Chapter 44 - 4 Ghost Town

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

"Cough cough, w-well that didn't work as well as I was hoping it would, cough" I said while waving my hands in front of my face to get rid of the smoke.

I had just got done trying to destroy the barrier by shooting an MCC at it but it had no effect, of course this fact had annoyed me greatly. I had tried several different things to get past this damn barrier but nothing I tried had even come close to working at all.

(It's as if this barrier was made specifically to piss me off in the most irritating way possible) I thought as I began to think back to all the different things that I had tried to do.

The first thing that I tried was to just go through the Abyss but unfortunately for me that didn't work, I found that I wasn't able to even enter the gate because some how the barrier was able to detect what I was doing and stop me. Every time I try to enter the gate the same multi-coloured glass like barrier that made up the dome would just appear around it and stop me from entering. I thankfully could still take out non living objects like Blue ash and put them back into it, so there was a silver lining at least.

The next thing I tried was to use Black blood to just absorb all the magicules that were making up the barrier but once again it didn't work for some reason, it was as if the barrier was able to just repel the Black blood away from it or something. Third, I tried to just go underneath it but of course the damn thing goes under ground as well. And finally I tried blasting the thing with my MCC skill and of course it had absolutely no effect.

(Looks like I'm going to have to find whoever or whatever is making the barrier and ask them to turn it off so I can leave. However I'll have to do that after I have found this Haruko guy first, let's just hope he is actually here and not on some other far away island) I thought while rubbing the back of my head in slight frustration.

(I am quite surprised that this barrier is able to stop my Black blood sub skill though. It makes me think, did the person that put this barrier here know about that skill beforehand and made the barrier immune to it or something? If that is true then I have to admit that I'm kind of impressed..... and a little annoyed) I glanced behind me towards the island with curiosity.

"I guess that I should head there and look around a little, maybe I will fine something interesting that can help me on my adventure. Let's just hope that I can fine someone who is able to turn off this barrier"

And with that I flapped my wings and began to fly towards the island. In all honesty though I was not expecting that this place would be as massive as it is, actually I was kind of surprised and a little suspicious because I found it hard to believe that no one would noticed an island of this size just vanishing out of nowhere.

(Huh? Well that looks a little promising) I thought as I spotted something that was close to the shore.

As I got closer I began to notice what looked like a small port town. The town was on a steady slope and was boxed in on the west and east by two large cliffs. At the very back of the town at the top of the slope was a small fort that was surrounded by dark grey stone walls.

(Hey, maybe I can get help there.... let's just hope they don't mind the fact that I was attacking there barrier a couple of seconds ago) I thought with some hope as I started to increased my speed a little.

However as I flew closer I realized that something was very off about this place. From what I could tell the entire place looked like it had been completely abandoned. The buildings looked as if they had bȧrėly been maintained because they had broken walls and ceilings, some of them were even missing almost half their entire structure. The docks really didn't look any better at all, in fact it looked as if the whole thing would just fall apart at any moment.

(Okay..... maybe I won't be able to get any help here, after all I doubt anyone would want to live in this ghost town) I thought to myself as I landed on the edge of the dock.

"This place looks like shit, no offense to anyone still living here" I said as I retracted my wings and began to walk over the creaking dock.

I had to admit that this place was kind of creepy in a mysterious kind of way. The only thing that this town was still missing was a thunderstorm, if there was one happening right now the whole place would look right at home with one of those old horror movies. Thankfully the sun was still out so it wasn't that bad but still....

(It feels like there's something watching me) I thought as I felt a chill run up my spine.

Pushing that thought away for a little bit I continued to walk down the seemingly empty path. I passed several buildings that looked as if they were about to collapse in on themselves. I did however notice that the fort at the top of the slope was relatively intact from what I could see.

I was about to start heading in the direction of the fort when I suddenly felt another shiver run down my spine. The confusing thing was that I still felt like someone was watching me but I couldn't sence anyone.

"Hey, is there anyone here? I'm really not in the mood to deal with your bull shit so come out already" I yelled out as I glanced around.

I waited for several seconds but no response ever came. Of course I wasn't expecting one but still I was hoping someone would answer.

".....Hmmmm, I guess I was just being paranoid" I shrugged before continuing to walk, however I stopped when I realized something.

"Wait a minute, if this were a horror movie wouldn't this be about the time that a jump scare would happen?" I asked just in time to see an ominous green glow starting to appear from behind me.

(Oh you've got to be fuċkɨnġ kidding me. Sigh, alright what kind of nightmarish monstrosity will be awaiting me this time?) I thought as I turned around.

"What the hell is that thin-HAAA" I never got the chance to finish that sentence as I was abruptly cut off when I felt a burning pain, almost instantly after this everything went completely black.

==========????? Pov==========

Not far away from the town was a large group of mysterious yet ominous looking people. They were all wearing black and red cloaks that covered there whole bodys. Something that stood out was a large symbol on the back of the cloaks, the symbol was of a blood red ring with three sets of wings coming out of it. Also the faces of these people could not be seen as they were covered by darkness from their hoods, however the darkness seem to creepily move around almost like smoke from a fire.

"Sir, this one is ready to report" one of the cloaked figures said in a ghastly and some what robotic voice as they walked towards the tallest member of the group.

"Report" the tall figure said in the same robotic yet disturbing voice.

"The unknown target has entered the area, should this one order the destruction of this unknown target"

There was a moment of quiet as the tall figure look towards the town in the distance. This continued until they glanced back at the person they were speaking too.

"Wait for confirmation, If no confirmation come soon then we must go and eliminate this unknown target" they said as they turned and walked away.

"Understood, this one shall carry out your orders to the best of it's ability"

===========Suu Pov===========

'Oh come on, why isn't this working?'

'Move god damn you move'

(W-what ha-happened?) I wondered as I lay on what I was guessing was a wooden floor.

My head felt like I had been hit by a sledgehammer and my body was aching all over for some reason. The last thing I remember was a floating green flame that flew into my eyes.

'Oh shit, is she waking up! How the hell is she able to wake up? That shouldn't be possible at all'

"Wh-who's there?" I asked as I slowly and painfully sat up.

I then slowly took a look around and found that I was in one of those old broken down houses. I was in a room that looked as if it had seen better days, the place was filled with broken furniture and a shattered window to my left. I also noticed that there was not a single person in the surrounding area, this little fact confused me greatly because I was very sure that I had just heard a female voice.

"Hello, anyone there?"

No response just the sound of the wind blowing through the holes in the walls. Part of me thought it was just my imagination but I knew that couldn't be right, I was out side a second ago so someone had to have put me here.

"I know that someone is there, so you might as well just come out already" I said slightly annoyed as I got to my feet.

'....Okay okay fine I'm here, are you happy now?' I stumbled in shock a little as I heard a sudden female voice in my head.

"HHHAAAAAAAAA"

'HHHAAAAAAAAA'

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!" I yelled.

'Why are you yelling at me all of a sudden when your the one that kept asking me to talk' the voice asked sounding quite startled.

"Well I was expecting to be talking to an actual person not some disembodied voice in my head"

To be honest I was really on edge right now, not only was I hearing a voice in my head but I also had no idea if I was going crazy or not. I was really hoping that wasn't the case as I don't have the time to deal with that right now.

"Okay, I'm going to need some answers real quick before I start freaking out" I said with my hand on my forehead.

'Sorry but all of that can wait for later because right now we need to leave' she said with some panic in her voice.

"You don't get to tell me what to do, this is my body after all. First your going to answer my questions and second your going to get the hell out of my head" I hissed.

'There's no time for me to answer your questions, they will be here any minute so we need to leave NOW!'

"I am not going anywhere until you answer my damn questions. Who the hell are you? Why the fuċk are you inside my head? And What the hell is going on?" I snapped as I finally lost all my patience.

'Okay okay fine, just calm down and I'll tell you but I'm going to have to be really quick about this so just bȧrė with me' she said while nervously glancing out the nearby window. Also no I have absolutely no idea how I knew she was doing that.

"Alright then hurry up"

'Okay I'm not going to beat around the bush here as we really don't have the time. I don't know why your here and I don't want to know, however all I'm going to say is that you should have never come here. No matter what your reason was you should have stayed away' I was about to argue with that but she cut me off.

'You have arrived on an island filled with a psychopathic group of cultist that have an army of mind controlled souls on their side, most of these said souls also happen to be inside of very dangerous puppets. It just so happens that I used to be one of these mind controlled souls that was sent here to take over your body but somehow I'm free now, maybe it's because of one of your skills I don't know and I don't care. What's worse is that the barrier stops anyone from leaving the island and those that get trapped here are either killed and turned in to more mind controlled souls or turned into slave that are forced to tirelessly work for the cult'

'If you have any more questions I will answer them later but right now can we please get the fuċk out of here before they show up and kill you and I have to go back to my life as a mindless fuċkɨnġ puppet!'

"WHAT?!"

(A/N.. Yay another cliffhanger, am I the best or what. :3)