voices chanted. This scared him even more. Kai was still tired from his short night and with the jetlag. He didn't know what to do apart from run but he was soon running out of strength and stamina. Like Ray he could run but he couldn't run forever.

Max was now being chased by circular saws flying past him. The blood he had fell in now had mysteriously vanished but that was the least of his worries. The saws were VERY real as they cut into his arms and legs leaving bleeding wounds. The pain was beyond what he could handle. It was too much. The blond continued to scream out for help hoping someone or the others would find and help him. He didn't think the others would be going through the same peril that he was. He was running in random lines and circles, slowly moving away from the camp they had set up, desperate to escape the imminent threat. "HELP, SOMEONE, PLEASE, HELP!"

"GUYS, ANYONE?!" Kenny shouted, his shoes continued to sink down into the ground when he stepped but now it started to get faster and faster meaning with each step his shoes sank deeper meaning he had to run faster. Climbing wasn't one of his strong areas. The ground felt almost bog like under foot getting more and more wet. "HELP, ANYONE, PLEASE HELP!" Like the others he was getting more and more desperate.

Tyson was exhausted. He couldn't keep running. He fell down panting. This was it. "HELP, SOMEONE, PLEASE, HELP ME!" he said crying out desperate for any sign of help. Slowly the aura surrounded him. He felt pain as what felt like sharp fingernails cut into his skin drawing blood over him. Tyson was powerless to prevent this. Was this it? Was he about to die?

"ANYONE THERE?" Tyson heard. It sounded like Kai. Was it Kai?

"KAI!" he said struggling to his feet and moving off. "KAI!" he shouted again and he heard the voice.

"You can run but you can't escape your fate," she said laughing. The other joined in as well.

"Run Rabbit-chan," she said.

Ahead Tyson saw what looked like Kai and he ran towards the figure but it turned out to be one of the girls. They grabbed and yanked him down. "Game over, Rabbit-chan," she said laughing as the pain started but this time deeper and deeper. The pain was excruciating and he screamed out in pure agony as the fingers dug into him. His blood leaked out staining the green ground as they ripped him open until finally he drew his last breath.

Ray's legs were aching too badly. He was slowing down and the entity caught up. It swiped at his back ripping his back and pony tail making him scream. He lost his footing and rolled over in time to see ghostly claws and fangs lunging at him. The fangs locked around his neck ripping as the claws started slashing and ripping. For several seconds before he died were the longest he ever experienced. His final words were a blood chilling scream of agony. Lying next to him was an orb formed from the ghostly mist.

Max was running, flying saws went past him cutting into his limbs. He was able to dodge the larger ones flying at his body by periodically looking over his shoulder. Then ahead, a glimmer of hope. What looked like headlights on a road. Why would someone be driving out here in the middle of nowhere? He'd have thought this if he wasn't under attack. Max ran to the road hoping he'd be able to get their attention although right at the edge of the road he had ignored the larger saws. Two large saws cut right through his body sending a shower of blood over the front of the car which was breaking, the driver having seen Max.

"Trusted...trusted...trusted," the voices said over and over. Kai was loosing it. He was loosing his mind. Without warning he felt like he was being grabbed from behind and pulled back. Kai struggled and his vision changed looking like he was in an operating theatre and he was lying on a surgical table. Kai's eyes met Boris's. Two surgeons stood over him looking down at him, he was sure he recognised the faces as they didn't even wear masks.

"Begin," Boris said and they brought in circular saws and they began sawing off his limbs making him scream in pain. "Kai, after this, if you survive, you will be the ultimate Beyblader, your human limbs cannot cope with the tasks of your soon to be cybernetic brain." Kai felt his arms and legs being cut through even though they really were still there. The surgeons began attaching the new limbs and Kai screamed out in pure agony as they were almost bolted on and finally his heart, despite being healthy, gave out. Kai's struggling stopped.

"GUYS, HELP, SOMEONE, HELP!" Kenny shouted before tripping on a hidden root. Before he could even try and get up he felt himself being sucked down below. He felt the cold, wet earth surrounding him and squashing him as he was sucked lower and lower into the earth although still on the surface. To him he was drowning in a sea of mud and dirt. He couldn't breathe or even speak, it was all too much.

"Mine, mine, mine, mine...!" Kenny was smothered by the thick wet earth he had been trapped in. It was slow and agonizing. The words ran through his head over and over again as he succumbed to the lack of oxygen despite in reality nothing was clogging his mouth or lungs.

Silence fell on the plains and slowly the clouds and fog slid away. The unseen evil vanishing into the night, waiting to prey on more innocents. Thanks to Max's brutal death it was known about almost instantly. The driver had in fact been a warden doing rounds looking out for forest fires. Park rangers had waited until there was decent light before looking for the others and they found gruesome sights. The news was reported around the world, the bodies of Kai, Ray, Kenny and Tyson were taken back to their respective countries for burial. The world was saddened by the mysterious deaths. It was decided animals could not have caused the injuries nor themselves or a human for that fact. The final ruling was of an open verdict.

Two years later to the exact date another group of teens sat around a camp fire under a bright moon. They told ghost stories of what had happened two years earlier and the breeze slowly picked up...

Author notes

Beywriter: Here's the usual Halloween fic, I have a lot of inner Demons, right? Also I wanted the thing to be as anonymous as possible. What's more scary than fear of the unknown?

Story-Beywriter
Editor-Lirin Sama