Chapter 5

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The place was dark. Really dark.

 Tom looked around, his head swiveling on his neck as head examined his surroundings with the precision and expertise of a highly trained soldier. Tord would have nothing less of him.

 "Nothing but void" he thought aloud. Not that he expected it to be anything more than that. Tom knew this place like the back of his hand---- he had been here before. After walking around aimlessly for what could have been minutes, hours, or even days ---- time had no concept in this twilight realm of his ---- Tom stopped and stared at the endless black sky of void black.

"Why am I here again..?" Tom sighs deeply.

"W̵̡̛̛͖͎͈̲͈̺̘̼̜̮͎̦̄͐͋̍̾̏̈́͌͑͆̈͊͗̀̄̈͝h̴̨̨̧͈͈͇͖͇̻̹͇̬͍̱̠̉̌͗̄̄̊̏́͒̍̿̑̐̐́̌͐̇͑͘y̵̜̟͊̌͊́͐̓?̶̨̡̛̛̦͓̬̳͎͈̱͕̪̤͉͈̫̲̰̦͍̥͍͙̩̩̭̏̓̊̋͒̈́̌̇͗̚͜


A distorted voice shocks Tom out of his confused reverie, both scaring him and relieving him at the same time. At least he wasn't here alone. It was only H̷̜͐i̸̧̝̝̗͊̆̄́̚m̶͖̏̾͠͠

"Yes, why? I was getting ready to go on a mission with my superiors. Tor- The Red Leader will be very disapointed and annoyed that I didn't even get to leave the building before complications arose." Tom valiently takes a step forward, displaying his pride in working for the Red Leader and anger in being hindered in his duties although there was no discernable mass to be seen. In other words, the voice of H̷̜͐i̸̧̝̝̗͊̆̄́̚m̶͖̏̾͠͠  came from all sides, surrounding him.


"Y̷͙͚͔̙̙̺̌͑̌͜͠ơ̸͖̠͊͂̒͊̉̉̑͂͂̃ư̶̦̣͉̹̹̂̔̈͂̾͆͒̈́ͅr̷̺̤͖̦̤̱͚͂̈́ͅ ̷͈̐́ț̸̡̢̬̟͈̟̣͕̼̀̇͆̋̐͊̔͊͘r̴̡̛̩̦̣̗̜̙̦̙̹̈́͋̅̐͌̏̀̏̏̌a̸̧̗͖̫̟̩͇̓͌̂ȉ̵̯͎͎̤͈̩͚͗̿̽̊̒͌͌̏̚͝n̵̡̛̥̅̾i̶͙̪̻̺̖͖͓̞̙̱̓͛͛̌̍̍͐̆͗͆ń̶͉̜̯̰̎̃͂̅̅̈͠͝g̷̢̠͈̮̻͓̖̝̩̲̒͜ ̷̧͎̣́͐̒͗͜h̷̨͍̭̠̘͍̖̰̘͍̾̎̾͋̍̈́̂̇̈́ą̷̟̃͌̅̆̒͊͑̀̃̚s̴̛̤͙̤̙̼͉̟̘̎̓͝ ̶̨̛̛̛̘̳̙̖̣̝̘͙͚̼̎͆͗̓̊̉̍̀y̴̛̠̠͖̱̟̱͇̞̏͒̕͠͠ͅȩ̷̥͔̤̥̥̈́̈́͜͝t̴̢̗͈͈͊̾̐̐̀̕ ̴̯̫̞̯͑͛̎́̈́̓t̷̯̯̹̹͍̞̆͐̒͜o̵͎̠̯̭͆͌̋̌̓͒ ̵͈͊ͅb̴̢͈̼͙̯̟͇̲͖̩͒è̸̢̮̯̰̦̰̪͍̉̅̽͌̌͋ͅ ̸̢̦̥͒͌͛̒̋̆͝f̶̡̛̳͇̌̽̈́͒̈̾́̔̈͠í̴͍́̈́͐͒̃̉͘ǹ̷̨̙̿̎́͝͝ì̴̲̗̑̂͆̌̈́́͆̚͜͠s̸̝̣̲̗̳̣̯͓͖̯̀̉̀̑̆̓͘ͅh̸̻͙̰̳͓̟̤̭̑̉̿͐ẻ̴̛̳͖̦̜̥̻̉̆̈́͗͒͂͛͘d̵̼̠̩͍̥̺͉̓̾̏̊̚͘ ̵̼̜̫̠̦̫̤̼̦̦̎̏́͛͜à̸̮̩̐̊̿͐̒͊̽̀̚n̸͍͛̋͗̆̈d̵̦̍͆̾̾̃͆͝͠ͅ ̶̳̦̺̗͙̮̩̙͑̐̊y̷̨̨̛̤̠̯̹̦̻͆̆͆̑̐̈́̕ë̸̮́t̸̮͍̭̖̫̃̉͂́͋̈̋͋͜ ̶̺̰͉̞̄̽̔̆́͌̃̾ͅy̵͒͆̅͊̓́͜ȏ̸̦̮́̃̂̐͑̉͝ư̶̢̗͙̤̯̈́́̎̐̚ ̴̻̣̩͇̥̪̬̤̼̾̌̽́̒͘͜͝p̷̹̼͙̠̬̬̳̚͝l̵̮͗ą̷̛͖̻͎̞͍͚͈̯̦̔̓̓ņ̶̡̱͕͍̋̏̀̐̚̕͝͝n̵̨̼̹͍̜̫̟̬̔́̓̒̔̃̒̔̕͠ͅͅë̷̳̜̗͈̩͍̩̝̼́̌̾ͅd̸̳̱̳̙̣̚͘ ̶̛͍͓̪͙̳̎͌͌͘͜ŏ̴̙̫̩̖̩̠͗́͆̒͝ņ̶̟͈̼͍̟͎̩̜̩̲͊̌̈́̈̏̅ ̸̨̟͍̝͎̫̝̣̓̅͊̊̏͐̍̌̆̈g̵̳̙̞͖̳͉̰̎̀̓͆̿̍̓̎̈̚o̷̫̺̟̐͊̒͒͌͋̔̚ͅi̷̛̺̱͚̰̜̻̱͠ͅn̴̰̠͎̞̬̮̜̭̓̏̇̀̓̾͠g̵̦̳͙̜͍̭̱̘̖͑̇͊̏̓͝ͅ ̵̦̣̜̉͛̏ò̵̦̩̗͎͉͉̱͖̝͆̅͝ͅụ̵̮͌̓̂̅͊̕͘̕͜t̶̥̹̮́ ̴̼̋i̶̧̧̙̝̫͈̥͍̫̅͒̋̆̄̈́̋͠n̵̨͕͍̖͎͎͍̹͎̩̠̽̃̀ẗ̶̡͕̫̙͉̙̩́̋̄̍̃ö̴̡̡̱̦̜̬̫́̄͆͜ ̵̥̖̝̃̈̔͋̌͆̏̈̕̕͘a̴̳̤̭͈̒̌͊́̊̎̔̈́̾̆ ̴͕̞̠̱͈̣͕̔͋̓̍̕w̶̨͉͉̜̑͛̓͠à̸͔̈́͌̓͐͂̎͒̈̚r̴͉̹̣͚͔͍̯̅͒͛̈͘͝?̵̨̨̨̧̦͔̻̣̙̥̀ ̶̰̻̈́̒̉̂


"So what? I would have died fighting for my Leader." Tom lifts his chin at the monster's protests for his health, beneath worrying about himself. The ideals and interests of the Army ----- and Tord ---- came first. "Besides, I wanted to be out there and gain some fresh air! Is it a crime now to want fresh air?"

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