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     BALANCE, A STORY OF HORROR, CHAPTER V

July 10, 2025 at 2:10 pm Leave a comment

                                 BALANCE, A STORY OF HORROR, CHAPTER V

There was a recent nursing graduate, Debbie, who was assigned to Nijo’s wing in the asylum.  Being new, she had not yet developed the thick skin necessary to deal with some of the patients.  She had been told to never talk to this particular patient; told she was too dangerous.  One night she approached the cell with dinner, and instead of just leaving it, said, “Here’s dinner,” out of force of habit.

Nijo ran to the door.  No one ever spoke to her.  “Thank you,” Nijo replied.

Debbie said, “I was told not to talk to you.  I’m sorry,” then turned to leave.

“I’m not insane,” answered Nijo, “just confused.  I’ve been confused for a long time.”

“Why are you here?” asked Debbie.

“I’m not sure, but you are the first nurse that has talked to me.  I have a special healing power and am no longer allowed to use it.”

“What sort of power?”

“There is a chant I know that can cure anything you wish to cure.  It may cause you to blackout, but it would be a waste to have it die with me.  Could I tell you about it?”

Debbie listened to Nijo’s story about the old Chinese woman and the chant she learned.  She then asked, “Could you teach me how to use this power?  I want to help the sick, that’s why I’m a nurse.”

Nijo leaned close to the small opening in the door of her cell and revealed to Debbie the chant.  Debbie immediately felt a tingling over her entire body.  She knew something had happened, and then said, “Thank you, Nijo.  I know I can do well with what I feel.”

But Nijo never heard Debbie’s thanks.  Her body separated into countless particles yet remained united in their intelligence.  Her body became a dark boiling cloud which soon concentrated on an indigo point and disappeared.  This was the dark, the evil consumed by the power of the owner to heal.  This was the balance.  Nijo felt herself drifting, leaving the Earth behind, searching for the next level as she was being dissipated in space.

                                                 THE END

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