It's dark.

I can't feel anything.

Where am I?

Who... am I?

I don't remember anything.

I'm... what is my name?

Gahh!! My head, it hurts!

It feels like being stabbed by a thousand needles in my head.

Slowly, my vision is getting clearer and I can move my hand somehow.

My body… feels really numb. I can’t feel my mouth though, I don’t think I even have one…

A sky.

A bright blue sky.

Where is this? A park?

I tried to stand up, but I failed and fell on my butt.

Something’s strange.

When I fell, I don’t feel anything. Not even pain.

Someone… or something touched my shoulder from behind me.

It’s a… statue of a… what the hell is that?

It have a human-like-body except it doesn’t have a face and made out of rock, instead a giant crystal is embedded in its head.

I flinched almost reflexively.

That ‘thing’ offered his hand at me.

It can move!?

No way in hell I’m taking his offer.

Seeing me not taking his offer, he took a step back and pointed at his own hands.

Is he telling me to look at my own hands or something?

I averted my eyes to my hand.

I’m… stupefied. My hand is the same. No…

My whole body is made out of a rock, the same as this ‘guy’.

What the hell!? What kind of bad joke is this!? How did I ended up like this?

And this ‘guy’... he’s extended his hand at me again.

Who is he? or is it a she?

There’s so many questions I want to ask him, but it seems just like this guy, I don’t have a mouth.

I can’t even make a grunting sound.

What do I do?

I look around, there are lots of us. Many people like us I mean.

They have the same body like me, a rock with some kind of crystal embedded in their heads.

I look at him again.

Is he helping me? Why? This is the first time we meet each other, there’s no reason at all to help me… is it?

Hesitantly, I took his offer.

Damn, even I can’t feel my own skin.

I can move my body like always, but it’s still feel kinda off.

I don’t know how, but somehow I can tell that this guy, is happy that I accepted his offer.

He gives a signal with his hand telling me to follow him.

He seems to know what’s he doing. I guess I will follow him for now.

There are other ‘people’ like us around here.

This place is big, very very big. We are surrounded by a wall around 50 meters high or more… I think. And distance between wall is… It’s too far, I can’t tell.

Some people just walking around aimlessly, some just sitting around doing nothing, etc.

Huh, there’s others group of ‘people’ over there. They are writing something on the ground.

I guess, because we don’t have any mouth, we can only communicate through writing huh?

These people looks very confused just I am. Where did they came from? Why are we here? Who… ‘summoned’ us?

Just who the hell am I? An alien?

It can’t be, I’m sure as hell I’m a human. I just can’t remember what happened or how did I ended up here.

After some couple minutes of walking, we finally arrived at a group of ‘people’.

It seems this ‘guy’ has been gathering people huh? What is his purpose?

He gestured us to sit on the ground.

He write something on the ground, I can’t understand what’s he writing. It seems very foreign to me.

Looking at our faces one by one, he shook his head. It seems somehow he knows that we don’t understand what’s he writing.

He pointed the ‘guy’ beside him and gestured him to do the same thing what he just did.

It’s the same. I don’t understand what’s he writing.

This continued until my turn arrived.

The results were the same, no one understand each other languages.

Huh, this ‘guy’ knows what he’s doing after all.

It seems we are all came from different country… or world? I do not know.

However, knowing that we came from different places still doesn’t change anything. We still don’t know why are we here and who ‘took’ us here.

But they seems pretty satisfied with it. They just stand up and walked away like nothing ever happened.

What? That’s it?

I know that we can’t communicate with voice or writing, but isn’t it better to stick together?

Even the ‘guy’ that took me here just waved his hand and walked away.

These ‘guys’... don’t tell me…

Wait, am I the only one that lost my memories? Are these people head just fine?

I looked around, these people are quite calm. Even some are taking nap.

If they really don’t remember anything, I bet they would running around in panic and tried to runaway from here by climbing the wall.

Actually, I think these people seems already knew why they are here.

Because we have no way to communicate, I can’t confirm my doubts.

Damn it! This is giving me headache!

What do I do? Why are we here?

There’s so many questions, but the answer are non-existent at the moment.

There’s… literally nothing to do here… is it?

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4 hours has passed.

I can’t sleep. literally.

Like, I don’t even feel sleepy or tired.

It’s just… I feel nothing. Not even cold, hot, hunger, thirst, even my sense of touch.

I’m just sitting here, looking at the sky.

Actually I found something. Well, not really, it’s my own memories.

I remember my name.

It’s Len.

How? I do not know. It just suddenly pop out. ‘my name is Len’. Something like that.

Damn, my name is too short, I don’t think that is my real name. Probably just a nickname or something.

…?

Hmm? What’s that sound?

I hear a sound… Like a music. I barely able to hear it.

Where did it come from? The music is getting louder… I feel weird.

It wasn’t just me, everyone is the same, they are confused.

Crap!! My head is hurting again! This is more painful from before. I feel really weird and uncomfortable.

The music is very clear now… it’s repetitive and very disturbing. Could the source of my headache is the music?

*Boom!*

I hear an explosion.

It’s… that ‘guy’, the one that helped me… he… punched the ground and it exploded.

Why did he do that? And how?

*Bam!*

I hear another explosion coming from behind me.

It’s another ‘guy’ punching the wind like crazy. The weird thing is… that his punch somehow caused the air to vibrate and explode.

Gahh!! My headache is getting stronger!

Everyone… everyone is the same, they all having the same headache.

Some has gone mad and running around, some rolling on the ground and some… doing crazy stuff.

That other ‘guy’, his hands changed form into a blade.

The one besides him emerged spikes from all over his body.

And another ‘guy’ is flying on the sky!

What the hell is happening!?

Ah! My hand! It’s on fire!

What kind of fire is this!? It’s not red or blue… It’s black?

Before I knew it, the fire was already enveloped my whole body and the pain is getting stronger.

If only I have a mouth, I would be screaming like a little girl right now, but I can’t.

Just what is going on? What is happening to everybody? What is happening to me?

Another explosion happened, but this time is different. It wasn’t a rock or a wind that exploded, it was… a ‘guy’.

He… the pain caused him to go mad and he attacked his surrounding with his hands. He could manipulate winds and he used it for slashing things from a distance. He chopped the ground, the wall, couple rocks… and suddenly, he just exploded.

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How? Why?

Fucking hell, questions keep piling up but there’s no answers.

It wasn’t just him, there are other ‘people’ exploded for no reason too. Even I do feel like to explode too.

The pain keep increasing and the black flame that enveloped my body gets bigger. Everything around me got devoured by the flame.

More and more ‘people’ exploded. From hundreds of people, now only about 50-80 or so remains.

I’m really close to exploding right now, but I can’t. I keep telling myself to bear the pain and hold it.

I don’t know why, I feel there’s something that I must accomplish… I can’t give up. I must bear the pain no matter what the cost.

Finally couple minutes passed and the pain stopped.

I fall on the ground, feeling relieved. I feel like I just won the biggest tournament ever.

Contrary from before, my mind is crystal clear. I can see better, my body feels more lighter, and somehow… I know how to control the flame now. How? I do not know, it just happened.

I looked around, I can see pretty far now. Is this how it feels to have a hawk eye?

30 people.

Only 30 people remains.

We look at each other for a while. I feel awkward.

Just as we thought everything was over, something fell from the sky.

It’s… a monster.

It has a body bigger than a 2 elephants, 2 horns, 2 arms thicker than a truck, red sharp claws, purple fur, and a face like a bull.

No, it’s not a minotaur. It’s more than that.

I don’t know what it is, and from the others reaction… They don’t have a clue either. Where did that thing came from anyway? Was it waiting for this moment the whole time?

I haven’t even finished thinking, suddenly that monster has already jumped high into the sky.

It punched the most closest ‘guy’ as he descended.

We are all stupefied. The monster just punched that ‘guy’ and jumped hundreds of meters to another ‘guy’, crushing ‘him’. It didn’t waste any time at all.

Contrary to its gigantic body, this monster is pretty agile.

Why is the monster attacking us!? What did we ever do to him!?

It’s just happened so fast, I don’t even know what to do.

It doesn’t stop, it’s keep attacking us without mercy. It’s movement is pretty fast, but I can still see it coming.

The monster appearance is too sudden, I don’t know how to react. My mind… Our mind is going blank.

Suddenly-

*Boom!*

-A giant rock just hit that monster’s head!

Holy shit! What just happened!?

*Swoosh!*

Another giant rock flying towards the monster.

This time, the monster able to dodge by jumping dozens of meters.

Who is throwing those rocks!?

I looked where did the rock came from and it was actually another ‘guy’ lifting a giant rock and throwing it against the monster.

This ‘guy’, I think he have a super human strength judging by how he lifted that rocks easily.

After that, some kind of laser struck its eyes. Now it’s blind on the left side.

I looked at where the laser came from. It’s another ‘guy’...

It seems everyone here, gained a mysterious power…

My mind is flooding with lots of questions, but first we must defeat this monster. is what everyone’s probably thinking… I think.

The monster is howling in pain. I thought it would try to run away and flee, instead it get angry and running toward the ‘guy’ with the super human strength.

These people react fast, another ‘guy’ trying obstruct him with fire, some with ice, and what not.

I think I should help them with my power too, but… I truly don’t know how.

The monster suddenly taking an unexpected turn. It takes a really deep breath for a couple of seconds. From that point, I knew what was going to happen. it’s going to scream so loud that it will destroy our eardrum.

But we don’t have any ear, much less an eardrum.

So we ignored it and continue with the assault.

But that was a grave mistake.

The monster released a war cry with all it’s might just like we predicted to happen. But that wasn’t just a simple war cry.

We don’t have any ear, but somehow we can still hear. And that monster knew about it, that scream isn’t to destroy ours eardrum. It’s to make you… unable to move.

We are paralyzed.

The war cry paralyzed us all. My body won’t move and I fell on the ground, again.

Even the ‘guy’ with the super human strength can’t move.

The war cry keeps echoed throughout the whole land I think.

How does that even work!? I

It walked slowly toward the ‘guy’ with the super human strength and… the monster pick him up relaxedly. Don’t tell me it’s going to…

*Chomp!*

It ate him and chewed that ‘guy’ with a very slow movement, it’s actually… enjoying… the taste…?

I’m scared and I can’t move. Everything happened too fast, I can’t process it all at once.

What do I do? What the hell I’m supposed to do? I’m helpless.

I can’t move… no, WE can’t move and WE can’t run.

Are we just going to die like this? No way, I’m going to die without finding out why I’m here? Who am I, why I’m here, why is my body a rock, what is that monster, why our languages is different, where did that music came from and why when we heard it, it gives us a terrible headache… Where did my power of black flame came from, and most importantly…

What do I do?

Ah… ever since I came to this place, that is the only thing that I keep asked myself over and over again.

What do I do indeed.

I must survive, is what my guts telling me.

There’s something I must do and I will accomplish it no matter what the cost.

That’s why I came here in the first place isn’t it?

I do not remember how did I get here. But I think… I KNEW it was intentional.

I came here for a certain reason and I’m sure as hell that is not to be a food for some ugly monster that came out of nowhere.

How did I lost my memories? Was it intentional or not? Is it permanent or not? How did I get into these ridiculous situations? Why am I always talking to myself?

It’s enough, intentional or not, permanent or not, it doesn’t matter.

From this moment, I stopped asking.

I stopped asking ‘what to do’, instead I just have to ‘do what I must do’.

I have to… I must survive this madness.

To survive, I shall fight.

And fight I shall.

And then like a switch, my mind is focused back on the monster.

Right now the monster is eating another ‘guy’.

When I carefully inspecting my own body, I realized that I looked like a golem.

Right, I am… a Golem, and they are as well.

A golem doesn’t feel fear, hunger, thirst, warm or cold. Even golems doesn’t have any sense of touch.

This clearly explains a lot of things… if it were true.

He turned his head at me. We locked eyes for a split second. He licked his lips.

Shit, he approached me slowly but surely, he will get me in no time.

The paralyzing effect is starting to weaken, but I can barely move my hands.

I have a power too right? I can still fight! I must! It’s either sink or swim!

I forced my body to stand.

My sense of balance is messed up, I feel about to fall out any moment.

But I can’t fall here!

I must stand or I won’t be seeing another day.

This monster is vicious, too vicious actually.

I can tell from his expression that he was enjoying all this. he’s enjoying killing and eating all of us.

It’s like he can see our expression behind our rock heads. He can sense our despair and he is truly enjoying every second of it. he wanted us to suffer, he wanted us to be terrified, he wanted us to feel helpless, and he wanted us to fall into despair.

I hate him.

I hate him with all my guts. I don’t know why, but he’s reminded me of someone I despised most.

I will kill him even if it takes my own life. This monster have to die. I don’t care how, I just wanted to kill him.

He is killing people for fun, not because he needs food, he just want to kill.

Goddamn, he truly resembles him isn’t it?

Who is this ‘guy’ I’ve been talking about? I can’t remember, but I know one thing… one day I’m going to kill him with my own hands.

I swear I will.

My body feels really heavy. I can’t feel some part of my body, even so I forced my hands and legs to move. Some part of my limbs cracked, shit, was the burden is too heavy after all!?

He startled looking at me able to stand up.

But his expression changed from surprise into one of amusement.

That face, I want to destroy it. I will fucking destroy it for sure.

He raised his hand and gripped it so tightly that even I can see his veins popped out.

As his fist descended toward me…  I let out a war cry as the black flame burst out of my body.

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