"What a weird Dream" I thought to myself.

It was rare for me to even have dreams.

I whispered, "It's not always that I have dreams"

Maybe I thought I was still in a dream. after all, I was naive back then. And one that doesn't know anything about this cruel world.

I looked around in what looks like a bedroom

"This room looks horrible" This was not an opinion, but a fact.

The room is tiny, The walls were made of rusty metal, there is almost no furniture whatsoever, and the only furniture that IS in the room is an old rusty metal table in the corner. Which appears to have something stuck on it.

I looked more closely at the table.

It has a piece of paper stuck in between the holes of said table.

When I looked closer, there appears to be something written on it which interested me. I tried to read it from the bed but I wasn't close enough to read it properly.

"Won't hurt to look" I thought to myself.

I stood up and walked to the table to read the piece of paper hoping for any information. But the information that I hoped for wasn't there. Instead, what I got was confusion.

"Find the secrets of this world, before it all ends"

".........what?"

This was my honest reaction. What does it mean? as time passed, I was overthinking more and more.

"What does this note mean?"

"Where am I"

"Why am I here?"

"Was I kidnapped?"

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My thoughts were getting worse and my head was hurting, so I stopped myself from overthinking further.

"I should try to explore cautiously" I said to myself.

I walked to the rusty door and opened it. As I was opening it, the door creaked loudly, as if it was saying it was old. I looked outside and to my surprise, it was in an old alleyway.

I looked at both sides before I cautiously walked out of the tiny room that looked to be a metal box.

"It looks like a jail" I thought to myself.

As I was looking around, I saw a light. Which I followed. As I was following it I was looking at my surroundings, it was looking like a slum. It smells horrible, alleyways snake the sides, With almost no light except the one I was following.

As the alley widened, I was greeted with a view that honestly made me in awe despite the horrible place that I'm in.

It was a City. But not like any city that exists. It looked more like One of those sci-fi cities that movies would be in rather than regular cities. With most of the skyscrapers being a drab gray in contrast with the warm and bright lights that were within them. With a super tall skyscraper in the middle of everything that was seemingly touching the sky.

As i stood in awe of the view, one thing suddenly popped up in my mind.

What is this place and why am I here?

It was an obvious question. I was in a place that didn't exist. Yet here I am, in that place that supposedly didn't exist. And this place felt too real to be a dream.

"I need a plan" I thought.

"But what should I do? Maybe I'll try to find a person and ask him for information"

So that was the plan. But I didn't want to come back to that alleyway, so I looked around and walked.

And I walked,

And I walked,

And I walked. but seemingly, there are no people in sight. I was almost about to give up when I heard a loud noise.

BANG!

I ducked down in shock. "Are those..... Gunshots?"

Gunshots were heard, a lot of them.

At that point there was only one thing in my head.

RUN

And I ran, I ran as far as I could. As I ran, I covered my ears away from the gunshots behind me. Terrified that I would be hurt or worse, die.

"I can't die" I thought to myself.

I ran until I came back to that old and rusty room. I quickly shut and locked the door. It was the only place I know where I can hide.

I was further from the gunshots, but I could still hear them, which made me terrified. It was hell for me. My head started to fill with negative thoughts and things that would happen if I die.

"I want to see dad" I said to myself.

At this point I started to tear up.

"Haha, I haven't even finished my degree yet"

"I didn't even pay dad back for everything"

"Dad, I want to see you again"

Tears came spilling down my face. And my tough mask came crumbling down to earth. Thinking that I wouldn't see my father again.

"I want to visit dad"

"I want To go back home"

"I don't wanna die"

"Dad, I don't wanna die"

This truly was the worst nightmare.