Chapter Two: Future and Present

Chapter Two: Future and Present

This time Ravi woke up with light blazing on his face and sand below him.The light was so bright that it could cause sunburns. He closed his eyes and slowly let them open to adjust but it couldn't. His eyes were burning and he had to open and close his eyes again and again. 'Where am I?' was the first question that his mind asked him. He slowly stood up. He found his body sore and stiff like a rusted robot. He looked around searching for existence of life to take help from, but found nothing except sand and barren land stretched out for miles and cloudless sky. Where was he, was he in the middle of some desert? A lot of things were going through his mind. Searching for answers to his questions. Suddenly he saw movement somewhere distant. He didn't know what it was, but it looked like a human figure. He started running towards it. Whatever it maybe he had to deal with it.

It took him fifteen minutes to reach a distance from which he could see who was making the movement. Slowly the figure became clear. It was a girl. From behind her there stood a boy. They were running towards him. He guessed that they had come to rescue him but his instinct told him that they were in the same boat as him. He again started running towards them. He didn't know where he was getting all the energy from but that wasn't the question he wanted to get an answer to.

It took him another fifteen minutes to reach them. They weren't running anymore, just walking like nothing had ever happened. The boy came forward with a shocking expression on his face. He murmured something that Ravi couldn't figure out. Then the girl reached with the same shocking expression as the boy. They, the boy and girl, looked at each other without changing their expression.

"Who are you? " Ravi asked

"It should be our question" came from the girl.

"Why are you here?" Asked the boy

"How shall I know why I am here and who are you? "

"I think you are out numbered" came from the girl.

"Don't tell us and we will break your face and bury you here" came from the boy who took a step forward, tightening his fist to punch Ravi.

"Cool down Alby" said the girl holding Alby back from his solder " I guess he is like us"

" I am Ravi and…… I " he paused, searching his memory for where he came from. He realized he had no memories of his past.

"What happened? ” came from the boy

"I don't remember myself" Ravi searched his mind for solid memories but none came. Now his mind was hurting and he was in tears. He couldn't remember his past.

"So you are a Newbie" said Alby "What to do about him Gwen"

"What is this place? " came from Ravi who was struggling to remember his past.

"What's that in your hand? " came from  Gwen who observed some black color band on Ravi's wrist. Ravi hadn't observed it when he woke up.

"Something is written on it, something in green" this came from Alby

" Ravi check it" ordered Gwen. Ravi was shocked to hear Gwen calling him so casually. He bought the band near his eyes. He was shocked by what he saw. He remained in the same position for a few seconds.

"What is it?" came from Alby

"Wicked" Ravi read it aloud

"This never happened before" said Gwen.

"What has never happened before? " came from Ravi

"This…… " said Alby but Ravi couldn't hear anything. He saw Alby's lips moving but couldn't hear anything.

"Alby, I can't hear anything" said Ravi but Alby continued speaking. 'What happened to Alby? ' he thought but soon realized that Gwen was also saying something but he couldn't hear anything. 'What was happening? ' he thought and suddenly everything was slowly getting blurred.

"Guys I am not able to see you " said Ravi and passed out.

Ravi woke up to find himself again in darkness. 'Was that a dream?' Ravi thought. He was still sitting on that same chair in the same room where he talked with the old man. Thinking about the old man brought back a few pieces of his memories about what he said.

Suddenly from nowhere the old man again reappeared but this time with a different suit. The light again blazed blinding Ravi.

"How was it?" the old man asked.

"What 'How was it'? " asked Ravi with anger swelling in him

"The dream" the old man replied as if it was usual

"How do you know about the dream? " asked Ravi " Does this mean you are somehow manipulating my mind? " said Ravi with anger he couldn't control

"We knew, you are as intelligent as we thought " said the old man "Remember boy what I said to you"

"You manipulate my mind and ask me if I remember your that stupid lecture" shouted Ravi.

"Wicked is good" said the old man and vanished without any trace but this time the light didn't go out. Ravi couldn't understand what was happening and how he was here and suddenly a gas filled the room knocking him out of his breath. Again everything went blurred but Ravi could make out some men carrying him out of the room and suddenly everything went dark. Ravi again found himself in darkness but this one was way more silenced than any other.

***Download NovelToon to enjoy a better reading experience!***