Kari had done the usual the night before, taking roll of the students in the dorm and monitoring the halls. It was busy work to her, for she had things she’d rather do but really needed the assistance with funding her school bills. The young yankee knew that a job was a job, and this one was better than a majority of others. She could slack off if she desired too, and didn’t have to worry about hours and homework. If Kari really wanted too, she could have a full scholarship to college. But she didn’t want that, thus why she did enough to get a A-B average with her grades. She’d always been smart but wanted to live the life of the rebel. . .the bike riding yankee.<br/><br/>School was out now, and Kari really didn’t feel like attending clubs, so she quickly made her way back downtown. There was a shopping center, a shrine, and another shopping district she could go to. She was in a particularly odd mood day, so she decided to go to the shrine. She sat on a bench listening to the birds for quite some time within the park surrounding the shrine only to glance up and see something out of the corner of her eye. Darting her head around, her blue eyes focused on something shining on the ground. Standing slowly, she walked over toward it and saw that it was a small flash drive, one that was meant for a cell phone. And what was strange about it was that it was gold colored. Kari had never seen such a thing, and quickly stuck it into her phone to sift through it. if someone lost it, perhaps she would be able to find them by accessing the data right?<br/><br/>Her phone’s screen suddenly went black and a few words popped up on her screen. They were written in a strange font that Kari had a hard time reading but managed to understand what was written.<em>I art thou, and thou art I. Upon the square, six at struck, paths unwind.</em>it made absolutely no sense to her until she fully started to analyze it. There was a part of the train station where there was a large square hole in the ground before a giant clock.<em>This message must mean that. . .</em>She quickly thought to herself as she shoved her phone into her pocket, flicking the high collar of her red yankee jacket up. Briskly leaving the shrine, she noticed that a group of students from the dorm were also making their way toward the dorm. Clubs had gotten out and it would be six soon, she needed to hurry. Starting to run down the street, Kari ignored everyone she passed and headed for the clock tower.<br/><br/>She got there just in the nick of time and panted heavily as she glanced around. Kari had barely caught he train and now glanced up at the clock. And sure enough, just as the clock struck six and something did happen. Kari found herself staring at a tall boy beating up on a smaller one. Quickly rolling her sleeves up, she shouted and yelled at the guy to get him to stop to no avail. She was swiftly right beside him and landed a good kick to his face. After a few more swift swipes from the former biker gang girl, the larger boy was running off crying, bleeding all over the place. Standing triumphantly, Kari glanced down at the small boy and blinked shocked. She was transfixed with what she saw. . . The boy was transparent. Kneeling before him, she was unaware of how everything around her suddenly got darker, shadows dancing along the buildings and ground, blood forming everywhere as the moon suddenly appeared within the sky. The sound of the boys sobbing filled her ears, echoing throughout the area and she did her best to comfort him but to no avail.<br/><br/>Then the boy suddenly jerked his face up toward her. She now saw that his skin was black and that there was a mask over his face. Kari yelled frightened and leapt backward. The boy was crying at her and waving his arms which extended toward her. Almost panicked, realizing that this boy was not a boy but in fact a ghost of some sort, she screamed and tried to run away only to realize her surroundings had changed. There was blood splattered everywhere, bloodied handprints and writing on the walls all saying<em>You did it! You killed us!</em>It made absolutely no sense to Kari but she started to feel herself getting overwhelmed.<br/><br/>Running through the train station, she was yelling for help but no one was in sight. The streets were empty and she saw the moon in the sky.<em>This has to be a dream!</em>she thought to herself as she ran even more frantically. But eventually she was caught in an alleyway and turned around. The boy had been following her, but his height had increased, and his arms had multiplied. They were reaching for her, toward her, and she screamed out in horror. Kicking herself up against the wall, Kari screamed out for her life when she closed her eyes and cried out. “Tasukete! Onegai!”<br/><br/>The shadow-like boy with the mask suddenly halted and turned only to be obliterated by something even bigger behind it. Kari heard it’s wails and opened her eyes to come face to face with another transparent creature, this time it was in the shape of a wispy beast. She cried out and whimpered, pressed against the wall as the creature investigated her and appeared to be sniffing her. It slowly backed away and started to leave the alleyway. Slumping to the ground, Kari felt her body pumping adrenaline through her veins and quickly decided to try and run away. Just as she got out of the alleyway, the large shadow beast turned and pursued her, quickly smashing into her and forcing her to fall onto the ground.<br/><br/>Kari stared up at the beast and saw its mouth open, an endless pit of shadow and nothingness. She screamed out once more as the beast proceeded to bite at her head, preparing for death only to feel the sun suddenly on her skin. Kari was lying down next to the hole that was cut into the ground and stared up at the sun until it hurt her eyes. “:What. . .  What was that?” she asked herself as she got up, wincing as she realized she hurt as if she had been ran into by someone. Whimpering a bit as she held her side, the yankee slowly rose and walked toward the dorm, her black hair thick with sweat from fear, her clothes also soaked. She continued to ask herself what in the world had happened to her.<br/><br/>Once within the dorm, she locked herself in the bathroom and ran the water over her fully clothed self. She was gasping for air, trying to calm herself but could not shake the fear that gripped her to the bone. Eventually she stripped her clothes and saw the massive bruising on her left side that she had landed on. it was incredibly colored, and clearly it was not something caused by a normal fall. Something<strong>had</strong>knocked into her, but what it was remained a mystery. Kari eventually retired into her room and locked the door, staring at the gold chip she had found. Deciding to hold onto it for now, she kept it in her phone and stared up at her ceiling in wonder.<em>What’s. . . What’s wrong with me?</em>she would ask herself repeatedly throughout the night.<br/><br/>Eventually it was time for Kari to go downstairs and wait for the students to arrive and sign in, so she slowly pulled a long sleeved shirt over her wounded arm and a pair of pajama pants. It was certainly odd to see her so covered, but she was still shaking from the encounter, abnormally pale in fear. Sitting on the couch wrapped up in a thick blanket, Kari slowly dealt with the students who came in almost in a daze-like state. She was clearly disturbed and was unsure of what could be lurking around the corner. Kari knew she had to keep it together, but she was so scared because she didn’t understand what had transcribed before her. Being surrounded by lots of people brought her some comfort, so she remained there in the lobby, waiting for students to return.<br/><br/>((Trans: Help! Please!))