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#1.2

"Passengers of the Bus #214"

PoV: Continuation of "Me"

A pure white light suddenly flashed before me, and then the floor shook as I heard a loud splashed of waves outside.

The moment I woke up a vision flashed before me of a person from a very distant memory, the event triggered a longing from my heart, then followed by a slight headache. Then after a few seconds the dream was gone and now was replaced by disorientation as I found myself lying, my cheeks tightly embedded on the metallic floor, I began to move my head and observed my surroundings, though honestly at first I slightly panicked but through a similar experience I calmed myself very quickly.

I know all too well that if I remained on the state of uncontrollable fear or anxiety my current predicament would only get worst and this matter won’t ever be solved if a pursued without a calmed mind and truthfully this isn’t the first time I was kidnapped. But I will tell you all about it at a later time.

It seems we are on a closed room and I do not have any clue as to why we are here.

I crawled to a corner slightly far away from the others and came to a conclusion that currently we are currently on a ship in the middle of the ocean, then inspected myself

for any significant difference. They’ve strip us of everything except our prior clothing.

Feeling cold and shaking. I felt the motion of the room has been slightly rocking back and forth and the sound of waves splashing.

Nothing significantly different from all the ships that I’ve already seen, and by the looks of this place, I can safely guess we are currently held at this ships mess deck.

Within this mess desk there’s total of 4 long silver tables and 14 stall chairs located in the middle of the room, along with it was 14 large cases, 14 bags and a 54 inch flat screen TV was attached to the far end of the room located near one of the locked door.

Anyone could tell they are specifically placed in there for a reason, as set are placed in an orderly manner. For example the the cases was set on the top of the table perfectly adjacent to each chair, and on each chair a bag was designated placed on top of it.

“What could they be there for?” I said it to myself and low enough not to be heard by others.

Naturally waking up on an enclosed tight space surrounded by strangers one who ask Where the hell am I?, What Am I doing here?, Who are they? Why are we ‘in’ here for?

Is there a way out of here? Etc…. etc… etc…. But I’ll postpone that since I need to assess more of the situation.

While I amused myself by investigating my surroundings someone suddenly interrupted  my thought process as I heard a voice speaking directly to me.

“Hi!” I heard a cold enthusiastic voice spoke to me “You’ll be alright, you did not scream, panic or cried like the others.”

I turned my head around, and saw a beautiful wavy auburn haired girl with a light brown skin tone playfully sneering at me.

She looked slightly older than me probably nearing her 20’s or early 20’s, While she wore a skinny blue jeans and a lovely imprinted red shirt with a saying “Fool! I’m not a bitch, I’m am THE bitch”.

I would’ve laughed so hard but given the situation I deemed it not highly appropriate.

Then she moved towards one of the remaining 4 still lying, before I could respond back to her. Effectively cutting out our conversation.

I would’ve called her or ‘rude’ ‘mean’ but I refrained when I saw her assist the oldest of us all, as he too had finally woken up.

I noticed the others had already sat on the middle of the room and then checked the people who are my would be fellow captives. Its seems a total of 14 with the majority being female group. 7 males and 7 females with varying ages.

I knew most of the faces here as they were all the who are with me on that damned bus and now 3 additional face new faces that I can’t even recognize.

“Where’s the priest and driver?” I said in a very low toned voice so that the others wouldn’t hear.

Though I kept to myself while observing the others, I knew that someone would eventually say something related to this matter.

Naturally one would be frantic in ask similar questions like “Where is this place? Who are you? Why am I here?” I would but experience tells me otherwise to be more patient and let someone else do it.

“Ugh!!...” I heard some from a farther corner of grumbled, then asked “Where is this place? Why am I here? And who are you?” then I hear another person screamed, then began to wail miserably as she sat on her part of the corner. Well she’s of the few teenager stuck here without us.  I don’t know her name but I knew she one of the horror fans who went to a filming location before they got on the bus.

A sweet-natured lady of a placid disposition who flawlessly wore a dirty gray hair came and tried to genuinely console her.

“I wanna go home!” Another one yelled then cried. I could not see her face for she was lying on the floor crying and her head was blocked from my view because both she and 2 of her friend are hugging which prevents me from seeing the face the persons face as they try to console the each other.

Then I heard another screamed and now everyone's mood has began to deteriorate quite rapidly. It seems that everyone was already away. I many see some turned pale, some cried, 2 of the men are furious, the the last who those who just had awakened gave a confused looked.

Who can blame them one minute they’re riding on a bus and the next they awaken somewhere else entirely with the same fellow passengers/strangers and finally the furious men went to one of the closed door and began knocking heavily.

“OPEN THE GODDAMN DOOR!!!!” both yelled in sync as the both as they used their bodies smashed the door heavily.

Any calmed mine would clearly say “ What you're doing right now is only a forlorn attempt to escape” And those who kidnapped and trapped us here made sure that this is a secured area. Only Idiots wouldn’t make sure that what’s inside stays inside.

This place could be describe as nothing more than heavy prison. I want try and help them by further assessing this room and so I gathered my strength and raised myself, then move closer to the center.

“There are 14 large cases and 14 bags, we have a total of 14 abductees here. I don’t know the significance but I can safely assume that a bag and a case are meant for each of us, as one can see how they’re placed.” I spoke clearly enough so that the other can hear.

“Hmm…” I observed further and found that all the equipment are all made with high grade materials but I don’t know what they are probably military grade. So I drew myself closer without touching them and found out that all of them are tightly locked

“Damn.” I said.

Though I have an inkling of touching them  and it would be good to know more about this thing as I  investigated things more, but for now I refrained not to for a thought that it might be a trap.

I need more answers before my curiosity gets the better than me and I might die before I get some proper answers.

Now then I'll need to ask the others if they know anything else. I won’t solve anything by being selfish after there’s a saying one man is not an island and making a connection is very useful in the long run. Hmm…  and honestly I know myself well that I’m not the leader or a manipulative type of character, at least knowing how to use others strength and weakness shall be a  beneficial to me. I’m not naive enough to be the hero type either. I’ve watched too many movies, read too many novels, and learned many lessons in history to know that any would be hero don’t live long. I know someone who did and now he's gone.

Suddenly my chest tightened and my heart ached followed by a sense of longing and I know the cause for it.

Damn will I ever forget? Will the pain go away?I know I’ll hate myself even more if such a thing were to happen.  For such a trivial question and hope soon I’ll know the answer. But for now I must gather ‘allies’ as it is means to an end.

After all my survival is my highest priority. I have a family  who heavily relies on me and so the need to return too takes precedence, and If I too disappear then no doubt ‘they’ will surely be heartbroken again and Mama’s depression would begin anew.

I must return at all cost.

Hmm.. And now it’s time to make some ‘connections’ and create some form of trust or common goal to guarantee it and to promote and increase the chance of success.

“Oh well I have to at least try.” I whispered to myself.

So I made a quick turn around and took a deep breath then slowly opened my mouth so that the words I want would eventually come out “Hel” But then help came in a form of an interruption.

“Everyone all eyes on me.” A slightly well built brown-haired man came forward waiving his right hand. He looks to be in his early 30’s, has a clear blue eyes, and by the way of he composes himself, everyone here can see that he has air of authority around him.

Also note to self that this guys has a slight bit of arrogance, occupation probable either Security guard or police? Well I guess something along those like and his navy blue shirt says “Raise your Kids to Respect the Law”. Definitely the authoritative ‘serve and protect’ type of fella.

It seems now that everyone’s focused are directed towards him, now they’ve whatever it is they're doing let see how this goes.

“Thanks Dude!” I silently mused.

“Thank you! I would for everyone to participate as we introduce ourselves!” He moved his head to from to right while surveying the crowd. “First your name, age, where you're from, occupation.” “Then after the introductions I would like to everyone to gather intelligence if you have a clue to our present situation, anything significant you can think off or the the last thing you remember before you ended here.”

“So wants to start any volunteers?” He said it with a pleasant smile.

I smirked as I knew that smile all too well. He’s going to try to establish himself as the go to guy and and will later bluntly appoint himself as ‘our’ leader. “I’ll give him a chance. Heh!” I silently said it as I mused myself.

“...............” He gave a good impression and yet everyone remained in silence.

Then for a single moment as he tries to maintain his visage of a reliable man, I saw something I instantly understood, his eyes twitched for a second. I can safely say that it irks him to think of the runaround silence he has received.

“Hehe! Typical.” I continued to further mused myself in silence but now I had returned to the corner where I was previously.

“I will!” someone spoke and a hand was raised, then the person herself stood,  though everyone probably noticed that it took a great deal of courage and the person herself seemed to slightly tremble. Then her insecurities made her quicken her pace.

This is a much needed intro, I knew she wasn’t on the bus with us. After all communication is a must.

“I am Zhao Yi ling but my friends calls me Lynn, age 26 from here in the States but currently work as a chef of an Italian restaurant overseas. I’m only here on a vacation to visit my sickly mother and….” She paused and then she lowered her  head and her voice slightly, probably due to pressure.

Aww… How cute.

After a moment she resumed, but not before she made me a smile at how she introduced herself “The last thing I remember was playing with my brand new Astral smartphone I got as a gift on my way home while riding a taxi. I don’t know what exactly happened.”

She made a long pause, took a deep breath, and then she resumed. “I remember that I was somewhat tired and felt dizzy, I then closed my eyes and the next moment when My eyes opened I was baffled as to why I'm here along with you all.”  She tossed her long silky black hair over her shoulder as it had began to cover her face. Then a falling crystal glowed down from her eyes down below her cheeks could be seen after introducing herself.

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Everyone gave a sympathetic look towards her.

Hmm…. she got one as a gift too eh? That’s cool! After all it's extremely rare just to earn one, but I feel like I’m forgetting something…. I don’t remember

After everyone followed suit introducing themselves one after another.

“Im Yoon Ha Jang, 22, from Lakewood City working as a nurse at Tri-city Hospital in Hawaiian Gardens. Not much I that i can remember” She introduces herself with both grace and quite a natural beauty.

With her as a spark, a chain reaction erupted similar to a domino effect. One after another we fell

Then on her right the oldest of us all spoke and introduced himself with a deep trembling voice. “I am Marcus Avarice 62 years old” cough…. Cough…. “A retired soldier.” “Lives in Long Beach City.”

“I’m 28. D’ name’s Anthony Aguirre. Mechanic” He spoke haughtily while making a fake salute with his index finger.. “Also from Long Beach.”

This next one vaguely seemed familiar. I think I’ve seen him somewhere before?

“Yo! Derrick Harding 31 Chef, Los Angeles”

“Ok my turn! Teresa Salvador 25. I teach 7th grade middle school. Nice to meet you all”

AH! So that’s the dirty gray haired lady’s name.

“So you’re next” Said by Teresa to the one on her right sitting besides her.

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“Nah! pass? Not into this kind of SHIT” He said mockingly said it with a smug face as if the intro is a small trivial matter. He made everyone who spoke earlier look like a dork.

Hehe! He never said anything after that. Well this kinds of character dies quickly in movies even if he’s got a pretty face and now am irk can be seen on everyone face.

They can’t force him to say his name it's his freedom  of choice after all, even it irritates them.

“I guess It’s my turn now. I’m Vincent Valencia 30 years old Security Guard from Cypress City.”

"I hope we become well acquainted if we are to make progress in our current situation but for now we get to know each other"

“Guess I’m done now next” He then looked at the person seat right next to him.

“Can you introduce yourself boy?.” Ah it’s the one who’s hiding herself as a boy. I wonder why people haven’t noticed it. She’s too beautiful to be a boy. Oh well none of my business. Might pry on later if needed be.

“.........” She did not spoke a word and doesn’t seemed willing too.

“Another unwilling one eh! It's alright we have plenty of time to get to know each other”  

“How about you pretty face?” He then began to inquire the girl beside him.

It was the same girl who talked to me previously I didn’t get her name, her time finally came, the girl smiled and spoke with a sweet innocent tone.

“My name is Yesenia Vasquez, age 20, an aspiring young intern journalist from Los Angeles.” She looked at everyone and bowed for which gave off a favorable impression but unfortunately that image was shattered the following moment as both her tone and attitude had a drastic change. “Maybe that’s all you’ll be getting from me, but I’ll tell you this in advance since we can help each other out. What’s currently happening here might be my golden ticket and if any of you blew my shot I’ll personally see to it that we’ll have a memorable one one one meeting.” A chill ran down everyone’s spine, our faces paled and an inkling sensation not to mess with her.

Damn. With that silence fell and a single second felt longer that it should be, the room’s temperature felt colder for a second. Is this fear? or our instinct telling us of danger.

"Got It?"

Everyone including me nodded.

“I’m so sorry but I wanted to make things clear and now you’re next” her voice returned to being sweet once more she but now we knew the truth.

"Your next it seems"then pointed at a girl who I then heard shrieked, “Fue!!!” as she tried hid herself in fear.

She was one of the three young fan club members, then another stepped up bravely came forward next “Hi! I’m Luz Lamina” though her voice slightly trembled. “16 years old, lives in Cerritos. I'm a Junior currently attending Artesia High. Childhood friends with this two over here.” She pointed to the rest of her posse. “My friends are too shy so I’ll speak on their behalf and so he’s Minao Mawari, age 17”. He pointed to boy who had medium-brown skin with short straight hair and hazel eyes who was embracing her distressed friend. She then proceeded to introduce her the shy one who shrieked again “And this is Saya Siquijor Age 16, from the same school and same class.”

Then I guess I’m the last. Should I?

“Hello! My name is.”  (fizz…. fizzz… Fizz..)  “!?” I began but came to abrupt halt suddenly then came to a halt , I felt something odd had stopped me and I don’t know how.

(fizz…. fizzz… Fizz..)

I looked around check if it was just me but that everyone had the same confused looked within their faces, It was not just me who was startled.

(fizz…. fizzz… Fizz..)

“!?”

“..............” Everyone’s had the same dumbfounded look, I’m sure they also check earlier if they had any equipment left.

At first I thought I had imagined it but thrice I’ve felt it.

A tingling sensation cause on my left thigh, this sudden mysterious vibrating sensation within me. I reached within me, I felt it and our hearts skipped a beat.  

"How?"

I was startled, then a sweat flowed down my left brow. I pulled It out and to my surprise. It was one of the of the things I had it in me,  a rectangular shaped obsidian object, nearly larger than the size of my palm.

I recognized it very well. A very rare mysterious object that recently been distributed. It had no official name as people just calls it “ASTRAL”.

The kind of phone that wasn't mainstreamed and not currently on market.

It was a mysterious phone majority of people had never seen and yet he instantly recognized it. Because this phone is known as the “Astral Phone” that been hyped about on the internet.

They said this phone has everything you need and an exclusive game that has a 100% realism but not many info has been revealed or shown, and strangely enough those who received it has been missing.

Most people didn't believed a phone can make people vanish and neither did I.

Even the police and the media believed that all those who disappeared are all runaway cases

But now I’m here and I have an Inkling as to what had happened to them. Surely no doubt It.

“What the hell is this” saw a faint blue light flashing on the front screen.

-Swipe or Touch the Screen-

I swiped it with my right hand’s index finger.

I turned it on and it had on only a single game app folder.

A game titled “Ruin”.

I thought “What an ominous name for a game.” then pressed it to get started.

I knew it was an extremely BAD IDEA but I’m generally stuck here and needed some answers.

Within it a glowing text appeared before me.

-New unknown user detected-

-Scanning-

-Please wait it will only take a moment-

-Sequencing Genetic Data-

-Scanning Complete: Primary Sentient Species Recognized: “Human”-

"!?" Why is the “Human” text highlighted differently? It couldn’t be. Right?

-Please hold while system configure to “Human” setting interface-

An ominous thunderous drum beat could be heard I awaited for its sequence to be completed. I had an extremely lingering uncomfortable feeling this this whole thing began, and even more so now than ever.

-Beginning Initialization-

A flash of blue light struck my face once and I felt consciousness darkened rapidly. I was so entranced by suspense that’s happening before me I did not noticed that the others was once more on the floor lying unconscious.

I finally noticed and I too fell once more on the cold metallic floor.

And now dizzily lying flat on the ground, unable to move. I felt entirely paralyzed.

I'm paralyzed but I could still see that thing one my hand.  miraculously I still held the phone.

-Please Wait While Loading Commence-

A text popped up then  I saw an ominous looking welcoming words came from the Astral phone.

“I welcome you my precious (Nascent)”

-............................-

“As you are one of those who qualify to be”

-...............-

“May you”

-.......-

“Ascend to Greatness! Or Descend to Madness!"

-...-

My vision began filling with erie black haze.

I thought that was the end but did not realized that it was still incomplete.

"Either way"

-.-

And what followed was a far darker and more sinister vision  filled with strange images, creatures that only existed in fictions, I recognized, others I don't know, and languages I could probably never comprehend.

Like those written and wrapped in mysteries that roams deeply in the dark infinite void.

"What Can Only Be Found At The End of the Path Is None Other Than"

"Ruin"

I felt a massive pain directly etching in front of my chest, like something was drilling or embedding something. I tried to move but I felt paralyzed from my feet to neck. An extremely foreboding feeling I could not comprehend.

The final message appeared and is said.

-Loading Complete-

GAME STARTS IN...

5.

A countdown came but for the next moment then I heard the door unlocked and someone entered, but I couldn't see  because my vision had started to become a bit blurry.

4.

He spoke excitedly.

3.

"They are ready bring them with the others"

Then what followed next I heard several footsteps outside and the poured in and entered the room

2.

I knew then that that they started grabbing and transporting the others.  A moment later  my turn came and I felt someone drew close to me and I wanted to resist.

But then.

1.

For once more my mind faded away.

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Im So Sorry!!Orz.

was Busy! in Irl

So a major info dump during this chapter but I will slow it down.

This is an introduction chapter and the previous ones will be adjusted soon. later I will put the name of the one who's talking later and do something else entirely.

Also I've got no clue how to make/edit table as I've never taken any computer related class and busy with stuff.

Any help/advice would be great.

I wanted to do more but it felt quite bothersome.

But now the door to a mysterious mind blowing epic saga has finally about to begin and I how you'll enjoy the ride.