deformed bone

Red Deer discovered something was wrong when he left the hospital.

The weather is still sunny, white clouds are floating in the blue sky like big cotton candy, the sun is so bright and clear, embedding white light on the edges of buildings and trees.All living beings appear without haze under such light.

But there was a scent in the air that alerted the red deer.

He frowned and looked around, then realized that he was the only one smelling the disgusting stench.

Suddenly, a group of birds rushed out from the shade of the tree. They flapped their wings in a mess in mid-air, and let out piercing screams.Passers-by on the side of the road were attracted attention, they stopped and took out their mobile phones to start taking pictures of the group of strange-looking birds.

Immediately afterwards, a black shadow suddenly slid down from mid-air, grazing straight towards the red deer.

Red Deer suddenly turned his head, and the black shadow directly brushed his cheek and hit the glass door behind him.The crowd in the hospital burst into screams, and Red Deer turned around and found that the shadow was actually a huge raven.Now the poor little guy is dead, its head smashed against the glass door into a black and red mess, its wings are still fluttering reflexively, and its feathers are soaked in its own blood.And the glass door has long been shattered into a spider web, and the blood of the raven slowly seeps around along the cracked traces.

"Oh, bad luck."

Red Deer said softly.

He hurried down the steps to leave before the rest of the hospital arrived.The roots of his hair were tightening and the hairs on the back of his neck were bristling. It was like static electricity in the air before a storm. Red Deer didn't feel scared, but something didn't feel right to him.

【Something is approaching...】

Fogg floated up in his sea of ​​consciousness, the eccentric English doctor's voice sounding anxious.

[I feel very uncomfortable. 】

This was Virgil, who hadn't spoken for a long time, and he hadn't risen to the surface of consciousness for a long time since he was given a good reprimand for attempting to challenge Red Deer's authority last time.

"It's the door."

Red Deer murmured.

He suddenly realized a strong sense of inappropriateness—he shouldn't—he shouldn't have left Calvin alone in the holiday cottage by the lake.

Just to send that woman whose life was worthless to the hospital, and then he just left Calvin in a place he couldn't control and couldn't see?That's not how red deer behave.

At this moment, Red Deer's heartbeat finally began to become a little rapid.

On the surface, he calmly turned the key and started the car. He sat behind a sense of direction and rushed back towards the lakeside holiday cottage expressionlessly.But a storm was stirring inside him.

He discovered that he had been programmed without realizing it.

Someone had somehow distorted the way he thought, planted an "idea" in his head.The man made him leave the cabin so he could be separated from Calvin.

【"Mind control, or hypnosis..."】

Fogg muttered in Red Deer's heart at the right time.

【"It doesn't make sense... These are supposed to be your strengths. It's almost impossible for you to be hypnotized by others, and no one can control you..."】

【"Damn their goal is Calvin!"】

"To shut up."

Red Deer said to the restless Fogg and Virgili gloomyly.

Yes, this thing is very unbelievable.Since the separation of personality, theoretically speaking, there is almost no way for him to be hypnotized or controlled by anyone, but now this thing has really happened.

What's even more frightening is that Red Deer reviewed everything that happened today, but couldn't find anything suspicious.That is to say, he didn't even know when he was hypnotized.

Red Deer stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, trying to rush back to Calvin's side at the fastest speed.

But at this moment, he realized that the picture in front of him had become a little distorted and weird.

Yes, he is still staring at the front of himself, he is looking at the asphalt road outside the car, the lawns and houses on the side of the road, but his windshield seems to be adapted into a convex lens unconsciously, what he sees Everything is being stretched and deformed at a slow speed.Sunlight falls on them, and they reflect as if they're wrapped in cheap plastic wrap.

In the car, the button of the car radio was suddenly turned on by itself.

【"Hahahaha--"】

A burst of contented laughter mingled with the sound of electricity came from the radio.

【"You shouldn't have left the angel there alone."】

Red Deer heard that voice...a voice he was very familiar with, but it sounded a little strange at this moment...said softly on the radio.

It was his own voice.

It's just that if he is himself, the background sound will not have the kind of rustling and faint wailing that makes the whole body numb.

A cool and foul smell lingered in the interior of the carriage, pushing and shoving Red Deer's consciousness as if it possessed substance.

Red Deer suddenly looked at the rearview mirror, and in the reflection of the mirror, the expression on his face had changed—it was very similar to him but completely opposite in essence.

"It's you--"

Red Deer's eyes instantly became extremely dangerous and sharp.

【"it's me."】

The shadow replied softly.

The red deer had a tragic and painful tug-of-war with the other party silently, and the cold and foul smell seemed to penetrate his pores into his body.

Red Deer felt that he was firmly shackled from the inside, and what was even more frightening was that his body had no resistance to this kind of external intrusion.

【"I will have the angel... My dear, I said I would have him. I will give him all my love and admiration. As for you, you can have a painful and dark sleep."】

Red Deer's panting became heavy. Many times in the past, he could easily use the strange power in his body to fight against the thing inside the "door".But this time, he found that his strength was firmly suppressed.

white light.

Red Deer felt as if a light flashed behind his eyelids.The closer to the holiday cabin by the lake, the more serious the feeling of being suppressed becomes.

"what are you……"

Red Deer stared at the constantly distorted and deformed image in front of him, then panted and asked.

He heard the voice that was exactly the same as his own and laughed softly.

【"Me? Oh dear, do you really not know? Or are you pretending that you have forgotten everything?"】

Red Deer realized that his body was moving on its own, and the consciousness gradually invading his body was caressing his own face like a pervert.

【"I am you, dear, I am the half inside your door, remember? During the electrocution, you separated me out...then you pushed me inside the door.】

"Do you think I will be annihilated forever? But no, as early as the moment you opened the door, I became one with you... I am your soul."

The disgusting, fetid thing said softly.

"crunch-"

The body of the man with curly brown hair and emerald green eyes suddenly fell forward heavily.The unassuming Honda he was driving skidded along the road for a while, and this rather dangerous driving style caused other vehicles to honk their horns angrily.

But seconds later, the car resumed normal driving.

The driver of the passing Honda raised his middle finger at the car in dissatisfaction as he passed it. Through the glass, they saw a handsome young man staring straight ahead, with his hands clasped tightly. on the steering wheel.

The driver looked normal. When he saw other people's demonstrations, he even turned his head and smiled at that person, but that smile...

That smile is scary.

…………

……

In the holiday cottage by the lake, Calvin gradually recovered from that pure, cold and massive power.

Of course, the so-called "recovery" does not mean that he has become normal, he just finally regained control of his body.

His wings were folded and pressed tightly against his back, Calvin could feel the touch of those feathers, they looked soft, but in fact they were as hard and cold as a thin sheet of iron.And every muscle in him was extremely sore, as if he had just performed an extremely intense exercise not long ago, and his heart was pounding, hitting his chest cavity.

And his consciousness...

His consciousness is still a little confused.His memory is fragmented, like those broken glass products on the ground, there are only a few fragments, and those fragments can barely be glued into a vague outline, but all the details are gone.Memories, truths, and fantasies were jumbled together and stuffed into Calvin's mind.

It didn't even take Calvin a long time to realize that he was being held by the man, who picked a few sofa cushions from the mess and spread them on the floor, and then he put Calvin on the ground.

Calvin could feel the man, the Reed resemblance, sizing him up with sticky eyes.

"you are pretty……"

he murmured, and then he bent down and put Calvin's hands on his waist, forming a position he liked.

Calvin wanted to scream, and gouged out his eyes, but his whole body was in a state of severe loss of strength, let alone screaming, he couldn't even utter a vague question.

("Who the hell are you?")

Calvin wanted to ask.

Calvin even felt a little stupid. In the first few minutes, perhaps because he was too surprised, he took the man as Reed for granted.

But obviously, that person was not his familiar companion.

Neither Reed nor Fogg, nor Virgil, he is not any personality that Calvin is familiar with.But that body, Calvin was sure from the bottom of his heart, belonged to someone he was familiar with.

A brand new personality?

Calvin wondered uneasily in his own mind.

He was dizzy and his limbs were limp.If possible, he just wants to lie somewhere, not necessarily a bed, even on the carpet, or simply on the floor of the garage. He just wants to lie down and close his eyes and fall into a deep sleep.He had never been so tired.Wherever that power came from, it was clear that it put a heavy burden on Calvin's mortal body.

But the cruel reality is that not only is it impossible for Calvin to rest now, but he has to face the current indescribable situation more nervously and seriously than ever before.

The dark red blood dragged a long trail on the dilapidated ground, extending from where the victims stayed before they died to the corner of the wall.

The sudden and unimaginable door has disappeared.Now all Calvin can see are the ordinary walls, they stand there quietly, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Calvin would have no way to believe that just a few minutes ago, that small place swallowed up the bodies of three humans corpse.

"Wow, what a mess here..."

The indescribable and incomprehensible new personality stood not far from Calvin. He held his chin and looked around, and then let out a light sigh.

Calvin panted, struggling to maintain his sanity and looked at him.

That weird ability made Calvin very disturbed.

That door... Calvin still remembered the "that door" that Reed had mentioned to him before, and he would never forget how he was frightened by the thing behind the "door" that night at the seaside villa.But just a few minutes ago, Calvin saw the body of "Reed" summon the door from the void or another damn dimension.

Every part of that thing made Calvin horrified. In comparison, the three corpses thrown inside the gate seemed insignificant.

"Well, honey, why don't you take a good rest? I'm sure you're tired, aren't you?"

Perhaps noticing Calvin's gaze, that "Reed" turned to look at him.

Immediately afterwards, he walked towards Calvin, squatted down and reached out, gently stroking Calvin's cheek and shoulder.Calvin's body suddenly had goosebumps.

He smelled a very bad smell from "Reed", a bit like the soil in the cemetery, damp, rotten, with a strong smell of mold.And he gave Calvin a terrible feeling, like some kind of poisonous cold-blooded reptile, Calvin wanted to tremble just thinking that he was touching him.What makes Calvin even more annoying is "his" eyes. His gaze is like hands that can become invisible in the air. Although he is just being looked at by the other party, Calvin will have a feeling of being touched. illusion.

The dead man's hand, wet, sticky and cold, caresses and draws along every arc and curve of his body. It judges the position of Calvin's blood vessels and muscles, just to use his nails at some point in the future. Cut open his skin and draw out his veins...

"You look a little nervous."

The man observed Calvin's expression and whispered.

"This actually makes me sad, after all these years, I have loved you very much..."

"You... are the new...personality..."

Finally, Calvin gathered a bit of strength, and he spoke intermittently.

"Reed" burst out laughing.

He leaned forward and back, even laughing to the point of tears.

Then he stopped all his voices abruptly, and stared straight at Calvin.

"No, I'm not. Honey, I'm not the 'new personality', I'm the 'main personality'. And I'm sure you should remember me... We met, didn't we?"

Calvin frowned.

The feeling of uneasiness continued to expand in his body, and he had a premonition that he would not want to hear what the man said.

"How did those liars introduce themselves to you? Reed? Fogg? Virgil? Histo? Oh, yes, I forgot about a little beast, what's it called... Macy... No, Moses. Is that what they told you?"

Calvin looked at him silently, without responding.

"all fake."

Then the man spoke softly.

"Let me tell you my real name...my name is 'Red Deer'."

Calvin suddenly opened his eyes wide, and at that moment his heart was in chaos.

red deer?

Calvin even felt that the name was just a little familiar... Where had he heard this name?Oh yes, he did remember the name.

Red Deer, the serial killer who once caused a sensation in the whole country.

That... pervert...

Human memory is really strange, Calvin couldn't help thinking, after so many years, he thought he had already forgotten everything that happened to him when he was a child, but it was just a name, and the moment he remembered that name, the memories of many years ago Those things came back to him again.

Calvin seemed to be able to renew the smell of the cold air in Jay Bay Prison.

And in the cramped death row cell, the man behind the railing had small and sinister eyes shining.

Daniel put his hand on his shoulder.

Blood, panic, excruciating pain, the man bit his finger.

"you're lying……"

Calvin murmured.

He had no idea how pale he looked now.

"Oh my God, I didn't, I swear - I'm not going to lie to you like the shit in this body -"

"Red Deer" sat cross-legged beside Calvin, and he tilted his head and stared sweetly at Calvin.

"I've been watching you, my dear angel, all these years, from the beginning to now... It's just that something has happened to my body, you know, in the past few years my body has not belonged Me, I can only be trapped in that goddamn place, watching you silently and helplessly. Of course, once in a while, I will find a way to get myself a few bodies, and I went to you, but You keep rejecting me. Of course, that's not your fault. I can understand that being in another person's body can make my soul a little confused. There are times when I actually want to tell you who I am, but before I open my mouth You tried to get rid of those bodies before..."

"..."

Calvin's pupils shrank, and he trembled uncontrollably.

"Red Deer" pointed to himself, he grinned and then smiled, his smile was more frightening than the devil's.

"But now, I've finally got my body back, isn't it great? What did that person tell you? Oh, yes, a college student of art..." A trace of thick blood flashed across "Red Deer"'s face. Strong disgust and ridicule, "He lied to you, my lovely little angel, he lied to you, in fact, I am me... I am a serial killer, and I am also a wanted criminal on the run. Those liars are here I lied to you about my identity and age."

There was moisture in Calvin's eyes.

He breathed heavily, but it was still useless, he felt that he was going to suffocate in the next second.

"I do not believe……"

He couldn't accept it all.

all fake?Reed lied to him?And Virgilie and Fogg?Those personalities who appeared in front of him lied to him?

"Oh, my poor little baby," "Red Deer" made an exaggerated tongue-clicking sound, and Calvin had no doubt that his pain made the other party quite happy. "You really can't accept this, right? You must think All of this is a lie, but you can actually take a closer look at me. Baby, look at me, you should still remember me, right? I appeared in front of you like this back then..."

Calvin didn't want to see the other party at all, even if the other party was talking to him in Reed's body now.But he found himself involuntarily observing the man's face.

The deep outline like the ancient Greek sculpture, the brown curly hair and emerald green eyes, and the bright red lips.

If you look at him without any suspicion or purpose, he is still just an ordinary, handsome male.

But once you look at it with memories...

Calvin's tremors grew worse.

The face behind the iron railing gradually faded away from the blurred fog, showing a clear outline bit by bit.

Then, the face in memory gradually overlapped with the man in front of him.

"It's you……"

Calvin heard a desperate whisper coming from his own mouth.He closed his eyes involuntarily, as if this could erase the face from his retina and memory from his sanity.

Yes, it's him.

The original death row inmate, the most terrifying serial killer, was indeed what Reid looked like now.

Calvin had forgotten him, but now, he remembered again.