The graveyard was silent. There was not even a rustle of leaves. A grave, a tombstone of a girl stood solemnly. As if signaled by someone, a chilly wind blew mercilessly through the graveyard and the leaves rustled restlessly. The flowers on the grave, daisies and lilies, also moved, dancing along with the leaves. The breeze stopped but the leaves remained dancing as the petals of the flowers fell to the ground. Suddenly, the whole plants died, withering dry like a desert. The tombstone cracked open. The time had come.......
"Hurry, you blockhead!" A girl, Tina, with dark raven hair and with an angelic face with almost no pimples, stood with her hands on her hips, frowning at her twin brother, Michael."Damn, the stupid shoes are so tough to tie. And stop hurrying me! I know we're going to be late!" Michael retorted."If it isn't for Ling Ling, I wouldn't even bother going to that stupid orphanage school," Tina scowled. "All they do is to experiment with our heads like guineas pigs and then erase our memory of our past and brainwash us. Thank god we have a very strong mind to withstand all that and could graduate with no mishaps nor be controlled. Still, it still affects us a bit! We still have long nightmares! We should sue them for child abuse! We should not go for the reunion too."
Michael was a boy, sixteen years old, with a boyish face, thin eyebrows and a straight nose, wearing a black woollen hat over his thick black hair and a green striped shirt and brown pants. He shivered on memory of the time in the orphanage. They had lost their parents at the young age of six and were left in the orphanage until they were fourteen years old. "Well, we must not leave Ling Ling in the lurch. She cannot refuse the orphanage order. Let's go!" Michael hurried.
Ling Ling was their friend in the orphanage. She was not an orphan but was abandoned by her poor parents. They had sold her to the orphanage. She was a silent girl with no impressive character or appearance, easily controlled. However, she was often forgotten by the supervisors and the others, thus she was not totally influenced. Truly, only the two of them had even remembered her. She was called to the reunion only because she was on the list of children. The orphanage was not interested in children who were not brainwashed. They were only called for a final attempt.
Finally, they reached the gloomy orphanage, its imposing high roof, dirty grey walls and rough wooden door. Tina and Michael went in the gate tentatively, not sure what to expect after two years of freedom. Suddenly, a shadow came over them and they gasped in shock and terror. They jerked their heads around and sighed in relief. "Ling Ling, you scared me to death. What're you doing, sneaking around?" Michael asked.
Ling Ling, holding a white umbrella, although it was not raining, remained silent and entered the orphanage after closing her umbrella. The twins were used to her strange behaviour and followed. The interior was no better than outside. The ceiling was stained, the floors were made of dark brown wood, the white walls had green spots here and there, there were smell of medicine and musky odour. The doors were creaky and the fan whirled around noisily, blowing very lightly. They went inside a room, the "great hall", where they had been forced to listen to the authority many times so as to be brainwashed.
"Well, well, how are my ex-students?"A man with a scar on his right corner of the face, a tattoo of a ship on his left arm, a sinister smile hanging from his lip and brown grizzly hair greeted them. His blue eyes were cold, ready to sink people into the deep blue sea. The three of them bowed, not out of respect but because of forced endurance as no one wanted a punishment. "Come, come there are many food inside," the man hustled them further inside.
Their eyes beheld the sight of a table full of food-lobsters, steamed buns, fried chickens, grilled meat and many more, which would have made anyone's mouth water. However, they still lost their appetite. A group of ex-students was sitting silently and still on ugly yellow sofa, like automatic robots, with no expression on their faces. Tina and Michael at the push of the man's rough hands, followed Ling Ling to get a plate of food and sat down. The man had disappeared so fast like a whirlwind. They ate with an eerie feeling as their munching sounds were heard only. There was the feeling of dread and depression. No one was willing to talk, no one was able to say anything about their freedom, because they have lost their memory of their past and along with it, the emotion of happiness.
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"Whew, I'm so glad to escape from that horrible place! I feel goosebumps all around my arms", Tina exclaimed as they walked out of the orphanage quickly, like running away from an invisible tiger."I definitely hope we need not come anymore. I absolutely have no regrets leaving this dreadful place and I pity the next group of guinea pigs who come here, thinking it is their haven," Michael sighed sadly at their despair during their stay at the orphanage. Even if they could sue, the orphanage had powerful backers. Ling Ling nodded a bit and they separated.
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"Yawn," Jing Jing rubbed her eyes and dragged herself out of bed to the bathroom for her toiletries. "What a day to go and there's a test later on," she yawned again.
At the time of seven, she screamed for her mother to hurry up and they walked to school together. Jing Jing's mother was very protective, not allowing her child to go to school alone. Jing Jing did not mind since she had no close friends to accompany her anyway. She could at least talk to her mother."Wish you good luck, bye!" Jing Jing waved good bye at the school gate."Good luck! Bye!"
They went their separate ways. The day went as per normal, boring lessons, serious teachers and unattentive friends.... "So damn boring, all routine.....if only I have something unusual today," Jing Jing thought to herself.
Jing Jing was a sixteen years old girl, with small pimples on her cheeks. She had a huge crop of raven hair and a small oval face. She was seemingly a quiet girl but it was because no one cared enough to chat with her willingly, always ignoring her or accidentally pushed her out of the discussion and she felt awkward to interrupt. In her deepest mind, she abhorred her classmates.
It was after school. "I'm home!" Jing Jing called out."Wait for a while for your lunch. I have to go out to return someone's money.""What? I'm not as important as money?" Jing Jing felt indignant.
The phone then rang. Jing Jing ignored it. It rang irritatingly. Just as it hang up, it rang again. This went for fifteen minutes. With no choice, Jing Jing could not stand it and picked it up."Hello!" "Do you have a wish?" A mysterious voice asked. "Huh?"Jing Jing was confused and could not believe her ears. "Who's this?" "Do you have a wish?" The voice repeated patiently. "Yeah right, I want to be a detective and have an unusual life. Sorry, wrong number." Jing Jing hang up, thinking it was a prank.
She did not hear the voice chuckled and said, "your wish is my command, dear....'ME'.
This was the beginning.
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As per normal, Jing Jing went to school. It was raining, dark grey clouds gathering rapidly and ominously in the sky. It was Friday, the thirteenth. Was it a coincidence or deliberate planning, no one knew...
Instead of letting up after two hours of rain, the clouds became darker and the rain got harder and rougher, knocking against the window loudly and the sky grew if possible, even gloomier. Jing Jing did not notice this as she was busy listening to the teachers, straining to hear over the rain.
Suddenly, a scream emerged from the first floor. Everyone rushed out the door to look over the rail to the first floor, despite the teachers' warning. It was a horrible image that greeted their eyes. The owner of the scream had fainted at the dead body's feet. Some students also fainted.
Yes, it was a dead body.His chest was knifed open, showing off his disgusting intestines and liver. He was shirtless and his pants darkened with blood. The ground was full of blood and the rain washed them everywhere, even picking on the dead man by hitting his body mercilesly. His eyes were gouged out, leaving two dark empty sockets staring soulessly at the sky, as if cursing heaven. His mouth was wide open, showing teeth with blood stain. His nose was also dislodged. Everyone screamed and looked away as the teachers called the police and rushed to the scene.
Jing Jing stood frozen like a statue, staring intently at the man. It was weird but she wondered if she had seen him before. However, she had a feeling she also did not see him before. While she was puzzling, the police came.
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After a long interrogation, in which no one recognized him the man, the police left, bringing the body with them. The man was in the school although no one knew him and the security guards did not see him enter the gate either.Everyone was stunned and discussed non-stop. The teachers, on the other hand, were quite upset and tried to bring order to no avail. Only Jing Jing was silent.
At night, Jing Jing's family tried to ask her about the murder but she did not talk and locked herself in the room. Her mind was in a whirl, flashes of something going through her mind but she, no matter how hard she tried, could not catch them. Very soon, she had a headache. She went out of the room to discuss with her family.
At sleeping time, Jing Jing had a strange dream. She could now see the flashes of images, vivid and striking: roses, a dark room, a knife with glittering rubies, a room with candles shining brightly, a man or woman, back towards Jing Jing, wearing a black cape, blood and finally, a strangely unreal place with the name, she glimpsed briefly, "Zensen Orphanage."
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"Shall we ask Ling Ling to lunch? I'm sure she is pretty lonely, staying in her foster home, which she was not close with," Tina suggested."Alright. Wait for one minute, I go and ask for money," Michael rushed off.They ambled towards Ling Ling's foster home and knocked the door.Ling Ling opened for a peep and seeing them, opened wider."Sorry for such an abrupt request but we'd like to ask you out for a meal," Michael asked.
Ling Ling nodded and they went off."Well, you look rosier and much happy than in the Zensen orphanage, Ling Ling," Tina remarked while eating cheerfully.Ling Ling quietly thanked her and whispered, "you look good yourself too.""Really?" Tina whipped out a mirror and examined herself. "I do think so myself."Michael snorted, "yeah right, your face is like a pig as usual.""Hey!" Tina pinched him hard."Ouch! Be gentle! Oh, no one will marry you," Michael cursed."What, you!" Tina stuttered in rage.
Ling Ling smiled a little, seeing her friends so energetic as usual. She did not say of the strange dream she had last night. A dream of a family, of friends ignoring her, roses, daisies, lilies, graveyard and the words "Chu Chu".
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"Goodbye!" Tina and Michael waved in front of Ling Ling's house."Bye." Ling Ling waved back.
As the twins sauntered towards their home, they heard a cry, a scream and hysterical sobbing. Immediately, they dashed to its origin, Ling Ling's house. Ling Ling was kneeling, weeping and hiccupped. A woman and a man, her foster parents were lying dead, shot on the chests and the bodies were dislodged. The man's nose was ripped off and the woman's neck was ripped open.
Tina tried to calm Ling Ling to no avail as Ling Ling had totally lost her mind due to the horror. Michael called the police. After what seemed like an eternity, the police and coroner came and went after interrogating them. Ling Ling was consoled and led to the Tina and Michael's house. That night, Ling Ling trembled all over in spite of Tina's consoling and holding her icy cold hands.
Finally, she fell asleep. Ling Ling dreamed of the roses and graves again and a blurry face of a man or woman, whom she was scared of, stretching out hands, jerking her awake with terror. Michael, Tina and their foster mother rushed in, hearing her scream and calm her again. It was late when she fell asleep again. Jing Jing was no better.
She dreamed of roses.......again.
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The next day, Jing Jing awoke as per normal to go to school. At school, to her surprise, there was an announcement that due to the murder, an early dismissal was permitted. Many of the students cheered. Jing Jing, silent, felt a bad omen for no reason. At the end of school, Jing Jing refused an offer by her classmates to go for an outing but went home. Although she was not tired, she fell asleep immediately. While she was sleeping, some things had begun.
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In a dark room with no lights on, a man was praying. In front of him were a bunch of roses and...blood. A human head was ripped out from the body and laid on the roses. The man was shaking and crying at the loss of his friend.
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Ling Ling awoke to a crispy morning. When she went out of her room, Michael and Tina had already went to school, as informed by their foster mother. After having breakfast, she went back to her room and stood in a daze before the window. A wind blew past her. Suddenly, she got a headache and collapsed. Nobody heard her collapse and she laid in a heap, motionless.
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"Going home, huh? You're too much a nerd, you know," Jack teased."I've to finish this workload at home, you know," Mike retorted. Mike walked out of the company to the park near his house.
As he was walking, in a good mood, he saw something out of the corner of his eyes. He went nearer to a bench. It was a girl! She was lying on the grasses, wearing a brown robe, like those a monk would wear.
Mike panicked and rushed over, thinking she was dead or unconscious, when she slowly stirred and opened her black eyes. As she was awaking, Mike distinctly heard her say "Chu Chu." Mike, startled, asked "are you alright?" "Ummm......" "You need an ambulance?" "Ummm....." "What's your name? Are you lost?" "Ummm......" Mike was losing his patience but forced himself not to lose his temper."Look, let me help you find a policeman. You must be lost, right?" The girl stared at him for a while, then finally spoke coherently."Who am I?" Mike was creeped out at this sudden question."Don't you know who you are?" "Who am I? I don't know anything!" The girl cradled her head and shook fervently. "Emm...I also don't know who you are. I just saw you lying here."Suddenly, a thought came into his mind."Maybe you lost your memory?"The girl blinked and looked down. Mike sighed. "Let us go to the police office. Maybe they knew something. Maybe someone filed a lost report for you."
The girl nodded and held out her hand. Mike hestitated for a while before taking her hand. They then went to a nearby police office. Disappointedly, there was no indication of any lost report for the girl. Mike, seeing that the girl was quite pitiful, offered to take care of her until someone came for her. Thus, they lived together for a while.
Mike named the girl "Chu Chu."
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"Hey, it's already quite late. Let's hurry home!" Tina hurried."I know! But it's an important school project, we got no choice," Michael replied.It was late evening when they finally reached home."We are back!" They chorused."Can you call Ling Ling out? Dinner's almost ready. I didn't call her out for lunch so she should be quite hungry," their mother said.
Tina rushed to knock and hearing no reply, opened the door to get a big shock. She screamed and dashed to the unconscious Ling Ling. The rest hurried inside. Soon, an ambulance was called and she was taken to hospital. In the hospital, she was diagnosed to be fine and normal, hence the doctor deduced it was due to fatigue and emotional stress. Tina and Michael stood beside Ling Ling, a worried frown on their faces.
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"That place really got one of the most delicious food!" Jing Jing's classmate remarked, smacking his lips."Yeah, we should go there sometime again!" Another agreed. They were all cheerfully giggling and talking."A pity that Jing Jing, Nick, Mark, Sephine, Joey, Madeline couldn't go," a classmate shook his head."Well, we would ask them again."
Just then, a person stepped in front of them. A classmate was startled, then relaxed."Oh, it's you. Why're you here? I thought you are at home already?"
The person stood silently. Then, a slight smile appeared. Suddenly, heads were flying. The people who were the nearest to that person got beheaded.The rest screamed and froze as blood splattered everywhere and heads went rolling. Some tried to escape but a rope full of roses and thorns appeared out of nowhere to slash them to death. Nobody escaped. That person walked away as if nothing had happened, leaving behind some roses.
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During the midnight, Ling Ling rose like a zombie and stood. With "invisible hands", she managed to get her feet on the ground. Noiselessly, she walked to the window. As if by miracle, the window opened by itself and she climbed out. She jumped, and like a cat, stood on two feet on the ground even though it was ten floors. She then disappeared into the fog, which had appeared mysteriously and swallowed her.
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Jing Jing awoke in a sweat. For some reasons, she had a nightmare but could not remember what it was. She had slept through midnight too. Hungry, she rose to get some food when her handphone rang. "Hello?""Bad....bad news!!!" Someone was hysterically speaking."Hello?" Jing Jing was puzzled."Those who went for the outing are killed!" Madeline was speaking in hurried and panicked tone."Madeline, is that you? Calm down, you say who?""Our classmates!" Jing Jing was shocked and stunned. She sank onto the her bed, trembling.
The next day, she did not need to go to school but she was interrogated. After the police left, Jing Jing was still unnerved. She wondered if someone was attacking the school and its pupils. She wondered if she was next.
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A girl stepped onto a cemetary. It was Ling Ling. She walked towards a grave and kneeled.The gravestone read"Jing Ling aka Chu ChuLeft the world at2 June 2006"
Suddenly, a wind blew violently and when it finally ceased, Ling Ling was gone. A clock tower nearby struck. The time was ten o'clock, 2 June 2010.
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"Where is she? She couldn't have disappeared! Where the hell is she?" Tina panicked as she paced back and fro."How do I know? We already called the police. Hopefully they find her already," Michael was worried as well.
It was Saturday, thus they decided to rise early to find Ling Ling but they found her gone. The hospital had no idea where she was and was unconcerned, which made Tina mad. Shocked and dismayed, they called the police immediately. They prayed she was alright.
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The next day, at Jing Jing's school, a water pipe suddenly burst. Without warning, the whole school was soon flooded. The water pipe was fine early on. Nobody saw the shadow disappearing.
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The following day, in Jazelin High School, the pupils were all happily eating lunch in the canteen. Many chirpy chatty sounds and munching sounds were heard. They were in for a shock. As though to warn them, the clock struck twelve just as blood dipped into their lunches and heads. Everyone screamed. Mysterious forces came and heads were beheaded. This time, the whole school went into chaos as heads flew into the sky and even rolled on the floor. They did not notice a girl standing on top of the next building, smiling. She was gone when the sound of an ambulance and police siren came.
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Two days went past then. "What, a lost report? You must be joking, she could'n have been lost! On that day, she is by our side!" Tina demanded of the police in front of her."Nonetheless, the picture you gave us fit her. She was lost, along with a man beside her. Although the name you gave us was not hers but that can be because she had lost her memory. Did you want to check her out?"Tina looked at Michael with unbelievingly eyes. Michael shrugged as if sying "no harm in checking."They went to the house. The police had given them the address.
After sometime as the bell rang, the door slowly opened. A man poked his head out."Yes?""We want to see this girl called Chu Chu. We saw the police earlier on and he believe she's our friend, Ling Ling," Michael explained.Mike looked at them for a while, then invited them in. After they closed the door, Mike called out."Chu! Someone here claims that they know you!"They heard some rustling and a door creaked open.Michael and Tina nearly jumped in shock.
The girl who walked out was indeed Ling Ling!
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"God, please help me to stop her! Don't let her continue her killing spree and tortures! Please help us erase her pain and sorrow and hatred," a man, seen early on, and a woman prayed intently, kneeling on the floor of a room. The room was seen in Jing Jing's dream.
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Jing Jing awoke. She did not realise she was sleeping. Immediately after standing up, a jolt of pain struck her and she gasped. She collapsed onto the floor, gasping and holding her chest. Her cross and pendant necklace was shining. Her mother rushed in to see the necklace, which had stopped shining. Jing Jing was gone, the window wide and open.
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"Ling Ling! Is that you? You're really here!" Tina cried out, rushing over to hug her. "Ling Ling? Who's that?" Chu, puzzled, asked Tina and looked at Mike. "Who's she?" "What, you don't remember us?" Tina was shocked, as well as Michael. "She does not recall anything when I discover her," Mike offered. "Is it true you find her on 28 May? Ling Ling was definitely with us on that day!" Mike replied, startled, "Yes." "But how can that be.....?" Tina and Michael said simultaneously.
Just then, a whirlwind came in out of nowhere and swept them off their feet. "Ahh.....,"they screamed. Strangely, Chu was undisturbed. After things calm down, they finally discovered Ling Ling or Chu was gone.
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Candles were shining everywhere. Tall ones, small ones, white ones, grey ones, pink ones, red ones. Roses were scattered everywhere. In the middle of the room, which was filled with blood, a strange throne seat was seen. A girl was sitting there, motionless. She had her eyes closed and her hands were gripping the arm seats. She wore a white colour dress with red ribbon in crosses all over. Her face was expressionless.Suddenly, her eyes slowly opened, revealing a pair of bottomless pit black eyes. They slowly shone red. The candles flames flickered as though knowing she was angry. A knife appeared in thin air. It had glittering rubies. She grabbed it and threw it down. Just as mysterious, a lake had appeared under the seat. The knife sank into the water. A man in black cape stood out of the shadow to break the silence.
"Is that wise? She can kill you with that, isn't it? She may have other powers but they can't kill you, only that knife. But you throw that knife to her."
The girl spoke softly in a menacingly and chilling tone, that could freeze someone to death."She can come over and kill me. I don't mind. But before that time comes, I shall kill some more first. Besides, I know her best. She will not kill me. Wait and see." With that, she closed her eyes. The man vanished.
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"Ling Ling! Where are you?" Tina and Michael called out, searching all over the house."Chu Chu, come out! Where are you?" Mike was equally alarmed and panicked. To no avail, they found nothing. "Should we call the police again?" Michael suggested."I think that's wise," Mike agreed.
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A policeman, called Max, was handling the murder at Jing Jing's school. His partner also pushed him another file to handle Ling Ling's foster parents' death. Annoyed and frustrated, he opened the files. There were Ling Ling's photo and the students' at that school photos. With a shock, he realized that the photo of Ling Ling and Jing Jing were the same person! In addition, he also recalled the picture that Tina and Michael had shown him. It was the same as the one in the lost report of a girl called Chu Chu. They were all the same person!Something flashed in his mind. He knew he had seen something like that person before. On a hunch, he opened his computer files and searched the newspaper clippings he saved. Finally, he found and saw the most shocking thing. The same picture of the girl was on the screen and below it was written"Jing Ling or Chu Chucommitted suicide, cursing her schools, Jazelin High School, Debling elementary school, Holter College, all her classmates and all humanity for making her lonely, sad, agonized and despaired."Max fainted.
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Jing Jing awoke in a dark room."Where am I?" She tried to stand and look but could not see anything except darkness. Suddenly, she heard a rustle behind her and jumped back, whirling around. A pair of eyes blinked puzzledly at her. To her amazement, she was looking at herself.
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Time stood still as destiny changed. Fate had played fun on human beings especially on a girl. Destiny and fate of the world were being decided and handled on the hands of a girl called Jing Ling. The world can be saved...or destroyed. What would she choose? To choose her past and take revenge or to look for a future that is almost non-existent? Human beings will not change.....
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PART 2 (Nameless)Have you made a choice? Let us begin......
"Nameless"
Ling Ling was tied up with rose stalks, without thorns. Her hands were high up above her heads and her legs were bound together. She was laid vertically upright onto two vertical and two horizontal poles in a rectangle. She was sleeping for eternity as her memories were recalled and her soul was elsewhere.
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"What did you say?" Tina, Michael and Mike were shocked beyond words."Look!" Max showed them the pictures and files. He had gone to find them after he recovered."What is going on here exactly?" Tina sank down. She had enough of this craziness and shock."We can only get the answer one way. Look for her family," Max said wisely. The four of them went to the deceased Jing Ling's house."Who's there?" A woman seen previously kneeling and praying, opened the door."We hope to seek some answer," Max replied and explained everything.
The woman was shocked and froze, then hustled them inside. The man, seen previously too was there as well and looked up curiously. "We got some problem, brother," the woman said grimly. "Jing Ling."
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Jing Jing felt a wave of reminiscence wash over her. She felt light. Her other self seemed to float beyond her, like they were bonding together. A name, she had dreamed earlier came into mind again. Chu.In Jing Jing's house, her mother was sobbing as she told the police about Jing Jing's disappearance. Inside Jing Jing's room, her necklace was shining brightly and then vanished. Jing Jing whipped open her eyes and winced at the bright sunlight. She felt something in her hand and unclasped it. It was her cross and pendant necklace, shining. She also felt something in her other hand. She unclasped it and gasped. It was a knife with glittering rubies, both beautiful and dangerous. Jing Jing stood in shock and realized she did not know where she was. She was originally sitting on a bench outside a building that looked like a church. Like someone beckoning her, she walked unconsciously to the church. Standing before the statue of Jesus, her head exploded. Jing Jing held her head and screamed as images prodded into her mind and split open her head. Images of her crying, of school, of darkness, of sorrow, of loneliness and lastly, of hatred. She sank to her knees, seemingly like praying. She finally remembered her duty. The duty and choice she had to make on resurrection.
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"Jing Ling was very sad and lonely. She even hated us for ignoring her. Here, you read this and you'll understand better." The woman, Jerin, pushed a diary towards Tina. Tina hestitated then opened the diary. Everyone else silently read it and froze. "We fear the worst has begun," Jerin pointed at the passage that read "Time stood still as destiny changed. Fate had played fun on human beings especially on a girl. Destiny and fate of the world were being decided and handled on the hands of a girl called Jing Ling. The world can be saved...or destroyed. What would she choose? To choose her past and take revenge or to look for a future that is almost non-existent? Human beings will not change....."
"After reading all those messy bloody incidents in newspapers, we fear that Jing Ling has awoken for revenge and choose destruction of the world," the man, John, spoke, shaking his head and looked down. "And now, u tell us all that. We are even more convinced."
Just as Tina was about to speak, perhaps a denial, the door blasted open. Everyone jumped to their feet, whirling around to meet the wind that blasted through the door. Standing there was a girl with a white dress and red ribbons. She was smiling."You're right in a way. Dear brother and sister."
"Jing Ling!" Jerin and John shouted in shock. "You really did come to life!"
Jing Ling still smiled, not pleasant but not entirely evil."I'm indeed dead and yet revived. My hatred is so strong, I guess. Very soon, I will make this whole world mad and let the idiotic humanity destroy themselves. We shall see."
"What're you saying?" Mike exclaimed.
"Please stop this! Please! We know we're wrong! Please forgive us!" Jerin pleaded.
Jing Ling shook her head."You're not rependent and you know yourself. The rest are not even feeling guilty. I shall let them have a treat of my own torture, the true face of 'hell'. Goodbye for now, dear sister and brother."
Jing Ling whirled around and in a black light surrounding her, vanished. Jerin and John sank down on the sofa hopelessly."This really can't be happening!" Tina exclaimed.
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At Holter college, a group of zombies rose out of the ground and attacked the students. Many students screamed and ran, even hiding. They were all fearful. But soon. most of them were wiped out, with their bodies littering the ground. They did not die immediately. Instead, they were bitten and poison spread throughout their bodies, making them writhed in agony and torture them till they died. They would not die in peace. Only a mere ten pupils escaped in the whole school. Jing Ling smiled, walking over the dead bodies and the shriveled ones who were bitten by more than one zombie. Her revenge was only starting.
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Jing Jing stood for a long time in the church, not knowing where to go. Her mind flashed back to the scene she recalled......
A woman, dressed in white, had beckoned her to her. She shone bright light around her and had a motherly face.
She spoke, "Jing Ling, you had died already. However, your hatred escaped and has taken onto your form to seek revenge. She may not act in a while to recover all her energy but she will definitely take action. Thus, I shall give you back a heart and a better life with more warmth and love that we owed you. The heart will be separated into three and only Kindness can live normally. I shall erase all of your memories and return your age to sixteen. And let you, without any disruption, enjoy a life full of peace. Your name will be Jing Jing. When the time comes, the other two are revived and you are awakened, please remember the life you, and the other two, once had and make a choice. Destroy the world or save it. However, the power to destroy Hatred lies with Her. A knife with glittering rubies had the power to destroy Darkness. You will need to snatch it from Her if you really want to destroy Her. Your original necklace will be given to you as well. It will awake your memories as well as give you the power that you need. Destroy the world or yourself, that's the hard choice you'll eventually make. It won't be easy but I wish you all the best. Remember in your heart that no matter what choice you make, even if it's pure evil, I will always be at your side. I can't help nor support you but I can stand by your side. Remember."After that, Jing Ling was pushed with a force to the world below."Destroy the world or my evilness," Jing Jing spoke out. She hesitated then decided.
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At Debling Elementary school, the kids were playing happily in the field. Suddenly, the sky blackened and lightening struck. The pupils all died horribly. Jing Ling appeared just as the screaming started. She smiled. Soon, as she walked closer to the building itself, heads were rolling. Many invisible telekinetic "hands" were reaching out to kill them. Some kids found themselves exploding within. Bits of bodies as well as heads were flying everywhere. Blood was splattered and dripping continously. The teachers tried to stop her to no avail. They were slashed instead by a sword that Jing Ling suddenly had on her hand. However, the injuries were not fatal. They had to writhe in pain so torturous that was unimaginable. Even when the security guards fired their guns at her, the bullets did not even touch her. They stopped in mid-air as "hands" blocked them. Jing Ling smiled and then the security guards' heads were ripped out. The exit of the school was blocked by an invisible wall. The chaos was unimaginable.
Just as Jing Ling was about to kill some more of the kids shivering and trembling in fear in the building, frozen in shock, a light struck the ground. Jing Ling remained still. She had come finally. As the light cleared, Jing Jing was standing before her."I have made my choice."
"And may I ask what is that?"Jing Jing looked her in the eye.
"I will neither destroy nor save the world. I will be an on-looker. I will not destroy my hatred. It is my whole life but I don't want to see the entire world destroyed either. All I want is for the bad to be punished. That's all."
Jing Ling smiled. "You should know, there is four of us. Hatred, Loneliness, Sorrow and Kindness. Looks like Loneliness combined with you while me with Sorrow. "
Jing Jing spoke fervently," leave them alone. Seek out the ones truly deserved. Otherwise, I will stop you!"Jing Ling smiled again and whirling around, vanished. Jing Jing, relieved, suck in a breath as she looked at the shining necklace. Once she had made the choice, the necklace had transported her. Looking sadly behind her at her old school, she jumped and miraculously landed on top of the building. She then dashed to nowhere. Time had begun..........
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Ling Ling was still tied. However, her soul heard the clock struck. Time had finally begun. A choice was made. Ling Ling smiled. Destiny was finally moving. The wheel of fortune had stopped and was moving backwards. A Nameless was making her mark to create an existence. An existence bound for eternity. Let the stars shone for the future that would come soon.....soon......
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END of part 2
PART 3 (Existence)
"Existence"
"You like me?" Chu asked."Huh? Well, I guess so," Mike replied after pondering. "I feel like I know you for eternity when we only meet for two days."Chu smiled and hugged Mike. "I like you too...."
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"Hey, what's your name?"Ling Ling looked up to see Tina and Michael."Ling Ling.""Oh, you still know your name. Good! Want to make friends with us?" Tina smiled."No offense, but you look kind of sad. We have noticed you for a while already," Michael added. Ling Ling smiled a little and said softly, "sure."
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"Tina! Read this!" Michael shook Tina out of bed."What? It's only six in the morning, for God's sake! On a Sunday too!" Tina arose."Here!" Michael pushed the newspaper in her hands, sitting beside her on the bed. Tina read and was shocked. It was about Holter college and Debling Elementary School."How horrible!" Tina exclaimed, pushing the newspaper to Michael and felt like vomitting. Michael looked at her seriously. "You don't think it's.....""What? Ling Ling?! Impossible!"Michael did not say anything. He knew Tina was lying.
Mike had also read the newspaper. He grimaced. "Is it really her? Do I trust her?" He wondered.
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Jerin and John had also read it. They knew these were Jing Ling's schools."What should we do, brother?!""We can do nothing," John said honestly and sadly.
Jing Jing stood on top of a building as the wind brushed past her. Her blue dress was rustling in the wind. She wondered if she had made a correct choice.
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Ling sat at her throne seat. The man in black cape arrived. "Dan, stop coming here so many times. It is quite irritating!"
"Sorry, dear but I can't stop worrying about you."
"Worry?" Jing Ling glared at him. "Who do you think I am? Besides, don't make me laugh! You, the lord of darkness, will worry about someone? Ha! More likely, you want to check on me to make sure I don't back out!"
The lord of Darkness, Nemesis Dan, smiled. " You understand me so much. How delightful."Jing Ling opened her hands. There were a bunch of black seeds."Scatter within the world and breed darkness, my dear children." With that, Jing Ling dropped her hands faceward into the lake. In the world, the black seeds appeared and disappeared into human bodies. They would take control of the bodies and made them turn into monsters, killing everyone, including their own families, while still having their own mind. This will be the cruelest treatment ever.
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Soon, the world was in chaos. Everyone started killing one another. Guns were shot, knifes were splashed with blood, hands were dirtied.
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Jing stood in front of the door. She paused, then whirled and disappeared. The door opened and Jerin poked her head out.
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Tina, Michael, Jerin, John, Mike were meeting at a place called "Happy Club" to discuss the incidents at Debling and Holter.
At that time, the seeds fell. Without warning, two men in the coffeehouse Happy Club went crazy. They kicked one another and smashed cups and plates onto other people's heads. Everything went chaos. The five of them barely managed to escape. "What's going on?! Ahh!....."Tina shouted as she dodged a flying plate."Quick, hurry out!" Michael pushed Tina to one side as he pushed a man, who was going to beat Tina.They rushed out the door to meet even more chaos as a mad man went around with a knife."Ahhh.....!!" The five of them screamed as the man was about to slash them.
Suddenly, some gunshots were heard. The man collapsed. The two men inside the coffeehouse also collapsed. The five stared at Jing Jing, holding a gun in her hand."Are you alright?"Jing Jing asked. "Are you going to kill us too?" Tina mumbled and trembled. Michael stood protectively in front of her sister. "Are you truly Jing Ling? Or Chu?" Mike asked. "Please stop this!" John and Jerin exclaimed. Jing Jing looked at them and then more intently at Jerin and John."You don't know your own sister?" Jerin and John froze in shock."Are you.... really.....?" Jerin asked excitedly while the rest remained in shock. Jing Jing smiled a little. "Jing Ling is dead. I am non-existent now. But my previous name is Jing Jing. Chu is inside me."Jerin and John rushed over to hug her.
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In Jing Ling's house, Jing Jing explained how Jing Ling's heart originally had four parts."You see Ling Ling, who is Sorrow," she nodded at Tina and Michael. "You see Chu Chu, who is Loneliness," she nodded at Mike. "The other one you all see is Hatred. I am Kindness, the conscience of human beings. We are all connected thus subconsciously, we knew one another's actions."
"Oh my..." Jerin gasped.
"Now comes the hard part," Jing Jing swallowed. " I have made a choice, a choice you all may not agree but one I choose."
All was in attention.
"I choose not to save the world by destroying Her nor destroy the world entirely." All were stunned. "Now, Jing Ling has made a big move. She has already planted seeds to invade human bodies and made them monsters, killing everyone in sight. I won't stop her but I won't let her kill someone i know don't deserve."
"But but.....that's horrible!" Tina stumbled.
"I know you all won't support me and I don't want you all to support me. I just want to let you know." Jing Jing stood up and started to leave. "Goodbye." She left. Everyone was silent.
As nightime fell, everything had started to calm down. The 'monsters' were killed. But peace will not come so easily. Very soon, a whole new bunch of seeds would fall again.
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Tina and Michael stood together."You know what? I really like Ling Ling, even when she was silent and creepy. But about this...."Tina weeped.Michael hugged her. "I know. I also wish I can support her but we are human beings. We can't. I know how horrible she's feeling right now but we can't support her. All we can do is pray."They huddled together for the whole night.
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"You know what? I wish I had paid a lot of attention to Jing Ling when she's alive. Then these would not have happened," Jerin felt guilty."And you know what? I don't think it will have stopped her hatred anyway. She hated her school too," John consoled.They prayed.
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Mike stood at the window. He remembered all the happy things he and Chu did. Is it really all fake? And is her feelings fake? Is it all a dream? for a long while, he finally made a choice. He stood and telephoned Jing Jing's handphone number, which she had given to them earlier in case of any emergency danger. On the fourth ring, Jing picked up. "I wish to speak with you for a while." Jing Jing was silent for a while. "Okay."
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Under the bright full moon and on the beach, Mike and Jing Jing met.
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A decision was made to support or not support. Will Mike's choice finally save the world? Or will it lead to destruction? Guess!
END of part 3
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