Hidden Shadows Chap. 6 part one Broken Soul

It's raining for the day's forecast, and the atmosphere was just as depressing as is. Alyssa is holding onto her cat, Chloe in her arms. The rest of the staff in Resurgum has arrived at Naomi and Navel's funeral... an unfortunate sight, it is. It's also a while since the Rosalia Virus Epidemic has been put to a close, but Navel and Veronica's deaths showed how severe it was. Navel has lost his sanity and lead up to Naomi's death, plus Navel lost his life by a lethal amount of blood loss. 

"Alyssa... Don't cry. It's going to be okay..." Maria whispers to the little girl. Alyssa just whimpers, burying her face into Maria's warm body, hugging the first responder's side.

"I know... but... why Little Guy...? Why must he be infected...?" Alyssa asks. Maria shrugs, wiping away a tear.

"I have no idea... I have no idea..."

Soon, everyone gets up from their seats to say their final goodbyes to their friends. Roses and other special gifts on the graves. Alyssa was so sad that she didn't have any gifts to pass on. All she had was a small plush that looked like a purple Deftera, and the other is a knited scarf. She then apporachs the grave next to Tomoe and places the gifts on the graves. 

A few days later after the funeral, Alyssa kept thinking on her adopted parents, wondering if they're resting in heaven. However, something strange starts to come to her. During school, Alyssa sees a similar face that Naomi mentioned to her: Dennis Taylor. Dennis kept staring at her, watching her do her schoolwork and reading. A student by her side pokes her shoulder, noticing that she was constantly daydreaming.

"Alyssa, are you okay?" a boy asks her, getting her attention.

"I keep seeing someone... Have you heard of someone called Dennis Taylor?" Alyssa asks, barely looking up from her book. 

"Kinda. Only heard on how he died." He replied.

"It's because I think I'm seeing him near me..." Alyssa whispers, pointing near the door. The boy looks at her direction, and whispers back,

"I don't see him... maybe you're just imagining it." 

The strange visions Alyssa kept seeing didn't stop during her classes, nor during any breaks. During recess, she saw what seems to be bloodstains on the swing sets, also hearing cries for help. However, there wasn't anyone that was injured, and the voice sounded like someone in their 20's. The teachers weren't in any serious condition, so who was it? Thinking about the sound, Alyssa takes a seat in one of the swings, pushing her body forward to make herself swing forward and higher. Suddenly, someone grabs her back and scratches it, having the little girl scream in pain. In that same instant, a voice cries out for help again.

“PLEASE!! ANYONE... HELP ME!!'

The screams Alyssa heard made her spine shiver as she quickly leaps off from the swing, landing awkwardly on her knees. Once she turned around, there was absolutely... 

What was that all about, Alyssa questions to herself, rubbing her back. Once she returns to her seat, she finds a necklace that apparently didn't belong to her. As she starts asking her friends, many said that it didn't belong to them either. Dispite all the confusion, Alyssa quickly hides it in her bag so she can take it to Maria.

Later on in the day, while heading home, Alyssa waits for Maria to pick her up from school, sitting on the sidewalk. As she waits, she fiddles around with the necklace, wondering who it belonged to. Once standing up, she feels someone grabbing on her leg, and apparently, not letting go. Having a bad feeling, she slowly looks down to no see anything. On her left side was a teddy bear, but Alyssa quickly grabs it and throws it into a nearby trash can. She already had one bad experience, and wasn't gonna make the same mistake. As luck will have it, the bear explodes, sending crumbled paper, candy wrappers, and other junk kids have thrown away. As Alyssa turns around back to see Maria pull up, she hears someone whisper in her ear...

"Do you want to see your precious Naomi again...?" 

Alyssa panics, falling back down on her knees, scraping them gently.

"Hey, are you alright?" Maria calls out, walking to the girl.

"I...I'm fine. I thought I heard a voice... that sounded fimilar..." Alyssa said, trying to pretend nothing happened.