Halloween 2022: Choose Your Spooky Outcome: Chapter 9 (Dead End)
While both people are capable, Victoria’s fight is one she’s been working toward her whole life. You’re not sure that horning in on that is what she’d really want. Pumpkin, on the other hand, is visibly distressed by the doppelgänger of her mother charging to attack.
Hurling yourself forward, you slam into Pseudo-Sheryl and feel like you just got popped by a mid-size sedan. Turns out those runes aren’t just a fashion choice, she is far more powerful than the human version you once grew old with. Even knowing it isn’t the real her, however, your willpower wavers as you stagger back up. Despite the mad murderous energy screaming out of them, those are still the eyes of someone you loved deeply.
You’re so engrossed in the fight that the loud pop causes you to jump. Spinning around, you check to see if Doctor Willowbrook pulled out some strange explosion, or perhaps used fireworks as a distraction.
Instead, what greets your eyes is perhaps the most horrifying sight you’ve witnessed yet. Victoria, lying limply on the ground, a pool of blood slowly oozing out from around her. Standing a few feet away, Doctor Willowbrook tucks the still smoking firearm into a pocket on his coat. “Silly girl, you never did understand what it meant to embrace the most efficient solution.”
You wait for Victoria to jump up or shake it off, unable to tear your eyes away from her expressionless, vacant face. She never moves.
When Pseudo-Sheryl’s attack from behind cracks open your own skull like a dropped egg, it’s almost a relief. There has to be something better than this…
Dead End