Flashback meme // Accepting
The maven’s playing ceases as the dark engulfs the stage andthe entire chamber all at once. Her head turns, eyes wide, unable to discernwhere anything is. Startled voices and hurrying footsteps of the stage crewlace the prominent hush as they try to make sense of the recent occurrence.Sona remains where she stands, having faith in the crew that the performancewill continue once the lights return. A loud click sounds as a cone of etherealblue light shines on only her. The quiet blankets the vicinity as quickly aswhen the darkness came. A deep voice breaks the silence.
‘Your music lacks the cruelty of a masterpiece.’
A reverberating bang of a gunshot sounds, followed by awhizzing of an object that grazes her upper arm. And simultaneously does thehall erupt in terrified screams and clamors as people rush about for an exit. Aburning, stinging sensation comes to her as she clasps the affected area. Uponlifting crimson drenched fingers, her thoughts quickly gather as realizationstrikes her that she had been shot.
She bolts into a direction, away from the voice. However,aimless. Each hurried footstep falls onto the wooden floor but one step is notlike the others. Her moment slows as her foot makes contact with somethingelse. For a moment, she focuses on pushing herself but her attention goes to aticking noise where she places her final step. It is almost as if a toy hadbeen wound and has been sprung, uncoiling slowly, picking up the pace. Sonapulls her foot away right when an explosion occurs, sending her entire beingonto the floor with a piece of broken wood in her foot.
‘Your work will be forgotten. I am ahead of my time.’
The voice echoes around her within the shadows. With thedark inhibiting her senses, she could not be found. The discord in the musichall continues and so does her persistence to escape. Sona lets out a gasp butwills herself to ignore the pain to her utmost best. She knows that she has toget herself to safety on her own and soon. Her hand slams onto the floor tohoist herself only for it to meet with a curved, protruding nail. Elbows slackas she finally gives into her injuries. Her head lowers at an instant as sheattempts to buffer the pain. Lips trembling, eyes filled with tears, and hairsticking to her sweat coated face, she bites her lips in attempt to cancel the agonyand muffle her erratic breathing. A shaky hand comes to the aid of the other.Grasping into the base area of her thumb and using the strength in her arms,she quickly frees it from the constraint, delivering another wave of excruciatingpain. Tears pour from tightly closed eyes as she lets the pain take her.
‘Step out of my light! They call it background music!’
With an unharmed leg and arm, she pulls herself on theground. If she cannot make it out, she would have to find somewhere to concealherself. However, her hope dwindles at the thought of there possibly beingother traps that lay somewhere. Sona’s breathing heaves as she pulls herselfacross the floor. Her injured hand clings against her first injury in hopes tostop the pain and bleeding for both. A path of the same light shines on her,illuminating a clear path before her. Lips slack as she looks ahead, unsure ofhow to proceed, or if she should. A hum, hushed counting to four becomesclearer. Golden feet reflect the light as it steps into it. Gradual steps carrythe figure into the light to reveal an intricately masked man.
The maven trembles uncontrollably, finding herself at themercy of this individual. The mask smiling down at her disposition, pitying;feeling as though it is relishing this moment. With a pistol in hand, he lowershimself towards her. He caresses the barrel along her cheek and down to herchin, tipping her face so that she would meet his gaze. Bright blues clash witha singular crimson eye framed by the ivory mask.
‘You should learn the power of silence.’