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In the end,
temptation won.
Though there were moments
I regretted that intensely.
I love
you so
much...
Some of what I saw tore my heart in two.
And some...obviously needed context.
Zwiggadoo!!!
I following that homing feeling that was
leading me to dougie, touching trees as I
went.
I thought I might be getting closer to wherever he was
hidden, not through any inner sense, but because the fears
were getting worse; More personal.
But I didn't see how some
of these could be anything
but real. And I couldn't
imagine how I never knew.
Darren
fairbanks
Beloved
son &
Brother
I prayed to the gods it was only
fears I was seeing, dark unfounded
nightmares with no basis in truth.
Then I stumbled into something I never expected.
She...I...we? Were pale and washed
out. An exaggerated bullet wound,
big enough to have blown me in
half, decorated her chest, and it
was obvious she was dying.
But her eyes were hard, cold,
accusing, and she reached for
me with a clawed hand. This
was another vision with no
sound, but I didn't need it to
know what she was saying.
My insides turned over. my own fears were reflected in this pale ghost's eyes. Just change the face and I could be back in my own nightmare.
We'd won this battle, in
so many ways. So why
was it neither of us
could let it go?
I couldn't bear it, being a tree in this forest, a needle of pain in my friend's soul. I couldn't abide it. On impulse, I knelt down, taking that clawed hand in my own.
We won, Dougie. I'm alive and
well, and we won. I'm safe;
we're all safe and alive, because
of you. please let her go. You
have me, you don't need her.
let her go.
The ghost of
dougie's fears
seemed to listen.
I squeezed her hand, continued on the same vein, nonsense words, near lies considering how I'd come here, but I was hoping this part of Dougie didn't know that. Perhaps, like the fear that froze my image here, this memory was also frozen, unable to see the future that threatened us now. I hoped, anyway.
Then, much to my surprise, she faded.
.
The wound melted away
first, dissolving into
nothing before my eyes.
After that she went, a
ghost of smoke and
shadow.
the last thing
I thought I
saw was a smile
...Just before she left me
grasping empty air, and
the tree beside me went dark.
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Oct 3rd
You work customer service; that's a given.
Oct 3rd
... okay, not eat, just rip her up. I never actually considered eating anyone. I like destroying people. Painfully. Only in my head of course!!
Oct 3rd
I just LOVE LOVE LOVE this series! fI almost cried when I saw panel five and continued! (and Karica, I fear for you.)
Oct 2nd
A little, yes. I'm afraid to ask where the urges towards cannibalism were coming from....
Oct 2nd
Surprised because I wasn't suggesting killing or eating anyone?
Oct 2nd
You need to go write all that down and officially turn it into poetry. And I wasn't complaining, just surprised.
Oct 2nd
Yeeeeeeeeeah. Happy naow?
Oct 2nd
... that ''neutral'' comment meant something like: coolness and darkness, the repeating of the falling until it ends, ever bleeding out never dying, replays ghosts of pass, aching in emptiness, tangled in helplessness, a forgiveness brings slight release, cool breeze.
Oct 2nd
Well done, Pan -- one less hurt for poor Dougie! (And so touchingly portrayed!)
Oct 2nd
Oct 2nd
ZWIGGADOO!
Oct 2nd