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Fengge, along with Xiaohong, Longwei, Chonglin, Gen, and Huojin were sitting in a room that had white walls and floors. This room was bright and sunny and had white furniture spread around making for a nice atmosphere. Owphiyr, a newcoming character entered the room and they all began to talk about past experiences they have had. Some being funny, others embarrasing, others were more sad or serious in nature.
There was no problem among these conversations until Owphiyr told of his experience: the Holocaust. Now, Owphiyr rarely spoke of his experiences in the past, but these people made him feel open and accepted, so he didn't see the danger in this. However, Fengge and Huojin, being phoenixes as well, couldn't see the horror that this man had gone through. Well, they did, but not to such an extent. Finally Fengge chimed in with his observation.
"That sounds awful, but could it have really been that bad?"
Owphiyr, now in a disturbingly playful mood, responded in an unexpected manner. "Here, I'll show you."
Using his abilities, Owphiyr did a sort of "time-warp" to a white stone room that vaguely resembled a locker room. Standing in this room were a variety of people, mainly women, as if waiting for something. The Chinese group was placed in this room while Owphiyr remained as an apparition. He spoke, explaining the situation.
"This room is called a gas chamber. "
"Gas chamber? What is it used for?", Huojin asked.
Before Huojin could receive an answer, a loud hissing sound was heard coming from the ceiling. The people didn't respond immediately, but soon a few began to cough. Longwei looked around the room.
"What's going on?"
Owphiyr quietly slipped through the wall leaving the group to fend for themselves. Xiaohong clung to Fengge's arm, afraid. More and more people began to cough, most were falling to the floor.
The group of dieties watched on in horror, eyes wide with fear. The people began to shriek in pain and some had already grown still, their faces frozen in the scream of agony that had been their last breath. The few that were still left alive were spitting up blood and weakly trying to move toward any exit, some were clawing at the walls. It was now obvious what the room was used for.
At this point, Longwei was backed up against the wall, shaking and covering his face. Gen had turned away, his eyes shut tight, as if it would make the nightmare end soon. However, this was no nightmare. Chonglin's eyes were closed as well, but he could be heard murmuring words, a prayer, under his breath as his voice choked with tears. Huojin, Fengge, and Xiaohong were crying at this point, Xiaohong clung even harder to her father, Huojin had fallen to the floor, unable to hold back his sobs any more. Fengge tried to comfort Xiaohong, but he couldn't even comfort himself. Now, every single one of them was sobbing, not only in sympathy for these poor people, but also in sheer terror. He couldn't take it anymore...with Xiaohong still holding on to his sleeve, Fengge headed toward the big bolted door and proceeded to bang on it and scream in desperation.
"Let me out, please! Open the door!! DEAR GOD, LET ME OUT!!!"
This only made Xiaohong cry harder. Owphiyr now reappered from the other side of the wall. Fengge approached him. "Okay...I get it...I get it...just let us go home!"
Owphiyr shook his head. "You're part of it now."
Fengge was on his knees at this point. "Then tell them to let us go!!"
Owphiyr shook his head again. "Nope. The Nazis aren't like that. Your life itself is an act of rebellion. They won't open that door or shut off that gas until every last one of you is dead."
Huojin was getting angry at this point, but only because of his fear. "But we can't die!!"
"Exactly. You'll have to stay in here...with them." He pointed to the corpses.
Gen lifted his head from his arms, trembling. "Then...what are we supposed to do...?"
Looking at each other with tearful eyes, they came to one conclusion. Huojin turned his eyes to the cold concrete floor. "There's only one thing we can do..."
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Two guards finished carrying a group of bodies out from a chamber.
"That's the last of 'em. I don't even know where we find some of these people sometimes...and I thought they were supposed to give us all of their clothes before they went in...stupid undesirables..."
"Well, we'll get their clothes before we burn them, so it doesn't matter anyway."
"Yeah..."
"Should we cremate them now?"
"Nah, we're going to have more later. We'll wait."
As the guards walked away, Fengge opened his eyes and looked around to see if the coast was clear. Seeing no one else, he carefully climbed off of the pile of corpses. Xiaohong quickly scrambled off, running to Fengge, crying, "Papa!"
The rest of the group quickly joined him, their faces still pale with anxiety and fear. Owphiyr appeared to them again. "Can we go home now?"
Nodding, he transported them back to the sunny white room, which was now dark and black. Everyone sat silent but Xiaohong's sobs could still be heard as Fengge held her, tears falling from his now ashen violet eyes.
 Chibi-Speck · Fri Feb 06, 2009 @ 12:28am · 0 Comments |
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