The Mystery Red Umbrella
Been Close

Anna stepped back, and so did her twin. His twin body floated backwards, his eyes looking down at his abdomen where a knife had stuck there.

Before the knife in her twin hand hit Anna's back, Anna quietly pulled the knife and thrust it into the stomach of her twin. He had already passed several obstacles, he would not be deceived anymore especially by a figure that resembled his twin brother.

After all, from the beginning he was with Natalie, he was also commemorated to be vigilant by his protective spirit. Strange things made him suspicious. He was sure his twin brother could not be there.

What made him suspicious was not only that, his two twin legs did not touch the floor and floated as they moved around the room. He was sure only a refined being was floating about. After all his twin brother died in infancy, how could he possibly be confined there and grow up? Although she had already gone through various mystical events that were unacceptable to common sense yet this time she could not believe it much less when her twin brother died, her Grandmother was still alive. She was sure her grandmother could not possibly let her granddaughter's soul be carried by Mariana and enslaved by her.

"W-What are you doing, Anna? Why did you stab me?" the figure that resembled his twin was still pretending that even the knife in his hand was no longer there.

"There's no need to cheat, I know my brother can't possibly be in this place!" Anna took the holy water she had just stored.

The figure that resembled his twin lowered his head, it was not easy to trick Anna.

"Hi... Hii... Hii... Hi...!" his terrifying laughter rang out, the knife that pierced his stomach suddenly rusted and melted away like dust. The entire white room was on fire, like a labyrinth that was beginning to vanish was replaced with darkness.

Now the figure already resembles its original form, though, the figure can indeed resemble anyone in accordance with what is in the mind of the victim, therefore the figure wants to trick Anna by changing into Natalie and her twin sister so that Anna is fooled.

"How dare you?" Anna opened the holy water bottle. Compared to everything he experienced, he did not accept the figure of his long-dead twin brother was actually used like that.

"Unfortunately, I think I can fool you" said the figure and his horrible laughter was heard again.

Anna was really angry, whether useful or not but Anna ran towards the figure and splashed holy water on the body of the monstrous figure.

The figure was shocked, white smoke appeared on the part of his body that was splashed with holy water. The figure looked towards Anna then she shouted out loud.

"Hot... It's hot!" white smoke is increasingly visible in parts exposed to holy water.

Anna saw the holy water that lived half in the bottle, it turned out to be very useful. He came back to the figure who was still moaning in pain and poured all the holy water over his body.

The figure was shocked, but not long after the screams of his pain were heard. Anna stepped back and pointed her flashlight towards the figure who was increasingly screaming in pain. The white smoke grew more and more, the body of the figure was like melting due to holy water.

"How dare you, how dare you burn me?" the figure stepped closer to Anna, while Anna stepped back while covering her nose with an arm as a result of the foul smell coming out from the body of the monstrous figure.

The figure was still approaching Anna, with both hands about to choke her. Both of his hands melted, revealing the skeleton of his hand. The figure grew even more fragile as the parts of his body began to melt and after that, the figure had already become bones and fell to the ground.

Anna pointed her flashlight down, spit swallowed with great difficulty when she saw the red liquid below with scattered bones. The liquid was the body part of the figure that melted.

He knew it was time to leave because that figure would definitely rise again. Don't let him be fooled a second time.

Anna stepped away in a hurry, leaving behind a monstrous figure that was already a bone of bones but after she left not for long, it was not, the bones re-integrate and become a skeleton and then the red liquid that is the flesh of the creature rises upwards like a magnet pulling it up. The body of the figure was back in one piece, the flesh was re-clad in bone and the rotting skin was back. Both his eyeballs rose upwards through his feet, continued to rise and eventually entered again into the eyes of the sinister figure.

The sinister figure opened its eyes, a terrible smile etched on its lips. Now he is ready to find another victim who will accompany him in the supernatural realm. If Anna is tempted by the illusion she creates, then she will swallow Anna's soul so that Anna unites with her and becomes her friend in the supernatural realm.

Anna stepped further and further away, now she was faced with two choices because of the two-branched road. Anna starts to get confused, takes the wrong path then she will lose a lot of time and get stuck there for good.

"Where should I go now?" anna asked her guardian spirit.

"Let me see!" a white beam shot out from Anna's body and darted quickly to check the two branched paths that were before Anna.

Anna waited while checking the equipment she was carrying. Now he has only one gun with few bullets left, a cross and a flashlight. The knife he was carrying had already melted, it seemed like he had to find a weapon to protect himself since he did not know what he was going to face up ahead there.

His protective spirit flew back but he moved to another path, the white radiance of his protective spirit like a small firefly in a super dark place. The place was back in silence, Anna hoped that she would soon find the place where the knife and umbrella were because she was afraid that the lamp would be extinguished.

After a while, his protective spirit again flew over to him and entered his body.

"Right, Anna. You are close to the existence of the two objects but to get close to that place is not easy so be careful!"

Anna nodded, the flashlight lifted up along with the gun. He had to skimp on the gun because of a thinning bullet. He can't go back to find the one gun that fell out of nowhere. Anna took the path on the right according to the words of her guardian spirit. The road is getting wider. Anna felt that something was amiss especially when she stepped forward and stomped her feet, suddenly her legs collapsed downward like stepping on a deep enough mud.

Anna was about to move both legs but it was hard, the flashlight was down and sure enough, he was in a puddle that was like thick and super sticky asphalt let alone his body was inside the puddle up to his waist.

"Through this puddle you will arrive because your destination is ahead" said the spirit of protection.

Once again Anna nodded, one leg began to be moved with great difficulty. Anna looked around but she stopped because suddenly the puddle of asphalt was giving off big bubbles and a lot. Shit, what else now?