Gloves was suddenly alarmed. He spun around, but the anticipated threat lurking behind him didn't appear. The area behind him was empty. The light was dim, and magnetic storms and lightning constantly flickered overhead, making the place feel terrifying and bizarre, but everything seemed safe.
He breathed a sigh of relief and was about to sit down for another rest when the ground beneath him suddenly split open. Countless fine, sharp metallic spikes shot out with a HISS, like a gaping maw snapping shut, biting into Gloves.
PUFF, PUFF, PUFF...
The spikes pierced through Gloves' body, instantly putting him in a near-death state. His gaze became vacant, and blood continuously flowed from his wounds. He was only breathing out, no longer in.
The ground continued to shake. The metallic spikes slowly rose, revealing a huge metallic flower petal underneath, followed by a second, and then a third...
