"Hurry up!" I slowly opened my eyes. I suddenly sat down and looked around. I'm still here on Sherman beach, but based on the position of the sun, it's morning today.
"You might stumble!" I looked at a woman in the back as she scolded the children who were running away. My eyes widened staring at her, it passed me and I felt like she couldn't species. She was the woman earlier while I was drowning. Is this what she wants to show me? Is this what she wants me to know?
I turned around, but the strong wind closed my eyes again. I feel like it took me back to where I was and I was right. I opened up it was afternoon and here I was on the rocks, where Chelsea and I went.
"H-help!" I turned my attention to the woman running, my gaze still followed after she passed me and the other two men followed. I face one of them, he is the one I talked to earlier at the entrance. I ran closer to them. This woman's clothes were torn and even her hair was messy. She wept as she hugged himself, and the two were overjoyed at the woman's fear.
"Have mercy." She begged, but she immediately shouted when someone held her with both hands. I ran to push them but I did nothing, I just penetrated them.
"H-help!" I tried to shout. I knew no one could hear me, but I insisted anyway. Because maybe someone will hear me shout. I tried to help the woman but I couldn't.
I tried to help, even my eyes kept on crying, out of pity for her. They are right in front of me and I can see what they are doing, but I can't do anything, I can't help her. After they exploited the woman they had no mercy, they drowned her until she lost her life. I couldn't stop getting on my knees because of the weakness. I wanted to retaliate and drown them too, but I couldn't, because I couldn't handle them.
"We'll be caught if we don't make it, let's throw it into the sea." A man ordered and they waved his corpse. They arranged her and looked around, when saw no one else, they immediately ran somewhere.
Sobbing I stood up and turned around. From what I look back on, it is a new phenomenon. Morning again and the two caretakers walking, obviously these two are having a serious conversation. They walked again in front of me.
"What are we going to do? I have nightmares every night."
"She's dead, she'll stop soon," said another.
"But what if not? I'm scared for my family, I don't want to go to jail."
"What are you talking about? We can't be imprisoned if no one knows, wait I know. My grandmother said we should offer, what if every time the full moon comes we will offer life to her," he explained.
"How? We're going to kill again?"
"Don't you want to? So that she won't bother us ever again. We're going to drown anyone to offer it to her, no one else will know if it's not us. We're going to let out another soul that's doing that." Long explanation of this. I walked again, but I was stopped. Closing my eyes again because of the tightness of my chest. When I opened my eyes again I went back underwater.
This woman smiled at me. I looked down at my hand noticing that she had placed something on it, later I felt a force pull me upwards. I quickly hugged him and opened my mouth, to inhale the air. I was almost out of breath, but little by little I recovered.
I was still closing my eyes because of the pain in my eyes, I also couldn't swim so I just sent to whoever saved me.
"You said you would find the soul in the sea, you didn't say you wanted to go with her." Even though I was fainting I laughed at what he said. I didn't know that Grim reapers could swim. I felt him lift me and when I saw his face. His hair was so straight because of the wetness, he even smiled at me before shaking her head.
A few drops of water spewed out and at this moment, time seemed to slow down, as I stared at him. He turned his gaze to me again and his smiles matched the sunlight. Why do I seem to have known these smiles for so long?
"Quinn." Chelsea immediately greeted me when Keir dropped me off.
"What's going on?"
"I've seen what happened to her, I already know who killed her." Her eyes widened at what I said. Although I stood up a little weak, there were a few staff here with us, because they were probably also surprised by what happened to me.
"The two of them." I pointed the two men at the same time. They still looked at each other and shocked at my accusation. I saw the trembling in their bodies. After a long time, what they are doing will be ruined.
"W-why us? W-what are you saying?" A man shouted angrily and pointed at me.
"This, one of you owns it. I saw how you exploited the woman and how you planned to kill others to be offered to her." I reached for a pin the woman had given me. The manager took it and looked at it in shock.
"It's yours before you lost it in your house," the manager said.
"It mean, you were responsible for Belia's death?!" Other people stopped the manager's rush, anger could be seen on his face.
"N-not us, not me. Wait! Why did this happen to you? You're a thief!" I backed away as it swayed to rush at me, but Keir intervened causing that man to expel me. Not at all but it vomited blood. Because of what Chelsea saw, it still clung to me.
"You should be beaten." People make angry promises and then they confuse it. I saw how they writhed in the blows and beatings of those fuckers. We also called the police for this case, I looked at the shore again and saw this woman. Clear -faced and smiling go with another Grim reaper.
"May your soul be at peace." I whispered softly and got into our car. This is the second time I've helped the restless, I know they just aren't. There's a lot more around, but why am I now confused about what I want? I want to escape this ability of mine, but I also want to help them as long as I have this ability. Where do I really stand?
"You're so good, sister." Chelsea's amazement.
"Coincidence." I lazily promised as my head leaned against the window glass.
"But why is that? Isn't it when 40 days they don't remember anything?" I looked up at Keir.
"Depends, in that case there are lives offered to her soul, so the memories keep coming back to her." I leaned back and looked at Grim reaper.
"What other events can last the memory of a soul?" I still want to know so that I won't ask again.
"Revenge and love," he replied.
"Like what?" Chelsea asked. This is what I would have asked but she preceded me.
"With so much revenge they don't lose memories, but they're often bad spirits. Grim reapers have a hard time coming here, because of the strength of their forces." This explained and Chelsea and I nodded at the same time.
"They're not even given a chance to reincarnate, are they?" I asked another question, he nodded and spoke.
"Yes, by the time they are beaten, they will disappear on their own," he replied while still staring at the road.
"How about so much love?" I asked again.
"There are people who can't let go of a deceased person, when they can't accept it they don't just lose the memory of the people who have passed away. They stay on the ground longer, even if they want to leave they can't. Because they continue that they relate to the soul of the person who does not want to let them go." It was a long explanation and we were like fools gaping in front of him, while explaining.
"They also disappear and are not given the opportunity to be reborn, but there are very few cases like this. Other Grim reapers still catch up, especially if a soul really wants to leave," he added.
Does that mean there is no difference between the two? Can a soul never be reincarnated again when there is someone they don't want to let go?
Their work is also stressful, I thought the souls would just follow. It's also difficult. Maybe Keir is the only one with them, who have two assistants. Nice one, it has nothing else to do but annoy. But what other kinds of souls can I meet? Of course, I will see that ghost demon again. I should know how many we are going to look for, so that I am aware and I can hurry. I want to help everyone but I also have a life to face.