being chased

Pam is seen running through the busy market, being chased by something.

Or to be more exact, someone...

While running she takes a turn for the forest and keeps going deeper and deeper, looking around her, she's just realizing how deep in the forest she is, the trees around her are probably at least a century old, their roots are huge and there's a lot of vegetation around her, but she has no time to admire nature's beauty right now as she's being chased.

Running, she's already really tired she's getting worn out her breathing is getting heavier and heavier by the second, she's moving slower and slower, but still going as fast as her tired body allows her to. She looks behind her to check if the person who's chasing her has lost her, yet he's still there, chasing her seemingly not breaking a sweat.

He seems to be getting closer, she tries to run faster but her legs won't let her, in a panic she trips over a large root, badly injuring her knee.

She's now deep in the forest, hurt and seemingly in danger, approaching her slowly and steadily just who is this person?

She's too tired to tell.

As the person gets closer she can recognize some characteristics, reminding her of a certain person.

'is it really him?' She questions herself, not expecting any answers.

As he reaches her, lowering himself, he looks at her angrily.

'Why did you do this to me Pam?' He asks calmly yet the anger in his voice remains.

'Tell me why you did it!' He asks again, even angrier this time.

She's at a loss of words, what can she even say in this kind of situation?

The person In front of her seems oddly familiar, yet she can't point out the person's identity at all.

Overwhelmed with stress, the person in front of her screaming at her, her wounds and exhaustion catch up to her and eventually everything goes dark...

Pam slowly regains consciousness again.

What happened? How long was she out for? And most importantly, where is she right now?

Looking around her, Pam is surrounded by people who are looking at her with deep hatred, she doesn't know any of them, so why are they all so...

Disgusted?

Just when she tries to move she notices she's tied up, the mysterious person comes out again, greeting her with a strange, arrogant smile.

"So do you want the pumpkin to stay or?" he says. He's referring to the carved pumpkin she wears on her head.

"Who are you? Why am I here?" she asks, her voice full of fear.

"That doesn't matter, after all, what will you do with my name after you're dead right?" says the stranger surrounded by mystery.

'Dead?! What does he mean dead?!' Pam starts panicking again, just what will happen to her?

"I see, you're pretty surprised over there, but did you really think I could forgive you after all you did?" he says, Pam doesn't understand anything, what did she do to him? She doesn't even know who she is.

"I-"

"No matter what you say now, you did what you did, so now you'll bear the consequences, I'd advise you to either a)say something meaningful or b)be quiet and accept the fate you can't change"

'Then I'm choosing silence' Pam thought, but she still didn't understand why all this was happening, just what did she do? She just wanted to purchase some ingredients at the market how did she end up like this?

"Well I see you made your decision, you didn't answer my question though" he says, and she looks at him questionably.

"Huh?"

"The pumpkin" he explains pointing to his head "do you want it to stay?" he asks.

"Yeah, let it be" she answers and says nothing else, there's no point to talk.

Nodding,he says "good night" with a smile and letting go of the rope he's been holding all this time the rusted blade falls, separating her head from her shoulders...

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