What’s in the next room?
I don’t see anything. It’s totally
dark.
“The only way out is down. Take leap
of faith together!”
Is she serious?
When is she not serious about stuff
like this?
Ugh. You’re right. Well, here goes
nothing.
“Oops. Almost forgot.”
Ah! She stabbed us in the head
again. Oof.
That fall wasn’t as big as I thought
it would be.
“What did you almost forget?”
“I almost forgot to give you your
reward for beating the last challenge, which is the endurance to survive the
long fall.”
Dumb bi-
“Is that we had to do?”
“Nope. The endurance is not only
for the fall.”
Did you hear something in the
darkness?
I did.
“Explain.”
“You’re close to the end and the
Wanting here know it. For this next part, you must survive the impeding horde
until my little timer runs out or until you kill them all.”
“What?”
“Good luck you two!”
Here they come, Bernardo!
Okay, okay. Remember that killing
one kills two, so let’s focus on one at a time.
There are so many!
We didn’t come this far just to die!
We have to try to survive! I’ll follow your lead like I did last time.
Jump back! Move left! Right! Punch
forward! We got one or two.
See? We got-
Move back! Right! Hit the one in
front of us! We got another two!
This is easier than it seems.
Not really. They just keep swinging
their blades around so much so that they hit each other.
Hmmm.
Right! Left! Backward! Hit’em! We
got another two!
I have an idea. Pick up the dropped
blades.
I’ll try! Here. Are you okay?
I can take the pain. What about
you?
I’m fine.
Do you have a blade of your own?
Yeah.
Let’s use these to fight them.
How? They’re so big.
Spin around in a circle. We’ll be a
dancing blades of death.
I see. Let’s do it. Here we go!
Follow my lead.
Right.
Yeah, this is working! We’re
getting rid of more of them in this way. Watch out!
Okay, we got this. Just got to keep
going…
That’s it.
That’s all of them? Already?
We kill two at a time and they kept
swinging desperately at us. It was as if they were off their guard for some
reason. Some just accepted death.
That’s strange.
Ms. Mara is here again.
“That was amazing you two! No one
has ever survived this long.”
“No one?”
“That’s right! The last challenge
had to do with the Wanting, but since you have their blades, they will suffice.”
“What are you going to have us do?”
“You will both chop off a finger from your hand.”
“Where do you come up with this
stuff?”
“All kinds of romantic stories. My
favorites are the darkest ones.”
I can’t believe her.
Come on, this is the last thing we
have to do. I’ll take the pain first.
Okay. Here I go. Hold on!
“AAAAHHHH!”
Heh, that was easier than it
seemed.
No, it wasn’t.
Sorry, it’s your turn. Hold-
Just do it!
“MMMMM!!!!”
It’s over.
Thank you, God.
“You two did it! Congratulations on
being the first ones to win!”
“We’re the first to win?”
“Yeah. No one that I picked out
before has managed to get it this far and I got so many people to the point
where I had to stop getting people after a while.”
“After a while? How long have we
been down here?
“It doesn’t matter if you were the
first ones here or the last. You’ve finally completed your love story! I’m so
happy for you two!”
“Can we leave yet?”
“Ye-huh? What do you mean they can’t
leave yet?”
“What? Who are you talking to?”
“No, that wasn’t part of the deal!
What do you mean you never expected someone to pass the challenges? You had to
know true love conquers all! Well if that’s how it’s going to be, then I’m
going to end this by myself! I don’t care if you drag me down to Hell, I’m
going to protect this true love even if it costs my soul!”
What’s she doing?! She’s reaching
down her throat! What the heck? What are these spikes coming out of the ground?
Something below us is trying to stop
her. We have to help her so she can beat whatever is really controlling all of
this.
I’d hate to do it, but I guess we
have no choice. Plus, she’s sacrificing herself for us, so I guess we owe her.
These spikes are ignoring us. They’re
easy to break, but there’s so many of them.
I don’t even want to know what’s
sending them all out to us. Come on, Mara, just pull out whatever you’re trying
to fish for! There it is! She pulled out her own heart!
What the hell?!
She crushed it! Is that light?
“Get out of here you, lovebirds. Be
free and live out your love story.”
She’s dead.
Let’s get out of here! I can feel
the ground shaking beneath us.
You don’t have to tell me twice.
This is a long staircase we have to run up.
It doesn’t matter. Just keep
running! I can hear everything falling apart around us.
We’re almost there!
I can feel the warmth of the light.
I can smell the fresh air.
Freedom! We made it! Bernardo?
“Hey, I can see!”
“I can talk! We’re not physically
connected anymore! Hey! Mmm. Don’t just hug me and spin me around.”
“Why not? We’re finally free.”
“Yeah.”
“So, do you want to give me a shot?”
“I like you. I admit it, okay? But-”
“I’m asking you another yes or no
question. Do you love me, Simona?”
“Y-yes, I do-!...Mmm-!”
“Ow!”
“There you go again kissing me out
of nowhere!”
“It’s a good thing you can’t feel
my pain because that knee in the gut hurt.”
“Oh, get up. I didn’t mean to hurt you
that bad.”
“What a way to start a relationship.
Do you want to head to my place or yours?”
“Why are you thinking about that? We’re
in the middle of nowhere!”
“Well, if we could survive down
there, then we can survive up here.”
“I guess.”
“Are you ready to go?”
“Okay, but I’m not holding your
hand all the way home.”
“Really? Because you took it as
soon as I held it out for you.”
“Shut up.”
The End
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