LIMINALITY

Chapter 18.

Sadie woke up in a flash, thinking she was dead. "Where... wh.. am I alive?" She looked down at her blood-stained hands. Sure enough, she was alive. Smiling, she exhaled deeply, "Ivory must be so proud.." She looked up, thinking of her. "I did it, Iv.. I got us out of that terrible level.." She said, and she couldn't help but laugh. Oh, how happy she was. Nothing could've been as bad as what she had just gone through, she thought. She inspected her surroundings. A small room, incredibly decorated with tons and tons of cute things. Hello Kitty plushies were everywhere, light pink wallpaper, and a princess bed that Sadie found herself sitting on. "This seems quite safe.." She muttered, standing up. Though, immediately falling down. "Right..." Sighing, she grabbed onto the bed and made an attempt to stand up again. When that didn't work, she just sat there for a little bit, waiting for something to happen. "My legs are so numb.. I can hardly feel them.." She poked at her legs, wincing at the pain when they met contact with something. "Guess there's nothing to do but wait."

Sadie waited there for a while, admiring all of the decorations and toys in the room. It seemed like a girl's toddler room based on all the pink and 'cutesy' things in there. She grabbed a My Melody stuffed animal off of the bed and hugged it. The room was comforting to her. Her childhood bedroom wasn't the best as her family was incredibly poor. She put a hand up to her head, it was covered in dried-up blood and cuts. Same for her leg, "Dang... I'm cut up pretty bad.." She muttered and ran her fingers along the cuts on her leg.

Sadie nearly had a heart attack when she heard the door open slowly. "W-What the hell?! Who is-" She paused, staring at the entity in the doorway.

An incredibly tall, matt black entity with long, slim limbs stared at Sadie.

"W-What are you..?!" Sadie scooted back, her legs still not working. The entity said nothing. It teleported closer to Sadie, "GET AWAY FROM ME!" She screamed, scared. She had just gotten out of the level and she wasn't going to die. No matter what it took. The entity now stood in front of Sadie, towering in front of her. Though, it didn't hurt her. Instead, it reached to a shelf above her and grabbed a small box of pink Sanrio bandaids. "H-Huh..?" Sadie's voice was quivering. The entity crouched down and took out some bandaids, gently placing them on her cut up leg. "You aren't..gonna hurt me?" She asked. The entity shook it's head, putting another bandaid on her forehead after cleaning the dried blood off. She was confused at it's strange actions, but genuinely felt like it was safe. She thought back to the Plush Dino, and it talking about other safe entities. "W-What's your name?" Sadie asked. The entity walked over to one of the drawers, rummaging through it to find a piece of paper and a pencil. Sadie was confused on how it was going to write with no fingers, but then again.. the Plush Dino could hold things and walk without any limbs, so she thought it was best not to question it. The entity wrote out the words, "Mr Kitty," in sloppy handwriting. "Mr Kitty?" Sadie asked, the entity nodding. She smiled, "My name is Sadie. It's nice to meet you." She introduced herself. Mr Kitty made a motion with it's arm, signaling for Sadie to follow it. "I can't walk, my legs are numb." She said pointing to her legs. Mr Kitty nodded in an understanding way then went over to her, picking her up easily then teleporting out of the room and into the kitchen. It was also decorated in pastel pink wallpaper and pink stuffed animals. "Did you do all this?" Sadie asked as Mr Kitty put her down onto a chair. It nodded, opening it's fridge and rummaging through it before it pulled out a strawberry cake. It placed the cake on the table in front of Sadie, "this is for me?" She asked. Mr Kitty nodded before going into it's cabinets and pulling out two pink teacups. It poured strawberry milk into the two cups and put one in front of Sadie. "T-Thank you," She said, shocked. Mr Kitty sat down in the seat across the table from her, taking the other teacup in it's hand. "Are we having a tea party?" Sadie smiled and chuckled, drinking the strawberry milk, Mr Kitty nodded once more as it was it's only way of communication. "You're very nice, a lot nicer than a lot of the other entities." Sadie complimented. Mr Kitty got out another piece of paper and pencil from... who knows where and wrote in sloppy handwriting, "thank you."

"You're welcome. Thank you for the food, by the way. I haven't eaten in days.." Sadie thanked, taking big bites out of the cake. She was famished, and was very thankful for the food it provided her. Mr Kitty began to write another sentence down on the piece of paper.

After it was done, it held it out in front of Sadie. "How long have you been in the Backrooms.." She read aloud, "I'm not sure, but it has to have been a couple months. I wasn't always alone though.." She paused, holding back tears at the thought of Ivory. Mr Kitty cocked it's head in confusion. "My girlfriend, Ivory... she died in one of the levels.." She couldn't help but start crying. Mr Kitty walked over to her, putting a hand on her shoulder and using his other to wipe her tears away. It hugged her, sharing her pain. "Thank you, Mr Kitty... I'm glad I found you.." She smiled with teary eyes. It nodded, walking back to it's seat, writing down something else, "I'm sorry for your loss. I wish I would've been there to help." "It's alright... Ivory would've loved you," Sadie sighed, smiling at the entity's kind actions. She took another bite of the cake, finishing it all. Mr Kitty seemed surprised at the girl's appetite, it took the paper and wrote, "When was the last time you ate?" It wrote, "Um... a few days ago, I think." Sadie shrugged, Mr Kitty was shocked, or so she thought. She couldn't really tell how it felt considering it had no face. It teleported to the fridge, grabbing out more food and placing it on the table in front of Sadie. "W-Wait, Mr Kitty I'm alright, I'm full-" She stammered, laughing sheepishly. Mr Kitty shrugged, taking the plates of food back and putting it in the refrigerator. It also picked up the plate the cake was on, and the empty teacups and put them in it's sink. "Um.. what do you wanna do now?" Sadie asked curiously. Mr Kitty picked up the paper once again and wrote, "Do you want a tour?"

"Sure!" Sadie smiled then got up, "My legs feel better.. so that's good." She added. Mr Kitty nodded then motioned for her to follow it. It teleported across the hall and into a door on the left. Inside, was a small bathroom with a bath, sink, mirror and toilet. And like the other parts of the house, everything was pink. Tons of stickers were placed on the utilities, and even the mirror was shaped like a heart. Sadie hadn't seen herself in a long time. "Jeez, I look rough... my hair has grown, too." She said, running her fingers through her tangled hair. Mr Kitty must've noticed because it handed her a brush. Sadie gasped, "Oh, wow! I haven't been so happy to brush me hair, thanks!" She grinned, taking the hair brush and brushing her very tangly hair. "Dang... this is a struggle.." She muttered, but was shocked when Mr Kitty took the hair brush from her and started to brush her hair. Sadie smiled then looked forward so it was easier for it. She found it comforting as it felt like she had a caring parent for once, in a way.

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Sadie's hair was finally smooth and untangled, Mr Kitty was good at brushing hair despite having none itself. It had shown her the rest of it's house, and now they were both back in the bedroom she had no-clipped into. They were talking back and forth about random things and they seemed to get along nicely. Eventually, Mr Kitty brought up the real world.

"Yeah.. life was tough, but I would prefer it much more now than the Backrooms."

She chuckled, Mr Kitty replying with an understanding nod. But then, it wrote down..

"I could transport you back to the real world."

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Sadie gasped, "Y-You could..?" She asked in shock. Mr Kitty nodded, "Just give me your pink backpack. It'll be a way of remembering you." It wrote down, "Yeah- Yeah, of course!" She said and picked up her backpack, handing it to Mr Kitty. It nodded, taking the bag and putting it up on it's wall. It then hugged Sadie, "Goodbye, Mr Kitty." She smiled, tears rolling down her cheeks. She was overjoyed, she could finally leave. Mr Kitty nodded, and with a wave of it's hand, Sadie was put to sleep.

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Sadie woke up to the bright, blue sky shining above her. Sirens could be heard, and voices were shouting.

"SHE'S AWAKE, LOOK!" Said a voice.

"H-Huh..?" Sadie sat up to the sight of tons of people gathered around her with cameras and microphones. They were all asking her questions until a deep voice said, "EVERYONE GIVE HER SPACE!" A tall man walked up to her, he had a doctor's suit on. "Who are you..?" Sadie asked, "I'm Thomas Anderson, Dr Anderson if you will." He replied, holding out a hand. Sadie shook it, "You've been in a coma for nine months, thank goodness you woke up..." He said. Sadie nodded, confused. She looked around some more before she heard a familiar voice, causing Sadie's eyes to widen. "Wh.." Looking up, stood a tall girl with platinum blonde hair, beautiful gray eyes that could easily have you lost, standing on two crutches due to the fact her foot was missing.

"I've missed you Sadie."

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