"KAYLEY!" Jim shouted, as he ran from the green bats that were flying after him.
He couldn't believe this was happening. First some random fairy shows up, then he releases some green bats! Now he lost one of his best friends while trying to run away.
He looked around as he ran through the forest. He heard a scream and looked behind him to see Estella running. He turned and ran towards her. "ELLA!" He shouted, trying to get her attention, but she kept running as if she was running from him.
He stopped and breathed heavily, before hearing a growl behind him. He turned around and stared in shock at the jaguar standing in front of him.
He took a step backwards as the creature took a step forward. The moment the jaguar went to leap at him was the moment he turned and ran as fast as he could.
"Crap, crap, crap, crap, craaaaaaaaaaaap!!!!!!!!!!" He shouted as he ran.
He ran all the way back to his and his families apartment and slammed the door shut behind him. He breathed heavily on the door, before hearing something break in the other room.
"Milo?" He called, hearing his half-brother groan. He walked to his brother's room pausing outside of the open door.
He looked into his brother's room to see Milo hunched over in pain, tearing at his shirt. "Yo, you okay?" He asked, taking a step into the room.
Milo looked up at Jim and what Jim saw made him jump; his brother's face was morphing into a beast! Milo growled and lashed out at Jim with claws, almost slashing Jim in the stomach.
"Gah!" He cried out, before turning and running back towards the exit. He didn't even notice as he ran past Milo's girlfriend, Briar Rose.
Jim ran to the elevator and pressed the down button as fast as he could; he couldn't take the stairs again like he did before. Jim braced himself against the elevator walls, before sliding down to the floor, breathing heavily.
"What... in the hell?" He said, running his hands through his hair, freaking out.
He heard the elevator ding, indicating he was on the first floor.
"Jim! Thank goodness!" Jim looked up to see his landlord, Ramses, looking relieved to see him.
He pulled Jim up and took him into his office. "Do you have any idea what is going on???"
Jim looked at him, eyes wide.
It was his fault... all his fault...
"I-I..." He started, before the glass of the window in the office broke as green bats flew into the room.
Jim dropped to the ground as Ramses ducked, before one of the bats scratched him, causing the older man to cry out in pain.
The tan man doubled over, as if in pain. "M-Mr. Ramses...?" Jim asked, slowly, moving to a squatting position. He reached out towards Ramses, hoping he was all right.
After a moment, Jim watched in horror as his landlord started changing form, his skin turned red and he grew bigger in size.
Jim got up and ran out of there before he could fully see what the man morphed into. Jim ran past several monsters and people screaming and other things he couldn't describe.
He kept running, not looking back, not stopping once. He ran until he was in the forest, where he collapsed onto the ground.
He didn't realize until his breathing had slowed that he was crying. He turned over onto his back and lifted his arm to look at it.
He looked at the long scratch in confusion. He thought about the moments he saw the bats, not recalling the bats coming near him at all...
Except...
"After the giant bat appeared..." Jim mumbled to himself.
So, he got scratched too...
"Why aren't I a monster then?" He asked, before dropping his arm back to his side.
After a few moments, he fell asleep, feeling drained from everything.
When he awoke, the sky was still dark. He groaned as he sat up, feeling sore from sleeping on the ground. he ran a hand through his hair and pulled out a leaf and a twig. He stood up and brushed off his pants, before walking out to the town.
Jim froze when he saw smoke coming from the town and the fact that the sky was still green. He gulped, taking a step back.
"This is my fault..." He said, fully realizing that everything was caused by him placing that sphere into the slot in the ground.
He shook his head, before pausing. "Kayley...." He said, slowly.
He grabbed his flashlight from his pocket and set out back to the forest to look for his friend.
