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[peculiar-chronicles2]

Control Center ver_2.0

*That idiot! He’s way too loud!*

I crawled my way to him, even though I already know that I couldn’t make it.

*What are you doing?! You can’t make it in time. What will you do when you arrive? You can’t do anything!*

My monologue intensified but I still continued to crawl towards Iri. Things were not looking so good for the both of us...

"What in the world?!" the guard saw Iri, which was now crawled up like a mouse in the corner.

"H-hi there! How on earth did you find me?" his sweating intensified and I could sense his throat was dry. The guard raised his sword and was about to swing it to Iri until...

"Hold on there mister!" I interrupted him just in time. "You don't want to bring a sword in a gun fight do ya?" He was distracted for the slightest second and I saw it as our great opportunity to escape. "Iri, grab everything and let's-..." when I looked back at the guard, he was just standing there still... doing nothing...

"...-ing of ...-ah"

"W-what's he mumbling about?" I asked myself.

"Don't ask me, I have no idea what's going on."

"I wasn't asking you... I was talking to myself," I decided to slowly walk back towards the dazed guard.

"...ring ....-ah" I still couldn't make out what he's saying so I went even closer.

"...the ring of Ra... obey... ring... of... Ra... subject to ring... of Ra..." by this time I got most of the picture. Even though his sentences were not that clear, I understood clearly.

"What's he saying?" Whispered Iri from the distance.

"I think I got this one!" I whispered back. After instructing the dazed guard, he went back to his post like nothing happened and continued his job.

"What just happened?" Iri asked me again.

"Oh nothing. It was just from a little gift of my friend who's currently in Egypt right now," I smirked at him.

"And what would that be? And why did he go back to his post like nothing happened?!"

"Ahh questions. More questions. The answer to all those, my friend, is this," I took a necklace out from my pocket which had a ring for a pendant. "Behold! The ring of Ra! Legend has it that it protects the one who possessed it; and that you could control basically anyone with it."

"GET OUT! No way!"

"You want to be the second one to try it out?" I held it up to his face.

"Okay, okay. I've seen enough... I just couldn't believe it though. Such a thing exists?"

"Me neither... up until it actually saved us," both of us sighed a relief and was about to go back and continue what we were doing until we were reminded of the receiver.

**BANG!!** **CRASH!!**

“VOYCE, IRI, WHERE ARE YOU?! WE’VE COME TO GET YOU!” the alarms went off and everything was in chaos.

*Of course, base camp didn’t have that much patience. Well, it was for the best.*

“Can ANY of you explain what just happened?! Why haven’t we received any signals from you after about thirty minutes?!” of course the commander was furious, the infiltration turned out to be a waste of time.

“I-It’s all my fault…” Iri finally spoke after freezing in fear.

“HE’S WRONG!” that voice… “It was my fault, commander. I have failed to check the set properly before handing it to Iri,” ahh Lac. The klutz of the team. Always laid back like everyday is leisure day.

“You do know the consequences of the actions that you just made are not that easy?”

“You can drill it to me boss, just not to Iri here. This is just his second mission after all.”

*Second? No wonder he was so shaken during the previous mission when I saw him…*

The commander sighed. “Alright. I’ll let it slip this time. But please DO remember next time Lac that every mistake you make is a loss to the organization.”

“Yessir!”

“And you too, Iri. Let this be a lesson to you.”

“Understood, sir!”

“Also, all of the equipment used and damaged during this mission will be deducted from your salary, Lac. I just can’t be handing candies to children the whole time.”

“Oh man! I guess I’ll be dining with rats for the rest of the month!” *Is this guy serious?!*

“Don’t worry Voyce, by rat he meant me. Everything wouldn’t be a failure if he did his job properly but I guess I’m at fault too so I’ll have to take responsibility.”

“And feed this guy?!” I finally spoke. I have not communicated with people ever since I came to this organization. I only talked when I was given orders…

“Looks like you’re starting to sound alive, agent Voyce,” the commander looked back at me one more time before leaving his office to deal with the papers needed for the next mission.

*… I-I guess this was his reason for assigning me together with agent Iri…* I couldn’t help but chuckle.

“…ce! …-ey Voyce?! … Voyce you going or not?!” I snapped back to reality when Iri called out to me. “You coming? Lac is gonna have an apology party and of course to celebrate meeting a new friend before he gets broke.”

“M-me?”

“Yeah you!”

“S-sure…” he then grabbed me and we went out to the commander’s office, following Lac as he walked with a pained face… the face that knows what will happen in his near future thinking of all the expenses wasted on that mission.

[peculiar-chronicles2]

Control Center

More of my side notes after the story.

Length: 1515 Words

April 23, xx98

"You are gathered here for a briefing. Each and everyone of you are assigned to different locations and have different tasks prepared for each individual. Voyce, you're going to be looking for the enemy base within this area and build the control center within that base."

"W-wait a minute! You mean I have to build a mini headquarters from scrap within the enemy base?! You think building CC is that easy? ...and from scrap at that!"

"Don't worry, you're not alone. We're sending someone else to help you out."

"Sir, with all due respect, but you already know that I'm not compatible with most of the agents in the organization. I'm pretty sure whoev-eeeeeerrrrrrr!!" my question was cut off when I was pushed outside towards the opened back latch of the helicopter.

"We're counting on you, agent! If you can't build CC, the whole operation can't start!"

"Whoooo iiiiisss asssssiiiiigned wiiiith meeeee?!" I shouted as I was instantly descending from the helicopter towards the field. I hurriedly pulled and opened my parachute just in time and slowed my descent.

I finally reached the field. It was a plain field and I was surprised that my arrival came unnoticed. I lied down there for a while wondering who my partner was going to be but after about five minutes, the piercing sun reminded me of my task and hurriedly kept my parachute back to where it belonged. There was a forest nearby so I crawled my way there. The trees were better compared to the fields where you are literally a walking target. I then marched my way towards a slope and slipped from the loose ground.

"Ow!" I fumbled on the dirt, picking myself up.

"Better watch it, agent. We don't want the lead to be hurt now of all times," a familiar voice I heard from the distance. I quickly stood up, dusting myself and searched for where the voice came from. And then there he was. Agent Iri (pronounced as "eye-ree"). Seen this guy before, we were assigned in the same task as a group in the previous mission. Not a pair though. I have never been this close to him, nor have I been talking to him this casual. The last time I saw him, we were running... attacking. There really was no time to talk. This time was different. I'm with him... alone... as partners...

*I'm screwed*

Well I don't see any problem with him just yet, although I'm really not good with partners and comrades and yada-yada. I'm best suited alone. Why would the commander give me a task with someone?

"Iri?"

"The one and only."

"I've seen you before..."

"...oh that time. Well I guess now's the time to get to know each other," he giggled.

"Listen, pal. I'm here for orders, not to chat around."

"Okay, okay," he raises his arms in defeat. "Whatever you say, boss."

"First, we have to find-..."

"The enemy base is over there, eight o'clock, about thirty-seven meters from here."

"How long have you been here?!" I asked in surprise.

"About an hour or so. Our helicopter actually passed by here first and there was not that much to talk about during briefing."

"Good job, agent," I said with a straight face, trying to hide the fact that I'm already annoyed by this. Sure, I'm thankful for what he did but I can't believe the commander didn't say anything about this!

We arrived at the enemy base by sundown and broke through security without any problems. The enemy were bandits ... such savages. Their faces covered with cloth and they were indeed armed. We had to be so descreet as to not be noticed and the hard part is to build CC from within the enemy base. Finally, we found a good spot. It was near the enemy's own headquarters and there were two armed guards beside the closed, metallic door, which was the only thing between us and the precious information that was inside that room.

Building CC wasn't actually hard, and we didn't actually had to make it from scratch. Control center doesn't have to be a big area. The smallest area could be inside a closet, a bathroom, or even a doghouse. What's hard is that the interference and the signals sent from CC should be undetectable by the enemy. That's where the hard part starts. We had to find a way for the signals to be unnoticed by the enemy, to disguise it as their own; and it should be untraceable. This is where my job starts.

I had already assigned Iri to start building CC while I watch over and keep a lookout.

Five minutes...

"Are you done?"

"No, it seems that our set is missing something..."

"Oh you have got to be kidding me! What are we missing?!"

"Just one though... the receiver."

"ARE YOU INSANE?!" I whispered intensely. "That's the most important part! Without the receiver, we won't be able to receive signals from base camp! Everything is useless without it! Didn't you check it before going?!"

"I didn't... Lac said he already checked it."

"Haven't you learned anything from all those years of training? Once you are given an item, it is basic protocol to check it yourself even though you were already told that it was checked."

"We were rushed!"

"Why didn't you check it in the helicopter?!"

"I was thrown out before I could check it..."

"This is going nowhere... I'll be back!"

"S-sorry ..." I left the poor thing to reflect on what he just did and went searching for an alternative.

Thirty minutes...

*Base camp is gonna freak out that they haven't heard from us for this long!*

Looking back at the guarded door, I noticed one guard missing.

*Oh shoot!*

I dashed towards where Iri was and saw the other guard approaching the area where he's hiding and continuously building CC.

*That idiot! He's way too loud!*

I crawled my way to him, even though I already know that I couldn't make it.

*What are you doing?! You can't make it in time. What will you do when you arrive? You can't do anything!*

My monologue intensified but I still continued to crawl towards Iri. Things were not looking so good for the both of us and then...

**BANG!!** **CRASH!!**

"VOYCE, IRI, WHERE ARE YOU?! WE'VE COME TO GET YOU!" the alarms went off and everything was in chaos.

*Of course, base camp didn't have that much patience. Well, it was for the best.*

"Can ANY of you explain what just happened?! Why haven't we received any signals from you after about thirty minutes?!" of course the commander was furious, the infiltration turned out to be a waste of time.

"I-It's all my fault..." Iri finally spoke after freezing in fear.

"HE'S WRONG!" that voice... "It was my fault, commander. I have failed to check the set properly before handing it to Iri," ahh Lac. The klutz of the team. Always laid back like everyday is leisure day.

"You do know the consequences of the actions that you just made are not that easy?"

"You can drill it to me boss, just not to Iri here. This is just his second mission after all."

*Second? No wonder he was so shaken during the previous mission when I saw him...*

The commander sighed. "Alright. I'll let it slip this time. But please DO remember next time Lac that every mistake you make is a loss to the organization."

"Yessir!"

"And you too, Iri. Let this be a lesson to you."

"Understood, sir!"

"Also, all of the equipment used and damaged during this mission will be deducted from your salary, Lac. I just can't be handing candies to children the whole time."

"Oh man! I guess I'll be dining with rats for the rest of the month!" *Is this guy serious?!*

"Don't worry Voyce, by rat he meant me. Everything wouldn't be a failure if he did his job properly but I guess I'm at fault too so I'll have to take responsibility."

"And feed this guy?!" I finally spoke. I have not communicated with people ever since I came to this organization. I only talked when I was given orders...

"Looks like you're starting to sound alive, agent Voyce," the commander looked back at me one more time before leaving his office to deal with the papers needed for the next mission.

*... I-I guess this was his reason for assigning me together with agent Iri...* I couldn't help but chuckle.

"...ce! ...-ey Voyce?! ... Voyce you going or not?!" I snapped back to reality when Iri called out to me. "You coming? Lac is gonna have an apology party and of course to celebrate meeting a new friend before he gets broke."

"M-me?"

"Yeah you!"

"S-sure..." he then grabbed me and we went out to the commander's office, following Lac as he walked with a pained face... the face that knows what will happen in his near future thinking of all the expenses wasted on that mission.

Extra content HERE (if the Ring of Ra will be included in the plot. Same ending tho...)

M’kay some notes OvO

First of all, I’ve modified this dream for it to make sense. The image below is actually the details of my dream but ... HOW THE HECK WOULD I FIT THE RING OF RA, THAT HYPNOTIZES PEOPLE, IN THIS STORY?! Long story short: I took it out and added some details like the commander and another extra character which was Lac.

[peculiar-chronicles2]

Respawn

Note: Names of my friends are changed hence the “[]” sign.

It all started during a class field trip. We were on a jeep with some of my close classmates while the rest of the class was in the school bus. We passed by a field and there were cows peacefully eating their grass.

I saw a cute little calf (like literally fluffy, they aren't even supposed to be fluffy). I don't know what went in my mind and joked to my friends about who's better at killing the calf. But little did I know that I triggered something in [Bayde] and he became serious all of a sudden. I didn't notice this until we reached our destination. It was an old building that was used to be a police headquarters and it was a three-story building and it was abandoned. There were rubbles and debris everywhere. The then blue color of the building faded and some parts of the walls had green to brown colors on it.

Surprisingly, there were rooms that had weapons in them with ammunition as well as armor and gear. I noticed [Bayde] gone from the rest of the class and I had a PRETTY GOOD idea where he was. After going to the place I assumed he was in, my guess was right. He was in one of the armed rooms and was preparing for something. I didn't want to disturb him because he might shoot me so I went to another room that has weapons and gears and quickly grabbed all the things that I needed to get.

Some of my classmates found out what I was doing so they teamed up with me and the rest were spectators. It turned into a game now with three of us teaming up and only [Bayde] to defend himself; and he had no idea that this was happening. My friends asked my what had gotten into him and I really had no idea myself, until I remembered the time when I joked about killing the calf. At that moment, I realized that he needed to be stopped. And so everything got so serious.

We split up and searched the vicinity for [Bayde]. I was sneaking back up to the room where he was in until I heard some gunshots. Someone got shot! "I hope they're alright," I thought to myself. I rushed to where the gunshots were but a figure grabbed me from the corner before I could reach the area.

"Shhhh!" It was my teammate.

"[Thysha]! What happened? And why are you unarmed?!" I asked, noticing her without her gun.

"I got shot."

"What?!"

"Yes, but I didn't die. It's weird, to be honest. When I opened my eyes, I'm here in this corner like nothing happened but I lost my gun... and one of my gears."

"... re-spawn."

"Excuse me?" She was so confused, but I wasn't. I understood very well.

"You got re-spawned," I repeated. "It seems that whenever your HP will hit zero, you don't die. Instead, you re-spawn," I explained.

"So that explains it..."

"Wait a minute!" I exclaimed. "When you get re-spawned, your weapon will be gone and one of your gears too as well! This is great! We just have to-"

"-I think he knows."

"What?"

"He knows. I wondered why he was bringing so many guns and rifles. It explains everything now..."

"Oh no... he's way ahead of us..."

"Yeah."

"I know!" another idea popped in my head. "Let's just guard the areas that has the weapons and gears and then someone has to keep on making his HP go down to zero." We both agreed that I would go and hunt for [Bayde] while [Thysha] looks for [Myaf] and tell her the details. I rushed to him and sneaked up to him. After his guard was down, I shot him like there's no tomorrow. His HP drained and he phased out and then disappeared. One of his rifles were dropped as well as his gear. I quickly grabbed the rifle and threw the gear away and then ran to go find him. As I was closing an intersection in the hallway, I heard gunshots. It was likely him. I turned right and saw him waiting for me. Our eyes met, and he raised his other rifle towards me.

"So you ready know, huh?" He said while I was trying to regain my balance from running and aimed my rifle towards him. Everything was on slow motion and the pressure was building up. His eyes looked like he had no soul. Like he was only built for shooting and killing.

"Oh shoot!" I screamed while pulling the trigger.

BANG!

"Head shot," he said as I fell down the cold floor. Things went dark really fast... and then I woke up.

Well I guess we won’t know if whether the fluffy calf was saved now...

[peculiar-chronicles2]

Inactive

Hi guys! Sorry for not posting for a [REALLY] long time. It's because school's been taking a toll on me. I haven't had enough sleep so I rarely get dreams that has 'plot' and usually get the vague ones.

[peculiar-chronicles2]

Love Spark

WARNING: Cheesy parts in this dream.

I, together with my friends, volunteered to be test subjects by some random aliens that came to earth. They took the human form so that we wouldn’t be weirded out and that we would be able to have easier conversations. We were put inside a facility where we would reeive all our nessessities and essentials.

Our job there was to be human lab rats but in a nicer way. We were to do our regular daily tasks like getting excercise, socializing with other ‘subjects’ that we don’t know yet, and other basic things a human would do. The aliens were just there to observe us and record data based on what we do. We were typically like lab rats since we had our own rooms, we get fed, we were required to excercise while others were required to be laxed, and so on. We weren’t harmed though, that was why we volunteered.

One day, this young alien, who appeared as a teenage boy, about our age, started to hang out with us, especially with me. We became friends, and soon, the enevitable... I started to develop feelings for him. Though I know that he is not even human, I got attracted by how he acts and his kindness. He was way nicer than any human that  I knew. He also knew about my feelings and felt the same but knew that we had to keep it for ourselves because of the contract.

The contract does not discourage relationships at all, even between different races, but what was hindering us was the ‘ceremony’ in the end when the experiment finishes.

As time went by, the days when the experiment ends grew closer. I got sadder and sadder every day because of it.

At last, the final day came. The experiment already ended and we were preparing for the ceremony. He was there with me, and I hugged him for the last time; I hugged him as tight as I could.

Now, all the subjects lined up for the last part of the contract: to erase our memories regarding the experiment. All of us knew this, of course, and all had our consents. The distance between me and the ceremonial circle grew shorter and my heart beats faster by each moment.

Finally, It was my turn. I stepped into the circle and prepared myself for the liquid to be poured unto me. I couldn’t contain my feelings by that time because I saw him staring at me with the same pained eyes as I had. I started sobbing, then weeping, and then crying. The aliens knew everything because they also recorded our every move. They had no objections with our relationship. It’s just new data for them. And so, I nod, signaling that I was ready, and then the liquid was poured on me. It was cold, but the feeling soon started to fade away, along with my memories of the days during the experiment.

I found myself talking with my friends as if nothing happened. We were outside this facility that seemed familiar, but I didn’t take much attention to it. There were a lot of people in lab gowns coming out from the building, packing their machines and equipments. They must be moving.

What bothered me was this boy. We’re talking with him like we already knew him for a long time, but to me, he was someone who I just saw for the first time. My friends were talking to him like he was someone they knew for a long time. Something was going through the back of my brain.

And then, everything clicked. Because I had such strong feelings for him, the memory fluid was not enough to erase what was tattooed on my heart. I cried again, wanting to kiss him, but I couldn’t because we would be found out and I didn’t want to let go of that memory again. So I just hugged him and whispered, “I remember, and I still love you.” He then smiled back at me and whispered, “I will be back.” And then he went off with the people in lab gowns, who I presume were the aliens that studied us.

-END-

[peculiar-chronicles2]

Haunted

It started with a zombie outbreak. I thought it could never get worse up to that point.

People started moving in groups in order to survive from the horrors of reality. It was a post-appocalyptic era, days passed by since the appocalypse. I was in a group of five. All of them were my friends from college. We were gathering food that day and we passed by an electronics store. Its walls were glass so you coupd see what’s inside. The store was also a home. There were two floors. The first floor was the store and the back area was a kitchen. The second floor had the bathroom, toilet and bedrooms. What’s strange was that everything was clean and intact like nothing happened. Our top priority was food so we didn’t go inside since it was an electronics store.

After gathering enough food, we retraced our steps and found the store again. This time, we decided to check it out. There was a window that was slightly open so I climbed up and went in. I then opened the doors for them. The security cameras were still on, but nobody was there, like earlier. There were a lot of computers, game consoles, games, and accessories. We all wanted to take things, but our bag was so full of foods so we decided to head home and come back later.

While piling the foods that we gathered, three of my friends decided to go back to the store. After a while, we finally finished piling and sorting the foods so we headed back to the store too.

On our way to the store, a group of zombies from our back was headed towards us. We ran towards the store. The doors were locked so I told my friend to climb up the crates and into the small window where I previously went through. She went up and into the window, and then it was my turn.

Before I could reach the window, the zombies already surrounded the crates. Good thing they couldn’t climb up. And then I heard my friend screaming. When I looked through the window, she was off the ground. Her hair was being pulled by something that I couldn’t see, and she was pulled towards the kitchen. There, she was mercilessly chopped alive. I wanted to help her, but I froze due to fear. I was terrified and I couldn’t do anything. Her screams soon faded and I haded the thought of why it stopped.

I waited for the zombies to clear out. It took around an hour when it was finally clear. I went to ask a notorious group of people for help. I wanted to get my friend’s body back. I told them about the store and the goods that’s inside. “What’s the catch? Why tell us when you could get it alone?” I had no other choice but to tell them what happened. They laughed, of course, thinking it was just a silly excuse. But they agreed anyway. They get the goods, I get my friend’s body.

When we went in, the place looked like it has been reset. The area was so clean, and the kitchen had no bloodstains nor body parts. I saw a door slightly ajar so I went inside. I found myself descending on a flight of stairs and finally, came to a halt with a door in front of me. The keyhole was big so I peeked in. There was no one. Beds were lined up like in dormitories and there was a fireplace with a warm fire. I slowly opened the door and went inside. When I reached the center, screams were heard from above.

It has begun.

The fire from the fireplace was put out and the atmosphere changed. Bodies slowly started appearing like an invisible curtain was cloaking them and now that curtain was slowly lifting. By the corner, I saw my friend’s head. I didn’t know which body part was hers as there were a lot. By the opposite corner were the heads of three of my friends that came earlier before us. I couldn’t take the sight so I ran back up the stairs. There, I saw the guys being butchered alive. One was by the tub on the bathroom, one was by the kitched. It was chaos. I ran to the door and frantically opening it, but it wouldn’t budge. So I ran to the small window and squeezed my way out. Halfway through, something dragged me. I grasped my way out and thankfully, I was finally out. The guys screaming finally ended and I realized that once you are out, you will be unharmed from the forces in the house.

As I ran, I saw a shadow figure on the second floor of the house or store. Its face wasn’t seen but it had a huge smile on its face. It was freaky and it could be the thing that was murdering people inside the store.

- END -

[peculiar-chronicles2]

Fate Connects

There was a girl who had a happy family. Everything was fine until her father passed away. A few months later, her mother disappeared and she was left alone with what her parents left her.

One day, her huge uncle barged in and took possession of all her belongings telling her that she has no right to claim them. Knowing that her uncle was speaking nonsense, she got furious but had no way of fighting since her uncle was literally huge, and he has weapons to use. She got kicked out from her own house and was homeless.

She then met this guy and they became friends. She told him everything that happened to her and he told that she should fight. She refused because she has no way of defeating her uncle since he is strong and has weapons. He then suggested that it doesn’t have to be a head-on fight. He offered to help her and they planned out an assassination.

When they got to see the house again after a couple of months, it was heavily guarded. Wires were all over the fences and there were search lights. It looked like a prison now and so it was harder to get in.

They went to the back as she used to escape there when she was little every time her parents tell her to sleep and not play. Surprisingly, the route was still accessible. They then went up to the water tank, using the tubes as a means to climb up. Just before they could access the balcony, the traitor maid went out to hang some clothes. They had to hide behind the water tank. It was slippery and there was not much space.

Suddenly, she slipped and fell!

“Gotcha!” he whispered. He caught her hand and held tightly so that she wouldn’t fall. Sweaty, he slowly pulled her back up. This time, the maid was finally done and had gone back down. They hurriedly went on to the balcony and slowly peeked through the gap of the door.

“Careful, that screen door is creaky,” she said. Seeing that there was nobody around, they slowly descended down the stairs. they were finally inside the house now. They tiptoed their way towards her uncle’s room and slowly opened the door to see that no one was there.

“Where is he?” she said. Suddenly, sirens were blowing and the whole house was on alert.

“It’s a trap! He knew we were coming!” she screamed as she pulled his hands towards the exit. But before they could reach the exit, they were greeted with her uncle, personally.

“There’s another way out! We need to get out, we can’t handle him!”

“No! You go out, this is the reason why I went out and help. This is my use.” He then pushed her away from him and her uncle. “We should split up. That way, either one of us can escape... but at this rate, I guess I can see who does.” She was shocked that she froze. She just met this guy a few months ago and he was able to help her a lot.

“Go!” His scream snapped her back to reality. The whole house was red due to the warning lights flickering everywhere and in front of her was him and her uncle, preparing for combat. Though she knew that he couldn’t beat her uncle, she ran away thinking that if she didn’t his sacrifice was in vain. It was dawn and sunrise was near.

Suddenly, a laser was shot towards her direction nearly grazing her. What was that? She quickly looked behind her and saw a silhouette of her uncle. No way! He’s still currently fighting him, that was fast! And then another laser was shot. The light? She realized that her uncle can sense or see through with the use of the light so she ducked and avoided the light. She was able to go out but her uncle was still closing in. On her right was a tundra and on her left was a desert. She had no preparations for harsh and cold conditions so she thought of going towards the desert.

“No,” she said. “That’s what my uncle would think otherwise.” So she headed straight for the tundra.

After quite some time, she didn’t hear anyone near her of chasing her so she must be right. She was able to escape her uncle, but now she was facing a new challenge. Luckily, she found an old shack and so she went inside. There was hay. A lot of hay. And also spiders on the ceiling that looked like they were about to attack her.

“If you don’t mind them, they won’t mind you either.” A small voice from the corner. “Take some hay to keep you warm and head for that crack on the wall. You’ll find a village with welcoming villagers.”

“Thank you. But... why are you helping me?”

Silence. There was silence. So she did as what was told and headed straight for the crack on the wall.

Meanwhile, the guy was limping his way out from the house. He found a dog that helped him get through the house and find another escape route. He thought that the uncle was going to kill him but it turned out that he was really after his niece so he only ended up with a broken leg and was able to escape. With the dog’s help, he found a boat so he went in with the dog. He lost consciousness after that and the boat drifted away with them inside. Then next thing he knew, he was in a hut.

There was someone cooking and it looks like his injuries were taken care of.

“I’m so glad that you’re awake!”

That voice...

“Can you hear me?”

I know that voice...

He slowly turned towards her direction and saw her. He was so glad that they got together again. She explained to him how the villagers found a boat drifting near the village so they went and checked it. It was a few months after the incident that he appeared. She also told him that she had planned out a more detailed way of taking care of her uncle.

After he recovered, they both planned out carefully about how to take the house back and defeat her uncle.

END

No, literally. I woke up and the last scene in my dream was the two of them (it’s a third person view) planning out happily and then the ‘screen’ faded out to black. It’s like what you see in the movies lol 

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Failed Assassination (Part 1)

Note: I update so long because I keep forgetting my dreams, sorry… anyway, here’s a sad dream.

Warning: Somewhat a long one

There was a group of rogue and notorious people and I was one of them. We were given a task to kill a prince on his coronation day and we had to storm the castle in order to do that.

As everyone was preparing, I took my time reviewing my plans with Reika (cosplayer irl) and Levi (character from SNK). They were the only people that I know that much since I don’t like to talk that much to others. But even though we’re known to be notorious, nobody outside our group knows that we treat each other as family.

Levi already told us that there will be difficulties since the castle was heavily guarded and they had countermeasures for if the castle was breached. Eitherway, we still went on with the plan. I was assigned to breach the tower with Levi since both of us were good at camping and long-ranged shooting and Reika was assigned elsewhere so the planning and reviewing was the last time that I was with her before the attack.

We finally went to the tower and I could hear the priest mumble some ceremonial speech towards the people and the soon-to-be king. The tower was part of the church so we could hear what was happening. The stairs of the tower was empty but I kept a lookout in case there were guards patrolling. Levi positioned his rifle with the scope and aimed, waiting for the signal to fire.

Minutes later, the signal was given and Levi was about to pull the trigger until we heard an explosion, which distracted Levi and missed the target. He hurriedly cocked his riffle and aimed but the prince was no longer there. Screams filled the church and there was chaos. The rest is up to the people assigned elsewhere in case things like these happen.

We ran back down and outside, I saw someone in kimono, holding a rifle, going towards us. I thought it was Reika at first but I realized that it was a guy. And that he was calmly walking. He knew that we’re here. And he knew that he can take care of us with ease so I pointed my rifle toward his direction and aimed at him. But before I could pull the trigger, Levi pulled me down and as he did, a bullet just passed on top of me. If Levi didn’t pull me, I would’ve been dead. That was fast, I thought… he didn’t even have a scope. “You don’t want to mess with him,” Levi was crouching and we started crawling down the stairs. Based from his expression, he knew this guy and this guy was not someone to mess with. “Why do you know him?” I asked. “I’ll tell you later,” he asnwered as he pulled his gun. “Right now, we have something else to take care of.” He then charged to the hallway where we passed by, now full of guards. I also took my gun and helped him clear the way.

We were able to flee from the castle and went back to our hideout but I didn’t see Reika and started to worry. A tap on my shoulder surprised me. “We’ll see her, don’t worry.” Levi calmed me down. He knew what I was thinking even thoughwe were so busy running. And I was glad.

We finally reached our hideout and still didn’t see Reika. I prepared myself for the worst and rushed to the clinic. Outside the clinic, there were a couple of men on rags and bandages, lying down on the floor. Some had their face covered and few had their whole body covered. But all of them were groaning in pain. Reika wasn’t there so I went in.

There by the corner, I saw her beautiful kimono. It was navy blue with artistic patterns like flowers and birds but… but the other side was burnt. Her left leg showing, with bandages from her foot, to her thigh. The kimono on that part was burnt and it made me think of the possible things that happened. I wanted to ask he so badly, but she was unconscious. All I could do was stay with her.

Levi got us some beverages while waiting to her to wake up and as I sip, I noticed that her left shoulder was also bandaged. If it wasn’t for the bandages, I would’ve seen her shoulders right now with her fair complexion. What really happened?

Days later, she finally showed signs of waking up. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at us. We were so glad that she woke up. She didn’t speak at first, but seeing her kimono burnt, she whispered in a weak voice that she wanted to go and get changed.

I accompanied her to her room while Levi went somewhere. She asked me to help her and I took a pail with water, a rag and slowly wiped her body with the damp rag. She changed into another kimono and this time, it was red. “You guys done?” Levi finally came back and went in. He explained how he knew that guy before and how they used to work together until they went separate ways. Reika also told us that a huge bowl of hot burning coals tumbled down on them and while they were fleeing, a bullet hit her shoulder which made her lose a lot of blood and fell unconscious.

 To Be Continued